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24 WILMETTE LIFE ] une 21. 1929 BOY SCOUT. NEWS of the NORTH SHORE TROOPS A regular feature 'page prepared each week by membeta of thf Boy Scout Prna club, North Shore Area Council ·Scouts of Troop 18 Camp Staff Leaves Room· y Tents for Scout Camp Praise Leader and for .~.~1a-Ka-Ja-Wan; Tell of Activities · ~-----·-------------· Boys to Go Later 1 The Scout. in Troop 18 of the Win :1etka Co mmunity llou~~ owe a lot to the Scoutmaster. l>r. Hoy C. Terry. Last fall when our troop wa s without a kader. I>r. Terry came to the re scue . and ha s thi s year led the troop through an l ' \ tnt in! year. The troop has in crt·ased in sizl· to a full troop of thirty five Sl'out:-; and has shown marked adYancement. lJr . TlTn has conducted sn·eral hikts . btl! h. clay and nrer - night to a munber of diffl-rcnt distinations. The 1 gang ahray~ came hack happy wiil1 anuthn gnnd time to its credit. \\'t· kt\'l' kept the "Out" in Scouting. I \\'c ha\'e taken acti\·e part in all XMth Slwrc :\rta Scout acti,·itics . At tlw lwhl>v show in Februarv \\'l' \\·on first priz~· ior ha\'ing the l>est tr(.)op (li~play. One: oi our Scouts also won . The nc,,· tents for Camp ~a-Ka-ja-\Van have been purchased and are on first inr individual prize. Last winter our troop turned out to feed the stan·- the1r way to Spring Lake. This Ill'\\' standard tent is size 10xl2 \Yith a three ing birds. \ \' e delivered a load of and one-half foot side wall and eight feet to the ridge pole. The tents \\'ill hrrad to t ht' birds in the Skokil' ,·aile,· have wooden floors and will be equipped with t\,·o double deck cots to accomand forest pre~crH' . \\'l' han' earne~l modate four .Scouts. '~he cots make for a more roomy tent and better sleeping the trtHlp rating a\\'ard for iour months acco~nmo : lat1on~. A hne feature of these tents is the ventilation which is and the adranccment a\\'ard ior the pro\'Hied hy roll111g up the side \rail. This wall is co,·erccl with mosquito netting first quarte1. to kC'ep out the little "pests." Best nf all a number of us plan to att·.' nd Camp Ma-Ka -Ja-\\'an this sum yc~rs in Troop 1. \\'ilmette. as a Scout. mer tL) be piuneers in this nort hcrn fi,·c Years as an assistant Scoutmaster camp site. -Troop 18, \Yinnetka. in the same troop , three years as Sroutma-;ter of Troop 2, from 19.2.2 to Nature Study to Occupy I9!5. skipper of Sea Scout Troop 7 in \\ J!mette for two years, Scoutmastrr Part of Boys' Camp Time of Troop 180o, Chicago, for one vear SCOUTS A WAITING CAMP \\'ith the wonderful facilities for na<Jnd another year as Scoutmaste; of Troop 22 of Glencoe is preparing for ture study Camp M a-Ka- J a- \Van l~rc Troop .2. . ents, much time will be spent in team - ramp. Our troop meetings close Friing about the out-of-doors. Nature dav. Jnne 21, so now we are lookinCY trails will he laid. a fine museum forward to hitting the trail. The fol~ MAKE ROW BOATS FOR CAMP ioundc<l. and nature handicraft work at \\~\:a s made£ by Sea done by the hnys. In the handicraft iowing Scouts arc registered for Camp S Ontt ~ow bo "cou _ roop. 7· 1 nette, or Camp d<>partmcnt arrangements are com- M_~- ~a-] a-\\ ~~.l . , Hill F1shc r, John M a-~a- J a-\\ an under the leadership pleted for the Scouts to make many F1shcr. Francb Graham. Bud Holmes of Sea Scout JoJ · 111 B renner. Tl11s · · , · . · c ... things for the camp museum. Here fs B ruce ] am1cson, Sp1ro Mann, T·.dward boat. with seven others made hv Hig-ha list of suggestion for- nature studv ~f.oore, Bol! Moulton. Bob Nxborg, land Park Scouts under the ciirection handicraft projects: - R1chard Samway, Rober,t, . Sheet;. of R.. \V. Schneider, superintendent of Riker mounts of butterflies, flowers: Ralph Stetzel and Robert I htcl. \\ e the shop department of Deerfield h' l plaster mounts of rocks, nuts; seed have hc<~rd a lot ahout our camp and Shields High school has 1 ' )een s lppec mounts in bottles or cases; leaf and are anx1ous to get to see the site to camp · flower photography; skeleton leaves; and live in the north wilderne s for -------specimen hoards of woods, inst.·cts, fourteen clays. A SCOUT IS TRUSTWORTHY leaves, twig , grains, seeds, barks; "A ~cout's honor is to be trusted. spatter work in ink of leaves, ferns: HOLD LAST MEETING If he v10lat~s his honor by telling a lie, plaster castings of leaves, ferns; paint Thursday, June 13, Troop 4 of \Vilor by cheatmg, or by not doing a given or ink prints of leaves; insect mounts· mette held its last meeting for this task when . trusted on his honor, he in boxes; butterfly mounting outfit season. Meetings wilJ be resumed the may be chrectecl to hand over his· from cigar box; building outfit first week in September. Troop 4 had Scout badge." From the "Handbook quarium, co1Jecti9n of specimens. a large enrollment this term and hopes for Boys." for a lar;:er one next term. \Ve cele"A ho!·'s reputation is lik e a shadow \\later. water, everywhere, but not brated by buying ice cream ·with some a Scout to smk at Camp Ma-Ka- Ja- of the money in the treasury . . Each which sometimes follows sometime~ \\ an. natrol gave a stunt. in addition to hav- precedes him, which is , occasionall~r inJ;r a short baseball game. Troop 4 ~h~rter, occasionally longer than he 1s. Anon. won five streamers at the Wilmette rallv which' was held two \veeks ago.~ SEND YOUR NEWS IN Reporter Bill Lehle, Troop 4, \VilREGISTER NOW! \\.' eekly Yi . its made bv Mr. Mcmettc. Manus to north shore -towns for r Registe: now for Camp Ma-Ka-Janews report have 'i>een discontinued \\ an. D1d you know that there are ·RECEIVE VETERA~ AWARDS on account of camp activities. Scribes ~low 177 boys registered for camp, 100 of _troops active during the summer Vetf'ran awards have been earned bv 111 the first period, 44 in the second and are asked to keep in touch with the Junior Assistant Scoutmaster James E. 33 in the third? Why wait and 'then Scout office by sending in news of Baker of Troop 2. \Vilmette, who be- ~et left ? A number of boys are sorry activities of interest to feJJow came a fiv~-vear veteran this month, because they were too late for the first ~couts. Boys of inacti\·e troops who and Scoutmaster U. E. Cook, also of' period. are "doing things" this summer Troop 2. ':'·ho becomes a fifteen-y<>ar along the Scouting line are asked to ,·etrran tlus month. Scout Baker has Don't worry if your job is small inform the office of their persona) <:erved in Troop 2 under four different And your rewards are few · experiences. Scoutmasters in the · past five vears. Remember that the mighty 'oak Scouttnaster Cook sen-ed for ·three \Vas once a nut like you. I I Thc camp staff for M a-Ka- J a- \\·an lea \'CS for the camp site this Sunda ,. morning, June 23. They will go up by truck and cars, taking a full day fur the 290-mile trip. The officers will spend the two week ~ heiore camp opens in getting the camp rea(h· for the Scout . that arrive )uh· (j . The -leaders will build the waterfr -~nt. build trail~. unpack and organize th~· ramp equipme1it. and attend t.J otht·r JH'ccs:-~an· dctails. Besides their worJ..: and pia.\; the junior and senior officer ~ will recei\'e training in water front lik ;o; a\'ing and boating and \\'ill organi zl' the different departments in which the·~ \\'ill tc·ach. The Camp Ma-Ka-Ja-\Van senior st aH· is made up of young men o\·er eightc c11 " ·it h !eng expcrienct in Scout campin .l' and the junior staff of older expn i <.:need Scouts tmdtr eighteen. The n · \':ill he six on the senior staff a 11 11 about fifteen on the junior staff. Camp ~[a-Ka-Ja-\\'an will he i!l charge of ~f. C. Rybolt. camp clircrt(l r. ;tnd Car. ~f c~f anu s . .assistant camp di rector. There will also be a doc \\~~ li\'ing all summer at camp and a nu ln ber of Scoutmastet:s who come to camp with their troops. Announce New Policy in Registration of Leaders The National Council of Boy Sconh of America announces a new polic\ i11 regard to the registration of an adul c !rader connected with Scouting. Thi ~ policv. effective July 1. 1929, will mean that- "no one may have an official functioning relati_ on in any capacity to Scouting unless he is registered and bears an unexpired commission nr membership certificate." A fee will h (' charged adult members and Scout officials. This fee will not effect leade!'s now registered until they rc;Iister a2ain. It is the object of thi" policy to make for a more orderly alH~ husincss-Hke basis for a finer Scouting relationship. The small fee will pay for the "Scout.ing" magazine and the leader registration card. . ,_ . · .. , I 1 1 15 Boys Take Scout Oath; Join North Shore Troops T.9 live up to the Scout law and to keep themselves physica1ly strong, men_tally awake, and morally straight was the pledge taken by fifteen I' · Scout' during the last two weeks. - ,,. Scouts taken before Tune 15 \ ·· Troop 9, Wilmette-john Freil' _, e, Ralph Hoffman.. Leo · Kraft, Gerald · Mav: Troop 2, \Vilmettc Richard Cullen, Edward Mee, Donald Toeppcn, · Homer Sebel; Troop 12, WilmetteCharles Reckitt; Troop 15, WilmetteJames ]. McNulty, Jr'.; Troop 31, Highland Park-John Steele; Troop 3o, Highwood-Mike Gualandi, Willard Smith, John Fiore; Tro-op 32, Highland Par~-Alhert Brush. THAT DREAM CAME TRUE I ·was dreaming of a camp fire, Burning clear and bright, Dreaming stars were out above me, Upon a summer night; I was dreaming that my comrades. All were a-dreaming with me, too, When I woke and looked around me· Say~that dream came true! ---------------------------------