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WILMETTB ..LJPE r · · * po BOY. SCOUT NEWS I of the North Shore Troops I A r~ular feature page prepared each week by memMtl of the Boy Scout Pres· club, North Shore Area Council North Shore Scouts Win Many Awards at Their Summer Camps Scouts go to camp for many reasons. They have great fun and adventure. Thev · make new friends. They get a bigger vision of what Scouting is. They are better prepared for life. That local Scouts learned many new things is shown by the following lists of t~ s ts passed by our Scouts in camp this summer: Troop 2-Charle3 Leonard, swim SO yeads, fire building, the compass; Bill Youngquist. swim 50 yards, first aid, judging; Richard Strauss, fiirst aid; Edward Schmidt, swim 50 yards, signal me s.~ages by judging: Allen Rossman, first aid, nature; Steve Brooks, judging. TToop 4-Edward Mooney, 14- mile hike, first aid, map -making. Troop 5-J ames Schroeder, swim 50 vards, fir st aid. judging-: Dan Denhoun. swim 50 yards. judging; Robert Hewitt, sw im 50 vards; Robert Kirtland, swim SO ya;ds; Henry Vanderhoff, swim 50 yards; Frederic Robinson, swim 50 yards. Troop 9-Douglas Scott, the comoass ; James Hoffman, swim 50 yards ; Henry Miller, swim 50 yards: Clarence Steffens, swim 50 yards. Troop 2-Philip Brooks. bird stttdy; Gordon Cutler, athletics. Troop 5-Henry Vanderhoff, first aid; Edward Bristol. personal health; Henry Foster, athletics. Troop 9-Frank J. Kreusch. Sr., camping, pioneering; Adam Bauer, fint aid; James Hoffman, first aid to animals. Troop 18-Morris · Swabacker, first aid, judging; Ray Davis, 14-mile hike, map-making. Troop 20-Ralph Sinsheimer. 14-mile hike, first aid; map-making, judging. Troop 18-Ray Davis, athletics, bird study, camping; Tom Larsen, athletics, camping; Philip Swabacker, conservation, physical development, camping, bird study. Troop 20-Ralph E. Sinsheimer, personal health. Troop 22-Carl Miner, 14-mile hige, first aid, map-making, judging, nature. Troop 21-David Hicks, camping; Sam Smale, first aid. Troop 23-Jack Winter, reptile study. And Here My Friends: The Two .Macs Carl F. Mc~fanus Assumes Post on Executive Staff The North Shore Area council, Boy Scouts of America announces the appointment of Carl F. ~cManus of Detroit, Mich. as the asststant Scout Executive, succeeding W. Te.d Grant, .who resigned. Mr. McManus ts a graduate of Alma colle&e and of. ~he Scout Executi\·es Nattonal Trammg, .school and has a recor:d <;>f ten years Scouting experience. He is a Gold Palm Eagle Scout and the recipient of the }1)?8 Harmon Foundation Scholarship A~·ard for the state of 'Michigan. It . appears tha~ North Sh?c~e Sc,?u~ ing ts concentratmg on ~he M~cs , m view of l\fr. Mc~fanus appomtment as assistant to Execytive \Valter McPeek. The new assistant Scout head began hi s dutie s on the north shore .\ugust ?.7. Churches, Schools Lead in Fo~ming Scout Units Walter McPeek Carl McManus ,. With the launchin~ of autumn activities m north shore Boy Scout circles in September comes the announcement that Carl McManus has been secured as assistant Scout executive to work with Scout Executive ~'alter McPeek in directing the administrative affairs of the North Shore Are~ coUt~cil. Mr. McManus brings to his work on the north shore a broad expenence 111 Scouting activity and is regarded as a particularly fortunate selection as assistant. The I3oy Scout program is becoming more and more popular each day as a plan for a local curch or school to use. In a survey made some month s ago it was found that 3,222 Scout tro~ps are operating as a part of the program of the Methodist church. There are 1843 Scout Troops in the Presbyterian church; 1459 in the Baptist church; 807 in the Congregational church · 503 in the Lutheran church : 197 in 'the Evangelical church, 948 in the Protestant Episcopal church. At the time of the survey 988 troops were being carried · on by the Roman Catholic church: 259 by Jewish Synagogues, and 158 by Knights of Columbus organizations. American Legion Posts sponsor 741 troops; Elks clubs 120 troops: other fraternal organizations 445 troops. A total of 1970 Scout tro<;>ps are operated as a part of work in public schools, and 131 in private schools. Rotary clubs have been responsible for 307 troops, and Kiwanis 181. The above figures were compiled several months ago and many morf troops have since been formed. Scout Calendar Looks Forward to Busy Autumn Hiking Season TEST OF TRUE SCOUT Not what he has been in the past; not what he has memorized in days gone by; nor what he has practiced at some previous time, but rather what his is now, what he is learning now, what he is doing now, and the leadership over others that he is demonstrating now-those are the things that count. Those are the tests of a true Annual Fall meeting of Wilmette-Kenilworth committeemen. Monday, Scout. October 1, 6:30 P. M. Wilmette Walter M~Peak Congregational church. When interviewed by the mysterious Scout reporter at Murmuring Waters, Mobllization of all Wilmette and Ken- Sayner, Wis., Claude Hamilton, Eagle ilworth Scouts in uniform, Friday, Scout of Troop 13 of Kenilworth, told September 21, 3 :45 P. M. St. Augus- the reporfer t~a.t he particularly entine's Club· House, Wilmette avenue, joyed the chance to pass Merit Badge at camp this summer. He suggests \Vilmette. ~ __ that at our own camp next summer there will be a lot of Handicraft work. All Wilmette - Kenilworth Junior Claude says that he is looking forward Scout leaders to hold conference I particularly to T_ roop 13 going on some and to be hosts to adult leaders good hikes during the fall months. Friday, September 21, 4to '8 P.M., Claude is the assistant patrol leader St. Augustine's Club House. of -the Stag Patrol and a Freshman at New Trier High school. He was one Scout Leaders Round Table, Monday, of t.he norshore Scouts elected to September 24, 6:30 P. M. Cabin-in- membership in the Order of the Arrow the-Woods. this summer. He told the mysterious reporter that his hobbies are fishing and hik'inQ', and his favorite magazines Camp Re-Union- Fri~ay, September are The -American Boy and Popular 28, 6 P. M. New Tner Lunch r<;:>om. Mechanics, and that some day he , hopes to be an engineer. Area-Wide Court of Award, Friday, September 28, 8 P. M. New Trier VALUE OF TIME High school auditorium. "Dost thou value time? Then guard well the time. for time is the stuff Area-Wide .Junior. . Leaders' Confer- life's made of." -Benjamin Franklin ence, F . n'day, Oc to ber 5, 4 to 8 p . M ., Glencoe Union church. . Add Funny Names to List of New Camp Suggestions There is a prize to be given to the lucky boy who names our beautiful new camp · in northern Wisconsin. A~ong some of the funny names suggested have been: Camp Fallen Arches, Camp Sing-Sing, Camp Blackfeet, Camp Muddy Neck. Such names as Camp No-Shoo-BoSco, Camo Tamarack, Camp Whipperwill, Camp White Eagle, Camp Long Pines, Camp Fall Tree and Camp Clear Water, are to be considered-David' Canman, Troop 35, Ravinia. THE INQUIRING REPORTER \Vhat magazines do you enjoy most? Robert Johnson, Troop 55, Glenview: Boys' Life and Popular Mechanics. Ray Bartleman, Troop 22, Glencoe: Saturday Evening Post and Boys' Life. Philip Brooks, Troop 2, Wilmette: American Boy, Popular Mechanics, American Magazine. Cameron Brown, Troop 22, Glencoe: Boys' Life, Youth's Companion, American Boy. Lawrence Buckmaster, Troop 4, Wilmette: Boys' Life. RECALLS SUMMER CAMP Eagle Scout Robert King attended Scout Semce Stations ·Scout camp during the later part of Effective September 24 June and enjoyed it so much that last \Vinnetka-Kenilworth - Fridays, 3:15 Monday he left for another two weeks' to 4 P. M.-New Trier High school. session. "I particularly enjoyed the (Press club material will be turned treasure hunt at Camp Checau~au in at this time.) when I was there first period. I liked the bugle calls and the whole lay-out of Camp. t hope that we will have Wilmette-Fridays- 4:15 to 5- TayCabins at our own Camp next year lor's store - Central avenue, Wilinstead of Tents". -Robert C. King, mette, available for consultation with Troop 2. Scouts and parents,. Report Progress in Fund Campaip for New Camp At a recent meeting of the executive board, various members reported progress in the establishment of a camp fund with which to pay for and ~quip the newly secured Scout tamp Spring Lake in the Wisconsin horth woods. It is planned to raise $7,000. to pay for the camp site and a similar amount with which to pur~ chase equipment. Henry Fowler, chairman of the finance and budget com-: ~.ittee, is the chairm~n of the fund. at