The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-03


Welt school departments have this
year been outstanding and inter
esting. Students and teachers
alike have distinguished them
selves.
This years National Honor mem
hers include six seniors and three
juniors. Representing the senior
class are: Mac Sanders. Robert
Hops. John Kennedy. Delphine
Trey. Mary Steimle. and Joan
Schrepper; juniors are Ben Van
den Belt. Gertrude Menzi, and jan
ice Hops. They will be publicly
initiated at the Honors Assembly.
June L. Ted Weber, senior. was
initiated last year. Myrtle War
ner, senior is a member OF Detroit
Eastern Chapter.
Junior Representatives to Boys
State will this year be Ben Van
den Belt, Jr., q. Frank Whitehouse,
and ellis Turner. with alternates
being Phillip Fletcher and Richard
Davis. Last years representatives
were Alfred Burrell. John Ken
nedy, and Robert Hops.
Boy Scouts
Boy Scout news shows that sd-
vanced Scouts OF Troop are
making plans to spend a week in
northern Michigan Immediately
following the close OF school this
June. A complete staff of counse-
lors and several fathers are ex-
pected to accompany the boys on
the outing.
Already they have assembled
numerous items which will be re-
CURED for their vacation. Camp
ing equipment. such as a tent,
Ice box, camp stove, and smaller
utensils have been purchased
through the generosity OF the
Parent-Teacher's Association which
recently voted that both the girl
and boy scouts have 40 dollars for
camp activities. The boys have
also earned between SIS and $40 by
selling magazines and newspapers.
There are 4S registered mem
bers OF Troop l. Members who
hold offices, under the leadership
of Scoutmaster Duane Chamber.
lain are: B. ]. Gauntlet, Lawrence
Miller, Fred Mathews, and Donald
Mcmahon as assistant scoutmas-
tiers; Ben Vanden Belt and Frank
Whitehouse acting as junior as.
sistant scoutmasters; Phillip Har-
mon, Herman Keller, Karl Klaff.
Ike. and Bud Susterka as senior
patrol leaders; William Worth,
Daryl Chamberlain, James Rynear-
son. and John Borgerson as patrol
leaders; David elmer as troop
scribe; and James Rynearson
as troop quartermaster.
An inter-patrol baseball contest
Is now being sponsored by the
scouts. The trophy awarded to the
winners will be ball bat with the
signatures of the players inscribed
upon it. In two or three weeks
the scouts plan to sponsor Dad S
Night when the fathers and sons
will play baseball together.
Troop l has two bands. One is
a novelty band which has had 40.
proximately ten outside engage.
ments at church and school func.
tions. The other is the marching
band which has led several pa.
rades. Both bands are directed by
assistant scoutmaster, Fred Math.
ews.
The scouts meet each Monday
night. During this term, many of
them have worked on bow and ar.
rows and skis. They have also
taken three overnight camping
trips, two of them to Camp New.
kirk In Dexter. and the other to
camp Hayes at the Irish Hills.
Girl Scouts
fpsllanti Girl Scouts are now
hard at work with their cookie
sales in anticipation of the forth.
coming visit to the new Ypsilanti
community Camp at Cedar Lake
Inc girls plan to spend a month at
the new location, Immediately fol.
lowing their dismissal from studies
on June 20. The City of Ypsilanti
rented this camp for the summer
o. ls4l, and the Girl Scouts will
be the first to occupy it.
Miss Mildred Crawford, senior
scout leader, is director OF the
camp and approximately 10 or 90
scout leaders will accompany her
to act as leaders for the girls. The
camp Is located on Cedar Lake.
near Chelsea, about so miles from