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46 WILMETTE LIFE December 6, 1929 BOY SCOUT NEWS of the NORTH SHORE TROOPS A regular feature page prepared each week by members of the Boy Scout Press club, North Shore Area Council Here's Record of Latest Additions to Scouting Ranks About Patrol Stunts Lawrence W. Hayes, Scoutmaster of "Can I wisely lead my Patrol in its Troop 24, Hubbard Woods, has recently' part of the troop enterprises · and have registered to succeed Robert Doepel brains enough to think of new things who is now deputy commissioner. Mr. for the Patrol to do?" (Scout HandHayes was assi stant Scoutmaster last book). spring. This troop has just registered What is a Patrol Stunt? ten new Scouts, bringing the total Patrol stunts are informal dramatics troop registration to twenty-three. of any type produced usually in a very Many new Scouts have also registered great hurry, and put on with a great in the past week and the council wishes 1 amount of exaggeration in order to to also welcome them to the brother- cause campfire or troop entertainment. hood of Scouting. They arc as fol- There are many types of patrol stunts, lows: some of which are song specialties. Troop 22, Glencoe-William H. Rub- mock trials, imitations of members of lofT, Roger Clarke; Troop 24, Hubbard the ca~p staff, musical selections and Woods- James Boheim, Frank Betzler, both dialogues and monologu.es. All Richard Crume, James Drew, Sandy of those t:rpes of stunts are bcmg used Domineck, Frank Kloepfer, Arthur by the active Patrol Leader: Has your Kloepfer, Willard Page, Henry Todd, Patrol ~]ways been ready w1th a stunt? Martin Weisner; Troop 34, Highland Try thts one: Park-James Cuffey, Jack Harris; A Ghost Minstrel-Use no lights. froop 45, Lake Forest-Charles ReQua; Have the circle dark and all th e charTroop 52, Deerfield-Earl D. Knaak, acters wear white sheets. First have Charles Osborn. a few dances, then a number of pantomimes and finally wind up by singH T ing some camp song, leaving off a word ommuntty ouae roop each time it is repeated. One ghost Holds Various Contests disappearing with each word that is left off. It is up to you to put this stunt Troop 19 of Winnetka Community over. If done with snap and pep it House is giving several prizes in a will go over big. couple of interesting contests this year. A First Aid kit contest concluded December 5 when three awards were made for the first, second, and third best First Aid kits. The kits were made by the Scout and were made out of anything he chose. The prizes were The Scoutmasters of the North Shore a scout ax, a scout k,nife and a water- Area will gather at district meetings proof match box. Sunday, December 8, to meet Wi11iam Three other prizes are to be selected Tompkins, internationally known Indian for the individual winners of an Sign Language expert. There will be O'Grady Drill contest which will be run one-hour meetings in three places in the in a series of meets at every meet- area so as to make it possible for ing during the year. The high point every Scout leader to attend. These Scouts at the end of the year win the meetings will count 011 the Scoutawards. masters training course to hegin after Troop 19 is getting well organized the first of the year. The meetings under its new Scoutmaster Mr. Stix- will be held at the following places rud and with the cooperation of the on Sunday: Junior officers has planned some very Winnetka, 2 :30 P. M., at Vi1lage hall. interesting programs. One fine exHighland Park. 4 P. M., at council ample of the way the Scouts are work- headquarters. ing is Scout Bobby Campbell who, in Libertyville, 8 P. M., at Chamber of six weeks' time, has completed atl but Commerce. two of his second class tests. These meetings will be very much worth while, especially to those leaders who have trouble in teaching signaling Troop 20 Scouts Compete to their Scouts. e · Urge Scoutmasters to Meet Tompkins, Sign Language Man Glencoe Troop Prepares Here are some hints for . a Knottying contest: Pit your various patrols against one another. This knot-tying contest is a splendid way to work up patrol spirit. Take the nine kl)ots required for Tenderfoot and give each patrol thirty minutes to practice up, appointing certain boys in a patrol to compete in the tying of certain knots. Seat all Scouts in semi-circles, placing a rope in front of each Scout. \Vhen everyone is ready, the judge calls out the name of the knot and the boy who has been designat ed to tie that particular knot for his patrol jumps out, grabs the rope, ties th e knot and as soon as he fini shes calls out the name of his Patrol. If the knots are correct the judge places them, first, second, third, fourth, etc. Boy finishing last scores one point for his patrol, boy finishing sec01~d from last scores two points, boy finishing. third from last scores three points, etc. Keep the score constantly added up and announce it after each knot, as this adds to the excitement and the contest. The patrol having the high es t total score at the end of the contest wins, although the knots can be run through two or three times if desired. It is interesting to note that a patrol with three or four boys can compete against a patrol of eight boys without losing interest-Scouting. Offer Some New Hints Issue Final Call for Knot-Tying Tests for Conference of Our Junior Officers The North Shore Area Junior Officers conference, which was scheduled to be an all-day session, wilt be only an afternoon gathering at the Young Men's club in Lake Forest this Saturday afternoon (December 7) from 2 until 5 o'clock. There wilt be no fees for the conference, and every Junior officer will sure miss a great opportunity if he isn't th. ere. You have probably read about William Tompkins, the international sign language expert, who will be there. On this occasion, and this occasion only, you will be privileged with a special conference price for the · Pa trot Leaders' Handbook. A large number of articles, pamphlets and Scouting aids wilt be given free to those present. Every Scout coming must register at Scout headquarters. Come on! Let's register J. O.'s, and make this the Q.iggest conference the council has ever had! Record Fine Attendance at Troop 2 Gatherings The Scouts of Troop 2, Wilmette, turned out in full force last Tuesday night at our Scout meeting. The Panther patrol had a full patrol and one visitor. The Silver Fox . patrol had all but one present. The Eagle patrol was perfect, and the Beavers had two out of five. Mr. Cook, our Scoutmaster, held inspection and we then started playing a game when two Scouts tried to go several blocks carrying a message without being caught by the rest of the troop. They succeeded in accomplishing this and so won the game. After we returned from the game the meeting was adjourned. Prospective Scouts are invited to come to our meetiiLgs at the Congregational church and join in our fun and games.-Robert Fletcher, Re porter, Troop 2, vVilmette. ~roop 21, Glenc.oe, ~f the Glencoe Umon church,. whtch ~~ to be~of!le a Sea ~co~t Shtp, . had tts prehmmary o~gantzatton meetmg We~nesday evenn~g. Mr. Mu~re11, who ts. to be our sktpper, met wtth us and dtscussed our problems and plans. We s~lected a temporary yeoman and wtH select permanent officers next. Wednesday. \Ve are all set for. a btg start n~xt Wednesday by passmg our apprentice tests. We wtll ~elcome .a~y boys 15 years old who wtsh to JOm the Sea Scouts.-Jack deBeers, Temporary yeoman. . to Bec;ome Sea Scout Unit Announce Radio Program That Will Interest Scouts The December issue of Boys' Life announces some interesting radio pro: grams over a coast-to-coast network ol the Gilbert hour through the National Broadcasting company. On December 9 Grantland Rice, the noted sportsman, will be on the program, and on December 15 there is to be a big "Surprise Night." The program witt be of great interest to att boys, particularly Scouts. It will be broadcast locally over WCFL or WTMJ in Milwaukee at 4:30 o'clock. for Beautiful Cup Award One of the best ways of getting fun out of Scouting and keeping the "out" in Scouting is by patrol hikes. There are many different types of . patrol hikes. Take, for instance, the test-passing hike. Now this type can be subdivided into many other types, such as cooking !lnd fire building, signaling, tracking or nature hikes. Then, too, there are other kinds not particularly meant foi. definite test passing. There are good turn_ s to do enroute. There are also Father-and-Son hikes. Son'e of the best hikes for a small number, such as a patrol, are starvation hikes, or hikes in which the patrol lives off the country, but this is meant only for the more experienced Scouts as they know more what to eat. In Second Class : "Curiosity one killed truth there are m_ore people killed eata cat." ing the wrong kind of mushrooms than Tenderfoot: "'What was it the cat by hunting. wanted to know?" ·Other hikes may be camera hikes, Mr. Martin, our Scoutmaster, showed us the silver cup which he is awarding to some Scout of our troop. At the end of each six weeks, Mr. Martin will select the Scout who is neatest and best lives up to the Scout's standard. This Scout's name will be engraved on the cup. After a Scout has his name engraved on the cup three times he has won the trophy. Only first class Scouts are eligible for this con_test. The Scout who wins the cup will always be proud of what he has won as it is a large beautiful 1cup about eighteen inches tall. Each First Class Scout expects to put up a big fight to win the cup. All the Scouts of Troop 20 are thankfuJ to Mr. Martin for going to the troubJe and expense to get us this award.-Martin Bridges, Troop 20. Gives Valuable Advice for Those Patrol Hikes PRACTICE FIRE BY FRICTION Friday, November 22, Troop 23, Glencoe, held a meeting. Just after we finished with inspection and drilling ~Ir. McManus, assistant Scout executive, came in and Col. Waefelaer showed him the troop scrap book and. then "Mac" told us how to make a good fire-building set. He took one of the troop fire-building sets and demonstrated with it. It was not hard for him to. get a flame but when the other boys tried it they found it harder than it looked. He told the boys what they did wrong and I am sure the troop was gla~ he came.-Bob Johnson, Troop Scrtbe. WANT BUGLERS Thirty Winnetka Scouts are needed to bugle for the Drum and Bugle corp. Scouts who already know or would like to learn bugling will receive instructions from Mr. Mimnema, an excellent bugler of the navy, if they report with bugles at the Community House every Saturday evening at 7 o'clock in the American Legion room.-Martin Bridges. game hikesJ exploration hikes and storm hikes. The last named, however is another one needing experience. ' There are at least three things which much be absolutely taken care of or the hike is very likely to be a 'flop." These three are, program eats and transportation. One thing' that must SCOUT SNICKERS bt> absolutely seen to is the consent "Bill's going to sue the companv for of the parent for the boy to go on damages." the hike. This must in no wise be "Why? Wot did they do to 'im?" overlooked. Welt_, I'll leave the rest to "They blew the quittin' whistle when you to think out and ponder over. So 'e was carryin' a 'eavy piece of iron, long.-Apatro Le Derr-The Scout. and 'e dropped it on 'is foot."