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8# ~~~_ Form New Patrol _ _ The Beaver patrol of Troop 30 Eim Place school, was recently organized with Fred Hoddan as patrol leader and Cody Pfanstichl as his assistant. The other members of the patrol are Scouts Nathan Udell and Stanton St. â€"Peter and Candidates Norman Evans and Frank Karger. â€" â€" Troop 30 on Hike About 24 members of Troop 30, of the Elm Place school, participated in *__‘__* Troop 32 Swims At the meeting of Troop 32 last Monday swimming_ was the main event on the program. The entire troop enjoyed the dip in the high school tank.â€"Robert Riddle, Troop 32. _ Wanted a Camera s The Boy Scout offi¢e of the North Shore Area council at 21 N. Sheridan road, Highland Park, is badly in need of a Grafiex camera to take 4x5 picâ€" tures of the many scouting activities alongâ€" the horth shore, in order that more pictures may be used for the scouting page of your town paper. The . hike was under the direction of Scoutmaster Hawkins, Mr. Van Dyke, assistant sco&mster, and Mr. Nelson, the outdoor member of the troop committee. Some of the scouts hiked to the Cabin while others went out on their bicycles. They all had a great time. & ; a hike to the Cabinâ€"in the Woods last Saturday* afternoon, when the troop went out with test passing as their objective. patrol~â€"do a stunt for the Parentâ€" Teachers association of the Oak Terâ€" race school on Prairie avenue, Highâ€" wood.â€"Milton RoBetts,w}‘roop 87. «â€"â€"â€"â€"Organization Announced ~â€"~~~ Myron C. Rybolt, scout executive of .the Northâ€"Shore Area Council anâ€" nounces: "We are going to have an Eagle scout organization in our counâ€" cil in the near future. This group will be made up of all Eagle scouts and we are anxious to get the names of those Eagles that are not active and registered in our. office <at the. ~present time. â€"If you are one of these please send your name and address to â€"the Boy Scout headquarters in Highland â€" Park."â€" > _* f ‘ The Eagle scouts will hold a meetâ€" ing soon to elect officers and to have pictures taken. There will be a large picture of the entire group and pictures of each local town group. This organization â€"will plan investiâ€" ture ceremonies for new Eagle scouts and : carry : on special â€" activities throughout theâ€"year.â€" wiiiâ€"i zi. At each meeting we have patrol meetings. We are going to have each We have a very fine drill master and for a half hourâ€"each Thursday night he gives us drill. _ n 4 i Troop 37 Is Active Troop 37 is now about a full troop: We. want to make a waiting list if possible, so don‘t be afraid to ask to be=a Boy Scout. . , April 4, 1929 A regular feature prepared each week by mémbm The camp enrollment award will be in three grades and will be preâ€" sented for having at least 50 per cent, 75 _per cent, or 90 per cent of their troop enrolled for summer camp at least 30 days prior to the opening of the camp. * s The advancement award will be made each quarter to troops which on the last day of the quarter had at least 25 per cent first class scouts and not over 40 per cent Tenderfoot scouts. . Ns The Civic Service award is a cerâ€" tificate which will be presented quarâ€" terly to each troop in which at least 80 per cent of the scouts in the troop perform at least 8 hours of volunteer civic service each. . This service may be the community, or needy and unâ€" fortunate people in the community. New Council Awards * By recommendation of the Council Court of Honor committee and the approval of the executive board, five awards are now available to troops. Then Mr. Irvin Plagge showed the troop his display of later work, and told_ several .scout. stories. _After singing a few songs the scouts adâ€" jJourned to their patrol corners. Reâ€" ports given, inspection made, taps played by Mark Andrews and benâ€" ediction pronounced.â€"J. Kenneth Vetâ€" ter. * x+ Troopâ€"52â€"of Deerfield _ : ~â€" The meeting opened in the usual ceremonials â€" of line formation,. oath, laws, â€"prayerâ€"andâ€"flagâ€"salutes: â€"Mr. Russell took charge of the meeting. Heâ€"hadâ€"Scout Clark tell why one should go to camp, and Scout_Vetter why one shouldn‘t go. â€"The business was taken: up and disposed â€" of. back to the.â€"north shore â€"people the multitude of experiences of camp life in‘ Northern Wisconsin. â€" Some one, withoutâ€"a â€"doubt,; has a used Graflex camera rusting away in _the attic orâ€"lying around some place that they would be glad to contribute to this needy use.. The council will graciously appreciate such a gift. s Pine Tree Patrol â€" â€"_ â€"â€"Theâ€"Pine Tree patrol met at the home of Kenneth Vetter at 6:30, Wedâ€" nesday evening, March 27, 1929. Those present were: Harold Huhn, patrol leader; Elmer Anderson, asgistant paâ€" trol leader; John Beckman, patrol treasure; Eldon Frost, patrol scribe; Kenneth Vetter, troop scribe. The patrol played games for a short perâ€" iod, and then had their regular meetâ€" ing. â€"Eldon Frost passed all of his tenderfoot â€"tests; â€" Elimer _ Anderson passed five tests and and John Beckâ€" man passed four tests on second class. After the meeting aâ€"nice lunch was served. (Our patrol meetings are held scach Wednesday evening at 7:00 at theâ€" different scouts homes. â€"Troop scribe, J. Kenneth Vetter. & These pictures will be kept for a history of north shore scouting. This caméera would also be used at Camp Maâ€"Kaâ€"Jaâ€"Wan this summier to bring TH E P R E3 8 of the Boy Scout Press Club is meeting at the scout headquarters in ‘Highland Park at 2:00 Saturday afternoon for the Highland Park and Highwood scouts. In the other towns, Mr. McManus imeets with boys at scheduled times to write their news reports and work toward their jourâ€" nalism Merit badge. â€" _ Robert Lehr, Troop 32. .. Time. and place of board of review in each of the towns will be published next week. Wilmette has already set their board of review for the second Wednesday of each month, 7:30 p. m. at the Byron Stolz school. Libertyâ€" ville â€"will hold their board of review on the second Friday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at the chamber of comâ€" merce headquarters. & Gets National Recognition > In a recent issue of scouting, a naâ€" tional scout leaders magazine, speakâ€" ing about the organization of the National! Boy Scout Press association says, "The Press club of the North Shore Area council, Illinois, gets out. two weekly news pages for local paâ€" pers regarding council activities." _ This recognition by â€"~the national Scout Headquarters of Journalism acâ€" tivities in this council is an indication of the wide spread interest in this work. % Ap t es 2 «_After they have been checked they will be returned to the local court of honor committee which_ will â€"holdâ€"a board of :review at which the scouts who have application on file will preâ€" sent themselves for examination. Thoseâ€"who qualify will be presentâ€" ed their certificates and badges at a court of honor later in the month. All applications for Tenderfoot, secâ€" ond. class, first class, star, life, eagle, eagle palms and veteran rating are to be mailed or turned into the counâ€" cil headquarters to be checked for proper registration and . length of service. ~The last day of the month will be the dead line for these appliâ€" cations. [ :. t in which it holds at least three troop meétings with an average attendance of 75 per cent of the troop, passing one scout test during the month. They must also take at least one hike attended by 50â€" per cent of the memâ€" bership and have at least one junior officer‘s council meeting in which they plan theirâ€"programs for the troop. § _ _New Procedure j By action of the Council Court of Honor â€"committee and the executive board, the following regulations will apply effective April +; 1929.â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" The boys‘ life award willâ€"be preâ€" sented to troops which at time of reâ€" registration take full advantage of the â€""boys‘ life" .concession plan by which each scout may become a subâ€" scriber of the official scout magazine for ~half . the regular subscription price. n l wl NeR & ._ The Standard Troop award will be giv'el:i _to each troop for each month week the class in journalism Parker will Paul Malone, who has been gppines. ~> D. C., and will take command of the Sixth_Corps Area, with headquarters at Chicago, it was. announced Saturâ€" Gen. Parker New Head Of Sixth Corps Area Maj. Gen. Frank Parker, the youngâ€" est â€"majorâ€" general in the army, has been relieved of duty as a member of the general staff at Washington, Highland Park â€"Hardware Co. 18 N. Sheridan Rd. suâ€"e_" GROWER 152 North First St. Make Your House Ask for As soon as the frost comes out of the ground apply 20 to 30 pounds per 1000 suare The best way to improve _ established lawns is to feed them. More grass seed will | . be wasted unless. thereâ€" is abundant plant food present. Available balanced plant food will promote root 5~ g;v’thand thicken the grass. ‘â€" delions and weeds will . gradually be driven out. 1 Was your lawn weedy and patchy last yearâ€"full ol bare spots, coarse dandelions and plintaing Frank Silfestr lawns and gardens. T710 I11I‘S report to Maj. Gen. <present ~commander, assigned to the Philâ€" ram + & 7B