The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-12-03
BOY SCOUTS ENDORSED
BY FORMER CITIZEN
n. 5. VolSmar Urges Support Of
movement. SCOutmaS!er
Needed.

The letter printed below from our
TONER fellow publisher ana Milbank
fellow citizen calls attention to what
the Herald-Advance referred to in an
edhtonal last week in regard to furn-
lshlng wholesome point of contact
ior the youth of the city Mr.. Volk-
mar is himself directly interested in
ehe Boy Scout movement as scout
master, in Seattle, and his experience
md obSetv walton in this work has 'un-
!oubtedly convinced him Of the value
OF the scout movement among bows,
The letter is splendid endorsement
OF scout work and we trust will inspire
someone who believes in boyhood and
lts possibilities to take hold of the
movement in Milbank and keep the or
yanization effective We understand
that Rev. 5. T. Jones, the Episcopal
rector had been acting as scout mas
ter for the boys, but since the loss of
-heia meeting place the organization
has been losing its n,orale. Here is
Mr.. Noamar letter written with the
- enthusia N That characterized him
When championirg any cause which
ne eanoused:
Seattle, Washington,
November %, 1920.
Dear Bro. DoWn.2:
! rave ir I read with regret in the
'aet issue Of the Herald Advance that
The Boy Scout movement in Milbank
: tagging to such an extent that It is
ortempiatcd selling the building in
which the troop has been meeting.
This is indeed regretable. Never has
there been more laudable and worthy
movement than that of endeavoring
to make an asset rather than q liza
bility Of the youth of the land as they
grow up to manhood-to make boy
credit alike to himself, his family
and the community at large, and use
full and patriotic citizen. We all recog-
nize the fact that there is a crying
need to instill a better and higher
civic morale in the community and this
is the object and end of the Boy Scout
movement.
In the BOYS world therefore there
have been three factors in his life
the Home, the Church, and the School,
but there is big gap where he is
away from these influences to help
guide him in right paths--to give him
something good and useful to think
about and to do, he is likely to wander
from the influences of the factors rep
resented by the Home, the Church, and
the School, and to get into mischief
which many times leads to serious
trouble which may wreck and mar
his future life
This big gap IN the boys life is
what the Boy Scout movement is und-
eitakirs to fiji ard there is no better
work in which man like yourself,
now that you have the time and COM
parative leisure, can engage than that
OF helping to encourage the boys in
your community to grow up to be-
come good. useful and patriotic citi-
zcns. If you will take hold of this
work, and try to enlist the interests
of some of the fathers of the boys,
you will soon feel that in your later
days you have done lasting good and
the pay that you will get will be far
greater than that of any dollars which
you may have earned and laid by.
Now, Bro. Downie, go to it and call
together a few of your good citizens
and especially the .fathers-and the
mothers, and save the Boy Scout
movement in your community from be-
ing lost and abandoned. Of all the
activities in which l have ever been
engaged in my life none has ever ap-
pealed to me, and given me such
profound satisfaction, as this Boy
Scout movement.
Upon reading the news item in
question l just felt that l must sit
right down and write you as / have
done.
Sincerely yours,
uEMpX G AnIK