Scouts of Troop 18 Praise Leader and Activities
Scouts of Troop 18, Winnetka, thank Scoutmaster Dr Roy C Terry for leading an active year. The troop grew to 35, joined North Shore Area Scout events, won February hobby show prizes, fed birds in winter, earned four month troop rating and first quarter advancement awards, and plan to attend Camp Ma Ka Ja Wan this summer.
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Winnetka Community House
Roy C. Terry
Terry
Dr. Terry
North Shore Area
Skokie Valley
Forest Preserve
Winnetka
Nature Study at Camp Ma Ka Ja Wan Highlights
Nature Study to occupy part of the boys camp time with trails a museum and nature handicraft work. Scouts to make items for the camp museum including butterfly mounts plaster rock mounts specimen boards and leaf prints.
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Quarium
Water Everywhere Avoids Scout Sink at Camp Ma Ka Ja Wan
A lighthearted note reports that despite heavy rains the camp Ma Ka Ja Wan escaped flooding and scouting activities continued with no injuries. Local staff ensured safety measures while campers remained in supervised areas.
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Ma-Ka- Ja- Wan
Scout News Service Sees Changes In Summer Visits
Weekly visits by Mr Mc Manus to north shore towns for news reports are discontinued due to camp activities. Scribes of troops active in summer are asked to report their activities to the Scout office and inactive troops are urged to inform the office of their experiences along the Scouting line.
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McManus
North Shore
Scouts Await Camp With Glencoe Troop 22
Troop 22 plans for Camp Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan after Friday June 21 meetings end. Registered scouts include Bill Fisher John Fisher Francis Graham Bud Holmes Bruce Jamieson Spiro Mann Edward Moore Bob Moulton Bob Nyborg Richard Samway Robert Sheets Ralph Stetzel and Robert Thiel. They anticipate a fourteen day stay in the north wilderness.
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Glencoe
Bill Fisher
John Fisher
Francis Graham
Bud Holmes
Bruce Jamieson
Spiro Mann
Edward Moore
Bob Moulton
Bob Nyborg
Richard Samway
Robert Sheets
Ralph Stetzel
Robert Thiel
North
Scout Leadership Timeline in Wilmette and Chicago Roles
The record outlines a sequence of scouting leadership from 1922 to 1925. It notes five years as a Scout in Troop 1 Wilmette, three years as Secoutmaster of Troop 2, two years as skipper of Sea Scout Troop 7 in Wilmette, one year as Scoutmaster of Troop 1806 Chicago, and one additional year as Scoutmaster of Troop 2.
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Wilmette
Sea Scout
Chicago
Row boats for Camp Ma Ka Ja Wan built locally
One boat was made by Sea Scout Troop 7 Wilmette under John Brenner for Camp Ma Ka Ja Wan. Seven other row boats were built by Highland Park Scouts directed by R W Schneider of Deerfield Shields High School and shipped to camp.
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Sea Scout Troop 7
Wilmette
Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan
John Brenner
Highland Park Scouts
R. W. Schneider
Deerfield Shields High School
Wilmette Troop 4 Holds Final Meeting of Season
Troop 4 Wilmette held its last meeting for the season on Thursday June 13 with meetings to resume the first week in September. The troop enjoyed ice cream funded by treasury money after each patrol presented a stunt and played a short baseball game. Troop 4 won five streamers at the Wilmette rally held two weeks earlier, reported by Bill Lehle.
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Troop 4
Wilmette
Bill Lehle
Scout Honor and Reputation Quotation Reflections
A quotation from the Handbook for Boys emphasizes scout honor as trustworthiness and the consequences of lying cheating or not completing tasks. It compares a boy’s reputation to a shadow that can follow or precede him. Anon remarks conclude the excerpt.
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Anon
Veterans Honored In Troop 2 Long Service Awards
Junior Assistant Scoutmaster James E Baker of Troop 2 Wilmette earned five-year veteran status this month and Scoutmaster A E Cook of Troop 2 becomes a fifteen-year veteran. Baker has served under four Scoutmasters in five years. Cook served for three years.
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James E Baker
Wilmette
A. E. Cook
Troop
Scout Baker
Cook
Camp Ma Ka Ja Wan Registration Surges
Camp Ma Ka Ja Wan reports 177 boys signed up. 100 join first period, 44 second, 33 third. Some regret missing the first period as spots filled quickly.
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Ma-Ka-Ja- Wan
Not a job too small for the mighty oak to grow
A proverb about humble beginnings and steady growth invites patience and persistence. It links small efforts to eventual strength, suggesting perseverance turns little steps into significant outcomes.
Camp Ma Ka Ja Wan staff departs for open day trip
Camp Ma Ka Ja Wan staff leaves Sunday morning June 23 for a 290 mile trip by truck and car to ready the site. They will spend two weeks before July 6 opening, building waterfront and trails, organizing equipment, and training in water safety and boating. Senior staff is six older youths, junior staff about fifteen, led by M C Rybolt and Car McManus with a resident doctor and returning Scoutmasters.
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M. C. Rybolt
Car. McManus
New Scouting Leader Registration Policy Announced
The National Council of Boy Scouts of America unveils a policy effective July 1 1929 requiring any official to be registered with an unexpired commission or membership certificate. A fee will apply to adult members and Scout officials, funding the Scouting magazine and leader registration card. Leaders currently registered are exempt until reregistration.
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National Council of Boy Scouts of America
Fifteen Boys Take Scout Oath and Join North Shore Troops
Fifteen Scouts pledged to live by the Scout law and stay physically strong mentally awake and morally straight. The group lists new members across Wilmette Highland Park and Highwood troops including John Freib Ralph Hoffman Leo Kraft Gerald May Richard Cullen Edward Mee Donald Toeppen Homer Sebel James J McNulty Jr John Steele Mike Gualandi Willard Smith John Fiore and Albert Brush.
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Wilmette
John Freib
Ralph Hoffman
Leo Kraft
Gerald May
Richard Cullen
Edward Mee
Donald Toeppen
Homer Sebel
Charles Reckitt
James J. McNulty, Jr
Highland Park
John Steele
Highwood
Mike Gualandi
Willard Smith
John Fiore
Albert Brush
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Scouts
Vancement
Spring Lake
North Shore Troops
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