Evening journal., 1917-01-25

Members of the Band. attention.
Don't fail to be on hand tomorrow
(Frday) evening az your. new
Headquarters, Central Presbyterian
Church. on King street, between
Eighth aud Ninth streets. whore.
from now on, Bandmaster Alley will
conduct weekly meetings. Perma
ncnt Reorganization will be effected
nj this meeting. so If YOU lose an ap-
pointment through being absent. YOU
will have only yourself to blame.
We have been fortunate i'm sccur-
Ing the services of stan Surgeon
John L. Fisher. N. d.. for the lOrma-
ton of Headquarters First Aid
Corps This is TO comprise those
boys who are the most skillful in
FIRST aid work Or. Fisher will hold
a oualifying examination at an early
date In February Time and place
will be published later. The twenty
boys making most number OF points
will be elected To- become members
of lhc corps 10 is Or Fishers in
fcniion TO meet and instruct the
members of the first aid corps af local
hcadauartcrs two nights zach month.
This viii. of course. in no way in
fcricrc with the scouts that are
elected to the First Aid Corps re
manning members of their respective
troops. The meeting nights will bc
81 arranged as to make IT. convenient
f0r am.
on Saturday. February 10. there
viii ~ a joint hike and game
Troop 80 hikcd to FOLEY Woods
Jast Saturday and had good turn
out Tbev were accompanied 10y the
members OF Troops "a and rs, i'm
charcc of Scout Executive GurnCy ON
arriving at Folloy Woods. detail. I'm
charge OF Chief Senior Patrol Leader
ward. was sent ahead. with instruc-
fions TO lay trail. The rest of the
hikcrs. after considerable interval.
followed. and was successful in keep
inr the trail an the way to the finish.
Arriving al the pond a number OF
tho scouts put on their skates ana
took 10 the ice included in these
were Scout Commissioner Mallery
and Scout Executive Gurney. The
latter decided that discretion was the
better part of valor and decided to
stay ashore. covering this action up,
however, by a great show OF gener-
osity in lending his skates TO one or
those who did not have any. Ihe
Scout Commissioner did several fan
cy stunts. at least ne claimed he was
trying to do so. AT any rate the
way he performed was very skllitui'
thrilling and pleasing. Outside Of
rut hand and slit shoe he got along
fairly we'll, and his daring ieats were
not at all dangerous. Troop NO
has n new folding stove, which can
be set up in ten seconds. rms was
given its trial trip and the scout
commissioner baked corn meal mt
fers on the new stove. According 20
the manual for army cooks, ne made
enough for thirty regular soldiers
but tho seventeen scouts on the par
ly put these away and yelled for
more,
Troop No. held IT'S weekly meet
snr last Friday evening in charge OF
Scoutmaster Bicking, who tried new
form of meeting which proved a
great success. The meeting was OPP
rnod with prayer followed by roll
call Tho regular scout work. IN
cluding "a report OF the daily good
turns. was then taken up. The boys
received their instructions about the
contest which opened az this meet
fnr. ID being contest IN salesman
ehir The idea is TO see which scout
nnd which team sells the most camp
fro cocoa Leroy BOYD IS captain or
the Blue Team and Harold Gibbons
j. caufain uf the Red team.
Another happy part of the meeting
was fhe eating part and every boy
dId bis share Of eating. Two boys
e-e taken inf0 The troop. The at
srndancc was double that Of January
Az out for the next meeting on
Fridav. and on Washington Birth
taT
WALLACE BUTCHER. scribe
Troop No IA held iis weekly meet,
fre with a good attendance. Seoul
f~rccutire Gurncv was in charge, but
rwinr 10 the entertainment held u
49, church nothing was done OUTSIDE