White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-03-26
DADS LEARN SOMETHING
ABOUT BOY SCOUTS

The average father knows a heap
more about fruit raising, spraying,
pruning, baseball, golf and labor con-
ditiA's than he does about the prob
lens and activities of his own SON.
and it's cinch that most of the faith
ers and substitute fathers who were
the guests of the Boy Scouts at the
Fathers and Sons banquet at Grange
Hall on the evening of March 18th,
learned more than they ever knew
before about the Boy Scouts organ
ization-its history. aims and ideals
Two long tables set in T shape
decorated in St. Patrick's Day colors
and loaded down with good things to
eat, seated about 40 Boy Scouts and
fathers, Scoutmaster e. E. Kirkpat-
rick, and ]. B. Ernsdorff and T. N.
Hibben Jr., of the Yakima Scout or
ganization.
Following the banquet, Russell
Blair, as spokesman for the Bow
Scouts, in 4, entertaining talk, ex-
planned to the fathers, why am
Boy Scout" Toastmaster John Nc
Fee then called on F. M. Wheeler
and DR.. w. c. Wills for short talks
and each responded in words that
showed their appreciation of the &C.
casion, and praised the Boy Scout
Movement. These were followed by
MIR. Hibben and Mr.. Ernsdorff, who
went into the hiStory of the org.tli-
cation from its inception along about
1907, its remarkable growth, the ways
1t helps boys to gain needed know
ledge and to mold their characters,
and the exceptional appeal it holds
for the desires and inclinations of all
youngsters.
Mr.. Ernsdorff's talk, in particular,
was very interesting. He said he was
no orator but he had manner of ex-
preston that inspired confidence and
he had way of talking about little
human interest things that held the
close interest and attention of the
crowd. He pointed cut that The Boy
Scout organization was authorized by
an act of Congress and that by this
act, all Of the emblems carry per-
re.ual patent and canrot be initiated.
Mr.. Ernsdorf was a strong booster
for the summer camp of the scouts
and strongly urged that as many of
the local scouts as possible attend the
camp near Bump'Hg Lake this sum-
mer. He asked Scoutmaster Kirk
pathick if any of the local troop could
repeat the scout law and Lean Barnes
gave it correctly-wh:ch is some feat,
Mr. Ernsdo-ff said.
Some OF the other points, that Mr.
Ernsdorff brought out in his talk
were Boys go where you go, not
where you tell them to 60 and that is
why the devil is so ever,astingly busy.
"All boys heroes arn't necessarily
saints, but action must be their middle
name in every case if he is to wor-
ship ard t'y.
Sermons that hike and play bali !
and go fishing and eat three meals a
day are the sort boys most enjoy.
Zone Dad was too busy to give
lis boy any time, so the boy gave his
Dad time" instead. Queer, isn't
it?
"A Dad il an admirable party to
be a parent, but it can't be done BY
proxy, no matter how thick the check
book"
The program of the evening was in
with songs by the SCOUTS.
he songs sung being, "Hbil, Hail,
hte Gangs all Here" Where
The River Shannon Flows" My Wild
Irish Rose" 1.-THE Boy Scout March"
and at the conclusion of the program
America" the guests joining in.
An interesting feature of the pro-
gram was semaphore drill in which
:wo teams, Leon Barnes and Donald
Heath, and Dudley Wilkinson and
RUSSELL Blair took part, standing at
opposite ends of the hall and sending
md receiving several messages.
Able assistance was rendered the
,oys in arranging and serving the
by their mothers.