The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-17

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Mr.. Jobes as a Scoutmaster of Beth.
any Chapel of Troop l 5.
Troop Is is rejoicing at the pros
poets of again having Mr.. Beans car
ry on the work asTroop Is has al
WAYS been one of the prominent
troops of the city. Its ambition is
still wide-awake.
Troop 10 of ST. Charles Catholic
church is now without a leader, as
Scoutmaster Johnson has been called
to a training camp. The troop hopes
that Mr.. George Hooper will like
them we'll enough to help them keep
their troop on the map and carry
forward the work as scoutmaster.
A new troop was started last night
in the Memorial Baptist church. The
Rev. Mr.. Pierce was scoutmaster on
the former charge and we predict a
very bright future for the troop or
ganized under a layman scoutmaster,
and having a pastor with a thorough
understanding of the principals of
scouting. We welcome them to our
movement and wish them to become
a bright and prosperous troop.
Deputy Commissioners, Noren and
Maitland are as busy as can be visit
ting the various troops of Their district
and arousing interest for troops in
new locations. We hope the boys in
the city will bear in mind the unset
fish services these men are giving to
them and grow up to appreciate it..
Both the East and West side Courts
of Honor reported a big evenings
work of examinations and scout craft
at their monthly meeting last Thurs
day night.
John Waters of Troop Is is proud
possessor of second-class badge. He
finished the final requirements on his
hike last Saturday.
Many leaders are out in the country
with their boys today on their nature
of study hikes and we predict that
boys of such training and with the
large amount of outdoor exercises
that scouts get will become leaders
in their chosen professions when 1T is
their turn to take up the duties and
responsibilities their father now car
ry.
The First-Aid school will continue
to meet each Thursday night until
further notice.
Troops should begin to practice i'm
mediately for the rally. The empha-
sis this year will be on Special Exhi-
bition of scout craft. The troop pre-
senting the best exhibition will have
the honor of winning a beautiful sill
YER cup which is now held by Troop
20 of st. Johns Episcopal church.
Troop 20 say that they intend to get
it again. Here's wishing success to
every troop in the city. At this early
date we are able to announce three
of the events for points. They are:
Semaphore Signaling, Friction Fire
Lighting and Paul Revere's Race. An
individual prize for bugiing will be
offered and Mr.. Clarence Hayes will
be the judge of this event. The calls
requested will be those found in the
Boy Scouts Diary. Any scouts are at
liberty to enter this competition and
may receive assistance from Mr..
Johnson, Scoutmaster of Troop II.
Every scout in the city should have
a copy of the Standardized Contest
Rules, which may be secured at this
office at cent each.
The ratings OF the three inspections
of the Boy Scouts gardens have been
averaged and the following named
troops received the three prizes offer
ed by the Boy Scout Council, The
first prize is a fine Dog Tent and goes
to Troop IT of the Summerfield M. E
church, the second prize is a tele-
graph outfit consisting of receiver
and sender and is awarded Troop a
Black Rock, the third-prize is four
patrol flags and is awarded Troop 90
st. Johns Episcopal church.
In spite of the failure in potato
crops in general scout troops did well
with their gardens.
Mary had a Thomas Cat,
Who warbled like Caruso,
A neighbor swung a baseball bat.
Now Thomas doesn't do SO.
Troop No. s, Elias Howe School
The meeting was called to order by
our scout master. There were nine
scouts present. Mr.. Noren, the West
! Side Deputy Commissioner came in
with two visitors and talked about the
Y M c. A. fund for the soldiers. He
also passed Michael Strauss on Knife
and Ratchet, a Second-Class examina-
| ton.
Our merit system went into effect
to make a better troop. Each patro
will combat against the other fol-
three months to see which one car
gain the highest number of points
and the winner will be presented with
set of Merten charts and a scout
| axe. All the scouts are very keen or
| tI1lS COuI0SI OCCOhh-CAon'' e~AAN eo~AAASA
were played. Pyramid building was
also practiced.
| Michael Strauss, Scribe.
| Troop No.
| Our regular weekly meeting wal
called to order by our troop bugler a
l7:45 Assistant Patrol Leader Smith
presided. After saluting the color
we decided to play scout games be
fore our business meeting. Afte
playing relay, signaling, Paul Revere
Ride and F'irst-Aid races our bust
ness meeting started at S:15. Sixteel
scouts answered the roll call.
+ Our scoutmaster stated that begin
ming next week we would start t
practice for the February rally. TIL
following scouts received instruction
in First-Aid at Lincoln school Thurs
day night: Thomas Powe. Joe Smith
Edwin Smith, William Sheehan, Ed
ward Sheehan. =
Last Friday night was uniforr
night. The neatest appearing patro
was the Bulldog. The best appearin
scout was Harold Roper Of the Beave
Patrol
Anyone wishing to join our troop
invited to attend our meeting Frfda
night to be held at the Newfield n
E. Chruch on Stratford avenue.