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i LY WINNETKA TALK December 1, 1928 BOY SCOUT NEWS yo shore reoons A regular feature page prepared each week by members of the Boy Scout Press club, North Shore Area Council of the First Aid Rallies Important Item on Scouting Program Wilmette-Kenilworth troops--Saturday, December 15, 7:30 P. M. Highland Park-Highwood-Lake Forest troops--Friday, December 14, 7:30 P. M. Glenview-Northbrook-Deerfield patrols-- Friday, December 14, 7:30 P. M. Libertyville-Mundelein patrols--Friday, December 14, 7:30 P. M. Area-wide First Aid contest open to selected teams from each town--Friday, March 25. -- First-Aid is one of the most vital bits of program material in the whole Scout work. Because of this, many of the towns and districts are scheduling first- aid rallies either on an inter-partol or inter-troop basis to be held during De- cember. In order to get the Scouts fully under way in preparation for the Area- wide rally next March. The following sample programs which were used in our contest last year are being listed below for your benefit in getting some practice before the various rallies: A Boy Scout returning home from school enters home and detects strong odor of gas. Enters kitchen and finds his brother lying unconscious on floor. Gas jet on stove is open. Rescue and treat. Time, five minutes. Man driving automobile on icy pave- ment loses control of car and skids into lamp post. Fe receives the following in- juries: Two-inch cut on lower right fore- arm, spurting blood; simple fracture of lower left leg. Treat and prepare for transportation. Time, seven minutes. Boy Scout washing windows at home slips from the ladder and receives the following injuries: Fracture of the left collarbone ; three ribs on right side frac- tured. Treat and prepare for transporta- tion. Time, eight minutes. Boy Scout riding bicycle loses control and falls on broken glass strewn on the sidewalk. He received the following in- juries: Two-inch cut across the fore- head; three-inch cut left lower fore- arm, bleeding in spurts; Middle finger of left hand dislocated. Treat--time, nine minutes. Boy Scout in hockey game falls and receives a compound fracture of the right lower leg; left wrist severely sprained. Treat and prepare for transportation. Time, eight minutes. Scouts Prepare Program of 19th Anniversary Week Each troop is planning to celebrate Anniversary week in some significant way. Many Father and Son banquets, exhibitions, etc., are being planned for this climax period of the Scout year. Anniversary Day, Friday, February 8, at 8:15, every Scout in the Country will Je commit himself to the Scout Oath and Mobilization Day, Saturday, Februa 9, Scouts will mobilize for Commurity Turns, to take over the manage- ment oF She towns. ete. out Sunday, February 10, troops will attend church in uniform. Many ons are already planning a special scout ser- mon and other recognition of the boy. In some cases scouts in uniform will serve as ushers at the church service. Scouts Day in the schools, Monday, February 11. In many cases, Scouts will put on a demonstration before the entire body of the school, before a Par- ent-Teacher association or assume other responsibilities on this day. Camp Day and Practice Day. Tues- day, February 12. This is also Secont Memorial Day. Afternoon Patriotic Pil- grimage in honor of Lincoln and Wash- ington. Citizenship Day, Wednesday, February 13. Scout troops will give demonstra- tions before Service clubs, Chambers of Commerce, etc. Prominent city officials xi be invited to address Scout gather- gS. Home Day, Thursday, February 14. Parents, all over the United State are asked to reserve this night as a home night, in which dad and mother's time is given exclusively to the children. General--all Scouts plan to wear their uniforms during the entire period of Scout Week. Merit badge expositions are being planned by various districts. Lincoln and Washington birthday an- niversaries in this month, figure into the commemoration of Scout Week in many troops. What Dollars Do for Scouts At this seanson the various Scouting committees in the north shore villages are raising funds to meet the annual budget of the North Shore Area, Boy Scout Council. Each village raises its proportionate share of this budget. The above illustration was drawn by a famous cartoonist whose home is in Glencoe. He preferred not to have his identity revealed. Scouting, He is doing his bit for Fifteen New Scouts Join Local Troops in Past Week New scouts welcomed into north shore Scouting during the week ending Novem- ber 24 are listed as follows: Walter Foslund, Troop 10, Wilmette; Robert Ravies, Troop 18, Winnetka ; Rob- ert Ehler, Troop 18, Winnetka; Mitchell Hutchinson, Troop 18, Winnetka; Fisk Lockridge, Troop 18, Winnetka; Henry Appel, Troop 22, Glencoe: Francis Allen, Troop 23, Glencoe; Donald A. Andrews, Troop 23, Glencoe ; David L. Curtis, Troop 23, Glencoe; Edwin B. Grauer, Troop 23, Glencoe ; Jack Sutton, Troop 23, Glencoe ; Vincent Anderson, Troop 31, Highland Park; Richard Suess, Troop 32, Highland Park; Edward K. West, Troop 32, High- land Park; Ralph A. Bucklin, Troop 55, Glenview. HOLD PRUNE SALE Scouts of the St. Elisabeth's Episcopal church in Glencoe are joining with other children in the parish in conducting a Prune Sale, proceeds from which will de- fray a portion of the cost of maintain- ing instructors at the Parish gymnasium. The Scout troop also receives a portion of the receipts. This is an annual en- terprise with the children of the parish. Troop Committeemen to Hold Sessions at Cabin The third Monday evening of each month has been set as the time and the Cabin-in-the-Woods as the place for a series of get-togethers of troop commit- teemen of the various troops. The first session will be held on Monday evening, December 17, at 6:30 o'clock. The pro- gram will include a discussion of how the chairman, the thrift member, the ed- ucational member, the outdoor member and the community service members of a troop committee can best function in enriching the Scouting experience of the boys in their respective troops. The dinner will be served at 6:30, regular camp style, and the discussion will follow as the group is seated around the cozy campfire and the wind howls through the oak trees outside. XMAS GOOD TURNS All Scout troops in the North Shore Area council are planning Chirstmas Good Turns. They will function in this respect as individual troop units, it is announced. WINTER CAMP December 26 to 29 is the time of a four-day winter camp which will be held at the Cabin-in-the-Woods, Scouts who are interested should file their applica- tions at once. | Parents See Many North Shore Scouts Receive New Awards Thirteen different troops from six dif- ferent villages of the north shore were particularly proud Friday night, Novem- ber 23, for Scouts from their member- ship were singled out for high rank Scouting awards in the public court of award which was held at the Elm Place school, Highland Park. Harrison Storms, Jr., of Troop 3, Wil- mette Methodist church, was awarded his Star Scout Award. John Gilroy of Troop 4, St. Augustine's Episcopal church, was awarded his Bronze Eagle Palms, and Junior Assistant Scoutmaster George Bersch of the same troop, his Journalism Quill, entitling him to membership in the Boy Scout Press club. Two Scouts of Troop 8, Wilmette Baptist church, were also awarded: Roger Delander became a Star Scout, and Edward Kunz was awarded his Bronze Eagle Palm. Ever since Scouts and leaders of Kenil- worth have proved that thirteen is a lucky number, all superstition to the con- trary, Kenilworth boys have earned and carried away more than their share of Scouting honors. Joe Harrison received his Star; George Manlove, his Life, and Roger Barrett, his Eagle Scout Award. Bob Reschki of Troop 16, Winnetka, re- ceived his Eagle award, and the fol- lowing Scouts from Troop 18, also a Win- netka Community House troop, carried away honors: Tom Larsen, James Lyons, and Simeon Jester, Star, and Tom Lar- son, Life. David Hicks of Troop 21, Glencoe Union church, was awarded his five-year Veteran Badge, in addition to receiving his Eagle Scout Award. Honors for Troop 23, St. Elisabeth's Episcopal church, were earned by Star Scout Motley Bryant, Star Scout Ben Brion and Life Scout Robert Rosenberg. Richard deBerard, Assistant Scout- master of Troop 31, of Deerfield Shields High school, received the five-year Veteran Badge and Herbert Stevens of Troop 32, the Star Scout Award, Fred Reichardt and S. Parker Johnston of Troop 33, Lincoln school, Highland Park, both received Life Scout Awards. Edward Cazel of Troop 52. Presbyterian church, Deerfield, received the Star Scout Award. Begin Special Courses for the Junior Leaders Helping the boy leader to serve as a conductor of his patrol is one of the major objectives of the North Shore Council for 1929. Now that the football season is over and the forty north shore Scouts who have been ushering at Dyche stadium will have more time available, a stronger emphasis will be placed upon the training of boy leaders of the va- rious north shore troops. Twenty-four Junior Leaders, represent- ing most of the troops, will spend No- vember 30 and December 1 at the Cabin- in-the-Woods in an intensive two-day session of Junior Leader training. The training program will be in charge of local Scoutmasters, assisted by Assistant Executive McManus. The Scouts will practice hiking and camping methods in addition to discussing patrol manage- ment. An Area-wide afternoon session of patrol leaders' training, the final session for 1928, will be held Friday afternoon, December 7, at the Highland Park Pres- byterian church. The conference will run from 4 to 7 o'clock and will include re- freshments to which all Scoutmasters are invited. Men Enthusiastic Over . . . First Aid Instruction About thirty men attended the first session of the Training course in First Aid sponsored by the North Shore Area, Boy Scout council, the sessions of which are being held each Monday evening at 7:30, at the Winnetka Community House. The course is attended by representatives of the Fire and Police departments of sev- eral north shore villages in addition to a large number of Scout Leaders, with more enrolling each week. The course is in charge of Dr. H. W. Gentiles, director of the Chicago Chapter of the American Red Cross. Additional men who are interested may enroll jhroush the local Boy Scout Headquar- ers. ! 4 AY i onbai--