Illinois News Index

Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 13 Jul 1939, p. 18

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S EA-GOING branch of Scout movement is Sea limited to youths of 15 yea and older. The boys and. ti the Boy Scoutin i, irs of ae hir aduit As frequently as opportunities of- fer, the Sea Scouts take longer voyv- ages, usually on sailing craft. For this purpose the Great Lakes are, ideal. Wind and water kick up often1 Io give the Scouts the thrill of sail- ing through a storm, the wide ex- panse of the lakes give them oppor-j turilties to work with charts, com-i pass, chronometer, sextant, and pel- crus, and the liberty ports are. many; and hospitable. :-., Scouts "Oliver H. Perry," Schooner Once Luniber Carrier, Takes. Boys for Cruise on Tbree. Lakes, mate 1 ,-reen avenue. anfd. foot main mast, was built in Novia Scotia in 1921. First used in the African lumber trade, it was brought to the Great Lakes ini 1935, and was used as a pulp carrier' £ aU A*wl SS eI4, .LfllW . %flJr fJ. They returned via Mackinace island and disermbarked, at Nolland. Dur- ing the tripthey thus sa lied on three of the Great Lakes: Huron, Supe- rior, and Michigan. Life Aboard Ship As good photographers as they were sailors, many of them brought back excellent pictures of 1 i f e aboard ship and of the places they visited. Through the courtesy of Mr. 1 Mr. ance 15 sexpec er of the show. comrnittee includes t speI the Allen M.1 nut avenue, bparents, 1130 Chest- O! its prei token,a to spec

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