The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-01-28
BUSINESS MEN
SQUARELY BACK
OF BOY SCOUTS
Annual Meeting Shows Year
of Great Importance and
Makes Plans For Large Ex-
pansion in Future.

Maui Council of the Boy Scouts of
America held its annual meeting in the
Chamber of Commerce rooms on We'd
nesday afternoon, elected officers for
the year and adopted plans which
will tend to make 1921 even more
successful than was last year, called
in the report of the executive secretary
"a year which will stand out for
long time as most important in the
history of Scouting on Maui" The i'm
portance which attaches to the Boy
Scout movement was shown by the
caliber of the men in attendance and
the keen interest shown by all those
present in all of the proceedings.
officers Elected
officers for the year of the council
are c.. d. Lufkin, president; Dan T.
Carey, vice-president; Walter Engle,
treasurer and w. f. Crockett, secre-
tary. The executive secretary is again
C. S. Childs, w. H. Hutton is scout
commissioner and C. L. Bowker is dep
uty commissioner for Lahaina. Fol
lowing the election of officers, was
read the report of the executive secre-
tary, which will be printed in full in
next weeks Scout Page of Maui News,
and the treasurer's report showing
| balance on hand of $40. Later the
names of several who had moved from
the county were stricken from the
roll and a score of new members ad-
mitted to the council.
The report of the secretary told of
the formation of troops at Wailuku.
Puunene, Paia, Makawao, Kahului,
Spreckelsville, Lahaina, kipahulu,
Waihee and Puukolii and requests for
organization from groups at Kaupo,
Waikapu, Hamakuapoko and kula.
that Maui is to be boarded"
with Boy Scouts organizations.
New Plans Adopted
! A number of recommendations were
made in the report all of which were
adopted. One was the appointment of
w. H. Hutton as Scout commissioner
in place of Charles A. Puck, resigned,
and another was the naming of G. l..
Bowker to succeed B. o. Wist of La
haina, resigned.
A committee on troop organization
will pass upon all applications for
troops, charters, for scoutmasters and
community nominations for deputy
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will be formed in the Paia- Makawao
and Hama Kipahulu districts; there
will be a committee on camping and
out -of-door activities and to promote
public demonstrations and similar af-
fairs and another committee on civic
affairs to promote and have charge OF
all public service to be undertaken by
the Scouts. There is to be raised
$4,000 which will put the council
squarely on it's feet. During the year
there are to be operated Scout recrea-
tional camps; a hike by selected
troop across Central and West Maui
to give demonstrations in order to
stimulate scouting; there will be fit
ting exhibition at the Fair if Fair au-
thorities are willing to include 1t in
the program, such as have been given
at the Territorial Fair and there will
be school for Scoutmasters.
Hutton Heard From
Especially keen was the interest
shown in the report of w. IL. Hutton
on what has been done since he came
to Maui He explained methods which
will avoid mistakes such as were made
in Honolulu before and during his ex-
perience there; what is being done in
passing of tests; requirements; meth
ods of keeping records; benefits to
the community and the nation from
Scouting and went with much detail
into the subject of the coming school
for Scoutmasters to which he invited
all members of the council.
Touching on the subject of publicity
Mr.. Hutton said since his arrival there
had been 2S columns of news relative
to scouts and scouting published on
! Maui of which 25 columns was in
Maui News.