Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-05-20
Boy Scout Campaigners
Seeking sSCOOd ScOutS',
Drive for $1,000 in Scout
Memberships Opened at
Dinner Last Night

The Boy Scout campaigners of
Perth Amboy. Woodbridge township
and Carteret, comprising the Perth
Amboy council district, are today
checking up on the number of Good
Scouts ts"-both men and women-to
be found in these place. The team
members who are conducting a
weeks drive for memberships have
adopted the slogan: "A Good Scout
Helps Boy Scout" and indication
early this morning were that every
one seems to be good scout"
This weeks. drive for $1,000 in
emberships and donations was
launched last night at a dinner meet
ing held in the Elks Club. The plan
of the campaign was mapped out by
Campaign Manager Nobel P. Randel
and the necessary literature and
working material distributed under
the direction of Scout Executive Jo-
seph d. Carstand. Assignment
cards were given out and the men,
bers of the various teams started
their work full of optimism.
The meeting last night was pre-
sided over by Chairman Sidney
Riddlestorffer who made an appeal
for concerted effor', in boosting the
boy 0COuL anu A.
possible to expand the organization
in this district. He told of the juv-
emile delinquency problem and of
the work that can be done in
moulding a boys future during the
plastic age when he can be inter-
ested in scouting and receive the
training that Will make him a gooc
citizen.
/ Arthur A Schuck, assistant 10 the
! deputy chief scout executive, was
the speaker of the meeting and he
spoke on the need of scouting in the
home, church and nation. Scouting
! he said, is essential as it satisfies
! the gang spirit which predominates
| in all boys THE undirected gang
: is a character menace. he said.
Declaring that the boy of today is
the man of tomorrow, the speaker
followed up this thought with the
assertion that service Is the key
note to religion and religion is the
backbone of the nation. He told
briefly of what scouting means 10
the boy and of the satisfaction
parent feels in knowing that his hoy
is growing up in an environment
which will develop a real boy under
the proper direction.
Music was rendered during the
meeting by an orchestra under the
leadership of c. H. Kalquist. The
| serving of the dinner was done by
number of the members of the Girls
Club.
The first report meeting will be
| held at $50 o'clock tonight. Dinner
| will be served at this time and all
workers are urged TO be present on
| time. There will be a musical pro-
gram during the dinner consisting of
selections by a quartet consisting of
| Stanley, Malcolm and Fletcher Hyl-
dahl and Nels Jeremiassen and
| baritone solos by Mr.. Clark.
As the teams make their reports
tonight the results will be placed on
a specially constructed scoreboard.
| the handiwork of DIR. Fritz Abegg.
This campaign is based upon the
membership plan for the purpose of
assuring an annual income to defray
! the expenses of carrying on the
| Scout program.
Cash donations will be received by
( the campaigners for any amount but
in order to secure scout member
ship one must pay at least 50, this
being the annual membership for a
/ "tenderfoot" Scout. The various
ranks and the annual dues in each
respective rank follows: Tenderfoot,
IS to $40; second class, $40 to s25;
| first class. $25 to $50; Life Scout,
| $50 to SIS; Star Scout, SIS to s100;
| Eagle Scout 500 and more.
1t is planned to have each report
meeting only one hour in length.
Dinner will be served at $3.50, Cliff
ford E. Parsil the speaker tonight,
will talk for ten minutes from un-
| til 1880 o'clock and reports will be
heard from 7:10 until 1880. To-
nights speaker is the director of
vocational training in this country
and president of the New runswick
Council. Boy Scouts of America.