The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-13
Parents are Guests Of Boys at Meet
ings and Suppers Held Last Night
in Scout Week Observ-
anco.
BADGES ARE PRESENTED
Work Of the Troops Is Shown and
Speakers Praise Program That
Boys are Follow
Ing.


Scouts Of America observed Boy
Scout week with banquets last even
ing at which the parents OF the Boys
were the guests OF honor. The Dan
quets marked the completion Of one
year of work for troop one and eight
months activities for troop ,wo
fShort talks were made at each OF the
banquets by scout officials and in
yited guests. Both troops awarded
badges, and showed their parents
something of the work they have
been doing during the year.
The banquet for troop two Was
served in the Sunday school rooms
of the First Christian church. There
were four tables laid in the focm OF
hollow square, with flags as the
central table decorations, and stream
ers of red, white and blue running
the length of the tables. Flags were
used in decorations around the room.
The supper was prepared by a COM
,mittee composed OF Mrs. K. l.. Bane,
Mrs. Dimond, Mrs. Larson, Mrs. Mel
son and Mrs. Fader. $50.
Following the supper which every
one relished and enjoyed, DR.. H. Ii.
Stafford presided as POSTMASTER. The
Rev. Huell Warren spoke on "Reli-
gion and the Boy" He said religion
was that force which helped the boy
to find himself, and he compared the
Boy Scout work and movement with
religious growth of the individual.
Ira w. Wills told Of his being in
Washington last June at the time OF
the national drive, and how he met
Vice President Marshal who is one
of the strongest of the scout sup
Iporters. Clarence H. Dickey, city
attorney spoke in the place Of Mayor
! Lotion who Is i'll; and he told the
scouts how they could help in little
things about the city such as partici-
patton in spring clean-ups, reporting
defective sidewalks, and barricades
in streets which are not lighted, or
on which lights have gone out. Mrs
Hueu Warren spoke in the place of
u. G. Mckinley. Her topic was that
tos education and she gave figures to
tshow what education means to the
boy and how it helps in his gaining
a livelihood. Frederic c. Smith told
the boys something Of the war work
the English Boy Scouts did. DR.. F..
NJ. Fuller was to have spoken, but he
was not able to be present.
! Scoutmaster l.. r. Bane presented
the senior patrol leader and scribe,
Carroll Nelson and Ivan Larson, with
badges. The troop gave exhibitions
of knot tying, and following the read.
ing of messages from the officers,
the boys told of the good turn they
had done this week. Following this
the boys took their guests into the
club room to show them something
Of the work they have been doing
Troop Ones Banquet
At the troop one banquet DR.. J. w.
Marsh, scout commissioner, and the
scout officers spoke. Besides this
being the anniversary OF the scout
organization it is the first anniver-
sary of troop one. Fifty regular
troop meetings were held, according
to the report presented. Thirty of
these were at the Jefferson school,
ten in the open, two at the Lincoln
school, eight at Rock Hall. At these
meetings 318 tests in scout craft were
passed. Besides these there were
ieight special gatherings and nine
business meetings. The troop had
twelve day hikes, four over night
hikes, and eleven days in the sum
mer camp. # 'r "
On their hikes the boys practiced
distance signalling, bridge building
mapping, regular field hedule and
during the late fall and winter cut
Christmas trees and wood, and OBJ
served the woods and wood life in
winter.
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