The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-11-10
Campaign FOR $4,000 FOR boy
SCOUT MOVEMENT GETS STARTED
BANQUET LAST EVENING hHAo~-
URATES DRIVE TO BE ENDED
SATURDAY,
M, NJ. A.nmunson Makes stirring Ap-
peal for Movement Urging CO.
Operation.

One hundred prominent business III, II
Of the Wheeling district reprcSrnttit'
every line OF life. and everyone OF inc
loading organizations Of the CITY ~
augurated the $45.OUO budget cAnpalsh
for Wheeling Council Of the Boy, Scouts
OF America last evening with u banquet
in the A. o. L. w. building 49,.
The campaign gets under way TINS
mornings with solicitors WORKING III
! every part of the city, and the amount
I To be raised Is expected 10 be raised pc
fore the end Of the drive Saturday hlEnt
!, At the banquet last evening inc
! pledge cards were distributed 10 ~"
! different teams who will work through
! out the city. and the men will beEn
working At once this morning. Inc
! Kiwanis club has tho largest NUMBER
OF teams working. having nine III BIN
/ lien each. -.1
/ with invocation by Rev. J. NJ. fotter'
| pastor of the Vance Memorial rhurcn
| The dinner was served by the members
! Of the Edgwuud Lutheran church tnS
menu consisting "t rrrlnS o. toa'tHse'
! soup. roast hcnf. crcamed potatoes
peas. cold slIw. rolls. coffee Ice cFcA"'
cake and cigars. ,,,
/ George t. House president OF inc
: Wheeling council, WAS introduced as tnc
chairman Of the evening. hy Scout EN :
srutiv, II. O. P0rtz, and after brlct
! talk, outlining tn" work Of the scouts
! In the Wheeling district during inc paS'
.hrrn years. hc !ntrudUc"d VI. VI an
! muuson. national H"ld scout executive
, Of the Fourth district, Iothteu u IVA
! umbus. ,,;,,c Mr.
! Ammunsuu. Mr.. House named "a'h u
! the thirty-"nc good turns ""h" tnT
community 10y ia. local scouts. nlminE
tho Red Cross drives. ia" Liberty anu
! Victory loan drives. tho war rh'St W',th'
the Christmas Seals campaign ana th'
service rendered tho gov"rnln'nt "In'r-
{ wise by the local scouts during '''
MIR Ammunson opened his. address
hv first outlining the aim Of the scout,
ing movement. He told I'll me Teccnf
conference 1T Rear Mountain y; J.. ~
srnut executives, and told Of mo ann
~ III, movement as Summarized AZ thai
Conference In two words. character ana
citizenship" ,..,or,
Mr.. Nrnlnunson related how INC sou "
movement IS an up-butld"r NJ 'nhraCtIrr
! ,hrouph its various courses Of STUDY
and work, naming tn" scout laws XII"
I tho oath, and their meaning, ,,o
| Next. Mr. AmrunSon toll OF ,,'
meaning Of scouting: IN" 10y H ,I,u
, n,r said. in part. but Is I m"N'hi"Ei
lik, the natural action Of III" srhS ai -,
Inc Seasons An organization Is uSual,?
. a group headed 10y som" one i"t ,,,,'i
and tn. inter, st usually crhl'TS "i" ,t',.
a clubhouse. rooms or w. moro
The Boy Scout movement Is Ear ", ny
reaching. e"in" into every VAIN - ,h'
from the sons of m:l!i"nalrcS III ~
poorest class. from the c'tE p"i' =" ,Ts
! rur,utrv boy. miles from an! "tn't ivy
who are riunrrrS In their WORK
Nrorhrr Iritur" touched Was the mon;
s.r,nrian roint Of tn" work. ~ S T'ai
, The Scout movement - NOV hit' H.,
: ~ a crrtaiu religious group. there hrlnE
sn,,',tS in tho Catholic church. In" J"W'
! jsh synagogue. in every KIM OF w.
,r",ant church Tho only reference ~
religion In the work Is the I"St -""'
"A scout is rcNcrHnt. , ,, drear,s
Nr Ammunsun outlined the dream
of IN. average boy between the ah"s "i
10 and &c years. telling OF 'hr pr ~"
nhrm IN. boys life can he moulded i"t
his future hy the slightest action o. M
, idol in life. lie told oi Ih' - S"I,II
~ Tho hov's leadership for him |" nlou''
Nc iifo hy and urged the auGienc" 10 ~
nri themselves in getting men l"r r",'
rrSrin. by becoming trained sc"i''i"H
trrS. .,. rranizotiun
,.,s thcn outlined. from the hcadduAr'
tors in New York. to the diStrlSts' w
which wheeling IS . part or atStFira
2 th. Individual city or county Ut go,
zation, the voluntary scout , T"r'''i thr kew
: 70 IN, scouting movement. the scou'
! master and his assistants. , ~
Vr Ammunson's talk was wei r..
! c.ivrI and added much interest TO ths
! ", H. Smith. member Of the eXCSu'i I've,
,arl nr Tho local council was thrl IN
,rnduccd and he outlined Inc caihP'in"
,,.rv briefly, concluding with the az,
. tr!hution Of the pledge Cards 10 '''
rantuins or their rcnr"sontatIScS;;. =
IN. showing Of "CharaCtcr Building.
: ,,,a moving picture Of the local Scouts
in action concluded the elenms,s rL
gram The picture SHOWS n",' 10 90.
r,.aliv doing scout work: from inc 49, Me-
IN.in