The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-09-08
Boy Scouts Are
Having Great Time


tainly striking illustration of how
quickly and how easily such an &C
cident can occur. The Saturday
evening program consisted princi-
pally of the Camp fire program for
the Scouts in the playground on the
Scout grounds. ALI Scouts were in
the grounds and in fact they are
there at all times and cannot leave
without permission. Trips are TAX
en- to the various exhibit buildings,
of course, but these trips are US
ually taken by the Troop as a whole.
1t looks as though our boys will
not be going to sleep any night I'M
til after the fire works are over for
we can see a goodly part of all the
fire works program from our camp
ing grounds. If you know a way
of keeping boy inside when those
large rockets star the sky nearby,
you have knowledge which is for
eign to the Scout Camp.
Scoutmaser Kowalke was officer
of the day for the Exposition
Grounds Sunday, and throwing add
he saw that the daily exposition
program was carried out.
We have all our assignments
made now for the rest of the Fair
to take care of kitchen duties and
the Area Exhibit in the Exhibit
tent. - We have two boys assigned
for each day to assist Quarter
ms OF n1c IN &c la u
ties and we have three boys as
signed each day to attend the Area
Exhibit, one for forenoon, one for
afternoon and one for evening. The
care of this exhibit is one of the
responsibilities which befell us
when we agreed to take the trip.
Church Sunday morning. The
Catholic boys left at $50 for the
Cathedral down town and the rest
of the boys attended the Hamline
Methodist church. This church is
a large impressive edifice and
since the pastor, Rev. E. c. Hick-
man felt so impressed by the at
tendance at his church of IS Boy
Scouts that he placed US in the
front pews and devoted his entire
sermon to a very fine talk on
Scouts and Scouting, really think
that it was service and an oc-
casion which the boys will long re-
member. We walked to and from
the church and it is quite amusing
to note that the boys took only half
as long to return as they did to
make the trip over. This is in no
way reflection upon the church,
it is more a matter of IS boys
empty stomachs coupled with the
knowledge on their part that an
excellent chicken dinner awaited
them. ~
Sunday afternoon Troop 25 went
as body and visited some of the
most interesting exhibits on the
grounds taking in Machinery Hill,
including the Air Craft building,
the Game and Fish Commission |
and many other interesting ex-
hibits. Then after supper at the
camp we went back to Machinery
Hill and saw the fire works exhibit |
from there.
Each days program is somewhat |
varied, although the program is fix
ed for the greater part of the day.
The occasional trips about the
grounds, marches such as we had |
Labor Day when all the Exposition
Troops headed by the fife and bugle
corps took short march about the
All these things taken to-
gether are forming a most interest
ing program for the boys as well
as giving the State Fair a new at
traction. This Exposition also at
tracts many spectators, some Of
whom were already interested in
Scouting but without doubt it is
many recruits to the ranks
If Scouts and Scouters. Many
thousand visitors find their way
laily into the Exposition and it
IS our job to keep neat camp at
Ill times and to put on an interest
ng Scout program for them. ]