Scouts’ patch designs will help commemorate Camp Bomazeen 75th anniversary

BELGRADE- Camp Bomazeen this summer will have special patches designed by local Scouts to help commemorate its 75th season. Eagle Scout Dalton Curtis, of Skowhegan Troop 485, and Second Class Scout Zachary LeHay, of Sidney Troop 401, drew the two patch designs that will be used this summer at Camp Bomazeen. The Scouts will each receive a $75 campership to Camp Bomazeen from the Bomazeen Old Timers, but Curtis may not need it as he has applied to be a part of the 75th anniversary staff. In 1945, Waterville Scout Richard Chamberlain named Camp Bomazeen after the brave leader of the local Norridgewock Abenaki tribe. For its 75th Anniversary, Camp Bomazeen opened up the patch design to a Scout and had two top selections. Curtis’s design will be used for the 75th Commemorative merchandise. The second design, rendered by LeHay, will be used for the patch Scouts receive for attending camp this summer. Christopher Bernier, who runs the Bushcraft area at Camp Bomazeen, provided the finished renderings based on the two designs that will be used for production. The camperships will be presented by Camp Director Julie McKenney and Bomazeen Old Timers at the Kennebec Valley District, BSA Dinner on Saturday, March 21, at the Waterville Lodge of Elks.

TOP PHOTO: Scout Dalton Curtis, whose design for a Camp Bomazeen patch will be used on 75th anniversary commemorative merchandise this year. (Submitted photo)