WILMETTE LIFE March 22. 1929 : BOY SCOUT N·EWS of the NORTH SHORE TROOPS A rtgulllr feature page prepartd each weelr. by memh.r1 of the Boy Scout Preu club, North Shore Area Council Many Scouts Move Higher at Court of Honor Meeting At the Court of Review held la st Wednesday under leadership of ]. R. Harper, chairman of the Wilmette Court of Honor, a large number of boys passed advancement tests. Mr. Harper reports that this month the badges will be awarded in the individual troops, but a new Court of Honor procedure will .be announced and effective April I. The Jist of awards for the month is as follows: Second-Class Scouts- Troop 2 Charles Leonard; Troop 3-David Boozer, Hugh Carrington, J amts Hirsch, Philip Hoetz, Billy Mac Morro n, Bernard Saxon, Ernest Schaper, Richard Simons, Everett Vvarshowsky, Roy Warshawsky; Troop 5-Dick Hall; Troop 6-James Dewar : Troop 12-Howard Wilkins. First-Class ::,cout-Troop 2- Rob ert Fletcher: . Life Scouts- T roop 5 - Fred erick Robinson; Troop 8-Wilbert Kunz. Merit Badges - Troop 3- Albert Ackermann, Leathercraft; J u 1ian Hirsch, Lcath ercraft, First Aid; Rex Martin. Leathercraft, First Aid to animals: music, swimming; J eromc Nev.ins. Pathfiinding, Firemanship; Al len Roth, Leathercraft, Firemanship; Ed-ward Solomon. Leathercraft, Swim ming; Harrison A. Storms, First Aid, Personal Health; Alfred Struebing Jr .. First Aid. Troop 4-Lowell Comec, Woodwork, Pathfinding, Life Saving. Troop 7-Craig Stoddard, Life Saving. Troop 8-Wilbert Kunz, Athletics, Marksmanship; Troop 10--James De war, Music. Firemanship; Richard Haugness, Personal Health, · Public Health. Troop 12- R. Wilkins, First Aid. Winnetka Scoutmaster to Leaders Inspect New Camp Site Sponsor' Niles Cente~ Unit Dr. George Eisenbrand, Scoutmaster of Troop 16, Winnetka, has started a new troop in Niles Center where he now lives. He reports that at the first meeting twenty-eight boys were present and eager to do things. Thev arc organized into four patrols and · these · patrols are selecting their nam e ·, leaders and veils this week. There is promise that the troop will be much larger. The boys are all new to Scouting but anxious to k:lfn about it. The troop meets Monday nights at the Niles Center Public school. Although Niles Center is · not in the North Shore Area council, this council wants to cooperate wherever it can. The council extends its hope for just as successful a troop in Niles Center as Dr. Eisenbrand ha s made of his troop in \:Vinnetka. Scoutmasters to Inspect Enlarged Headquarters A Council-wide meeting of Scoutmasters and other leaders will be held 1fonda~· evening, Ma rch 25. at 6 :30 o'clock in the hall adjacent to the council headquarters at 21 Kort~ Sheridan road, Highland Park. Open House will be held at the headquart ers to permit the Scout leaders to inspect the new council office with its 11ew furnishings and equipment. Information about registration for Camp Ma-Ka-Ja-W an and about the new Court of Honor procedure adopted by the council will be given out. Plans are made for an interesting inspirational meeting, songs, fun, information. Lenten dinner will be sen·ed, one hundred per cent troop repre sentation is hoped for. Troop 2 of Wilmette had an ex~el lent meeting last Tuesday evenmg. There was a turn out of twenty-two Scouts, four officers and three visitors. The Troop decided to have an over night hike a week from Sa_ turday or the one following. We have started a new custom in the Troop, before we i,{ive the Scout Oath and when we dismiss, we count off by giving the Scout Law. We played some new games this meeting. We had a relay race running backward, and forward then we all did it together. We then played the third inning of our baseball game, the Nih~·its coming out ·ahead by three points, the score being 7 to 4. We are all going to get one of the cresents with "\Vilmette" on it to put over our numerals.-Robert Fletcher, Troop 2. · Th.ese three men, .G. C. Robson of th.e Forest ~ounty Lumber company, Charles A. Steel, cha1r~an of the Camping committee, and Keith R oberts, expert surveyor and eng.meer, are sh\>wn standing on the frozen shore of Spring ~ake. They took the tnp recently w1th Scout Executive M. C. Rybolt to inspect ~.1e new North Shore ca.mp site and make the final layout plans. This picture was taken only a short distance from where the main lodge will be built. meeting. The report goes on to say that Robert and \Villiam Dooker are candidates for admission to Troop 18Philip Swabacher. Thirteen New Scouts Join up in Past Week ~ew Scouts are continually being registered at Scout headquarters. There were thirteen this week. However, a few have dropped out and now th official grand total is 921 Scouts for the North Shore Area council. A couple more months ought to bring the number hevond the thousand mark. That mea;1s more bovs to enjoy the thrill of the camp. Here is the list of new members: Troop 17, Winnetka-Arthur Kloepfer: William Mehren: B. F. Mevers, J _ M. Moslry, and R. K. Rockwood. Troop 30, Highland Park-Cody Pfandstiehl. Troop 31, Highland Park-Earl D. Lindsay. Troop 35- Theodore Lent and Charles E. Phillipps. Troop 46-Geor~e Eul, George Gephart, and George Hansen. Troop 77-Earl B. Small. PLAN MAY HIKE PLAN OVER-NIGHT HIKE Some of the Scouts in Troop 23 are .planning to take an over-night hike as soon as the weather clears up. We will hike to the cabin and play a lot of games and pass tests, then we plan to sleep there and return the next clay. We are .having a contest betw ~en Patrols. I~ we pass a merit badg<.. we get ten pomts toward the patrol. The patrol which has the most points wins a leather skin award.-Charles Dostal Troop 23. ' The Silver Fox Patrol of Troop 2~ St. Elizabeth's Episcopal church Glen·~ coe, is looking forward to ~ hike planned for May 30 when they ,~u go to the Waukegan "Flats." This hike will be , re~tricted t~ boys in high schoo!. fh1s _very active patrol 'is also plannmg a hike to the Cabin-in-theWo?ds on March 29. Fred Reinhold, A~s1stant Scoutmaster of Troop 2~, wtll accompany the patrol on this hike. Everyo~e is looking forward to having a fine t1me.-Peter Sanfillis, Troop 23. MORE NEW STUNTS ·· AIRPLANE CONTEST The boys of Troop 22 are having a trans-continental air race. We have a map of the United States and each boy has a miniature airplane on it. We are going to give you the latest news on the contest each week in this column. These are some of the things fo~ which points are given. Each pomt co~nts a mile in the race: Good ~urn~, hikes, passing tests and bringmg 111 new Scouts-Richard Samway, , Troop 22. TROOP 12 NEWS REPORT R. G. \Vatts of Evanston will take up his. duties as Scoutmaster of Troop 12, Vtsta del Lago, starting Friday, Marc~ 22.. He had had considerable expenence m working with boys and the Troop is looking forward to a successful .year of Scouting under his leadershtp. The troop is also planning an education~} tour through the Poputar Mechamcs M~gazine Publishing WHo.use on the commg Saturday-R. J. A TRUE SPORTSMAN "Will consider all athletic opponents as guests and treat n~em with the courtesy dl'le friends and guests. Will accept all decisions of officials without question. Will never hiss or boo a player or official. Will never utter abusive or irritating remarks from the side line. Will applaud opponents who make good plays or show good sportsmanship. Will never attempt to rattle an opposing player, attempting to make a free throw in a basketball game. Will love the game for its own sake and not for what winning may bring him. Will 'do · unto others a·s he would have them do unto him.' Will 'win without boasting, and lose without excuses'." This applies to true Scouting. LAST CALL Last call! Junior Leaders Spring camp starts M on d ·a y morning, March 25, at 8:30, at the Cabin-inthe- Woods. How many boys will your troop have there at assembly? Preparations are completed and everyone is planning for the best times of his life. Contests, games, instruction. ,mp fires and all the glories of camp life will be on the program of this three-day camp. That's all for now, but will have lots to report when the experience is over. PLAN FOR HIKE Members of Troop 18, of the Winnetka · Community House, at the last meeting discussed plans for their hike to the Cabin-in-the-Woods on March 15. and 16. Test passing and a knottymg contest aroused a great deal of excitement during the program which was under the direction of Dr. C. R. Te~ry, Scolltmaster. Dr. Terry was asststed by James Lyons, Junior Assistant Scoutmaster, and Thomas Johansen, Senior P a t r o 1 Leader Twenty-eight Scouts attended th~ TROOP 3 "DOING THINGS" "Hello everybody, Troop 3, has not been heard from for a long time but w~'re really ~oit~g things." Tro~p 3 w11l so~n . be m 1ts new room in the new bUildmg of the Methodist church Mr. B~ll gave us all one month to advance m .r.ank, no exceptions allowed. Those fathng to do so were given a leave of absence for one month. If they advance this time they are weic~me hack to the troop. · Those failing wtll be transferred to another troop or dropped.-Troop 3, Hugh Carrington.