The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-09-22
News Of Interest
To Boy Scouts Of
Connecticut State

Many scouts presented themselves
for the second-class examinations at
the East and West Side courts of hon
or, last Thursday night
Two new troops Of scouts to be
known as the 26th and 9th are start
ing this week. We hope next week
to give the names OF the members,
their leaders and place of meeting
Local headquarters will be glad to
have any troops in the state boy scout
rally see him Immediately about the
events This rally will be held in New
Haven, Saturday afternoon, Oct. 10.
There is no reason why some of the
Bridgeport troops can not bring home
some of the prizes. The executive will
be one of the officials.
The executive was called to, New
Y ork, Friday afternoon at 800 to con-
fer with the National Boy scout Off
GERS, to decide what part of the en-
tire scout Organization throughout
America can take in promoting in the
next Liberty Bond sale.
The executive has oeen invited to
deliver an address for the Annual
Scout Masters problems.
On Columbus Day, Oct. 18th, the
executive will conduct an all day hike
at Pine Rock park. All scouts and
scout leaders of this entire section are
invited to go along. The lunch must
be something that can be cooked over
the open fire. We are inviting to this
hike all the male members of the High
school and pre-vocation school facul-
ties
Troop No. 2 of Fairfield met at
Greenfield Hill for re-registration for
1913. Rev. F. E. Carlson is the Scout
Master, and there are eighteen boys
in the t.
Harold Banks, Kenneth Banks, Lynn
! Ferris, Louis Burr, Earl Buckley,
Clarence Godfrey, Elwood Graham,
J ohm Wade, John Jacoby, Rober Sher-
wood, James Smith, Legrand Wales,
Donald Banks, Everett Perry, George
Foster and William Fallon.
Troop No. 6
Report Of meeting held Friday, Sept.
| II, 1917.
| The regular meeting of Troop No.
4 8 was held Friday evening in the ban
quet hall of the Newfie1d M f..
church. The roll was called and twen-
| ty scouts answered the same. After the
dues were collected and the minutes
of the last meeting read, Scout Mas
ter announced that all registration
money must be in by next week
! Plans for the coming celebration of
Troop 8, sixth anniversary discussed.
The new officers of the troop were
read as follows:
! Bulldog patrol-patrol leader scout
Steinhoff, assistant scout Smith, Grey
hound participated leader, scout
Crawford, assistant scout Grancia.
Beaver participated leader, scout
Abbots, assistant scout Thomas, treas
urer, scout Henry, scribe. scout Shee-
han.
! Tho al OK
motion. The rest of the evening be-
ing spent in instruction in first aid and
games.
Scout Scribe,
| SCOUT SHEEHAN. (3cn.l
| Troop No.
The regular meeting of Troop No.
| 6 was held as usual at Christ church
parish house on Monday, Sept IT,
1917.
Most of the time was taken up in
making plans for the rally which Is
to be held next week. -
Two visitors who were present were
scout executive, Argetsinger and Mr..
Oliver.
After all discussions were over, ME-
Argetsinger gave a little talk and then
invited us out in his car to visit Troop
No. at Clinton avenue school.
However, as Troop No. 5; was moi
there we disbanded.
IS RICHARD G. OSBORN,
4 Scribe.
Troop. No. "a
i Our regular meeting was called to
order by our patrol leader on Thurs.
day, Sept. 20, 1917.
i Six members answered to roll cal
and ten visitors were present.
! The dues were collected There Ii
81 "a in the treasury
!, There is to be a nike to Paradise
; Green Saturday afternoon.
| The troop is going on the genera
hike to Pine Rock Park, on Columbus
Day, Oct. 18th.
Scouts, Swanson, Conroy and Shir,
, ra passed their tenderfoot examina,
| tons.
: Games were played at the close OF
the meeting.
DAVID SHIRRA,
) Acting Scribe.
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