Boy Scout Week Anniversary Drives Community Involvement
Paul L. Martin urges active participation in the 20th anniversary of the Boy Scout movement. The piece highlights Sven Robinson’s leadership, the new Fuller ranch camp, and calls for public support, meetings, and troop activities to build a regional scouting landmark. It also contains a long digressive personal narrative about a birthday hike and brief biographical notes on several composers.
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Paul L. Martin
Boy Scout Council
Boy Scout Movement
Boy Scout Organization
Boy Scouts
Sidney
Sven Robinson
Fuller Ranch
A Message to the Parents about Scout Involvement
A parent duties piece urges parental engagement with Boy Scout youth activities. It questions attendance at meetings and father son banquets, notes higher grades among scouts, and argues that discipline in scouting improves school performance. It promotes cooperation among parents teachers and scouts to mold better future citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout Organization
Scout G I v e s Good Review Of Long Hike
Scout and Neal Atkins planned a 14 mile hike to earn First Class ranks. They walked from Neal’s to Dead Man’s Canon, climbed a cliff, crossed prairies, ate lunch on a hill, gathered boards, and built a three rock fireplace with a tin pan slot before starting a fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neal
Lorenzo
Lester Campbell
Neal Atkins
Dead Man’s Canon
Review of American composers by Marian Blaha
The article surveys early American composers from William Billings born in 1774 in Boston to Edward Macdonald who died in 1908. It notes Billings crude hymns, Manuel Garcia’s opera link to New York, Lowell Mason’s influential but self taught work, and Theodore Thomas’s violin studies and public debut. It references Damrosch family, Paine as pioneer organist, Lang as pianist and teacher, and Macdonald’s original compositions and mental trials.
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George Whitfield Chadwick
Lowell
Mass
Eugene Thomas
Horatio W. Parker
Auburndale
Stephen Everey
J. Orth
G. Chadwick
Boston
America
Worchester
England
Arthur W. Foote
Salem
Miss
Lang
Every
Paine
Ethelbert W. Neven
Edgeworth
Penn
H. H. Beach
Henniker
N. H
William W. Gilchrist
Jersey City
N. J
Stephen C. Foster
Kentucky
Marian Blaha
William Billings
Billings
Stoughton
Theodore Thomas
Leopold Damrosch
Posen
Liszt
Wagoner
Frank Damrosch
Walter Damrosch
John Knowles Paine
Hartford
Conn
Mosscheles
Hauptman J. Rietz
Liepzig
Dresden
Scheinder
Benjamin Lang
Hande and Hayden Society
Edward Macdonald
New York
Darnsteadt
Germany
Wiesbaden
Macdonald
Care of Teeth Is Important Duty of Boys
Teeth are crucial to health and proper chewing. Brush morning and night, or after each meal, with vertical strokes to rub the gums. Avoid biting hard objects or using teeth to tie knots. Do not bite thread. Visit a dentist at least once a year to keep teeth in good condition.
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Hammond McNish
Important to Be in Perfect Shape for Track Meet
An instructional piece by Junior Walker outlines a three week training plan for track events. It advises early bedtimes and fresh air, daily practice, light meals with a heavy supper, and intensified prep three days before race day, including ice cold showers and focused event practice. It ends with a humorous quip about letters from Dick and Tom.
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Junior Walker
Troop 90 Founded in April 1928 in Sidney
Boy Scout troop No 90 of Sidney began in April 1928 sponsored by Modern Woodmen of Sidney. Initial leaders were I W Robinson as scout master with Joe Bartholomew and Clarence Wylie as assistants. Early members included Laven Thomas Harry Bonham Leroy Moxon Robert Brummage and Junior Walker. They earned second class by summer and formed Flying Eagle Beaver and Wolf patrols. The troop later grew under new leadership with camping trips to Hines Lodge near Cheyenne and near Binford Wyoming. Court of Honor anticipated with more first class pins and continued participation in contests and events. Troop 99 is also active and expected to progress offering trained citizens.
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Junior Walker
Sidney
Woodmen
I. W. Robinson
Joe Bartholomew
Clarence Wylie
Laven Thomas
Harry Bonham
Leroy Moxon
Robert Brummage
Flying Eagle Patrol
Beaver Patrol
Wolf Patrol
Robinson
Carper
Binford
Wyo
Court of Honor
Troop 99
Sidney Scouts Aim for Jamboree Honors This Summer
The Sidney scouts, after a modest showing at last year’s western Nebraska jamboree, plan to win more honors this summer. Boy Scouts from all three troops have recently held monthly contests with winners including Hammond McNish, Lester Campbell, Thomas Laird, and Keith Ericson, and additional events are scheduled for upcoming months.
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Junior Walker
Sidney
Boy Scouts
Hammond McNish
Signal
Lester Campbell
Thomas Laird
Keith Ericson
Seventy Seven Scouts Listed in Sidney Area
The Boy Scout council reports 77 boys enrolled since a 1928 reorganization in Sidney, with 61 currently active locally. Troop 89 under U P Safety Club has 17 members, Troop 90 sponsored by M W A lodge has 25, and Troop 99 sponsored by the American Legion has 18. One hundred twenty five badges have been awarded at the Court of Honor. Henry Pavlat, Secretary.
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Sidney
U. P. Safety Club
M. W. A. Lodge
Troop 99
The
American Legion
Troop Ninety Nine Organized by American Legion Sidney
In April 1928, American Legion Troop 99 of Sidney was formed under I W Wright. Adrian Reynolds became scoutmaster, followed by Frank C Wait and Bill Raper as later leaders. Francis James joined as an assistant scoutmaster, increasing the support staff as the troop develops. Six Tenderfoots, twelve second class scouts, and one Star scout are listed among members.
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Lester Campbell
American Legion of
Sidney
American Legion Troop
I. W. Wright
Court of Honor
Adrian Reynolds
Frank C. Wait
Bill Raper
Francis James
Csout
Finances of Scouts Show Nice Balance
Statement covers November 1 1928 to November 1 1929 detailing total receipts of 80472 with a beginning balance of 5.37. Disbursements include stationery office expenses salaries camp costs prizes and individual repayments totaling 6113 and a final balance of 43697 with 16.38 unitemized.
The Three Kinds of Scouts and Steamboat Leadership
The piece contrasts rowboat sailboat and steamboat scouts. It urges emphasis on steamboat type leadership, continual movement, self mastery, and present action over past practice. It champions doing good turns and current demonstration of leadership as decisive.
Jokes From The Church And Scout Camp Anecdotes
A joke collection opens with Fielden and Pa explaining church envelopes to stop pennies rattling, then a round earth quip ends with a square twist. Tenderfoot skit riffs on sixty minutes. a scene shows a scout master misbehaving comically. A fishing pun ends with a worm inside an apple as bait.
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Fielden
Son
Bill
Dale
Pinkie
Falls City Creamery advertises cream price and service
Falls City Creamery Company of Falls City Nebraska seeks cream shipments offering market based prices for butter cream. The ad promises 3c to 6c over cream buying station prices, weekly payments, same day checks, prompt replacements on cans, and a satisfaction guarantee referencing Richardson County Bank.
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Richardson County Bank
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SCOUT
Scout Blaha
Tom
Henry Pavlat
Sidney News
Chick
Greenlees
Highway Association
Winders Hardware
Western Drug Store
Iven Robinson
Sidney Moore
F. C. Vizina
K. J. Gleason
Nebraska Panhand Exp
K. J
Leone Ad Swenson
George Averman
Jack Bowman
Perry Butterfield
B. L. Walker
Scoutogram
Tenderfoot
Falls City
My Place
Potter
Union Pacific
Heiers
George Coulter
Potter State Bank
Joe P. Schwartz
John Smith
O. P. Skaggs System
O.P Skaggs
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