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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 05, 1963
Page
2
A minister urges living above the snake line of life to resist moral compromise. He questions modern media and personal habits, urging a clean heart and chastity in daily words and deeds in honor of Christ.
Arthur Davidson aged 79 appeared in Essex courthouse charged with burglary. A probation officer said he wishes to spend his last days in Parkhurst prison, noting a return to custody would bring him peace in his remaining years. The judge obliged.
The newest North American volcano Paracutin appeared in a Mexican cornfield on February 20, 1943. In less than a decade it built a cone about 1,800 feet high, marking a dramatic volcanic entry in the region.
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Canada plans to send 435 Scouts and leaders to the 11th World Jamboree in Marathon Greece August 1 to 11. L. H. Nicholson will lead the contingent with Fred J. Finlay as deputy. Three jet aircraft will transport the group, with a post-jamboree Greece visit eyed. Provincial quotas and fees are listed, noting 550 dollars per participant ex Montreal. 1955 Niagara host recalled.
A sky blue skull cap with white stripes marks Scout dress in Land of Lakes. A Finnish Scout wears long sleeves in winter and skis in cold months. India reports 542,438 Scouts while Finland has 32,101 Scouts.
Describes varied Scout uniforms worldwide with emphasis on headwear such as wedge caps, zebra skin bands, and French mariner caps. Notes country counts: USA 5,210,294 Scouts, Southern Rhodesia 171,641, France 174,297, and observes national differences in shorts, colors, and berets.
Major General D C Spry of Winnipeg leads the Boy Scouts World Bureau now based in Ottawa after moving from London. The bureau oversees a 8.98 million-strong global movement across 145 countries, with regional offices in Mexico City Manila and Damascus guiding International Commissioners and the World Conference. The Copenhagen conference proclamation frames Scouting as national international and universal, promoting healthy citizens and universal fraternity while upholding religious freedom and forbidding sectarian propaganda at mixed gatherings.
Headline notes Major General D C Spry CBE DSC andCD as Director of the World Scout Bureau based in Ottawa. He previously led Boy Scouts of Canada and had a long Scouting career starting in Calgary and Helifox, shaping global youth programs.
A Siamese Scout stands out in a crowd with a dark blue uniform and a hybrid hat. The hat blends Scout style with the Australian slouch hat, dark blue in color with a white hatband. A turned-up brim on the right side is secured by a badge, and a chin strap finishes the ensemble.
Lebanese Scouts wear standard Scout uniform at home while abroad they adopt national attire. They often don Bedouin dress including the flowing white khafiya and crown rings. Loose dark trousers gathered at the ankles complete the customary look.
A light khaki drill beret serves as the Scouts head-dress in this Equatorial country and is widely worn by Scouts elsewhere in Africa. The nation reported 8,500 Scouts in active membership.
Like his brother in Norway, the Swedish Scout wears a field service cap. A closer look shows a split down the center and a heavier medium blue cap. Sweden has 81,441 scouts.
Switzerland maintains the standard Scout hat as the official headgear while not stressing a stiff brim. The skull cap embroidered with red and white fleur de lys is popular in camp. Khaki is the common uniform color. Swiss Scouts total 43,529.
Donations to the Canadian Scout Brotherhood Fund will be highlighted during Boy Scout Week, February 17 to 24, 1963. Since 1953 the fund has distributed about 14000 to aid Scouts, originally for disaster victims but now available to assist Scouts with demonstrated need wherever they are.
Pakistan reports 126,458 scouts adopting the Jinnah style astrakhan hat alongside the standard scout rig. Scouters and youths wear the distinctive headgear broadly, signaling a progressive national scouting identity.
A tasselled red fezvor worn by Scouts on the small island off Tanganyika is also used by Moslem Scouts in several other African countries north of the Equator. Zanzibar has about 800 Scouts active in the movement.
In Norway the Scout hat is widely worn across mountains and fitted closely to the head. It features green edging and the same blue-grey material as the official uniform, though the standard Scout hat remains visible on certain occasions. Norway reports 26,082 Scouts.
Jamaica highlights two distinctive uniform elements a bright tartan scarf and an open woven straw hat in the traditional Scout shape. The report notes similar straw styles in the West Indies including Trinidad and British Guiana. Jamaica counts 3,845 Scouts.
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