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WILMETTE LIFE February 1, 1929 BO·Y SCOUT NEWS of the NORTH SHORE TROOPS A regular feature page prepared each week by member· of the Boy Scout Press club, North Shore Area Council Winnetka Troop Wins Highland Park, Highwood Scoutmasters to Be Guests Weekly Service for at Dinner Program Feb. 4 Fir$1 Honors in Big Scouts Winners of Awards All Troops, Newest There is a fine surprise awaiting the The Scouts and friends . of Highland Council Hobby Show Headquarters' Plan Park and Highwood met January 21 wife of each Scoutmaster and assistant Arrangements have been made to give service each week to every troop in the North Shore Area council. Carl McManus, assistant Scout Executive, is in charge of this work. He wilt be in the towns at the time listed below to give service to the troops in t)le thre ~ following items: 1. To meet with the boys writingthe new.; for the local pape'rs. that they may earn their Boy Scout Press club membership. 2. To meet with the Scribe from each troop, check his records and advise and train him in keeping the troop records in cmi1plete and proper condi~ion. 3. To furnish forms, blanks, and give troop representatives an opportunity to buy needed badges, piu::;, handbooks, scout diaries and variom troop supplies. WC'dnesdRY GlE.'nYIC\\', 3 :30-4 :15, Public school. North! rook, 4 :30-5 :15, Public school. Thursday Glencot>, 3 ::\0-4 :30. Union church. Deerfield, 4 :45-5 :30, Kapschull's office. Friday Winnetka, 3 :30-4 :30, Community House. Wilmette, 4 :45-5 :30, Taylor's store. Snhlrdlly Mundelein, 9 :30-10 :00, Community House. Libertyville, 10:15-11 :00, Chamber of Commerce. Lake Forest, 11 :15-12 :00, Episcopal church. Last Thursday Winnetka Scouts held Highland Park, 1 :00-~ :00, Scout heada local Court of Honor at Community quarters. Highwood, 2 :00-3:00, Scout headquar- House at which time the following ters. at the Elm Place school for one of the finest local Courts of Award this sea-· son. A board of review was held first, then followed by the Court of Award. Mr. Reich at dt, H. R. Stevens and N. H. Anspach were the men conducting the .Jrt. The following awards were made: Tenderfoot - Robert \Vhite, Troop 31; Second Class, Clark Wright, Carl Huneke, Allen Ben son, George Zitt glar, Robert Rasmus:;~n, Kenneth Nc;hbur Marvin Neihbur, Robert Fox, ~c;rge Canright, of Troop 33, Highland Park, and Ambrose Cantagatlo and John \Visdom of Troop 36, Highv..-ooci. First Class - Warner TurriH and Karl Han sen, Troop 31, Georcre Hinn, Troop 33 all of Highland Park. Merit Badges-"Rocleric Smith, gardenino·, handicraft, ,;wimming. Tronp 33; Denton Smith, gardening, hatH!i ~ craft swimming Troop 33; Karl Hansen ~ersonal h~alth, craftsmanship-in W~od, Troop 31; Fred Reic)1ardt, Troop 31; Fred Reichardt, handtcraft, Troop 33; Clifton Franklin, craftsmanship-in-wood, swimming. Troop 31 ; _A ~ sistant Scoutmaster of Troop 31, Rtchard L. de Bernard, metal work. Scoutmaster of the North Shore Area council at the annual appreciation dinner to be held at the Motaine hotel, Highland Park, February 4. The Scout leaders have been looking forward to this affair for some time and now their dreams are coming true. The Scoutmasters and assistant Scoutmasters with their wives, will be 'the gue5LS, while the council members and committeemen will, with their wives, be the hosts. · A large attendance expected, many reservations are · in. The Elm Place school 0rchestra in charge . of Mi'-s .Quick, will furnish the music. There will be a special speaker and a varied entertainment. Mr. McPeek former executive of the North Shore Are<J. council, will be back to share his cherry fellowship with all. is Newest Troop Registers Members in Record Time A large number of new Scouts ha\·e been registered since the first of the year. Troop 11 of S1 Francis Xavie~ church, Wilmette, the youngest tro(.p in the council, should be especially commended. It registered these sixteen new Scouts: Joseph Blaha, Louis Bollensen, Freel Callan en, Jack English, Paul Fie berg, James Hall, Dan Logan, George Logan, J as. Mannebach, Briar Moran, Ed. Mooney, O'Connell, John O'NPil. Donald Peterson, \Villiam RmYan, Clifton Walker. Other troops have also received new boys into the brotherhood of Scouting, as follows: Willard Page and Byron Simpson. Troop I of \Vinnetka Community House; B1 aclley Johnson and Charle~ E. Tyson of Troop 30, Highland Park; Robert \Vhite of Troop .11, Highland Park; Wallace Hilborn and Raymond Kuehne of Troop 32, Highland Park. Winnetka Scouts Receive Awards at Court of Honor Wilmette Troop Publishes Its Very Own Newspaper The Wolf Patrol of Troop 3, Wilmette Methodist church, pririts a little one-page weekly paper called the Wolf Patrol News. This paper is eel-. ited by R. and E. Warshaw.;ky. It is printed on the mimeograph with <~ clever drawing at the top. Here 1s some of the news in a late edition: Patrol Patrol Patrol place. Patrol 'froop Contest Standing 1-160 points-second place. 2-12 points, tied for third place. 3-120 points, tied for third 4-169 points-first place. Scouts received Merit Badges: Troop 16-Richard Hoffman, persortal health, printing; Brewster Adan , fir.ern.anshi!J; Bob Greenhalgh, firemansh1p, personal health; Lyman Trumbull, personal health; John Elliott, swim min~, pioneering, personal health; John Ballenger, fir~t aid to animals; Dunham Reilly, pioneering, personal health. Trpgp 17-Edward Johnson, firemanship, personal health; Stanton Schuman, first aid, life saving. Troop 18-Ray Davis, pioneering; Philip Swabacker, pathfinding; Bill Brackett, woodwork; Thomas S. Johnson, woodwork, woedcarving. Troops Sign up for Hikes to the Cabin-in-the-Woods The Cabin-in-the-Woods just west of Glencoe is the favorite hiking spot for the North Shore Scouts on these fine wintry days. There the Scouts, by tracking, stalking, nature study. outdoor games and Scoutcraft instruction, have a chance to really get acquainted with nature, and at the same time have a wonderful time. Several troops have reserved the Cabin for weeks in advance; the schedule is as follows: February 1, Troop 24; February 2, Troop 18; February 8, Troop 35; February 9, Troop 35; February 15, Open; February 16, Open; February 22, Troop 31; February 23, Troop 31. When is your Troop going? A New Patrol Tl\ere Is now a fifth patrol or recruit patrol. Its purpose is to help recruits to become Tenderfoot Scouts. Julian Rlr8Ch is the Instructor. Wolf Patrol Win Troop Hobby Display The Wolf Patrol won first place for bavlng the best Patrol Hobby Display in our Troop. The contest was held January 22 in preparation for the big · Hobby Show on January 26. OBSERVATION HIKE Troop 37 is just as active as it ever was. Last Sunday we went on a fourteen mile oberservation hike, judging distance and tracking. Nineteen of u,; boys went and made maps and wrote stories. Mr. McOomber our Outrloor Member and Mr. · Roth, our Troop Committee Chairman went with us. We went out Prairie Ave .....Highwood, to Des Plaines River, then south for a mile and entered the woorls and camped. When we camped we tried to make a fire and we finally got one started, but the wood was frozen so we could not make it very hot. Whe'.1 we got home we were pretty tired out but happy and had all enjoyed our hike. STUDY SCOUT TESTS Troop 52 of the Deerfield Presbyterian church opened its last meeting with the Scout Oath and Law. After that we took care of some troop business. We then divided into groups to study the different Scout Test subject:;. We had Signalling and First-Aid Carry practice. After several gamr.s we closed. Mr. Andrews, our Scoutmaster was in charge and both the Assistant Scoutma.;ters, Mr. Huhn and llr. Russell helped.-J .. Kenneth Vetter, Scribe. GET NEW TROOP STARTED Troop 36 of the St. James church, Highwood, had its new troop committee, Mr. Prato, chairman, Mr. Driscoll, Mr. Naughton and Mr. Graham, at the last meeting. Mr. Roth and Mr. McManus were there to get our troop organized. Mr. Quinn, our new Scoutmaster, · took charge. We organizerl four patrols and had patrol call, yell and game con'tests. The four new oatrol leaders are Arthur Driscoll, !ohn Wisdom, John Schaefer and James Golden.-Ambrose Cantagalto, Scribe. · INTER-PATROL M~ETJNG A week ago last Thursday, Januarv Troop 18 of Community House, Winnetka, of which Dr. C. Roy Terry is Scoutmaster, ran off with the high honors at the Boy Scout Hobby Show held in the Glencoe Union Church last Saturday· for the North Shore Area Scout3. The award was a blue leather tanned skin appropriately decorated in colors. For this (;!.ward there was a Yery close contest, the judges had a difficult time deciding \\·hich troop had the finest d-isplaY. Troop 4 of vVilmette, Troop 13 of Kenilworth. Troop 23 of Glencoe, and Troop 33 of Highland Park receiYed honorable mention. Troop 23 of Glencoe, of which Col. Louis . E. Waefelaer is Scoutmaster, won the Indian Trophy Shield for gettingthe largest group of vi.;itors to attend the show. They brought nearly 150 people. Troop 18 of vVinnetka, 13 of Kenilworth, and 21 of G. IJCOe recetve honorable mention in this contest. Three other ribbons were awarderl for fi.r st. second and third individu<J.l prizes. Scout Mahlon Sharp of Troop 18, Winnetka, won first for ·a fine soan carving of King Solomons' Temple. Scout Joel Dickinson of Troop 13, Kennilworth, won second for his tran~ mitting radio set. Freel Reichardt of Troop 33, Highland Park, won third for his cleYer stamp collection. The Hobby show was made up of displays· from twenty different troops, namely: Troops 2, 3, 4, 8, 13, 15, 18, 21, 22, 23, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 45, 52, 55, 71. The exhibits and hobbys were of a very wide -variety, Airplane modf' ls, stamp, coin and pennant collections, handicraft work, archery, printing sets, patrol equipment, pioneering models, Indian Craft work, electrical displa~· s, and bird houses were among the varied displays. The Court of Honor was ope~ed in the evening with F. M. DeBeers acting as chairman and Troop 23 buglers playing "To The Colors." Besides awarding the prizes of the show, Life, star and Eagle Palm badges were awarded to the following scouts: Star Awards-Troop 3, Wilmette, Royal Martin, Harrison Storm.;, Jr. Troop 22, Glencoe, Lewis Birdsall, Walter McGuire, Jr. Troop 23, Glencoe, Peter Coolidge. Troop 55, Glenview, George Stcikrath, Glenn Hutchings. Troop 13, Kenilworth, Ben Matthews, Jack Sinding. Life Awards-Troop 23, Glencoe, Ben. Brion. Troop 32, Highland Park, Herbert H. Stevens, Jr. Eagle Palm awards-Troop 21, Glencoe, Donald Hughes, A. Prescott Lothrop. Following the awards the new Scout Executive, M. C. Rybolt, spoke briefly about the council activities. Scouts are looking forward to the Hobby show of next year with hopes of making it still bigger. - · 13 we held our first inter-patrol meeting. The ~atrols each picked their corTroop 24 of the Sacred Heart church ner or rook and held their own meetin · Hubbard Woods had a small at- ing. It worked out very w.ell.-Scribe ~ndance at the last meeting, but we Milton Roberts, Troop 37, Highwood. bad a good meeting. We tied knot:;, had O'Grady Drill, did some tumbling-, "The Bov of to-dav is surrounded and played games. Mr. Harvey Car- by a world of suppression, when his penter, our Scoutmaster was in charge. nature demands expression." Dr. -Earl Lingle, Scribe. George J. Fisher. SMALL-BUT GOOD SCOUTS VS. GANGSTERS "If every boy in the United States were a Scout there would be few.,. if any, gangsters, or gunmen tw~ty years from now. I wish the Movement Godspeed, and trust it may spread according to its deserts, which are manifold."-S. Parkes Cadman, president, Federal Council of Churches of ·Christ in America.