The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-03-28
EXPLAIN WORK
OF boy SCOUTS
Organization of Scouting to be
Outlined in Weekly Series
of Articles.

In order to inform the general public
on questions often asked about the
Boy Scout program and how it operates
to reach several thousands of boys an
nually in this region, a series of weekly
articles is being presented by this
newspaper.
The Boy Scout movement had its
beginnings with Sir Robert Baden
Powell of England, who devised a form
of training for soldiers who came from
the city and who could not take care
of themselves in the woods. This pro-
gram was taken over by boy leaders,
and finally resulted in an adapted
program being arranged for boys II to
Is years of age. The movement grew
as method of training boys in good
citizenship and in their ability to do
things for themselves and others.
In 1910 the Congress of the United
States granted a charter to group of
men who were organized as a national
council An annual report is made to
Congress, and that is the only con-
nection between the Scout program
| ana CIe government.
Scouting is for all boys, regardless of
race, color or creed 1t is a very DEM
ocratic program and is supervised by
volunteer laymen who make up the
national, regional and local area coun-
ellis.
Regional councils include a number
of states. The Headwaters Area coun-
Gil is part of Region 10, which includes
Minnesota, North and South Dakota
and parts of Wisconsin, Montana and
wyoming.
Local councils are organized in
fundamental organization to assist local
groups and leaders in the promotion
of Scouting for all boys. Limitations
as to logical geographical location, suf-
ficient financial support and possibili-
ties of at least 35 troops and cooperative
trade areas determine how much terri
tory is included in a local council
The Headwaters Area council in
cludes all the Iron Range communities
from Aurora to Bemidji and north to
Ely, International Falls and Baudette.
Representatives of troops and local
interests join in establishing districts
of the council so as to subdivide OPP
portunities for closer service to troops
and communities. Each district elects
annually district chairman, vice chair
man, secretary and district commits
sioner who select chairmen and COM
mittees on camping and activities, or
ganization and extension, leadership
training, health and safety, finance and
advancement. Other committees are
selected on clubbing, senior Scouting
rural Scouting and publicity.
These men constitute the group re-
sponsible for the promotion of Scouting
At least two men from each district
are members of the Area Executive
board, which meets monthly and sets
policies for Scouting in the entire area
Giving leadership to this group of men
in each of the Is districts of the coun-
Gil is an employed full time, trained
Scout executive and an assistant field
executive. All other ScouterS serve
voluntarily as a matter of interest in
boys, the welfare of the community and
as means of community service. The
districts of the Headwaters Area Coun-
Gil are:
l. East Mesaba; g. Chicagami Eve
leth); 8. Vir-Mount-P CVirginia)
4. Vermillion ely, Tower, Soudan) /;
5. Old IronsideS (Chisholm0; 6. Hibbing;
7. Itasca (Keewatin); 8. Nashwauk; g.
Pokegama Grand Rapids; 10. Paul
Bunyan (Bemidji, Bagley, Cass Lake,
Walker, etc.; II. North Border Inter-
national Falls, Baudette, Littlefork) +;
IL. Mid Itasca (Coleraine, Calument,
Bovey, Marble, etc.; 10. Watershed
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