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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1929
Page
7
A report outlines steps for improving Scouting outreach including publicity efforts with movies displays and articles. It notes cooperation with Girl Scouts, demonstrations and camp programs as part of the movement.
The report highlights three summer camps at Camp White Rock and near Yellow Springs with leaders in charge, noting high standards in water safety and Red Cross training. It cites area achievements, council analysis of merit badges and lifesaver tests, and calls for more troops and vocational counsellors in every business.
A fall leaders training school by the scout executive meets weekly for six sessions to promote scouting, deepen commitment, and safeguard the program for boys. Woodstock ran the program with 17 men, spurring a new troop for weaker boys and continued booster support from service clubs, with regular courts of honor and occasional entertainments.
The report notes rapid expansion in the district with 13 troops in November rising to 34 and scout numbers from about 200 to 600. It emphasizes inexpensive trophies for scholarship athletics advancement and Court of Honor competitions among seven troops, plus broad community benefits through Scouting.
A school and community focus on constructive leisure, forming most of a boy's year. The message lauds scouting as America's great reward and a training ground for responsible citizenship. It notes the movement is chartered by Congress and urges support for boys' development toward future leadership.
Daily wholesale price list for local buyers shows current figures for various commodities. This market page records today’s quotes and notes minor typographic errors may occur in the transcription.
The sheet lists prices for bran, middlings, scratch feed, screenings, corn, butter, eggs, hens, young chickens, calves, beeps, heifers, local flour, and creamery butter. Prices vary by item and weight, with notes of wholesale rates and regional figures such as Baltimore wholesale and crate pricing.
Field trial events totaling at least eight are planned across Virginia this fall. The Northern Virginia group opens at Centerville on October 14 with G H Herndon seeking a large entry list. Camp Lee near Petersburg hosts the Virginia Amateur trials starting November 11, last year used for the National championships. Several other clubs will convene at Centerville Leedstown and other sites with dates to be finalized.
Readable phrases describe a reform group hosting a church event this evening with weather notes predicting warmer temperatures, increasing clouds, and possible rain midweek with northeast winds along the coast.
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