The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-12


 afforded the members of the Rotary Kiwanis and Lion clubs at The Strat field last night The meeting was ar ranged to set before the three clubs the activities of the scouts, how they feel towards the movement and tc dispe1 the impression that the boy scout day is all play.
 Stated at small tables each seating two or three men and an equal num- Der of boys, the scouts and the1l guests had a thoroughly enjoyable time while the various events of boy scouts day were depicted on an 1m- provised stage. It was more than g journey back to boyihood for the older men, it was an opportunity to learn o1 many things which the newer men who are growing up in the boy scout movement are doing better than their fathers ever dreamed of doing.
 Boyhood "Reminiscences.
 "Reminiscences of their own boy hood were the order of the day among the clubmen during the banquet which opened the program, but wh er the various troops began to illustrate boys of other days were intent only on applaudtng the skill of the new generation and plying them with questions as to how this or that stunt was accomplished. There was none of the traditional gangling self-con- SciOusneSS of the early teens in the bearing of the scout-trained boys, and they met the eager queries of their uninstructed elders with ready and smiling replies, tinged not a. little with the self-assurance of superior knowl- edge.
 Howard Simpson Presiding.
 Howard Simpson, president of the Boy Scouts and of the KiWanis club, opened the meeting with brief ex- planatory address, saying: I've are prone to forget the conditions of our boyhood, and prone too to forget the conditions that surround the boys of today in our thickly cOngested cities, and the temptations the boy is put to that we did not have to contend with. Our modern methods of living are different, so We have to take diff ferent ways of amusing and instruct ing boys"
 meeting had been arranged because of Scout work it was necessary to get away from organizing solely through churches and similar institutions, that while the nucleus of the organ ization is naturally in the churches, the movement in order to grow must reach also the boys whom the churches cannot reach. Continuing, he said: '"The best way to attain this objective, we feel, is through clubs like the Rotary, Lions and Xii wanis. founded for the betterment of the community. know no better way of bettering a community than to build from the boys and make bet ter citizens of them.
 Duty of the Clubs.
 MT. Simpson asserted that was the duty of every club committed to community welfare to advance Boy Scout work
 The meeting was then turned over to Gerald Pratt. chief executive for Bridgeport of the Boy Scouts.
 The banquet had been preceded by reveille and the assembly and mess calls The first of the postprandial exercises was the rubbing stick fire contest open to boys of all the troops Frank Holmes of troop IS, Bethany Congregational church. won this event in the creditabIe time of 33 seconds the presidents of the three clubs acting as timers An exhibi- tion of pup tent pitching by scouts from Park Temple, St. Johns Episco- pal and Stratford Congregational church troops followed. Both the military and woodcraft methods were demonstrated.
 Commissioner Stanley's Message.
 Next came an instructive eXhibi- ton of signalling. message prepar- ed by Police Commissioner John Stan lev "A most wonderful movement, bov scouts" being relayed by a scout messenger to a radio station at one end of the dining room, sent by radio to the opposite corner, by wlgWag to the stage and by semaphore to the radio station. The troops from the UniversaIist church, United church and St Johns of Fairfield, and troop 25 participated in this number
 A synthetic f1ivver fashioned from rope and brentwood chairs was the central figure in the comedy relief afforded by the next number emitted The Wreck of the Council F1ivver There was serious side, too, to the number and the skill displayed by the lightning firSt-aid corps rom Ro- tarv club and Stratford Congregational troops in eXtricating the wounded who had been unceren1oniously dump ed from the wrecked ftivver won much applause. One boy was ear ear ing rigidity. another with head handaged and leg in Splints and third on a stretcher improVlsed rom two poles and the coats of the stretch CT bearers
 Gymnastic Exhi',ition-
 \ eymnastic exhibition by the scouts from the Congregational church at Greenfield Hill won the ad- rniration of the cIubmen, and showed expert training
 The contribution of the Newfie1d Methodist church troop to tho pro gram was the Dos Dance, an interest ing Indian ceremon
 The demonstration of the game of Bug afforded an opportunity for three agile youngsters from the troop representing St. Johns Episcopal church to display their talents.
 Two boys from the Greenfield Hfli troop made a hit with a boxing match both by their skill and by the comedy knockout which terminated the bout, which reminded boxing fans present of the Harry wills-Kid Norfolk bout
 A comedy by boys from the I. M C. A and Bilton Machine Tool troops was the next number. Here the pseudo-surgeons brought in patient, laid him on table, extracted a tooth in a manner which won the admlra- tion of dentists present, and extracted about everything but teeth from the