Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-12
CAMP
DISCUSSED AT
COUNCIL MEET
Financial Campaign to
Be Staged in March
For Work Through
Year in Valley
Especial to The Herald)


HARLINGEN, Feb. 1l.-Purchase
of a track of land, between so and 200
acres, ut some point in the Valley
10 be used as a permanent Boy Scout
camp, launching of a financial cam
paign in March, and the extension OF
the scope Of Scout movement in the
Yalley-these were matters taken
I'D and decided on favorably at the
first meeting Of the new Valley Boy
Scout executive council here this
week.
The meeting was opened by Kent
s. Manning of San Benito, retiring
chairman Of the executive committee,
who introduced the new chairman
T.. W. Napier of Harlingen, and in
stalled him in office.
Discussion Of the program for the
yea was then started. one of the
most important matters being that of
a scout camp. Several sites are I'M
der consideration. it was brought out
at the meeting, and il was the general
o%pinion OF the committee that an op-
ton should be secured on a suitable
camping site before the march of de-
velopmert in the Valley removes the
last available grounds.
Definite plans for securing the op-
ton and acquiring the land will be
made as soon as the permanent area
committees are announced, and the
camp committee can look over the
sites, and decide on one.
RI -. - - - lA~m,NAZz1 0raN a
period OF years, il was brought out
BY the scout executive, Tom Murray,
who outlined a plan Of erecting
buildings from time TO time. includ-
ing a mess hall and council room,
cottages. and the like
The financial campaign will be
launched March 8. and will be car
ried on for three days. through March
s. The budget was set at S10,ll9. u
was announced in a communication
from J. r. Bell. chairman Of the bud
ret committee. The budget is arrang-
ed as follows: Organization of new
troops and extension work. Sl42s.60:
training of leaders. Si793.e0; CAM
paign program. ~s1559.60; a~dministra-
ton and supervision. ~S44S7.2O; Of
flee and miscellaneous, 5000.
The campaign will be started at the
same time in every scout district in
the Valley. working in cooperation
with the ares finance committee, with
a district committee in charge Of the
campaign in each district.
Announcement that arrangements
are being made 70 extend the scope
Of Boy Scout work SO that farm boys,
whether they are able 10 attend coun-
ell MEETINGS or not. may secure the
benefits az the organization and be-
come members was made by the scout
executive.
There viii he no aggressive attempt
to organize troops in new towns IN
the Valley. the council decided, al
though the work Of completing or
~ganization Of troops in the towns now
having scout organizations Will be
carried on. Any requests from new
towns. or towns not having troops.
will be complied with. however.
The program Of training leaders
will be further developed this year.
and in all of the principal towns of
the Valley the council will conduct
three training courses for scout
masters. and two courses for older
men, with certificates issued TO those
taking and passing the work. These
will be in addition TO the quarterly
weekend camps for leaders.
Those who attended the meeting
are Z. W. Napier. Harrington. chair
man Of the board; Kent s. Manning.
San Benito. retiring chairman; Tom
Murray. Valley scout executive; Z. B.
McCulley. La Feria; J. W. Monk and
0ran Van Berg. Mercedes; Dr.. s. II.
Crews. San Benito; W. O. Jones, Jr..
and Herbert McDermott. Donna:
p. NJ. Holland. Harrington; ". II.
Moon and J. W. Osborne. McAllen.
Several other members Of the
council were not able TO be on hand
due to bad weather, Mr.. Murray said.