Scouting, Volume 48, Number 4, April-May 1960 Page: 21
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Have you a Scouting story that
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zine, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
"I'll catch him in the act," I said to myself as I
grabbed my flashlight and hurried toward his tent. Sud-
denly I threw open the tent flap and there was Jimmie,
spotlighted on his knees, saying his prayers. Quickly I
dropped the flap and quietly returned to my tent.
F. Stanley Buff, assistant Scout executive
Monmouth Council, Oakhurst, New Jersey
QUIPS WORTH REQUIPPING. You can spoil a
boy by giving him too much of anything—except your
time.
He who thinketh by the inch but talketh by the yard,
deserveth to be kicketh by the foot.
Even a mosquito doesn't get a slap on the back until
he starts working.
Western Colorado Council Bulletin
Grand Junction, Colorado
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KITCHEN CHEMISTS. When I was Scoutmaster of
I roop 68 in 1940, a few of my boys became interested
in the Chemistry merit badge. I was as much in-
terested and uninformed as they were about the
subject. My kitchen became the troop lab where
many experiments were performed. The Scouts met
the requirements for the badge.
Almost twenty years later I met two young chem-
ists in a nearby town. One was from that group of
kitchen chemists, and now was a college teacher of
the science. He introduced me to the other, an in-
dustrial chemist, and said, "Bill, I want you to meet
my first chemistry teacher."
J. Douglas David, district advancement chairman
Occoneechee Council, Pinebluff, North Carolina
HE WAS READY. Binion Brooks Williams, Jr.,
spent a good deal of time in summer camp practicing
for the Lifesaving merit badge. He developed con-
siderable skill, but time passed too quickly, and he
went home without qualifying for the badge.
One stormy October afternoon he saw a boat cap-
size three hundred yards offshore near his home in
Jacksonville, Florida. He jumped into a speedboat
and went to the spot. Diving into the water, he
helped two drowning Marine sergeants to safety.
The National Court of Honor awarded this fifteen-
year-old Scout an Honor Medal.
☆ ☆ ☆
FIRST-NIGHTER. Any Scoutmaster knows that the
first night in camp boys are too excited to settle down
and go to sleep. This first night after they had finally
turned in, I heard a murmur in the next tent. Apparently
Jimmie, who had given me no end of trouble, hadn't sim-
mered down yet.
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ROCK BOTTOM. During a fall camp I was inspect-
ing the cabins. In one the smoke was terrific and the boys
were coughing and red-eyed. I asked the patrol leader if
he had checked the chimney to see whether birds or
squirrels had blocked it with their nests.
"Oh yes, sir," he replied, "Johnny climbed up on the
roof and threw a big rock down the chimney, and it
went all the way down."
Anthony Zinnanti, Sr., Scoutmaster
Troop 44, Elks Club, Catskill, New York
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