Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-02-08
BOY SCOUTS BUSY IN 8 MONTHS


street. Tuesday evening President Ar
thur L. Peale who presided at the meet
ing. was reelected for another term.
Treasurer's Report
Arthur E. Story, treasurer. presented |
his report as follows, from Dec s. 1920, |
to Feb. 8. 1922. the first since organiza- |
ton:
Receipts.
Amounts realized from campaigns for
current funds, started Dec 8. 1920, and
ended Jan. II, 1921. together with
pledges paid. and those still due, as fol-
lows:
Team A, cash $500. pledges paid ss25.
pledges due s3o3. total s1437-
Team B. cash s4s7. pledges paid $50,
pledges due 81 total $3.50.
Team c, cash s71ss5. pledged paid
$3.50, pledges due $3.50, total $s35s5
Team D. cash $1.10o.s0, pledges paid
$3.50, pledges due s12s, total $141sa0
Team E, cash s76s.5U. pledges paid
$46, pledges due $ss, total Ss51.so.
Totals: Cash from contributions s3,-
901.15. pledges paid $701.5o, pledges due
$52s50, total s5.132.16.
Cash from contributions. $3,s01.15,
cash from pledges S7o1-So. total cash
from campaigns $4.602.6s additional
Mystic Shrine. SIS balance from old
council OF, Boy Scouts. IS annual dues
total s4.sss.e5.
Disbursements.
Executive salary, $1,000; clerical Of
fee salary. 5000 !; rent. light, heat, fuel
and telephone, $23521; Office equipment
$209.09; office supplies s11125; postage,
sass; camp hikes $292.74; scout leader
training and conference. S123.S2; rallies.
field day and demonstration, s35.62; ma
| tional council fees, $3.50; campaign ex-
penses, $117.61; store purchases, s155.93 /;
| transportation charges, $40; treasurer's
bond and record books, $40 petty cash
for. executive headquarters $780, total,
S3.eo713.
Total cash receipts, s4,esss5; total
cash disbursements, $3.so7.1s; balance
on hand, s77s.52.
| There are 10 outstanding debts, to my
| knowledge.
The amount of unpaid pledges is rep
| resented by So pledge cards, Of which
number several are repudiated, others
| reported In error (two of such pledges
| amount to nearly $500, and the balance
| mostly uncollectihle, as makers have
moved from town or gone to unknown
addresses.
Scout Executives Report.
1
Scout Executive F. A. Benton present
| ed his report covering the activities OF
| the orwich scouts during the past nine
| months The report was as follows:
1 have the pleasure to submit the re-
port for the activities Of the Norwich
Boy Scouts of America, covering period
! of nine months. from April I, 1921, tt
Jan l. 1922
| Troop ORGANIZATION Committee.
| Chairman, John w Mckinley; iona
than Johnson. Rev William H. Kennedy
Harry NJ Land, William F. Metzger
Robert H. Montgomery. Charles ]. Smith
DR.. George Thompson.
| On May 1,~1921, there were five troops
four scoutmasters and about 80 scouts
On Dec. 81, 1921, there were ten troops
ten sceutmasters, ten assistant scout
masters and 145 scouts. Several troop
are forming and we hope to have fron
five to ten more troops organized durin
the ensuing year. On December, 1921
there were: ss tenderfoot scouts, 20 sec
ond class scouts. 13 first class scouts
merit badge scouts, veteran scouts,
life and star scout.
scoutmasters.
Troop No. 1, Alfred A. Gobeille, scout
master. United Congregational church
Robert Huggard, assistant scoutmaste1
Troop 2, Rev. George H. WEIGH, scout
master, Church of the Good Shepherd
Lucius P. Davis, assistant scoutmaste
Troop 8, Victor Davis. scoutmaste
Taftville Congregational church. Ray
mofld Pingree, assistant scoutmaster.
Troop 4, Rev. Henry F. Chagnol
l scoutmaster, Church of the sacre
D Heart.
E Troop 6, ]. B. Stanton, acting scou
e master, Trinity Methodist church. Law
9 renee Browning and Forest Lewis a.
sistant scoutmasters.
Troop T. Ben Weinstein, scoutmaste
Y. NJ. H. A. Sam Goler, assistant scou
:. master.
> Troop u, Jonathan L. johnson, scou
- master Park Congregational churc
:, William Latham, assistant scoutmaste
, H. Downer Johnson, Jr., assistant scou
= master.
= Troop Is, Howard Ives, scoutmaste
4 Christ church. Arthur W. Bothan, a
4 sistamt scoutmaster.
Troop ST.. Fred. B. Craven, skippe
v Chelsea Boat Club. George W. Phi
: lips, junior officer
4 Troop 1, Yantic Community Troo
, Charles e. Bentley, scoutmaster.
- OF the above twenty men. fifteen we
3 commissioned as officials since la
= spring. -Four additional men are soon
take out commissions as iscoutmasters.
Council Members and Committees.
= We have enrolled as council membe
- seventy-five citizens serving on thirte
committees. Fifty citizens of Norwi
= are serving as merit badge examiner
! There has been five meetings of t
council committees and two visits by I
regional executive, r. N. Berry of Be
ton.
A very pleasant room for the exec
tve's office was secured by Harry
Cardwell in the Shannon building, roc
%. third floor Badges. insignia, scol
IA masters handbooks, boy scout ha
al books, and diaries are sold at cost. Y
a rious troops have contributed samples
u their scout craft and handicraft viii
y Is placed on exhibition there. Pamphl'
ce and literature concerning the boy sec
3 movement are on hand for free distrit
=. ton. The Otis Library has made sec
i. headquarters a branch library for sd
- books as are loved by boys These 9
q. much read.
~ The office is open from to da
II and scouts and parents and officials 6
- invited to visit the executive frequent
~ During the nine months there h
- been 654 visitors at headquarters.
- letters have been sent out and over
pieces of mail have been received.
:, employment bureau for scouts has be
- established and frequent calls have be
p made for scouts to work for compeni
=. ton: A scout bulletin of notices,
tivities, etc. is sent out bi-monthly,
), cry scout receiving copy and ten e
tons have been distributed to date