Scouting, Volume 50, Number 6, July-August 1962 Page: 24
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In your council,
district, or unit
FAMILIES AT CAMP. Here's how
three councils use their camps to sell
the whole family on camping. Chip-
pewa Valley Council, Eau Claire,
Wis.—Scoutmasters and wives enjoy a
hoedown at Camp Phillips. They as-
semble on a Saturday afternoon after
camp ends. A report on the season in-
cludes a sneak preview of color slides.
While the ladies sample archery, riflery,
boating, and conoeing, the men discuss
next year's camp and stake claims on
camp sites. Everybody joins in the
chicken dinner and square dancing.
Arrowhead Area Council, San Ber-
nardino, Calif.—All Scouters and their
families receive invitations to spend
Labor Day weekend at Running
Springs Scout Camp. They arrive
Friday evening, bringing their own
bedding and food. Tents, cots, tables,
and stoves are furnished at no charge.
Nassau County Council, Roslyn,
N. Y.—A week's family camp for regis-
tered Scouters opens right after the
regular season at Onteora Scout Reser-
vation. Families from the same unit
camp together. Meals are served in the
central dining hall. The camp staff
conducts an informal program. Men
are coached in outdoor skills and wo-
men in handicrafts. Men go home
better trained, women more sold on
Scouting, and everybody feeling that
their volunteer work has been recog-
nized and rewarded.
FAIR DEAL. A "service troop"
Scout is chosen for the four-day
Chatham Fair by each of the 21 troops
in Columbia District, Fort Orange
Council, Albany, N. Y. Cub Scouts get
into the act, too, when a Den Mother
and her boys put on a demonstration
each afternoon.
SEED HARVEST. Turning Indian
grass into money is no trick but hard
work for boys of Troop and Post 371
at the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indian
School, Concho, Okla. They hand-strip
the seeds and sell it to seed companies,
soil conservation offices, and farmers.
Last year's sales ^of 300 pounds en-
24 riched unit treasuries by $200.
HOLIDAY SERVICE. First aid
stations are maintained along busy
highways by many troops and Explorer
units on July Fourth and Labor Day
weekends. Besides applying their train-
ing when needed, their very appear-
ance may deter speeding careless
drivers.
ATTENDANCE FRAMED. During
August when troop meeting attendance
usually was nearer 0 than 100 per cent,
Scoutmaster Ted Wheeler, of New
Albany, Ind., built it up to practically
100 per cent by a pack-frame project.
Meetings were held in his garage and
workshop and the frames were built
with donated materials and borrowed
tools.
HIS WIFE, TOO. Our May-June
issue suggested writing notes of ap-
preciation to employers of adult lead-
ers attending summer camp with their
troops. Allegheny Council, Pittsburgh,
Pa., does this—and sends letters to
leaders' wives and heads of chartered
institutions. The council president
sends the letters emphasizing the
Scouter's "real contribution to his
community and its boys."
VETERAN TENT. "Reconditioned
1919" read a tab on a tent recently
discarded by Tecumseh Council,
Springfield, Ohio. Obtained from the
National Guard that year, it was used
every summer in camp. The council
operates a system of preventative
maintenance including an accurate in-
ventory to keep its property in repair
and up to date and to get maximum
"mileage" from it.
WHO ME? Executive board mem-
bers of Westmoreland-Fayette
Council, meeting in Greensburg,
Pa., read the question on top of
the cabinet, opened the folding
doors, and saw the mirrored an-
swer. District Training Chairman
Ernest Clausner invented the gim-
mick that soon appeared at other
meetings. West Penn Power Co. photo
PARTNERSHIP SYMBOL.Posf com-
bines Exploring emblem with spon-
sor's emblem in public exhibit in Big
Springs, Texas.
WEBELOS DAY BONUS. Webe
los day is a regular August feature at
Rainbow Council's camp, Joliet, 111.
While the soon-to-be Boy Scouts pre-
view Webelos requirements, their dads
are briefed on Webelos den operations.
Also on the agenda are archery, riflery,
boating, evening meal, and campfire.
Finally, the bonus—a copy of the Boy
Scout Handbook to every boy. Dad
pays $2.00 for the whole deal, including
the bonus.
FINE COLLECTION. Scoutmaster
John H. Talbott, of Houston, Texas,
told his troop that since their camp
was a home away from home, he would
expect them to act accordingly. He
put a large pickle jar near the flagpole
for a boy to deposit a nickel or an
10 U if he made a breech of conduct or
speech. At the fall court of honor the
jar was displayed and counted in front
of the parents. The jar became so
popular that it soon attended troop
meetings and all camping trips.
TOUR PERMIT. "Holders of Na-
tional Tour Permits receive wonderful
and extra consideration from everyone
they contact. We enjoyed the hospilal-
ity of the Chickasaw Council camp . . .
From the Great Smoky Mountains
National Park rangers we received
special considerations and were al-
lowed to camp outside of designated
areas." So writes Scoutmaster William
A. Huston, Troop 268, South Florida
Council.
DUNKING FOR DOUGH. A dunk-
ing machine earned $340 for Explorer
Post 74 at an American Legion carni-
val in Henry, 111. A target on the ma-
chine when hit by a baseball dunks a
victim sitting on a seat over a tank of
water. Among popular victims signed
up ahead were the mayor, high school
principal, Explorer Advisor, and Ro-
tarians. Proceeds from this damp busi-
ness provided a watery vacation for 22
post members at the Region Seven
Canoe Base.
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