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WILMETTE LIFE of the North Shore Troops A r·gultlt IHture p11g1 PtiiHitld et1cb week by member~ of the Boy Scout Pttas club, North Shot" Aretl Council A·nnounce Faculty To ,. Advise Scouts On Merit Badges The :Merit Badge committee Is approaching the following list of men, asklnc them to agree to serve again, and In some ca.Bes asking new men to serve, as the Wilmette Merit Badge faculty. You are to go to these men, by appointment previously made, with your application and pamphlet. They will talk over with you what Ia necessary In the earning of the Badge and wlll help you to prepare for l t. When they are satisfied that you are thoroughly qualified to paaa the teat. they will so Indicate on the Merit Badge application, which you will then turn ln to Mr. Harper's offtce and wlll tlfen present yourself at the Board of Review on the second Wednesday of the month. The faculty of llerlt Badge counsellors la as follows :agriculture, J. R. Harper; angling. R. D. l:lurtner; animal industry, Dr. D. W. Rapp; archery, Lowell Comee, 1612 Forest avenue, Wilmette; architecture, Stanley Peterson ; art, your art teacher at scbool; astromony, John Clark Baker ; athletics, "Duke" Chllds, L. F. Todd or Daniel Davia; automobll~ng. A. S. VanDueaen; aviation, E. S. Buckmaster; ba,aketry, your school instructor in this subject; beef production, H. T. Poronto ; bee keeplJlC', W. F. Babcock, 556 Ash street, Winnetka; bird study, Dorland Davis or Miss Jane Welnland, 706 Greenleaf avenue; blacksmithing, R. L. Bieaemeier ; bookbinding, L. F. Ball ; botany, Prof. Hildebrand: bugling, Mr. Schumacher; business, Dan G. Stiles; camping, George Harbaugh or Arthur L. Rice ; canoeing, Robert Townley of Kenilworth Public school; carpentry, Gale Brooks ; cement work, Frank Kreuscb ; chemlstr~·, your high school chemistry teacher; civics, Herbert J. Leach; conservation, Clarence E. Drayer; cooking, l"rank A. Wilson ; cycling, A. S. VanDeusen; dairying, J. R. Harper; electricity, your high school physics teacher; firemanship, Chief Zlbble or fireman delegated by him ; first aid, Mrs. Stopka or Dr. llcGrath ; first aid to animals, Dr. Irwin, veternarlan on Ridge avenue; forestry, Clarence E. Drayer ; foundry practice, R. E. L. Beiesemeler ; gardenIng, Mrs. C. N. Hurlbut ; handicraft, your parents signature ; hiking, your Scoutma8ter or camp director ; horsemanship, Elmer Wllkinds ; Insect Ute, Prot. Hildebrand ; Interpreting, your high school language teacher ; journalism, E. W. Weber, Lloyd Hollister, Inc.; or one delegated by him; _ l eathercraft, your school instructor in this subject ; leather work, your school instructor in this subject; life saving, D. C. Leach, Mr. Jackson, Dudley Stone or any qualified Red Cross life saving examiner; machinery, R. F. L. Beiesemeler ; marksmanship, Major S. H. Bowell, Major Harbaueh, or any registered raqge otftcer ; masonry, F. J. Kreusch ; metal work, your high school instructor tn this subject ; music, Mrs. Cotton or Mrs . . Maher; painting, Carl Sterner ; pathft~dlng, chief of pollee or one delegated by him ; _ p ersonal health, Dr. D. W. Rapp, Dr. G. E. Upson ; pbotograhy, John Clark Baker; physical development, "Duke" Childs or any qualified athletic director ; pioneering, Arthur L. Rice ; plumbing, Freel Nelson ; pottery, Mrs. A. J. Coburn; poultry keepIng, J. R. Harper; printing, Lloyd Hollister or some one delegated by him ; public health, Dr. D. W. Rapp, or Dr. G. D. Upson ; radio, Dr. M. C. Hecht ; reptile study, Mlu Dorothy Stevens; safety, C. E. Palmer; salesmanship, F. J. Budinger; scholarship, J. R. Harper, L. F. Todd~ or Miss Hayes ; sculpture, Mrs. A. J. Coburn; eeamanshlp, Robert Ca8terline; stcnalllnc, Jobn Anderson; surveyIng, Keith Roberta, 464 Washington avenue, Glencoe_; swimming, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Leach or regular swimming director ; textiles, A. J. Cobum ; weather, J. R. 1I:1rper; wood-carving, J. R. Harper; wood work, C. E. Palmer, or school ln·tructor. Life, Star and Eagle applications are not to be baDclle4 at the recular Board ·of Review but will be taken care of at a separate eeasion. They should be turned In to Frank · A. Wilson, 1118 Central a venue, Wilmette. Scouts Visit Uncle Joe Junior Leaders in Conference, Rally at Glencoe Church Junior leaders from the various towns in the North Shore Area council met Friday afternoon, October 12, at the Glencoe Union church for a Conference on methods, principles and practices of junior l~adershiD. The program was opened with songs and yells led by Brainerd Chapman, followed by discussion on the essentials of a good patrol leader. A group of forty boys was then organized Into Patrols which held their patrol meetings to decide on calls, yells and names for their groups. Interesting games and contests were held, such as _ patrol call and yell contests, fussstick whittling contest, first-aid quiz contest, patriotic drlll contest, and compassrelay. An hour was spent on the actual practice of projects that the junior leaderi'; could take back to their patrols. Interesting work was· accomplished in the projects of leathercraft, · archery, rope-splicing and cord-braiding. B~- 6:30 o'clock George Bersch and Prescott Lothrop had a fine lunch pr('pared and ready to serve. To this luncheon the Scoutmasters were invited, a number .of whom were present. A circle discussion group was held after supper. each boy telling briefiy what he had learned to take back to his troop. Future junior leaders' conferences were planned for districts and areas. The following leaders and scouts w.ere present-Colonel Waefelaer, H. R. Smtth. w. Ewart Cook, Dr. George Elsenbrand, Robert N. Townley, John Huhn, Scouts Paul Sterner, Craig Stoddard, Harrison Storms, Alfred Struebing, Dorl~nd Davis, Edward Kunz, J. Ewell, T. Sm1th, John Brenner, Fred Reichardt, Harold Huhn, George Bersch, John Covey, Paul Gllbert, Lowell Mueller, G. Hunt, G. J?agels, H. Weston, Sprio Mann. S. Stowell, James Baker, Frank Wichman, Roderic Smith~ Denton Smith, Jack Hagberg, W. Kunz, Harold Osborn, George Manlove, Tom Slnding, Robert Burns, Walter Roberts. John Kraft, John Betak, Ernest West, Herbert Stevens, Jerome ~evins a~d J. Osborn. _ '· North 5hore Scouts on an inspection tour of their new Wisconsin north woods camp visit Old Uncle Joe's cabin just a few· miles from camp. Joe is 8()· years old and one of the best cook5 and housekeeper~ in his "neck of the woods." . ';,- - · Inquiring Reporter (He goes to Libertyville) of the North Shore Area council to the other corner. Distance never interferes wl~h the mysterious Reporter, whose identity no one has ever been able to discover as he goes from troop to troop, talking over Scouting interests and life ambitions with the boys. Arriving at Libertyville, he first talked with two boys who belonged to the Moose Patrol, Troop 71. Both of these boys agreed that the Moose patrol was the best patrol in the troop. Clarence Wilson told the Inquiring Reporter that his hobbies are aviation, boat-building and radio, and that hla favorite magazines are Boys' Life and American Boy. Herman Nelson enjoys all his Scout work as a hobby, likes sports and Is fond of tinkering with an automobile. Next the Inquiring Reporter talked tjj Olaf Edman, patrol leader of the Stag patrol. Olaf says that he reads and enjoys Boys Life, particularly. Mf'lvin Kohner realls--Popular Mechanics, Boys' Life and Radio magazines. George Ray reads Travel. Time, Mentor and the American :Magazine. Robert Bernard reads .Hoys' Lite. Vernon Andrews reads The American Boy. The Eagle patrol was equally sure that their patrol is the best in the troop. Robert Hawk likes all kinds of athletics, ·R obert Nelson Is particularly fond of foott>all. The Inquiring Reporter also talked to Edwin Brlxen who is a candidat~ looking forward to becoll)ing a Tenderfoot soon. . It was getting late and the Irtquiring Reporter had anQl~er stop to make that night, but in huttYtng out he overheard the Flyinc Eagle patrol carrying on a lively discusalon on what magazines they read. Allen Hudson reads Boys' Life, James Suter reads the American Boy and Richard Wetzler reads both the American Boy and Boys' Life. Rate Troo/)s for Attendance Marks at Summer Camp North bulletin issued last week, calls attention to the splendid record of Troops 31 of Highland Park, 55 of Glenview, 2 of Wilmette, and 52 of Deerfield, in getting a fair proportion of boys in those troops to attend Camp Checaugau this summer. The standing tn troops is as follows: First place (tie)-Troop 31, Highland Park, 14 boys, one leader; Troop 55, Glenview, 14 boys, one leader. Second place-Troop 2, Wilmette, 13 boys, one leader. 'l'hird place~Troop 52, Deerfield, 9 boys, one leader. Fourth place (tie)-Troop· 33, Highland Park, 9 boys, no leader ;Troop 5, Wilmette, 9 boys, leader, part time. Fifth place-Troop 22, Glencoe, 8 boys, no leader. Sixth place (tle)-Troop 9, Wilmette, 7 boys, · leader part time ; Troop 10, Wilmette, 7 boys, leader, part time. Seventh place (tie)-Troop 4, Wilmette, 6 boys, no leader ; Troop 32, Highland Park, 6 boys, no leader ; Troop 45, Lake Forest, 4 boys ; Troop 13, Kenilworth, 4 boys ; Troop 18, Winnetka, 4 boys; Troop 12, Wilmette, 2 boys ; Troop 3, Wilmette, 2 boys; Troop 23, Glencoe, 2 boys; ·Troop 21, Glepcoe, 3 boys; Troop 46, Lake Forest, 1 boy ; Troop 35, Ravinia, 3 boys. The Camp committee of the It il:> twenty-five miles from one corner Shore Boy Scout council in a Highland Park Man Contributes $1,500 Toward Scout Camp Although the committee is just beginning its work in raising the funds to pay for the new north shore Boy Scout camp in the Wisconsin north woods, a genf'rous contribution of $1500 has been made by General Robert E. Wood of Highland Park. The Highland Park Chamber of c-ommerce has also voted contribution of $100 and the Highland Park Rotary club has voted a contribution of $50 towards the new camp elte. The Optimist club of Wilmette has also voted a contribution of $50. The new camp will call for a total outlay for land ang equipment, buildings, boats, etc., in the netghborho~ of $17,000. This fund will be raised from Individuals and organizations who are Interested in making an Investment in enriching boy life. It Is planned that each local troop, under its own Scoutmaster or other adult leader, will spend a period at the new camp. The Chicago Dally News -in commenting on the new camp says : "Rippling waters and gleaming camp fires have begun to appear in the dreams of hundreds of boys of the towns strung along the north shore. It is because their longing for a. camp of their own, far awaY in the wilds of the northern Wisconsin woods, is to become a fact, according to announcements. Three hundred and sixty acres of rollIng hills Rlld valleys near Antigo, Wis.. peppered with gteat forest ~rees and blutrs and canyons and In the heart of all of it a lake with the finest beach imaginable, have been bought and work has been started to tum lt into a camp. Several New Scouts Join Troops DUring Put Week New members welcomed into north shore troops during the week ending October 13 are as follows: Frank J. Kreusch, Jr., Troop 9, Wilmette ; Douglas Scott, Troop 9, Wilmette ; Ray Steffens, Troop 9, Wibpette; John Kneip, Troop 9, Wilmette. · George J. Finck, Troop 23, Glencoe ; Lyman J. Sandy, Troop 23, Glencoe. LeRoy Gunckel, Troop 32, Highland Park. ~ Walter R. Toll, Troop 52, Deerfield. .... Troops Will Plant Trees Honorin1 Teddy Roo.evelt The various troo))ll of the north shore are looking forward to an Interesting pilgrimage Roosevea Day, October 27 , when they will Journey from Glencoe to the Cabln.:tn-tbe-Woocls, to plant young ~lne trees In honor of the memory ot Theodore Roosevelt. Every troop wlll plant at leaat one tree and some troops are making arrangements for each Patrol to plant Ita own tree. Coneervatlon has lone been an Important part In the work of Scouting. DI8TilfGUI8BED GUEST· At a recent meetlnc of Troop U, Sl Ellaabe~'s Ept.copal church. Glencoe, Blallep .loluulon of Colorado, talked to tbe boye on the "Game of Ltfe." Be talkec1 about the rulea of Ute, training tor Ute, and playlnc with heart .a nd eouL · Troop H 11 full to capacity with ,._ Uve patNia.. ~ PLAN COURT OF AW ABD Franklin Y'. De Beers, chairman of the Glencoe Court of Award, announces that the October session will be held Tuesday. evening, October 23. Scouts wlll appear for first and second clasa a wards and for recognition for Merit Badge advancement. 8COUTCBAFT BALLY The ~uta of Libertyville, Deerfield, Northbrook and Glenview, met at the Presbyterian church. In Deerfield thll Frlday to hold their monthly Scoutcraft Meet and· Court of Honor. "HIIIIGE8T" TROOP It's pretty good when a Troop has to have a special word coinecl to describe lte procram. Last week a fellow Scoutmaster of Bob Townley's In trying to deeerlbe the strong emphasis put on outdoor work In Troop 13, made the remark, "Bob goee on a hike, not only every week-end, but in the middle of U.e week. Troop l:J Is the hiktnce8t outftt I ever heard of." ·