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WINNETKA TALK November 10, 1928 BOY SCOUT NEWS A regular feature page prepared each week by members of the Boy Scout Press club, North Shore North Shore Troops of the Area Council Announce Results of Court of Honor Session at Glencoe! Following are the results of the Court of Honor held at Glencoe, Tuesday even- ing, October 30: Tenderfoot Scouts, Troop 23--Norman Boehmer, John W. Dickson, Charles L. Dostal, George J. Finck, Kenneth H. Hess, Louis G. Hoffman, Jr., Louis J. Klein, Wm. H. Mathews, Jr., French Postle, Merton Postle and Lyman J. Sandy. Second Class, Troop 23--Charles Dostal, Adam Gruber, Louis Klein and Bill Mathews. First-Class, Troop 22--Walter J. Me- Guire. * Merit Badges, Troop 21--David P, Hicks, Camping; A. Prescott Lothrop, wood carving, Forestry, reptile study; Walter Roberts, handicraft, cycling. Troop 22--John F. Betak, book bind- ing; Lewis Birdsall, wood carving, pioneering; John DeBeers, pioneering; Robert Hicks, first aid; Donald Hughes, scholarship; Spiro Mann, reptile study, swimming ; Walter McGuire, firemanship, pathfinding ; Sam Smale, first aid. Troop 23--Motley Bryant, painting, leathercraft, first aid to animals, swim- ming; Bill Covey, life saving; Adam Gruber, firemanship, leathercraft; Allen Johnston, civics; Robert Rosenberg, cooking, life saving, athletics, first aid, camping, swimming, canoeing. Peter San ais, public health; Jack Winter reptile study. Dad Makes Criticism of Boys' Life, Scout Organ Local Scout headquarters has just re- ceived an interesting letter of criticism concerning Boys' Life, official publica- tion of the Boy Scouts of America. The following letter comes from E. L. Mason of Flint, Mich. "I have just recently heard a criti- cism of Boys' Life following the Oc- tober issue. "One father told me that it was necessary for him to go into his son's room at 12:30 at night and turn out the light and take the book away from him. Then he added that he sat up until 2:30 reading it. "He likewise advised me that each month there was a race at his house between himself and his son to see which one got the copy of Boys' Life first." Begin First Aid Course for Men Scout Workers Scoutmasters, troop committeemen and fathers of Scouts are invited to enroll in the First-Aid Training course which is being provided by the North Shore Area council, in co-operation with the Chicago Chapter of the American Red Cross. The course will be under the personal supervision of Dr. H. W. Gentiles and will be held at Winnetka Community House. The first session will be held Monday eve- ning, November 19. A dinner will be held in connection with the kick-off session of the course to which all Scout men are invited. Junior Leaders Arrange Conference This Month Twenty-four patrol leaders and other junior officers of north shore Scout troops will spend Friday and Saturday follow- ing Thanksgiving in a Junior leaders en- campment and training confefence to be held at the Cabin-in-the-Woods. The program will be largely carried on by the boys themselves, but local Scout- masters are serving as a advisory board and will help on various parts of the two days program. Carl McManus, Assistant Scout Executive, together with several of the scoutmasters will be present through- out the session. ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING Troop 71 had a good meeting last week in charge of Assistant Scoutmaster Radlof. We had three patrol leaders present and two assistant patrol leaders, and a total of eighteen boys. We dis- cussed our preprations for the meeting at Highland Park and talked about an over- night hike. We have taken Edward Brixen into our troop.--Herman Nelson. HIKE TO MODEL FARM Troop 31 took a hike to the Model Farm of the Public Service company, near Mundelein, under the leadership of Troop Committeeman Fosbender. Bit of Fairyland at Scout Camp This bit of summer paradise will soon be a familiar scene to Scouts of the north shore. Scout camp at Spring Lake, Wis. I's a view of the Wolf river near the new north shore Imagine a fleet of cances on a cruise over this stretch of peaceful water--say, at sunset, where in other years boys of another race plied the stream in birch bark canoes. First-Aid Course Boy Scout Directory Time--The first session of the course wl be held Monday evening, Novem- er 19. A dinner will be held at 6:30 and will be followed by the regular session. The dinner will enable us to get better ac- quainted with the men in the course and with the instructors. The following sessions will be held Monday evening, November 26, Decem- ber 3, December 10, December 17, Jan- uary 7. January 14, Janyary 21, Jan- uary 28 and February 4. The final session which will be an ex- amination will be held February 11. Place--All sessions will be held in the Boy Scout room at Winnetka Community House, 620 Lincoln avenue, Winnetka. Faeulty---The course will be under the personal direction of Dr. H. W. Gentiles, director of the Chicago Chapter of the Red Cross and Boy Scout surgeon of the Chicago council. The course will be conducted on the patrol organization plan and will have as its patrol leaders: D. Clark Leach of Wilmette; J. R. Goetz of Winnetka; James G. Russell of Deerfield; Robert W. Townley of Kenilworth. Registration--The expenses incident to the course are paid by the North Shore Area council, Boy Scouts of America, with the exception of the opening dinner. The meeting place is furnished through the generosity of Winnetka Community House governors. This course is open to all Scoutmasters, assistant Scoutmasters, troop committee- men, and others who are interested in getting an insight into methods of teach- ing first-aid to boys. Registrations should be either phoned to the Boy Scout office, Highland Park 2431, or made in writing. Address 360 Central avenue, Highland Park. SIX NEW SCOUTS During the past few weeks, six new Scouts have been added to the rolls of Troops 52 and 61. In Troop 52 Robert Ginter, John Beckman, Edward Wood, Donald Clark and Walter Toll have re- ceived their Tenderfoot Badge and are now officially Boy Scouts. Karl Kinley is the new Scout of Troop 61. Both troops are continuing to grow and will soon have their troops filled. TROOP '12 PROGRESSING Troop 12 meets every Friday night at the Vista del Lago club. We have nearly twenty members. Our troop is in charge of Assistant Scoutmaster Robert Wilkins and a troop committee of five men. M. L. Minor was present at our last meeting.--Scribe Foster Gilgis. List of members in Troop 9 of Wil- mette, St. Joseph's Catholic church. Committee: Marcus Mick, troop chair- man, 1762 Highland avenue, Wilmette; John W. Selzer, 1601 Walnut avenue, out- door member; Carl C. Renneckar, 1627 Elmwood avenue, Wilmette thrift mem- ber; John Miller, 1730 Washington ave- nue, community service member; J. B. Hoffman, 1510 Washington avenue, Wil- mette, educational member. Troop Leaders--Scoutmaster Frank J. Kreusch, 1734 Forest avenue, Wilmette ; Assistant Scoutmaster, Peter Braun, Illinois road, Wilmette. Scouts--Frank Barnich, Adam Bauer, John Bell, Joseph Ettienne, James Hoff- man, Stephen Kraft, Robert May, Henry J. Miller, John N. Miller, Anthony Peters, A. Schinler, Wm. Schmitt, George Schopen, Clarence Steffens, Marcel Kneip, Frank J. Kreusch, Jr., Douglas Scott, Ray Steffens, and John Kneip. Scouts Plant Trees at Cabin to Honor Theodore Roosevelt Saturday, October 27, Scouts of the North Shore Area council conducted a Roosevelt Pilgrimage to the Cabin-in-the- Woods, west of Glencoe, where they had a tree-planting ceremony in commemora- tion of Theodore Roosevelt. The ceremony was opened with the Scout oath and law, led by James Baker of Troop 2, Wilmette, afterwards Scout- master Cook of that troop presented a short reading, concerning Roosevelt's noble life, and his untiring service to our country. One tree was planted and the ceremony was closed with the pledge to the flag. The spruce trees which were planted around the cabin were furnished through the courtesy of M. S. Szymczak, general superintendent of the Forest Preserve district of Cook county. Wolf Patrol Progresses; Add Several New Members The Wolf Patrol of Troop 32 is getting along fine. We have many new mem- bers and many of our Scouts are going to the Board of Review for second class tests. The Scouts of Troop 32 had their last meeting on the beach which was on Hallowe'en night. We had a very in- teresting party in which one boy by the name of Kenneth Goring took his first step in Scouting.--Bob Smith, Troop 32, Highland Park. Area-Wide Meeting to Welcome Parents to Elm Place School About three times a year all of the Scout troops of the north shore pass in review before the assembled parents and friends of north shore Scouting. This big get-together of Scouts, parents and friends, is held in connection with the award of high rank badges. The next Area-wide gathering will be held Friday, November 23, at the Elm Place school in Highland Park. Fach Scout troop in the territory will take its place on the stage and be in- spected and members of its troop who have earned, Life, Star or Eagle badges will be awarded these honors. Ten troops have volunteered to put on a short three-minute demonstration, each. These exhibitions will include music from one troop, drum and bugle corps, a signaling demonstration, knot- tying, ete. New Camp "Shareholder" List Growing Rapidly Although the committee for the es- tablishment for the camp site and de- velopment fund for the new north shore northwoods Scout camp, is just swinging into action, many contributions have al- ready been received. The contributors list up to October 31, included: Howard Bowen, D. Chapman, R. Crawford, Henry Fowler, F. H. Gathercoal, L. F. Gates, G. E. Hum- phreys, M. A. Johnson, H. J. Leach, Ro- tary Club of Wilmette, A. M. Rossman, C. E. Renneckar, Albert Snite, H. y Pope, R. Arthur Wood, Gen R. E. Wood, and F. A. Wilson. Contributions to the camp site fund have also been voted by the Highland Park Chamber of Commerce, Highland Park Rotary club and the Optimist club of Wilmette. Scouts Will Have Share in Purchasing New Camp Many friends of Scouting have already had a part in making possible the new Boy Scout camp, but one group of Scouts themselves are saving their nickels and dimes in helping make this dream come true. Troop 32 of the Deerfield Shields High school at Highland Park, have subscribed for one acre of the new north shore camp, and has a part of the fund already raised. Troop 23 of St. Elisabeth's church in Glencoe is also raising a fund through the efforts of the Scouts themselves, which will be turned over to the camp site development fund. Troop 55 Welcomes New Scoutmaster This Week The troop committee of Troop 55, of which Paul W. Beda, is chairman, has selected the Rev. Raymond Sanger, new pastor of the Methodist church, as the Scoutmaster of Troop 55. Ray Danielson is assistant Scoutmaster. Last Friday night the Troop welcomed Mr. Sanger to his initial meeting. There were about twenty Scouts present and all eager to continue their work as started by Mr. Stanton. From the looks of things, Mr. Sanger is going to make a fine Scoutmaster. Already he is work- ing with the committee to develop better co-operation and spirit in the Patrol sys- tem. Troop 37 at Highwood Adds Fourteen Members Troop 37 of Highwood had its annual meeting last Thursday at 8 o'clock. Mr. Roth, the chairman of our troop com- mittee, got the name of fourteen boys whom he thought would like to become Scouts and we took them in as brother Scouts. This, however, doesn't mean that other boys are not wanted ; we want all we can get. We just organized our patrol last Thursday and named it the Flying Eagle. We have not elected our patrol leader or patrol scribe as yet.-- Scout Milton Roberts. OBSERVE BOOK WEEK All over the nation, Scouts are co- operating in the celebration of the Na- tional Book week. Scouting recognizes the importance of what boys read, for many of our ideals and attitudes come from the association with mental friends, friends found between the covers of books.