New Britain herald., 1930-04-30
STUDY FIRST AID AT SCOUT COURSE
Deputy Commissioner MaCDou, gall Is Asked to Repeat

First aid was featured at the fourth training course session con Gucted by tho local scout council last night at the Y. NJ. (. A. Deputy Commissioner Neil MacDougall was the instructor, and at the close of the session all men requested that he return to give enc more period of instruction. Tho patrol contest between the S,agS and the Porcupincs ended in a tie with 45 points for each Buncc's Staes arc trailing lIumes porcupines by four and q half points in the total. The attendance l@st night was made mp of l.. F. Bunce, C. F. Cutie, r., Schinderwolf, G. Duffy. A Glaeser, K. Frost, A. Pcplau. G. Hume, R. Hume, IT. Fernhabcr, Neil Mac Dougall. and c. X. Erickson.
 The hike scheduled for next Sat urday afternoon will start at o:15 o'clock from the south Congrcga- tional church. South Main street side. The destination will be West Peak State park. It is expected that the nature study group will at tend this hike with ifs instructor. E. NJ. 1slcih. Men wanting transporta- ton arc asked to notify the scout office.
 Executive Board Meeting
 I,l ecutivc board will be held this aft ernoon at 5:15 o'clock in the scout office.
 Troop 23 Meets
 Troop 23 met in the troop rooms at 7;3o o'clock last night with fourteen scouts, three leaders, and one committeeman present. After the regular business was taken up. plans for forming an indoor ball team were made. MT. Atwater was chosen manager, assisted by Junior X. s. M William Milish. The first aid team got well under way on its field day preparations, as did also the signalling team, MT. AtWater and Scout Lcstcric were absent from the meeting but were visiting troop 11.
 C. W. T. Club Meets
 The G. W. T. club of troop 23 met dt the home of Everett Graffam on Monday night. Plans for field day were discussed. The construction of the bead looms has been started, of h oo p already b sen completed. The most important part of the evenings work was the choosing of 10j different species of wild flowers for the botany merit hadgc work. Of these, 30 will be collected and mounted, named, and classified, together with five different ferns. To complete this work satisfactorily will take about six months. An essay of poo words on the value of conservation must be turned in. Scoutmastcr ISlcib, who is the examiner in botany has charge of this instruc- ton. The following have signed up for this work: A. s. NJ. Clifford At water. William Mlish. Everett Gragam. Gordon Woodstock. Dom mick Cartclli. Thomas Lcstoric and Charles Woodstock.
 There vas a 100 per cent at tendance. After q lunch prepared by Mrs. Grafam, the meeting was adjourned The next meeting is scheduled for the second Monday in May
 E.scrorccu seeds
 The Out-Cf-toWn troops arc be- ginning to secure their quotas of evergreen seeds for planting, and the .ast group receiving seeds was com posed Of nine scouts from troop 1 Of Berlin, who secured d.500. Troop of NcWington will also secure an allotment of seeds this week, and it is expected that troop 1 of New inGton connected with the NeWing- ton Home for Crippled Children, will also receive several thousand. The scout office still has GO,000 seeds and urges all scouts interested tC call immediately and secure their quotas. At least 100 more scouts can he grcOmnOdgipJ