Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 30 Apr 1936, p. 28

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On Display FUR ST*RAGE Doni't take any chanes with y'our furs. fur wouk during APMi & Mar, F. WOLITR, lue. V Hamsi M54 S &tMB-i, Ropublis Bldg. Phno:Winutka W-lo..«87-1377 ,M:AR SHfA LIL F ELID &COMPANY THE EVANSTON STORE tacular thafi in many otner.i ne five teamsu competing were the re- mainders from approximately 11200 which' started, the tournament. about a Month ago. SCQUTMASTERS TO SCHOOL Scoutmasters and assistant scout- masters of the North. Short Area coun cil who have fnot, yet had thé elements. of scou tmastership training course will meet at the Cabin-in-the- Woods on: Saturday and Sunday of' this week-end tocover. the material outlined in the course. Thé, course will -be operated i the same manner as a troop of gcouts and wlhae, a its scoutmaster, J. B. Jackson, commissiofler of the North Shorte Area council. Patrol leaders and other troop o1fi. cers wiIl pèrform, their normal fune- tiens as' they *ould as scouts. Thle course will start at 3:30 o'clock Sat- * urday afternoon and. continue through until 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon.ý IQUESTION BOX (Each uwek a number of questions about Camp Ma-Ka-JO-Wait will be answered in this column.. Quiestloi-hit is Cpmp Me-Ka. Answr-Camp Ma-Ka-ja-Wan i8 the, scout camp owned and operated' by the North Shore Area council for the scouts in the North Shore terri- tory. Q-Whem .si k h..t.d? A-Camp Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan is le- cated 23 miles northeast of Antigo, Wis., in Langlade county. The camp is on and surrounds Spring lake.. Q-Ar. tIiee amy boat& at Camp? A-Yes, about eight row boats and 10 canoes. This year there wilI 6e ATLAST.. Everything.comes ta hitu who waits. Sea..scouts were treated to,,a first rate demoftstraiioni'of the truth of th is homely adage.ý In-addition to lea.rning the rudimentsof. seaman- ship they aire also picking up the rud- iments.0f philosophy; the virtue of patience. Frly work ini the - ;aw March, winds resulted ini the . sea scout. cruiser being 'ready for the water * fully two weeks before it was finally Iaunched. - First an unseasonable snow fali thien theEaster week end. prevented the boYs f rom bringing their prid.e and joy up. to 'Wilmette harbor. The.y were rewarded, however, whern Sunday, April 26, rolled around cold but clear. The privilege 1 f going on the first trip of the. season was limited ta the ten boys with the.best att.tidance records. Tihey assembied at the ship yard at nine ini the morn- ing but last minute odd. jobs pre- vented casting off until about eleven. "Cast off,"' commanded Skipper Huggins, and the great trip was on. In order to get to Wilmette harbor f rom the storage yard it was first necessary to go down the river to downtown Chicago and frotu there proceed up the lake to Wilmette. The trip down the river is unusually in- teresting in that it affords a view of Chicago seldoni seen by the average citizen. Ship yards with their tear- stained tenants; occupants of house boats peening out ta see the cause of the disturbance; aid ship hulks haif submerged in the river muck; tanneries; tugs; industrial plants; bridges openig for the cruiser. Fach boy, took a trick, at the wheel on the river. Shortly aiter noon the party,-ar- rived at Navv Pier and moored there while lunch was being caten. Mr. Born, one of Skipper Huggins' mates and holder, of a radio operator's li- cense. was acoluainted with the radio For .4ppointments Telephone Greeneaf 6600 I Rogers Park 8500-Wilmette 4800-J7innetka 3600 th b uiC ,ldings at camp s0 that they wîiI I goin ail be newly stainedwhe4î the camp-] the arrive on June 26. Jim Mooney is kg up i about a week to supervise

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