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WILMETTE LIFE February 21, 1910 BOY SCOUT NEWS of the NORTH SHORE TROOPS A rtgulat leaturr page ptepllttd each week by member· of the Boy Scout Ptell c1 u b · N orth Shott Area Council President Herbert Hoover, who is the honorary president of the Boy Scouts of America. will be the chit>f speaker at a dinner meeting in celebration of the twentieth anniversary of Scouting in America. which will he held at the \Villard hotel. Washington. D. C.. on March 10. His talk will he broadcast over two national radio networks, that of the National Broadcasting company and the Columbia Broadcasting system. The Cnited States Marine Hand will play. Prominent Sponsors The occasion is unique in that a ~ponsoring committee comprising some of the most distinguished men in the national lifr of America, as an exnress:on of their appreciation of the no.v ~conts of America. have joined in ;nviting a group of outstanding tltcn to attend thl.! dinner. The sponsors arc: Charles Curti s. ,·icc-president nf the Vnitecl States: Nicholas Longm)rth, speaker nf the House nf Representat;Yes: Andre"· "·· Mclinn. -;rrret:-~n of the treasun-: Patrick T. Hurle,:, !-CCrctary of war: Ray Lyman Wilbtir, secretan· of the interior: Arthur M Hyde, srcret;t ry of agriculture; Robert P. Lam .)n t. secreta n · of commerce: James ]. Davis. sec.retary oi labor: John Barton Payne. chairman. American Red Cross: \Villiam Green, pre -;idrnt, American Federation of Labor and \Villiam Butterworth, president, r:. S. Chamber of Commerce. \Valter \V. Hea:L president of the ForemanState National hank of Chicagp and former president nf the American Bankers association, as president of .. he Boy Scouts of America, will be am ong the speakers. Since FebruarY R. 1910, 4.879.273 different individuals have heen definit~lv enrotJed as members of the Boy Scouts of America and at the present timr there ar ~ 842,540 acti ..·c Sr<,uts anrl Scout officials. Winnetka Scouts President Hoover I Glencoe Troop 23 Fetes Announce Dates, Places Dads at Dinner Feb. 21 Fete Friends at to Address Scouts for Training School for Troop 23 gave its annual Dads' Annual Exhibit by Radio March 10 '-upper on Friday, February 21. The Area Council Scouters t.rogram was entirely arranged by the hoys themselves in order to demon!'trate to the dads just what fine Scouts they are. The troop marched into the hall of St. Elisabeth's Episcopal church headed hv the bugle corps of six buv.lers playing a march, after which they had the r~ath of allegiance to the flag followed by the most popular bugle ~.:all 0f an, 11 Mess." The boys then marched out to the dining room. After finding their places thev sat down beside their ctads. Don And.rews, popularly kno·.vn as "Peanuts," said grace. During the supper, which the boys relished very much, Orval Simpson, chairman of the Scout committee, showed movies of the troop that he has taken from time .to time. Jimmy Ferry demonstrated w1th one of his model airplanes and. David jasper recited a poem which hrou(!,ht down the house. After the boys had removed ~he plates the tables were i)Ut to the side of the room and a st~gc rrepared for a pla~· that the hoys lud been working very hard on. This was fPllowed by two one minute dramas that would. give credit to the "good old, davs. Bill Baehr sho,,·c d a very inicresting movie and the final nun1ht>r l)n the program consisted of boxing ;tnd wrestling. The entcrtainmP.nt ended ab0ut 9:30 and many of the d.a ds ~aid that they wish they ·co uld attend the same entertainment once a month instead of once a year. Ben Brion , Fagle Scout of the troop, \Yho was n·cently elected Junior As sistant f-coutmaster. was master of cc:-emonies. Next Mondav. Tuesday and Wednt>r.;day, Fehruary- 24, 25. 26, mark the ~tartinP." of the training course for Scout leaders of the North Shore An=·a <ounci1. The course will be a t\\"elve session course, running for nine consecutive weeks, once a week. Thre-e ('tltdoor hikes will be worked into the r.rogram to afford training in the camping program in Scouting. The .course 1s open to all Scoutmasters, asststants. committeemen commissioners and fathers, nr met; in any way intere:-; ted in the mo\'ement. Here is an outline of the three rlivisions of the course accorrling tl> the 1 c istricts in the council: Parish House Sacred Heart church. Tower road, Huhbarct V\Toods. starting :\f on day, February 24. 7:.10 P. M .. and 1 unning for nine consecutive ~1oncl:l\'s fn r the men of \Vilmettc. Kenilworth. \Vinnetka. Glencoe, Golf. Glem·iew. !\nrth ficl\1 and Northbrook. Oak Terrace Public school. Half Day road. Hizhwood, starting Tucschy, February 25. 7:30 P. M .. and running for nine consecutive Tuesdavs for ~· he n1cn nf Highland Park, Highwood, Lake Forest. Deerfield, and Bannockburn. Chamber of Commerce rooms , Lihertv,·il!t'. starting- \\'edncsda,·, Fcb.ruan· ·26. 7:30 P. M ., and runn.ing; tor rine . consecutive \Vednesdavs for the Ill en of Libertyville, M tllldelcin, Diat~w nd Lake, Half Day, Rondout. I"~ n l:oc and. ~ urrounding t erritory. Ronks and literature as outlined in this course will be supplied by the council to all men enrolling for ~he wurse. The facult,· will consist of the council staff, experienced Scout leaders and 'other men selected for their fitness to handle a particular subject. Above all the course will be very interesting and. enjoyable. Every Troop Reports Every Week, Is Press Club Slogan Thr n~ . v Scout Press cluh made up .1 i t.hc twc.·p reporters of the fifty-senn t :·nnps of the North Shore Area council has :dopted the slo~an of "Every Tronp Rt;ports Every W cek" as its goal. Each troop. with its troop r~porter r.n the job, will in this wav l,'et a news article of troop activitiec; into the local paper weekly. The towns ar~ now being organized with 1 news editor for each town. It is his dutv to check with all the troops to c;ee thai rep,xts are in every week. Reports should be turned. in to the as~is tant executive as he meets in vour tmJI;n with the Press club. · All Scout news should clear thro11qh the Bov Scout council headquarters at ?.1 N. ·sheridan road. Highland Park. Monday mornil)g is the "dead. line" for news to be published during that w~ek. Reports received late will either be held over or discarded according to the nature of the article. Let's go. troop t epo: ters. Everyone on the job. Wilmette Methodist Church Troop in Signaling Contest Last ThursdaY. Februan· 13, Troop of the \\'i lmette Methodist churd held another sig-naling contest which, unlike the week before.' v;as won l>V Patrol 1. After the signaling contes·t was over we held a knot tving cont·~st which was also won by Patrol 1. A while ha ._ k Mr. Oshurne. our Scoutmaster, changed the troop from fonr patrols i11to two patrols. ht t we have been having such a large attendanr-e that Mr. Osburne organized a third patrol with Frank Hooper for !ts patrol leader. After the troop meeting the patrol leaders' council helct a meeting, and discussed largely the condition of the new third patrol which is ~·racticatly all Tenderfoot Scouts. lt' also discussed the subject of a senior patrol le~der. Eagle Scout Jerome Nevins, who was formerly the senior patrol · leader, has been elected Junior Assistant Scoutmaster. . -Scout Ernest Schaper, Troop 3, Wilmette. Wilmette Scouts in Hike to Cabin-in-Woods Feb. 1 :t PREPARE FOR SHOW Although quite young yet, Troop 27 of Glencoe Methodist church is co'nir.g along fine. We had a good time acting as patients during the mobitization Saturday, February 8, and learned <: lot about first aid as well as firemanship afterwards. Last Sunday the enhre troop went out to the Forest Preserve and passed Second Class fire HALT making and tracking tests. We have Wise First Class Scout (on sentry already started getting prepared for duty)-"Halt, who goes there?" the Hob'>y show next month and exSecond Class-"A Scout with dou~h- ;>fct to ~ave something very intere5touts." · ing and new things in the exhibits. Wise First Class Scout-"Pass Scuut, -John Austin, Reporter. Halt I doughnuts." Troop 27, Glencoe. On Fe~ruary 1, ten of the members of Troop ! hiked from Wilmette to the Cahin-in.:.the-Woods with our Scoutmaster. \Ve certainly had a good time, including- good eats, snow, game of capture · the flag, at night; tracki :1g, some sleep, some snipe hunting, etc. Six of u:; hiked home Sunday afternoon. When are we going again? Right soon! On February 8, we had. a very good turnout of all but one Scout at the \"~ lley of aJI the Wilmette troops for Scout anniversary week celebration. \Ve are proud that our troop is as old. a~ the national organization of the lloy Scouts of America, whose birthTROOP 25 MEETS day we were celebrating. The meeting of Troop 25 is held Edwin Andrews, reportet·. every Thursday night at 7:15 in the Troop 1, Wilmette . Glencoe Parish f{ouse. At our last meeting ::orne of the boys worked on first c1ass first aid. All the boys will SHOOER Tenderfoot: Say, Harold, did you r e Second Class Scouts as soon as they pass cooki!lg, fire building lt_td know that I had a new job? signaling. Our mstructors were WtlFirst Class Scout: No, what is it? Tenderfoot: Oh, I'm blacksmith down liam Baehr and Mr. Kohl who are present every meeting to help. Our to the candy kitchen. First C!ass Scout : I don't get you. Scoutmaster is W. L. Walters. · -Wilson Rankin, what do you mean? Troop 25 Reporter, Glencoe. Tenderfoot: Just what I said1 I shoo flies.-Boys' Life. , (Continued on next page) v\.innetka Public Boy Scout nigh t. 'wvhich was he}d at the Community House in Winnetka on Saturday. F·:1,ruary 15, was about the most succe·~~ tul Public Scout night ever held in \Vinnetka. The event started in ~b t; Hall at 7 :30. Tickets were sold by th v Scouts and the money was given to t he troops according to the number ui tickets they sold. The first of the program was a stu nt given by the color guards of the diff tT cnt troop-5. Then each troop march r:cl on the stage and presented a sh N' clever s~out stunt. Next were .:~1 " Scout contests. The contests \\' Cl' t' · Tenderfoot knot tying. semaphore a1 1d Morse si~nalin~, fire by friction a 11d Hint and steel. O'Grady drill and a:. open knot tying contest. Troop 18 \\" <lli the majority of contest s. Troop l :-! next challenged any troop to a \\·:11 : :-(aling contest which was accepted 1)\ Troop 17. Troop 18 won, establishi 11~ <.t new record at 17 2-5 seconds i< l l right Scouts going over a ten-foot \n ll. The prizes were next awarded t oJ Scouts who had. won in t.he conte :o t . . J1erit badge awards were g;i,·en t" Scouts for tests passed at the h -: Court of Review. The Scouts and pt.:<) · ·pic next ,,.·ent to the g;ym and . a.\\· tlt \' individual patrol and troop exhtbtts. all c,f \Yh ic h the Scouts and. Scoutmast··r .; !1ad plan11ed and worked out Ycr~· ~a,..l' it~llr. John Mulke and Fred Kneh ~l 0f Troop lj won the indi,·idual exhilnt for their model of Camp Ma-Ka-] a \Van. Dick and Jack Morris. Tronp 19, won second prize and Jim Go~t~. Troop 15, third. The patrol exlnhit was awarded to the Silver Fox pat1:nl of Troop 19, which had a model a'r port, Panther patrol. Troop 19, won . . ccond place and the Flammg Arro\\' 1'atrol, Troop 15, \\"On third. ~roop ~0. :or the st!cond vear in successton. won first prize for the troop exhibit. Its exhibit was a tvpical camp scene. cnn~isting of a camp gate and bridge with thatched hut and lean-to and. many other things to make you feel as if you were in a real camp in the Northern woods. . Troop 18, depicting the Scout at home, won second prize and Troop 17, showing Old Fort Dearborn, ":on third. Towards the end of the evenmg taps were blown and Troop 20 lowen·d its flag. The exhibit was given by Troops .14. 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 24 all o~ \VmPetka and Hubbard Woods, to gtve the public an idea in Scouting which t~ey welJ succeeded in doing. L. S. Aldnch v·as master of ceremonies for the evening. The other deputy commissioners H. Brown and Robert Doepel, wo~ked with Mr. Aldrich in making arrangements and carrying out the program with the Scoutmasters. -M. Bridges, Troop 20. l