The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-25


 ing at o'clock and leaving in auto
 mobiles. We'arrived on top Of the ridge | where the camp is situated about 45
 minutes later. Talk about being sur i prisedl You know this was the first time some of us, especially the new l scoutmasters, had ever visited Camp Andrews, the Boy Scouts permanent | camp, and when they beheld the mess | hall, 100 by 40 feet, built of logs and covered with shingles that were cut on the place, almost completed, and then ! looked further down the top of the ridge and saw several cabins which the boys themselves had started, they were more than pleased at the wonderful revelation. When Scout Executive l Wester said Lets go down and see i the dam," they could hardly believe | what they saw. les, the dam is com- pleted, and to think that this had been done in just one week. We'll Scouts. it l is going to be some swimming hole, and you can bet we are going to be right there when the general camp opens May 31.
 Talk about eats, Gus (the cook) must | have been tipped off that this was go- | ing to be hungry bunch, for he had l some banquet prepared for us such as barbecued lamb, stew, beans, peas, po- | ! chocolate and cocoanut pies, such as 1 Gus alone knows how to make No, I | don't believe we left a thing. The way those hot biscuits disappeared was a i shame, but we couldn't help it. every thing was so good.
 l MT. D. B. Dimick, president of the Birmingham council, Boy Scouts of | America and Mrs. Karl Landgrebe, | chairman of the camp committee came | ont also They ue iOSnirino fa1l Ire
 and complimented us on the efficient work the Boy Scouts did during the 167th infantry celebration.
 | We then held our meeting elected Mir. Hoyt Self secretary and treasurer of the Scoutmasters' association. We | broke up at II o'clock and departed for home; that is most of us did. although some just couldn't leave, so spent the night.
 WAR SAVINGS STAMP EMBLEMS Achievement buttons have been re-
 ceived for the following Scouts: Wick Bromall 13), Archer Salmon G3). Ray | mond Hull GSl, Walter Woodrow G3). Bernard Wise CPD. Henry Worrall G2), ! Lindsay Builder C15l, Robert Avinger d6), Joe Mccullough (20), Glenn Sur gis (20). Tom Temple (20), Ed Hall (26), William McDuffie (49).
 Palms for the following Scouts have dlSO been TtC6lN GU. h 1GlHcG NIID, EQ Pennington t20), Bernard Smith C1O), Ed Staley G0) Gerald Smith G5), Clifton Terrell G5). Carl Franklin (49), Paul Scruggs CPD. Cecil Harris CPD. Hugh Abernathy G2), J. D. Rosen- berger (50), Lowell Cooper (2o), Eu- gene Veil (50), Stuart Strauss (9), and Leon Franklin (49).
 CAMP REGISTRATIONS If you intend going out, now is the time for you to come up to Scout head quarters and register, as reservations are getting scarce from the way the l boys have been coming in to register during the past week. Bring in your s1 registration fee and reserve the week or weeks you are going to spend at Camp Andrews All camp fees are to be paid into the Scout office before go- ing out to camp.
 OVERNIGHT HIKE OF TROOP 10 Assistant Scoutmasters Scalso and Staley made a trip to Brookside about four weeks ago to see the possibilities of starting a troop of Scouts there. After talking to Rev Father Joseph of
 the church there. they saw that the possibilities were very great They met MT. Louis Letanosky, who showed great enthusiasm, he was recomm mended as scoutmaster of the new troop. and MT
 Albert S1ovensky as his assistant. On coming back to Birmingham if was suggested that we take hike sout there and stay overnight. On Friday, May 16, we left with four Scouts from the troop for Brookside to select a camp site. We have been congratulated On our camp finding ability. The camp overlooked everything for about 10 miles around It was on a mountain called "Tota Hill" but let me tell you it was no hill. Some one said that [ nj. @1, k nitat n America, but I think they overlooked "Tato Hill" And talk about swim ming hole; man, we had one. The water was fine. good mud bottom, and you could swim about mile up and
 down stream. Everyone liked it.
 On Saturday morning Assistant Scoutmaster Scalco left Brookside Tor Birmingham to bring the rest of the boys to camp. At p. m. he left with about 2S boys They were drilled through the streets and country roads to the astonishment of the country folks.
 We arrived in Brookside about D. m All the boys were tickted to death with the selection had made for them. After supper we marched into town and went to church, then came back and had a camp fire. That was a nov elty to the boys of Brookside. Taps sounded at g, sentries were appointed to stand guard, two boys to watch two hours; in that way everyone had chance to be on guard.
 About o'clock I was awakened by a sentry who said that someone was approaching Upon investigation l found that it was true. l grabbed my stick and flashlight and fell flat on the ground at three yards from camp. between the approaching figure and camp. Nearer approached the figure until he had almost come upon ns' What did he want? Has he come 10 rod or kill, or just plain mischief? Now I could see he was a negro. Up the hillside he came. He was not trying to keep from view; tighter l grip2ed my stick I gave several commands under my breath to the sentries. l was ready for the worst
 Halt" I commander. The negro immediately stopped and looked very much frightened. What do you want and who are you?' I questioned The negro. without a moments hesitation fro, road