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20 boughs on the trees , hung very low here, making it a cool and restful place to stay at. HUGE BANQUET JULY 10 Last Friday brought another transformaâ€" tion â€" to_ourâ€"messâ€"hall At the end of every period Camp Maâ€"Kaâ€"Jaâ€"Wan features a large banquet in which all scouts participate in one way or another. As has been the custom in former years, each camp decorates its respective tables with ferns and other flora common to this area. oo oxpny tE‘ on the other side of the road was a little shack that was half down. Some sheep were under the cover of the shadier side. Other sheep were in the pasture. On the left side Wcleltfromdso%:. which was the startâ€" ing point of our hi The first thing we trail alom :lh.hhpfrou lheu.w.Alon( 2: ng the t trail we saw Wintergreen in little bunches along the path. We also saw some white cedar, ~o@k, beach and poplar trees. ~ Next we crossed the scout bridge. We saw a lot of basalt rock here. We then had to go over a fence. ~We could see a corn field on the right side of the trail. Then we '3 west on the camp road. Flying over road were many dragonflies. On both sides of the road was a fairly deep ditch. _ Over [SKOKIE VALLEY: NEWS AND NOTES OF CAMP MAâ€"KAâ€"JAâ€"WAN PHONE FOR THE SERVICE 24 MLME T TE BRAESIDE® KENILWORTH . RAVINIA INDIAN HILL HIGHLANDPARK WINNE TKA HIGHWOOD HUBBARDWOODS â€" EVERETT GLENCOE LAKEFOREST SENSIBLE DECISTION SWEET AND CLE SA N I IP s P ik d POETY M CHE heart" Hicks, fatigued from dri the true is sn 4 ce‘ e telcad) 3 6 aAm trra-plcd ?h:fi feeble efforts were easil overcome suverior deg in vid Hick and Kf Calvin l(nrnyw“ for the new mm .â€"â€"By O, W%Gap reseue ! heart" Last Monday night Gartiey was sitting in ’hl-uutdoluvhtlnhmcfiodo-o often, writing his girl friend. Fowler and Goepener, two heâ€"men, objected etrenuously to Gartley‘s letter writing. ‘What did, they do?t M,uthyhndmbwnm others, grabbed him around the 11- and geritly, but firmly, emitted him from his tent head first. Having done this they sat on him, and made the "Great one" eat grass. Who should come driving in mt this moment but the "Great Hicks." To the reseue! ‘To the reseue! But all to no avail Dave "Strongâ€" scout. Carl Rein, scoutmaster at the Blackâ€" feet village is a cousin to George. It looks as if scouting runs in the family. PITY HICKS AND GARTLEY Two senior officers in camp call themselves the "Omt ones,"" ttn;: aflu. Izbh no more, None er â€" than ormerly undefeated champions in fisticufts, Hicks and Gartley have been subdued. . It took the n:mi owler with assistant Goepner to,:) itâ€"here‘s how. has a smaller brother at e He in Witbur_Hian: and he" is a second Tink scout. Carl Rein, scoutmaster at the Blackâ€" sh George Hinn, a junior officers and assistant to _ Dr.. Orest, received Nsllfloruout badge last Friday night, July 10. It was given to him <by ‘our ~camp director, Carl â€" McManus. George has passed 21 merit badges. Bird study and camping were the last two he eat;;d !:fm u»lyin:‘for hh‘%e badge. Hinn isâ€"a â€"member Troop $3 of Highland Park. Mr. Herbert R. Smith is the scoutâ€" master of this troop. Dick Wichman and Rod Smith, two officers here now, are also of this troop, and both are Eagle scouts, George said that he became a Boy Scout on his twelfth birthday in â€"1926. He received his first class pin on Jan. $1, 1921. As George has been in Camp Maâ€"Kaâ€"Jaâ€"Wan for all three years, he has passed most of his tests V3 2M i diith C oi ++ e amintents P h wctrntatntsons ut M es l i A snn K. Weld, W. Wilson, R. Haugsness, B. Branâ€" son, H. Hinman, R. W. Anderson, F. Johnson, E. Shaper, R. Ginter, R. Moulton, Roberts, and Wollebey. * & Tbcofle?- of the order are George Bersch, president, John Betak viceâ€"president, Robert Mehren, secretary and Oscar Goepner, treasâ€" H. _G.â€"Boltz â€"arrivedâ€" Monday. â€"Hurray ! AWARDED EAGLE RANK Campâ€" Maâ€"Kaâ€"Jaâ€"Wan‘s chapter of the Order of the Arrow has taken in 32 more members during the first period of the 1931 season. These 32 scouts have proven themselves to be outstanding from their fellow scouts, and have shown a capacity for leadership. To beâ€" come a member of the order is the highest tl:;no;.oneanobu_lnntamp. T:ic!olJl::k- ve been conceeded _membership : Osborn,. G.Kelley, L. Mueclier, B. Smith, G. Boyd, R. McManus, F. Bog:x. H. Crawford, H. Knox, J; Lyons, H. ,_C. Rein, W. Seott, E. Smail, B. Anderson, L. Larson, B. Larson, °C. Pfanstichl, J. Rutledge, J. Woods., Theâ€"entire Blackfeet tribe hiked to the pine Monday night and spent the night amid rain and mosquitoes. Many of the scouts passed their first class cooking tests while others ate burned pancakes and eggs. The tribe was up at 5 o‘clock, and those who didn‘t go to sleep on the way home arrived back at camp at 6 o‘clock. Mr. Logan and his crew prepared another one of their excellent meals, and the boys that the staff was able to give. Put a bigâ€" ger smile on your face, #cout and sing, sing. CHEYENNE OVERNIGHT HIKE __Our village took an overnight hike last Thursday mh% to the Virgin Forest of Emoithemmfl. When we ierwards "‘we Taug ons and gave ninh we ve some cheers. !cni!lowult‘:unnd::ld\fw camp at 5:30. One troop took the road back, while another troop took Whippoorwill back, but both troops managed to get back before breakfast..â€"By R. Thormeyer. BLACKFEET HIKE TO PINES Bovs_flr NEWS NORTH SHORE OUNCILâ€"~ NO.714 was the peppiest night this year. Tho-u' hall, or rather the hnm hall, ought to have the roof taken off the resounding cheers of the scouts. It is the last night that the scouts of the first period session eat together. Judging from night Gartley itting i what he is prone to do so is girl friend. Fowler and heâ€"men, objected strenuously JNITIATE.323 o no avail Dave "Strong.| The following men and boys have reginâ€" ved from driving the truck | tered in the North Shore Aren counel! tor fomem" the revented hid | â€" Winnoethn=Troup 24â€" Mr." BRobert epner. F inetlonâ€" t 6 SUTORKH and Winnetkaâ€"â€"Troop 24â€"Mr. Robert P. Mechâ€" ¢ "Nm‘n! ren, ‘mtmut‘er. lfln?d’ Gritzbaugh, and nt. Donald Schmidt, reâ€"registered. Ship 26 â€" alvin Gattley. | Bartlett Priceâ€"reâ€"registered. Hirhland Park NEW SCOUTS , AND SCOUTERS â€"â€"Troop 380,.P. Frank Rosie: I Friday,. July 10,â€"Troop 48 of Lake â€"Porest met at the troops Cabin in the Woods for their weekly meeting. The first thing the scouts did was to try to pass tests, Followâ€" ing that we had roll call and played tugâ€"oâ€"war in which team A won all the time. Another game we played was hideâ€"andâ€"seek. ‘This was the. best game for we could hide in the hay niles the farmers had made. In one case Ernest Gilroy was hiding in a bundle of hay on the mndwbanobNohn.llonoseout\dlo was with us stepped on him. You should have heard him yell then. After that e . nmtwlmhrdcflngflnlndvm Capture the Flag. In the me@ntinie Mr. Neale and Mr. Marâ€" shall and a few other bigger boys made a signaling tower between 20 feet and 25 feet high. ofAbt:“ this l:l:r':od it'om 0 o'elo;l‘r.‘.o some e _ boys go home, a few remained, with the scoutmaster and assisâ€" tant till 10, because he had promised to take them home. Atflnwflu!-#-mfln scouts had â€"a good time.â€"Jack Neale, Troop 48, Reporter Lake Forest. « TROOP 48 HAS GOOD MEETING A word to the wise is There are a few places open yet for the third period and room for a number in the fourth period. Some of the scouts attending summer school are signed up for the fourth neriod at chmp, and others will sign uo later. These scouts can attend camp for the last miodnnd-tillbeboektouowitbflnflmfly {:r th:n(;tubr‘r short trip before school starts According to reports received at the council That tne food ar samp ‘thie you? i wane e m at camp i year grea program has been varied to suit the desires qfnllundeveryleouthuhmdflnnflvflce which he liked best. Dr. Orest, the camp of participating in that part of the program physician, is a great favorite with the campâ€" Trip with â€" Teddy IRoseavele to" that "eogitet trip w to at country have been greatly enjoyed by the first period campers. Dr. Orest was the physician _ for Mr. â€"Roosevelt on the Asiatic trip. â€" A large number of scouts who have been at Camp Maâ€"Kaâ€"Jaâ€"Wan for ist period have decided that %h a wonderful place and are staying for second period. MANY sSCoUTS STAY FOR SECOND PERIOD â€"_â€"CAMP MENOMINEE NEWS > Ontheafhrnoond.!ulys'h'oofi”h‘: woodcarving contest. Mmmm ?n the village was> busily t&#«l in perfectâ€" in# his object. The pieces wood haven‘t mnhdsednt.bntthqvfllmbe.-â€"ny Another exclusive feature of the telephone system . will be..the. .24 hourâ€"service.â€"Operators will be on hand all the time to receive calls. _ Everyone will be pleased to know of this fine improvement in the camp. It is one of those things that goes to make Camp Maâ€"Kaâ€" Wan a better place in which to live.â€"Edward F. Gritzbaugh. . â€" s Each year Camp Maâ€"Kaâ€"Jaâ€"Wan is being further lmnrov;d.m;l'hh year onerol t.lé:.mdn improvements telephone. or past few days workmen have been setting poles and stretching line into the camp prog:rw The line will be stretched over the lake at a height of 30 feet. This height will enable the sailboats and other craft to skim under it without offering any interference. The Ottawn village enjoys the distinction ofbdutboflutmbmonmrddub Somprhed "the Foly § yourd, fable t ain r e, Ginâ€" ter, J. Ginter, Stoddard, Streeter, Schaper, o o. deemmee "win is â€"in charee of this r. ner, branch, meets all those ‘boys who are to be guards at 9 o‘clock at H. Q. for final instrucâ€" tions in case of any emergencies. A set of instructions has been made up by lr.Gotp::nndthqhnb«nwtouflu bulletin rd. . All scouts should . observe the':rif‘h&ey have not already done so. wo e old _ traditio rnC & duty. ~The reason for starting a week later this year. was that all villages had watches over their réspective smudge fires, which made it unnecessary for another guard to watch camp. " CAMP TELEPHONE INSTALLED ‘aul Kreuskamp; Troop 84 â€" GUARD DUTY suicient.â€""Register OLENVIEYV _ â€"_â€"_â€"â€"~ MUNDELEIN GOLF LIBEARTYVILLE lNou:ruwoox DIAMOND LAKE NORTHFIELD HALE Day DEERFIELD RONDOUT BANNOCKBURN IVANKHOE GLENVIEW "If any of the boys in 'mr council have been envious of my trip Admiral Byrd to the . South Pole 1 certainly can‘t NT. them for 1 certainly enjoyed every moment of the trip and T think if another opportunity comes ::{o way to«hhl similar trbB:'v&a't hes;; very long accepting. any ;M ktl::-”hn been nh:lo- of the trlv“l ope &g ever have an opportunity to take a .t:? mine that they will "be prepared" and set to go. I didn‘t realizea s URGES SEA SCoUTs TO BE PREPARED "I have certainly enjoyed my stay in the North Shore Area council and wish to conâ€" gratulate your council upon its splendid recâ€" ord in scouting and particiularly I want to commend your Sea Scout units. I have visâ€" ited no other council that has as splendid an opportunity as your council has in the coâ€" overation of the Great Lakes Naval training station. . Your. hrzl are certainly fortunate to "k..:" such excellent facilities for Sea Scout wor . * Siple told many interesting stories about his trip to the South Pole and commented on Sen Scouting in the North Shore Area counâ€" cilâ€"as â€" follows : < Paul Sivnle, the Sea Scout who went with Admiral Byrd on his South Pole expedition visited th!'Nm‘sh@ei_A?: council Sunday and gave a talk to the Scouts at the Great Lakes Naval station at 8:00 in the afternoon . â€" PAUL SIPLE VISITS NORTH SHORE AREA ~~Troop 30 met at Elm Place school on Friâ€" «dJay, July 10 to vlay ball against their dads. The score was 25 to 12 in favor of the dads. Dads present were: J. Riddle, F. J. Spauldâ€" ing, C. W.â€"Calkins. Vigitors were Mrs. A. D. Brush, Mr. W. Calkins, George Kreuszcamp and Abe Fell. ‘There were eight scouts presâ€" ent. After the game we had rollâ€"call, scout oath and law and Indian sign benediction after which refreshments were served and we were dismtissed. _ Our schouts are going to Camp Maâ€"Kaâ€"Jaâ€"Wan for the next two weeks, â€"Dexter Calkins, Troop 32, Elm Place School. TROOP 32 MEETS FRIDAY, JULY 10 to come we hope will put his or her shoulder to the wheel, so that every boy may have the opportunity to being a scout and a future good citizen. * ‘‘The American Legion, ly, departâ€" ing ~{] soy Scout movement because that movement is guiding the boys of our land to the desire to be prepared to fulfill all their duties of Citizenship when they become men. _ Also, because it is mltlng the accomâ€" wment of that desire m-o%le with _the who have nfl? tried ‘to live acéording to the scout oath law. Every adult memâ€" hcro!ournorth.aonmunlth.whob interested and concerned about the boys, and the welfare of these communities in the years If one is interested in the welfare of boys, one must be interested in scouting.â€"(Signed) General Abel Davis, Glencoe. Everybody understands and appreciates the value of outdoor life, physical exercise and opportunity to learn and admire the charms of nature. ‘This phase of the boy‘s life is not overlooked in scouting. 2 ot recries shich" ateo ah Un the" fusk of se w good scitinenahip in its brondest seuse"" * _ _ He begins by learning the necessity of fol. sc on se o hontnts, sn by means Te dieposnt to become a hadet Rinuait"" * The surplus energy of every will "be utilizedâ€"in â€"the wrong direction bt;'m]y guided. ‘The Boy Scout has thed‘:cneflt o; proper without â€" being rived initlative.., s ns the. benefit" of wholesome a piring assoc with other boys, and men who are trained to understand boys. wWHAT THEY SAY ABOUT BOY SCOUTS assistant scoutmaster. _ Highwood â€"Pack Paul Siegele: Deerfleld â€" Rilew Tach: Rugen LEGION LEADER‘S COMMENT Robert C. Meleney, _ _ Commander, Winnetka Post No. 10 The American Legion. Thursday, July 16, Sincerely yours you are not ; ‘ou can‘t prep or an event prepare your