Lake Shore News (Wilmette, Illinois), 27 Apr 1923, p. 18

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iff! If IIItlM WW m......."'(fSi Our Boy Scouts WilmetU Troop Activities Through the extorts of C. N. Stokes, scoutmaster of Troop 3, who is also a teacher in New Trier, an opportunity was obtained to hold an inter-troop swimming meet in the high .school tank. The arrangements were with Air. Jackson, instructor in swimming, who handled the affair in regular mter- scholastic .style. The preliminaries were held April 12, each troop enter- ing its swimmers to qualify for the finals held April 19. Troop 3 emerged vtctoTiour^rar T>Bly^a-5Cant marginor one point over Troop 2. Troop 2 Saturday about 15 boys of Troop 2 turned out in spite of the heavy snow storm and built a wall for use in wall scaling in the coming inter-troop con- test. The lumber was furnished by Mr. T. F. Cook, father of Scoutmaster Cook, and he has also donated to the | jroop_ajievLJ6x)^ ft. Sibley ..-tent and- a printing press. Our wall is 10 feet high and is located on the playground at headquarters of Troop 2 at the Congregational Church. Any troop, in the village is welcome to use the| wall for practice on application to. Scoutmaster Cook or Mr. Wilson. This troop is working for the next ' rally. We are determined to keep, the shield we won in the first rally, j Our regular teams for the various contests haye been chosen and Tues- day night began practice on the finer points of their particular lines. First class scouts are piling up a formidable array of merit badges and are await- ing next session of ~tb#~ Court of Honor. Troop 2 welcomed in to its ranks five recruits during the past months. These boys are Henry Huff- man, Richard Rossman, Joseph Swan, Ralph Warble, and Robert Wilkins. Plans for a summer camp are well adjance4 Tfre^ Serat'0nekama, Mich, an the shores of a fceautiftil lake. The date tenta- tively selected is the first two weeks in itriyr It is necessary that we have the parents' consent and cooperation, so get in the answers to those <jues- tionaires as soon as possible, or you will be out of luck. . The efficiency prizes for the period ending May 31st are to be displayed at each meeting from now on. They are as fcdlow*4--For~4he-«reatest gam in efficiency on our regular ijroiltt svstem, 1st Prize, Wear ever Cook Kit, 2nd, Plumb Scout Axe and sheath, 3rd, Remington Scout Knife, 4th An- sonia Sun Watch and Compass. Any scout in good standing is elig- ible for a try at the above list. A special prize for the greatest num- ber of merit badges secured in the same-period^ar Radiolite-Wrisr^ratch. This last price is of necessity open only to First Class Scouts. Troop 2 in charge of Robert Kuhl patrol leader, promoted from First Has;; Scout, i cout Laurin Bennett is assistant patrol leader. "...Troop 3 It was by a hard pull that Troop 3 the swimming meet. Through the ill- ness of Gordon Buck, our star divert we were deprived of one of our sure point winners. The results of this meet merely show that we will be counted in the running when the points of the big rally, May 30, are totaled. We are working! This week ends the first year's! existence of Troop 3. An anniversary program is being arranged to- cele- brate our first birthday. In the next issue of The Lake Shore News we "ex- pect* to. publish- some of the results ob- tained through our work during the year. 1 riday evening, the regular meet- ing'rilgbt, the important part of the program was the awarding of merit badges .which were received from Na- tional headquarters earlier, in the week. Mr. Ben Cox, chairman of the Tfoop committee, in presenting the 1153 Wiltnette Avenue Opposite Village Theatre Phone Wiltnette 2694 We deliver all order* of $1.00 or more as far north wiSlencoe. 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