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State Removes Seven Youths from Summer Camp - Nashua Telegraph - 1986 - p.22
Court Orders Camp Charity be Dissolved - 1988 - see p. 28
Daniel Webster Council vs. St. James Assoc. a.k.a. Camp Leo
".....But don’t get the idea that it was all work and no play on Diamond Island! Especially
when the Boy Scouts came to visit. Heavily involved in Scouting in Lincoln, Mass, Carroll Spooner invited the Boy Scouts from
Camp Manning in Gilmanton to paddle to Diamond Island and spend every Tuesday overnight before paddling back to Alton Bay
where the Scouts were picked up. “Dad knew that Diamond Island was a great place for the Scouts to come and I loved
scouting, so it was just great! Girl Scouts from Boston also paddled to the island from their camp on Treasure Island to spend
the night.”
From the History of Diamond Island - Lake Winnipesaukee Historical Society
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Together Hidden Valley and Camp Bell make up the Griswold Scout Reservation which covers over 3,500 acres
(14 km2) including several lakes, ponds, and mountains. The land currently used primarily by Camp Bell has
been used as the homes of many other camps, most recently Camp Manning, which after being sold by the Daniel Webster Council
to private owners, changed ownership several times and had previously existed as a camp run by various organization such as
the YMCA who called it Camp Leo. Camp Bell was named for an attorney member of the Council's Executive Board who was instrumental
in reacquiring the property for the Daniel Webster Council.
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