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New national office address
In order to more effectively coordinate
mail service at the BSA national office, the
mailing address will change September 1
from a post office box number to a street
address.
The new address and zip code is: 1325
Walnut Hill Ln., Irving, Tex. 75062-1296.
If your den, pack, troop, or Explorer
post has particular program ideas it would
like to share with the national office, send
them to the above address in care of the
respective program division—Cub Scout-
ing, SUM 0208; Boy Scouting, SUM 0209;
Exploring, SUM 0210.
Latest BSA books and visuals
No Scoutmaster's library can be complete
without the newly revised Official Scout-
master Handbook available for purchase
this month at your local council service
center and many Scout distributors. It
costs $3.45.
The 368-page handbook retains much
of the fine material which has proven
effective over the years and has added new
approaches and ideas. It covers all vital
phases of the Scoutmaster's role as a
leader and all the duties and responsibili-
ties which he must fulfill.
HRNtSoOK
Included in the new volume is a revised
and expanded section on preparing for the
outdoor camping experience, methods of
training troop leaders, advice on how to
enlist and manage parental support, and a
new emphasis on building and maintain-
ing solid relationships with the unit's
chartered organization.
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Veteran and new Scoutmasters alike
will find the new Official Scoutmaster
Handbook a valuable tool in becoming a
successful leader. It shows Scoutmasters
what to do, how to do it, how they can help
individual boys, and offers many troop
programs and activities.
Order your 1981 National Scout Jamboree
35mm color souvenir slides now for
delivery in October. This set of 80 slides
captures all of the action, color, and excite-
ment of the big event held this past sum-
mer in Virginia.
Send $14, postpaid, for each set to:
Audiovisual Service, Boy Scouts of Amer-
ica, 1325 Walnut Hill Ln., Irving, Tex.
75062-1296.
All Kinds of Codes by Walt Babson, Four
Winds Press, BSA Supply No. 3522, $8.95,
135 pgs., 27 illustrations, order through
your local Scout council service center or
trading post. Letters masquerade as other
letters. Words shift and twist and turn.
Sentences crisscross in all sorts of
directions—backward, up and down,
around in a circle. This book of code
making and code breaking shows Cub
Scouts and Boy Scouts how to write—and
break—all kinds of codes. Includes invisi-
ble and camouflage writing, code "lan-
guages," substitution, transposition, and
improve-your-memory codes. Hours of
reading and doing enjoyment.
Once a Scout, by Bill Young, Marborough
House, Inc., $4.50 paperback, BSA Supply
No. 3512. Filled with adventures and
anecdotes of a young Scout on the trail
from Tenderfoot to First Class, Once a
Scout provides enjoyable reading for all
who have made a similar journey.
Written by Bill Young, a 42-year-old
Richmond, Va., lawyer, the book recounts
the author's early years in Richmond's
Troop 18. Among the book's chapters are
those that describe the challenge of learn-
ing to tie a bowline with one hand, the
strategy behind Capture the Flag, and the
joys of summer camp.
Order through your local Scout dis-
tributor or Scout council service center.
National Grandparents Day
Chief Scout Executive J.L. Tarr urges
Scouts to observe National Grandparents
Day, Sunday, September 13. Tarr, who is a
grandfather himself, has outlined several
ways to make grandparents and senior
citizens more active participants in Scout-
ing.
Scouters should recognize the special
skills of grandparents and offer them
opportunities to help units, especially at
summer camp. "Senior citizens often have
a special love and concern for boys," Tarr
said. "Some of the best jobs I've seen
performed in summer camp have been by
grandparents."
Grandparents should be urged to make
an "oral history" tape recording to share
with their grandchildren. This way they
can recall the important moments in their
lives and perpetuate the feeling of warmth
between grandparent and child.
Finally, Scouting units should be on the
lookout for service projects that would
benefit senior citizens in institutions of
special care.
Explorer leaders take office
Chuck Wolfe of Explorer Post 132 in Lake
Park, Fla., was elected National Explorer
President in May by delegates attending
the National Explorer Congress in Indian-
apolis.
Chuck's election capped an exciting
week of political campaigning and
memorable tours, including a stop at the
Indianapolis 500 Motor Speedway.
Serving with Chuck on the National
Explorer Cabinet is a new slate of region-
ally elected chairmen. They are: Ron
Kneiser of the East Central Region, Kelly
Newton of the Southeast Region, Chip
Schneider of the South Central Region,
Max Williams of the Western Region,
Matt Delson of the Northeast Region, and
Kevin Sabo of the North Central Region.
The dates for next year's Explorer Con-
gress will be March 23-27 in Philadelphia.
Disinfecting drinking water
The May/June issue of Scouting en-
dorsed the use of iodine tablets over
chlorine such as Halazone. We stand by
our advice that iodine is more effective.
September 1981 Scouting
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