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WILME TTE LIFE February 7. 1930 BOY SCOUT NEWS of the NORTH SHORE TROOPS North Shore Scout Radio Fan A reguLu ftt~trul pGgt prtpu1tl Hch WHir. by membet1 of the Boy Scout Prell club, North Shore Area Council Troop 3 Stages Signaling Tilt, Enjoy Surprise Last Thursday, ] anuary 30, Troop 3 of the \Vilmette Methodist church held a Morse code contest, which was won by Patrol 2. At the beginning of the contest, the patrol leaders were given the paper_ with the message, theq the patrols w1 thout the patrol leader went to their corners and at the given signal th_ e patrol leaders went to their p;_1trols with t_ he message. \Yhen the message was tran slated it read, "American Indian ign language souvenier edition Mr. T ompkins." After the contest Mr. Osburne Sco utmaster, stated he had a surprise: and oh, what a surprise it turned out to be. The surprise was Fred Waidner with his :-axophone, and Bob Martin with hi s tr ombone. After thev had played a few numbers the Scoutmaster did th e. tap da nc e. \Vh en Fred and Bob decided t. , leave th e troop kept yelling "mo re! m o r e ~ · · so thev had to come back and play more, but finally to the di ssa ti..;ia cti on of th e troo p they had to lea \·e. ~ay ing th a t th ey \\·o uld be back aga in . La t \\·eek ~Ir . Osburne t old all the Scout · \\·ho co uld, to bring in a recruit, and th e result s were that Ed·win Lance and Cardner John on joined the troop. All the recruits are working hard to get their tenderfoot tests pa ssed Sl they will be tenderfeet when the new ~c o ut room i dedicated: · which is t o be soon. Reporter Ernest Schaper, Troop 3, \Vilmette. Scouts Showing Much Interest in Radio Troop Considerable interest is being sho·xn in the Radio troop, which is to be organized in the North Shore Area in the near future. Scout ] oel Dickensqn of Troop 13, Kenilworth, is one of the candidates seeking membership in the troop. Scout Dickenson holds an amateur radio license and has a radio station at his home, 637 Abbottsford road, Kenilworth. He has received and sent messages to points nearly encompassing the world. The Radio troop will probably be made up of older Scouts who will meet about twice a month for instruction and who will spend considerable time outside of the meetings in building their _ o wn sets and, later, practicing. It is hoped that at least one Scout from each town in the area will be . enrolled and alreadv several of the communities have definite prospects. Each boy will be expected to build his ov.:n set, at a cos t o f from $35 t o $50. One set will be built at the me et ing, serving as a m odel for instruction. This set will be installed at camp thi s summer and will send and receive message s dailv to the Scout page and folk s in towns where members have sets. On~ of the most enthusiastic radio fans among north shore Scouts is ~o Scouts have a s vet been chosen Joel Dtck~nson, star Scout of Troop 13 in Kenilworth. Joel, who holds an for the troop. · a~ateur_ hc~nse and also possesses a Scout radio merit badge, is shown at hts set tn hts home, 637 Abbotts ford road, Kenilworth. He hopes to be one of the charter members of the Scout Radio troop, to be organized soon. Wilmette Troop Stages Glencoe Episcopal Church Troop Boys Catch Weasel . In Troop 25 we caught a young weasel, trapped in the basement window of our Scom meeting room. at the Glencoe Epi:-.copal church. ~1r. Kohl helped u~ capture him. After he was captured he was taken to Miss Dietz. science teacher in the Glencoe Public school. All of our fiiteen active Scouts hart> passed the tenderfoot te ts and two have passed all of their second class except fire building and cooking. which they could not becau se of the weather. \V e spend nearly an hour en·ry scout meetin.~ passing te st s. ~[r. Kohl. · Mr. Behr, and ::\[r. \\.alter, our Scout master are our leaders. - ] o eph Sauo and Roger Brown, Troop 25, ,Jencoe. Mothers Hear How They May Aid in Scout Work "Home cooperation with the Scoutmaster" was the subject of a tatk presented to the Scout Motht:rs of ~r~op 33, Highland Park, by H. R. Smttlt, scoutmaster, at a meeting oi the organization at the Lincoln schu·)l la st Friday evening. During the talk the possible ·ways in which the rr thers could cooperate with the S ~... vutmaster were outlined. ~1 r. Smith cited personal experiences as. the right and wrong ways to at ~am the ends of Scouting and character building as embodied in the pro gram. "We must have cooperation of the proper kind if we are to present a go.od program to the boys of the troop," said Mr. Smith. "It is impossible t,) conduct a trooD meeting once a wed.and secure the desired results if this work is not reinforced in the home." The Scout Mothers of Troop 33 were recently organized with Mrs. L. G. Briggs as chairman, Mrs. 0. R. Huneke as vice-chairman, and Mrs. G. H. Fox as secretary. They plan to meet from tim~ to time and learn what they can do to further the program of Scouting. They also plan to assist in troop projects as the opportunity affords. Inter-Patrol Contests BEGIN CONTESTS Each week, Troop ~ of Wilmette ha s Thursday~ Jan nary 16, Troop -t of an inter-patrol contest on some Scout Wilmette started a series of · Scout subject. Thursday, ] anuary 30, the contests. The first contest \Vas an O'Grady drill. The junior officers gaye the commands to each patrol separatly. Following the drill, George Bersch gave a demonstration aud instruction on the Indian sign language which lasted for 15 minutes. Just as \ve were wondering what game to play to complete our meeting with in came Mr. McManus, the Xorth Shore area assistant scout executive. ~:Ir. ~Ic Manus shqwed us how to play a new game with scout staffs, with which we clo~ed our mee_ting. -Reporter Bill Lehle, Trooo -t \Vilmette. - ' contest was signalling. The Mor~e code, semaphore, and Indian sign language were used. Each patrol enterrd a team of senders and receivers for each code. The senders with readers were at one end of the room and th e receiv~rs with writers were at the opposite end. Messages were passed between the readers who in turn read them to the senders. Many queer and funny messages were received at the other end. However, the Bear patrol came through with a half-way decent report. . \Ve also had a meeting of the ~oyal Order of Siam in which eight "Green" members participated. Each member is compelled to kneel down and pray to the "God" of lhe order, saying "Awa togu Siam" (oh. what a goose I am), and after he ha:; caught on to the meaning he is, of course. the goat and declared a member. We played a game which Mr. McManus had told us about at a previous meeting. The meeting was concluded with the Scout Ia ws and benediction. Reporter Bill Lehle, Troop 4, Wilmette. FOX PATROL MEETS Sea Scouts Plan Trip to Chicago W ~tber Station Big things happened at the last meeting of Sea Scout Troop 21 on W ednesday, ] anl:J_ ary 29. First, Ray Ringson was made mate. He will he a much needed help in the orgarilzation of the ship. Second, Mr. Crosby instructed us in splicing. He gave us some valuable pointers. Third, an excursion Wf!S planned for next \Vednesday afternoon to the \Veather 8ureau at ChicaJito. \Ve will become acquainted with the meteorological instruments there. In the near future we will make a trip to Great Lakes to buy uniforms. -Jack de Beers, Sea Scout Ship Yeoman, No. 21. Winnetka Troop 18 Must Mean "Look a Little Out" \Vith the annual exhibition of the \Vinnetka troops almost here, Troop 18 is stirred to furious activity. Hopes for winning in many events have already been expressed but the problem of the troop booth exhibition has bothered them and they are not just sure what we should best use. Nevertheless on the night of the exhibition, February 15, watch out for Troop 18. All men are born equal. It's what They'll have something pretty good. they're born equal to that makes the -Scribe Philip Swabacker, diiference. Troop 18, Winnetka. The meeting of the Fox patrol Troop 55, Glenview, ·started at 7 :30 p. m. in the school. Several fellows passed their Scout tests. A new member passed all his tenderfoot tests. V·-i e also worked on the knot board which the patrol is going to display on anniversary week. After every fellow oassed all tests he could we had some refreshments and then the meeting was Keewaydin Sea Scouts Will adjourned. Have Store Window Exhibit -Scribe Winton Wesser, Troop 55, Sea Scouts ?f Ship Keewaydin Troop Glenview. 7,. Congregational church, Wilmette, ----------~---wttl have a Sea Scout exhibit in one STAG PATROL MAKES DEN of Taylor's Dry Goods store windows The Stag patrol of Troop 17, Win1~25 Central ·a venue, durin~ Scout An~ netka Community House, has a new mversary we~k, February 7 to 13. Mr. rlen. We are going to make all the Tarlor has kmdly loaned us a window furniture for the den. Last Thursdav which we hope to fill with Sea Scout Tanuary 16, George Melvin brought work, and things which are of interest ~orne pictures which we hung up. Dur- to all lovers of the sea. mg our patrol meetings we talk about All h~nds are working under Skipper wh~t. ~e are makin~ for the Scout C_asterhne to make this undertaking a ~xhtbt~ton and have 0 Grady drills and btg success. Don't miss seeing it. s<;>mettmes we have signalling and first -H. E. Foster, Yoeman, atd.-Raymond Osten, Patrol Scribe. Troop 7, Wilmette . ...