Smyrna times., 1937-01-21
DELMARVA BOY
SCOUT COUNCIL
Gov. McMullen Will Be Guest
of Honor at Annual Meet
ing to be Held Tonight
ORGANIZATION GROWING

Mr.. Arthur A. Schuck, National
Scout official from New York City
will address the Annual Meeting of
the Del-Mar1Va Council, Boy
Scouts of America, at the Hotel
DUPONT, Wilmington, this (Thurs-
day. evening, January 81. Many
Scout Leaders of lower Delaware
and the Eastern Shore of Maryland
including some from Smyrna, are
planning to attend this meeting, to
learn of the progress made in
Scouting on the Peninsula during
1886, and hear plans for 1887 ac-
tivities. Delaware's new Governor,
Richard c. McMullen, will be a
guest of honor at the Council
meeting. Governor McMullen is
an active Committeeman of Troop
No. AZ of the Harrison M. E.
Church in Wilmington; and has
been closely identified with the ac-
tivities of the Troop for the past
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meeting will be the awarding of
the Silver Beaver to two men
whose volunteer service to Scout
ing has been outstandinfi; and en-
tertainment by a radio group from
Station WOR in Newark, New Jer-
sey. Reports of Council Commit
tees to the Executive Board indi-
cate that substantial progress has
been made in Scouting during the
past year. The change in name
from Wilmington Area Council"
to "Del-Mar-Va Council" indicates
the appreciation by the Boy Scout
leaders of the growing Importance
of Scout program throughout the
Del-Mar-Va Peninsula During the
year 1886, 10 per cent more new
Scouts were enrolled than in the
previous year; and the total Scout
enrolment grew by IA per cent.
Many new Troops were organized
in communities thruout Delaware
and the Eastern Shore of Mary
land. Training courses for leaders
were held in every district of the
Council, enrolling 401 men, 293 of
whom received certificates from
the National Department of Educa-
ton, Boy Scouts of America. The
1886 summer camping season wit
messed the largest enrolment in
the history of the Rodney Scout
Camps. 535 Scouts of 80 Troops
attended camp during the summer.
The gift of Brown Lodge" to the
Council, with Troop camping ac-
commodations usable the year
round, has popularized the Rodney
Scout Camps for Troop camping in
all seasons. During the past year
619 Scouts and leaders made use
of Rodney for camping at other
times than during the summer
camping periods. Scout activities
featured many rallies, Courts of
Honor, and overnight encamp-
ments. On November 81, $50
Scouts and Scouters of the penin-
sula gathered at Chestertown for
Washington College Scout Day"
This was the largest gathering of
Scouts anywhere on the peninsula
during the year. With the organ
ization of Sea Patrols in Easton,
Chestertown and two in Dover,
definite progress has been made in
retaining the interest of older
Scouts in the program. The ex-
tension of Sea Scouting to other
communities is planned for 1887.
Perhaps the greatest Scouting
event of 1886 was the Area-wide
Conference of all Scout leaders
held at Dover in October. On This
occasion Mr.. Walter w. Head of
st. Louis, National President of
the Boy Scouts of America, ad-
dressed the leaders on the worth
whileness of Scouting, and con-
graduated the Council on its splen-
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