The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-07
NEWS AMONG
 THE BOY SCOUTS
Troop 1, ". F.. Mcclellan. S. NJ.

Tuesday at 7:3O p. m. There were | l scouts, two officials and one candt- date present, making a total of 20. Four new candidates were duly en- rolled. New officials were elected for
 next year by scouts. Special work 1 was assigned by Scoutmaster Me Cleltan to various scouts who are to help the other scouts with their sec ond class exams. One scout from each patrol was elected on an enter tainment committee. A few gamer
 were played and the meeting ad- l journed at 9:15.
 Sec'y, Arthur D. Birmingham, Jr. Troop 5, \. E. EccIes, $. Nj. Meeting opened by William Bann. as our scoutmaster, MT. Eccles, wa | not able to attend the meeting. MT Appleton took charge of the bushes. | meeting. After minutes were rcaC and dues collected MT. Appleton demonstrated fire lighting" MT. Alp. pleton explained how to make a fir, lighting set and what material wa 1 best to use. After all business Wa transacted games were played, tn
 most interesting was a talking match Harold Freedman, the troops be talker, was defeated by Kennel, 1 Walker Gosh how they did tall 1 Meeting adjourned at 9:15.
 Raxmond DeChamps, Scribe. Troop 5, Rcinhold PcrssOn, 5. NJ. Meeting was opened by Senior Pa | tFol Leader KOhler at 7:45 in tLr usual manner by saluttng the flag an, repeating the Scout o. tn and Law Nothing has been dona in regard t, the log cabin. If we cannot get per. | mission to build it we will build cl1 decided to have some different place
 to go on overnight hikes. Plans for
 the New York trip to be held either il July or August are now under way. l is hoped the whole troop can go j. possible. Patrols were reorganizeC and a hot. contest is in store for tn. near future. The question of takin; in new boys without knowing then was discussed but nothing differen was decided on. The prospect of . contest with New Haven Scouts hits home here and Troop 9 will be in strong.
 Work on a trek cart will be started very soon with a hope of a hike ag soon as the weather permits. Meet. ing adjourned at 9:15.
 Roy J. Johnson, Scribe Pro Tenn. Troop 10, Burton Andrus, s. M. After a short game of indoor base ball, the meeting was called to order at D. m. There were 14 scouts present and four visitors, including l two of the troop committee. The troop voted unanimously to have OIi- i yer Andrus obtain a transfer from ! Troop 1 to our troop. MT. Andrus read the program for a scout exhibi- 1 ton to be given by our troop in the l near future. All the members of the | troop were urged to be present at the
 next meeting as Albert Noren, who 1 has arrived recently from lover there | will be there to give us a talk. It is | expected to be very interesting After
 another short game of indoor base ! ball, the meeting adjourned at 9 D. m. Ralph HalIer, Scribe. Troop 16, H. J.. Wood. s. Nf Instruction and business meeting l was held from 7:3O to 9:3O. Eighteen scouts, one official and two visitors
 were present. After the minutes were read and the dues collected we pro Ceded to unfinished business. Our scoutmaster appointed Scout Smith as the mailman for the troop. The fourth patrol was promised their pa trol flag. We were instructed to reg ister before April 15. We then took up the study of the knife and hatchet. Red Cross posters were given out after which We played some exciting games. We adjourned at 9:30. E. Clifton Peck, Scribe
 Troop 21, Robert G. Hull, S. NJ Meeting opened at 7:3O by Scout
 master Hull with IS scouts present.
 The roll was csIled and dues col
 lected. Re-registration fees were col
 1ected. It was announced that we
 expect to have field day with New
 Haven some time in May. It was an
 nOunCed that there will be court of
 honor meeting Monday night. A li-
 brary committee report was read,
 after which games were played. After
 a few setting up exercises the meet
 ing adjourned.
 Harry Kingman, Scribe.
 Troop 23, Joseph Saksa, s. AI
 Our regular weekly meeting was
 opened at 7:2O by our scoutrnaster
 Roll call showed 15 boys present:
 $1.1O dues was collected. We now nave Il boys registered as three more
 registered at this meeting. MT. Malt land was present at our meeting He
 showed us how to put bandages on. James were played and meeting ad- pjourned at 9:30.
 John Duhon, Scribe. Troop 24, John J. Joraleman. s. NT. Our meeting was called to order by Scout Gasso. Scout Gasso was elected as senior patrol leader. Twenty scouts were present. Dues were then col i leCted. The names of scout non 1 attendance were read and ordered l dropped by our troop. Application of | Vincent Poole was read and later 1 unanimously voted in our troop. ! Scout Underhill was reinstated after ] being absent for six months on ac- count of business. Treasurer's report was read and accepted. Scouts Shee- | han and Phelan reports for the ban ! quet which We had proved to be a l great success. Plans were made for q 1 hike to Mt. Carmel starting Good Fri 1 day remaining there until Easter | Some good country hiking will be
 taken on the hike. At the time ou1 scoutmaster presented Scout Benner