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3 ; - WINNETKA TALK October 20, 1928 BOY SCOUT NEWS yo store reoms A regular feature page prepared each week by members of the Boy Scout Press club, North Shore Area Council of the Announce Faculty To Advise Scouts On Merit Badges The Merit Badge committee is ap- proaching the following list of men, ask- ing them to agree to serve again, and in some cases asking new men to serve, as the Wilmette Merit Badge faculty, You are to go to these men, by appointment previously made, with your application and pamphlet. They will talk over with you what is necessary in the earning of the Badge and will help you to prepare for it. When they are satisfied that you are thoroughly qualified to pass the test, they will so indicate on the Merit Badge application, which you will then turn in to Mr. Harper's office and will then pre- sent yourself at the Board of Review on the second Wednesday of the month. The faculty of Merit Badge counsellors is as follows agriculture, J. R. Harper; angling, R. D. Burtner; animal industry, Dr. D. W. Rapp; archery, Lowell Comee, 1612 Forest avenue, Wilmette; architec- ture, Stanley Peterson; art, your art teacher at school ; astromony, John Clark Baker; athletics, "Duke" Childs, L. F. Todd or Daniel Davis; automobiling, A. S. VanDuesen; aviation, E. S. Buckmas- ter; basketry, your school instructor in this subject; beef production, H. T. Por- onto; bee keeping, W. F. Babcock, 556 Ash street, Winnetka ; bird study, Dor- land Davis or Miss Jane Weinland, 706 Greenleaf avenue; blacksmithing, R. L. Biesemeier ; bookbinding, L. F. Ball; botany, Prof. Hildebrand; bugling, Mr. Schumacher; business, Dan G. Stiles; camping, George Harbaugh or Arthur L. Rice; canoeing, Robert Townley of Kenilworth Public school ; carpentry, Gale Brooks; cement work, Frank Kreusch; chemistry, your high school chemistry teacher; civics, Herbert J: Leach; con- servation, Clarence E. Drayer; cooking, Frank A. Wilson; cycling, A. S. Van- Deusen ; dairying, J. R. Harper; electric- ity, your high school physics teacher; firemanship, Chief Zibble or fireman dele- gated by him; first aid, Mrs. Stopka or Dr. McGrath; first aid to animals, Dr. Irwin, veternarian on Ridge avenue; forestry, Clarence E. Drayer; foundry practice, R. E. L. Beiesemeier; garden- ing, Mrs. C. N. Hurlbut; handicraft, your parents signature; hiking, your Scoutmaster or camp director; horse- manship, Elmer Wilkinds; insect life, Prof. Hildebrand ; interpreting, your high school language teacher; journalism, E. W. Weber, Lloyd Hollister, Inc.; or one delegated by him; leathercraft, your school instructor in this subject; leather work, your school instructor in this sub- Ject; life saving, D. C. Leach, Mr. Jack- son, Dudley Stone or any qualified Red Cross life saving examiner; machinery, R. F. L. Beiesemeier; marksmanship, Major S. H. Bowell, Major Harbaugh, or any registered range officer; masonry, F. J. Kreusch; metal work, your high school instructor in this subject; music, Mrs. Cotton or Mrs. Maher; painting, Carl Sterner; pathfinding, chief of police or one delegated by him ; personal health, Dr. D. W. Rapp, Dr. G. E. Upson; photo- grahy, John Clark Baker; physical de- velopment, "Duke" Childs or any ualified athletic director; pioneering, ur L. Rice; plumbing, Fred Nelson ; pottery, Mrs. A. J. Coburn; poultry keep- ing, J. R. Harper; printing, Lloyd Hollis- ter or some one delegated by him; public health, Dr. D. W. Rapp, or Dr. G. D. Upson; radio, Dr. M. C. Hecht; reptile study, Miss Dorothy Stevens; safety, C. E. Palmer; salesmanship, F. J. Bud- inger ; scholarship, J. R. Harper, L. F. Todd, or Miss Hayes; sculpture, Mrs. A. J. Coburn; seamanship, Robert Caster- line ; signalling, John Anderson; survey- ing, Keith Roberts, 464 Washington ave- nue, Glencoe; swimming, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Leach or regular swimming director ; textiles, A. J. Coburn; weather, J. . rper; wood-carving, J. R. Harper; wood work, C. E. Palmer, or school in- structor, Life, Star and Eagle applications are not to be handled at the regu Board of Review but will be taken care of at a separate session. They should be turned in to Frank A. Wilson, 1118 Cen- tral avenue, Wilmette. DISTINGUISHED GUEST At a recent meeting of Troop 23, St. Elisabeth's Episcopal church, Glencoe, Bishop Johnson of Colorado, talked to the boys on the "Game of Life." He talked about the rules of life, training for life, and playing with heart and soul. Troop 23 is full to capacity with four live patrols. Scouts Visit Uncle Joe North shore Scouts on an inspection tour of their new Wisconsin north woods camp visit Old Uncle Joe's cabin just a few miles from camp. Joe is 80 years old and one of the best cooks and housekeepers in his "neck of the woods." Inquiring Reporter (He goes to Libertyville) It is twenty-five miles from one corner of the North Shore Area council to the other corner. Distance never interferes with the mysterious Reporter, whose identity no one has ever been able to dis- cover as he goes from troop to troop, talking over Scouting interests and life ambitions with the boys. Arriving at Libertyville, he first talked with two boys who belonged to the Moose Patrol, Troop 71. Both of these boys agreed that the Moose patrol was the best patrol in the troop. Clarence Wilson told the Inquiring Reporter that his hobbies are aviation; boat-building and radio, and that his favorite maga- zines are Boys' Life and American Boy. Herman Nelson enjoys all his Scout work as a hobby, likes sports and is fond of tinkering with an automobile. Next the Inquiring Reporter talked to Olaf Edman, patrol leader of the Stag patrol. Olaf says that he reads and en- joys Boys Life, particularly, Melvin Kohner reads Popular Mechanics, Boys' Life and Radio magazines. George Ray reads Travel, Time, Mentor and the American Magazine. Robert Bernard reads Boys' Life. Vernon Andrews reads The American Boy. The Eagle patrol was equally sure that their patrol is the best in the troop. Robert Hawk likes all kinds of athletics, Robert Nelson is particularly fond of football. The Inquiring Reporter also talked to Edwin Brixen who is a candi- date looking forward to becoming a Ten- derfoot soon. It was getting late and the Inquiring Reporter had another stop to make that night, but in hurrying out he overheard the Flying Eagle patrol carrying on a lively discussion on what magazines they read. Allen Hudson reads Boys' Life, James Suter reads the American Boy and Richard Wetzler reads both the American Boy and Boys' Life. Troops Will Plant Trees Honoring Teddy Roosevelt The various troops of the north shore are looking forward to an interesting pilgrimage Roosevelt Day, October 27, when they will journey from Glencoe to the Cabin-in-the-Woods, to plant young pine trees in honor of the memory of Theodore Roosevelt. Every troop will plant at least one tree and some troops are making arrangements for each Patrol to plant its own tree. Conservation has long been an important part in the work of Scouting. Rate Troops for Attendance Marks at Summer Camp The Camp committee of the North Shore Boy Scout council in a bulletin issued last week, calls attention to the splendid record of Troops 31 of Highland Park, 55 of Glenview, 2 of Wilmette, and 52 of Deerfield, in getting a fair propor- tion of boys in those troops to attend Camp Checaugau this summer. The standing In troops is as follows: First place (tie)--Troop 31, Highland Park, 14 boys, one leader; Troop 55, Glenview, 14 boys, one leader. Second place--Troop 2, Wilmette, 13 boys, one leader. Third place--Troop 52, Deerfield, 9 boys, one leader. Fourth place (tie)--Troop 33, Highland Park, 9 boys, no leader ;Troop 5, Wil- mette, 9 boys, leader, part time, Fifth place--Troop 22, Glencoe, 8 boys, no leader. Sixth place (tie)--Troop 9, Wilmette, 7 boys, leader part time; Troop 10, Wil- mette, 7 boys, leader, part time. Seventh place (tie)--Troop 4, Wilmette, 6 boys, no leader; Troop 32, Highland Park, 6 boys, no leader; Troop 45, Lake Forest, 4 boys; Troop 13, Kenilworth, 4 boys; Troop 18, Winnetka, 4 boys; Troop 12, Wilmette, 2 boys; Troop 3, Wilmette, 2 boys; Troop 23, Glencoe, 2 boys; Troop 21, Glencoe, 3 boys; Troop 46, Lake For- est, 1 boy; Troop 35, Ravinia, 3 boys. Several New Scouts Join Troops During Past Week New members welcomed into north shore troops during the week ending October 13 are as follows: Frank J. Kreusch, Jr., Troop 9, Wilmette ; Douglas Scott, Troop 9, Wilmette; Ray Steffens, Troop 9, Wilmette ; John Kneip, Troop 9, Wilmette. George J. Finck, Troop 23, Glencoe; Lyman J. Sandy, Troop 23, Glencoe. Pas ROY Gunckel, Troop 32, Highland ark. Walter R. Toll, Troop 52, Deerfield. PLAN COURT OF AWARD Franklin M. De Beers, chairman of the Glencoe Court of Award, announces that the October session will be held Tues- day evening, October 23. Scouts will ap- pear for first and second class awards and for recognition for Merit Badge ad- vancement. SCOUTCRAFT RALLY The Scouts of Libertyville, Deerfield, Northbrook and Glenview, met at the Presbyterian church in Deerfield this Fri- day to hold their monthly Scoutcraft Meet and Court of Honor. Junior Leaders in Conference, Rally at Glencoe Church Junior leaders from the various towns in the North Shore Area council met Fri- day afternoon, October 12, at the Glencoe Union church for a Conference on methods, principles and practices of junior leadership. The program was opened with songs and yells led by Brainerd Chapman, fol- lowed by discussion on the essentials of a good patrol leader. A group of forty boys was then organized into Patrols which held their patrol meetings to decide on calls, yells and names for their groups. Interesting games and contests were held, such as patrol call and yell contests, fuss- stick whittling contest, first-aid quiz con- test, patriotic drill contest, and compass- relay. An hour was spent on the actual prac- tice of projects that the junior leaders could take back to their patrols. Inter- esting work was accomplished in the pro- jects of leathercraft, archery, rope-splic- ing and cord-braiding. By 6:30 o'clock George Bersch and Prescott Lothrop had a fine lunch pre- pared and ready to serve. To this lunch- eon the Scoutmasters were invited, a number of whom were present. A circle discussion group was held after supper, each boy telling briefly what he had learned to take back to his troop. Future junior leaders' conferences were planned for districts and areas. The following leaders and scouts were present--Colonel Waefelaer, H. R. Smith, W. Ewart Cook, Dr. George Eisenbrand, Robert N. Townley, John Huhn, Scouts Paul Sterner, Craig Stoddard, Harrison Storms, Alfred Struebing, Dorland Davis, Edward Kunz, §. Ewell, T. Smith, John Brenner, Fred Reichardt, Harold Huhn, George Bersch, John Covey, Paul Gilbert, Lowell Mueller, G. Hunt, G. Pagels, H. Weston, Sprio Mann. 8S. Stowell, James Baker, Frank Wichman, Roderic Smith, Denton Smith, Jack Hag- berg, W. Kunz, Harold Osborn, George Manlove, Tom Sinding, Robert Burns, Walter Roberts, John Kraft, John Betak, Ernest West, flerbert Stevens, Jerome Nevins and J. Osborn. Highland Park Man Contributes $1,500 Toward Scout Camp Although the committee is just begin- ning its work in raising the funds to pay for the new north shore Boy Scout camp in the Wisconsin north wi Ss, a gener- ous contribution of $1500 has been made by General Robert E. Wood of Highland Park. The Highland Park Chamber of Commerce has also voted contribution of $100 and the Highland Park Rotary club has voted a contribution of $50 towards the new camp site. The Optimist club of Wilmette has also voted a contribu- tion of $50. The new camp will call for a total out- lay for land and equipment, buildings, boats, etc., in the neighborhood of $17,000. This fund will be raised from individuals and organizations who are interested in faking an investment in enriching boy life. It is planned that each local troop, under its own Scoutmaster or other adult leader, will spend a period at the new camp. The Chicago Daily News in comment- ing on the new camp says: "Rippling waters and gleaming camp fires have be- gun to appear in the dreams of hundreds of boys of the towns strung along the north shore. It is because their longing for a camp of their own, far away in the wilds of the northern Wisconsin woods, is to become a fact, according to an- nouncements. Three hundred and sixty acres of roll- ing hills and valleys near Antigo, Wis, peppered with great forest trees and bluffs and canyons and in the heart of all of it a lake with the finest beach imaginable, have been bought and work has been started to turn it into a camp. "HIKINGEST" TROOP It's pretty good when a Troop has to have a special word coined to describe its program. Last week a fellow Scoutmas- ter of Bob Townley's in trying to describe the strong emphasis put on outdoor work in Troop 13, made the remark, "Bob goes on a hike, not only every week-end, but in the middle of the week. Troop 13 is the hikingest outfit T ever heard of."