Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-03
"Ice Waters"

ter Perdue was in charge. The con
months. was won by George Sydnor.
with Sidney Briggs and Allison Pell.
second and third places. The Hawk
Patrol captured first place in the pa
troll contest for the second time.
last evening. the monthly banner for
the month OF May was awarded TO
Troop No. 5. of which H. W. Hall is
Scout master. meeting at st. Paurs
Episcopal Church. having made 1s.5
points. Troop No. 25 came second,
third with II points. Troop No. Q
came fourth with as. and No. 20 came
fifth with 1.3 points.
BY ..OId Scout"
AS ! promised you last week 1 am
going to read Scout Oeters's letter 10
you this morning. 1t is some letter SO
! guess we had better begin on that,
and IL we have any time left over. We
will have our usual talk. Here goes:
Dear old Scout.'-When your let
ter came into the Scout office. / think
| that ] was the second one 10 see IT,
| but you see, l gave everybody a
/ chance to write TO you. You said that
! / would have TO be a registered Scout
and that my composition must be
headed. What Scouting Has Done for
Me- Now, will IL be all right for me
to give you the reason why l am a
Scout to-day? Well, IL so. l will go
ahead:
! about year and half ago, l
watched the Scouts and thought that
they were babies. having a man to
watch over them to see that they did
not get hurt. However. l soon began
to like them. and started to go TO
their meetings. Some time after this
was sent TO the drug store and was
riding my wheel as fast as could.
because l did not have a light on II.
and then. they wanted the things
! right away About halfway down
grade I struck a brick and 1t threw
me into tree box. / picked myself
up and found that my lip was cut and
that my teeth and nose were bleeding.
There 1 etood. not knowing what to
do. when there came a Boy Scout up
to me- He saw that I was in trouble,
but he did not stop to ask how IT hap
pencd and a dozen other questions,
but went right to work and stopped the
flow OF blood. That goes TO show the
difference between a boy and a Boy
Scout. After that wanted to join
the Boy Scouts. but it was nearly a
month before / did join. After that I
tried TO keep the laws that had prom
ised TO obey: / quit going with the
gang; l have stopped smoking and
cursing and all those things that do
you harm.
Since joined the Scouts. have
! learned to signal This will help me
when ! am far out in the country and
want to send word to the Scouts in
the city, or, II the United States goes
TO war. one Scout could signal TO the
next one, and then on down the line.
Before I became Scout / used to kill
birds; now 7 like to go out in the
1 L.
| 7 learn things that are of value to
me. besides il I kill bird it means
| that I am killing something that helps
me, because they destroy worms that
destroy our food First aid is another
thing that I have learned. and has
proven of value to me. ] have also
| learned how to cook out in the omen.
Now, old Scout my letter is get
| ting longer than / thought 1t would
be. so I will close. Yours truly.
HAROLD r. OETERS,
Troop 81"
| Our time is UP now, so I can't say
very much about Harolds letter, but
he can feel proud of It, / have read
some pretty good letters from Scouts
without doubt this one beats them all.
OLD SCOUT.
Executives Report.
Following are extracts of interest
| generally. taken from the Scout execu-
| tive's monthly report, made to the
president. commissioner and members
Of the Richmond (Va.) Council. Boy
Scouts OF America:
May was crammed full Of big things
| for the Richmond Scouts. From the
very first day until the last the local
boys were busy. The work at the
Shakespearean Pageant came drst,
! then the battle field hike, forestry dem
onstration, Birmingham trip for the
buEle. fife and drum corps, Scout duty
at lakewood and Hollywood. with the
grand fiag-day parade. followed in line.
The awarding of the Berry trophy and
monthly banner. together with the
camp boosters committee work, Scout
baseball, the regular meetings Of the
court, Scout Masters Club and the ad-
visory board, not to say anything of
the weekly troop work. hikes and
usual good turns. kept every one on
the jump.
Battlefield Hike.
THE battlefield hike was one of
the biggest. best and most successful
things Of it's kind ever undertaken by
the Richmond Scouts. Mr.. William
TODD and DR.. Douglas Freeman, boil,
members OF tho local court. had care
fully worked out the details ana on
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