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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated June 10, 1961 reads "Skidmore and son, Weatherford ready their canoe." The article partially reads "Nine Burbank Sea Scouts will forsake salt water Friday for a canoe trip 125 miles down the Colorado River. Cleve Skidmore, 15, son of the trip's leader, and Dick Weatherford, 15, 506 Birmingham St., will be among the lads aged 14 to 18, journeying in three rubberized canoes through the reefs, tunnels and lakes they know will crop up along the river."
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