Scouting, Volume 69, Number 1, January-February 1981 Page: 43
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Scout Leader Training Committee Chair-
man Jay Laser and others, the only thing
pulled from the water was a 2-inch
crayfish, which the catcher refused to
touch. One of the more rambunctious
Cubs might have become the second thing
pulled from the creek as he perched
precariously on midstream rocks or pro-
truding tree limbs. But somehow he man-
aged to avoid the dunking predicted by
various adults who kept hollering at him to
cut it out and get back to shore, thus
depriving the anglers of an extra thrill.
For the more conventionally active
participants, there were several running
games to burn off energy. Broom races
had contestants pretend they were riding
horses, while Schittnickle, which turned
out to be a chaotic form of tag, had them
hurling a knotted burlap bag at one an-
other to make a new "it." There was also
an ongoing three-legged race, presided
over by Scout leader Pete Unangt, who
was appropriately dressed for the farm
scene in a vivid green-and-white check-
ered shirt, bib overalls, and a straw hat,
which he waved as he whipped each group
of racers into a frenzy of silliness as they
lurched to the finish line. No pair of legs
was too mismatched to be tied together by
Pete. Mothers and fathers were attached to
sons or daughters regardless of size, and
when one very small child turned up
without a partner, the six-foot Pete paired
up with the three-foot youngster to
predictably hilarious results.
Equally entertaining, especially for on-
lookers, was the endless game of Tug o'
War. Under the command of straw-hatted,
plaid-shirted Ken Lager, an assistant
Scoutmaster and free-lance illustrator,
pick-up teams of Cubs and family
members were placed in opposition until
one side collapsed, whereupon new teams
were hastily reformed, seemingly for
maximum unevenness. Even when some
semblance of equality was achieved on
each side, the game still ran like a Three
Stooges movie, with tuggers suddenly
dropping out or being joined by by-
standers who decided to switch from
cheering the losing side to helping it win.
Parents were especially prone to this, with
mothers the most likely to leap into action.
Up around the farm buildings other
good things were in progress. Under the
expert guidance of Mr. and Mrs. Harlan
Coral, regular Cub Scouters for the past 20
years, many hands helped crank the han-
dles of oldtime ice cream makers filled
with ice and salt and other good things. As
might be expected, the number of helping
hands increased enormously when it came
time to taste the results. While most tasters
lined up to get their share in paper cups
with little wooden spoons, a few Cubs
discovered the greater—if messier—-joys
of cleaning the mixing paddles, each a sort
of giant spoon about two feet long and
dripping with ice cream. Since this might
otherwise have gone to waste, the act of
licking the mixers could almost be thought
of as a Good Turn or at least a worthy
conservation cleanup.
Another popular game was apple bob-
bing, a traditional fall favorite. Of all the
Hayday activities, this one best exem-
plified the noncompetitive spirit. As each
bobber mastered the water and came up
with an apple. John Robinson, the presid-
ing Scouter. called out "We've got a win-
ner here, another winner" in excellent
carnival barker style. And the bobbers, as
they bit into their prizes, had to agree.
The apple bob also typified the family
spirit of the celebration. One father,
watching his son futilely chase an apple
with his nose, shouted instructions on how
to push the fruit to the bottom and then
bite down. When the boy finally came up,
hair and nose dripping, with an apple
firmly lodged in his mouth, the father held
out his hand and said, "Nice going. Now
how about a bite for me?" And in what
might have been a prizewinning moment
of family cooperation (continued on page 58)
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