Boy’s Life – 1953-04 – Get Paddles from Damaged Oars – Whittlin Jim
Whittlin Jim is an alternate author name for Ben Hunt
This is a good idea on recycling something broken to something useful
The down side is finding the damaged oars, there might not be any readily availabl
But you could also attempt to carve your own paddles
W Ben Hunt created the Whittlin Jim and Lone Eagle names, and published articles under all three name – Ben Hunt wrote 2-4 articles per month for Boy’s Life, and I think he created the Whittlin Jim and Lone Eagle to make is seem like there were multiple authors writing the articles
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Boy’s Life – 1953-04 – Get Paddles from Damaged Oars – Whittlin Jim