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WINNETKA TALK November 3, 1928 BOY SCOUT NEWS A regular feature page prepared each week by members of the Boy Scout Press club, North Shore Area Council North Shore Troops of the Land of Romance, Adventure, That's Newest Scout Camp Adventureland lies to the north. Less than 300 miles from the north shore towns lies the land of romance and ad- venture for the nearly-a-thousand Sconts of the north shore. The new camp site of 360 acres of timberland and water is located twenty miles northeast of Antigo Wis., and fourteen miles southeast of the little lumbering center of Elcho. "Tall Timber" was one of the names suggested in the vote for a camp name. for in every direction, there stretches, miles of timberland, suitable for hikes and exploration trips. "Blue Water" was the name suggested by one of the Scoutmasters, the moment he came around the bend of the road and saw Spring Lake stretched out before him with its blue waters sparkling under the noon-day sun. The lake is almost a mile long and has a shoreline of over two miles of good beach and high dry shore * It will be possible to secure special talent to use in the program of the camp next summer from among these neigh- boring Indians. Generous friends of Scouting who want to have a part in the building of a pro- ject which will help build rugged, manly characters, for many years to come, are having a part in the building of the camp fund, which will pay for the 360 acres of land and make possible the proposed de- velopments. All friends of Scouting are invited to share in making these camp dreams come true. A mess hall and kitchen, sleeping quar- ters, cabins, Adirondack shacks and {Indian tepees, together with dining-room bles, a kitchen range, dishes, cooking utensils, pump, gasoline engine, water tank, tools, hammers, nails, axes, pails, basins, lanterns, double decked steel cots, boats, canoes, swimming pier, and diving board, boat docks, and other activities .equipment is needed. i It is planned to develop the camp in (four units, each of these units equipped {with a small cabin and smaller sleeping |quarters surrounding it. Each of these {four units will be equipped to take care of from twenty to thirty Scouts, a normal 'troop. This will mean that one of our local Scout troops under its own leaders will take over one '"Village" of the camp, 'thus preserving its own unity and coming back home after a two weeks' experience at camp a much stronger troop than 'when it went, better equipped to work 'out a strong program for the year ahead. { There will 6f course be the camp di- rector, swiming director, activities men, cook, and other general staff men to co- .operate with the Scoutmaster as he car- ries on his own troop camp in either the Pioneer Village, The Water Craft Vil- lage, The Indian: Village, or - the Foresters Village. "Tangled Trails" was another sugges- tion for the name of the camp because of the hundreds of hiking trails and by- paths leading out in every direction from the new camp site. Only a mile and a half away scenic Wolf river joins forces with the Hunting river and goes leisurely southward. Scouts will go on hikes and treks and in addition, groups of advanced 'qualified canoeists will go on trips down the Wolf river, This Scout Troop Plans Novel Journey to Camp Troop 2 of the Wilmette Congrega- tional church is going to camp in a group next summer, but the Scouts are going in a style all their own. They plan to take a trek cart hike from Shawno to the new camp site next June and stay there throughout the first period. Neces- sities for the trek will be shipped by freight to Shawno and the Scouts will go to Shawno by automobile or bus and then hike through the site of the new Indian Reservation to the site of the new camp. Members of the organization are mow working on a drawing for the trek cart and award will be made to the Scout who submits drawings for the trek cart best suited for this purpose. The trip will be taken under the leadership of Scoutmaster Ewart Cook.--Philip Brooks. * TROOP 32 GETTING STRONGER Troop 32 of Highland Park is one of the finest troops on the north shore. It meets at the high school in the girls' gym every Wednesday night at 7:30. The Scoutmaster is Mr. Rubens, assistant Scoutmaster, Mr. Shuffler; junior assist- ant Scoutmaster, Ernest West, and senior partol leader, Herbert Stevens. This troop will go on many hikes and will go swimming .in the high school tank once in a while. All parents are invited to come to see the boys.--Herbert Stevens. Hey Chef--When Do We Eat? expected. This is not a Hallowe'en prank--just a trio of our north shore Boy Scouts giving notice to the chef at the Cabin-in-the-Woods that it is high time "chow" were being served. The chef is not really as belligerent as might be Scout Directory List of members in Troop 6. of St. John's Lutheran Church, Wilmette. Com- mittee: chairman of troop committee: G. F. Simons, 234--17 street, Wilmette ; Educational member. A. Priebe, 507 Park avenue, Wilmette ; Thrift member, R. Roh- man. 836 Chestnut avenue, Wilmette; Advisor and Community Service mem- ber, the Rev. H. W. Meyer, 406 Prairie avenue, Wilmette ; Outdoor member, O. A. Fick, 2809 Colfax street, Evanston; Troop leaders, Harry Lochner, Scout- master, 773 Greenwood avenue, Glencoe ; Elmer G. Priebe, assistant Scoutmaster, 507 Park avenue, Wilmette. Scouts: Victor Arnason, Theodore Buck, Daniel Cassell, William Christen- sen, Arthur Cramer, Jimmie Dewar, Chas. Gibson, Walter Harmon, Rudolph Kasper. Robert H. Kleem, Claude Maine, Frank May, Ralph Morris, Julian Peter- son, E. M. Peterson, Donald Peterson, Leonard Prochnow, Gordon Ruff, Kermit Simons, and William Sorsen. Nineteen New Scouts Join Troops of the North Shore New Scouts welcomed into north shore Scouting during the week ending Oecto- pr» 27 have been announced as follows: B. T. Farwell, W. G. Cormany. J. R. Conrad, S. S. Greely, R. F. Greenhalgh. B. Oppenheim. B. R. Price, S. Rockwell, H. P. Young. Troop 16. Winnetka. Albert Bohmen, Frank Boronska, Rob- ert Hallquist, Simon Jester, John Kruger. T.eonard Tarsen, Walter Schultz, Harold Turvey, Troop 18, Winnetka; George Ralph, Troop 21, Highland Park; Edwin Wood, Troop 52, Deerfield. LIBERTYVILLE REPORTS Troop 71 of Libertyville held a meet- ing last Friday in charge of Assistant Scoutmaster Randoff. A. R. Andrews, the outdoor member of our troop committee, was also present. He reported on the organization of our troop committee and the Business Men's committee which is going to make Scouting grow in Liberty- ville and Mundelein.--Harry Dahlmeier, Scribe Troop 71. HIGHWOOD 37 GETS GOING Troop 37 of Highwood has been strong- ly reorganized for the year ahead with a new Scoutmaster and a strong committee behind the unit. Meetings are held on Thursday at Oak Terrace school. Any boys wishing to become Scouts are wel- come to visit the troop and become ac- quainted. A dandy program has been outlined for the coming season.--As- sistant Scoutmaster Lloyd Moon. Pine Tree Patrol Has Its Own Headquarters The Pine Tree patrol of Troop 4. St. Augustine's church, Wilmette, is sure getting a good start this year. We are having outdoor activities, four hikes and seven patrol meetings are to our credit. We are planning another hike tomorrow. Our patrol room is the berries--we've got a little house of two rooms out in back of Dave Henderson's home and in it we have electric lights, box and barrel fur- niture, cocdAnut carvings, wood carv- ings, leather work and about everything in Scout work you can imagine. We sure would like to have anyone who would care to visit us. Come on Wednesday evenings at 7:30--Fou don't have to worry about getting cold for we have a fireplace and a stove for heat.--Dave tienderson, patrol leader. New Leader Takes Charge of Silver Fox Patrol The Silver Fox patrol of Troop 2 of the First Congregational church, Wilmette, has seven members, some of them new. We have a new patrol leader, Charles Brenner, whom I am sure will be a good one. Last year our patrol would have a patrol meeting every Saturday. One Saturday we would go on a hike and the next we would go to our patrol leader's house and practice different tests for advancement in rank. I guess we will have a similar program this year. Our patrol has always been one of the best in the troop, and I hope it will keep up its good work.--Frank Eberlein, Troop 2, Wilmette. Troop 35's Beavers Now Very Decidedly on Job The Beaver Patrol just became or- ganized along with the other patrols of Troop 35. The members are as follows: Peter White, Patrol Leader; Bob Cook, Assistant Patrol Leader; Richard Gault, Murdoch Lorimer and Ledo Marcucie. The rest of the members have not been chosen. Troop 35 is getting under way and is glad to have its new Scoutmaster, Mr. Jerrems. It meets every Wedens- day night at 7:30 and continues until 8:30 or 9 o'clock. During this time busi- ness is transacted, dues collected, an- nouncements made and other affairs of the Troop conducted.--Peter White. WINNETKA TROOP COMING STRONG Troop 16 had its regular meeting last week and then went into the gymnasium and practiced marching. Afterwards all the troops came in and "Chief" Davies read the resolution about Ted Lundy. Then the troops were dismissed.--Scribe Dave Allen. Scout Executive Gives Impetus to Scouting in 1929 Scout Executive Walter McPeek is the author of the following "forward look" into the prospects for the development of Scouting in the North Shore Area Council during the years just ahead: 1929 -- More troops -- Additional troops may be formed by those institutions which have within their ranks or in their community, boys who desire to become Scouts and who will see to it that their troop has satisfactory supervision and leadership. The number of troops in north shore Scouting will grow directly as institutions desire to assume the re- sponsibility to use the Scouting program. Better equipped troop leaders -- The prime function of the Scout council is to make possible a more resultful experience for troop leaders. Through Scoutmasters' training courses, the leaders' monthly Roundtable and by other means the hand of the volunteer leaders is materially strengthened. Developing leadership power in boys-- Scouting is a program of boys, for boys. by boys, carried on under the guidance of men. Through the council, it is possible for the Scoutmasters to poll their re- sources in the training of patrol leaders and other junior leaders of the various Scout trooos. Inereased committeeman responsibility --Each parent institution, conducting a Scout troop, appoints a committee of five men to serve as the board of trustees of that troop, co-operating with the Scout- master in order to make the richest pos- sible experience available for Scouts. The council does. much to stimulate the work of the various troop committees which are working shoulder-to-shoulder with the Scoutmaster. Creating a better understanding -- One of the very noticeable results of the past two years and one of the challenges of the years ahead is the work of the men of the council in helping every man, wom- an and child to have a better idea as to the bigness and richness of the Scouting method and program. The outreach of Scouting is not limited to boys alone, but is having a strong part in the touching of the lives of men, parents and friends of Scouting. Ovening our northern Wisconsin camp-- The big challenge of the year ahead and probably the biggest single project that our couneil will undertake will come to pass during the summer of 1929 in the opening of the new North Shore Area Scout camp, where it is planned that every troop will come for a period next summer. Your share--You have had a part in the progress of the North Shore Area council during the past two years. Natur- ally you will want to have a part in the new year, the council's biggest year which is just ahead of us. Rattlesnake Patrol Has Lost Patrol Expedition The Rattlesnake patrol eof Troop 33, Highland Park, was organized about a month ago. Fred Reichardt was chosen patrol leader with Roderic Smith as the assistant. We are planning to have patrol meetings. Later on we are going to choose a patrol scribe and treasurer. Saturday, October 20, Troop 33 had a lost patrol hike. The boys from each patrol were blind-folded and taken about five miles out in the country, then the folds were taken away from their eyes and they were supposed to find their way back to Mr. Smith's home. -- Fred Reichardt. ALWAYS GROWING Wednesday, October 31, Commissioner W. W. Reichardt will present the charter to Troop 30, a new troop sponsored by the Elm Place School, Highland Park. Representatives of Troops 31 and 32 of Deerfield Shields High school will be present. We have room for some more boys to join.--Irvin Gosswiller. ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING Winnetka Troop 15 had a full meet- ing last week under the leadership of Scoutmaster Goetz and Senior Patrol Leader Dan Wachs. We had a short drill period at the beginning of the meet- ing, some first aid games and some tests were passed.--Scribe Kenneth Seyfried. TROOP 87 HOST Troop 37 acted as host to Troops 33 and 31 in a competitive meet one. Friday evening recently. Among the events were knot-tying, signalling and troop stunts.-- Jive Moon, assistant Scotumaster, Troop t.