Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-22


 Pay Surprise Visit to Goodyear- Demonstrated Facts in Truck Trans
 portation, incidentally Selling Thrift Stannps--Address by Canon Cabanel Death of Mrs. Francois Bernier. Boy Scouts representing the 66 | troops of the city of Akron, O.. cap l tured Goodyear Sunday afternoon. | Their advance into the town Of kl- klingly wa sa surprise manoeuvre and brought them to the gates or tnelr | objective unheralded. Goodyear capitulated without a 1 struggle. Tn fact, the invaders were given an exceedingly cordial welcome and every effort made to entertain them as Goodyearites would have ev- eryone know that Goodyear entertalns. | There were 72 persons in the Boy Scout party and their coming as they did come is significant of the great 1 strides that have been made possible | in overland transportation by the de- velopment of monster pneumatic tires, permitting long distance travelling at | high speed over the country's high ways.
 The party, including Boy Scouts l band of Is pieces, left Akron, O., Sat urday afternoon, July 1S. Sixty one
 hours later. having in the meantime covered 7S5 miles, the five monster trucks in which they travelled arrived in Boston Sundays visit to Goodyear was one of the return trip stops. Next Saturday afternoon the party is due to arrive back in Akron. At Goodyear Sunday afternoon Jo seph W. Taylor. Scout executive, who is travelling with the party. sketched briefly the why's and wherefores of the | t-I- al T i+7IoE Efa16 of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber com pany of Akron had become deeply in terested in the Boy Scout mOcement and gave exceedingly valuable aid in developing it in Akron, with the re- suit that the city now has. 66 troops
 with total of 1,600 members.
 Mr. Litehfiel6's company is making
 study of many of the great. prob
 lens that the government is facing in
 carrying on fer a victorious war. One of the chief of these in transportation. Though truck service has been maintained between Akron and this
 town for more than a year now, for
 freight carrying purposes, and has
 been very successful, the company was desirous of trying out the matter of transporting passengers and with this
 in view came the happy thought of , making the test and giving the Boy ; Scouts the benefit the trip would af- | ford.
 Accordingly three passenger truck , bodies were ordered built to be set on pneumanic tired trucks. These bodies are models of convenient arrangement , Then the Boy Scouts of Akron were told of the plan and of an arrange
 ment to hold competitive examinations
 relative to their training as scouts !. each troop qualifying for the trip one l member who attained the highest per l. centage in examination.
 : The plah made an instant hit witt e the boys, and the lucky ones were here S Sunday on a trip that any person o1 . youth might envy.
 r As their motor train started east r ward from Akron it was made up o-
 the three big passenger trucks, on'
 tire of each being worth close to tht
 price of a 1iyver; one other big = truck to carry baggage and supplies : another truck to carry extra tires anC t other extra equipment, and another
 smaller truck of special interest to al f members of the party. This was the :. field kitchen from which three ho 2 meals are served each Sday by exper = chefs all members of the party
 The passenger trucks are arranged
 much after the manner of aSPullnal . car, as to berths, for the party trayel T day and night. Bedtime is at | Q o'clock for the members of the party q and at that hour, as the monster truck e roll along, the perths are made up ant
 all but the night drivers, who slee e during the day. go to btd, and, on tn tt word of Mir. Taylor, sleep soundly. ,. From last Tuesday until yesterda, e the boys and other members of tn d party were guests of MT. Litchfield a t. his summer home at Duxbury, Mass l. On the big estate they played bal V went in bathing, chased through tn q fields ard woods, living a deightfu Il period. But all was not play. Thei d band and their capvassers assisted i
 thrift stamp drive in Chelsea, thi :, being one of the occupations the boy l are engaged in en route. They Yisite |. points Of historical interest in an 1.' about Boston. calling at the Charles ii' town navy yard and getting aboard tn :. Constellation.
 'o Today they will be in New Yorl
 where, at noon, they will conduct l. thrift stamp drive. Their stay in Ne le York will also include a visit to Co W lumbia university, where a course Y camping is to be established The party will leave New York tc of night for Philadelphia and Tuesda 7s the party will visit the great shipyar 1e at Hog Island, selling thrift stamps {
 the shipbuilders.
 Y. Wednesday will find them in Wasf T. ington, where an opportunity has bee le arranged for each scout to meet Pres 1e ident Wilson and shake his hand. f. Thursday they will be back lg Pennsylvania-at Gettysburg, whe1 nt they will be taken over the battlefel CT and given an opportunity to see th
 tank corps that is in training there.
 Friday they will assist in recruit
 ing drive for the United States ma
 rine corps in Pittsburgh, and next Sat :, urday evening are due to arrive ( eii Akron.
 s The boys. all little gentlemen wel
 in high spirits when here Sunday. of physician who is travelling with u as party has practically nothing to d
 for all the boys are in perfect healt of and having the time of their lives. es MT. Litchfield is travelling with tl ix party, the personnel of which include y. truck drivers, motor machinists al
 repair men, chefs and other attend o ants bring the total membership of u ,,o party up to 72.
 d Statistics dealing with various fe: ,,a lures of the trip are being compile and later will be turned over to u of United States government as an a ,is to the study of transporting troops l - motor trucks over long distances.