New Britain herald., 1919-03-08

hey represent the nucleus
 lat army of intelligently
 hinking men, who are gong
 1Ags in the world of tomOr-
 FScout uniform is a badge of
 it stands for loyalty and trust
 lness. Through united efforts
 wearers it has come to have a
 Active place in the community,
 -Four boyhood feels that to wear
 Suniform entails a certain respon-
 Iity which must be lived up to and
 rded as a sacred trust. Uncle Sam
 Eds the Scouts, and the Scouts need
 n. Mir. Busy Business Man, Mir. 4etnrned Soldier don't neglect their
 ll for leadership.
 SIshe Patrol Leaders association held HIS regular meeting at the Scout head aanarters, Tuesday evening, which was sWell attended, 42 members being spresent. Scout Henry Wetzel, of Troop Il, was elected secretary. This meeting showed how much the patrol Headers can acquire that will be of Value to their troops.
 f Scoutmaster Nogcl, of Troop Il reports four irst-class Scouts, four second-cl class and F tenderfoots. This troop has been increasing remarkably in Scoutcraft due to the number of hikes the Scouts have taken recently their favOrite destination being West Peak, Meriden.
 Troop has started a Wolf Cub branch to be attached to it's troop, and this looks like some sport for the younger boys.
 Troop 1, of the Center church, in charge of Scoutmaster Dwight Skin ner, will go to Hartford on March 12 to compete with Troop 2S, of the Uni versalist church in the regular stan dard Contest events. It will be re- membered that Troop 2S Of IHarsford competed with Troop 4 on Novem- Der II, the score being 65 to 58 in favor of the visiting troop.
 The Scouts of Troop 15 have been busy preparing for an entertainment the funds of which will go toward getting a complete hiking equipment The Scouts of this troop, in charge of Scoutmaster Barrett, are planning to hike to the Council Camp this sum- mer, intending to put up their ''pup tents" at their destination in Middle town. The troop has a mem bership of GA boys, fully uniformed.
 Troop , has turned in registration fees for six new recruits and has de- cided upon getting equipped with gold neckerchiefs.
 On account of the bazaar held at St. Joseph's parish house last week, the meetings of Troops 19 and 20 have been postponed until this week The way the Scouts have been piling ;,,Ito aminations, it looks as though he will be kept busy for some time. An entertainment is being planned for sometime in the near future tho bene- fits of which will go toward uniform~ ing both of these troops.
 A permanent name for our local Council Camp has finally been de- cided upon which has been derived Indians. The name chosen-"Kee- mo-sah- bee," translated from the In dian language-means Trustv Scout. Camp emblems for jerseys with a de- sign of service attached can he seen at the executives office within week.
 Scouts are urged to return library books to the Scout Headquarters Some of them have been overdue for three months.
 The camp booklets, together with the application cards, will be issued very soon. All Scouts and Scout off, cials who intend to go to camp are urgently requested to get their appli- cation ito the Scout office as soon as possible after the issuing date, in or der that the food supplies may be ordered accordingly.
 Scout Executive Forbian E. John son will inspect all troops starting March 24 and will talk on plans and preparations for tthe annual field day to be held the latter part of May.