Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-12-22
BIG HOLIDAY
SCOUT PROGRAM
ASSIST IN DISTRIBUTION OF
CHRISTMAS BASKETS
THIS WEEK

and the one upon which the boys ar,
! spending the most time at present, ant
/ doing it effectively, too, is the collec
ton Of toys for distribution by th'
/ Federated Charities Saturday. Tit
twelve active troops in the city have
a schedule arranged so that they car
cover the entire city with confusion
or duplication.
/ The division of districts is as fol
/ lows:
Troop No From Grant south t.
/ Scott
| Troop No. Prom Kickbusch soutf
/ to Town Line road.
Troop No. From Jackson soutI
to Kickbusch.
| Troop No. 4From Scott south tc
Jackson.
Troop No. 5-From McIndoe south
! to Grant.
Troop No S-From steuben soutr
to McIndoe.
Troop No. 9-F'rom Stewart avenue
south
Troop No. 1O-From Bridge south
to Steuben.
Troop No. 11-From Maple south tC
Stewart avenue.
Troop No. 12-From West Bridge
to Maple.
Troop No. 14-From West Wausau
avenue to West Bridge.
Troop No. 27-From Wausau avenue
to Bridge. o
Dolls, dishes, horses, wagons
clowns, any kind of toy that child
would enjoy are wanted and will be
collected by the scouts and taken to
headquarters where necessary repairs
will be made and the toys prepared
for distribution. Folks having toys
they can spare are asked to call
headquarters, phone 4147, and scouts
will call for them. Responses are
already numerous and quite a stock
of toys has been gathered at head
quarters.
The work of distribution will be
entrusted to the Pine Tree Patrol who
will also distribute the baskets pre-
pared by the Federated Charities. The
Pine Tree boys will be assisted by
one representative from each troop
who will report tomorrow and Satur-
day at nine o'clock in the morning
for service all day. Four trucks have
been promised for Saturday and it is
expected that the work of distribution
Will proceed rapidly.
Troop Meetings
Troops 6, s and 8 met this week
and to their regular meeting program
added substantial feed. Troop 6
met Sunday evening in the basement
OF the Presbyterian church with w.
{. Lanson, newly elected scout presi-
dent. the Rev. F.. W. Eastwood and
Commissioner III. r. Hopkins in at
tendance.
Troop met at Underwood Chapel
Tuesday evening with ScoutmasteI
Carl Schmidt and Richard Eisenman,
assistant in charge. d. A. Caldwell
and Nj. J. Gender attended with their
mandolin and guitar and furnished
some of their popular musical mum
bers.
Troop s held reorganization meet
ing at the Presbyterian church last
evening. B. A. Benson is scoutmaster
with Barney Dehn assistant. The
meeting was attended by the troop
committeeman and the scout commits
sioner
st. Paul's troop No. 10. spent Sat
urday night at Hemlock Lodge and
demonstrated that they could keep
themselves warn and have a good time
even though the thermometer stood
in the neighborhood of zero. The
boys returned Sunday morning in time
for Sunday school,
Grant school troop No. Ia was re-
organized Sunday evening and an az
tive organization was developed Carl
SsCfsncnn iS NTH -,
Rasmussen aid Francis Gilkerson as
assistants The twrnty-fo'r boys of
the troop are divided into four pa
trolls. the Beaver patrol, " ilbert Penn
leader: the WolE patrol. Arthur
dounzhauaer,. leade, the Radger pa
troll Alfred Sense. leader the fourth
latfol. as vet unnamed. Wilbur hol-
ly, leader Frederick Egner is scribe
Holiday Programs
Monday. Tuesday ana " ednesday Of
next week the mass troop mceungs be-
gin AT ii, alock Lodge. All troops hold
ing regular meetings on tnrse even
u.gs will combine heir prcgrams an 4
hold them at the Lodge in -eaa of at
he ieea,ar meeting places Troop
meetings will be held for fifteen min
utes in the open after which camp
fire program will be held. On Tues
days. December q and January 3
there vii! be educational trips to diff
ferent factories leaving headquarters
at nine O'Clock in tae morning. A zig
treasure hunt will start from the high
school grounds at ten o'clock wednes-
lay morning, December rs. and on
January 4 there will De a big hare
and hounds chase. The Photographic
hike Is scheduled for January Z Par
tieipation in any of t. So events viii
count for points in the flag race. The
program is not limited 10 scouts. any
boy IN the city wne wishes = take
TART being cordially invited