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Page SECTION HERALD Wednesday February II lfI Stampede hiking camping await local boys at 81 lie North Hal ton Scout sir sending a or people this ars Canadian Jamboree but no one s going by canoe the Jamboree is in Alberta In 1977 a Venturer Company from Georgetown canoed to tic national Prince Edward Is and under the dance or the the late Powell This year no one is planning on to the Manannskls River be Banff and Calgary although dome will be driv About IB Scouts Venturers and Seoul leaders from across Canada are expected to attend the Jamboree which runs from July 1 to 10 The contingent from North Hal ton will inclu de boys nine leaders and five people who be among the volunteer staff at the Jamboree Represented at tin Jambo ree will be the 1st George town Scouts and Venturers the Georgetown Scouts the 1st Acton Scouts the lot Nerval Scouts the 1st Lime- house Scouts and Venturers the Georgetown Venturers Those attending have to pay own way either raising the money themselv or with help from their parents The total cost of the trip including air fare and registration is about RAISE FUNDS Elaine Hannah cub co ordinator for the district said the volunteer staff are collecting beer bottles and newspapers and have delivered telephone books sold chocolatecovered almonds candles and pens and catered a luncheon in an effort to raise money for the trip Murray Harrison Don Tipple Helen Beckett and Evelyn Owen will be in the trading post the staff Teed area and In scout program control at the Jamboree while the scouts arc taking part In organized for them George Henderson Scout Master In the 1st Georgetown Scout said he scouts ELAINE HANNAH receive selection of IB activities of which they can choose 13 to participate in The activities Include a trip to the Calgary Stampede a tour of Banff an overnight hike a day hike an obstacle course pioneer activities and Indian village activities The Jamboree will be divided Into subcamps each camp Each subcamp is operated like a camp itself Before the scouts head for the west they have to have some practice camping with the equipment which they be using at the Jamboree The idea Is to make sure the boys have sufficient camping expert that they won spend all the r time doing d or setting up camp Mr Henderson said The scouts will have pack their tents stoves and other equipment into back packs to take on the plane with them and it will take some practice sessions to term I how everything is going to be carried Mr Henderson said The site itself is In the foothills of the Rocky Mountains and It not unknown for the temperature at night to drop around the freezing mark at the mile- high location of the Jambo ree so he scouts will have to be prepared for all kinds of weather Mr Henderson warned Six local scouts at 55 World Jamboree ltd Is an In part of the scoot and guide as Is shown in his outdoor service at the 1 1 burton j mponDoelslandin IS5j Scouts and guides In Acton will ling a service at Knox Church Sunday io or of Thinking Day the birthdays of Lord and Lady ro Georgetown scouts and guide have chosen to p nc I joint to and will be holding an I lie Guides greet nine more Brotvnies It Iff raid Special is Ina 1 ceremony Feb at mehouse Public School follow Brown flew up to Lcsln an Fiddler Burt Shannon Leah Stansbury and Vicki III The enrollment ceremony will take place next between and have been busy work on badges and ro l Joyed a Cimco d workshop J thank to Laurel Vielstra for den on r jnd muk a fun evening II J mi meet ng of the A was held it r It wis decided that the mother and quel v II be held March 12 Parents will be not fed oft me place Thank you Marsha for supplying n it place and lunch The February meeting will be Former Scoutmaster Bob of Georgetown has good memories of the first and bo far the only World Jambo ree of Scouts to be held in Canada although he spent most of his time driving a truck around the camp grounds Almost li scouts from about different countries attended the eighth World Jamboree at a military site near Niagara on theLake In August 1955 Among the scouts attending from across Canada was a contingent from Georgetown which attended the Jamboree work Queen Scouts Rosa McGUvray and JackTIvuuf stone and Tom Bob BUI Farmer and Barry Jeffrey made up the Georgetown contingent which helped keep the jamboree running smooth Bob centre front led local contingent drove a truck delivering each day rations to the various campsites The worst trouble was gelt ing up at a he said AROUND WORLD The big advantage of the job was getting to talk to scouts from all over the world as he dropped supplies off at their campsites But Mr found that Instead of learning about the native countries of the scouts he spent much of his time answering questions about Canada In spite of the massive operation involved in running a Jamboree there was no confusion Mr said Everything started and finish on time school nearby staffed by army navy and air force doctors from the military where the Jambo ree had been set up A large stage was set up where the different troops from different countries put on displays each day Mr said The Jamboree even had its own newspaper the Jamboree Journal Dave Dills a well known Ho I ton outer and former publisher of the Acton Free Press worked on the staff of he Journal Beavers The camp was like a mini a city with a hospital in the VERY SPECIAL Evenings at the Jamboree very special Mr Hard remembered There were at each of the campsites and singsongs in different languages he said We had a marchpast one day with all the different scouts of all colors and uniforms it was Rovers North district cubs competed In the annual local Kub Kar Rally Saturday at he Acton Legion The winners lief to right Shawn Carney Ryan Carney Greg Doug Thompson Tod and Greg not shown will compete in the regional car rally En Milton Mar The cubs and their fathers work together to design and race the cars Greg Socha had fastest entry in Halton Kub Kar rally The North District Annual Kub Rally was held in the Acton Legion Hail Saturday Cubs from Georgetown Glen Williams and Acton arrived so proudly at Legion Hall with their mini models with stream line chassis and different colors to boot for this grand Close lo 130 boys and 70 leaders and parents were In attendance to help cheer Knrs on The best design prizes went to Shawn Carney of Nerval Cub Pack with first to Greg Fisher of Glen Williams Cubs Winners of the race were 1st Greg Socha of 2nd to Doug Thomp son of Georgetown and 3rd prize to Tod of aid Georgetown The organizers of this event were chairman Bill of 1st Acton pack Kemp 3rd Georgetown Robert Foster of 1st and Rosa Walsh of Acton A and Elaine Hannah Films were shown both In the morning and afternoon the boys waited for the different heats District Commissioner Steve Thompson and District council president Jean attended this event longtime scooter Jean Layman and Dave Hastings have Georgetown troop they led The uniforms have changed the way for many scouts over their years working with somewhat since thosedays Scooter Jem still emphasizes the the boys of Georgetown Here they are shown with one of the 1st Importance of a bringing out the real boy Beardmore provides ship Sea Scouts set sail in Acton Acton Sea Scout troop held its meeting in its very own Monday thanks to the generosity of Tannery In dons ting the use of the company hall on a regular basis Skipper Steve Ormsby the troop began meeting In November larly because of Jack of facilities The offer has given them a home and the nine boys will now be able to meet each Monday Sea Scouts are just like land Scouts he said except they have the additional knowledge involv water skills They attend the same scout jamborees and meet the same require ments The troop will be able to use Fa Lake for some of its water activities like canoeing swimming and may use a small boat on the lake one day The need to have strict discipline when handling gives Sea Scout leaders a better opportunity to Incorporate a bit more militaristic or regimented discipline for the boys Mr said Although the troop t received much publicity it just spring up sudden ly Trinity United Church has had a beaver colony and a cub pack with sea scout beginners for the past couple of years and It was simply a matter of intending the organization to the scout level as boys matured through the ranks The Sea Scouts are to years of age as are their land locked counterparts Mr hopes a Sea Venturer group can ally be added as well Sea may not be as well known here as land scouts but they have been around just as long Lord Baden Powell the man credited with starting the scout movement was actual a Sea Scout Mr said Sea scouts wear blue forms rather than the famlli green ones worn by land scouts Until recently they wore the while sailor hat associated with the navy Now however headquarters has given permission for boys to wear a blue beret instead Mr Ormsby sees this as a good thing since the white hats cost about while the blue ones will be around The troop is no seeking new members but Mr feels hey could handle about boys with the four leaders they now have They have nine now and will receive three more when cubs from the 2nd Acton cub pack are ready to move up Mr Ormsby was a sea scout leader in Scarborough before lo Acton He and troop Chaplain Rev Chuck Beaton or number one as he is also called were both sea scouts themselves but Quartermaster Terry Bridge and Mate Br an were not In the movement before they took on the job of leading the troop Onagain history but scouting here since 1908 The scout troop known as 1st Georgetown received its charter In 1MB but scouting was active in Georgetown within six years of the forma lion of the movement in former scout master Albert Tost soys Scouting was basically the same then as It Is today although there have been some new badges added and scouts today get to travel further on their can Mr Tost said When I was with the scouts the furthest I got away was Fourth Line he said Mr Tost was a scout during the First World War and while ho and his troop were out on an overnight camp their scout master LtCol Ballantlne received his call to go overseas He left the camp and Jack Blair took his place Mr Tost said Once he started to work Mr Tost left the scouting movement but later return SCOUT QUID UJICH Boys and girls Interested la Joining and guides but don I know how to go abort It can cm tact either the North District Seoul Commissioner Steve Thompson at or Division Guide Barbara at That goes for adults who are Interested In becoming leaders as Mr Thompson and Mrs will direct potential recruits the right group and help potential leaders through tketr training lake charge of boys cubs and scouts during the Second World War Because there were two age groups he split them up far their weakly meetings but took them out together on week ends for hikes and corn roasts with some outdoor thrown in The troop which marched in the victory parade when the war ended raised money for their uniforms by collect waste paper and selling It Mr Tost said The worst thing was collecting that paper he said We had the back end of the Carpet Bam building Jammed to the roof with paper We had to bundle it up and we d take the boys down to help us but when they found the funny papers they were gone Mr Tost took the scouts on a trip to Toronto to see Roy Rogers at Maple Leaf Gardens in what turned out to be the last tnp the boys had They ved in Toronto and had lunch saw the TV cowboy had dinner and Insisted on going to the movies By the time the bus arrived bock in Georgetown the boys parents were on Main Street raising the devil because ihey were so late Mr Tost recalled really something to see Mr also recalled the targe scale religious services with all Catholic scouts gathering for mass followed by scouts belonging to the Church of England later in Ihe same spot the same altar One of Ihe highlights of the Jamboree for Mr Hardman and Ross McGUvray was meeting Baden Powell one day as she walked through the camp Mr had met Lord Baden Powell some years earlier as a scout in England and mentioned this to Lady Baden Powell She was a real lady ho said Mr who retired from scouting at the age of GO on his doctors advice says the world Jamboree was Ihe high light of his 15 years as a scout leader It was a privilege lo attend the Jamboree even work he said The World Jamboree will be reluming Canada In 1W3 being held In Alberta on the site of this years Canadian Jamboree midway between Calgary and Banff SCHOOLS CARNIVAL SWEEPING SUCCESS Students at Stewart tow Senior ackeol tea last rUclstea1 hi a image at actlvUei tugof war Wednesday afternoon off to enjoy winter at their sackreiaya football aid of team broomball carnival amidst blowing snow and chilly tempera tare