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WILMETTE LIFE December 28, 1928 BOY SCOUT NEWS I · of the North Shore Troops A ,.,,., ,,.,,, ,.,, , , , . , , _ H th wui bv mtmbtr· of th1 Bofl Scout p,., dab.. North , Shott ArM CoutKil Scouts Have Great Time at Wilderness . Camp in Michigan At~n·iversar:V Plans . Outlined· by Scout Executive's Staff Anniversary Day, Friday, February 8. at 8:15. Every Scout in the country will recommit himself to the Scout Oath and Law. Mobilization Day, Saturday, February 9, Scouts will mobilize for Community Good Turns, to take 9!er the management of the towns, etc. Scout Sunday, February 10, troops will attend church in uniform. Pastors are already planning a special Scout sermon and other recognition of the Boy. In some cases Scouts in uniform will serve as ushers at the church service. Scouts' day in the schools, Monday. February 11. In many cases, Scouts will put on a demonstration before the entire body of the school, before a parent-teacher association or assume other rf'sponsibilities on this day. l Proposed Mess lf~U lor C&.l'p Af&.~-J~-~ _ ·-'" · · :;,- · Stray Points oa Troop Procrama Camp Day and Patriots' Day, Tuesday, February 12. This is also Scout In a bulletin last week addressed "to Memorial Day. Afternoon · Patriotic pilgrimage ~n honor of Lincoln and the men on the firing line," the Scout leaders, Scout Executive McPeek Washington. passed out the following suggestions : Citizenship Day, Wednesday, FebRoosevelt passed away January 6, ruary 13. Scout troops will give demonstrations before Service clubs, Cham- ten yeJ.rs ago-would it benefit your bers of Commerce, etc. Prominent city troop to recognize in some way this officials will be invited to address Scout loss to our nation? gatherings. How can you use the Cabin-in-theHorne Day, Thursday, February 14. Woods to enrich your troop program? Parents all over the United States are asked to reserve this night as a home Would your local Parent-Teacher night, in which Dads' and Mothers' association, American Legion Post or time are given exclusively to the chil- other group care to have your troop dren. put on a Scouting demonstration for them? General-All Scouts plan to wear their uniforms during the entire period It might be a good plan to arrange of Scout week. Merit badge expositions are being planned by various dis- for your troop to plant a tree on the library grounds in the Spring. tricts. Lincoln and Washington have their Would a Parents' Night or Father birthday anniversaries in this month, and Sons' banquet help build your so that figures into the Commemora- troop morale? tion of Scout week in many troops. Are one or two new boys joining For further information, write or your troop each month? phone North Shore Area Council, Boy Scouts of America, 21 N. Sheridan How many boys in your troop have road, Hig-hland Park. Phone, High- heen Scouts for more than a year? land Park 2431. For more than two years? For more than three years? The snow is deep and the hills ar~ steep, and the forty ,Scouts at C~mp Wilderness, near Brtdgeman, M1ch., are having the time of their lives. The north· shore delegation, which is under ·the leadership of Scout Executives McPeek and McManus, sends word that they are having the best time ever. The two patrols of north shore boys are also accompanied by Dorland Davis, who is instructor in handicraft and nature study work at the camp, and Lowell Comee, national junior archery champion, who is heading up the archery work. Among the many troops representatives are: Davis Lott, Troop 2; Craig Stoddard, Troop 4; Julian Hirsch, Troop 3; Robert Crawford, Troop 2; Philip Swabacker, Troop 18; Harry Brown, Troop 20; William Heyn, Troop 20 ; Harry Keator, Troop 22, and Walter Roberts, Troop 22. The group will return on New Year's Did it ever occur to you that anything worthwhile ever accomplished in Day, arriving on the north shore about the world, was produced by sheer de- one o'clock. termination, hardship, worry and much hard work? Too often we expect Scouts to Show Hobbies maximum results for minimum effort. at Exhibition January 26 If a Scout leader can get the idea A is to be assigned to each across to his Scouts that anything troop table of the North Shore Area council which does not require hard work is on which they will display material in not worth while, even though it is not with the various hobbies of literally true, he has accomplished a connection the members of that troop at the great deal towards moulding that boy's Hobby Show scheduled for January 26 future program. at the Glencoe Union church. A leather We hear Scouts say they will drop shield is to be awarded to the troop Latin next year because it is too hard with the most comprehensive display when its being hard .should be the of boy hobby material. Parents and very reason why they should continue. friends of Sco_ uting will be invited to We hear Scouts barter about the come in during the afternoon and eveMerit Badges, as to whether they are ning, to view the display. Scouts from hard or easy when in reality the Scout the troops will be on duty throughout who secured a hard Merit Badge has the time of the exhibit to explain the the great satisfaction of having done a things in which they are interested. No real job and he most certainly is a admission will be charged: A feature better Scout. of the evening's enterprise will be the awarding of Life, Star and Eagle Scouts, don't pick the easy job; let some weak-kneed, lazy, irresponsible badges by the Area-Wide Court of fellow have them, and you go in for Award. the man's size job. You will like itThe Rotarian (December). Suggest Some "Do's" for Hard Work Basis of ..4chievement, Scouts Are Told Troop Scribe and Aides In a recent scribe conference it was Advancement Opportunitiea decided thatTown-Board of Review and Court The large troop record book is the of Award: most satisfactory for troop record \Vilmette-Second Wednesday keeping. Third Saturday, as announced A troop committeeman should go Kenilworthover the record books once a month. . Second Tuesday, 4 P. M. Troop dues should be worked out on Second Tuesday, 7:30 P. M. budget plan. Winnetka-Third Friday, 7:30 P. M. There should be an assistant scribe Following Thursday in case of absence of regular. Glencoe-By individuals All troop records should be written Third Tuesday in ink. · Highland ParkRecords of tests passed must be comThird Monday at 7 P. M. plete. Third Monday at 7 :30 P. M. Scribes must keep up to date the Lake Forest-First Friday, 7 P. M. record of the troop's finances. First Friday, 7:30 P. M. The individual record forms are Glenview-With first troop meeting . tremendously important and must be each month compkt¢1y filled out. Second Friday ELECT LEADERS ~orthbrook-With first troop meetTroop 34 has- elected a senior patrol ing each month and patrol leaders as follows : Parker Second Friday . Deerfield-With first troop meeting Johnston, John Dingle and Frett Harmon. Mr. McManus arrived towards each month the end of our meeting and showed us Second Friday Libertyville..:....With first troop meet- several badges and we also have been having our meetings at the Elks hall ing each month but that is now changed to the Lincoln Second Friday Mundelein-Third Friday, 7 P. M. school. We will soon be a member of the North Shore Area councii.Third Friday, 7:30 P. M. Nick Wink,· Troop 34. Look F~rw&rd to Meeting of Leaders in Chicago A gathering of Boy Scout committeemen from Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, and 'Illinois for the purpose of sharing and exchanging ideas on Scouting, will be held at the Edgewater Beach hotel, Chicago, Tuesday, January 15, beginning at noon. Dr. James E. West and Dr. George J, Fisher, Chief Scout executive, and Deputy Chief Scout executive, respectively, will be present. Mike Gorman of Flint, Mich., will again be toastmaster at the big banquet. North shore Scout leaders are striving to build an attendance of more than thirty men. · These figures indicate something of the richness of your troop program. WUI Honor Scout Leaders at Dinner Early in Year The Executive board of the North Shore area is planning an appreciation dinner as an indication of its recognition of the faithful, untiring work of north shore Scout leaders during the past year. This dinner, which is becorning an annual event in north shore Scouting circles, will probably be held early in February. An especially attractive program is being arranged. ENLARGE LEADER COURSE A training course in Scouting and troop management is being planned for early in 1929. This will supplement the training course in First Aid essentials which is now being conducted for Scout leaders, future sessions of which will be held January 7, ..1-\ Zl. 28. February 11 and 18. HOLD CHRISTMAS PARTY The Troop 36 Scouts met in the St. James Parish hall. First Aid and games were the main events. A party was held Friday, December 21. Mr. Prato and two patrol leaders, scribe and thirteen Scouts were present last Friday, December 14.-Tom Brennan, Pine Tree Patrol, Troop 36, Highwood. ___