The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-23

test must be at headquarters office Wednesday evening of this week. The board should be about 2x3 feet and the prize will be awarded to the scout pre- senting the most attractive board of knots.
 FLYING DAY
 The contest for flying models of air. planes will probably be held in April. Prizes will be offered also for box and other style kites
 COURT OF HONOR
 The court of honor will meet Thursday in the directors room of the Civic as- sociation at 3:30. Scouts who were unab bic to be heard last meeting will be given the first hearing this week if present on time,
 BICYCLE HIKE
 All scouts who wish to take a good bicycle hike meet Sailor Eddens at Capitol park Saturday at sharp with ratlons for three meals and a good blanket. The journey will be made to Fell City and from there to Cropwell. where big barn is waiting for sleeping accommodations. On Sunday morning the mixers will go to church at Pell City and return by Sunday night. The hkemaster says to announce that if YOU can't ride bicycle please don't go.
 PATROL LEADERS MEETING
 All patrol leaders wNl meet on the hrst Monday of the month hereafter. The time and place will be announced in next Sundays e-Herald
 TROOP NEWS
 Troop 1 was addressed Tuesday night Dy MT Harold of the Civic association on What Scout Can Do for Birmingham"
 Troop 3 is still meeting regularly. all though they have thus far been unable to md scoutmaster. The executive is meeting With the troop in the meantime.
 Troop 10 has just crossed into the state or Ohio on their way from New York to Pasadena, and they say it will not be long before they will have an orange feast over there on Third avenue. They invite and scout or scoutmaster to at- tend one of their meetings and hear the programme on the cities the troop is pa ssing through. The troop has also gone after second-class badges in wholesale quantities. The membership has in- creased from 16 to 31, and a new troop will soon be started with the overflow. The troop has been assigned it's lot at Camp Andrews. This lot is about six feet in circumference and consists of tall pine tree on top of the ridge. A tree house is to be built part way up the lot and signal tower at the very top The patrols are divided now ac- cordlng to the classes of scouts and the plan is working fine.
 Troop 13 has taken in three new -mem- bers and at the last meeting acted as guards for a. Valentine party which was oeing ralded and as reward were fled up' on ice cream.
 Troop Is has stood high in the affec- tons of it's scoutmaster for long time. bur from the funny looking envelopes he Is sending out to all his friends they are beginning to think that they may have grounds for a suit for alienation of af- fection."
 Troop 20 is at work on a set of plans for the troop cabin which will put them in the country gentleman class if they build according to the plan.
 Troop B reports progress with several new members coming in and more interest 
 Troop g is putting on style and has stenographer in the person of Mrs. Sailor Eddins." thus showing that Re- porter Warrick Saunders is right up to the minute as to the importance of his position. MT. Ewell Fullerton of Wood lawn is to act as assistant scoutmaster until MT. Green return from France. Dr. Hooper gave splendid lecture on the care of the teeth and gave an excel lent X-ray demonstration to the troop. His lecture was greatly enjoyed. Troop of Bessemer visited No g on the 14th. AoSoutiudStot Suooh OI the beSSemer trOOD made talk on scouting. and urged all members to get ready for the summer camp and bikes. No. 20 has been invited to visit Bessemer and help organize troop at Virginia mines, near there.
 Troop s is reviewing all tenderfoot and second-class work preparatory to getting on the band wagon of the first-class scouts here.
 Troop g organized. registered and had a wiener roast all in one week, which Is going some" for a new troop. On Tuesday night the troop will meet at the Arlington Place with their fathers, moth- FITS. brothers, sisters. wives. sweethearts and friends who are interested in scout ing. and will go to the top of Red moun- tain with lot of dogs and pep and Sailor. and big time is promised around the bonfire.
 Troop A Is all excited over the arrival oi the newest scout in Birmingham, or it may be from the reports that come from Canister that the young man urill desire more arfhorifv ud he as-