The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-09-17
Three Hundred Boys from
Blue Mountain Council
Come for Contests
LOCAL TROOP GETS
PLACE IN TRIALS
Event will Quicken Interest
i'm Scout Work in This
Community

You've heard the saying that there
is nothing new under the sun! Well,
it's all bunll. ....'
. On Saturday, September 18th, in
conjunction with the annual Kenne-
wick Fair the Blue Mountain Coun-
Gil of the Boy Scouts of America
pulled off rally that was decided
ly something new. --- .
This is the first time in the his
tory of the Blue Mountain council
that council rally has been put on
at Kennewick. Heretofore the rallies
have been held at Pendleton or Walla
Walla and sometimes in Dayton. In
all fairness to the entire council it
has been a long-felt want to stage
council rally in District No. 3.
Credit for securing this affair for
kennewick and bringing over three
hundred scouts and scout men into
this district is chiefly due to the
untiring efforts of Albert Haas and
Leslie White, scoutleaders of Kenne-
wick who have been working untir-
ingly for the past two months per-
fecting plans for this, the biggest
and best of all scout affairs.
Scouts from all parts of the coun-
Gil commenced to arrive Friday eve
ming when the famous bugle and
drum corps of Troop of Walla
Walla paraded. Some of the boys who
arrived Friday evening camped ov-
ernight in Kennewick.
Cattrrdnr ,,,or,,i,,U ea.r A. r.o,,.
down by the river where they partic-
ipated in surf riding stunts and water
sports. After six different lads at
tempted to master the galloping surf
horse tied behind Verne Eichner's
speedy Curtis the Second. Kennard
Bennett, Troop 8, Walla Walla, cap
tured the prize by sticking with the
tricky board through series of
loops through the piers under the
bridge and whole bag of other
tricks that Verne keeps for ducking
surf riders.
Following this came a twenty yard
dash which was won bv Bob Wither-
ell of Troop 2. Pendleton. and for
which he was presented trench out
fit consisting Of shovel, pick and AK.
Bob evidently wanted the pick that
went with it SO he also captured the
longer swim of 100 yards.
The boys seemed to get wallop
out of the water sports for it was
almost impossible to get them away
from the river. 1t was only by tell
ing them that real feed awaited
them to come back to town. Follow
ing lunch of sandwiches, apples,
etc., donated by folks of Kennewick,
the boys paraded up Main street and
over to the rally field. headed by the
Walla Walla drum and bugle crops.
The rally proper started at one
fifteen with Mr.. Tom Jessett, a vet
eran scout of three countries in COM
mand. L. o. Hagie of Walla Walla
acted as tinle-keeper and chief Judge
with the following as assistants:
Rev. Herman Reichard. w. L. Stir
ling, Walla Walla; George Roberts,
Pasco; Glenn Facade, Kennewick.
In the first event, the dressing race.
some unusual speed was shown, tho
the actual time was not kept. One
entry each from the different troops
lined on the starting line At the sig
nal they proceeded to a second line
on five yards away and on arrival
removed their belt; proceeded to a
third line and removed their hat, then
their shirt and last their shoes. ar
irving at the last line they returned
and replaced their clothing. stringing
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