The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-04-07
News About
Boy Scouts


Troop Meetings.
Eleven troops will meet at 1880
O'clock tonight as follows: No. i
IN the Methodist Protestant TEN.
spie. No, In the First Presbyterian
Church; No. 5 In the Fleming
sdhoothuuse; No. 8 In the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church South: Nc.
s3dn thefFtrst Methodist Episcopal
Church, Nc. 0 in the Highlana
Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Of Beilytew; Pennington No. / IN
the Pennington High School sRtyes.
Vile No. 1 In the old sehbolhouse:
Warrington No. 1 in the First Pres
byteriant Church; Huntington No.
an the First Methodist Episcopal
Church and Monongah No. 1 In
the Thoburn Public Schoolhouse.
Manningtbn troop No. 3 will meet
AT $3.50 O'clock Sunday afternoon in
the office OF the scoutmaster, Or.
w J.Leahy..
Hike on Saturday.
An overnight hike will be taken
on Saturday, the troops leaving
scout headquarters at 8 o'clock in
the morning. Scout Executive r.
A. Tate will be In charge Of the
hike!
Assists With Convention.
Local scouts will take part in
The state dental convention. which
will be held here Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday OF next week, by
supplying the convention with
three orderlies and a bngler. Ar.
thur Lewis will be the bugler, but
the orderlfes have not been appoint.
Prizes ordered.
Prizes have been ordered for the
spring rally which will be held in
Rayine Park April 20. These prizes
are q shield, for the troop having
the highest number OF points: a
sold medal for the scout having the
highest number Of points and small
medals for scouts who place in
each event.
Sends Entry Blanks.
Entry blanks for the spring rail-
have been sent to scoutmasters
throughout the country and these
must he filled out and returned to
scout headquarters before the Gath
Of the month.
Spring Rally.
Mltroopsgot the county will par.
ticipate In the spring rally and rib.
hon prizes Will be awarded in each
event, while the troop having the
highest number of points will have
the honor OF building and light.
Ing the campfire.
The scouts will be classified for
the events according to weight.
Glass a will include all scouts,
class will. include scouts who
weigh over 105 pounds and class G
will include scouts who weigh lin.
der t9b pounds.
The scouting events will be open
TO all scouts and the events are fire
uutlding. tower or bridge building.
wall scaling, a first aid contest and
q signalling contest.
The 400 yard dash, the high
hltnp, The running broad jump and
The standing broad jump in the ath.
tetic events are open to all scouts
IN classes B and G, and the cross
country run Is open to all scouts.
The campfire program will be
held at 1880 O'clock In the evening
audit Is as follows: Lighting camp
fire, honor troop; stunts, all troops;
wireless concert, signal school;
scout talks by Scout Executive
Maxwell of Morgantown and Scout
Executive Hemeyer Of Clarksburg.
Seoutst See America.
You can't convince a Boy Scout
that Christopher Columbus discov-
cred America. Scouts admit Co
lrmbus discovered where America
rs, but the actual discovery OF the
country itself It still going on. Let
Rotary Club pack two hundred
boys In automobiles and whisk them
out OF Iowa. to Yellowstone National
Park for a three weeks tour cover.
ing 5000 miles OF territory. and
those two hundred scouts will tell
you how TO discover America. That
Is only one OF many scouting Know
America hikes related by the Ma.
Honalg Camp Director Of the Boy
Scouts of America, L. L. McDon-
aid, in his 1921 Report to be sub
quilted to the annual meeting OF the
organization at Chicago, March 20
and 80. In passing, It might be-
mentioned that the Boy Scouts OF
America Is the only organization
employing an expert outdoorsman
20 give yearlong supervision to
camping. But In official Scout YER
nacular. Camping, Includes all
scout activities which take boys
away from home for week.long or
hWeek-end camps, hikes, automobile
and canoe trips and similar educa.
ionali pranks.
The Camp Directors report tells
how eagle scouts Of Toledo, Ohio.
annually tour by canoes through
! Northern Michigan, giving new
scouts an opportunity TO learn all
about that Interesting region under
the proud tutelage of scouts who
have taken the tour before. It tells
how scouts OF Macon, Atlanta, and
Waycross Georgia, conduct a ma.
tire study camping.trlp to the great
IQkefenokee Swamp and learn in
one trip more than a winters read.
ing could ten them about that nat.
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