Scout Chronicles of Foxes and Fagles Troops
Last Tuesday night a Scout meeting started on time with pledge and roll call. Foxes and Fagles reported all present. They played baseball, then won a patrol flag in Lucky Pennies. Several games followed as Foxes outclassed opponents. Two members told stories before the scout oath and adjournment. The previous Monday a group hiked north of town, walked along the Skunk River, sang The Gang's All Here, and were later picked up by a scout truck.
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Fagles
William van Dorninck
Moose
Canada
Marion van der Heiden
Skunk
Pud de Witt
Pud
Tears in the Park Heard by Scout Scribe
In a park scene the speaker Tears exclaims a rain drop felt, while Tenderfoot jokes about sitting beneath a weeping willow. The dialogue is recorded by Arthur De Winter, the Scout Scribe.
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C. S
Paul
Tenderfoot
Jim
Arthur de Winter
Orchard Uses Central Heating To Save California Citrus
A California orange orchard operates a central heating plant with pipes radiating outward. In frost events, the entire orchard is tented to protect fruit still on the trees.
Medical Missions Call for Real Men in Foreign Service
Gradus De Kock outlined the appeal and challenges of foreign medical mission work at a central ray talk. He argued college prepares men for purposeful life service, noting medical missions demand self reliance health skill and consecration while offering extensive gospel opportunities and strong impact against ignorance superstition and fear.
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Ray
Gradus de Kock
Gradus
Old Flame Returns to Break a Marriage Myth
Lawrence, a year into marriage with Dora, recalls a romance with Mary Bates and the failures of shared life. Dora returns with shopping and news that Mary left her husband for another man, prompting Lawrence to face his unresolved love while choosing to affirm Dora.
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Dora
Lawrence
Mary Bates
Maury
Coudn
Why Black for Mourning Fashion Origin Story
The custom of wearing black to signify mourning began with Anne of France wife of Charles VII after her husband died. She bordered her coat of arms with black and wore black as a symbol of widowhood, opposing the traditional white mourning. The practice then spread and endures.
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Anne
Charles VII
France
Hugeband
What It Means To Give To The Student Friendship Fund
The World’s Student Christian Federation explains how the Student Friendship Fund aided about 580 institutions, supporting 160,000 students and professors in Central Europe and the Near East with $904,000 from American students. Aid included dormitory conversions, feeding 40,000 students, clothing 30,000, and self help projects like libraries and laundries, boosting international goodwill and native leadership. Every gift, small or large, is welcomed and pledged to fourfold returns.
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Europe
Near East
Student Christian Federation
Central
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Scout Chronicle
Scout News
van Zante Pella Auto Service Co
Beman Auto Co
Oskaloosa, Iowa
Goodyear Tire
Dodge
Chronicle Office
Square
Oskaloosa
P. C. Lankelma
Pella
Pella Produce Co
Rev. L. Colyn
E. S. Cook
Oskaloosa Street
Peter J. Gorp
Advance Mfg. Co
Dock St
St. Louis
Chester
E. Richardson
By Ella Saunders
Western Newspaper Union
L. E. Gilbert
Jeweler
Iowa
Crean
Uce Co
Hollandale, Minnesota
Payne Investment Co
Omaha
Nebraska
J. M. Brengle
Sheldon
John Nieburg
People’s Clothing Store
Union
O. D
Chambray
the People’s
High Ave
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