Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 10 Mar 1932, p. 20

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Mountain Is Fine as a Playground for Eagle- Scout The eagle is famed for its. way of p!ungifng like a. thunderboit f rom. great heigbts. Eagle Scout Paul. Gilbert of Ken- ilworth lives ulp-to bis title by the va.Y he descended--one might almost say "plnge"-fomthe mountains neaàr Freiburg, îGermany, where he mingles adVenture and study.,, But Jet Eagfle Scout Gilbert tell us own story about a1 day of -real beauty and strenuons exercise: "Februarv 4-Aiten dinner 1I worked( on my diary, tilltuniee w set out on the cross-country run. planned the dav before. I Ieft the bouse alone on the, runi at 3:05 o'clocký for Scbauinsland. I1 rounded the Bromberkopf n passed the skating pond, but here stopped to waik to recover my breath and cool off, for I was very ihot i ni spite of the few degrees above freezý- ing. "A little later I ýstarted running 1 again and didn't stop until I goti through Guntersthal, 'a fittle 'town%-i about haîf way Up the, Valley. Be - cause of the uphilliness 'of the road I had gottiený very hot, but wben suf-'i ficiently cool. started runnjing again. At the Sclhauin'slaiidbahnt station I1 de- cided it was too inîuch wvork to mun np the mountain, and being anxious.i to ride on the Scbwebebahn aiiyw.ay-; after five minutes of cooling ffil got into the car, which holds twentv - five persons. Travels in Cable Car "Soon we were humming a-long on our cable witb tbe grounnd passing below and the white stat ion grow-ingi snialler behind. The putrple laver of_) semi-transparent. mist-Iýas stîll far' above us,, but aften about ten min- utes it Was put, bél.àw us and the Vo- ges in the tvest came out. The v-ewI ,vas Nvery fine. and, continualy r langer and niore distant. Before- ie neached thie o.wI passed over a very- long stretchi of! cable which bertt down quite a bti under our weiglit and which l ed over the treetop)s of a deep pine forestt Walecka, in Hospital, Wilmette to Stage Rivais for Alaska Sends a Cheery Card. Exhibition Mar. 19 Trip Must Submit Scoutiaster Victor Walecka oi One of the largest scouting ex- 1V r nS tra Troop 37, Oak Terrace school, High- hbtos vrsagdo henrh TheAakn oem olecones woo, end acherfl pstar frînshoe s bin plnnd Or Saturda a warding trips to.Alaska to three the Mayo Brothers' hoispital, Roch- March 19. 'at the Howard, school, Boy Scouts ini the United States, for ester, Minn, where he has recentli, Wilmette. Every scout, in Xilmiette I their .accoDmplishmients in totemi pole undergone an operation.. He will be a dinghipattomaethisth carving. studv of I ndian lore and out- cofiedtoth hspta fr!ev ral et exhibition. of, scouting pro- standing' scout living, will cl.ose Sat- coninà o-he ositlfo, svealjetsand hobbies the public has ever nd~ ac 2 wveeks ýof' treatment, but. is feeling W'itniessed. Many scouts- will receive prctty well and ou t of danger., The badges of . advancement at. the Court Ail totem poles with the Scout scouts 'of his troop and al bis many of honor m-hich will be beld on the application completeli illed,,ont,' friends in scouiting. send their best stage along %vith many demonstratio is with the, required events attach ed.' wîses o im lookingforward to bis Of first aid., signaling and othermitbenScuhedarrsn wihst m.,ànuniqne scoutifig. stunitS. Highland, Park flot later than 5 o'- heing bckon teq tdsoe.éock Sattirday ev ening. March 12. _______________An,,eight-piece dance. orchestra di-1 rected bv Life Scout Bill behie, of 1Menibers of the executive2 board Arde Shre cous D XVlmete, vil enertin hroghot vill select from ail applicants the î:Their Share for. Drive theevening. Tickets, for the unusupali coliiicIfýi w mer fur this contest and '1 1 ý - event are on sale Iby ,al scouts for 1 is totem. pole and application %vili The. fifty scouts of the Arden only twentv-five cents. This monev lýIe-forwarded to national council as Shiore Camp Troop 44, althougbi un- goes' direct 'to thie varions troops'acm tirfoth fnlsecio. able to take part 'in the. actual col- treasifries fo-r troop eqtiipmlent. FredTer viletrescuseete lection of paper to earn mnoney for S. Rye, district chairnian. is in charge th.cury1rtrz.bega .relief. plav a verv important part in cf thle arrangements and programi. ninetUeii-ilaxtrip froîi Seattle to the preparation of thiese collections. . Alaska. second prize a twelve-day The boys do many hours' work evenI trip, and third prize a,te-dav -trip. in sorting the used,,rope. which cor bnes 'Kenilworth Boy Scouts Expen .ses on this trip wilI be paid. iii large tangled bales. This rope is PasAdanement Test [kVý the Alaska railroad and its asso:- sorted and-tied jinto proper -lengths Is essciates. the 'Northern Pacific railway and then sent to the> various troops Troop 13 of Kenilworth reports and Alaska Steamship companyv. readv. for tying the bundles of paper. that its troop commnittee, with John The objeèct of the contt is wtiu-. H-. Lawson heading the board of re- j 1 late the interest,'of the -ýctut,'ili jected out of the purplish pink ocean viewv, recently passed the following I ndiain lore ini the earlvhitr of th~e of miist, which had such a definite scouts in their advancement : second: i1dian,ý, esýpecîallý- as relate.. to the surface that it iooked like a sea:<f cas oetV ahsn ai tribes of Alaska and the traditio water, except for thé colon. Tie' Skilliin. and Donald Stillman; first as eml>odied in the symnbol of tlheiir Vogesen, Which %vere a dark Mlue class, Arend Knoop; star, John lanid-t he Alaskan totemn pole.. with histrous edges, contrasted finély es;metbdes.AturCr- _________ withthedistinct color of the niist. son pottery'; Paul Cornell, wo d- wihteworking and potterv; Richard Holmes T op1 o Pee Galiops Dowu.. . Down potterv and %vooàworking; Gilbert Top1 o pee "At 4:45 o'clock I lef t 'the summnit NclIntOst. basketry:Hugli Petensen. 13 R -eisrto and ran down an, unused path whicblahcatadW-odokng vFRe-reg.tration-'for 1932 of T roý ip led directlv to the Bromiberkopf. It Smith,]lue. saving and sî%vimmi ng: I3,osl.SerscoloKnioth. was. full of rocks andl fallen trees. John Sprenger. leathercraft. lbas been completed, %vith ýRobent ri . but these off ered little resistance., Townlev.'. scoQutmaster; Louis. D. iAfter. a lot ol slipping and sliding 11 caedw oterod eo.i xcuieBadGet Jones. chairman of the trooî coui- camedoin',o te radhel Xmâttee. anid D. Scott Campbell and< wased iv ans a a itle 'rok- New Leaders' oi Scouts J. O. Pete.rson, nmemblens,,of., the, cuill- and ran off down the road. Kiloirn- eter post after kilomieter post wvent . e, ltIC cotladrhaer- te. b1 1 vlg ea *cig~ frIsterecl w ith the Nortli Shore Area The iollowing boys are registerecl <lonlillrunin j had n Uc ir.s-C(.iiilduriiig the last week. The tor .the new y-ear: X.W . Aniden- dces thouigh it takes- little mind. Once exeu tîv >r vlcmstee îwsn usl aeCare~Bms as 1 -%vas galloping along 1 heard a , lultCe hFder,ý and \vmshes. thein the A-rthur Bonnet, Arthur Carlsoi. rustlei the ý,v(oods above and saw , b (1t'of uccc, iiM theiriiew 1ositioîis Fnanik Carpenter, Paul Cori "iell, Ar- three deur leapîng np the hiil. .<tjl 11, :suervce;to (vhod through scout- thur Cruttenden, George. Dickersoii. farther 1 saw vfour rmore.- One woinaivI'1111 Lester V.N -soassistant Vérnon E- aiulst ický Jatiies Fitgerial(, BUY VOUR OFFICIAL BOY SCOUT UNIFORM AND SUP- PLIES FROM THE OF-FICIAL BOY SCOUT OUTFITTERS CUBS. AT Dry Qoodus$tore 1148t Wllmetto Ave. .WoRr FNpsSCOUTS. WORTEN'Senk's !Store 1182 Wilhette Ave. ipas iiiiuc)rs etsliip cominit.ee, R. wand A. Kunz, George S. Fox andý 'A. S. Johnson. The Sea Scouts are Edward Arden. Foster Bennett, Lee Blaylockc, Lester Bratton, Roger Delandel, Sheldon Fox, Otis Gooch, ýJr.. Walter Haas. Richard Johnsýon, Robert Johnson. Xilbert Kunz,,. and Fred, Larson. WRITES SÇOUT MARCH Edwvin Franko Goldinan bias pub--, lisbed bis famous "Boy Scout Marcb" under the Carl Fischer banner and also aniother niarcli, "On tlie Alert." both of' whiéh satisfy a very im- portant need. and, measune Up musi- c.ally t o the .high standard he has set.

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