New Britain herald., 1923-12-28
HOLMES PRESIDENT
 BOY SCOUT COUNCIL
Encouraging Reports on Activities
 Received at Annual Meeting

If the men who accept positions ou troop committees and on the counci of the Boy Scouts movement are lay in their duties or do not fulfill their promises then the boy is being cheated, according to Ray o. Wyland. director of education of the National Council of Boy Scouts of America at the annual meeting of the New Brit ain Scout council last evening.
 Reports on the training school for scoutmasters and patrol leaders were received. as were reports on the sum- mer camp at Jobs Pond. the com munity work of the Scouts. the court of honor and the annual report of Walter O. Cook, scout executive.
 Frederick NJ. Holmes. president of North & Judd Mfg. Co, succeeded Arthur G. Kimball. president of Lam ders, Frary & Clark as president of the council for the coming year. Other officers elected were as fol- lows: Vice president. administration. F.. L. Warren; vice president. leader ship, Louis F. Slade: vice president, standards, Rev. ]. Leo Sullivan; treas urer, Leon A. Sprague: commissioner. Logan Page; executive committee. at large. F. R. Gilpatric and ]. H. Fol lows. The executive committee was authorized to appoint secretary at B later date.
 The members of the council are as follows: w. w, Bullen. William F.. Fay. Robert Skinner, F. w. Pel- ton. F, L. Wilcox, F. H, Afford. Rev. $. A. Fiske. A. N. Abbe. George P. Spear, J. R, Andrews. H. l.. Platt, F. &. Chamberlain. J. W. Marsland. W. C, Hungerford, C, R. Sherman. W. J, Noble. F. W, Pape, Rev. ]. l.. Davis. Oscar A. Marsh. Rev. I. F. KlinsberE. A, F. Corbin, Edward C. Connolly. M. s. Hart, Peter Crona- F, ". Eddy. Carl Neumann. R. c, Twit- chell. C. W. Traut. Morris IT. Saxe, A. 4. Mills, F.. O. Kilbourne. Rev. c. r.. Pihl Rev. Lucysn Boiuowssi, Rev. Thomas ]. Laden, George C. Rogers. Rev, pr. Abel A. Ahlquist, Senator John Tr,Imbull of Plainville.
 Reports for Past Year.
 The following reports were sc. cepted and ordered filed.
 The committee on community re- lstions presented the following re- port of activities during the past year:
 Many of the troops have per formed good turn services for the churches with which they arc con- nected. Moving furniture. running orrands, distributing church litera- tnre to the members and helping the janitor arc but s few Of the many useful things which Scouts have doue to be helpful to their church.
 The school department has grant cd the use Of the Lincoln and Elihu Burritt schools during tho past year.
 Scouts distributed literature and helped in other ways for the several campaigns during the year. The Rotary club. Fire Prevention Week. Chautauqua. American Legion. Saliva ton Army, Red Cross. Safety Cam- psign and the Chamber of Commerce are some of the organizations or movements who have been given service.
 "Sconts assisted the q. A. R. and the Sons of Veterans in the decora. ton of graves on Memorial day.
 several violations Of health ordi- rances have been reported to the board of health by Scouts.
 Scouts entertained the Rotary club at their camp this summer at Portland.
 "on November g, Edgar 4. Guest. poet and lecturer, presented Eagle | badges 10 two Scouts st the Central