Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-28

scouts are urgently requested to give at least week or ten days notice tol the scout executive. in order to mobil- ize them for that service. tl
 March 23-Seouts paraded with drum and bugIe corps to >open campaign.
 March-Scouts distributed several hundred posters and window cards.
 April 3-Eight scouts under the di- recton of the fire warden assisted n extinguishing a forest fire at Plain HN.
 April 2S-Troop set out 50 ever greens on Laurel Hill. u
 May 4-Scouts distributed 5000 Nea~ East relief circulars. II May 1s-Scouts reported 30 premises needing attention during Cleanup Week. II
 May 1s-2o-Bundle day. Scouts CO.,! lected approximately 200 bundles of clothing for the Near East Relief. May 97-Scout executive and scouts cut trails to Miantonomahs monument at Greeneville. May 2s-Twelve officials and scouts participated in memorial exercise on | 1 Preston bridge for sailors. 1 May 29-Scout executive and detail of scouts participated in memorial ser vices by D. A. +. at Norwich Town l 1 cemetery. 1 1 :. May 3O-TIghty scouts and officials i with bugle and drum corps paraded on Memorial day and served water to the veterans. i May So-scouts distributed 500 cards 1 to spectators calling attention to ob- servances- due. the colors, etc.
 June Detail of scouts ushered at 1 community picnic, LoHthorpe Mead ows.
 June 7-scoutS distributed 5,ooo 1 Bread and Milk bulletins, and took part in parade.
 June 14-ofcials and scouts raised
 flag at Elks' Flag day exercises. Sept 4-5-6-Scouts set up first. a;d tent at fair grounds. Executive and <u1 scouts on duty. Set up tent for Saliva ton Army. Ushered at grand stand. Oct 4-Placed Mohawk Indian vii.
 lage exhibit tn Wanrcgan hotel for Ro- tary club inspection S Oct. S-Boy scouts weekly pictorial posters placed in prominent places. Oct. 24-Mohaw'k village exhibit I placed in Eaton Chase window two weeks.
 Nov. 7-Mohawk Indian village e1- hibit placed in Pitcher & Services win
 w Nov. W 1s0scouts distributed Red
 Cross posters
 Nov. 17-seouts escorted Wesleyan university glee club to homes in city.
 Dec. 2-15 scouts with drums and bugles escorted Santa Claus from Bal tic to Porteous & Mitchell's store. Dee. 5-9-15 scouts exhibited work at industrial exposition at armory.
 Sports and Activities.
 Scout activities and sports commit tee: Chairman, J. Nelson Weymouth i;
 Richard Lewis. Frank J. Murtha, Ed mund W Perkins, Clarence A. Spear.
 Jan. 3-Scouts had skating meet at
 Edmund Perkins rink. Feb. 8-scouts blew bugle calls
 throughout town.
 Feb. 12-scout rally at Community
 Feb 13-Grand scout rally and stunt night; movie of Treasure Island.
 April Scout pet show at Disco's store: TO pets exhibited; 50 prlzss , awarded.
 April 4-stamp exchange at scout | headquarters.
 April 22-camp reunion at scout headquarters. , May 24-Annual inspection of troops
 at armory.
 , June 24-Inter troop met at N. F. A. 5 grounds; 50 scouts took part in fl events.
 July 10-7s boys camped from one , to four weeks at Camp Tippecan. Sept 16-24-Norwich council set uT I booth at Eastern States Exposition, at
 Springfield, Mass; two scouts attended for one week. expenses paid by expos:- f | ton. k Oct. 7-Tpeasure hunt at Mohesan 1 park.
 Oct. 21-scoutmasters hike to River, 2 side. 2 Camp TipDeean.
 Camping committee: Chairman. T. C " E, Prentice; H. W. Cardwen
 Manley Eastwood, Jr..> Halsey A. s l4up. George s. Ingalls,. Dr. A. ].
 Pierre, Nelson Parker. Weston c. Pl l. len. J. Henry Shannon. = The scout executive, F. A. Benton }. with the assistance Of the camp com, }, ducted the four weeks camp at Tippe'
 can from July to Aug. '.
 Camp was set up July Sth by the ex
 ecutive, Nessrs. H. E. Prentice, Leon . ard Prentice. H. W. Cardweil. Westoi - c. Pullen. ManIey Eastwood, dr., Cooi l. John Jenks and Joe Plant, carpenter ,. A kitchen 6x12 feet was built and { = range and shelving installed. Window: e and doors were provided and the build e ing covered with patent roofing.
 July 1o-Eight boys and two addi 5 tional assistants arrived in camp. Dur ~ ing the first week the assistants anc
 boys were busy with scout tests, build
 ing raft kitchen and setting up radif
 outfit. Camp took hike to Yawgoog.. tn Rhode Island scout camp at Yawgoo' v. pond.
 Platnfield r. July 1s-Rev W. c. Prentiss. Plain F, field, held services in the pine grove j l. the afternoon.
 tt July 17-Five more scouts arrivst tt from Norwich, making over 25 scout re and staff at camp. During the secon
 week the official photographer, Do, s Houghton, came out and took picture d of the varied activities. le| July 24-Work on raft, signal tow l. CTS, radio outfit and tests and poiu
 system continued During the wee ,s over 30 visitors came to camp. An1on ,: them was W. c. Vessel of the nationa ee office, camping department, who com :, pIirnented us on our ideal camp sit l. and urged scouts to work on exhibit fo g, the Mohawk Indian village. Two boy lc learned to swim and several learned t B. dive.
 F- July S1-The third week William La 5, tham was assistant and the fourt Fl week Lucius Davis assisted on tn B staff A number of the scouts were i I' camp the entire four weeks and man, were present three weeks. The reguka | schedule of camp was followed dail = from reveille to taps. including mornin D. dip, setting up exercises, two swimmin r periods, instruction, inspection an
 hikes, games, etc.
 of Four camp hikes were/taken by the en
 tire camp conducted by the camp direc
 tor. The camp menu was good, the boy! T were well taken care of and no scout' Nr11a wis