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·, 18 ·WI L M E T T E L IF E February 22, 1929 BOY SCOUT NE.WS of the NORTH SHORE TROOPS A reguldr feature ptlge prepared each week by member· of the Boy Scout Prell club, North Shore Arttl Council NeHl'ly ewry Boy Scout tr·oop in ~he North Shore Area council took an active part In celebrating Scouting'!'\ nineteenth birthday during Annlven~ary Week, February 8 to 14. All week Scouts wore their uniformJ:; and tried h:Hd to be of extra service to the church, home ann community. A great many special activities were conducted by troops. Two troops, 37 of Highwood and 71 of Liberty\'ille, took over all the city offices for a couple of hours and "ran the town." A good many troops celebrated by going to church in a body in uniform. Troop 11 of Wilmette, Troops 21, 33, 23 of Glencoe, Troops 'S. 18 of Winnetka, Troop 36 of Highwood and Troop 45 of Lake ForeRt. report 'having done this. Troop 71 and 77 of LibertyYille and Mund«>lein had a :-;pecial Court of Honor at their Sunday eY«>nlng church sen·ice. Troop 13 of Kenilworth and Troop 33 of Highland Park had a big Parents' night. celebration at their regular troop meetIngs. Father and So11 dinners were popular celebrations with Troop~ 2, 3 and 5 of Wilmette, Troop 23 of Glencoe and Troop 55 of Glenview. Troops 31 and .32 went one better a.no held Father and Son hikes at the Cabrnln-the-Woods. Troop 4 of Wilmette had a fine troop Hobby display in a eonspicuous !'ltore window. The troops of Northbrook, Deerfield and Glenview got together for a special Court of Honor and Scout demonstration for a large group of welcomed guests. All the troops at .east took part by . rededicating them~:;el · es to the Scout Oath and Ll\W on Friday February S, at 8:15, 19 years after the Boy Seouts of Americ::t first became :1.11 organization. .Observe Birthday Troop 37 Assumes Reins of Feed the Birds! Government at Highwood What Scouting Means Week in Numerous Troop 37, Highwood, took charge of That's Challenge the city of Highwood Saturday, FebInteresting Ways ruary 9. We had our Mayor, Clerk, to Every Scout Justice of the Peace, Chief and Sargeant of Police, Pollee and Firemen. We started at 3 o'clock. There were eleven boys present to participate in the city offices. At 4 o'clock the first alarm rang and we all jumped on the fire truck and were off. We went out to the city limits and it was a false alann. We got the ladders out and put them up, got the hose out and were ready for water in five minutes. We went back and got ::t call to go out and shoot a couple of dogs. After we did this, we called it a day and went home at 6 o'elodc- Scribe Milton Roberts, Troop 37. We held our meeting last Thursday, February 7. \Ve elected our city officials and other officers. We are going to pasR tests next 'T'hm·sday. We ,, "e going to have a Father and Mother night very soon.- Scribe Milton Hobert:-;, Troop 37. Not long ago on the front p~ge of ?ne of the daily papers was an IllustratiOJ1 stating that within the last ten years hardly a Boy Scout had ~een brought before the Juvenile court. w1th ~ charge of law bre::tking against h1m. This means that when a boy jo~ns the Scouts, ;vou ean expect that the Boy Scout. orgamzation will help him in the ~Ight 'Yay. ~couting teaches a boy tlH~ nght thmgs in life. lt brings hint closer to natur~ ~nd teaches him the correct ways of hvmg. This does not mean that h~ dev?tes ~11 his tinw to outdoor life, but It trams lnm mentally and morally also. . A Scout begtns his career a:o; ::t roo~te, after he is given an idea what Scoutm~ is, hP ~t::trts to advance to the first post-· tion, which is 'l'enderfoot. Even at th~s point he still_ iR "green" but he lea' ns m this rank some of the fundamentals of Scout work. From Tenderfoo~ he adnmees to se<'ond elass. In h1s ~econd dass c'legree he goes more into detail and when h e advances to a First Class Scout, he has he('om full fledged. This is not all lw has to do, b ~ caus an . advance c·our·se of Merit Badges awaits lnm. The Merit Badges are of all varieties. By the time he has finished a good many of them, he is prepared to go into th~ ~orld as a well trained citizen of the 'C .uted Sta.tes m· any other C'Otmtry. The Boy Scouts of Ameriea means an organization formed as one unit, to teach the boy character and dtizenship.- Scout H. Nelson, Moo::;e Patrol, Troop 71. "Just now we all have a job on our hands in conserving the birds and squirrel:;; who get very little to eat on account of the Ice and snow-covered ground. "Imagine how you would feel if you had very, very little to eat for many days in succession-pretty weak and about readv to die- that is the situation with man~ bird~ and squ .rrels. The birds particularly in need are cardinals, pheasants, chickadees, nut hatches and w~>Odpeck~rs. "A _practical way to help thi : -; . 'Ituatwn is to obtain lots of stale bread and place it in the crotches of trees where the bird~ will see it and eat it. Tree::; are sugJ?",..fSted, :-;ince bread so placed can!lot easily be reached by dogs. Spreadmg· bread crumbs on the snow will not do much good ::\S they soon become covered up and are not easily found. Sue t i~ ::tlso good. It should be placed or hung irt the branches Qf the trees. "North Shore Area Scouts can do gTeat g-ood by t::~ king· action at once along· above lines. · F. A . dePLyster, president of the Winnetka d1apter of the Izaak Walton league, makes this plea that we may all realize and take more a ctive interest in the great need of our feathered friends during these wintry months. He reports one case near· Northbrook where about 100 pheasants were found starving. The Izaak \\Talton league sent corn and arranged to care for a.nd feed these birds. -Troop 55 of Glenview has already begun its work by distributing bread in largt> quantities to hungry birds. What i:-; your troop going- to do? Tells Story of First Scout Camp Experiment Troop 2 Haa Sleigh-ride; All Get a Face-washing How Can Any Boy Resist At.. it~ last meeting Troop 2 of the This Call to Camp Life? First Congregational church, Wilmette, celebrated by having- its annual sleighride. We met at the First Congregational church, where we have our meetings, at 7 :30 o'c,Wck. After the announcements had bt>en made, the sleigh arrived. No 80oner had we started, than some nf the Seouts started the "Royal Order of the White Faces," and proceeded to wash evt-rybody's face. When we arrived back at the chur('h, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson of the Wilson Bakery welcomed us with a stE>aming <'UP of cn<'oa, and a handful of cookies. We ate until we were stuffed and went home feeling as if we were well repa.i1l for· going. J guess if you want to have a good time, you want to join Troop 2.-H.0bert Fletcher, Troop 2, Reporter. ~t. Francis Church Troop Enjoying Rapid Progress Troop 11 of the St. Francis Xavit>r ehur<'h, Wilmeth·, went to church in uniform to ~tart Anniversary week. \Ve had thirty boys with full uniform: it was a great surprist> to the pa!'ltor, who had just come back fr·om Florida. Troop 11 has foul," patrols- the Stags, Flying Eagle . Wolf and Beavers. The Sil\'er Fox Patrol ha:- three Scouts in its patrol. Ev~ boy In tht> troop has passed his tenderfoot test. More boy!'~ are waiting tor tht-ir· twelfth bil thday to roll around. -Clifton Walker, Patrol Leader, Troop 11. PLAN INDIAN EXHIBIT Troop 20. Winnt-tkH, is e:oing to have an Indian exhibition in the Boy Scout t>xhibition February 23. to be helrt at the Community House. Each patrol is to make a wigwam and the color guard is making a totem i>ole. Each individual Sc(\ut is rc1tking some small Indian thing. Several of the Scouts ar·e dressing as Indians and are going to stage a stunt around the (·amptlre.-Bill Heyn, Troop zo. TROOP !j, HUBBARD WOOllS Mr. Walkey, our committee chainnan, and Mr. Carpenter, our Scoutmaster, took charge of our troop meeting last week. We are working hard on our test so we ean have more advancements. Two new eandldates came to the meeting: Sandy Domonic and Ch1is Dandy.-Scribe Earl. Ungle, Troop 24, Hubbard Woods. Head the cor·' :>lett> story written by Sir Hob rt Baden Powell t>ntitled "How the Acnrn Became tht> Oal\: tree." in February b:me of "Boys' Li f·· ." Twt-nty-one year:-; ago Sir· Robert Hadt>n-Powell took .a group of twenty-one buys to an experimental camp at Brown sea Island, near the Isle of Wight, in England. They fo1·med a Roy S~:out Troop of four Pa;. rols under their own leaders. Sir Robert was Scoutmaster. The experinwnt wa:-; an immediate sut·eess and as a result Sit· HoLert BadenPowell wmte "Scouting for Boys" telling how tht:> game of ~(·outing could be played. It wa~ the beginning· of the Boy Scout Mo\·enH:.·nt that has spread over the world. 11ecently that first Scout Our troop h; l'('g-istered ' now at t·etroop .had a twenty-first birthday re- 1\.: gistration time. We have ::t new Scoutunion at i-'it· Hobert's home. - Boys' Life. master, Ge01·ge Budd, who was a first lieutenant in th e army with lots of Scouting experience. · Mr·. Ellis is one of our new assistants; he wa · all-conference b::tseball cat her fm· two years at Northwestern. Rober·t \o\'ienecke, who was formerly captain of the Northwestern .Just suppose that in~tead of :-itting· football team, is our assistant Scoutdown and opening the page:.-; of a printed book, you were in c·amp with a few tried nH\Ster. We know that Troop 22 is goingand chosen comrade:-;. Supper is oYer to grow under this leadership. Also, we and cleared away ancl Wt' are all gatherecl regret losing- our old Scoutmaster, Mr. around the eamp fire. The tents loom Fogg, who is going to b' a Field Scout white against tht> dark ha('kgTound of tht· ExecutiYe at Long Island, New York.forest. There are millions of stars over- ltobert 1\IcGuin', Bea\'E'l' Patml, Tr·oop 22, head, tht> \\ ind is making low, 111ysteriou~ <ileneoe. whimpers through tlw pines, mingling with the soft musif·al lap, lap, lapping 'l'Hl: Sf'()("J'JX(~ PURPOSE of the water nn the shore 0f the lake Scouting is a nrogram that endeavors just below. Now and then a twig snaps to meet the fundamental needs of the sh::u-ply or tht>re is . a faint odd rustle modern bov, to save those elements of a among the bushes. f'ome on boys, join P<'~St environment that are rich in t '1eir the Scouts now. and he ready for camp, organic stimulus and in the developn ent that place of your drealDS. Troop 45 is of virile qualities. lt affords him or...~ vr ready to recruit any hoy of twelve years tunity for self expression, for creative nf age or nvt>r.-Scout Tan McPherson, activity, for worthwhile and purposeful Patrol Leader of the Panthers, Troop 4i>. inter·est:;; and aims and accomplishments. The boy of today is the sa me. It is hi~ HOJ,n U .\ llS' XIGll'r environment that has changed and ScoutEvery yt>ar TI'Oop 2:~. Glencoe, gives a ing seeks to provide the type of environDads' Night. First they give the dads ment that contributes to his joy and his a dinner and then tlw boys show them normal development.- "The Sc()ut Exeeusomt> stunts, for instance: The elephant tin·." roll, the squash pymmid, and many other stunts intert-sting- to dads. Then is the Keeping bu!':y at the right thingi-, 1<eeps test of whr~t good athletes the dads are. you fl'om doing the wrong thing.- oleThe dad:-; and Scouts choose sides for man Cox. IJasketLall: usually the Seouts run away with the dads. It comes off on WashingSome Scouts .neve1· hit the marl·, heton's birthday. l t is oue of the many cause they never pull the trigger. big nights for Troop 23.- Donald Andrews, Raccr.on Patrol, Troop 2:{. Ewry live Scout wants to become a better Scout-to know more, to be able J,}; .\)) !'iCOU'r ASSKUBLY to do more. Boys' Life is his opportunity. February 12, Lincoln':-; birthday, Boy Every real Scout wants to show his Scouts of Troops 3, 5. 8 and 10, Wilmette. loyalty, to cooperate with an institution gave a demonstration at the Howard who's chief is to help Scouts. school gym. First, Dkk Steen of Troop B0~s· Life is purpose his opportunity. 10 gave a talk on LinC'oln. Henry Vonderhoff, Troop 5, talked on Scout week anp then a demonstration was given by XEW SCOUTS Troop 3. which worked out very success~ew Scouts welcomed into North Shore fully. Rudolph Kaspar gave a talk to Scouting during the week ending Feburge boys who are not Scouts to join· ruary 16, are as follows: Troop 10. - Rudolph Kaspar, Scribe, Troop 23, Glencoe - Hobert Johnson, Troop 10. Theodore Reed, Robert Wolffe, Jr. Troop !\0, Highl::tnd Park-Billy Decker, TROO 11 PLANS HIKE Troon 11 ot the St. Francis Xavier Francis Drake, Cominic Ronzani, Charles. Russell. church is going on a hike to the "Cabinin-the-Woods." We are going to start Troop 35, Ravinia - H. Bowman, R. early in the tnorning, Saturday, February Harrington, L. Marcucsi. 23. The whole troop will meet at the Troop 36, Highwood - Joseph Beaver, St. Francis school and we will start from Norman l<.,ahnoe, James and Robert there. We are all looking forward to a Golden, Edwat·d Nolan, Ernest Santi, good Ume.-Robert Meter, Troop 11. Andrew Welch. Troop 22, Glencoe, Boasts Father and Son Banquet Pronounced Big Success . Brilliant Leaders' Staff '!'mop 2 of Wilmette held a banquet for the Fathers and Sons of the Sea Scouts, Bqys' club, and Boy Scouts of the First Congregational church. The dinner was a great success and the money is going to the Sea_ Scouts so that they might buy a new boat. The dinner was held at the Congregational church at 6 :30 o'clol'k, February 12. 1\Ir. \Vest was toastmaster and there were speecheJ:; by Ev ·..,rt Cook, Scoutmaster of Tmop 2, Mr. Rybolt, Scout executivE' of the North Shore Area council, Mr. Casterline of the Sea Scouts, ar .'l S. .J. Dunean-Clark of the Chicago EYening- Post. The banquet was a great success and we hope the Sea Scouts will get their boat-Robert Fletcher, Reporter, Troop 2. Christ Church Troop Goes to Church Service Feb. 10 The Scouts of Troop 15, Christ church, Winnetka, went to church in a body, February 10, all wearing their uniforms. This was in celebration of Anniversary week. Ou1· meeting last Thursday was spent in re-organizing the patrols and talking O\'er our exhibition for the big exhibidon at the Community House Februar·y 23. We are going to put on a boxing bout and hope it will be successfuLKenneth Seyfried,· Scribe, Troop 15. JIAKl: "LEAN-TO" E\·er·y patrol in our troop is working on a. "lt:'an-to" in which to put their exhibits. These "lean-tos" will be ready to be put up the moming before the exhibition. Each team that is going to enter a contt>st in the exhibition is under the supervif'ion of an older fellow who can teach them about their contest worl<.n. nobinson, Senior Patrol Leader, Troop 16. PRAISE FOR WINDOW EXHIBIT Troop 4 of St. Augustines' church, ·wilmette·, had an exhibit in the Centra 1 Barber Shop, Wilmette, during Scout week. \\... e received many compliments on it. We also werE:! told that we could use the Wolff-Griffis window any week we wanted to.-Robert \Verden, BeaYer Patrol, Troop 4. PREPARE FOR EXHIBIT The Scouts of Troop 17, Winnetka, are getting ready for the exhibition on February 23. Everybody is working hard and we expect to have a fine exhibit. We are ~oing on an overnight hike the night before the exhibition and expect to get back early the next morning and work all day on our exhibits.-Scribe Troop 17. ...