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wns December 17, 1927 WINNETKA TALK ay SCOUT COUNCIL SHOWS GROWTH IN FIRST YEAR Scout Executive Walter McPeek Gives Detailed Report of Ac- tivity Through Area Editor's Note: Residents of the com- munity who are interested in Boy Scout work in this vicinity--and that includes all who are interested in boys--will want to read the following annual report sub- mitted this week to members of the North Shore Area council, Boy Scouts of America, by Walter McPeek, local Scout executive for the North Shore Area council, which includes Hubbard Woods and Glencoe The report in full reads: It Has Been a Happy Year The year just ended, my first year as your executive, has been a happy one. It has been a busy, difficult year, a period of adjustment and co-ordina- tion. I have immensely enjoyed my association with you but I realize, as most of you do, that we have made but a small beginning. Many loose ends still remain. We need to work hard for many months to come before our work will be of such a rich content or so wide a scope that we may feel satisfied with ourselves or with it. It | has been a happy year and I believe that we may enjoy looking back to evaluate what progress has been made, and looking ahead to that challenging future of which we are already a part. What Has the Council Accomplished I'he North Shore Area council, an inter-community association of men interested in Better Scouting in the area from Wilmette to Lake Bluff to Libertyville to Glenview, carries on its business through an Executive Board which has met monthly during the past year. That group of men has had much to do with the rapid growth and the greatly enriched Scouting. From those monthly board meetings the men have carried plans back to the various towns, to Wilmette and Deer- field, to Glenview and Highland Park, to all the centers of the area, the wisdom of the best Scouting thought and practices. The Executive board through its de- partments has had much to do with strengthening the various troop com- mittees, organizing new troops, de- veloping the Leadership personnel, providing facilities for Outdoor Activi- ties and equipment, such as the "Cabin in the Woods"; Courts of Review and | Boards of Award, creating a better un- | derstanding, rendering service to the various communities. Members of the Executive board and the officers of the council have ever been eager and willing to do whatever was before them. They have unflinch- ingly faced the future and performed their work inspiringly. Strengthening of Troop Committees A properly organized and function- ing troop is a credit to Scouting and a service to boyhood. It produces re- sults. It is permanent. The committee on effective troop or- ganization, under the able chairman- blazing the way toward stronger func- tioning troop committees. About half of our troops are now governed by Standard troop committees of five men, each with a specific service to render to the troop on a specified meeting to attend each month. Troop service deputies, or deputy commissioners, each with the responsi- bility of giving service to three troops, are being arranged for. We hope soon to complete a volunteer cabinet of service men who will be able to visit all troops monthly. While the cabinet is not yet opganizéd to cover all troops, ship of Karl D. King has done much in (Céutinued on Page %50) A Complete Stock of the Following Articles to Select From: CHRISTM AS of the Unusu T° those who seek the more unusual and less commercial things for Gifts, "'choosing presents' becomes a voyage of new discovery at this shop. 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