The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-03-05
Boy Scout
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TROOP THE meeting was called to
order AT seven thirty o'clock shary. FIT
teen members were present. Two new
members were enrolled. We gave three
or or best yells. Mr.. Merrill mentioned
| the fact that the next meeting night
that we should bring our fifty cents for
| the new year. From eight thirty to
eight fifty We played games. They CON
sisted Of tug of war and O'Grady.
| REPORTER.
! TROOP had a meeting last Tuesday
night, March I. 1921. There were flf-
teen present Ave visitors and one re-
cruit. We played q few games and
then " chad roll call and dues. Mr..
Brown gave us First Aid instruction and
then we were excused
Our troop is growing rapidly We
soon hope 10 have four full patrols. We
now have three patrol leaders and as
sistants. The leaders are Mc8iullen.
Schohl and Scurlock. We are going to
start an inter patrol contest next meet
ing night. Each patrol has fine start.
| VERNE McNCLLEN. Reporter
| SCOUT MASTERS CONFERENCE
| The monthly meeting of the Scout
! Masters was held at the Chamber of
| Commerce Monday evening. February
1 LStn. AAGTo were Two NlSitcrSs Judge
Reiter. Chairman Of the Court of Hon
or and Col L1eGrande IT. Meyer. There
were twenty people present-scoutmast
ers. Assistants. Scribes and visitors.
| The meeting opened with a roll call
The presentation of colors was explained
/ by Mr.. Scott and il is hoped that ali
/ the troops in Hammond viii soon use
| this method. Then camo inspection.
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up" and consequently. tho Pine Tree pa
| troll won by a score Of q to 70 at this
meeting. The Scout Executive. Mr..
Scott. then demonstrated how to secure
muscle like the one he has attached to
his arm. He gave us two methods Of
calisthenics-shadow boxing and Mimet-
| ic Exercises.
| The business Of the evening was then
taken up Mr.. Scott gave short talk
on first aid. illustrating tie points given
by Some sketches made by Scoutmaster
Herman. Judge Reiter then gave
talk about the Court of Honor which was
| enjoyed by everybody He wants to
| assure the Scouts of Hammond his hear
| ty cooperation in passing their tests
Mr. Batony then initiated some new
members into the mystic. mysterious.
ancient oriental order of Siam. After
the initiation Leslie De Camp could not
realize the significance Of the order. We
then had some housing Scout games and
several members got the paddle wheel"
| YUM Yum! Eats were then served by
| Dick Parker. Melvin Herman, and Levi
| Golden. They consisted of coffee. ap-
pies and 3ughnuts. We thank won
Mr., Parken Mr.. Herman and mir. Golden
also Dale Gordon, who footed the bugle,
CHARLES sOMAfERs. Reporter.
TROOP lon February &c. Troop II
went out on an overnight hike. Nine
| teen boys from the troop went. The
Crow had six; Eagle Ave; Beaver, four:
and Silver Fox four. There were three
boys in the Grow Patrol that passed the
| tests and one from the Silver Fox. Sey-
eral boys came cut TO pass Merit Badge
tests and did a very good turn to the
camp by building a bridge across the
ditch. Mr.. Coilett and about two other
boys built an fncinerator for the camp,
thus doing a good turn. Dick Parker
was out and took the lead in the games
and stories. He also banked part of
the house. Before leaving camp, we
cleaned the inside of the house and then
raked UP the yard about tn camp.
On March 3, We held our weekly meet
ing. There were thirty-four scouts
present. The first thing We had was
roll call and then came presentation Of
colors and inspection. Then We played
games while Mr.. Collett passed some
boys on their tenderfoot tests.
| The Crow Patrol is the honor patrol
The Crow has 23t points; Silver Fox.
1855; Eagle IFS; and Beaver 62. Troop
II has almost a fun troop and Is grow
Il ,s~rT.e
1t is a little larger.
j. MAUCH. Reporter.
TROOP 14-This troop has Just com
| pleted organization and will meet I'M
the new Centenary NJ. z, church ca
| the North Side. It takes its number
from old troop Ia which used to meet
at Columbia scnool as several Of the
/ former scouts sare in this troop. At
present the troop is meeting every
Tuesday night It the HON eof their
| scoutsmastcr Mr.. r L. Reinman. Mr..
Reinmsn was formerly a scoutmaster
| in Terre Haute. Ind. The troop has
| a bout IL fne boys and promises to
make an Al troop. Last Sunday after
noon. the scoutmaster accompanied
the troop on a hike and had a very
interesting time. lie required every
! boy to have shown attendance at the
morning Sunday school before coming
on the hike.
| TROOP 5-Weduesday evening,
March Executive Scott met with Mr..
| Sam Skufakiss Mr.. Nowlan OF
! Brooks House. Mr. John Maka. Mr..
George Provancha and Mr.. Namon
Diemetricl1 at the Brooks House. Al
| this meeting the foundation was laid
for organizing treop which Will hold
| its first meeting at Brooks A.Ause next
Monday evening. Mr.. Diemttrick and
Mr. Nowlan wiz act as Scoutmaster
I and assistant for this troop. The bal