The Springfield Daily Republican from Springfield, Massachusetts (2024)

May 22, 1927

Publication:

The Springfield Daily Republicani

Location:

Springfield, Massachusetts

Issue Date:

Sunday, May 22, 1927

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68

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10 8 THE SPRINGIELD SUNDAY UNION AND REPUBLICAN SPRINGIELD MASS: MAY 22 1927 Girl Scout Training Class Progresses Enrolmentof 20 Mostly from American International Camp Bonnie Brae illing Requirements for Merit Badge SECKATARY HAWKINS lA Talk with Bones 9 By ROBERT RANC SCHULKERS 2 9 which picture (Sunlight dif 930 until 4 Make a Bargain with He Exclaimed ba fair can all 1 Offer can Ima to obi of you nor anyone like trou after it view of office in Bones "And my pop went clear of see you we told time they upon hlr me But "it's a If you others But of necessary that Girl Scout sub laden with violets yel and hand bags of in Plenty of things when rightfully belongs to them that course as I said if you want fair and slowly shook his head and the Month of year in made Hour of day in made Strength of light I think will out because of my make much diff bur situation Our Godhop the capital and cultural centei The class in Girl Scout leadership be camera ftnd describe briefly each inc carried on at American Interna of its features or parts tlonal college byMiss Dorothy Wai exclaimed Briggen fair and square with why should we stuff!" I exclaimed more spunk than I I glad of waterscape brook) "What "We joined the Great Club 'whe: started All of us Pelham boys made a promise when we joined to stick to the club till the big job was done If we break away now will break Hawkins Tells All can we asked Brigtjen it i "There's no name to said Brig gen "but I know the hand write Bones who gent asked as the eye going to I rc en straight "Wait! "Doody is a member of stand by him of course) to do with not worth a Bones And as he spoke on a dark look "He never did any thing worth talking about did he? He was always his pet till hhe died She always cared more for him of course She never pay! much atten tion to me" was she to I asked "She was my step he an swered "You see Doody and me we are step brothers his daddy was Un cle brother He died seven yearsago In those days my pop and me wo used to go with a circus Then my pop married mother you see and the trouble started right away when Uncle Abner got rich and bought the big Red Castlje you see' how it was? My pop was for making an agreement that Uncle money wss to be divided between the three ofus boys mother said cent cried his face took exclaimed comin desk with his fist game Listen here! what do When I gel master of the place do something for you if you will get your boys to join my club let Joe Doody stay there and give him $10 a week no too much make it five give him $5 a week to be my chauf feur and clean'up the automobiles and the garage There! What do you call that if it fair and I laughed be so big I said very kind of you indeed You and your pop are going to take a big house and money that belongs to Joe Doody and Howard Swift by rights and going to let them eat the crumbs that fall from the table I know you Bones you big generous fair and square hypocrite Get away lift your fist at me not afraid He had called him stood there farm products the State Brookhartians will' not question of the figures or expect to recognize all the numerous spring of his noble mathematical agination They will admit that there Is plenty of money in Iowa to buy advertising and goods Whose money? Not that of the "bankrupt" farmers but that of the accursed plutocrats In this great hour friends of the people turn anxiously to their tribune Against this conspiracy of Wall Street and a mercenary local press be must brookhart brookhartjjifc a ra vnil I looked Brig Naples of the It combines the holiday air the dplce tar No from him Hawkins down yesterday and note telling him we the Great Club for is suddenly "Howard claimed Bones as if surprised you understand now" I said "Go on" mother said no She said that Uncle Abner's money should go to her boy Joe and Howard Swift even between the you see be cause they were in the family while I was only a stop son you see She fig ured that I didn't have any right to my share Can you imagine such nerve Hawkins? I said nodding ine I said mv non can't either So ciown to Uncle and stayed with him Soon I quit school and went down there too Then this Joe Doody comes and right away 1 smelt ble I said I knew what he was And he was" vou see my Abner that he finally made the old man believe I had moro right to bo his heir than anybody Why? Because old Uncle Abner never had a friend In his life arfd it made him sour on the world He wanted friends he used to tell me but he never had any People would turn their nose up at him be cause he was queer And he never bad a sihgle friend until he got rich and then he want them No sir! ter local director has an enrolment of 20 mostly from the college In the five lessens to date the tenderfoot re quireirt'nts have been taken up in addition to a discussion of the back ground of Girl Scouting its history aims the need for such a movement among young people growing out of the changing conditions of today methods of forming troops cbrfducting meetings and hikes with plenty of games based on the tenderfoot require ments Besides lessons on the sec ond class' work tn? class has in pros pect a supper hike a treasure hunt and a maple Sugar party before the 13 lessons of the courseware over The following enrolled Jn thel class: Angelina Alaimo Elsie Aliberti Emma Bredoli Livla Xio DiStefano Rose azio ran calangia Katherine Kilar Mildred Leonard Agnes Magyar Nina Sabol 1 sky Sylvia Sokoloski Celia SpazianiAmy Taylor Ethel White! Mildred Johnson Harriet Silbey Cji lina Wheeler and Ethel McNair Girl Scout Office Hours The Girl Scout office will be closed £11 day Monday May 30 The shop is open every Saturday irem A large supply of new camp equipment is now ready for Bonnie Brae Camp Bonnie Brae illing Camp Bonnie Brae the Girl Scout camp at East Otis is filling rapidly and girls planning to attend are asked to apply at once The application blank must be properly filled out signed by the captain of the troop and returned with the registration fee of $2 for each two week period ailure to comply with these regulations mean delay to the applicant When the reg istration has been received and accept ed a mother's and doctor's certificate will be sent to the vplicanf the for mer may be returned at any time and the certificate at least two weeks in advance of arrival at camp olders willbe sent to all other west ern division troops this week Many 'chaftges are being made again this year At the reunion each camp submitted a list of things which would be of benefit to the camp and an an nouncement was made that over half of them had already been done One of the ingfield council members has al ready offered a wringer to each unit Much of interest will be found by both oW and new campers at Bdnnie Brae in 1927 Drum and Bugle Corps Notes Members of the Drum and Bugle corps had a glorious week end last week The trip to the state review was made in a bus the camp bfach wagon and the car of the corps captain ol lowing the afternoon ptrfc Wanes a sightseeing tour was made a ad Bos ton and then the trip to Hill Waltham where the girls spent the night After dinner a general survey of the camp grounSs was made and a trip through the maze enjoyed by everyone morning although slightly stormy did not dampen the spirits of the group Another sightseeing tour was held through Concord and Lexing ton The corps arrived in Springfield in the late afternoon tired but well sat isfieef with the splendid trijo Seout llealth estival The Springfield Girl Scout health festival was witnessed by many hun dreds of friends and Girl Sqouts last ridayyin the Auditorium The "flap of th Bank of Health pageant held in January has developed into a beautiful queen in the last three months After a victory won from the pirates over the treasure chesty the Queen with the aid of pages gave out a large number of health winner badges to the faithful Girl' Scouts who have played the game for the entire three months A beautiful health ban ner was presented to the troop having the best score in the game The other merit badees were award ed in a unique manner Girl Scouts representing the awards given stepped to the platform before the presenta tions With4' the awarding of the badges the representative stepped for ward with the group Several five arid ten year stripes were awarded to gijls andofficers who have given many consecutive years of service to the or ganization 0 Many girls received one of the high est Girl Scout honors th? Letter of Commendation This is a character award and a girl has won through much before she receivesthis honor The Drum and Bugle demon strated its sk ill once again with usual pep and enthusiasm The festival was appropriate to the official closingyof the Bank of Health or Badge Name the matte end model or 2 Tell what part each of the above features plays in producing a correct exposure on the film 3 Submit one good picture taken yourself to illustrate each of the the third I asked s) Swift of ex ile had made up his mind to pay them back for snubbing him when he was poor But foe told my pop he was go ing to be sure one of his nephews had plenty of friends and he made awill and in it that the ono who had the most friends when the time came to settle his will that ond would be the I said as he stopped talking to wipe his forehead with his handker chief: for he had become so excited drying his talking that the perspiration stood out in beads upon his face "So ou really believe then that you are rightfully entitled to Uncle Abner's Hawkins Rebukes Bones "Why he demanded with a stare "Haven't I the most friends? I the most popular boy around here? What can Doody show outside of your handful of boys in this club house? Nobody likes him who knows him long You won't either after you get to know him He's too queer He double crosses yon He hides every thing behind his back got to keep guessing all the time about Joe Doody Why what would a (kid like that know about handling all the money Uncle Abner has? How could he run that big red house? Say he's so dumb "You might be right about I said shortly for I like Bones' talk might be as bad asjfyou paint him he might be all that you say but there's one thing I will say to your face Bones and you may take it for the truth As long as I've known Doody he has neverjspoken one word jabout you He never even told me you were his step brother He had that much pride in himself I know not to talk behind your back And yet you come here and That's not fair and square Bones And never get what you're after if you don't play fair and square You just re member what I am saying and some day you'll come back to me and tell me I was Bones gave me a sneering smile "You like to preach don't you?" he asked lightly listened And ted you what I think I think much of it Hawkins You preach fair and square You kids in this lit tle old shack that you call a clubhouse have been hollering and Square' to everybody for a long time did it get you? Where did it take you? It got you nothing and you're still stick ing here in this little old shack Now look at me I don't pay any attention to fair and squarePI don't have to going to use every means to get that big red house up there and all the money that goes with ft see! If anything" stands in my way pull it out and throw it aside I've worked hard with my pop and we've got the prize in our hands at last In 30 days you will see My Great Club of the River is growing every day You had better come in it now or be swept aside when we start our great I said gave you our an swer We don't want to belong to your club Our answer remains the same now as when we first gave it to you And if you are as'smart as you say you arc if you are as smart as to win without playing fair and square you should be smart enough to understand that we mean what we say You can go and doas you please now I want to talk to you any more about it Now please get out of this clubhouse and slam the He got up and started to walk away but paused dt the curtains and turned might be he said I am In the big Red Castle 1 never go near I assured hlm got along all these years without bothering about who lives there and not worry about it now I promise you And furthermore you are not in it yet to talk about such really make a bargain with he exclaimed coming back to thumn my Ill show you Tell you it to be Press rom New York Times Although the huge far northern Is land of Greenland has a population of only about 15000 all Eskimos except 274 Danes its leading paper the Atuagogolliutit has a circulation of 2500 and every copy Is read and passed from hand to hand until it falls in tatters Its language is Eskimo and its editor Kristoffer Luenghe is an Eskimo who learned the printer's and trades in Denmark just before the outbreak of the World Wari) XVhlle on a recent trip to Copen hagen for the purpose of studying the cooperatives of production and distri bution for which Denmark is famed the Eskimo editor met a number of his European colleagues in the Danish capital and submitted to detailed cross questioning about his paper and his work in general After explaining that Atuagogolliutit means a paper distributed gratis Mr Luenghe went on to say: newspaper does not cost our subscribers anything directly It is delivered to them free But in reality every Greenlander pays for it indireci ly for its expenses are met by the South Greenland State Treasury which adds its post to the taxes fevied upon the sale of Greeland products it is not much like Eu ropean newspapers We tell our read ers about the events of the world in short paragraphs The greater part of the paper is devoted to education No elelnent of timeliness is consid ered in selecting the news because there are settlements where the jour nal does not arrivg until it is a year old As there is no important line of communication between East and West Greenland the paper is sent to Denmark by the first ship and then iSbipped from there to West Graan land Our readers are scattered over territory The distance from he East to the West Coast of Greenland is about the same as that from Stock holm to Rome we have been using more pictures We make our own plates and utilize the1 rays of the sun in stead of electricity Just now I have threo typesetters Eskimos of course If the paper should be somewhat de layed in coming absence ence In editorial is the intellectual of In answer to a query about what things in Denmark he found most un usual the Eskimo editor replied: congestipn How terribly crowded together people live here In Greenland distance and solitude rub And I am astounded to see how much alcohol is drunk here The fmt orta tion of alcohol is forbidden In Grt land and I thank God for it as with our poverty and alcohol would soon lu'ii the whole following classes cef photogrargig sub jects: 30 A Architectural subject (Public building house ef) Be sure camera is held so that al: vertical lines will be parallel and not leaning toward each other Portrait of group (Outdoors) Portrait of group (Indoors) It is desirable but not pictures and be jects De Landscape Marine view fOwn rivpr lake or Nature study (Tree plant flow er or animal giving brief description of subject on back of print) 4 On the back of each of the above prints show the following information: which picture WEEK has passed since Doody'sXJncle Abner died We boys have been holding our meetings regularly every day and there has not been much doing Doc Waters would not let us go up to the Red Castle to see Doody He told us every day that he was taking care of him and that just as soon as he was well enough to be out Doody would attend our meetings It was clear to me how that Bones had been trying all along to get enough boys in his Great Club of the River to prove to Uncle Abner that he was the most popular boy and therefore the one to become' Uncle Abner's heir As things now3 stood too the will read that the Red Castle and all that it contained should go to the boy who proved he had the most friends I wondered to myself whether or not Bone's Great Club of the River would actually prove that Were all boys he had following liirti ronl friAnHe0 Wmilil tllAV stink So him in a pinch or were they just following him because he had bullied them into it? I had hardly seated myself when there came a step on the porch and the next instant the sound of the door opening and closing quickly I turned in my chair to see the cjtrtains parted and Bones was locking in at me be he said with a grin "My Great Club is not with me I am I laughed at him and your Great Club together couldn't frighten me" I said coldly want to remind you Bones that we boys want anything to do with you We are steering trouble I am surprised to in this clubhouse after what you Bones Talks want to talk to you alone Haw he said his face becoming se rious as he threw himself in a chair opposite the desk and leaned forward must talk to you 2 do you under he continued earnestly and in a low voice much depends upon it? I have been watching this clubhouse all week for a chance to find you here alone And just now I saw the boys go down the river In their canoes and you with them So I came up here right away and here I find yqu see how slick I He smiled at this last remark as he looked up at me "Yoy work too slick for I told him C'And tell you right now I don't like the way you do He waved his hand "In 30 days I will be master of the Red he said with a proud toss of his head 30 days min 1 you! And you will be glad to speak to me then I think I'll have lots of money then and all the fellows who belong to my club will have motor boats and ponies and everything they will want We will make quite a name for ourselves then Oh father has probably told I said slowly I happened to be pl esent when your Uncle Abner and his lawyer Mr Gravely were talking about the said Bones quickly and noil ding his head vigorously why I I broke in you are the boy who has the most friends? you are the one to whom Uncle Abner willed all his property Why you master of the Red Castle now Bones shook his head won't he said must be 30 days Mr Gravelv savs so He 'knows toe right way to do he says In 30 days they will judge He was named himself you see as the judge Jout he won't agree unless old Judge Granbery sits with him and judges the thing too That is why I came I want to make Judge Granbery see the right side of this I broke in Granbery will see the right side of it You fool want to fool anybody" said Bones want to be set right with everybody Look Hawkins! I like you I want you to be my friend I want you and your bois to stick to me when the time for judging comes around I'll pay you pay me!" I snapped for he made me angry "And you pay any of the boys who are in my club You buy friendship Bones You've got to be worthy of it all And then it comes to you free of all cost Don't you know that yet? If not time you are learning" show you I deserve your friend he said quickly "If it been for that smart kid Joe Doody I wouldn't have had any trouble Step Brother' I said holding up my hand our club We What has he Pelhams Are in Trouble And so thinking about these things I wandered down to the landing and shoved off in my little red canoe I heard some boys calling to one another overmen tlie elham side and I pad died across I beached my canoe be side the little log wharf and walked up the bank I peered in the open door of the first of the two shacks wherein the Belham boys played And sitting beside a table were three Pelhams Briggen the leader and Ham Gard ner and Dave Burns They were talk ing about something very earnestly and upon the table between them lay a sheet of paper They looked up as my shadow fell across the thresliold exclaimed Briggen get ting up "Sit I told him in a low tone forI felt very sad about everything! am just wandering around I did not come to start a "We've got a fuss already" spoke up Dave Burns him Briggen" about spoke up Brig gen know the Merry Times shack was burnt down you told us better break loose from Bones and his Great Club of the River Well we thought it over We talked about it every meeting we held Then we were afraid to tell Bones We stayed away from a few of his meetings but he sent his boys after us finally getting away So we alP sat wrote him awere quitting the got i thought you had Briggen vou broke loose from "But we can't!" exclaimed Ham Gardner a here Hawkins This is what was pasted on our table when we came I walked over and looked at the paper to which he pointed It was a sheet of note paper pasted down flat upon the boards of the table top so that it not be taken oft nor be blown away by the windbut must stay thereto be sure that the Pelham boys would see it and read its mes sage And in printed letters upon the paper were these words: "TOO LATE YOU NOW THE BIG JOB IS READY TO BE DONE THOSE WHO BREAK THEIR PROMISE WILL BE Another Conspiracy frcm New York Times Suspicious news comes from Cedar Rapids ifteen editors of the "lead ing Iowa dailies" have openly assern bred and resolved to spend $50000 in advertising in the East and elsewhere the value of the State as amarket for manufactured goods and its ability to pay spot cash for whatever it buys' has millions cry these singular lowans forgetting the well known for political purposes that Iowa is was and ever must be engulfed in distress and calamity until the McNary Haugen bill or something equally bad relieves it we are going to tell the Eat we arri not broke" The politicians have been slan dering the State Manufacturers havek'en afraid to send their goods and yet Its merchants have spent more money for advertising in the last year than in other years ofdts history The country looks to Col Smith Broakhart to' smitp this infamous pritiganda It knofts from him that Wall Street killed Hatirien bill and continued a situation which is bringing greater "disaster for It Itpows that and consequently "much vaunted prosperity means sales for the awaits still the list of 8000 York millionaires whom the Colonel caught tn the get of pauperizing agriculture in Iowa aad every other State where there is soil enough for votes He has so many statistics that he can't remember all he had put into circulation" He denies that he charged 8000 with causing the Iowa farmers 8n annual loss of $1000 only about $1000000000000 less than the value of all farms and rue any him off I irn that promise and If we get punished for it we will know that because we didn't play fair and square with Bones "Wait!" I said holding up my hand you want to know how fair and square it all is let me tell you a And sothere in that gloomy little old shack I told those three Pelham leaders about Bones and Doody and Howard of Uncle will and all thriJrest And while I was tell ing them I could see that they were beginning to dislike Bones more than ever Whatever doubt was in their minds was gone when I told them that Bones was one who laughed at "air and Square" and bragged that he would win what lie was after without playing the game' on the level I told them the story as I knew it simply and straightforwardly without trying to paint Bones any blacker than his own 'actions painted) him And when I had finished I saw by the looks on their faces that they had made up their minds settles is not other fellows: and square with reason at I said goodolesson Briggen for you won't be fair and square with you'll get the same course it's up to you boys I can only give you oiy advice And that is pay no attention to any threats from Bones Break loose from him and stay wilt" they said altogether And Ham Gardrfl stepping up to me held out his hand we will stick to you Haw he said of us Pelhams and it you fellows ever need us you count on us" thinlv we shall need you I said Which we 1927 Metropolitan Newspaper Service New York fused light cloudy or very dull) Size of "stop" used that is size of lens opening Exposure speed used if camera shutter has more than one speed Were the pictures developed and printed by yourself or by photo finisher? If prints are too small to take all the above information num ber them on the back and show infor mation on separate paper 5 Describe the making of a pic ture from the time the film Is pur chased until the finished print is at hand describing each process throughwhich ft passes 6 Show what are the differences between a film a negativ and a print 7 A good craftsman is known by his tools In photography it is particu larly important that all apparatus be kept spotlessly clean? What effect does a dirty dusty lens and a camera (w ith dirt and dust inside Jt have on a negative? 8 Show how we must adjust our camera to take care of the difference in the strength of the light for ex posures made in early morning or late afternoon and those made at noon The same difference holds true be tween summer sunlight oand wintersunlight 9 Why are landscape' and similar pictures tak an hour Or two after sunrise or an hour or two before sun set generally more attractive' than those taken at or near noon 10 Show what is meant by "compo sition" in the arrangement of a good3 picture It is important in painting as well as photographs and is well worth studying 11 Why do all photographic text books and all expert camera men ad vise ns to use a tripod or other firm support for the tmera if we wish for consistent success in photography? 12 Define briefly the following terms used in photography: Under ex posure over exposure under develop ment over development or struck" out of focus "pinholes" Instantaneous exposure time exposure hypo The Girl Scout candidate must bring her carrfera with her in taking this test and demonstrate the answers toeach question by the pictures taken or With the camera itself Troop New Troop 8 enjoyed a frolic last Tues day afternoon which was the closing meeting tor tae year Troop 12 will close the meetings for the year tomorrow night starting the meeting at 7 o'clock instead of 715 Three new members will be en rolled at the meeting The hostess and first aiij clubs have been very suc cessful Troop 28 will hold its last meeting next Thursday 'rin the green adjoining Wesley church After the regular meeting games and a box lunch will be enjoyed outdoors and a few awards will be made Marion Knight of Troop 30 sold the greatest number of tickets for the Drum and Bugle corps benefit night for the troop Gold and silver attend ance stars wereoawarded at the last meeting 29 has had some splendid meetings this year Several short hikes have been held anti extra classes in bed making for girls work ing on second class Jean McPhaul Dorothy Wyman Elizabeth MfGhee and Alice Nutter of Troop 18 have just become second class scouts A second class' natufe hike was taken in orest Park for the benefit of the girls working on this part of the test Troop 23 is busy working on a play to be presented sometime later cThe girls of Troop 40 enjoyed an afternoon of games and an indoor sup per at their last meeting sAustra1ia'Leisure1y (rom Living Age) Sydney' the capital of New South Wales is sometimes called the Paris thA Pacific the former with nianta nf tha latter Its people seem to be Slways think ing how they shall spend the coming week and the delightful outings to which their beautiful bay invites them excuse the weakness if such it be This week end begins riday evening and the entire two days that follow are sacred to rest and recrea tion If perchance a formal and official holiday falls at that time its observance is postponed until Mon day so tha? it may not trespass upon the period sdedicqted to those great end so The working week consists of 40 hours but the workers are agitating to reduce it to 36 hours and that will be done before the end of the year Next season a ne'w movement will probably start to shorten it to 32 and so on indefinitely One of the latest privileges which the unions have an extension of the to five minutes out of each working hour reserved on full pay for devotions to Lady SydneS' exhibits none of that fever ish activity we associate with the United States Nv one appears at his office before half past 9 and the luxurious shops of Pitt Street George Street Castlereagh Street and Eliza beth Street open their doors still later At 10 a harbor boats and ferries are sill emptying upon Cir cular Quay wltbre the streams of suburbanites from Parramatta Hunt Hill Lane Cove and a dozen other points upon the bay converge crowds of clerks and sales people who stroll away to their re spective places of employment over sidewalks that serve less for traffic than for sightseeing Lingering awhile over the flower trays before the Central postofflee or the majestic palace of the Common wealth Bank these salaried folk finally reconcile themselves to going to the office low poppies credible size at each other and I was waiting for him to strike But he never struck Something inside of him seemed tq be telling him all of his Chances to get the big Red Castle and Uncle Ab money would go to smash if he ever struck that blow His arm came down slowly as he unclenched his fist he said "now we under? stand each There was an look thin face ns he grinned at I just nodded my head I said to him then: we' do As your step reads you are undoubtedly the new master of the Red Castle But I think fair and square I think you bamboozled poor old Uncle Abner into it you and your father and if you want to be fair and square now own up to it and step aside and let Joe Doody and Howard Swift get what is of to be He grin on his face was uglier than be fore he said do not want to be fair and square as you please to call it I only want one thing now and that is to Be master of big red And with that then he turned and left the clubhouse I turned back to my writing but my mind was not on my work After a few scribbled lines I had to give ifeup and go out I did not care where just to be away Tor a while from that place where Bones had been to forget the things he had said and to think think think Sure ly this thing could not be By all that was right Joe Doody and Howard1 Swift could not be treated so Perhaps Howard father would do some thing but no! I could not go there now It would look like boldness on my part Door old Doody! ONo moth er no father no Uncle Abner even nobody in (the world to take up his side of the fight nobody (but just us few boys and perhaps Mr Gravely the lawyer But 'what could he He must followout the terms of the raised his first when I but he didn't strike for a few seconds staring A i TO MB I a iMyjli i i a News of the Boy Many Camp Applications Better Than 500 Weeks at Sherman Already Signed Up Prominent Men on Various Prcgraff: for Special Memorial Service Troop Reports Camp Sherman is certainly starting with a bang for early in ebruary there were 32 weeks for camp tall signed up and there was still plenty of snow on the ground Today better than 500 weeks have been signed up for "Camp Sherman and that is ex clusive of the Holyoke group Oscar Dillman the camp chairman (s delighted with the splendid reports of registrations for camp and he says it is the result of the faithful earnest and diligent work of the splendid group of Scoutmasters who have seen the vision that the camp trained boy is the 'best trained boy in the troop or it is true that camp training means 24 hours a day inten sive Scout training for the bo ys at Camp Sherman The troops at the present moment are checking up each individual boy to see that the camp slogan boy two weeks at is carried out The Scouts will all be Interested in the line up of the camp committees this year which are as follows: Vice presidents rederick Hillman Louis Brainerd: general management Oscar Dillnjan Needham James Loomis buildings committee Young Jr aulkner Henry Haile Albert Steiger sr Henry Bryant: health and sanitation committee Dr Harry Gilbert Elbert Lochridge: grounds committee Theo A Geisel Charles Ladd Dwight Winter water front and aquatics committee Walter Birnie ranklin Gray activities committee Charles Gage Reginald Hazeltine Dr A Baldwin Roscoe Buzzell One glance over this list of names some prominent business mon throughout the city and the county and they are going to make dead sure that things go over 100 per cent at camp this summer Although extremely busy this past week with the big Indian pageant the chief took an evening off to work hard on some of the fundamental policies which will be followed out at camp this summer He had a meeting at his home in Wilbraham with Mr and Mrs Parent and Joseph English Mr Parent is going to be the assistant camp director this year and will also have general supervision of the aquatics and water sports while Mrs Parent is a trained nurse with an American Red Cross first aid certifi cate Tr English will have charge of the Scout craft department Last year in the Scout craft department there were 1500 merit badges parsed which was a gain of 33 1 3 per cent over the previous year The main emphasis in this department is to take care of those subjects which a boy cannot get in I is troop meetings during the year One of the big surprises this year Is to be ready for Scouts to knqw about in another week or two while another big surprise is still in waiting for camp The various week ends from now until the middle of June a number of Scouts are going out to Camp Sher man to see that everything is in A shape so that on June 20 when theYmerican Red Cross training Institute moves in everything will be in apple pie order This is going to make the first week of camp July 5 just as good as any other week for all the work will be done and the camp will be in shape for the finest possible start Memorial Day Ceremony Next Monday will be Memorial day and because there are so many Scout leaders who will want to make sure that the graves of their scouts are cohered headquarters provides here with a copy of the special Scout me morial service (This is not a funeral service) 1 Scouts should be duly notified and have 100 per cent strong Report at troop headquarters in uniform 2 Patrokcolors should be taken off and small black ribbon of mourning placed on instead Troop should buy this ribbon by the bolt so that ribbon would be1 same on each oy It can issued at the previous meeting 3 American flag should be raised at troop headquarters and lowered to half mast in accordance witjregula tion m'emo'rial exercises 4 Troop flag should be presented to the troop by the color guard two guards and a bearer and the Scout master should tie bow ribbon of black to the top of the staff (short ribbon preferred) 5 With muffled drum Scouts should march to cemetery (Lineup of marcli should be according to local council standards) 6 While at the cemetery the min ister should give a short prayer A schoel teacher or intimate friend of the Scout should speak for no longer than fi minutes 7 All Scouts in unison should re peat the Scout oath very slowly 8 Twelve picked Scouts of highest standing in the troop should then march around the grave each with a wildflower in his hand laying the flower on the grave and repeating each one a section of the Scout law 9 At least 100 paces from the grave the bugler should sound taps as slowly and perfectly as possible 10 Invocation on the part of the troop committeemen the Great Scoutmaster guide and watch ever each one of Headquarters would like to know in plenty of time ofall plans for Me morial services Buglers can be se cured through headquarters A brief list of those whose graves will be taken care of by their troops follows: Louis Lavalie Troop 13 Charles Rock Troop 7: Jahn Downey Troop 7 Hubert Genereux Troop 7 Earl Cushman Troop 7 Ames New ell Troop 6: John Barnes Troop 27 Truman Smith jr Troop 27 Edward Goodnow Troop 14 Burton Harvey Sea Scouts: Gerald Sanderson Troop 33 Earle Rodgers Troop 131: ayette Corey Troop S3: Townson Troop 82 Philip Sellew Troop 1 East Longmeadow Chester Wood Troop 25 Campbell jv Troops 7 and 27 Richard LeMay Troop 133 Wil fred Troop 31 Jhck Coogan Henry Bates Troops 101 and 110 Raymond Lebreque Troop 10G ran cis Noble Troop 103 Allen Doty Troop 106 If this is not complete any Scout or scoutmaster will confer a favor by sending headquarters the missing names A number of the districts will assist in the parade work and in the decoration of the graves and head quarters strongly urges every last Scout and scoutmaster to do all with in their power to assist the authori ties in any shape or fashion in the exercises connected with Memorial day Troop News Troop 3 met with 2G Scotit* present ail in uniforms The meeting opened with the Scout law and flag ceremony A trip to Camp Robinson was urged A few contests were run such as knot tying signaling first aid Every one was asked to write to the Rocky Mountain Boy Indians that are spon sored by Troop 3 The most im portant thing last week was the In dian pageant Troop 3 will sell laps was then blown lay Scout Brundrette and the meeting ad journed Troop 4 met in Indian Orchard with 18 Scouts present The troop was presented an American flag by tho Wilson post Relief Corps Money was turned in by the Scouts for the pageant tickets Marching drills were Phen given Mr Soren son and Mr armer were present and gave short talks to the Scouts Mr Sorenson took charge of the games arid the meeting was adjourned The meeting of Troop 5 was called to order aad after 10 minutes patrol meetings the troop lined up and the ceremony of the American flag fol lowed As this was night the Scouts gave demonstrations in bandaging stretcher making fire drag and carry ollowing this messages were sent and received by both signaling methods The compass game was then played and Scoutmaster Bessom gave a few words about Scouting Everyone enjoyed the ice cream that was served and the meeting was dismissed At the meeting of Troop 12 there were 18 'Scouts present The meet ing opened with the Scout oath and law A 15 minute drill was then given the first aid class went to their Toom to study and the rest of the troop practiced the Morse code Three testvere passed Troop Upheld then I'egular meet ing during which there was a talk on hiking and camping by Scoutmaster Taylor A drill games and test ass ing period followed and the troop was dismissed Troop 29 met with 14 Scouts pres ent Twelve were in uniform The troop had a marching drill led by Scoutmaster Burnett The meeting of Troop 33 opened at 715 with a great number of Scouts present Patrol meetings were held and were followed by a mazl run A short business meeting was held The report was read and accepted A report of the ticket sale for the Indian pageant Was taken Baseball practice! was announced and the busi ness meeting was adjourned The re mainder of the evening was spent in classes until around 9 at which time several games were played and the meeting was dismissed A patrol council was held after the regular meeting Troop 43 held a short drill on marching and a brief talk on the Scout laws An exhibition of knot ty ing was given by Scout Lawrence MacDonald Troop met with 24 Scouts pres ent A new recruit was taken into the troop The Scoutmaster and the troop committee are holding a special meeting once a week A hike was planned for Saturday to Camp Robin son Troop 110 was given a beautiful American flag by Mr and Mrs Bates parents of Scout Henry Bates who recently passed on It was interesting to know that this flag was purchased with money that Hen ry had saved in connection with his Scout thrift Mr Clark chairman of the troop committee officially pre sented the flag to the troop The troop took a short hike and was dis missed shortly after dark Troop 181 of Ludlow met on ri day night wlth'30 Scouts present Sev eral candidates were taken into tho troop after successfully passing their required tests this being fortunate for riday the 13th After test passing games were played Troop 133 had 30 Scouts present Mr Koch the district deputy com missioner talked on the pageafj? and on the sale of tickets A business meeting followed the patrols ad journed to their corners and had pa trol meetings Two entertainments were given a musical program and a signaling exhibit by the firgt and fourth patrols A game period fol lowed and the meeting was divnissed Troop 136 held a night and a (large number were present After thri regular meeting the avening was given over to an entertainment ire making signaling knot tying com pass race and spy were enjoyed A play was well re ceived Charles Seaver and Charles Wright jr were excellent Refresh ments were served and the was dismissed Cat Patrol at Capitol reni N4w York Timer! In theuCapitof at Washington there are two cats that are as important as any of the employes in keeping governmental machinery running They are named Mary and Dirty All who remember their "Alice in Wonderland" will recall the conversa tion between Alice and the mouse the latter exclaiming: if would talk on such a subject! dur family always hated cats: nasty low vulgar things let me hear the name And judging from the absence of mice in precincts patrolled by Mary and Dirty mice and rats in the Capi tol feel exactly the sfime way Many can remember when there was no Mary then from somewhere she appeared and established head quarters in the basem*nt office of Di vid Lynn the superin tending architect Mary is not pretty to look at nor very careful about her personal appearance She often ap pears in a soiled coat of white re lieved by dark brlhdly splotches But it is on mousing that Mary stakes her reputation and it is asserted that her record in that is unequaled in the Capitol field Mary starts her day about 4 by strolling forth from the basem*nt room where she sleeps: from then on until 5 a her movements are known only to herself At 5 a she eturns to her sleep ing quarters to partake of a break fast of liver offered to her by Mrs Ida Hughes forewoman of the Capitol char force Dirty is unlike Mary in that she proudly displays her spoils laying them in propitiation at the feet King assistant manager of the Senate restaurant was only a short time ago that Dirty was found a waif loitering around the subway leading to the Senate office building She was taken on temporarily My special as signment being to guard the potat bins in the larder where she is locked up each night Not long ago an adventurous cat following a fleeing rat got jammed in the main ventilator shaft of the Su premo Court room Much discomfort to the justices resulted and they went on record then as being opposed to cats But presently a family of rats took possession of some valuable rec ords stored in the basem*nt and pro ceeded to fortify themselves against hunger by making a place for a quan tity of magnolia pods which they brought from the Capitol grounds These tactics somewhat altered the case and cats are again enrolled on the Capitol watch Astronomers now believe that the temperature on Saturn is far below zero probably about 240 degrees ah renheit Uranus another planet lY even colder 7.

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