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WILMETTE LIFE April S. 1929 BOY SCOUT NEWS I ' of the NORTH SHORE TROOPS A regul4r feature page ptlplltetl Hch weel by membttl of the Boy Scout Presi club, North Shore Area Council Find Evidence of Much Wild Life on New Camp Grounds Keith Roberts of Glencoe, engineer and member of the Scout Camping committer, just came back from a trip to the new Scout camp site in northern Wisconsin where he spent several days in surveying the property of Camp Ma-Ka-J a- Wan, the new North Shore Area Summer camp. He reports that the camp property, besides including the larger Spring Lake has a smaller take in connection, that is suitable for boating and fishing. The vroperty is very near another large lake, the size of Spring Lake. He tells of the tracks and evidences of much wild life including porcupine, deer, muskrat, and possibly wolf. Mr. Roberts states that the ice home has already been built and is filled with ice . Lumber is piled at the lake shore for the new lodge to be constructed as soon as weather permits. The survev shows manv details that wi11 help, even more than. had been expected, to make an ideal summer camp site for the Scouts of the north shore. Junior Leaders Enjoy Several Days at Spring Camp Abm·r, a group of Iunior Leaders 7C'ith their 0 boss," Assistant Executi7·e McJ{anus, seated in the center, 'il'lto co11ductcd tlze camp. Herr we ha~·c the Scouts cnr;a.lJcd in a clean-up cmnpair;n. The ccntrr picture slw7.£:s Coon: Georg(; RC'rsch 011 the job. Ten Scout Troops Win New Advancement Award The following Troops of the North Shore Area council quali tied for the new Advancement Award for th e first quarter in 1929: Troop 2, Congregational church. Wilmette, \Y. Ewart Cook, Scoutmas .. ter. Troop 3, Methodist churci1, \Vilmette, Lester Ball, Scoutmaster. Troop 4. St. Augustine's Episcopal church, \Vilmette, D. C. Leach. Scoutmaster. Troop 8, Baptist church, \Vilm(.tte, C. E. Palmer, Scoutmaster. Troop 13, Kenilworth, Robert Townley, Scoutmaster. 'l'roop 16, \\' innetka Communitv House, Dr. George G. Eisenbrand. Scoutmaster. · Troop 18, \i\rinnetka Communit~· House, Dr. C. Roy Terry, Scoutmaster. Troop 21, Glencoe Union church, Charles D. Spencer, ~coutmaster. Troop 22, Glencoe Union church, · Georg-e K. Budd, Scoutmaster. Troop 23, St. Elisabeth's Episcopal church. Glencoe, Col. Louis E. \Vaefelaer, Scoutmaster. Each of th ese troops have at least 25 percent of their membership First Cla ss and not over 40 percent Tenderfoot. Several other troops missed this Award by only a very small margin. These Awards wilt he presented at the Council-wide Before-Camp rally to be held in May. ) unior Scout leaders had the time of their -younrr lives la st week when theY spent several d::1vs at the Cabin-in-theb · \Voods west of Glencoe. They acquired many new ideas to bring back to their troops. Eagle Scouts to Have Own j Ask Scouts to Apply Organization This Year · for Junior Officer TROOP SHOWS GROWTH Troop 18 of the \Vinnetka Commun ity House, has more than doubled in size since last fall. \V c now have 34 scouts enrolled against the 15 the11 . Dr. Terry, our Scoutmaster since last fall, deserved a lot of credit for this growth and better troop. V.,Te have twice won the Troop Honor Ribbon J.nd are out now for the new <;ouncil awards to troops . Plans were made for a hike to the Isaac \\'alton lodge on March 29. At our last meeting we passed te st and made our hike plans.-Scribe Philip vwabacker. ~fyron C. Rybolt, Scout executive of the Xorth Shore Area council, anOlder Scouts in the council who are nounces : "\V e are ·goi ng to have an registered and active with their troops Eagle Scout organization in our connmay apply for positions on the Junior cil in the near future. This grott!J Officers staff at Camp Ma-Ka- J a- \Van. will be made up . of all Eagle Scouts Several have already done so and if · and we are anxious to get the nal'l!es you think you have made sufficient of thos~ Eagl~s who are not active and r:gtstered 111 our o ffice at the pres- prQgress in Scouting and had enough ent ttme. If you are one of these experience in camp you arc urged to olease s~nd your name anrl a?dres~ to the Boy Scout headquarters 111 Htgh- make application. Positions in Camp · land Park." The Eagle Scouts will hold a me eting soon to elect officers and to havt pictures taken. There will be a large picture of the entire group and pictures of each local town group. This organization will plan investiture cereHEAR GENERAL CLINNIN monie s for new Eagle Scouts and carrv At a recent meeting of Troop 24 of Sacred Heart church, Hubbard on special activities throughout th~ \\'oods, Gen. John V. Ctinnin spoke to year. the new members of the troop, according to a report from Erie Lingle, MANHOOD THROUGH SCOUTING Troop scribe. Scribe Lingle r eports Scoutin g builds into ~ boy's makeup that the meeting was in charge of strong fibres of character. It makes Scout H. Carpenter, Junior Assistant him ·s taunch of heart and strong of Scoutmaster, and that G. \Yalk ey, \\·. mind. It h~s proven itself to be a King, ] r., and G. \\' alkey, Jr., were builder of true manhood. The mov~also present. Xcw boy s in the troop ment is well worth supporting in any arc F . Jostnick, .T. Cummings, C. Dan- community .. -Boy Scout Bulletin. by, and J. Hausler.-Rohert Riddle. The Camping committee ba:; rt.!commended and the Executive board has approved the following policy with regard to the final selection of the~e applicants: "That these Scouts should bl given t~ understand this service will be voluntary, except that their camp fee, including transportation, will not be r equired of them." I "That the selection of these Scouts i will be by recommendation of the :Scout Executive,. with the approval of the Ca~p comli!Ittee and that preference will be gtven to the mo.re advanced Scouts who have f~uthf,ull.Y se rved throughout the year with tne_tr own tro?ps. .q~alitie~ of leadership and spectal ab!ltttes will of c urse be taken into account." ~; I SCOUT HAS LONG WAIT After waiting since I was eight years old, it sure ,~.:as a grand and glorious feeling \Vhen my twelfth birthday came in view. ~Iy birthday \Yas in March, but I had mv tests all reaclv h\'O months ahead- of time. The thing I like b es t in the Tenderfoot test. a~e the knot . They are u eful .and tt ts a lot of ft~n to have races '~' tth them. I am lookmg forward to bemg a secand class Sc?ut so?~n.-Robert H. Moulton, Jr., froop --, Glencoe. CAMP FIRE Did y()lu enr watc!1 the camp fire When the wood has fallen low? And the a he s start to whiten '.R ound the embers' crimson glow? ~7 ith the night sounds all around you Making ilence double sweet, And a full moon high above you That the spe ll may be complete? Tell me, were you ever nearer To the land of heart's desire Than when you sat there thinking With your feet before the fire? -Contributed PRAISE PRESS CLUB A recent issue of Scouting, a national Scout leaders magazine, speaking about the organization of the Na- tional Rov Scout Pre ~~ association savs: "The Press Club of the North Sliore Area council, Illinois, gets out two weekly news pages for local papers regarding council activities." This recognition by the national Scout Headquarters of Journalism activities in this council is an indication of the wide-spread interest in this work. Each week the class in Journalism is meetinQ' at the Scout headquarters · in Highla. 1 Park at 2 o'clock on · Saturday afternoons for the Highland Park and Highwood Scouts. In the other towns, Mr. McManus meets with bovs at scheduled times to write their news reports and ·work toward their journalism ~fcrit Badge.Robert Lehr, Troop 32. This Patrol Has a Yell That's Hard to Master The Di-Dot Patrol of Troop 100 at Spring Camp was made up of . Scouts from Troop 3 and 4 of vVilmette . The boys were Paul Sterner, Lowell Comec, Bill Lehle, John Fowler, Hugh Carrington, and John Osborn. Here was our call: (Use D in place of the first letter in each of the following words.) "I put a penny in the gum slot to see the gnm go down. I get the wrapper, you get the gum cause I put the penny in the gum slot to see the gum go down." Did you get it? No, well try again.-Scont Billy Lehle, Troop 4, Wilmette. \I ~;.. I I