Scouting, Volume 50, Number 10, December 1962 Page: 22
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In your council,
district, or unit
SCHOOL DAYS...ER, NIGHTS.
It was back to school for mothers and
dads in the Portland (Oregon) Area
Council—at least for a night. School
officials opened the schools to a special
one-night program for prospective Cub
Scouts and Boy Scouts and their par-
ents to learn about Scouting and join
a pack or troop. District and council
Scouters served as coordinators for
each school and presided at the meet-
ings. Commissioners coordinated par-
ticipation and displays of packs and
troops participating. Schools publi-
cized the event on bulletin boards and
permitted the distribution of take-me-
home leaflets describing the Scouting
programs and explaining School Night
to parents.
STREAMERS. When members of
Pack 150 of the Guest School, Detroit,
Mich., form an automobile convoy for
an outing, they tie blue and white
crepe-paper streamers to their automo-
bile antenna. This makes it easy to
identify members and in the event of
a disabled car in the convoy, the car
is cpiickly spotted and helped.
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. In coop-
eration with the city safety council and
other youth agencies. Cub Scouts, Boy
Scouts, and Explorers, of Kansas City,
Mo., helped in a month-long pedestrian
safety campaign. They distributed a
pamphlet Walk Safely and reminded
jaywalkers that the practice is dan-
gerous. Boys and girls who cautioned
jaywalkers were recognized in news-
papers and on TV and radio.
BOOSTERS. Den Mothers in the
Miami District of the Dan Beard Coun-
cil, Cincinnati. Ohio, boosted attend-
ance for their morning "workshops"
by providing baby-sitters on the spot
and setting up car pools.
JR. SHOWANDO. Last year Order
of the Arrow members of the New Or-
leans Area Council sponsored a junior
leaders' showando. Milton R. Bossier,
lodge adviser, says the event was so
successful that the council has asked
the lodge to make it an annual affair.
More than 500 Scouts from assistant
patrol leaders to junior assistant Scout-
masters attended. One hundred mem-
bers of the lodge served as instructors
and demonstrated Scouting skills. The
junior showando followed the same
plans as those for adult leaders. Lodge
members had previously attended the
Scouters' showando as observers and
wherever possible worked with adult
instructors.
DAH, DAH, DIT. James J. Bagley,
of Alexandria. Va., tells of a signaling
contest in the Fairfax District of the
National Capital Area Council, Wash-
ington, D.C., in which more than 200
Scouts used signaling devices they had
made themselves.
SWIM SERVICE. Skipper David
Glatfelter reports that Ship 17, whose
home port is the York (Pa.) Y.M.C.A.,
set up two swim training sessions of
six weeks each. They invited all Sec-
ond Class Scouts who needed Swim-
ming for First Class and all First
Class Scouts who wanted Swimming
and Lifesaving merit badges. Sessions
were two hours in length—an hour in
the pool and an hour of classroom
work. Red Cross and Y leaders assisted
ship members in handling the 206 boys
from 13 communities who participated.
SANTA'S HELPERS. In Musca-
tine, Iowa. Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts,
and Explorers team up with the Jay-
cees to collect canned goods and fresh
foods to be distributed to the needy
by the Salvation Army. Last year more
than 200 Scouts collected over 5.000
cans and packages. Local meat dealers
contributed fresh meats.
CITY AT MIDNIGHT. An ad-
venture in citizenship" is what the
Philadelphia Council calls its City at
Midnight Tours for Explorers. The
itinerary of Explorer Post 650 is typi-
cal: 10:00 p.m.—Unit meets police offi-
cer at designated point to begin tour of
City Hall, including mayor's recep-
tion room, courtroom, city council
chambers, police and fire communica-
tions, and detective bureau; 1:00 a.m.
—visit firehouse; 1:30 a.m.—municipal
pier, including visits to police harbor
patrols, police launch, and fireboats;
2:30 a.m. — visit police station; 4:00
a.m.—inspect facilities at International
Airport, eat breakfast, and end tour.
TASTY. Elks have Eagles for din-
ner in the Mo-Kan Area Council of
Joplin, Mo. Each year Elks lodges in
the council territory invite all boys
who have become Eagle Scouts during
the year to a dinner. They also invite
every Life Scout. At the dinner they
present the new Eagle with a Good
Citizenship citation; the Life Scouts
receive a record of their Scouting
progress. During the following year,
each Elk who sponsored a Life Scout
endeavors to help him become an
Eagle before the next year's banquet.
SMOKEY PROJECT. For several years, Cub Scouts of Pack 1, Sheboygan,
Wis., have made "Smokey Bear" conservation posters. Each poster is com-
plete with a firesafety slogan and a Cub Scout's name. The boys place the
posters in surrounding recreational areas. Here you see Jimmy Martin working
on a poster, assisted by Explorer Jose Pombo and Den Mother Mrs. Carl Kuenne.
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