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24 WILMETTE LIFE January 11, 1929 BOY SCOUT NEWS Scouts Win Badges New Scout Executive in Winter Camp at Takes Helm of Council . Bridgeman, Mich. Mr. Rybolt, our new Scout ExecuSix north shore Scout troops elected representatives to uphold their laurels at the Wilderness Winter camp held near Bridgeman, Mich., in conjunction with the Oak Park Area council. Every north shore boy was elected a satisfactory camper and many Merit Badges were earned. The list is as follows : Harry Keator, Troop 21, Glencoe Union church, Merit badge·,; in First Aid and pioneering. Philip Swabacker, Troop 18, Witmetka Community House, Merit Badges in leathercraft. and automobiling. Dorland Davis, Troop 2, Wilmett ~ Congregational church, Merit Badge in leatherwork. ' Lowell Comme, Troop 4, St. Augustines Episcopal church, Merit Badge in automobiling and personal health. Bill Heyn, Troop 20, Winnetka Community House, Merit Badges in per sonal health, public health and le~ther work. Harry Brown, Troop 20, \Vinnetka Community House, Merit Badges in . personal health and public health . Robert Crawford, Troop 2, Wilmette Congregational church, Merit Badge in automobiling. Davi,; Lott, Troop 2. Wilmette Congregational church, Merit Badge in First Aid, personal health, cooking and automobiling, Craig Stoddard, Troop 4, St. Augustines church, \\7ilmette, Merit Badges in First Aid and cooking. The northshorc leaders who accompanied the delegation were Executives McPeek, and McManus, and Messrs. Davis and Commce. Other Scouts ~1o attended the camp include Hugh Carrington and \Valter Roberts . The fcltows, having had a fine time, are ordering more snow for next years winter camp. tive, started his work with the council January 1 and is now busy "on the job". He claims he is in love with the northshore. Well, it would be expected that he would like it for everybody around seems to think, too, that the northshore is pretty good. At any rate, he is apparently going to do a fine piece of work. here in the council. Surely all those who have not yet met him are anxious to say "hell!/' and give him the glad hand of welcome. Mr. McPeek leaves the council for his new position January 10. The north shore is surely going to miss ".Mr. Mac," but we hope that he has all the success in the world in his new job at Milwaukee. of the North Shore Troops A ttgulu fHtrur page pttpllttd ttKh wrri bg mrmbttl of tht Boy Scout Pttu dub, North Shott Atta Council Safety Merit Badge Note: Members of the 30,000 troops of the Boy Scouts of America have .the privilege of working to earn the various Merit Badges, which are vocational, avocational, and generally helpful in their purpose. Each week a different badge will be discussed in this section, and some of the requirements given. In order for Area Hobby Show Comes January 26; Plan Many Exhibits January 26 is the day of the 101,gplanned for Area- Wide Hobby Show. This year it is to be held at the Glencoe Ut)ion church. You can guess that the Scouts of Glencoe are pushing extra hard to make it a grand succes.;. The door is open at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon and it will stay open until the Court of Award which is to be held at 8 o'clock in the evening. Each troop will have a table in whicr to exhibit their various hobbies, collections, handicraft s and other materials that they have been getting ready. One troop is going to set up a small print-shop, another is going to work on archery, another on leathercraft. It will all be well worth seeing. Already, troops 21, 22, 23, 4, 52, ~3, and 18 . have reported that they have many things ready. Two awards are to be made to the troops. One a leather plaque to the . troop havin'g the ' most varied and ingenious program. The other an attendance shield to the tropp having the largest number of guests ! Ask some Scout for a free ticket so that you may count in the attendance contest. ,. a bov to ea rn a Merit Badge, he arranges for an appointment with some man in the community who has been dE>signated as a Merit Badg-e Counsellor and i~ giYen h elp in under~tanding th e fi eld coYer d. \Yh en th e examin r is satisfied that h e Scouts, Scout leaders and friends arc has a. beginning know! dge of the s ublooking forward to the Boy Scout An- ject, the badge is granted to him and niversary \\'eek. February 8 to 14. Each publicly awarded. Local Troops Busy With Planning for A nni7..1ersary Week First Aiel Adult Scout Leaders to Attend Regional Parley The council members, troop committee members, and the Scout fathers are working hard to win the award for the largest attendance at the fifth Regiol) Seven gathering at the Edgewater Beach hotel. Januarv 15 and 16. Men from the four states of the region, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana and Illinois, will gather to discuss and take action on the plans to enrich Scouting in the lives of the boys during the years ahead. Dr. James E. \Vest, Dr. George J. Fischer, Chief Scout Executive and deputy, and others will be on the program. Benjamin Bills of Wilmette will giYe the opening address at the luncheon Tuesday noon. The fathers of Scouts are particularly urged to come and help win the banner. In order to count in the contest one must attend the afternoon and en~ ning session Tuesday, January 15. troop is planning a special program -ior that week. A number · of troop s are attending church in a group-some churches sponsoring Scout troops a~ · e having special Scout church services in commemoration of Scouting's hirthdav. vVhat is your Scout troop doi 11g? At 8:15 o'clock Februarv 8. the re dedication ceremonies \\'ill be observed. Ever~; Scout, wherever he may be! will stand at attention. and rededicate himself to the principles for which the Scout Oath and the Scout Law stand. This particular time is the time of day at which the Bov Scouts of Amcric::t hegan hack in 1910. Here is \\·hat James E. \Ycst. on;· chief Scout Executive, hr~s to sav ahn~~t Anniversan· \Veek: "I believe the time has come for the Bov Scouts of America to set a needed ·example h\' emphasizing more than ever our obligation to make Anniversary Week o~i unusual service to the home, to th~ church. to the school, to the communitv and to the nation. \Ve have incorporated thit SOirtt Ill our Anniver"ary program in 1929." Thousands of the accidents which occur each year could be prevented by a fuller understanding and a more careful crusade of safety. Not only among adults but among children. Thousands of accidents are prevented and the seriousness of accidents which actuatlv occur lessened each vear through the efforts of the neariy a million Bov Scouts in this countrv. The following arc the requirements \Yhich a Boy must have qualified himself in, in order to earn the honor of the Merit Barlge in Safety: 1. Organize Two New Troops to Launch the New Year Troop 11 o.f Wilmette is now registered for the first time. This troop is sopnsored by St. Francis Xavier church. The troop committee made up of Mr. Bert Lynch, John J. Dawdle, and M. Morrison chose Bert L. O'Connell as the Scoutmaster of this troop. This is . the youngest troop in the coun-cil. NEW TROOP HOBBY SHOW Troop 4 of St. Augustine's church, Wilmette, held their Troop Hobby Show at a special meeting in order that they might be better prepar~d to win the banner at the Hobby Show coming- January 26. Reports show that they had a good number of differeut hobbies in their troop and that they hope to be up at the top in tht' contest at the Hobby Show. Make a safety inspection of his home. aecompanied by one or both parents. (a) List all possible causes of accidents, the report to be signed by one of his parents. (b) State in writing what he has done · to correct at least three dangerous conditions if found in his home. 2. Report in writing the number of accidental deaths in his city or country for the last calendar year and classify them according to principal causes. (Sources of information: Police Department, Health Department, Community Safety Council.) Explain how this information has been or may be used to prevent such accidents or improve such conditions through his troop, school, community and home . .SCOUTS RE-REGISTER 3. Report in writing three or · more dangerous conditions in the neighborTroop 35 held its regular meeting hood in which he lives, deRcribing each at the Village House. Most of th~ accurately and suggesting a practical remedy for each. meeting wa·s J.riven up tr:t re-registraReport in writing three or more tion' and planning some Christmas bas- 4. dangE-rous conditions or practices in kets. Two 'boys wore picked from the nE-ighborhood of his school, or his place of employment, stating what he each patrol to he on the committee for done personally to correct them. the baskets. Our n<;>xt meeting- wilt 5. has Present satil:;factory evidence from his he held on Tan. 9. 1929. On Saturday, school principal tl' t t he has actively shared in the safety work of the December four boys from Troop school oYer a period of at least ten ~S. Ravinia. David Ca :1man, Boh Cook weeks and has at all times done · his Peter White. and James Ewell were best by his example and attitude to interest his schoolmates in safety acsent by their troop to prepare two tiYities. Or present satisfactory eviChristmas ba·.;kets and after huving . dence that he has performed genuine the food for them, they delivered them. and substantial safety services for a similar period of ten weeks. -James Ewell. 6. Interview a representative of an electric or steam railroad or determine the chief causes of railroad accidents MANY TROOPS RE-REGISTER in the territory of the railroad, and report the interview in writing. Nine troops re-registered during the month of Decemher. These were 7. :\fake a canvass of the members of his class (or the members of ,his Troops 4. 5, 6, 31, 32, 33. 37, 21 and 71. Troop) getting an account of at least Onlv three troops neglecterl to get ten different kinds of accidents which have happened at play. (This means their rellistrations in. These are in summer or winter sports, camping, Troops 35, 36. and 45. In January, at play on the street, etc.) three troops are due to re-register, 1, (a) List these accidents, classifying 3 and 22. them by cause. Another new troop was organized in membership during December-Troop 77 of :Mundelein. This troop is sponsored by the First Congregational church of Mundelein, of which the Rev. C. A. J evne is the head. The committee is made up of Willis A. Overholser. chairman; M. C. Mott 1 Walter Scru~gs. the Rev. C. A. J evne, and Edwin .E. Roder. The committee chose Rudolph Weight and Russell Towner as Scoutmaster, and assistant Scoutmaster, respectively. The boys were awarded their pins last month. North Shore Scout News Published by Press ·Club Did you see the North Shore Scout for January? I~ you didn't, you want to get one and read it over. This is the monthly Scout publication written hy the Boy Scout Press club and put out by the North Shore Area council. It had previously been called Boy Scout News, but has now changed tts name to the North Shore Scout. The fine art work ha·s been done by the famous cook, George Bersch. "You would have thunk that our cook· is an artist." Anyway George deserves the glad hand of thinks for the work he .has done in helping the North Shore. Ask ·your Scout leader for a copy, or stop in at headquarters. Watch for the February issue of the North Shore Scout. 22. FIVE NEW SCOUTS Troop 30 of Highland Park has had five new Scouts, one of which has pa-ssed his Tenderfoot test and secured his complete outfit. Mr. Hawkins, our Scoutmaster, has gone south and we expect to have an honor troop as soon as possible.-Scout Fred HodKdon.