Evening star., 1925-09-06
BOY SCOUTS

charge of George c. Lowry. scout
master; Troop sc. in the charge of
Stephen L.. Kowalski, scoutmaster,
and Troop SO, In the charge OF John
s. Martin, scoutmaster. The follow
ing assignments are still open, and
any troop wishing to cooperate and
render this special good turn please
report to Field Scout Executive Ed
gar ]. Cavanaugh, or Assistant Exec
utive III. B. Holbrook, information
booth, Union Station, September 9,
IL and 4 pm, 80 Scouts; information
booth, Union Station. September 10,
s am IL M. and 4 pm, 80 Scouts:
Catholic University, September II, s
am. 12 Scouts; Catholic University,
September IL, s pm, . boys.
Armstrong Perry visited the Wal
laces' Farmer Lone Scout Tribe camp
which was held August % to 80. Mr..
Perry left Chicago August 2l for
Camp Mitigwa, which is near Wood
ward. Iowa.
Two of our Council No. 4 papers
have combined-National Scout. pub
lished by our council chief. and one of
the best there is, and Lone Scout Col
lector. formerly published by Thomas
J. Taylor, jr., who died recently.
Lone Scout Collector was official or
gan of Council No. 4. and the oldest
Lone Scout amateur publication. This
merger had been planned for some
time, but the untimely death of
Thomas j. Taylor, jr., brought 1t
about sooner than expected. The COM
bined publication will be known as
National Scout and Lone Scout Col
lector, and will be official organ of our
council.
After two years trial by the Long
ypfa hinl
has formerly been used by the l..
S. A. has been abolished. 1t has not
proven practical but was a waste of
money. as 1t necessitated the keeping
of an extra file, and so hereafter
scouts should use only the full name
and address when writing to the Long
House.
Charles Arrera is making an at
tempt to get the loyal boosters of the
L. S. A. to unite in awarding w. d.
Boyce 2 loving cup to celebrate the
L. S. AS tenth anniversary on DC.
tober 25, 1925. The cup will be en-.
graved and the size will depend on the
amount of donations received. Mr.
Boyce was the father" of the L. S
A, and also the one who started the
B. S. A. He nursed the l.. S. A. or.
ganization until March, 1924, when he
turned it over to be combined with
the B. S. A.
This loving cup is to commemorate
his service to the organization. Ar
rera's address is 2221 Jackson avenue
Windber Pa.
Council No. 4 to the fore: J. Hugh
Taylor of this city is in second place
on the Scouting News-scoutdom s
only weekly-subscription contest
Our council chief is fifth.
Two Illinois scouts have. to date
travelled in 40 States. When their
trip ends they will have travelled in
all As States, Mexico and Canada
They are in the West now. They are
probably scoutdom's champion trav.
elers.
The first day of the third national
rally promised that the rally would
be very successful this year. over 10O
scouts were present. Many famous
scouts from other cities than Chicago
where 1t was held. were present, in
cluding Ralph Hill Salazer, Los An.
geles: Alexander Heitowit, Brooklyn
Russell How. Webster Groves, Mo
II. H. Hagerty, Detroit, and Hank
Mayer, Virden, Ill. Naturally, Arm
strong Perry and Tork and the rest
of the Chicago crowd were there
Games and many events were par.
ticipated in. And this was only a
starter. too. The real fun was Sched