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1970s
Nature-made damage to the Horseshoe side of the reservation during the 1970s did not put a damper on several important celebrations, namely the 50th Anniversaries of Camp Horseshoe and Octoraro Lodge 22.
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1972 Pictures
HSR Highlights: Hurricane Agnes does much damage to the reservation.
In This Year: The Godfather premieres in U.S. theaters, the Watergate scandal begins, Bobby Fischer defeats Boris Spassky to become the first American chess champion, the Apollo lunar program ends.
In This Year: The Godfather premieres in U.S. theaters, the Watergate scandal begins, Bobby Fischer defeats Boris Spassky to become the first American chess champion, the Apollo lunar program ends.
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The Louis Lester OA Bridge was severely damaged by the flood waters of Hurricane Agnes. 1972 - Contributed by John B. Rettew III [Contribute Info]
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1974 Pictures
HSR Highlights: Camp Horseshoe hosts the 1974 Section NE-5A Conclave.
In This Year: Nobel Prize winning author Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn is expelled from the Soviet Union, Hank Aaron breaks Babe Ruth's all-time home run record, Richard Nixon becomes the first U.S. president to resign from office, the Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps heiress Patty Hearst.
In This Year: Nobel Prize winning author Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn is expelled from the Soviet Union, Hank Aaron breaks Babe Ruth's all-time home run record, Richard Nixon becomes the first U.S. president to resign from office, the Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps heiress Patty Hearst.
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OA Lodge 22 hosts Section 5 A Conclave 1974 - Contributed by John B. Rettew III [Contribute Info]
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1976 Pictures
HSR Highlights: Octoraro Lodge 22 celebrates its 50th anniversary, George Cole finishes his final year as Camp Ranger.
In This Year: The first commercial Concorde flight takes off, Jimmy Carter is elected as the 39th President of the United States, the Irish rock band U2 is formed, Rocky premieres in U.S. theaters.
In This Year: The first commercial Concorde flight takes off, Jimmy Carter is elected as the 39th President of the United States, the Irish rock band U2 is formed, Rocky premieres in U.S. theaters.
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1975 Lodge Chief Jim "Frog" Coyle and Ernie Heegard at Octoraro 22 Lodge's fiftieth Anniversary Celebration in '76. 1976 - Contributed by John B. Rettew III [Contribute Info]
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Lodge Chief Phil Sears, III takes over for past chief Frog Coyle at the Lodge's 50th event 1976 - Contributed by John B. Rettew III [Contribute Info]
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1978 Pictures
HSR Highlights: Heavy flooding damages the old camp road at Horseshoe.
In This Year: Artificial insulin is invented, Chicago serial killer John Wayne Gacy is arrested, Pope John Paul II is elected as the first Polish pope in history, Garfield makes its debut.
In This Year: Artificial insulin is invented, Chicago serial killer John Wayne Gacy is arrested, Pope John Paul II is elected as the first Polish pope in history, Garfield makes its debut.
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Mother Nature and the Octoraro Creek could be brutal on the old Camp Road. Even this drain pipe could not handle the amount of water running down the hillside during this particularly heavy storm. 1978 - Contributed by Anonymous [Contribute Info]
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