The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-02

lscout master wishing further infof>
nation should either cali at or Get
4 In tourff With si5cAr shesfuuarters.
Ladies' Might.
/ Invitations have been sent oat under
! the signature OF ]. Binford Waiford,
7 president of the Scout Masters Club,
to all the members, inviting them to
attend the, next meeting OF the Scout
/ Masters Club. which will be q social
( meeting. There Is one restriction,
however rather ore condition. on
which the members win be admitted
+ 20 this meeting. and that Is that every
member must bring at least one lady
with him.. President, Waiford,. al
though a. bachelor himself, does not
expect to remain so all his Iife, and
lit ia Ibis intention to do all in his
power for his bachelor scout master
friends.
The invitation of Mr.. f. F. .Affeidt,
scout master OF Troop No. 81, at Brook
Hiu, has heen accepted ard the meet
. ing. will he held lat the Brook Hill
En- manuel Parish. House. the mem
beers leaving the city not later than
=. NJ. over the. Ashland car line,
from the station at Broad and Laurel.
l Mr.. f. +. Affeldt and Mr.. Sledd
f. have been appointed TO act as COM
mittee TO arrange detaily and see TO
the refreshments. Mr.. Heinrich and
MIR Jones. the reception committee.
and President Walford and Mr.. Pyle,
program and entertainment COM
mittoe.
Patrol Leaders Gathering.
a large number of patrol leaders
OF the various scout troops In Rich
mond have expressed desire to
sszy - IL Ara
matters To takr care Of this desire
the scout executive has set Friday
2 afternoon, 4 p. NJ. January IA, as a
time for the first gathering at his
office In Park Building. Invitations
have been extended only to patrol
leaders, it may later be extended 70
j the assistant patrol leaders as well.
! Plans for permanent meetings Will
be discussed at the first gathering and
every ore given an opportunity to
make n suggestion as to what would
be the best way to accomplish the
most Mt the patrol leader gathering.
u is thought that half of the meeting
hour will be turned over for a dis
cussion on patrol problems, while the
other half of hour viii be devoted
10 a practical demonstration of some
requirement III scouting. At the first
meeting one of Richmond's expert
fire makers will demonstrate the old
Indian form of rubbing sticks for fire
and explain the best kind OF wood to
use. how to make the bow, where TO
secure the necessary famable mater
ial, how to cut the notch In the
tirst board. the first pan. etc.
Scouts In Camp.
The great log cabin recently COM
pleted On the scout camp site near
Chesterfield Courthouse, has been the
scene OF many scout activities during
the holiday season. Scout Fairfax C.
Jones with fifteen scouts from TrooI
"a, left Richmond last Sunday after
noon and occupied the cabin unit
Wednesday morning. Scout Master
i Jones and his boys report on their
! return the best time they had ever
] experienced. ON Monday night Santa
Claus visited the cabin and erected
beautiful Christmas tree: on this
4 tree was a present for every one. AT
ter the celebration at the tree was
over there was an Interchange OF
presents, every one In camp presenting
1 his fellow scout with present, which
meant that between two and three
/ The unique feature about the whole
affair was that not one of these pres
ents cost over q penny.
Scout Master George r. Guvernator
! with a group of his boys from Troop
/ 6, toek possession of the cabin inn
mediateiy after Troop vacated on
Wednesday, and at the time of writ
( ing was still at camp. FROM the fact
that Scout Master Guvernasor is one
( of Richmond's leading caterers the
inference is drawn that this group did
not suffer for want of good things
to eat.