Scouting, Volume 50, Number 5, May-June 1962 Page: 22
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In your council,
district, or unit
FAMILY OUTINGS. When May
rolls around each year, Scouters in
Wyandotte District, Louisville, Ky.,
pile their wives, kiddies, and maybe
even an extra aunt or uncle into their
cars and head for a weekend campout.
The idea is simple: Let the Scouters'
wives in on why Scouting—especially
the outdoor part—has their husbands so
fired up.
It's a weekend of gimmicks, brag-
ging, and entertainment. And it's in-
formal—strung together by enthusiasm
rather than a schedule. One big item is
an exhibit of camping and cooking
gear. Many families also bring along
maps and fact sheets about national
parks and forests to help novice Scout-
ers plan car-camping vacations.
Speaking of weekends, last June,
Troop 23, St. Paul's Cathedral, Yakima,
Wash., staged a Father's Day campout.
Scout sons did the cooking and camp
making for "good old Dad."
Many districts across the nation
combine business with a family picnic
for their June district meeting. In most
cases, the families provide their own
supper and the district offers coffee,
tea, milk, or punch. Scouters conduct
their business while their wives and
children play games.
It's open house at camp on the
Fourth of July in Mississippi Valley
Council, East St. Louis, 111. The camp
picnic area, swimming pool, and other
activity areas are available to all coun-
cil Scoutmasters and their families on
a first come, first served basis.
MEMORIAL SERVICE. Two years
ago Troop 644, chartered to the Isaak
Walton League of Mt. Healthy, Cincin-
nati, Ohio, took over the care and main-
tenance of a three-acre cemetery. The
Scouts keep the grass cut, stones in
order, and weeds pulled.
In Lehighton, Pa., each year before
Memorial Day, Cub Scouts of Pack
145, sponsored by AMVETS Auxiliary
Post 106, help place flags on veterans'
graves in Lehighton and vicinity.
When the county historical society in
22 Stillwater, Minn., located the forgotten
graves of a number of the community's
pioneers, it faced a problem: with no
funds, how to care for them? The boys
of Troop 116, Trinity Lutheran Church,
volunteered to care for the long-neg-
lected plots. On each Memorial Day
weekend, they also place flowers on the
graves.
TRAVELER'S IDEA. Scoutmaster
Arthur C. Borch, Clarendon Hill. 111.,
offers this suggestion: "Our family trip
to Philmont Scout Ranch brought out
a possible Good Turn by Scouting. Be-
cause we ate breakfasts and lunches on
the road, we continually looked for
roadside picnic areas. There are few
of these, and those that are available
often contain only one table. Why
couldn't troops and posts obtain per-
mission to institute or supplement these
areas, then help maintain them, by
painting, raking, and burning trash?
SUMMER TRAINING. Finding
that busy Den Mothers had difficulty
attending training courses in the fall,
winter, and spring, the training com-
mittee of East Orange District, Orange
Mountain Council in New Jersey,
offered all Cub Scout leader training
courses last summer. They were
amazed when thirty-eight women com-
pleted all six sessions.
THE OLD BALL GAME. As an
incentive for recruiting boys in the
Kansas City (Mo.) Area Council, the
management of the Kansas City Ath-
letics gave a free pass to each Scout
who recruited a new member between
April 1 and May 31. Passes were also
given to the new members and to adult
leaders of a unit recruiting at least four
boys. Holders of passes attended the
June 16 game and sat together in a
special section. Scouts conducted a
pregame flag ceremony and the new
members were recognized in a mass
ceremony.
FLAG-BEARERS. In celebration of
Flag Day, Cubs, Scouts, and Explorers
of Independence, Mo., delivered small
United States flags to every home in
the community. Citizens were urged to
display them on "Old Glory's" special
day. The flags were purchased by the
Independence Chamber of Commerce.
DRAGON RUN. An adventurous
service project of Explorer Post 3,
Gloucester, Va., has provided boys in
Peninsula Council, Newport News, Va.,
with a trail for extensive canoe cruising
trips. Opening a twenty-five-mile
stretch of wilderness on the stream
known as Dragon Run, the Explorers
purposely left some obstructions to pre-
vent the runoff of impounded water and
the invasion of motorboats that would
disturb the trail's serenity. The boys
also placed trail and campsite markers
plus registration boxes with question-
naires to indicate the extent the trail is
used. They also prepared trail data
sheets and maps for distribution to in-
terested groups.
WOODSY PR. Your camp can be
one of your best public relations tools.
To help tell the summer camp story,
the public relations committee of
Viking Council, Minneapolis, Minn.,
chartered a bus and invited newsmen
from radio, TV, and newspapers to a
weekend at the council camp. They
tape recorded interviews with Scouts
and leaders, enjoyed an Hawaiian luau,
and saw Scout camping in action.
Members of the camp staff served as
guides.
The Winnebago Council, Mason
City, Iowa, planned a special program
at their camp for all board members of
area community chests and united
funds. The program included a tour of
camp, a swim in the pool, an evening
meal, and sitting in on the evening
campfire.
TELL HIS BOSS. Here's an idea
for camp directors. List the name and
business address of the employer of
each adult leader who attends summer
camp with his troop. After camp sea-
son, send a letter to each employer
emphasizing his employee's service to
boyhood during camp. This cements
relationships and makes adult leader-
ship easier to secure next season.
PLASTIC PACK. A Scout from Troop
729, First Lutheran Church, Vista,
Calif., models the troop's new carry-
all designed by Scoutmaster Earl
Eckert. Take a lightweight plastic
wastepaper basket, a few straps,
some rope, and you can have one,
too.
Photo by Sgt. J. E. Nichols
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