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WILMETTE LI~E December 14, 1928 BOY SCOUT NEWS ~ of the North Shore Troops rtf.ubu lftJ turt pag1 · prtpattd tach t*tk b y mtmbttl of tht Boy Scout p,., dub, North Shore Attll Council· This Wilmette Troop Has Own N ~wspaper; Awards to Reporters Scouts Anticipate Joyous Vacation at 2 Big Winter Camps Every Scout would like to go to Winter camp. but, since this is not possible, every troop is given a chance to select two representatives to attend Winter camp as the delegates of that troop. After they have had the time of their lives at the Cabin-in-theWodds' four-day camp, or the Wilderness camp in Michigan, they will report back to their troop, telling of all the great times they have had. Applications have been distributed to the Scoutmasters of all north shore troops, asking them to designate their troop representatives. If there are any vacancies December 15, they will be thrown open to a waiting list of individual Scouts. The Cabin-in-theWoods' camp, which will be in charge of Carl McManus, assistant Scout executive, will be limited to twenty-· four. The north shore delegation to Camp Wilderness, which is a joint camp with the Oak Park Area council, will be limited to sixteen boys and wiU be in charge of Scout Executive Walter McPeek. Registrations are being filed · at Scout headquarters. The four-day camp at the Cabin-in-the-Woods will cost $5.00, and the seven-day camp NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS near Bridgeman, Michigan, will cost $12.50, transportation included. Both In line wi'th . an old established CUS· camps open Wednesday morning, De- tom, perhaps your troop is makin ~~ cember 26. s::>me New Year's resolution s. vVhat are they going to be? The five point" Big Hobby Show Will of the inter-troop monthly award might Be January Highlight serve as suggestions. · They are attend. . North shore Scouts are planning an ance, advancement, out_door actt~!ty, unusual team work demonstration to growth, and troop commtttee meetmgs. be held Saturday afternoon and eve. The local Sc?ut office "'ould be gta;t ning, January 26. This is to be an to have coptes of the New Years exhibit of all sorts of hobby material resolutions of any troops or patrols. -one item from each boy in the troop. The plan is for each troop to arran~~t· its exhibit and to have a troop tahie. A LETTER showing the variety of hobby material. To an Old Campmate Actual demonstrations of boys print Dear Jim: ing, making leathercraft and metalOld friend, as I write these words, cr~ft, displaying collections of stamp,;, I'm lookin' into the drowsy flames coms, hooks, etc., will be carried ont. of a dying fire on the shore of The exhibit, both afternoon and eveSpring Lake at Camp Ma-ka-janing, will be open to the public. Furth- wan, and as I stir the darkening er details will be announced later. em.l>ers, and the sparks light up my paper a bit, I think of those happy days of the past when you used to Winnetka Scouts Plan sit by the fire with me. Annual Demonstration I remember how we used to hike together with our shoes full of sand, Saturday, Febru~ry 23, is a Red Letter Day in Winnetka Scouting. For with the warm summer sun smiling down upon us. I often dream hack many years this has been the occasion to those hikes and camps together -their anual demonstration-for hundreds of parents and friends to see the when often you broke your last progress of Winnetka Scouting. The crust of hread with me, and then you divided all your joys and program, which includes displays and burdens of happy life. exhibits of Scouting material, in adThose were the happiest times of dition to a program on the stage, is bemv life, Jim, those nights that :e ing carefully planned by the Scout ·· shivered in our too-thin blan'<ets, masters and the committeemen of th.~ and those mornings when the smoke Community House troops. This profrom our over-browned pancakes gram by the five troops of the Com- trifled with our eyes. munity House will be a major feature The lake. climin' the hills, the terof the Winnetka Commemoration of rors of the trail, the fun and games Anniversary month - Scouting's 19th and hikes. and campfires-~]] those '>irthdav. are vivid in my memory tonight as I think of vou. And I hope that it won't be long WORK ON SCOUT BOAT till you'll be here with us againGt-enfel Older reports increased achappy in this camp of Dreamstivity from Sea Scout Ship No. 7, of come-true. Wilmette. They recently took a trip Your old Pal, to Fox Lake to work on the Sea Scout Bud. boat. - I An ambitious patrol of an ambitious troop has inaugurated a weekly newspaper, the c;ontents of which are repeated below. This honor goes to Troop 3 of the Wilmette ~e.thod!st church, which has been wmnmg tts share of honors lately! Troop 3, Wolf Patrol News Patrol contest standings-Partol 1161 points, second place; Patrol 2- 120 points, tied for last place; Patrol 3120 points, tied for last place; Patrol 4-169 points, first place. Here is your chance-Tuesday, November 27, a man from Taylor's Drygoods store visited the troop. He brought a combinati?n calen~ar and memorandum for your Scoutmg acW ilmette c~n get tivities. All Scouts of one of these by going !O T~ylor ~ and signing your ~ame for tt.-J tm H1r.sch. Prize-A Scout knife shatl be g~ven to the first Scout with fifty. pomts. Every article put in the paper gtves you one point: standings shall be gtve,n weekly in this p'a per, the Wolf Patrols News. News contest- Bill Kl~in, 1_ point; Dave Boozer, 1 point; Jtm Htrsc~, 1 Q.oint. Thos~ who have not gtVen articles to thts newspaper better. hurry and give news if you want pomts to w:,1 the knife . The articles must l?e satisfactory. The best ones are Pt;t m the paper and must be in by Fnday. Call Warshawsky's, Wilmette 771. North shore troops have pretty full Edited by R. and E. Warshawsky. programs and a wide variety of intertroop activities, but, on Friday and Scout Paper Comes Out Saturday, December 14 and 15, they will have a chance to see a mammoth With Christmas Number spectacle at the Chicago ColiseumScouts who are members and cand_ithe gigantic Scout Jamboree, in which dates of the Boy Scout Press c!ub, 111 14,000 Scouts will take part. addition to preparing the ~atenal. for Manv north shore troops plan to this page every week, publts~ a httle · make trip to this thrilling pageant monthly two-page paper whtch they Saturday evening. The pageant will caJl Ba"y Scout News. The De~~mh~r depict the growth and development of is·sue, which is the Christmas ~dttton, ts Scouting. You can imagine the thrill quite a decorative sheet. ~nmfutl ~f of seeing 14,000 boys winding back and Christmas atmosphere. Wmter cam!:> forth in a great parade of Scouting's next summer at Camp Ma-ka-ja-wan, Pageant of Progress across the entire and the aim of the council to go over Coliseum floor. Many national Scout the 1000 mark by the first of tl}e year, leaders will be present. are features of the front page. The Don't miss the (temonstration of the back page of the paper is made up. 0f Firemanship 'Merit Barlge, which will nine illustrations, having to do w1th portray a house actually on fire, the patrol and troop work. One of th~ Indian Yilla~cs. bicycle camp, the features shows a couple of Scouts. goPioneerin~ exhibit, and the Massacre ing about their Christmas Good Tunt ~ of Fort Dearborn. of making some one happy. If you have not received a copy, just .tsk Ravinia T roo!l Puts on for it! C hieago Jamboree to Witness March of 14,000 Scouts a q I I ·Splendid Parents' Night Troop 35, Ravinia's contribution to \Vorld Scouting, held a Parents' night last Vvednesday evening, which would he hard to beat. \Vith practicaltv one hunrlrerl percent attendance of Scouts and parents, a carefullv planned program and tables loaded down with never-to-be-forgotten "eats," presented an occasion which will not soon be forgotten. Much credit is due to the group of mothers, headed by Mrs. \:Vhite, who planned and carried out th~ fine program. Growth Conference to Attract .Scout Leadets Every officer, committee chairman, hoard and council member, as well as members of all stanrling committees and troop committees, should plan to attend th~ annual growth conference of troop committeemen which wilt h~ held at the . Edgewater Beach hotel. Tuesday afternoon and evening, January 15, and Wednesday morning, January 16. A detailed program may be secured upon request from the local Scout <;>ffice. AWAIT MEMBER CARDS Raymond Kobelin, scribe of the newHITTING ON ALL SIXES ly organized Troop 77, Mundelein, re·· por:ts that the troop is getting underFoster Gilgis, energetic scribe of way nicely and looking forward to re- Troop 12, sponsored by the Club Vista ceiving their membership cards Friday, del Lago, reports that "12" is hitting December 14. on all ·sixes.