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by the Many Point Alumni Association
Spring 2015
Vol. 29, Issue 2
S
pring is here, and Many
Point is gearing up for
another awesome season.
the weekend after camp is finished for
the year. August 21st—23rd. The
MPSAA will be hosting some different
activities for all ages. This includes
The MPSAA is stronger than
having some sailboats out and trap
ever and has several events for
shooting at the range.
Alumni members this season.
For the most recent update to date
Coming up in only a few weeks,
information, please feel free to register
we have the Spring Fling. This event
on our mailing service.
will be held at Gluek’s Bar and
Restaurant on April 17th, 2015. Please
You can do this on our home page
come on down for some alumni fun.
at mpalumni.org.
We have the MP Alumni Work
party is coming up on May 14th, 2015.
Pleas RSVP to Doug Palmer if you are
interested in participating. This event
is free and is a great excuse to give
back to camp.
Lastly, we are looking for more
participating leadership for the Alumni
Board. Current positions include
webmaster, newsletter editor, and
event coordinators.
As always, we’re looking forward
to an awesome camping season.
We also have the Many Point
Work Party coming up on the weekend
- Mike Kuklok
of May 29th.
MPSAA President
Our Alumni Campout will also be
Monday, December 29th, 2014
Holiday Party at Kips Irish Pub
Tuesday January 13th, 2015
Board Meeting at Kips Irish Pub
6:45pm (Conversation at 6:00pm)
Tuesday March 10th, 2015
Board Meeting at Kips Irish Pub
6:45pm (Conversation at 6:00pm)
Friday April 17th, 2015—Spring Fling
Gluek’s Bar and Restaurant
6:00PM to 2:00AM
Tuesday May 12th, 2015
Board Meeting at Kips Irish Pub
6:45pm (Conversation at 6:00pm)
More Dates?
Check out your Calendar!
Joe Anglim
Pg. 2
Orly Thornsjo
Pg. 3
2015 Spring Fling Invite
Spring Fling
April 17th,
2015
Starting at 6pm
Joe Anglim - A Spirit to Remember
It is with sadness that the
Lantern’s Light notes the passing
of Joe Anglim. Joe was a long term
Many Point Staffer (1948-1958), a
professional Scouter of nearly 45
years and a friend to the MPSAA.
with the help of the counselor. In
the Director of Camp
1949, Joe returned as a Provisional Development, where he enlarged
Area Director, where individual
the council’s camp from 150 to
Scouts would arrive and be formed 4000 acres. This, and all other
into Patrols and Troops for their
camps Joe was subsequently
stay at camp. 1950 found Joe as
involved with, were modeled after
Buckskin Area Director. From
Many Point! Joe became the
1951 to 1955 he was the Assistant Assistant Scout Executive in the
Camp Director. He was the Camp Chicago Council in 1964 and the
oe graduated from De
Director from 1956 to 1958. Joe
Council Executive in Omaha in
LaSalle High School and
said
that
he
followed
the
“master
1968. After positions as Regional
served his country in the US
Army via the military draft. plan” developed by Wint Hartman Executives in 1970 and 1972 Joe
and learned skills that would serve became the National Director of
Joe’s Many Point career started
him throughout his Scouting career. Administration and Chief
while he was studying at the
Executive Officer of the National
University of Minnesota. It was
In 1950, Council Executive
there that he met Maury Ostrander, Director, Bob Billington asked Joe BSA. He was instrumental in
an early Many Point Camp
to become a member of the Council moving the national office from
New Jersey to its present location
Director, who was a professor in
Staff. After leaving Minneapolis,
in Texas.
the Physical Education
his professional Scouting career
Department. After an interview
would take him to Chicago, where
Many camp staffers fondly
with Maury, Joe was sent to meet
he followed Wint Hartman to
remember Joe and his wife Reeta,
and interview with Minneapolis
become their Director of Camping. herself on the camp staff as the
Area Council’s Director of
When Wint moved on, Joe became Camp Secretary from 1955-1957.
Camping, Wint Hartman. Sensing
Joe’s great potential, Wint hired
Joe to be one of three canoe guides
for the 1948 camping season. Thus
began Joe’s career in Scouting.
That first summer, he was
headquartered at the north end of
Buckskin Bay, living in a tent near
the railroad pilings. From there the
canoe guides would tow the canoes
by motor boat to each camp to take
troops on overnight trips to Elbow
or Icecracking Lakes. What
impressed him about this
arrangement was that they would
show up and the Troop Counselor
would have the Scouts prepared for
the trip. All effort was made to
have the Troop leadership function Joe Anglim (right) with long time friend Wint Hartman (left).
J
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Joe and Reeta maintained many strong
friendships that started at Many Point.
Joe attended the reunion at camp the
summer that the Wint Hartman Trial
was dedicated. Many stories were
shared by Wint, Joe and others during
the weekend. Joe assisted in the
development of the MPSAA by sharing
his knowledge of camp activities and
history. He also shared many
photographs and personal memorabilia.
In 2012, staffers Jerry Downes (19511957) and Rolf Bjelland (1952-1959)
did an interview with Joe that is now
available through the MPSAA (check
the web site). In it, Joe recounts his
years at Many Point and the BSA. One
thing that comes through in the
interview is Joe’s love of Many Point
and the traditions that did and continue
to make it unique. He once commented
that he had received a map of Many
Point Scout Camp from the MPSAA
and was pleased that after all these years
“It’s still there!”
Joe’s career spanned paddling
canoes on Many Point Lake to being the
Assistant Chief Scout Executive of the
Boy Scouts of America. He was
undoubtedly pleased that a lantern still
burns on the shore of Many Point Lake
for Scouts one and all!
Orly Thornsjo
A Many Point Pioneer
V
irtually every
camp staff
member since the
beginning has
brought some skill, ability or
spirit to Many Point. When
their time at camp is done, they
move on to other parts of their
life, leaving a bit of themselves
and taking away friendships,
accomplishments and
memories. One such person
was Orly Thornsjo (19471950), one of the “founders” of
Many Point Scout Camp. Orly
brought many talents that
helped nurture the budding
Scout camp and worked hard to
ensure that this dream, once
started, would endure as long
as there were Scouts to camp
along its shores.
psychology and sociology at
the University of Minnesota.
During World War Two,
Orly joined the United States
Navy. In the rank of Ensign, he
was presented a group of 30
volunteers from the Sand Point
Naval Prison and formed them
into a fighting unit. Imagine
standing in a cold, driving rain,
at the Navy Base at Little
Creek, Virginia, the home of
amphibious operations during
World War Two and being told
that here are your men by their
guards! He won their loyalty
when he told them to “Get out
of the rain” and took them into
the Operations building for hot
coffee. From this point, his unit
and other similar units, trained
for a very specific secret
Orly was born in
mission. Orly became
Minneapolis in 1920 and
extremely close to these men
graduated from Washburn High during their arduous training.
School in 1938. He studied
June 6,, 1944 found Orly and
by Brent Martin (1965-1969)
For the audio interview with Joe, visit
http://mpalumni.org/gallery_audio.php
Orly, US Navy
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his unit, the Operation Red
Fox “Beach Jumpers” (later
called Navy Seals) landing
on Omaha beach two hours
before the D-Day Invasion.
Their mission was to
destroy the tetrahedrons,
guns, fortifications and
anything else in the way of
the Normandy Invasion. He
survived the invasion,
losing half of his group,
only to be shelled in the
Minnesota to continue his studies at
the University of Minnesota toward
a Master’s Degree in counseling.
Maury Ostrander was on the faculty
at the U and suggested that Orly
talk to Wint Hartman about
Scouting. He would soon commit to
being on the first staff at Many
Point. One of Orly’s goals here was
to share his background in Scout
camping with the new camp.
Eventually, he joined the
professional staff of the
Minneapolis Area Council as
District Executive of the Lake of
the Isle District. He studied at the
Schiff Reservation for Professional
Scout Training in New Jersey.
Troops landing at Omaha Beach on D-Day.
In 1947 Orly became the first
Here, Scouts learned many of the
Program Director of Many Point
Scout basics such as camping,
Scout Camp. Orly, Wint Hartman,
canoeing and swimming, but
the Council’s Director of Camping
leadership through the patrol/troop and Maury Ostrander, the Camp
method was not a large part of the Director that first year were
program. By stark contrast, Orly’s
described as the “three legs of the
troop, 187 from Mayflower Church stool” of camp operation. Maury
in Minneapolis, had their own camp brought his years of work at Camp
and operated on a fiercely
Tonkawa to manage the day to day
independent model. The tenets of
running of the camp. As Program
Lord Baden Powell and leadership Director, Orly’s job was to bring to
development through the patrol
life Wint Hartman’s dream of a
system were applied strictly to all
Scout Camp that operated so that
camp activities. The Patrol Leaders
every detail
and the Senior
was to
Patrol Leader
yield
Don’t build the campwere the
It should be noted that Orly and
stronger
hierarchy
of
the
fire,
get
the
campfire
many other staff members share the
troops and
troop,
being
long tradition of military service
stronger
built”. - Orly.
before, during and after their camp responsible for
leaders via
the
day
to
day
days!
the Scout
planning for and
camping
One of Orly’s first Scout
operation of the entire camp. Orly experience. Orly found a way to
camping experiences was at the
learned this lesson well and was
have “program” be the means to
Minneapolis Area Council’s Camp able to apply it to many of his
that end. Whether it was canoeing,
Tonkawa on Lake Minnetonka.
future activities.
cooking or cleanup, the patrol
Here, individual Scouts were
In 1946, Orly returned to
method was the rule. To Orly, this
formed into “provisional troops”.
invasion of Southern France,
Operation Dragoon, on August 15,
1944. After being released from the
hospital in Oran, in Africa,
hitchhiking across Northern Africa
and a thirty day leave, he entered
Submarine School in December of
1944. He was assigned to Pearl
Harbor prior to the end of the war.
In 2005, Orly was a guest of the
Greatest Generation Foundation
and with other veterans, visited
Omaha Beach and Caen, France,
where they received the thanks of
the people grateful for the sacrifices
of these gentlemen!
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Orly at Honeywell troubleshooting the Apollo Project
was how his troop had operated for years. The point
not to be lost is that Many Point was the first large
Scout camp to operate in this manner in the country
and it was Orly’s job to make it happen. Not to
belabor the point, but it was not the ultimate goal to
teach Scouts to be better cooks or hikers. Instead,
getting them to become better cooks and hikers while
developing troop leadership was paramount. It was
about the process as much as the end result! As an
aside, during an early MPSAA meeting with Orly in
attendance, I, as
president, was having
difficulty
accomplishing a
certain goal and it
seemed I would need to do whatever it was myself.
Orly scribbled a note and passed it to me. It read,
“Don’t build the campfire, get the campfire built”. I
interpreted this to mean, be the leader! I appreciated
what he said then and his continued support. It is
perhaps no surprise that when
Orly was bestowed the Order of
the Arrow’s Vigil Honor in
1946 that his given name was
Owoaton-“One Who Knows”!
Orly helped lay the ground work
for Many Point Scout Camp that
operates on many of the same
principles nearly seventy years
later and has been replicated in
many other Scout camps around
the country.
Orly’s return to civilian life also
included a return to Mayflower
Church and meeting Lucille
“Lucy” Stephens, a University
5
of Minnesota student working on a
degree in home economics and
child welfare. They were married in
1948 and continued on at camp and
Scouting until 1950. In 1951, Orly
began a 31 year career at
Honeywell, beginning as an
Assistant Director of Personnel.
Orly’s managerial skills continued
to shine as his duties evolved into a
manager/troubleshooter of the
Apollo
ethic. He maintained a lifelong
loyalty to and admiration for Wint
Hartman and many other staff,
playing in the “Many Point Poker
Club”. Orly was an early supporter
of the MPSAA, signing the original
charter. It was Orly that suggested
that one of the tenets of our
organization should include service
back to camp. It gave our group a
purpose!
Orly was a lifelong Scouter. The
gifts he brought to camp are still
shared by us all today. He
developed many of the traditions
that we still carry on. And, until his
passing in August of 2011, he
maintained his many friendships
begun on the shores of Many Point
Lake.
by Brent Martin (1965-1969)
Space Program for Honeywell,
getting and managing the right
people for the task. This included
work on the Apollo 13 avionics
guidance system.
Besides family, Scouting and the
space program, Orly developed a
love for wooden boats. He raced
Canam cars at Donnybrooke/
Brainerd International Raceway.
Orly and Lucy were long time
members of the Sports Car Club of
America. After retirement, he was
involved in the formation of Project
for Pride in Living, an effort to help
people learn work skills and work
Orly was a Many Point Pioneer:Orly (right) and friend, Wint Hartman
2015 MPSAA GIFT:
SHOTGUN SPORTS OUTPOST
F
or 2015, we would like to have our members work towards one
goal. Many Point and the Alumni Association will be working
toward the construction and program development for a new
Shotgun Target Sports Outpost. The goal is to open the program in the
summer of 2016. The sooner we meet our goal, the faster we can release the program to Scouts.
For a $40 or more donation, you can get one of these awesome—one
of a kind—caps.
Hats should be available at the Spring Fling!!!
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2015
SPRING
FLING
WHAT:
The Spring Fling is the MPSAA's annual member gathering.
This year it is held in the heart of downtown Minneapolis in a
private room at Gluek’s Bar and Lounge.
WHO:
All Many Point Staff Alumni - Past, Present Staff, Spouses,
and Guests
WHEN:
Doors open at 6:00PM at Gluek’s. You are welcome to order
off their menu. Visit Glueks.com for menu options. You could
also meet up with your favorite camp friends prior to the event
at other local restaurants.
The MPSAA will be providing light appetizers and soft drinks.
A cash bar will be available for alcoholic beverages for people
21 and over.
WHERE:
Gluek’s Restaurant and Bar
16 N 6th St, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403
How Much?
$10 at the private room entrance.
What to Do?
Tons...we will have trivia, door prizes, great conversation, and
live music.