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June 7, 1929 . 1'·-- ~~·--C_o~rn_m_is_s,..._ · i'-:'o_n_e_r__, Build on a Firm. ·Foundation Any good builder will tell you that a worthwhile structure must have a strong and lasting foundation. it must certainly be subjected. acter. Albert P. Snite of Highland Park is the Commi~si01:er of the :Korth Shore Area council of the Bov Scouts of America. The counci l Includes th<.' towns of \Vilmette, \\'inn etka. Glencoe, Highland Park, High}'·oocl, and Lake Fore . t. an'tl the Skokie \'alley tO\YIIS of Glenview, ~orthhrook. Deerfield. Libertyville and ).1 undelcin. ~fr. Snite \ras the fi:st president of the council wh~n it was organized in Dccet11her, 1926. The council started. so the records state, "with about 300 Scouts enrolled in twenty troops. · counting remnants." Mr. Snite has seen the organization gro\\" in two and 011e-haH years to forty-three active regi.;;tered troops with a present meffi'l>ership of 1053 Scouts. A conservative anal)·sis places an estimate of 1200 Scouts at the end of the yea r. This will mean a 400 percent increase in a perind of three years. ~fr. Snite has this to saY: "I consider t h~ Korth Shore A;ea council to he a fi nc example of co-operati,·e social endeavor. Composed oi twelve distinct communities. none them large enough · to support a Council by themseh·cs. they have. by joining together. cut dO\nl the overhead expense and have brought the benefit s of Scouting to almo. t four times the number of bo}·s origina_lly served hy the movement. By reason of this cooperation the council has been able to establish its own summer camp. This will result in a like .increase in the number of . hovs who will have the privilege of ati outdoor camping experience. "The next few years will see a continued large increase in th.e number of Scouts and campers. Great credit is .due these communities for the cooperation they have shown in .thisunited effort to give their boys the benefits of Scouting." Without thist his building can not and will not withstand the shocks to which The same ·rule applies to charThe experience of ages has taught us that there is but That is the Church of Chri .t. Lay and strengthen one safe and certain rock upon· which we can safely build our character. the proper foundation for the character of your children and yourself by becoming an active member of the Church of your choice beginning n~xt Sunday. ) 111111111111111111 1111111111111111111111111111111111111 11111111 11111111111 111111111111 11111111111 111111111111 11 Director)' of Churches: St. Augustine's Episcopal Church 1140 or St. John's Lutheran Church Wilmette and Park Avenuts . Rev. Hetman W. Meyer Wilmette Ayenue Rev. Hubert Carleton The F~rst Methodist Church Lake and Wilmette Avenues · Rev. Horace G. Smith F~rst Congregational O.arcb Rev. Vete V. Loptr Lake and Wilmette Avenuts The F~rst Presbyterian Church Ninth Street -.nd Greenleaf Avenue Rev. Clyde Randolph Wheeland Wilmette Eaglish Lutheran Church Greenleaf Avenue and Seventh Street Rev. Carl I. Emp·on The Wilmette Baptist Church Forest and Wilmette A venues Rev. George D. Alliaon P. CLERK ON VACATION Miss Relda Murray of Kenihvorth, clerk at the Kenilworth postoffice, left Published by the Interchurch Advertiaing Committee, Wilmette Church Federation last Saturday for a vacation of ten days which she is spe~ding w_ith rela- ; tives at Musk~gan, Mtf'h. Mtss Mur- : , ray will be on duty again ~ednesday, ' i~,~~~~~~~rn~~~~~~~~~&~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ June 12. : 0. . II. I