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OUTH AND SCOUT DAY AT WISCONSIN STATE FAIR AUG. 26rCII]Among the 20,000 Badger Boy Scouts and. scouters who have been invited to be guests of . the Wisconsin state fair on Youth and Boy Scout day, Saturday, August 26, 200 representatives will be encamped in Indian tepees and various types of tents throughout the fair, August 19-27. The boys are honor campers from the 17 Boy Scout councils in Wisconsin and have been selected on merit to be members of Camp Ammon on the fair grounds.During nine days the campers will operate 17 sc outer aft booths in the junior fair building and will serve as guides, messengers and aides to the fairgoers. On Youth day they will conduct a continuous program of scouting stunts, games and contests in and around the camp. An Indian pageant, “The Spirit of Manitou Springs/’ will be presented at their evening campfire.Shortly after noon the largest par ade of Boy Scouts in the history of J the state will wind its way through the fair grounds, led by t massed section of 100 American and state flags and scout drum and bugle corps and bands from La .Crosse, Madison, Grafton, Sheboygan, Racine and Kenosha.On the reviewing stand will be Gov. Julius P. Hell, Regional Scout Executive C. X Carlson of Chicago, and other state and scouting officials.Free admission to tse fair grounds for scouts and scouters on August 26 will b.e by presentation of their registration cards. The same cards will provide half-price general admission to the afternoon grandstand attractions consisting xf A M. A. championship motorcycle races and 11 circus acts. The night show will include the Flying Colors musical revue and a fireworks display which will contain special scoutng pieces. .,Scoutmasters who return the reser- j -vation cards which have been mailed j: to the 832 troops in Wisconsin will j -receive free tickets to rides on the j. new Gay Way for their boys. This \j is the second successive year the j scouting organization has officially; _ presented its program to the public | ’ at the state fair. {]Ji
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Shawano County Journal
Shawano, Wisconsin, US
Thu, Aug 10, 1939
Page 4
Full Page
Clipped by
Jeremiah M.
NA, NA 18 Oct 2020
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