New Britain herald., 1920-03-15
BOY SCOUT NEVIS

neSdaN night. On account of the in- crease in mem bership a new patrol is to formed shortly. Scoutmaster Lamb informed the troop of the plans for ih@ council camp next summer After th" business meeting a. social was held followed by an entertainment. Refreshments were served
 Troop No. ? met Tuesday night at the South church with 19 members present. Two patrols were formed-- the Pine Tree and the Buffalo. Pa trol officers were selected as follows: Pine Tree. Scout William Houck with William Christ as assistant; Buffalo, Scout Thomas Dyson with Oscar Carlson as assistant, X cle- order drill was given hy. Col. Bullen Of the troop committee. .t,The evening was closed with scout games given by the ScoutmaSter.
 Troop No. 2 met Thursday night at the Methodist church and held their regular business meeting. Report of the meeting was not submitted.
 Troop No. f met Friday night at the Center church with an unusual attendance. Scoulmaster shauffler gave 4lnstruCfion in the technique of ;Iile, new. investiture ceremony for ten 5 s,sfhof ssc aIs Scouts Shaeffer and Parker rel ated story of an interest ing hike whfsh.. some, ofsthem took last week. Some of the incidents were very amusing. The meeting was followed by lively games. The scout executive was a visitor.
 Troop No. 6 Maple Hill. Several candidates have registered with this troop. With Scoutmaster Arthur Sternbcrg new out of the hospital it is hoped to resume regular meetings againg.
 Troop No. met Wednesday night at the Boys club. It was decided that too mitch time was being lost on business meetings so ir the futurs there will Le one business meeting each month. The other three meet ings will be devoted entirely to scout instruction. drills, etc. A short drill was given in the gymnasium by M. lt. Cook of the troop committee.
 Troop No. 9 met Friday night at the Baptist church. Scoutmaster Me kenney has laid cut schedule of in structiOn for several weeks in advance so that each scout knows just what week the different tests will be eX- plained by the scoutmaster.
 v Troop No. 10 met Thursday night at the Synagogue with 4 scouts pres ent. The following patrol leaders were selected: Raphael Finkelstein an1 David Richmar. Assistant Scoutmast- CT Sirot gave an interesting talk on life in the navy, followed by a short drill The troop will meet at the same place permanently on Thursday nights.
 Troop No. II met Thursday night at the German Lutheran church. The meeting Was opened with d good live ly game followed by group instruc- tion in knot-tying. Each member of the troop is making a friction fire making set. The scout executive was l visitor.
 Troop No 13 met Tuesday evening at the Stanley Memorial church. The meeting was in charge of Scout Will | liam Hoffman in the absence of the l sCout,laste". The members have 1 started q troop hank to slve funds for camping this summer. Seven new 1 candidates were received into the 1 troop by the new tenderfoot investi- 1 ture under the supervision of the i scout executive. The troop now l numbers 19 mem bers. The scout l executive gave black board inst ruction | on the compass followed by a talk on 1 fir st-aid and short drill in the Senl- 1 aphore signal code. The troop is to l have q big social on Wednesday night 1 of this week at which the girl scouts ! will De entertained.
 Troop No. IS which iS being or ganized at the A. NJ, F.. Zion church l has settled upon Thursday nights as 1 their time of meeting.
 Troop No 19 met Thursday night at St. Joseph's church after suspcnd- 1 ing meetings fer one week on acconl.t l of the church mission. Games nn( l instruction were held by the scout. i master and his assistant.
 ! The executive committee of }Dt l co'Inci held it's monthly meeting las ! Thursday at which the -recomnlenda tions of the committee On campin: were approved and adopted. \ budSe
 for tfc coming year was approved