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WILMETTE LIFE March 15, 1929 BOY SCOUT NEWS of the .NORTH SHORE TROOPS A ttgulllr feature p11ge prtpt~Hd Hch week by member· of the Boy Scout Prell club, North Shore Are· Council Expert Finds Camp inNorthwoods Real Scouting Paradise Keith Roberts of Glencoe, surveyor and mining engineer, tramped the whole Hudson Bay territory in his profession as a mining engineer. He has been in every state west of the Mississippi rive.r. So what he has to say about the Camp Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan, the new camp of the North Shore Area council, is worth listening to. "March 2 and 3, in company with :Mr. Steel, Mr. Rybolt and Mr. Robson, I inspected the property surrounding Spring Lake in the Northern ~Wisconsin woods recently acquired 'for a camp for the Boy Scouts of this area. The 360 acres, which includes .entirely this splendid lake, is well wooded and admirably suited to a number of attractive camp sites. The land is high, hilly and well-drained. The only break in the deep woods which cover the hillsides sloping to the lake, ,falls on the west shore opposite the site chosen for the first camp building. ·This is a twenty-acre clearing and no ·o ther mark of civilization strikes the ·eye from the. lake. It is a strikingly beautiful lake with ideal surroundings. "The woods would be classed as well advanced second growth which has come up since the early logging days of this country, and since which time it appears to have been untouched by fire or man. Much work and pleasure is surelv in store for the Scouts who pioneer; break trails and · learn the secrets of nature in these Northern \Voods. It is certainly a place for adventure and interest." Mr. Roberts further says that while camp sites appear to be plentiful, yet, when it comes to buying one that encompasses a whole lake as ours does, that they just can't be found at a ~·ea sonable price. Every Scout on the north shore can just "bet his boots" that he will have a grand time at Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan this summer. It is only four months away. Annual Spring Camps Now Only Ten Days in Offing It won't be long now! Only about ten days before the Junior Leaders' Spring Camp conference opens. Have you registered? Better hurry if you hope to get in as the camp at the Cabin-in-the-Woods can accommodate only twenty-four Scouts. Remember the three-day session opens at 8:30 o'clock Monday morning, March 25, and lasts until 4:30 on Wednesday, March 27. The one-day session opens at 8:30 o'clock in the morni,ng and closes at 8 o'clock in the evening, Monday, April 1. Price 65c. ' Winnetka, Highland Park Troops Win Honor Ribbons Troop 18 of the Winnetka Community House and Troop 33 of Lincoln school, Highland Park, both received the Troop Honor Ribbons for the month of February. · Being awarded this Honor Ribbon means more than just getting the prize. It signifies that the troop is on the upward grade, that it is growing in numbers; that it is taking advantage of the "out" in Scouting; that the troop program is interesting enough to maintain a high meeting attendance; and that the troop committee is (unctioning. The Panther Patrol had perfect attendance at the meeting. The meeting was in charge of Karl D. King, Jr.! the assistant Scoutmaster. Next week we are going to finish tht> Scout baseball game we started last The Scout Leaders' First Aid Trainmeeting. Scouts who want to play be ing course, which started last NovemVISIT OBSERVATORY on hand at 7 :30 next Tuesday night. ber, with a dinner'·1served in Winnetka Last Thursday evening, members of · -Scout Robert Fletcher, Troop 2. Community house, ended after eleven Troop 5 of the Wilmette Presbyterian sessions, on Monday evening, Februchurch were guests of Dr. Phyllis Fox, ary 25, with an examination given by NEW SCOUTS IN GLENCOE professor of astronomy at NorthwestDr. D. W. Crile, Dr. Garner being ern university. Twenty-four Scouts At the last meeting of Troop 22 of present. were present for this special instruc- the Glencoe Union church four boys The instructors for the course were tion and all had a · good time besides took the Scout oath and became Tenlearning considerable about the planets. derfoot Scouts. These boys-Bud Dr. H. W. Gentiles of the American Troop 5 has had a varied and interest- Holmes, Bill Brooker, David Turney, Red Cross, Chicago, and Dr. Jay M. ing program this month. On Febru- and Bill Lardner-received a warm Garner of Winnetka. The course completed was the standard course as ary 16 the Troop went on an over- wekome from the troop. outlined in the five-year program for night hike to "Cabin-in-the-Woods" Sam Smale and Spiro ·Mann won a and on the Monday night preceding, knot-tying contest, a feature of the Scoutmasters. Throughout the eleven sessions, the Henry Anderson, captain of North- meeting. There were fifteen scouts course was attended by forty different western's 1929 football team, was guest present. men, seventeen of them being from the at the troop meeting.-Scribe Augus Fire and Police departments of WilStevens, Troop 5. mette and Winnetka, and the remainder from the Scout leaders of the PLAN FOR MOTHERS' DAY council. Eleven men have passed the Mothers' Day is not so far off. At examination and three · more men will our last meeting we started our plans pass it soon, making fourteen to refor that eventful day. You will hear Troop 5, Wilmette, meeting a_t . the ceive their First Aid certificates. more of it later. There were twentytwo present at the meeting. We · held Presbyterian church, has been dtvtded Twelve of the fourteen men are Scout inspection, had Good Turn reports, into two units. One is composed en- leaders. Leaders from fourteen diffc!rsome bovs demonstrated the Scout tirely of First Class ·Scouts or Scouts ent troops participated in the course. The men receiving the certificates laws and- we had boxing. There was of higher rank and the other Tenderalso an excellent Bird House exhibi- foot and Second Class Scouts. The are Scout leaders J. R. Goetz, Troop tion. We are planing a hike to the first group meets on Monday nights at 15; Dr. D. Roy Terry, Troop 18; L. Hoffman, 7 :30. As the members of .this group Sherman Aldrich, Troop 19; the Rev. Cabin-in-the- Vvoods.-Jim are all at least First Class Scouts, spe- H. Malcolm Ward, Troop 15; Robert Troop 9. cial attention is given to Merit badge Townley, Troop 13; John Huhn, Troop work. ·This month this group is giving 52; R. J. Wilkinson, Troop 12; Ray TROOP· 4 ELECTION Thursday night, March 7, Troop 4 its attention to the aviation merit Danielson, Troop 55; the Rev. Rayof \Vilmette had election of patrol badge. mond Sanger, Troop 55; D. C. Leach, leaders. David Hendersen was elected The second group, composed of Ten- Troop 4; A. Bridges, Howard Zibble, leader of the Stag Patrol; Paul derfoot and Second Class Scouts, \Villiam Peekel, and Carl McManus. Sternefi, leader of the Silver Fox; meets on Tuesday night at 7 :30. Their Lowell Comee, leader of the Black instructions are entirely along the line:; Bears. It sure was a big night, for not of tests leading to the First Class Wilmette Scouts Boost only did we have election of Patrol award. After reaching this rank they Community Chest Drive Leaders, but we had a movie on the are eligible for transfer to the ~ion Scouts from the various troops in making of Otis elevators. We also day night group. \Vilmette have been taking an active invested two candidates, Robert Specht The two groups meet together at part in helping to put over the annual and Harold Palmer, with the Tenderleast twice a month, so that in no Community Chest drive. Troop 9 of foot rank-Billy Lehle, Troop 4. sense of the word is the troop divided. the St. Joseph's Catholic church disBoth groups have their own officers, tributed 160 posters to Wilmette stores ATTEND CHURCH SERVICES but those boys who have executive last week. This week, on Monday, Last Stinday almost the entire membership of Troop 11 of the St. Francis position in the first group are the Scouts in the various schools gave out Xaxier church attended services in a superior officers in group two.-Scribe thousands of "Get Chesty" buttons to the school children. On Tuesday, body. The troop made quite a show- Augus Stevens, Troop 5. Troop 3 of the Methodist church dising because almost everyone was in REVEL IN STORIES tributed 1,800 Community Chest cuthis uniform. "It will. be a practice of I find that nothing is better in the outs at the railway stations. On Wedthe troop to do this," says H. L. O'Connell, Scoutmaster, "probably on way of a closing featur<.: of our week- nesday evening the Scouts will all take the second Sunday of every month."- ly patrol meeting than a good story. part in delivering over 200 Chest-oSometimes it's a story of the Royal grams as they did last year. Scout William Rowan, Tr0op 11. Northwest Mounted Police, someAs the Scout allotment from the TROOP 15 GETS 1CMBERS times of the Spanish Main, sometimes Chest is considerably larger this year, Troop 15 of the ' ·netka Com- of the Yukon. My gang runs across a the Scouts are eager to do all they can munity House receive , three candi- lot oJ good stories, and saves them to to make it a big success. dates at the meeting of the Troop on tell at patrol and troop meetings. My March 7. These boys have not passed patrol likes good Indian stories. too. NEW SCOUTS their Tenderfoot tests. but are work- And ghost stories-well!!! About The northern half of the North ing on them and will be ready for their once a month we have a good ghost Shore Area council seems to be getexamination soon. The candidates at our troop meeting, with all the ting most of the new Scouts lately. are Whitty ·Duncan, Chuck McNair, lights out.-Scouting. This week the six boys come from and John M ulhke.-Scribe Kenneth Highland Park, Lake Forest and Seyfried, Troop 15. AWAIT QUILLS Mundelein. Look the list over: Troop 33-Highland Park, John B. Davidson, Several members of the Lake Forest STUNT PROGRAM FOR TROOP 2 Boy Scout .Press club are about ready Alvin R. Larson ; Troop 45-Lake For... The Patrols of Troop 2 of the Wil- to be awarded their Boy Scout Press est, Gordon Kelley, Arthur Paley, mette Congregational church had a Club Quills. This Quill is a specially Kenneth Paley; Troop 77-George stunt program at the last meeting. The made Quill for those Scouts getting Clevanger. Panther Patrol had a spell-down on ten of their written articles into the Scout tests. The Eagle Patrol made local papers. It is the members of the TROOP MEETING REPORT fire by flint and steel. The Silver Fox Press club that write practically all the Troop 45 had its last meeting Friday. and Wolf Patrols held a game called Scout material printed in the Lake: Mr. Hernly took charge. We had Indian War. Forester. The boys that are about Scout test passing in Tenderfoot, secThere were sixteen Scouts, two offic- finished in their requirements for this ond class and first class tests. Bruce ers, and two visitors present. The Quill are: Ian McPherson, David Tib- Kenyon took charge of the basketball Eagle Patrol re'p orted having had a betts, Alan Hokenson, and Ralph Glea- games and the scout games. -Ian Mcpatrol meeting during the last week. son. Pherson, Troop 45. Many Leaders Win Awards at End of Training Period Wilmette Troop Is Divided Into Two Units; Kept Intact ! ~· l I