The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-04-13
With the
BOY SCOUTS
News and Comment On
the Activities of
Tulsa Troops
With the

..rae officers and members or the
.,cl,s are grateful to The Tulsa
-, tr- its offer to publish each
80, q, space for news pertaining to
s,orrH Scout Executive John
Indy
p,ncmnrr the big scout demon.
.,,on which Will be held In con.
.,uon hal, June 3. Every scout viii
-, tn., date before the public,
IN scouting to everyone
,rho monthly general meeting Tor
,,I,, VAS held in the First Pres
,,,,,,, church March IS Tho
a.stpg was IN charge OF troops
,roro 'na' church. Scoutmaster or.
,,,,r was chairman Of the program,
I'm, 10, Burchman, ot troop ?, vas
r.I,,t 90 preside at the meeting
"a s..u, Dwight Todd secretary \
S.rg, number ~ the parents of the
,r,I,t. ,,r" present at the meeting
-, r.ur. urrs of the scout council
's,ri . general meeting for the frs
,. These meetings are Tor the
,,r,psr OF letting the people know
MAI scouting rs ana to get the boy
,,r,,n,r a' a unity meeting
ludrr A. l. Standeven, president
IN, .,ru. council. presented ace
..,.,.. r. Joe Burcham and Donald
r,.nJcrf... both OF troop . These
rsi,y. we're awarded tn the boys hS
me IrHrl states treasury depart
,,so, s5r srllng war saving stamps.
uoy scouts are called upon many
anna, 10 perform duties They took
n, ar,lyo part in the anti spi, cam %
paign aud worked every day during
ho weeL after school hours. This IN
,,tt Of ne bovs program and they
,,o taught 90 he ready ~ All times
,er calls whore the community can
ls nanCf''pd Nearly 100 boys took
at-' In the campaign and 60 helped
mo rotary club to collect old cloth
NJ '1- inr Bcigians.
I'M, n.-t nid team Of troop . i~
aorkIrg hard on lis part or the pro
gram a' convention hall This - the
only ffe' mid team In the city Tho
nov. are .csFnIng the first aid treat
reni for demonstration purposes and
Ar. wiling at any time TO pass their
raining lu others
Troop ~. Of which c |. ECkr's
Z, ~ou'mnster. of the Tigert Momor-
hi church makes good sho wing in
everything This Is troop which w1s
o-gnn1oA last January and has Tn"
distinction Of heing the only troop
composed Of boys who have never
been In the scout movement before.
IN speaking of progress. attention
4 called 10 troop Of IN" First
Presbyterian church, Mr, Ohlander
helrg scoutmaster 1t claims the
honor NJ being The youngest troop
IN the CITY. making the most progress
in tests and in securing membership.
This troop completed 81 first and
second-cass tests during March
There nrc ~ boys I'm the troop and
none are over II years OF age. They
have doubled their membership in
eigh, months finished the first and
second class tcsts and some are
working On the merit badges.
David Wo'ustoin. troop ~ ls a
Inns, hoy David ~ determined to
be- Bn Earle scout ns soon as possible.
r7dcr tho direction Of Assistant
= ugtnas'cr Mark Smith h" hunt
\ bridge across Turkey creek, using
dry a Knife. AK and few piece
~ rope This bridge waS made of
roe rut f.um the creek bank and
capable ~ holding n weight NJ 800
pounds
There will he meeting of the
scoulmas,crs' council at the scout
headqu,r'crs at 7:3O Monday eve
rnr Young man who arc interested
.n being scout leaders should get In
touch with the scout eNccu'iv" and
i0,u 'he ,nss of scout leaders
wade Hrl'h ana Fred Sanders ~
'roDp { have suhm TO Scout
Executive Indy specimens of ~
different trees found around Tulsa
These are fastened 20 an attractive
board made at their manual train
Ing Dl3., and mikes a fine dbplav.
AZ soon as The members Of GER
TAN 'roop learned that troop ( had
'uhu fri n displny " trees. they
immediately ro, busy and ot tho last
report two hoys had collected "a
sp",.wcn, Of trees and said tho,
would have Is before they would
stop
II Won want 20 he the kind " troop,
Like 'hc Kind OF troop vuu Ike.
You needn't slip your suit in a grip
. And start on long lonF h.kc;
YoulJ only find what YOU left
behind
For there's nothing that's really
new
Irs knock at Yourself when you
knock your troop
Real troops are not made ot boys
Il .sn.' the troop, It's YOU