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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 14 Nov 1930, p. 39

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'board or make the shore, the skipper decided to start the engine and make for the wharf, only a f ew f eet distant. Scout Fox did the crariking, but evi- dently "Bob" the engine, decided that> Sunday was a day, of- rest, and re- fused to be persuaded, and in .f act pro- tested vigorcisly by backfiring through the carburetor. inlet., Upon one occa- Sion, the backfiring, ignited sorne gaso- line or ofl floating *in. the bilge of. the boat, and a sheet. of flarne shot up. Since the, gasoline tanks vvere. located right above the engine, this sheet of fiame did flot appeal. to us at ahl, and Scout Fox prornptlv tore into -the câbin, grabbed the fire extinguisher, and the ýSkipper .pumnped, ca rbon tetrachI.gride onto the gasohiné. blaze, putting it out in a few mornents, ýand fiIJing, the, engiîne.,iatcb 'with a;lheavy,, rank .gas. The other *Scouts camne back, and after the gas had cleared off, the engine was started, and vve proceeded to 'the whar f. ' After' dinnier, severa of the Scouts stretchied theniselves out on a conven.ient anid suninv ro7k and plept for several hours, having hiad about aIl the carbon tetrachioride they: wanted to inhale. The test of us wvent fishing,- and tNwo more fine' pic 'kerel weelanded, the fisigbegfro shore and by castiing,. That niglit we had, supper on shore, with rnore pick- erel and lueb)erries. The. Skipper had purchased a basket con taininig twvo quarts. Aftcr supper, w\e haid a fine roariing fi re of lôgs, consurned. large quantitiés of tea, and s%%appel yars- a perfectlv glorious eveiiiing.' The stars were very cle'ar, ini couttast to Satur- day night, wvhen the. air %vas lieavy. The Northern lights iývere visible, al- though not so fier%, as 1I-have seen thtn iniii ther parts of' Canada.,A ternpts, wve totnd that the timing was out of kelter; so we worked the eni- tire day adjusting the timing, and fin- :aIIy at 4 p.rn., the engine, now te'rmed "Miserable Bob," showed signis Of activity, and we started' out, but, flot for long, 'as Bob would run idie, but refused topull any load., After another hour's coaxing, we prevailed upon Bob -to be decent, and we started doWn for Jenkins' postoffce; sorne ten miles distant. XXe ad. been. visited in the morning by a srnall launch to whorn we had reported our trouble, and they had agreed to let. Mr. Jenkins, know ,vso that. lie- could corne after' us with a tov-ýboat, and while' Jenkins' postofice wasout of our .way, we were obligec.d to let Jenkins know that vel were. able. to navigate on our own. As teeare no telephones in the Geor- gian' Bay Wilderness the sole means of convýeying.a message is.to deliver it. -in. person. However, We were giad that we muade the trip a& it was p.robably the 1110,t picturesqtîe runiling we eu- joyed. (To' be .continued) Scouts Welcomed to Various Troops Along North Shore *The North Shore Area Council wvel- cornes the New Scouts which are côn- tinually registering in the. various troops. Arrong the latest group 'we find an Eagle. Scout,. Arthur Poinier, who is transferring f rom Indianapolis to Troop 34, Highiland Park. The complete list is as follows: Bill Shearer, Troop 1, Wilrnette,; John Adamns, Troop 2, Wilrnette; Ar-7 thur Floor, Troop 2, WTlrnette; Jerry -Born; Troop 4, Wilrnette; Stuart Ed- coe; Riobert Maxwell, t.ransferrec f rom Edgar Engle, Troop 45, Lake Forest; Troop 15 to Troop 23, Glencoe; Bobby Tedcly Monahan, Troop 45, Lakce For- Hfoza, Troop 24, Hubbard Woods; est; Frank Barngrover, Troop 54, Arthur -Poinier, Eagle Scout, trans- Haif Day. YQU. ýME N' Who appreciate the. finer things in fab rics-endj have been payins, aàhigk price to etthe 7-wiII b. delightecl witk thé. marvelous stock :we carry,kere., W*OO>ol f or own importa- tion. The fAnest products of the. best American milis. Styled in a manner that satunes. every requirement of fashion and good taste. OUR-FEATURESUS -INDIVIDtJALLY TAILORED EXPERtT TRYO.N SERVICE 2 .WILMETTE-290 -Hour Se NIORT PH~ONES .'WINNETKA 1US vice -GREENLEAF 0.62 JUT ýON THE FMMI 0f THE 11H f . wOP

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