Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-23

generous refrcs hmentS FRIDAY even
ing the troop had a special meeting at
Mr.. Robbs Office
Troop %.
"A well attended meeting OF this
troop took place at the home of Patrol
Leader Sam Rosenberg. eighteen menu
pers being present Patrol Leader Da
Vld F'elstein presided. The troop was
addressed by Field Executive Taylor.
This troop is rapidly regaining its lost
GROUND and very bright future is
assured.
The following tenderfoot candidates
were admitted: B. Laid, r. Newman,
Iharies Clark, Sprigg Duvall, George
DuvaH, W.. DIETRICH and Harry Burch.
Two patrols were forIned-the Ia
and the Wolf In the Eagle patrol are
David Felstein. patrol leader. and p.
are R. Newman. patrol leader. and Julius
Neviaser. assistant. Various troop
topics were discussed The troop has
promised that its membership will be
up to full troop strength by the end of
March; They are going along SPLEEN
Troop 80.
MI Livingstone gave n very inter
esting talk on the advantages of being
a scout. He said that wherever a
scout should go all over the world he
would find a true friend in another
scout. He forcibly brought out that
the boys Of today are the men of to-
morrow, and in order to make a real
man of ones self The best training is to
be true scout Mr.. Bailey, the scout
master. gave a very valuable talk on
the cactus plant of the prairie. He
told how water could be obtained by
proper treatment of the pric!1ly plant.
BY using this method no one need die
his talk he passed around candy made
from the pulp of this plant
Troop Al.
"A we'll attended meeting of this
troop took place last Friday evening
at its new meeting place. The scout
master told the scouts that he should
expect every tenderfoot to become sec
ond class within a period of two
months and every second class to be-
come first class by the first day of
April.
Ten of the boys went out last Tues
day evening to kenilv orth and enjoyed
some flne skating on the Ills pond.
Much fun was INDUCED in. especially
when Two Of the members broke
through Hne ice ana got a weltlnS. but
no harm was done, as the water is only
a foot deep. The troop expects to pre-
sent the play, 'Wanted--a Companion
some time during February.
Troop 81.
Some Twenty-Five members reported
last Friday evening at the Brookla nd
school and plans were formulated for
demonstration by the entire troop
before the Brookland Citizens Associa
ton next March. The troop is coming
along in hne shape and there is every
indication that this troop will be heard
from very frequently"
Troop 80.
at the last regular meeting
held in the Rhode Island Avenue Nj p
Church. the new patrol leaders and
their assistants were installed. This
troop was organized last May with
seven members, and its present mem
bership il tNenty-four. ten of whom
are second-c!ass scouts We also
formed Il new patrol the first of this
year.
The new patrol leaders are: Beaver
patrol. r. l.. F'iathcr. senior patrol
leader, and Preston Blundon, assistant
patrol leader: Sinawa patrol. Edward
Jones, patrol leader, and Harold Dyer
assistant patrol leader and Eagle
patrol mew), II. Clay Espey, patrol
leader. and Edward Reinmuths. as
sistant patrol leader. are second class
scouts. and some will soon be first
class scouts
DR. r. Z. J. Barber has visited our
troop on several occasions and given a
lecture Oh first aid and illustrated it
with the assistance of the scouts. also
d very interesting talk on the bones
of the human body lthis at the last
meetin2) and brought part of a skeIe-
ton to help make his talk clear
Mr.. Lovett. scoutmaster of the
troop. is planning to make this a very
profitable year and IL number of camp
ing hikes will be INDUCED in. and the
make it very Instructive for the
scouts"
Troop SO.
Since it's recent reorganization this
troop has held its meetings regularly
Four candidates for anem bership re-
Gently took examinations. We now
have three full patrols. Patrol names
have been selected as follows: Gray
Wolf, Buffalo and Owl"
Troop "a.
Troop 81 held it's weekly meeting
at the scoutmaster's home Tuesday
evening at { o'clock
sam Eopoucci was elected to the
troop and has taken his tendcrfoot ex-
animation.
Saturday we went on a hike to our
camp, which is in Randle Highlands
Each boy cooked his own food. After
dinner the senior patrol leader and an
other scout repaired tho bridges, after
which they cut pine knots to store
away for other days.
while they were doing this the other
boys built a fence around the cabin
We then started for home. On the way
Frank Tolson and Earl Cliff took their
trailing tests for the second eXamina-
ton. We reached home about $50
o clock"
Troop SO.
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