Evening journal., 1916-04-20

On Tuesday evening horse attach
ed to one OF the local laundry wagons.
bolted at Seventh and Shipley streets
going north on Shipley, to Eighth. and
West, on Eighth street II. r. Lokau,
stan scribe OF the local Boy Scouts,
who was on his way home al the time
was at Eighth and Washington streets
when he first caught sight OF the run
away. He ran into the street and
waited until the runaway passed him
when he secured a firm hold on the
horses name and made daring leap
10 its back The horse was conquered
before it had gone another square.
You mixers. Take Notice On Sat
urday afternoon three first-class
scouts from one of the Flatbush,
New York Troops. hilIed from that
city to this. on their way to Washing
ton. They were met on the street by
Scout Executive Charles Gurney. but
would not remain here for the night,
but we're dosirious of making the best
Of their way to Washington. Some
hike this fellows. They were carry
Ing between them a full camping kit,
and were making their stops at night
on the road.
The Scout Masters Meeting, held at
headquarters Monday night, was well
attended, and many matters OF inter
est were taken up. Look out for the
Joint hike on Saturday. May 10. You
will have due notice Of this i'm good
time. We are looking forward to a
hig turn out
There are on sale at headquarters,
scout knives and axes, Of the better
kind. at the reasonable price of 81.
A special request is made to the
scout masters who have not yet re-
turned the personal information
blanks. TO do so at once. Most have.
Please give this your attention
Lokau has gone into the powder
business. Look out for a blow up.
Troop No. .. under IT'S scout master
took a hike out the Newport pike on
Saturday last. making Folly Woods
their objective point Patrol Leader
Ward. with two scouts. was sent
ahead with five minutes start ana
given instructions to lay trail along
the pike and through the woods. Ihe
troop followed this trail, which was a
good test of their knowledge of obser-
walton. An abandoned shack was dis
covered i'm the woods, and here hres
we're started. and the boys cooked
their suppers. Scout Grassland pre-
pared a very toothsome irish stew
The Blue Tortoise Patrol OF Troop 2
won the inter patrol contest Tot
March. The members were presented
with Rooney Ropes as prizes.
Troop No s. held it's regular meet
ing last Friday evening. in charge OF
Scout Master Bicking. and Senior Pa
troll Leader Boyd The meeting was
opened with a prayer. followed by the
drum and bugle corps selection,
Wrap Me In The American Flag
Roll call followed. Lawrence Middle
town. our wireless operator. set oui
wireless up and gave instructions in
this art. Hospital and signalling
corps practiced for 10 minutes. On
Tuesday evening. the officers council
met and talked over some important
business. This morning. some Of the
boys went on hike and played ball.
WALLACE BUTCHER.
Scribe
Troop No. a. Of Silverbrook, helC
its regular meeting on Friday, Apri
II. The meeting was opened as usua
with word OF prayer by our scou
master. Following the prayer, we re-
cited the scout oath and law, after
which we had the treasurer's report
and the reading of the last meeting
minutes The Rev. +. W. Jones was
unimously elected chaplain. A Ice
ture was given by our scout master
on camping.
We are working hard to get our
selves i'm good shape for camping, al
we hope 10 go camping on Decoration
Day. Several Of the boys passed thei
first class tests
The musical patrol is working
hard to make the patrol success. w
have three buglers and one drummer
Frank Foster, patrol leader, and Mil
lard Toulson. assistant patrol leader
The patrol leader wishes to announc
any scout having a musical instru
ment and wishing to join the patrol
will be welcome. The troop went ol
a hike Saturday We hiksd TO Faulk
land. While we we're going out WI
came in contact with many dineren
kinds of birds. animals and curiou
tricks. We reached Falkland abou
$50 o'clock. II was very warm. an
we we're camping along the creek. Tn
water looked very tempting. Most q
us wanted to go in, but were airai
to tackle il. Rodney Warren bante-e
all OF MS. lie dove in but was not d
long before he started to shiver.
soon as he came out. we began t
make our fire and cook The troo
had quite n variety. consisting Of mud
roasted eggs. Irish stew. fried bacon
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