Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 21 Dec 1933, p. 20

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k> Toast Plates..w ith differentllusgtrations and. toats... a set of six.0$3 Cocktaiplates the dozen ...$ Cigarette Caose of alligator .,.$5 Men's Traveling Case .unf'tted. .of pigskin with water- proof lining . - . $6 club as the .date ofthte big pancake supper in. Highland Park and the first meeting'of the club itself.. Eighty boys were eagerly waiting when the doors of the American Le- gion hall swung open and ad rnitt.ed theni to a> large room decorated in lumberjack fashion. The.0 1m ight in, the room was fùrnished by oit! lanterns set on long tables which ran :the entire length of 'the hall. Around the walls were balsam trees, and at the front of the room' a cur- Curtains Swing Apart \%'leu ail the scouts were s eated at. the, tables Horace S. Willianîson, assistant e:xecut ,ive, ýcalled the meeting- to ordér and anniouniced> that some characters frorn the' Paul Bunyan legend %vere present. to help cook the panicakes and serve the' scouts. .1Th curtains at the ýfront of the rooni swutig apart. disclosing a smoking pancake griddle. with two '.white. aproned èooks busilv -flipping pani- cakes,. The cooks ivere introduced as Hot Bi1scuit Slimi, Paul Bunyan's lIîad Cook, and his first assistant. Xext, Lighit Horse Charley, Paul Bunyvan 's head flunkie, appeared. leading a strange looking animal which lie ini- troduced as his horse. He then caîl- ed for lis assistant flunkies who dashied into 'view on roller skates, bearing plates of steaming pancakes. Much noise and excitement followed uîîitil several hundred large paticakes liad been consumred. Tie. record nuinber of. pancakes eaten by onîe scout dtiring the . evening. was seven- tee n. Nam~e Wilder Head of Club After the meal, a nominating com- mittee made its report- and an elec-* tion of officers for the . Paul Bunya'n club followed. Heniry Wilder, of. T roop 35, Ravinia, was elected head of the club, with the* officiaI title of "The Big Feller." Erwin Ho1més of, Troop 71, Libertyville, *was chosen 'Foremian," ànd Jim Lytie, of Troop 33, Highland Park, was elected "Time- registration ot troops, packs and shiips to 12 o'clock Saturday noon. December 30. Units registering be- fore tlhat time and meeting other qualifications will receive thte Presi- dent Roosevelt or-Presidlent, Fowler awards. llie following troops, packs and ships were registered by Saturdav, Deceber 5:ý Wilnette-Troops 1, 2, 5, 10, il; Winnetka-Troop 19; Glencoe Trop 22; Highland Park-, Troops 33, 35; Highwood-:-Troops 36, 37; Ship 39; Lake Forest-Troop 46,; Deerfield-Troop- 52; LibertvvlIe- Trops 72, 77; Deerfield-'Pack 80. Registrations are coming in înuch l)etter this year than* last Deceinher,, it. is .announced, and the percentage of boys re-registering for next year J s at' least 20 percent h igher than-last Court of Honor Held for Wilmette'District Bovs and 'parents gathered at the Stolp sch.ol recently for the regular Wilmiette district court of honor, at which XVilnxlette scouts received awards earnied1 during the past month. The court of honor consisted of L. -C. Torreye hairmait of the court, Henry Foivler, president Of the counicil, IDr. 1). W.' Rapp, chairman of the district Frank E. Wlsilsonember of the court of honor, and Paul Hat"nenl, as- sistant district conmi ss ioner. The nlext court of honor wiIl be hield W~ed- nesday evenling, january 17. Announce New Holiday Il. Tour for Boys, Girls * Leaving Chicago at 2 o'clock W\ed- nesday afternooln, Decenîber 27, and returning at 2,20 o'clock. Satur(14v afternooln, Decembeir 30,. anothier Washingtonî, D. C., holidav trip is pla.ne fo by.s and.girls froin sub)- urban toWnls undeèr the direction of representati"ves approved by the Boy.. scout R egional office, it is annouinced. Scouts interested are asked to coni- municate with .headquarters. tee, for the service which they and Ka-Ja-Wan," and the meeting was their associates rendered. .1 closed by the sbinging of ",Taps" and Mr. Speer then introduced Henry repeating the scoutmaster's benedic- Fowler of Wilmette, presideunt of the t ion. Mr. and Mrs. John W. PovWes, 307 Mrs. Ralpb Starr, 320 Raleigh road, Cumberland avne Kenilworth, will was 'hostess to her bridge club on * hod opn h use o Christmas eve. Tuesday, DecÇember19 . . . lý

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