The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-04-18
BOY SCOUT ROUND
UP Sat-, APRIL 20
Troops from Paynesville, Grey
Eagle and Long Prairie
Meet in This City
PROGRAM OF INTEREST
Lively Afternoon Will Be Fol-.
lowed by Concert by Boys
Band, of This City

AH event Oh unusual lnCereSCsCO'
the Boy Scouts will be held in the
Junior High School Auditorium,
Sank Centre when Scout troops
from Sank Centre, two troops,
Paynesville, Long Prairie and Grey
Eagle will meet in this city for the
annual district roundup Saturday.,
April 20.
Area Executive C. w. Arm
strong, of st. Cloud, will have
general charge, assisted by Scout
Commissioner Ben Morgan, and
Scoutmasters r. B Kowalki and
Roy l.. Scott.
The program will start at 100
p. M, with registration by the
visiting Scouts. General assembly
will be held at 200 o'clock. The
contests and games will take place
between 200 and $3.50 p. m. An
entertainment program will be CIV
en- at 400 o'clock, and at 600
o'clock, the big event in the aver
age Scouts life-eats. At 500
o'clock the Sank Centre Boys band
will give a concert in the Junior
High School Auditorium. All Boy
Scouts will he admitted free to this
concert. The following are the
events:
1. Roll Call.
2. Bugling contest.
8. Signalling contest.
4. Bait casting contest.
5. Knot tying relay.
6. First aid race.
7. Fire by friction contest.
The following contests will be
in charge of the following Sank
Centre Scouts:
Bugling Contest-Elmer Brad
ley, One Scout from each troop.
He must be able to sound any one
of the calls required for Bugling
Merit Badge. In the contest 5
will be called for. Tone, position,
neatness and correctness of call
will count. Official Scout Bugles
should be used so that there is no
great variation in tone.
Signalling Contested Kells,
Semaphore Code. -Four Scouts
from each troop. Reader, Sender,
Receiver and Writer. Be able to
send and receive correct message
of ten or more words and execute
directions. Speed and correctness
counts.
Bait Casting Contest in charge
of Dick Bergman. One Scout
from each troop. Must have their
own rod. reel and plug. Accuracy
and position counts.
Knot Tying Relay - Bunny
Markson, Patrol of six. Must be
a regular patrol, not a picked one
for the occasion. Each boy has a
four foot piece of rope with both
ends properly whipped. An extra
boy holds a rod or pole to tie to.
At the starting signal No. 1 dashes
out and ties his rope to rod by
two half bitches, No. 2 when
touched off runs out and ties his
rope to the other rope by a square
knot, No. 8 ties a Fisherman's
Knot, No. a Sheet Bend, No. 5
ties Carrick Bend, No. 6 has no
rope but dashes out and ties a
Stevedore's Knot in the end of the
last rope and holds the knot above
his head, comes to attention and
awaits the judges. Correctness of
knots and speed counts.
Sealed Orders Race - Bunny
Markson. Patrol of six Scouts. One
other Scout to act as patient. AT
signal No. l walks to patient, ex-
amins him and finds a note on his
person. He then by Semaphore
Signal S. o. S. to No. 2 who gives
the order for the balance of Pa
troll to run to assist patient. They
then proceed to give the proper
First Aid Treatment for the injury
indicated on the note. When COM,
plete No. runs to bring the doct-
or or Judge, who stands at the
starting line. The doctor makes in
spection and awards points on the
following:
l.. Speed, time from start to
when Scout arrives for doctor.
2. Method p. L. explains to
doctor methods used. l point off
for everything wrong.
3. Correctiveness in bandag-
ing, and position of patient. 1
point off for each one wrong.
Fire by Friction-Ed Kells. Con-
test open to every Scout for Ern-
est Thompson, Senton Trophy. Any
kind of wood may be used. Natural
finder only will be allowed.