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November 9, 1928 BOY SCOUT NEWS . . of the ..North.Shore Troops 1 A ttgulu fttJtru1 ,.,, prtputd Ncb Wnlc lnj WNmbtt· · ~of tht Bofl. Scout p,., club, North Shot~ Attc, Council ...·"I ~·rea-. Wide Meeting r Announce Results ·of· Court -of Honor Bit 'of Fairyland at Scout CamP FoU~c . are the remits of the Court of Honor held at Glencoe, Tuesday evening, October 30: Tenderfoot Scouts, Troop 23--Norman Boehmer, John W. Dickson, Charles L. Dostal, George J. Finck, Kenneth H. Hess. Louts G. Hoffman, Jr., Louis J':. Klein, Wm. H. Mathews, Jr., French' Postle, Merton Postle and Lyman · J: Sandy. : Second Class, Troop 23-Charles Dostal. Adam Gruber, Louis Klein and BUl Mathews. First-Class, Troop 22-Walter J. McGuire. Merit Badges, Troop 21-David P, Hicks, Camping : A. Prescott Lothrop, wood carving, Forestry, reptne study; Walter Roberts, handicraft, cycling. Troop 22-John F. Betak, book bindIng ; J~wis Birdsall, wood carving, pioneering; John DeBeers, pioneering; Robert Hicks, first aid; Donald Hughes, scholarship; Spiro Mann, reptile study, swimming; ·Walter McGuire, firemanshlp, pathfinding: Sam Smale, first ald. Troop 23-Motley Bryant, painting, leathercraft, first aid to animals, swimming; Bill Covey, life saving; Adam Gruber, firemanshlp, leathercraft; Allen .Johnston, civics; Robert Rosenberg, cooking, life saving, athletics, first aid, camping, 8Wlmming, canoeing. Peter San This hit of summer paradise will soon be a familiar scene to Scouts of Ftlis, public health ; Jack Winter reptile study. the north shont. It's a Yiew of the Wolf river near the new north shont Scout camp at SpriDif Lake, Wis. Imagine a ft,-t of canoes Ojnl a cruise Session at- Glencoe '--------~· · · -----------~ to Welcome Parents to Elm Place School '· About three times a · year all of the Scout trooos of the north shore ·pass In review ' before the assembled .Parents and friends of north f;hore Scouting. This bi~ get-together of Scouts. parents and friends, Is held In connection with the award of high rank bad2"es. The next Area-wide gathering will be held Friday, November 23, at the Elm Place school In Highland Park. . Each Scout troop in the territory will take its place on the stage and be tnRpected and members of Its troop who have earned. Life, Star or Eagle badges will be awarded these honors. Ten troops have volunteered to put. on a short three-minute demonstration, each. These exhibitions will Include mu!':ic from one troop, · drum and bugle corps, a signaling demonstration. knottying, etc. } ( a c · ( s · ( t New Camp "Shareholder" List Growing Rapidly Dad Makes Criticism of Boys' Life, Scout Organ Tlrnt-- The fir~t seRsion of the course will be held Monday evening, November 19. A dinner will be held at 6 :30 and will b~ followP:d by the regular session. The dinner will f"nable us to e-et better acoml intPd with the men in the course and with the instructors. The: following sessions will be held Monday evening, NovPmber 26, Decembf"r 3. DPcember 10. D<>cember 17, Janllary 7.. J:~n11ary 14. January 21, January 28 and February 4. The final session which will be an examtr-~tton will be held February 11. Pla.-c-All sessions wtll be held in the Scoutmasters, troop committeemen and Boy Scout room at Winnetka Community fathers of Scouts are invited to enroll hi House, 620 Lincoln avenue, Winnetkn.. the First-Aid Training course whlcn is Fatulty--Th~ course will be under the being provided by the North Shore Area personal direction of Dr. H. W. GentilPS, council, in co-operation with the Chicago director of the Chicago Chapter of the Chapter of the American Red Cross. Red Cro~s and Boy Scout surgeon of the The course wlll be under the personal Chicago council. supervision of Dr. H. W. Gentiles and wlll The course will be conducted on the be hE-ld at Winnetka Community House. oatrol organization plan and will have as The first session will be held Monday eve- its patrol leaders: D. Clark Leach of ning, November 19. Wilmette: J. R. Goetz of Winnetka: A dinner will be . held in cpnnection James G. Russell of Deerfield; Robert W. with the kick-off session of the course Townley of Kenilworth. to· wbich all Scout men are . Invited. ReA'Is&ratlori7-The expenses incident to the course are paid by the North Shore Area council, Boy Scouts of America, era ~ with the exception of the opening dinner. 'The meeting place is furnished through the generosity of Winnetka Community Twenty-four patrol leaders and other House governors. . junior vfficers of north shore Scout troops This course is open to all Scoutm<tsters. wlll spend Friday and Saturday follow- assistant Scoutmasters, troop committeelng Thanksgiving In a: Junior leaders en-· tnen. and others who are interested in campment and training conference to be ·getting an Insight Into methods of teachheld at the Cabin-In-the-Woods. The In,; fl.rst-ald to boys. program will be largelY· carried on by Registrations should be either phoned the boys themselves, but local Scout- . to the Boy Scout office, Highland Park masters are serving as a advisory board 2431, or made in writing. Address 360 and will help on various par~ of the two Central avenue, Highland Park. days program. Carl McManus, Assistant Scout Executive, together with several of SIX NEW SCOUTS the scoutmasters will be present throughDuring the past few weeks, six new out the session. Scouts have been added to the rolls of Troops 52 and 61. In Troop 52 Robert . ENTHUSIASTIC 11EETING Ginter, John Beckman, Edward Wood, . Troop 71 had a good meeting last Donald Clark and Walter Toll have reweek in chute of Asalstant Scoutmaster ceived their Tenderfoot Badge and are Radlof. We had three patrol leaders now officially Boy Scouts. Karl Kinley preeent and two a.aalstant patrol leaders, is the new Scout of Troop 61. Both and a total of eighteen boys. We dls- troops are continuing to grow and will ouued our prepratlons for the meeting at soon have their troops filled. Richland Park and talked about an overTROOP '11 PROGRESSING niKht hike. We have taken Edward Troop 12 mee"ts every Friday night at Brixen Into our troop.-Herma.n Nelson. the Vista del Lago club. We have nearly twenty members. Our troop Is In BIKE TO ·oDEL P A IlK charge of Assistant Scoutmaster Robert Troop 31 took a hike to the Model J'arm of the PubUc Service company, Wilkins and a troop committee of fi.ve ....,. xuna:=.,.w:adel'~~eadersblp of men. M. L. Minor was present at our last meetlng.-Scribe F08ter Gllgls. ~ eo IIUnt der. Local Scout headquarters has just received an interesting letter of crltiCJsm 1 concerning Boys' Life, official publication of the Boy . Scouts of iAmerica. The following letter comes from E. L. Mason of Flint, Mich. "I have just recently heard a criticism ot....Boys' .)..Jfe following the . October Issue. "One father told me that it was necessary for him to go into his eon's room at 12 :30 at night and turn out the light and take the book away from him. Then he added that he sat up until 2:30 reading it. "He likewise advised me that each month there was a race at his house between himself and his son to see which one got tbe copy of Boys' Life first." Although the commJttee for the establishment for the camp site and development fund for the new north shore northwoods Scout camp, Is just swinging into action, many contributions have a)ready been received.. The contributors list up to October 31, included : Howard Bowen, D. Chapman, R. Crawford, Henry Fowler, F. H. Gathercoal, L. F. Gates. G. E. Humphreys, M. A. Johnson, H. J. Leach, Roover this stnttcb of peaceful water-say, at sunset, ':tlrhere in other yean boys tary Club of Wilmette, A. M. Rossman, C. E. Renneckar, Albert Snite, H. P. of another race plied the stream in birch bark ca.noes. Pope, R. Arthur Wood, Gen R. E. Wood, and F. A. Wilson. Contributions to the camp site fund .. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . have also been voted by the High lana Park Chamber of Commerce, Highland Park Rotary club and the Optimist club Cour~e of Wilmette. First-Aid Boy Scout Directory Begin' Firat Aid Course .· for Men Scout Workers List of members in Troop 9 of Wilmette, St. Joseph's Catholic church. Committee: Marcus Mick, troop chairman, 1762 Highland avenue, Wilmette;· John W. Selzer, 1601 Walnut avenue, outdoor member; Carl C. Renneckar, 162T Elmwood ave'nue, Wilmette thrift member; John Miller, 1730 Washington ave. nue, community service member; J. B. Hoffman, 1510 Washington avenue, Wil· mette, educational member. Troop Leaders-Scoutmaster Frank·' J. Kreu::;ch, 1734 Forest . avenue, Wilmette; Assistant Scoutmaster, . Peter · Braun, Illinois road, Wilmette. Scouts-Frank Barnich, Adam Bauer, John Bell, Joseph Ettienne, James Hoffman, Stephen Kraft, Robert May, Henry J. Miller, John N. Miller, Anthony Peters, A. Schil}.ler, Wm. Schmitt, George Schopen, Clarence Steffens, Marcel l{neip, Frank J. Kreusch, Jr., Douglas Scott, Ray Steffens, and John Kneip. Scouts Will Have Sha-re in Purchasin~ New Camp Many frfends of Scouting have already had a part in making possible the new Boy Scout camp, but one group of Scouts themselves are Raving their nickels anrl dimes in helping make this dream come true. .T roop 32 of the Deerfield Shields High school at Highland Park, have subscrib~d t'or one acre of the new north shore camp. ·and has a part of the fund already raised. Troop 23 of St.. Elisabeth's church in Glencoe is also raising a fund through the efforts of the Scouts themselves, which will be turned over to the camp site development fund. ,.. I Troon SS Welcomes New Scoutmaster This Week The troop committee of Troop 55, of whkh Paul W. Beda, is chairman, has sel~cted the Rev. Raymond Sanger, new pastor of the Methodist church. as the Scoutmaster of Troop 55. Ray panielson is assistant Scoutmaster. Last Friday night the Troop welcomed Mr. Sanger to his initial meeting. There were about twenty Scouts present and all eager to · continue their work as started by Mr. Stanton. From the looks of things, Mr. Sanger is going to make a fine Scoutmaster. Already he is work~ ing with the committee to develop better co-operation and spirit in tne Patrol system. Scouts Plant Trees at Cabin to Honor Theodore Roosevelt Saturday, October 27, Scouts of the North Shore Area council conducted a Roosevelt Pilgrimage to the Cabin-in-theWoods. west of Glencoe, where they had a tree-planting ceremony in commemoration of Theodore Roosevelt. The ceremony was opened with the Scout oath and law, led by James Baker of Troop 2, Wilmette, afterwards Scoutmaster Cook of that troop presented a short reading, concerning Roosevelt's noble life, and his nntiring service to our country. One tree was planted and the ceremony was closed with the pledge to the flag. The spruce trees which were. planted around the cabin were furnished through the courtesy of M. S. Szymczak, general superintendent of the Forest Preserve district of Cook county. · Lead J untor . renee Tht·s Month Confe Arrange Troop 37 at Highwood Adds Fourteen Members Wolf Patrol Progresses; Add Several New Members Troop 37 of Highwood had its annual meeting last Thursday at 8 o'clock. Mr. Roth, the chairman of our troop committee, got the name of fourteen boys whom he thought would like to become Scouts and we took them in as brother Scouts. This, however, doesn't mean that other boys are not wanted ; we want aU we can get. We just organized our patrol last Thursday and named it the Flying Eagle. We have not elected our patrol leader or patrol scribe as yet.The Wolf Patrol of Troop 32 Is getting Scout Milton Roberts. along tine. We have many new members and many of our Scouts are going OBSERVE BOOK WEEK to the Board of Review for second class All over the nation, Scouts are cotests. The Scouts of Troop 32 had their operating in the celebration of the Nalast meeting on the beach which was on tional Book week. Scouting recognizes Hallowe'en night. We had a very In- the importance of what boys read, for teresting party In which one boy by the many of our ideals and attitudes come name of Kenneth Goring took his first from the association with mental friends, step tn Scouting.-Bob Smith, Troop 32, friends found between the covers of Highland Park. po<>ks.