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SCOUTERS' DIGEST (from pa^e 4)
CONSUMER INFORMATION. Just
about all of us are consumers — people
who spend money and use products.
The Consumer Information Center of
the U.S. Government publishes
throughout the year dozens of booklets
to help consumers. A quarterly list of
its publications (some free, some not) is
free from Consumer Information,
Dept. SM, Public Documents Distri-
bution Center, Pueblo, Colo. 81009.
Here are a few of the most popular
booklets: National Park Service Guide
to the Historic Places of the American
Revolution, $3.15, a 138-page-long,
full-color description of places you've
got to see when visiting states involved
in our Revolution. Fifty Birds of Town
and City, $1.05, color pictures and
brief descriptions to help leaders of
Cubs and Scouts in nature activities. A
Better Place to Be, subtitled A Guide to
Environmental Learning in Your Class-
room, $1.25. Though intended for
school use, it is an excellent resource
for ideas for Scout and Cub Scout
SOAR (Save Our American Resources)
projects. What About Metric?, 80
cents, tells graphically how you and I
will be affected by the change from
the English to the metric system.
Free: Keeping Records, how long
and what documents, checks, tax files,
insurance papers, etc., you should
keep. Keeping the Bad Bugs Out Nat-
urally, how to save the environment by
using nature's own bug repellents;
Make Your Own Terrarium, how to
grow a home minigarden in a glass con-
tainer.
Send all requests and checks to the
Colorado address above.
HOBBIES. Having a hobby is a major
activity of youths of all ages. Thou-
sands of schools are now using hobbies
enjoyed by youth as basic learning
tools. This hands-on learning method is
used for instruction in mathematics,
geometry, physics, language and read-
ing skills and for vocational education.
Consider taking advantage of these
facts by planning a den, pack or troop
hobby program.
Cooperation for your hobby program
is available from local hobby shops or
from the Hobby Industry of America.
The HIA, a nonprofit organization, will
provide at no cost a limited number of
the booklet, Hobbies —for All People,
for All Seasons. It describes hobbies
ranging from easy-to-do to sophisti-
cated projects, from model building,
model flying and boating to model rail-
roading, science and aerospace proj-
ects and a variety of crafts. The orga-
nization also will provide a list of sug-
gested activities and a limited quantity
of award certificates. These latter
have space for pack or troop number
for presenting to participants in ex-
hibits or contests.
The HIA will also forward a list of
members of national organizations to
be contacted for local volunteer assist-
ance in planning specific activities, to
demonstrate and to serve as judges of
exhibits and contests. This affords an
opportunity to acquaint these volun-
teers with Scouting and perhaps influ-
ence kids to try a new hobby.
The Hobby Industry of America has
a special department to answer your
requests: BSA/Hobby Industry of
America, Dept. SM, 200 Fifth Avenue,
New York, N.Y. 10010, phone: 212-
924-4262.
ADDITIONAL ARROW OF LIGHT
REQUIREMENT. Effective immedi-
ately an old requisite for the Webelos
Scout Arrow of Light has been rein-
stated. It is requirement number eight
and must be met to earn the award.
The requirement will appear like
this in the next edition of Webelos
Scout Book:
"After you have completed all of the
above seven requirements, and after a
talk with your Webelos leader, arrange
to visit, with your parent or guardian, a
meeting of a troop (or troops) you
think you might like to join. Talk to the
Scoutmaster. Then, get an application
to become a Scout, fill it out and have
your parents sign it. Show it to your
Webelos leader. Give it to the Scout-
master when you are ready to join."
BOOK BROWSING. Scouting Round
the World, $5 (international money
order), World Scout Bureau, Dept. SM,
C.P. 78, CH-1211, Geneva 4, Switzer-
land. With this 130-page book you can
provide insight into how Scouting op-
erates in the other 100-plus associa-
tions of the Scouting world.
Life in Lower Slaughter, Robert G.
Deindorfer, $7.95, E. P. Dutton and
Co., Inc., Dept. SM, 201 Park Ave. S.,
New York, N.Y. 10003. If you've en-
joyed our Mixed Grill feature each
month, you'll reap hours of pleasure
reading the same author's book about
life as an American in Merrie Old Eng-
land. Deindorfer's book about his tem-
porary exile to England is a tale of the
slow, easy life he has found there. As
an observer, phrase maker and wit he
has few equals on either side of the At-
lantic. Lower Slaughter, incidentally, is
the name of the town in which he lives.
NATIONAL PRESIDENT'S UNIT
AWARD. Everyone likes to be recog-
nized for a job well done. That's one
reason for the BSA's National Presi-
dent's Unit Award, given to units that
distinguish themselves.
A red, white and blue ribbon
streamer suitable for attaching to a
unit flagpole is presented to packs and
troops, while their leader receives a
Leader of Distinction certificate. Mem-
bers of units so recognized wear em-
broidered, individual bars. These are
sewn on the boys' right shirt sleeve
under and touching the den numeral or
patrol medallion or below the Webelos
colors. Adults and Explorers may wear
the individual bars on the upper part
of the right sleeve. Posts earning the
award are presented in addition a dis-
tinctive certificate.
Recordkeeping to determine who
gets the National President's Unit
Award is painless. Between January 1
and May 31 of this year the unit should
establish certain goals with the assist-
ance of a council representative like a
commissioner or Explorer service team
member. The goals (to be met by
year's end) are entered on a commit-
ment form which stays with the coun-
cil. (A tear-off coupon to record the
commitment is sent to the council.)
Key elements of the commitment for
packs and troops are: reregister on
time; conduct an outdoor program;
meet advancement goals; take part in
certain activities; hold a membership
roll call and uniform inspection; have a
trained leader; meet Boys' Life goals.
Explorer units must: reregister on
time; conduct an elected officers' sem-
inar; hold a superactivity; have a rep-
resentative at post presidents' associa-
tion meetings; establish a post identity;
take part in certain activities.
Units may request their National
President's Unit Award as soon as they
reach their goals. Verification of goals
accomplishment is a unit do-it-yourself
matter. Simply complete the award
order form that is part of the commit-
ment sheet and send the order to the
council service center.
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