Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-24
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Letter from President of Perth Amboy
Council.

Letter from President OF Perth Annoy
Council.
Dear Scouts:
AS President Of the Council, I wish
to remind you of a year ago. Tor II
was then thai action was taken py
your Scoutmasters to organize a u
ell On Perth Amboy. To be exact, 1t
was for January 81, 1913 that a meet
ling was called by a Committee OF your
Scoutmasters for the purpose or or
lganizing a local Council"
We met at the Salvation Army
Headquarters.
/ think Scoutmaster Henry told me
| that there were about seventy-hVe
tRerth Amboy men invited to the meet
ling, but I think not more than about
Item of them attended the meeting, SO
you see the general public at that tune
had not begun to properly appreciate
the value and importance of
and l know it's value and possibilities
are not yet nearly sufficiently well
known or appreciated IN Perth Am
boy. It Is only u, as Scouts acting
with your -Scoutmasters. with soma
help from the Council, that can make
Scouting in Perth Amboy to be what
it can and should be-
But l was telling you about the
meeting a year ago. National Scout
commissioner Boardman was to ad-
dress us, out as he could not be there,
he sent Mr.. Waterman Instead. MT
Waterman gave us a very interesting
talk, telling us that the Council had
+. three departments: Organization
Training and Awards, and he told US
lwhat the functions of each of these
departments are.
Mr.. Antisell, now the Director OF
the Department Of Training, was al
! the meeting and nominated me foT
temporary President so that Is how
became officially introduced into the
Scouting programme for Perth Am,
boy, Scoutmaster Seele was elected
lSecretary of the Committee and Scout
master Irving Goldstein was selected
to take are Of publicity.
AS the result of thds meeting, we
very soon arranged with the National
Headquarters In New York, to send
Scout Commissioner Groesbeck down
here to organize u Council. l think
most of you will remember how. when
the Council was founded, we had an
enthusiastic public meeting at the
High School, at which some of you
Scouts gave exhibits OF Scouting a @
~tivities and we received our Colors
and our Charter. That was a fine
meeting and you, as Scouts, did q
great deal to make 1t a success.
Then there was another public
Injecting which too place on a terribly
stormy night and there were not many
there, but those who were present
had O good Get-Together time under
iMr. Groesbeck's leadership.
It Is not my purpose here to review
all that happened, until We got tht
Council organized, with Mr.. Heinolt
as Executive, but what l am leading
up to now DIT to remind you that II
is now Just about the first Anniver-
sary of the founding OF the Perth Am
boy Council and this closely comedies
with the 10th Anniversary of the
founding of the Boy Scouts Of Ameri
ca.
Next month we are going to cele-
brate our National Birthday during
the week OF Feb. 8th to 14th. This
week will be known as Good TURF
Week"
It is important that every Scout de
his best to make that wen a sue
cess. We must all work together te
make 1t a success but we cannot work
together effectively unless each indi-
|vidual realizes his responsibility fol
doing his part and oes IT
Yours In the interest Of Good TURF
tWeew,"
President, Perth Amboy Council,
Boy Scouts OF America
Troop News.
Troop No. 9-The meeting was shor
and full of business. Scout M
Schwartz received his registration
card. Scouts Buncher. A Schwartz
and jacobson received their tender
foot badges. Asst. Deputy Commits
sioner, Mr.. Diamond of Long Branch
gave a short talk or scouting to tn
troop. The troop flag was then pre-
scented by Patrol Leader Tracheafsk,
and Asst. Patrol leader Mintz of tn