Illinois News Index

Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 26 Mar 1936, p. 18

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1 m Low Prices Ill e --t% on Overhauus pres Piek.up and Deliveti 'SIENCOR BICYCLE SHOP 708 Vernn Ave. Glencoe 57 UPHOLSTERING PHONI UNIl DAVIS FIlIN naiam:ain St. Es Vus Spri Ist.od of a Spai Theu gel rld4 OId GoId end iti wiNoeil of fabrios WORIIING .' 0 * * Soon Minmette sea scouts will again have thel opportunity of sailing on their 40-foot cruiser "Ouilmette." The lakce is well free of ice and Wilmette harbor is clearing up rapidly. Skip- per Huggins annou nced .the. first cruiser working pa rty at the meeting Monday e vening, March 16. The boys were told to. meet at. the ship- yard Saturday rporning -at, nine o'clock. The rs job to be' done was to Wash the vessel from stem to stern and keel to truck, This is preparatory to, p >a i n t i n g which, weather, permitting, will be done so on, thereafter. L 7210 CHARtTS . The «advanced sea -scoutsý worked 1ITURE -on -char t problems at the, last meet- ENing. These problems were assigned pincipally to afford them experience Evanêom in handling the var ious instrunments used ini piloting. Plenty of chance was had' to use the parallel rules, di- 'w 19Fviders, protractor and triangles. Com- pass error was coinputed and courses kg S ob were laid and properly compensated ig Sono? for the error. This type of work is necessary in passing certain advanced Of fl$* tests and will prove to* be invaluable 'when it comes tume to pilot their iSilver cruiser next sumr Jewelry and Uuuséd Silver for Cash. C.De. PEACOCK JEWELERS SINCE 1137' SM S onroeo Palmer HoUSe Cor. The three scouts who were just recently promoted to the rank of Ordinary are stepping right along to the next rank. Skipper Huggins' of- ficially passed a number of the scouts in the vatious tests. ' Jack Barnardi passed fire. drill and schooner rig- ging; Edwin Colegrovç pas4sed anchor cable and sea history;ý Edgar, Goelz passed schooner igging al1so. Not- far behind, these boys are Lthose1 stili working to attain the Ordinary rank. Don HendersonI relative uearings. DUAL MEETf *TrOops 13 of Kenilworth, and 2 of Wilmette will hold a dual. meett, this week-end. .Evènts, schedule.dinclude O'Grady drill, signalling in both sema- phore and wigwag, 'fire-making with flint, a troop drill, and games. .Robert Townley is scoutmnaster of the former. troop, and Bud, Spinney of the latter. Troop .13 iW now preparing for. the court of honor which willbe held in May. Boys are earning their menit badges at the :rate of ten a. day, Scoutmaster Townley reported, this week. PACK 63 TO MEET FRâIDAY Cub Pack 63 of, the Congregational church of.which Howard.Hindley is the Cubmaster and Warren Fifer îs the chairman will hold a regular Pack meeting for ail Cubs and parents at the 'Congregation'l lchurch on Fri- day of this week. A program of interest to ail 'Cubs and. parents has been planned, -and will include stunts by the Cubs and recognition by the Pack leaders and parents to Cubs who have earned achievements and advancement in rank Not only are ail Cub parents urgé d to be present, but ail parents who have boys, ages 9, 10, and 11, are cordially invited to attend and to see what cubbing is and bow the pro- gramn isadaptable to 'every home and how parents can make use of the Cub prograni of activity, within their own home. EXECUTIVES RETVRN The executive staff o6f.the, North Shore. Area côuncil returned Thurs- day ofls eek f rom a,,week's.coni- feceat French Lik, Indiana, iwhere ail of the scout executives of Color and Distinction in NIew Charming ommendations in sa isus grolips. The commission reports included, studies ini the following subjects: 'per- sonnel, inter-racial 'activities, cam p- ing, health, and safety, rural scouting, local. council,, leadership training,- court' of honor and scout advance- ment, readinig, the ten-year, prograin, troop organization, o:peration and supervision, 'cubbing and special events, and ivic service. Each afternoon 'was devo6ted to, sma1ll ele.ctiveý discussion groups on many different subjects, and Phases of the Boy Scout program. Lord Baden-Poweil, because of ili health was unable to be present at the conference, but. sent. a rep- resentative in, the 'person, of.,J. S. Wilsontecm chief of Gilwell park, Englanid, the English 'training center. Accompanying M ri.-Wilson was Richard A.* Frost, the assistant camip chief of GitweIl. Both Mr. Wilson and Mr. Frost 'are staying in the' United States for about thire months to conduct train-> ing courses ini various parts of the country, and at the Schiff Scout res.- ervation at Mendham, Ný J. They i" put on courses in rovering and at tht. reservation they will conduct- a Gil well Wood-Badge course in Scout- mas'tership.~ The), will*be in Chicago on May 2, at the time of thie Chicago Scout circus. John A. -Stuces, chief executive coin- missioner of the Boy Scouts Asso- ciation of Canada was also a visitor and participant in the conference. Other guests included Paul Siple. the Scout who accompanied Byrd oni both trips to the South Pole, Most Rev. Francis C. Kelley, Bishopý of .Okahoma City and Tulsa and .the, Chairmianof the Catholic committee on scouting, and Walter W. Head, President of the Boy Scouts of Amer- ica, Herbert J. Grant, 'President of the Ghurch of Jesus Christ of Latter and sheers. 400 Ln Square Sizes 32- coupee to ecideo ,on April 9, in the Evanston concil, council and the Noi council'winnerà.. whole area will oin the team which ýouncil at Evanstoni contest wîth the Oakc Park Area :rthwest Suburban'

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