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28 WILMETTE LIFE September 28, 1. 928 BQY SCOUT NEWS North;::eTroops A regular ftature page prepared each week by membtr1 of the Boy Scout Prell club, North Shore Area Council Junior Leaders in Scouts Welcome Return Fall Season Finds of Their Scoutmaster First Conference Scout-0-Gram All Scout Troops YEA ! We've got a new Scoutof Current Season Set /or Big _ y ear - - - - - - - - - master! Such were the cries that went Autumn hikes prove popular-Troop 33 of the Lincoln school of Highland Park held an enthusiastic hike · last Saturday, under the leadership of H. R. Smith. A good many tests were passed and eyerybodY had a fine time. Kenilworth S~outa . c11mp at the Cabin-in-the- Woods - Troop 13, Kenilworth, which is already filled to capacity and is under full swing, held a hike last Friday and Saturday to the Cabinin-the- Woods . Scoutmaster Townley was in charge. · ' Deerfield troop has Fathers' nightTroop 52 of the Deerfield Presbyterian church. under the leadership of the Rev. Mr. Andrews and John Huhn held a Fathers' night meeting Friday, September 21. The troop is starting out on a big program for the year. Olda elected to laead Northbrook Scout committee-At <1 meeting of the Northbrook Scout committee held Thursday evening, September 20,. Leland Olds was elected chairman of the Northbrook Scout committee for the coming year. Committeeman manages troop-During the absence of Scoutmaster Frank B. Revnolds in Europe, Troop Committeeman Chairman H. 0. VonderH.Qff is ser:ving as troop leader for Troop 5 of the \Vilmcttc Presbyterian chur~h. The troop is already operating under full sail and making good prog-ress. Scouts to be guests at University of Chicago fgotball game, September 29North Shore Scout leaders have brcn invited to attend the Chicago-South Carolina football game this Saturday bringing with them the Scouts in their troops . A number of north shore Scout leaders plan to attend. They a""' also looking forward to a similar i~tvitation to attend a Northwestern game latrr in the season. Winnetka Scout auggeata ca,np name -1 went to \Visconsin a few weeks ago to sec the ramp sit e. On mv ·.v ay home we dro,·c through thr 1\~·.: not:li nee India11 R ~se n· atio~L \Yc stopped an old Indian and asked him to tell us in the Menominee Indi.1n langua~e what Spring Lake woulct be . He told us "Mo-ka-jawon." This is Yery easy to sav and sound-; goocl . I t hou~dtt that t-his uam r~ woultl be- gond bl'Catt se the Menominee Indians i·thabited that part of the country.-Srout James R. Goetz . .T r .. 460 Locust road. \Vinnctka, Troop 18, \Vinnctka . Troop 2 under full swing againTroop 2 of th<' \\' ilmette Congregational church held its opening- fall meeting last T~1('s c!a \' under the learicrship of Scoutmaster Ewar~ Cook. Troop · Committcemc?1l K. D. Kin~ an c l \V. E. McCormack were present. Junior Assistant Scoutmasters James Baker and Robert King-, Senior Patrol Leader Robert Crawford, and Scribe Cecil Cox wer present. Twwtyne-otf srhdlu · uu were present. Twenty-two Scouts attended the opening meeting and enjoyed the games. stories obstacles race and oeanut scramble. Winnetka troop under way- Troop 15 of Christ church, \:Vinnetka, held a meeting last Friday night under the leadershin of Scoutmaster J. R. Goetz. The Rev: Mr. Ward, one of the committeemen, was also present. We had some drills. reviev.:ed Tenderfoot tests and olaved games. - Scribe Kenneth Sevfried. · Gleacoe trooo full of pep- Troop 23 of St. Eli1aheth's church, held a meeting last Friday night with an attendAbo.u t fifty boy leaders of the vari· o us \Vilmette and Kenilworth troops , Time is one of the great riddles of gathered last Friday afternoon at St. the ages. Everv one of us has the Augustine's Clu·b house for the first same amount of· it.:_twenty-four hours Junior Leaders conference of the ne\\ each day. Scout year. The program was in charg-e \Ve are all alike, too. in having toof George Bersch of Troop 4 and the dav. Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow may eats were handled by Edward Kunz, never come-so that C\'ery living perJr., of Troop 8. Projects and program son has today, this hour. this minute for the coming year were discussed at his disposal. and particular thought was given to \Ve do, howcvl'r. differ gn:atly in projects that might be carried on in the ways we usc thi~ little measure of Patrol meetings. Carl McManus, astime; we differ in what we put into it sociate scout executive of the North and therefore of course we differ in Shore Area council led the discussion. what we take out of it. Some idle Scoutmasters were invited to ataway their chances. others usc . them tend the session as the guests of the to move onward and upward in life. junior leaders, among those present The Scout realizes that lost time, were C. E. Palmer, Scoutmaster of like the water that has passed beneath Troop 8, D. C. Leach Scoutmaster of the bridge, is gone foren:r; he recogTroop 4, and R. W. Townley, Scou~ nizes that with time he cannot (foxmaster of Troop 13. Mr. Townley like' "Back-track"-he passes this way spoke to the Junior Leaders on 16 \Vhat once and then that day's chance for a Scoutmaster expects of his Boy "Good turns." for cordiality. for Leaders" and 1fr. Leach spoke on cheerfulness. for self-improvement, for Good Turn Brings Him "Doing a Better Job." . learning, for thrift-that day's chance The next junior leaders gathering Seat in U. S. Congress will is CONE- it lll'\'l' r returns . be held at the Glencoe Union So Scouts value tim e and usc it Hon. James Davis, for years repre- church Friday evening, October 5, at thriftily and with purpose ! se nting Missouri in Washington- 4 P. M. at which time, junior leaders - From Scout Handhook. where he has been active in Scout from all over the area will assemble. work, told this story last year at a Washington Scout celebration. He Hikin~ Scouts Extinguish said; "One morning when I was about 20 years old, I was riding my horse Forest Fire in Far West into "tmvn" when by the road side. I A g-roup of Boy Scouts out for a came upon a boy, a mule, and a fallen day's hike ncar their camp in the vicin~n :\ flnt' ' Court of Honor was held sack of corn. The boy was helpless to ity of Piper's Canyon, Seattle, \Vash .. \\'ednesday night. September 19, at the reload. I got off my horse-removed found that fire, starting near the high Lincoln · school, 1lighl.t11d park. Thl' my coat-loaded him and the corn on way and probably .caused by the cigpurpose of this Court was to award the mule and went on my way for- arette of a careless motorist, runningthrough brush and brass, threatened Scouts merit badges earned thi s sum- getting the incident. A score of years had passed and a heavy stand of timber n"arhy . mer at camp and elsewhere, enabling them to rerL'ive their higher rank at the I was a candidate for Congress, in tl e Without waiting to summon aid the Big Court of Award scheduled for Fri- primaries. I had heard that in one h,oys, five in number, attempted to rla\· evening-. September 2R. at New corner of the "enemy's country" there extinguish the flames. \Vith broom<; , Trier High school and \Yhich is for was a fc11ow who was getting vote s wet sacks and canvas ancl such camp Star. Life. Eagk ancl Palm:; onl~-- Dr for me but I did not know him. I was equipment as was suitable for Scout~. George B. Lake, chairman of the nominated by 47 votes. At the country fought the fire, winning out finally Court of Honor committee, presided, seat speechmaking which followed, a after a quarter of a mile had been assisterl hv \V. \V. Heicharclt. N. H. big, sturdy, young man elbowed his traversed h.v the flames. Anspach ancl Carl McManus. assistant way through the crowd to the stand. Scout cxccutin.·. The following scouts and extended his hand, saying: ··I Scout Employs T raininf! don't suppose ym.t remember me," and were awarded: I said, .. No, I do not." t<Wetl, he said. to Save Life of a Chum Herbert Ste\'ens. Troop 32, fir·s t class, "do you remember a boy, a mule, and When a long- knife with which they award. and the following merit badges: a sack of corn in the road some twenty . wimming, life savinr2·. athletics. wood years ago-and you the fourth man to were playing mumblv neg severed an carving, craftwork in leather. personal pass, stopped to help me on my artery in the leg of Henry Jones, 14 health. public health, camping and horse?" "Well," he said "I'm that of East Orange: N. ].. recently, his playmate, Andrew Miller, 14, Boy ranoeing. boy, and I vowed that day that I'd reScoutmaster Rohert G. Anspach. pay you some day and I've done it. Scout. applied a tourniauet .which stopped the flow of blood and pre'l'roon :n. athletics. \Ve gave you a majority of 68 votes vented serious injury. The amhulance Sidley Chapman. Troop 33. camping, in our township." surg-eon who was called to the scene wood carving. reptile study. pioneering, -Scout Executives' Manual. of the accident commended the Scout leathen:raft~ bird study, athletics. for his very efficient work The tourniDenton Smith. Troop 33. weather. quet was made out ·::>f a handkerchief Invite Indiana Scouts astronomy, camping. the Scout put arottncl his comRodcric Smith. Troop 33. a.;tronomv. to University Grid Game which panion's leg and twisted with a pencil · ag-riculture. ramping. bird stud.y. Every troop of Bov Scouts in the until the flow of blood .stopped. Frank \Vichman, Troop 33, conser-. state of Indiana has · been invited to ,-ation, cooking. reptile study. FIND YOUR URGE! Tohn Kraft. Troop 35, architecture, witness the intersectional foobalt game October 6, between the University of There is a great urge in the heart nlumhirH!, handicraft. carpentry, ~ivies. Indiana and the University of Okla· of every human being. It leads those pioneerinl!. cycling. pathfinding-. I bird hQma at Bloomington, the home of the who listen, on to Success and Happistudv. athletics. reptile study, camping, seamanship, forestry, conser\'ation, Hoosier university. The Scouts will ness. Into everv life there must come be guests of the University. Overnight this great ambition or wish at some canoeing. quarters preceding the game will be time or other. When it is heeded, a P~ter \Vhite, Troop 35, cycling, first provided for Scouts and there will be new leader has been made. Another aid to animals. painting. camping, a Scout parade just before the game. Lincoln, another Washington, has nathfinding. found himself. Listen to that cry HOME WITH TROPHIES within your heart that keeps urging ancc of twent\·-eight scouts. In addiAfter a wonderful five weeks with the vou on to higher works of service. It tion to our Scoutmaster, and assistant Martin Johnsons in Africa, the three is vour way to Greatness. Don't ~:routmaster. troop committeemen Scouts who went on the excursion as stifle it. Answer it with supreme efrnol.idl!e and Simoc;on were present. guests of G. P. Putman, D. T. Law fort. Find the urge that will make \Ve had a troon hike last week with and the J ohnsons are returning to their your life Immortal. Then Fotlow it! ten boys attending.-John Curtis. I homes bringing many trophies. · -Everybody's Scrapbook. I TIME up from the basement of the Wilmette Congregational church on Tuesday, September 11. This new Scoutmaster is \Villiam Ewart Cook of Troop 2, Wilmette. He was formerly the Scoutmaster of the same troop before 1926. For the past three years "Ewie" has been Scoutmaster of a troop in Ravenswood. Troop 2 should now come to the front in ·Inter-troop activities in the North Shore Area because of his widespread experience both as a Scoutmaster and as a Scout in old Troop is the· first Boy Scout troop organized west of the Alleghenies. When Mr. Cook was the Scoutmaster in the past, Troop 2 was the foremost troop in Wilmette. The old scouts in the troop tell of the days when "Ewie" was Scoutmaster and we ran away with all the rallies and contest s. Troop 2 expects to have a bangup )·car-Let's Go !- Jim Baker and Da \ 'C Davis, Troop 2. .. I I Scouts Win .4wards at Court of Honor Highland Park -·