Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-12-14
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The members of the First Mime.
sofa Troop of Scouts had their pic
lures taken last Saturday afternoon,
after which meeting was held in
the Scenic theater. The term of
the troop officers having expired
Scoutmaster Dale appointed Will
liam Gratz adjutant and Erling Om-
lie and Ralph Forsberg captains for
the next month. Roy Christian
was unanimously elected caretaker
of the troop emblems.
The feature of the meeting was
a discussion as to what the scouts
could do for the poor children Of
Willmar or some other city for
Christmas. Every scout was anx-
ious to do something Of course, but
there was quite difference of
opinion as to what and how it
should be done. Finally commit
tee Of three was appointed to con-
fer with the Red Cross society Of
this city. Maurice Qvale, Norman
De La Hunt and Russell Curran
were chosen, and they appeared be-
fore the society yesterday after
noon, each one reading paper re-
garding the matter mentioned and
asking that the ladies give them
some helpful suggestions. After a
brief discussion the members Of the
society extended vote of thanks
to the boy scouts for their offer of
assistance and the chairman ap-
pointed committee which will as
sist the boys in selecting suitable
presents, and also in selecting the
names of those who are to be re-
nembered. Each scout will hustle
us much as he can from now on un-
til Xmas. and he will place as much
in this fund as he is able to. The
boys expect to earn the money by
doing odd jobs, and also by collect
mig and selling old magazines.
When the big day comes the scouts
selected will have the pleasure of
acting the part Of Santa Claus to-
someone who otherwise would not
have a very enjoyable Christmas.
1t goes without saying that every
scout will work hard from now on
to make the fund as large as pos
sible. Kindness to others is one
of the fundamental scout rules, and
the boys are pleased at the prospects
of having the privilege of making
some little girl or some little boy
happy on Christmas day.
The program and banquet which
the scouts are planning to give dur
ing the Easter vacation was also
discussed. A committee to appoint
working committees for the affair
was selected, consisting of William
Pinney, Francis Sather and Eugene
Ohsberg. Those appointed by them
are:
Program committee, William
Pinney. chairman; Alexander Sand
and Urban Johnson.
Publicity, Harold Sand, chair
man; Thorvald Soldahl, and Lars
Peterson.
Arrangement committee, Francis
Sather, chairman; George Madison,
James Lawrence, Harold Larson,
Donald Minton, Reuben Ekander,
Lloyd Osmundson. Randall Stock
we'll.
Serving committee, Harold Sew
crimson, Casey Larson, Harold Bon
de-, Russell Frost, Richard Taylor,
John Weiss and Theodore johnson.
These committees will be proper
ly organized at the next regular
meeting and will commence work
right after the holidays.
Another interesting fact connect
ed with the doings of the past
week was the announcement that a
Willmar scout had won the first
prize last week in the story contest
conducted by the St. Paul Pioneer
Press-Dispatch. The lucky scout
was Harold D. Styles, member of
the Tiger patrol. The prize in part
of scout uniform, and naturally
Scout Styles was pleased, as were
all his brother scouts to think a
member Of the First Minnesota
landed the honor. Randall Stock
wells paper was also published, as
were the speeches of Adjutant
Chase and Captain De La Hunt
which were delivered before the
Commercial Club.
Royal Ne1ghb0rs Elect.