Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-28
Pueblo Scout News


terian church.
We had dandy meeting last Tues
day night. 1t was called to order about
7:l5 o'clock and we had business hrst
and then dement's were handed out
Tho scouts that were initiated were
George Marsh Billy Currey' rom
Price Edward Risely and Victor Lar
son The ones that were inltlated re-
ceived n piece of pic after tneir 1i.ld- !-
tion. We had two fun patrols anu wv wv
extra scouts We are going to miss one
of our hest scouts for George Marsl
is going to California. We had atl
sorts of fun on the hike a week dSo
Saturday. We went to Hock CallSou'
and it took an hour to get there. men
we did get there. VIC were very thlrsty
and we drank all the water We could
find, Then we went down to the river
and printed troop one all over inc
rocks. We skipped rocks across tls
river and we found many Klnds Oh
CRYSTALS. Gene Tracy found a quartz
rock and so did George Marsh. We
went all over the hills. Senior Patrol
Loaded Chester Collins, Gene IrhcS
Billy Curry and Jewel Lyons staycn
behind and wc went up to nttle huI
which was empty and started 10 nuli,, y,
a fire. but then we decided that IL
might not be best. so We went up 10
tho top of cliff and built a fire there.
Chester Collins accidentally dropped a a
rock on his head. We soon ran out Oh
water and so hurried back to Il farm
house. Some of the scouts did not get
~ GENE TRACY. Scribe.
Troop :. scoutmaster. Frank Whet-
Zei Assistant scoutmastcr, George
Else. Meeting place: First Methodist
Episcopal church. Time OF meeting.
Thursday o'clock in the evening:
Tho FLYING Eagles beat the Cuckoos
in n contest for membership, ana MT.
Price presented them with n big pump
kin pie.
But they didn't carry away that
prize as easy as they thought they
would on counting UP new mombers
II was found that each patrol had hFo
new members, so to settle the idss
the patrol having tho highest percent t
age in attendance for the nc" scouts
was awarded tho pic,
The annual hike IS now ono or the
most important parts Troop three
yearly program, and this year mark7
the fourth annual hike. The main
question on this hike is eats. On this
special hike, wo are to be ironorcd by
the presence OF Mr.. Price. who is al
ways welcome. and who puts the pep
and punch in hike of any kind.
EVERETT PAESELL, Scribe
Troop ., meeting place, Pueblo Min
ing and MctallurSical company on
santa Fc avenue, Scoutmaster Austin
e. Marsh Friday night at 1880 o'clock.
S,y boy. none OF YOU other troops
are in II at all. What? Haven't You
heard the good news Here 1t is. troop
& has one first class and four second
class scouts. most OF thcm ready Tor
first class tests and the troop mas otlly
been organized and registered hNe
months. Maybe that doesn't sound
good TO the rest OF you. who are pos
Hlbly u littlc jealous. but how do you
think We feel, nearly 100 per cent AZ
tendance. last evening, even tho the
scoutmastcr was not present. IrooI
s Isn't dead for one minute.
LEWIS BAENUM, Troop Scribe.
Troop & Scoutmastcr. V. +. knovl'
ton. Assistant scoutmasters, Pete Bar
bata and Ralph ArutZ, Meeting place
St Francis Navlcr's church Time ol
meeting Thursday. 80 p. m.
our meeting Thursday was ATTENDED
by ton registered scouts, hye candl'
dates. and four commissioned oitleefh
one scout passed his tenderfoot tss'
and was received into the troop, IN
structon in signalling and knot tyin7
was given: then the meeting ad1oufhse
until next week.
TROOP .. scoutmaster. John Kras-
ovltz. Assistant Scoutmaster' ,hariss
Rozeck Meeting place, st Mary
school. Time of meeting. Sunday, p
saw. Scouts! Do you know that
Scouting Is celebrating its eleventh
birthday this month"; Eleven years ol
fun, eleven years OF work. and best
of all-elevcn years of good turns.
Another thing, This month is also tine
birthday Of Washington and Lincoln
two OF tho greatest Americans we
know OF.
Troop had live program last n'ect,
ing one new member was received
into the troop. but not as a scout, no.
until he has passed his IendSrloot ~. ~,
But he'll do that soon. and that makes
II twenty-five Scouts all told DC
Won know that We have "A drummer
Ills name Is Bernord Herman.
"a Scout Is Friendly. So we wan'
to make friends with other troops
Some OF our Scouts intend 10 NlSu
troops i'm the near future. and wo woul'
iisc to have visits from Scoutmastcr'
and Scouts from other troops.
We expect to go on our annual NIX,
soon. We have one hike year ard
II is nearly time for that to come
around now. We also hope to change
our meeting night from sunday 10
Thursday or Friday next spring
And still another thing, Why mol
solve the housing problem for the birds
in pueblo this year. ~ scout Is
Kind. We could build hundreds o
houses for the many homeless Dire
families this year.
Did, you go to that Father and Sor
hnnquet7 MIR. Alverson himself sd,
mitted. 1T was the best of its hnt
in tho whole city" Nearly every
Scout brought his father and mothe'
with him quite a number of noys
who are not old enough 10 pop"hl'
Srouts hut who hope to be soon, wer'
there accompanied by their fathers.
ono OF tho best programs ever pu'
on by the troop was furnished at TINS
banquet. .
MIR John Krasovitz, our ScoutmaN,'r
who served as toastmaster' mans,
tho neoplo for the kind interest whicf
they had taken in the troop for th'
past few months.
Lss.,.. Father Minct, one of the mem
Isd(}l ,-,e Pueblo Council, spoke NerE
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