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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 27 Sep 1934, p. 22

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W1LMETTE LIFE September 27, 1934 s I e r DRESS SAL e STEVENS' LOWER PRICE ROOM $595. New Fail Dresses., jusi unpaeked Crepes and Knits New Fail Shades A startling ."value-giving" event to bring more satisfied cus- tomers to this busy. department. Sizes 12 to '20 1If your budget cat.is for. $15.00, dresses see thèse early Edgar A. Stevens, lae EVAN STO t. 4 j SE THERE! To see the season's closing sailboat races, yau should plan ta lie at Wil- mette harbor this next Sundav. The Sea Scout Snipes will sail twa- races. one iin the morning and one ini the afternoan, ta see ivhich boat takes the Commodore cup. The first race aoi this series was sailed last Sunday in' a light east wind. The races Sunday promise to be excitmng. ii that the hoats are very evenly matched. The Sheridan Shore Stars -%vil race Sun- day for the last tinie this season. -R. D. H. Film 800 Boys at North Shore Rally Approximately 800 Boy Scouts and 'Cubs attended the rally last Satur- day m orning in No Man's L4and, be- tween Wilmette and Kenilworth, 1wheire they had their pictures taken and where they were the guests of the Teatro del Lago and its manager. S. C. Meyer, at a sl5ecial showing of films. Moving pictures were taken af the whole group being initiated inta the Cherokee trible of Indians as bonorary members by Chief Lone Star. Pictures were then taken af' small groups engaging in camping, cooking, first aid, tower building, sig- naling, Indian dlancing and Cul) games. The lictures that were taken were sho-%N iat the Teatro del Lago) last Sunday and Nvill again ble pre- sented on Saturday an(l Sunday this1 week-end. 'Flev ,%Il] then 1)e shnvni in other niorth >sicore theaterll. Council Program Given Scoutmasters' Approval '-ýoutiasuC _o tw Not Slo ~'eiutiI1asscouts Il I ne .\ ()VIII Z -,cc- .\rea council, together xitlicoiimiis,- Iît'sotsC>,1ltC hi u sioners, assembled at scout lîeadcjuar- 011casr(urmft wny or ters Tuesday nîght of this weekt lcrfrtcas wlt.,tli t. discuss plans and problems for the re(luircmellts tw~elv*e, their huIe new year. J. B. jacksoni. scout coin- Scout; seven, their Lagle Sc(Sti. Folir missianer of the co.uncil. xvas il, w~ere awar(le(l Lagle Scout palmns. charge of the meeting and a good Although no serioùs accidents mar- representation of scoutmasters Nvas; red tlhe camping (ltlnîng the six-weekh present. Scoutmasters also approve(l period, 731 visits ta the doctor wvett the council programn as set up 1)' made for: treatment of small cuts., the executive, board the night before blisters and bruises, for second dre--s and expressed their, belief that thé sîngs on Vprevio us iwoilnds, and for re- scouting programn this canîing seaslil moval of splinters. *will be anvthing but duIl. Ga ins for 1934 Two big percentage gains over last year featured the 1934 s e a s o ni of Camp Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan, it is revealed in statistics released recently by Keith Roberts, chairman of. the camip- ing committee, North Shore Area counicil. Camping showed a 33.9 po. cent increase over 1933, while tlit earning 'of mienit ladgçs jumped 7U. per cent ahead of last year's record The boys also showed aptitude a-, eating in 1934, with a resuit that Ron- ald V\. loss, thie camp chef, anîd Il,! assistants served a total of 24.25" meals-and the average net %%,eigllt gain per boy is estimated at i* pounids. Featuning the 33.9 per cent caml'- ing gain are the following figures: 428 scouts attended camp for a totai of 844 scout weeks; the camping weeks this season are boosted ta , total of 1,055 with the iifclusion cw._ 186 scouter weeks and of the timu" spent at camp by twenty-five parent> and friends of scauting who attenidecý the seventh iveek. The second periuc. oi 193+-the largest single period il, the historY ai the camp-atract<- 179 scouts. by way of iiakîîîg the 70.1-pcr cen.tt better silowîîxg in the Ineri. iadge progr am this year. 42~8 scouti- j)asseu re(juireniCnts tfor 4M bla'l1zv,. the fll0st liopular of wliicli wcru :in cookîîîg, pionccring, canîpînglll, sonal lhcaith, athîcetics, public l i ii:; reptile sttid*N. tirst aid. rowinigbinr<. .study, canociiig, lite sxnee tnîcîtv, swliliiliig, and xwoudcarvi .1 î_ of the other nmert badges.' 01J r, thirtv -four wec stud(ied ior aiJL. cariied at camlp. Good Ship 'Albatross, Goes UPR iver for Resi 'l'le Sea SotShip *Alb)atross,' after a busy.seasan, lias gonie up the Chicago river ta her winter bertli. A party 'of Sea. Scouts Ifroni Gleîîcoe, Winnetka and Wilmette sailed the boat over the week-end, with Johni Betak skipper. The boys who sailed were Vic Joyce, John WVilliams, Derb- Denis, Bob Garretson, Ted Smniîî, Bob Cale and Bill Pavey. The boys were. so strang that thev broke thie shaft of a 150-pound anchor, raising at off the dlay bottom of the Chicago lharbor., SCOUTS TO USHER AGAIN Again Northwestern university ba.s invited Boy Scouts of the North Share Area council ta, usher at tlheir home football games. Scouts over 14 years of age and first class, will bave preference aven those of less experi- ence. Sail omooeCup Finals This Week-End *ip'class yacht s ioWne(l b% Sea Scouts got off ta a start Sun .- day in the competitioîî for the Commodore cup, (lofated by Sea Scout CommodoreXV. H. XViI- 1iaus.. The first of the series of three races2was won by -Gladia- tor"I (417) sailed by Bart Price and Ewing Johiansen, bath of Win- nctka. Two Wilniette Sea Scouts. Don Hall and Jack Weigel, sailed the "Nor'easter" (927) *ta second. place. The culminating races ar- expected ta be held 'out of Wil- mette harbor this week-end. Coin- petition is keen-and some of the boys are following the example of Vanderbilt and procuring extra sails from friends. The Commno- dore cup is on exhibition ini the, window of thie Public Service office in Wilmette. IBOY SCOUT NEWS Camp -Records 14,p Show Marked 22

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