The Winslow mail., 1925-02-20
McNary Scout Council
Get Charter Saturday


Quebedeaux, V. H. Driver, Geo.
Jackson and John Kearns, made
the trip from Winslow.
M. G. Fronske, president of the
Grand Canyon council, Del Strong,
Chas. Asham, Tom Bellwood, Ralph
Davis and Scout Executive Nc
Cormick arrived here Saturday
morning and the local men join
ed the party. Kenneth Meyers and
H. M. Prescott of HolbrOok, also
made the trip. Dinner was served
at McNary and afterwards a big
public meeting was held at the
church. Jim McNary was the
master of ceremonies.
Rev. O. J. Rainey, the chairman
of the district committee opened
the meeting with prayer and with
song. Scout Executive Mccormick
introduced the visitors and the new
district committee in McNary. Then
the Scouts were presented and they
were examined in their fitness to
become Scouts.
Homer Vaughn presented the
Scouts with t h eir Tenderfoot
badges and membership certificates.
DR.. Fronske presented the Troop
with their Charter and ScOutmast-
er r. G. Singleton with his COM
mission DR.. Fronske then well
coined the new district committee
into the Grand Canyon council and
spoke on what good Scouting was
doing for the Scouts of northern
Arizona Jim McNary expressed
the appreciation of the McNary
people for the visit Of the men in
terested in Scouting and then di
rected his remarks to the new
Scouts.
Executive Mccormick then talk
ed to the Scouts. Telling them just
what was expected of them and of
the good times which were in store
for them. He told them about the
big summer camp which would be
held at Lakeside and urged them
all to get ready to go. The Scouts
were taught new yell for which
they were given a big hand. Tom
BellWood led in a real pep song.
The Flagstaff sextette sang one Of
its snappy songs America was
SuuS a.
closed the meeting with the bene-
dictiOn.
After the meeting the McNary
people gave the visitors dance.
Scout Executive Mccormick Of
the Grand Canyon council was in
town Tuesday and Wednesday,
looking after Scouting in Winslow.
Mr.. Mccormick stopped at several
of the towns in Navajo county on
his way home from the McNary
meeting. The Scout council is now
getting ready to hold their annual
financial drive for the year of 1925.
All the other towns in the council
will start their drive the first week
in March. We know that the
Winslow people will respond in
their fine manner and raise the
necessary money to keep the Scout
work in motion. This last year
has been the best Scout year Wins
low has ever had. Many boys are
enrolled in our troops, both Ameri-
can and the Spanish boys. Wins
low has been able to advance her
Scouts faster, because the Scout
committee and Scoutmaster Glib
Hunter has been very active in the
work.
Many Scouts enjoyed the sum-
mer camp at Lake Mary last year
and the local troops took many
hikes and week end trips. The
council is planning bigger sum-
mer camp this year. Geo. Jackson,
the chairman of the camping COM
mittee for Winslow, states that
Winslow will have about 35 Scouts
at the camp at Mormon Lake. The
camping committees are very ac-
tive now and Mccormick expects
to have about 200 Scouts in the
camps this summer. Executive
Mccormick will be back again next
week to assist the Court OF Honor
Chairman Dr. Gilpin, get the Court
of Honor Examiners certified.
Scouts are being added to all
troops in the council. The growth
of Scouting in the last fourteen
months has been very good. Janu-
ary 1, 1924, there were only l57
Scouts in the council. Headquar-
ters informs us that now their are
375 and still going strong. Scout
ing is doing much for our Scouts
1t takes many of the boys leisure
hours and uses them for the boys
advancement and under the able
leadership of the Scoutmasters, We
are developing good citizenship and
character in our greatest asset, our
boys.
Scouting is not military organi-
zation, as some people think. The
American Federation of Labor in
dorsed this movement some four
teen years ago and just before his
death, Samuel Gompers made the
statement, that the endorsement
given at that time was even strong
er in the last convention. Scout
ing is a supplementary program
working in conjunction with home
church and school.
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