Troop Seven Organizes Team and Merit System
Troop 7 plans a basketball team as committee members Paul Heming Lloyd Gotwalt and Bud Ridiger study feasibility. The troop merit system began last week to boost attendance and reward top point scorers while James Hay leads selling War Savings Stamps to earn an ace medal. Starting this evening the patrols plan activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troop 7
James Hay
Paul Heming
Lloyd Gotwalt
Bud Ridiger
Carter's Liver and Bowel Tea Remedy
An old reliable vegetable remedy promotes Carter's Liver and Bowel Tea for constipation headaches dizziness and torpid liver. A small package brewed as needed helps feverish bilious feelings and is suitable for children and adults alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jr. Carter
Health Builder For Wea Where a conti threatens the lun
A historical ad fragment touts Eckman Laboratory Philadelphia offering a health tonic to strengthen the lungs and reduce coughs or colds. It promotes a conti product claimed to restore health with 40 bottles at a drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wea
Kman
Alter
Scout Troop Plans New Stunt At First Aid Patrol
The senior patrol leader Carl Gingrich pledges a fresh stunt for the troop. Every scout wants to see the new display during the program, as they take turns in presenting stunts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Gingrich
Troop 26 Elects Balmer Treasurer
At a Monday meeting Troop 26 elected Ben Balmer to fill the treasurer vacancy created by Scout Herman Jones moving to Scranton. The troop also elected new patrol leaders and reorganized patrols, with tenderfeet studying signaling for a second class test and planning a church benefit entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Kinneard McCleary
Herman Jones
Scranton
Ben Balmer
Scout Jones
Flying Eagle
Scout Hossler
Scout Zimmerman
Braver
Scout Singleton
Paul Warfield
Troop 16 Busy Month With New Scouts and Activities
November kept Troop 16 active with five indoor and four outdoor meetings. Under Assistant Scoutmaster George Spangler, second class work advanced through map making and other tasks. Two new scouts John Essick and Henry Delaney joined, bringing the troop to twenty seven members, plus twelve Wolf Cubs under its care. The unit has responded fully to every service appeal and claims one hundred percent civic efficiency. Saturday will see scouts distributing Red Cross Christmas membership drive pamphlets across districts as a major good turn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Spangler
John Essick
Henry Delaney
RED Cross
Scouts
Troop 26 Begins Winter First Aid Course
Troop 26 starts a winter first aid course lasting six weeks under assistant scoutmaster Paul Kohlhaas captain of Bethlehem Steel Company's first aid team. He will train a scouting first aid group to compete with Harrisburg teams and invites scouts from other troops to attend each Monday at 7 30 PM at Stevens Memorial Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Kohlhaas
Bethlehem Steel Company
Kohlhaas
Harrisburg
Stevens Memorial Methodist Church
Thirteenth
Vernon Streets
L. E. Vananan
Troop Twenty Plans December Meeting and Exams
Troop 20 holds its December business meeting tonight. The Red Cross Christmas honor roll will be explained and a teacher is secured to instruct the bugle corps. Buglers should bring instruments for the first lesson and tenderfoot exams will follow. Henry A. Baer scribe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Henry A. Baer
The Wolf by Scout Robert Keller
The article surveys the gray wolf’s range, color forms, and behavior from northern forests to Arctic coasts, its hunting packs, prey, and adaptations. It notes seasonal shifts, depredations on livestock, extinction pressures in settled regions, and persistence in Europe, with historical folklore on wolves and foxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Russia
United States
Florida Everglades
Europe
France
Spain
European
Acllan
Watches for all ages with top brands on sale
A young shopper looks forward to Santa bringing a watch while the store touts hundreds of watch bracelets from Elgin Waltham Hamilton Illinois Rockford Ingersoll and other guaranteed makes. Prices range from $1.50 to $200 and bracelets from $5 to $275.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Howard
Elgin
Waltham
Hamilton
Illinois
Rockford
Ingersoll
Crown
City Scouts Invited to Meeting at Y M C A
Older Scouts are urged to attend a Sunday afternoon meeting at 8 30 at the Y M C A to hear Captain W A Dietrick former Scoutmaster of Troop No 2 Great Falls Mont He helped found an officers training camp and has been commanding officer at Temple University Philadelphia All Scouts are urged to come in uniform and march in from Stock Hall in a body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Dietrick
Great Falls
Mont
Etrick
Temple University
Prindelphia All Scouts
Vanane
Scout Hamer Elected Team Manager for Troop 19
Scout Hamer was elected manager of Troop 19's basketball team at St Pauls floor on December 17 with Scout Callen as assistant manager. Report requested from listed scouts and addresses Harrisburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamer
St. Paul's
Second
Emerald Streets
Callen
Hummel
Hoffman
Kissner
Taylor
Daly McCarvel
Paul
Vetter
Faunce
K. Moyer
C. Moyer
Townsend
Weills
Troop 19
Robert Hamer
North Second Street
Harrisburg
Union Meeting Aids Scout Training And First Aid Losses
Troops Eleven and Thirteen hold a city union meeting at the Boyd Memorial building using gym facilities. Assistant Scout Master Hazan of Troop 13 delivers a talk on the Wolf while Robert Keller presents a talk on the animal’s haunts. Troop 26 gains new assistant scoutmaster Paul Kohlhaas and receives knot tying and first aid instruction as the merit system nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troop Thirteen
Troop Eleven
Karl Moeslein
Boyd Memorial
Troop 18
America
Hazan
Robert Keller
Paul Kohlhaas
Harrisburg
Kohlhaas
Andy
New Officers By Scout Executive Virgin
The local council held its annual meeting last Tuesday night showcasing busy, capable leaders back of the scout movement. J William Bowman becomes the new president succeeding George S Reinoehl, promising to uphold the high standard and continue building on the foundation already laid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. William Bowman
George S. Reinoehl
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Doughty
Hay
Eckman Ph
Laboratory
Adelphia
Scout Balmer
BOY Scouts
Scouts of City
Troop Twenty
the Wolf
Scout Robert Keller
Florida
Merriam
Arctic
Japan
Caplan
Market Street
Troop Nineteen
I R. Connicorr
Scout
Virgin
Swift’s Premium
U. S. Food Administration
Swift
Swift & Company
U.S. A
Seventh and North Streets
F. W. Covert
Henry ‘Gilbert and Son
Italy
Switzerland
Holland
Gilbert
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