The Washington times., 1937-07-08
SCOUTS READY
FOR WORLD
JANB0REE
BY VICTOR ]. ORSNGER
Washington Times Representative
to the JambOree


World Jamboree contingent is
quartered, some 800 Boy Scouts
of America, representing over a
million Boy Scouts all over the
country, will play an important
part in the arena show tonight.
These 800 boys have been
picked as the most representative
Boy Scouts in the nation. They
will attend the Jamboree for all
the Scouts of the world in Bloc
MISUNDERSTANDING. The Meth
erlands. They are using the same
equipment and gear here as they
will use in Holland when the
World Jamboree opens on July 80
to run until August IA. AS I write
this the boys, most of whom have
achieved the cherished Eagle rank,
are gathering together their
things in preparation for camp
breaking tomorrow.
Tonight they will receive the
huge American flag that has flown
over the Jamboree Camp direc-
tors tent from the hands Of
Uncle Dan" Beard. The flag
will fly above the American con-
tingent's quarters in the Old
Country's tulip fields near Haar-
lem.
So the grand experience is draw
ing to a close. The presidential
review today, the final campfire
tonight and then the last nights
sleep in camp.
Tomorrow we will break camp.
All tents will be dried and rolled,
all bitches closed. Sod must be
replaced where it was taken
and the troop that has the clean
est, neatest and most natural
looking camp site in each section
will have certificates of honor
awarded to its leaders, and perma-
nent possession of its troop jam
boree flags.
Philip call Me Phil" LaFor-
tune, who is 16 years old, and
Arthur Freeman, 10 years old, the
two Boy Scouts who officially rep
resent British Columbia and who
cycled the 1881 miles between
here and there, will have a perma-
nent record and a fond remem-
brance Of this American Scout
Jamboree - thanks to an old
friend of their Scoutmaster,
Charles E. Phelps, who is the gen
eral agent for the local office OF
a Canadian railway system.
Mr.. Phelps met the boys leader,
Mr.. o. R. PhilipowSky, when the
leader was a purSer on a travel
ship and was studying, when he
could, in a London college. They
became fine friends. so it was only
natural for Mr.. PhilipowSky to
cable Mr.. Phelps about the arrival
of his boys, who were lucky
enough to become the province S
official delegates.
Mr.. Phelps planned a fine re-
membrance for the boys, on which
he has been working since June
81. He has been saving clippings
and pictures of the conclave and
is now pasting them all into two
big leather scrapbookS. He showed
me those books yesterday and my
heart skipped a beat as saw un-
folded before me a grand pano-
rama of the biggest meeting OF
youth the world has ever known.
His clippings are from papers all
over the country, and it surely
made me feel fine to see that
several of my columns had been
selected. I autographed them and
am honored to know my Scrawl
will be alongside the penned greet
ing of highranking Canadian min
listers and diplomats, who are like
wise going to sign the book for
the boys.
Talking about foreign Scouts
reminds me of the thrifty Lithua-
MAN Boy Scouts (there are siX)
who didn't haul lot of big deco
rations over but have built two
beautiful works of art to grace
their campsite out of native Wash
ington materials.
Out of ground red brick, native
clay, shells, and moss, they have
nodded a life-size figure Of Saint
Casimir, patron saint of Lithu.
anian Scouts, that is a real work
Of art. Also nodded is a large
American flag in full color. For
the blue field in the flag the
Scouts used charcoal from the
kitchen.
The figure of the saint was
damaged by the rain but has been
repaired. I would greatly recon-
mend anyone interested in this
type Of modelling to visit their
Section Q quarters before they
leave tomorrow noon.
Steve Husbands, of Section S,
had a new three-cell flashlight and
was flashing it all around during
a recent arena show.
Brown Hill, also of S, told him
to turn it off because he couldn't
hit anything anyway.
Steve was undismayed:
Jaw, I bet I could spot DR.. West
if I had six-cylinder flasher!"
Garlic Retard