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WILMETTE LIFE August 1~, 1928 BOY . S COUT NEWS "Do a Good Tu~ Daily" of the North Shore. Troops Just a Scene Near New Scout Camp "Be Prepared" Big Camp Re-Union to Signalize New Boy Scout Season Present A wards to Several Scouts at Final Summer Court The final summer Court of Award was held Wednesday evening, August 8 at the Cabin-in-the-Woods with H. R. Smith and Ted Grant in charge. The following Scouts received awards : Edward K't"z, Tr?oP. 8, Wil~ette, leathercraft, bookbmdmg; Wilbert Kunz, Troop 8, Wilmette, pioneering, first aid· Scoutmaster, C. E. Palmer, Scoutma~ter Troop 8, Wilm ette, handicraft gardening; Ben Brion, Troop 23 Glencoe, swimming; David Morri~ Troop 31, Highland Park, pioneering; Denton Smith, Troop 33, Highland Park, poultry keeping, physical development; Roderic Smith, Troop 33 Highland Park, physical developm~nt, poultry keeping; Peter White, Troop 35, Ravinia, carpentry, civics, pioneering, botany, electricity. From north and south and east and west, Scouts and their leaders will gather at 6 o'clock Friday evening, September 28, at the New Trier High school lunch room, for a Camp Reunion, in which old times will be recalled and a great deal of looking ahead to next summer will take place. "Gee, but I'd give the world to see Those old Camp friends of mine For in mv soul that old Patrol Will always gleam and shine." · (Tune, That Old Gang of Mine) You wiJI hear the above refrain together with other camp songs, echoing and re-echoing through the halls. Reminiscences of summer spent at Camp Checaugau, at the Cabin-in-theWoods, and on special hiking trir{-;' will be given. Plans will be announced in regard to our own northern Wisconsin camp for next summer. Campers will adjourn from the Camp Reunion at 8 o'clock and · go into the The view above will afford an impression of what may be expected in Assembly hall to attend the first Areathe nature of scenic delights in the vicinity of the prospective North Shore Wide Court of Award of the new Boy Scout camp .at Spring Lake, Wis. The camp site was purchased a few Scout year. Badges for advancement ago by the North Shore Area council. weeks for Life, Star, Eagle and Palms will be presented. Select Name Soon .for New Camp in Wisconsin Many Scouts are scratching their heads, trying to dig up suggestions as to possible names for the new north shore Boy Scout camp in Wisconsin. Council headquarters reports that not very many names have been suggested as yet, but that 11 No-Sho-Bo-Sco" and "Camp Tamarack" have been suggested to date. The first name, while not being an Indian name, has a strong resemblance to it and is composed of the first two or three letters of the words north shore Boy Scouts. Other names are being suggested and it is planned to make a selection within the next few weeks. You are all invited to put on your thinking caps and mail your suggestions in. Scouts Jubilant About Camp in the Northwoods There's a Camp that makes us happy, And it never makes us blue. There's a Camp we always want to cheer for Whether we are Scouts old or new. . (Tune, Smiles) If. you chance to visit a Scout troop dunng the n.ext. few weeks, you may ~ea: them smgmg the above refrain, JUbtlant and happy that at last North Sh<?re troops will have a camp of thetr own .. Not only are the Scouts and leaders enthusiastic about a camp of their own but they are eager for next spring and summer to come when they will have a chance to do some· pioneering to help make their dreams come true. 1\ 1rree a ~eek CULVER 'BEST' CAMP by Merit B. Scout Note: I<;ach week he will describe a different tree growing in this locality. North Shore Scout Gives Graphic Description of Activity at Woodcraft School at Military Academy North Shore Line Band to Play at Scout Fete The North Shore line band, of which Earl. P. Shultis is director, at their meetmg on August 6 voted unanimously to accept the invitation of the North' Shore. Area council, Boy Scouts of Amenca, to play at the Area-Wide Camp Reunion and Court of Award to be held at New Trier High school Friday evening, September 28 at 7 :30 o'clock. This will be a speciai feature and one which the Scouts and their parents and friends in attendance will enjoy. THIS WEEK'S· SCOUT-0-GRAM (Suggested by Scout Paul Rossburg) Effects of Habit A father, wishing to show his son the effect of habit in his life. sent him for a hammer and a nail. This he deliberately drove into the parlor table. It werit in with comparative ease. Then handing the hammer to the boy, he said: "Now, my son, pull it out." After a great deal of effort and much marring of the splendid table, the nail was removed. Then the father said to the boy, "Now, my son, pull out the hole," adding, "habits can be pulled out, but their effects- Each year the Culver school of woodcraft (a summer school o{ Culver Large Tooth Aspen-Growing very Military Academy) has as its guests rapidly, the Large Tooth Aspen some- each week, ten Scouts, representing times reaches a height of 75 feet, and their respective local councils. Three grows most often along .the borders Scouts represented the North Shore of streams and lakes. Its smooth bark council during . the week of July 25 is of a grayish, green tint. The to August 1. leaves are three to four inches long The Scouts are under the same rules and have coarse teeth, from which it and restrictions as the regular Woodgets its name. era fters. They are allowed to participate in the games of the school and are instructed in the same classes Scouts Plan Inspection as the \Voodcrafters. The Woodcraft school is for boys between the ages of New Spring Lake Camp of 9 and 15. Members of the camp committee and The program is carefully planned the Boy Scout council, many Scoutmasters, Scouts and their parents and so as to give the boy the opportunities friends are planning trips over Labor to make the best of the ·summer. Day to northern Wisconsin and will The school is not as strictly military inspect the newly-acquired property as one might think. There is only one for the Scout camp at Spring Lake. It period of drill per day. The other is a 300-mile trip and will make a five periods are devoted to a number fine week-end drive. Anyone desiring of subjects, including nature study in to go may receive detailed instructions every branch, handicraft of different by getting in touch with the Boy sorts, boxing, swimming, aircraft and scoutcraft. Scout office. The boys have enough free time TROOP 12 ON HIKE m .whi~h to d?. ~s they please and the r· · SWimmmg facihbes are the best to be \\ Jlmette Troop 12 went on a htke had. The food is of the very best Wednesday, August .15, to the Forest j and there is plenty of it. Preserve ~est of Wilmette. Th~ p~oThe boys sleep two to a tent and gram cons1sted o~ woodc.raft acbvthes the tents must be kept in good condiand a lot of fun ~n cookn~g the noon- tion at all times. · . . . day meal. The hike was m charge of Troop Committeeman, M. L. Minor. Culver ts complimented and prai~~d hy people all over the world as bemg the best camp in the world.-George THE INQUIRING REPORTER Bersch, Junior Assistant Scoutmaster What hobbies give you the most Troop 4· St. Augustine's church, Wilmette. pleasure? Albert Barker, Troop 8, Wilmette: Woodworking and Stamp collecting. Dorlund Davis, Troop 2, Wilmette : Bird Study and Athletics. Lawrence Buckmaster, Troop 4, Wilmette: Aviation. Martin Herberholz, Troop 8, Wilmette: Camping. AT OLYMPIC GAMES 1 Frank Reynolds, Scoutmaster of Troop 5, Wilmette Presbyterian church, in writing to Walter McPeek Scout executive of Northshore Are~ council, says, "Having a wonderful time in Europe. Am writing this from Scheveningen, a place much like Atlantic City. Am going to the Olympic games tomorrow." . One Thousand Scouts on North Shore Is New Goal "It should be an ' easy task to have one thousand Scouts enrolled and in good standing long before th~ beginning of the new year," says Scout Executive Walter McPeek to Scoutmasters in a bulletin issued this week. 11 With ·927 Scouts registered in the thirty-eight north shore troops at the present time, the reaching of the thousand mark will not be a difficult task." The North Shore Area council celebrates the beginning of its third year this fall. During the two years just past, both the number of troops and the number of Scouts have doubled. V\'hile no strenuous program of organizing additional troops is planned for the coming year, the natural growth should include an increase of at least 20%. Many Troops Plan Hikes to Cabin-in-the-Woods Many troop hikes are being planned for the month of September, among them several over-night trips to the Cabin-in-the-Woods in the Glencoe Forest Preserve. Scout troops reserve the cabin for whatever period they desire through the Council office. In addition to the Cabin, three tents are available for over-night hikes. LAST CALL TO CAMP Last call for 1928 camp. The last group of North Shore Scouts will leave on Monday, August 20, for Camp Checaugau and for the Veteran camp. It is expected that about 25 north shore Scouts will be in this group which will help to wind up the 1928 season. never."