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v.Ul. cf-vr-ir.;,- messages. or anything t!:■ y v.iro called nplt;n to do. For tins. they received only a word of gratification from their government, hut they were not after praise.‘•The hoy scout is trained to rescue a person in danger, and to apply nrst aid to his wounds until the doctor comes. The doctrine of service is ever prominent, for the ‘pood turn daily7 is put into practice all over. A scout can he trusted and will iu*cv break Iiis word or commit a theft. A scout ir, loyal and obedient to the right, kind to dumb animals, of service to man, friendly toward others and ■ cheerful, in. Ids actions. lie lias to pas-: certain tests which give him a greater knowledge and a broader view.‘Ton are now being asked to contribute some money to the boy scouts in order that they may continue their good work. What is your return? A safe ' government tor your children, based on the principles of. love, unselfishness and common. sense. There need..be no fearador .the future of. America if placedilii the hands of the hoy scouts;’ ' •hb‘; :SCOUTS LOCATE STOLEN CAR.The new plan whereby- pohce reports are sent broadcast by wireless every evening had an unmediate/ interesting and''worthwhile result. On a certain evening u large amount of police data and reports were relayed to the high power radio station of ilie American. Radio and Research corporation in Medford, Mass., and hurled through the air in a KX)-raile radius for the information of some 5,000 amateur operators. Among the items reported were the number, make, engine, etc., of a car which had been stolen from Harvard square, Cambridge, the day before. Ahiong the “listeners in” was a boy scout named.Barney, who wrote down , the details of the theft, for. practice in re-' ceiving. The next day, walking along the street in his home town,. the lad noticed a car standing deserted by the roadside which was of the . make of the stolen roadster. He made a quick, mental note of the number and ran home to compare it with ills radio notes. The. two tallied and 'lie..at once telephoned the. police and the car was restored to” its owner.SCOUTING A WORTH-WHILE JOB.B. K. Willow of Philadelphia, a ten-ycar scout man, says:“It lias been *a great pleasure to be associated in scout work through these past ten years. Whatever it may have meant to the boys.it lias meant a great deal to me. The seven years when I was actively engaged with the different groups of boys as scoutmaster have brought a ;grcat deal of pleasure to me. If every man could come In contact with boys thus intimately, he would find it helpful in many ways even though it takes time and means the sacrifice of things men hold dear.“After i the experience of thqse ten, years in connection with work for boys I am convinced that there is no better program for -character' building than the scout program and I hope that I may have a hand in it for years to come.”STllDY MOSQUITO WARFARE. I — ' •/ '••* Boy scouts of Newark recently went on an‘infection, hike to the nearby* marshes to observe the methods and. practice of mosquito extermination, as conducted by the local mosquito ’ extermination , commissions. The boys wijl cilmp on the meadows. ^ ; ' ■‘‘ SCOUT REJV1EMBERS BROTHER-. ,Among the mauy .Memqria.l dny oh-. servahces in lovinfe'memory of those yojing men who..gave’ their lives in,, t]\e'gie^t war, perhaps npng \yas mom toughing thanxiliat .^^tii^ibjoy/.scoii't? who 'saved his ^pennies fait’hfqily for a long time’until he had. enough1 to buy a fine 'wreath to place' on ’ the grave of a neighbor, a Vlad who IiaT\ played a . role of a “big bfo.tlier” to the younger boy before 1ft wait'. t«. Jtua death overseas. '' * ’’ ■'{aL-
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Newburgh Register
Newburgh, Indiana, US
Fri, Aug 26, 1921
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