Scouting, Volume 9, Number 9, September 1921 Page: 4
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SCOUTING, SEP
STRANGER Grand Rapids Scouts
MEET have erected several
OUR SCOUTS! booths at points where
motor tourists pass
daily in great numbers on their way to
nearby resorts. The boys hold themselves
ready to give information and service.
They give out booklets containing the
local traffic laws and a welcome to the city
in the name of the Grand Rapids Safety
Council; maps of the streets and thor-
oughfares leading to grand trunk lines
and of the trunk line road of the State as
issued by the Michigan Tourists Associa-
tion, and a pamphlet by the Grand Rapids
Street Railway. The Scouts keep track
of the states from which cars come, and
count the number which pass each booth
daily. The Good Turn is entirely volun-
tary and is done for the two-fold purpose
of offering hospitality and help to strang-
ers and " boosting" Grand Rapids.
* * *
SCOUTS Troop 19 of Balti-
HAYE HEARTS more, Md., recently,
had an opportunity
to do a rather unusual Good Turn
when the directors of an orphan
asylum invited them to help teach
the kiddies how to play. It seems
the orphanage had been moved from the
city to the rural outskirts, and the
youngsters, who had never before known
the freedom of the great outdoors, didn't
at all know what to do with their new
privileges and were pathetically helpless
in their changed environment. The
Scouts took hold with a will and soon had
the fatherless, motherless babies happy
as could be in the green grass and sun-
shine.
^ *
SHORT A frequent source of
TERM FEES error in registration
papers involving much
clerical work and correspondence con-
cerning small amounts, arises from mis-
takes in calculating the fees for scouts en-
rolled after the troop has been registered.
The following plan will help reduce these
errors.
All troop expirations take effect on the
last day of the expiration month. The
expiration month is determined as fol-
lows,—for troops under 1st class coun-
cil it is the month the application is ap-
proved and scout certificates issued by the
local council,—for troops not under first
class council it is the month the applica-
tion is received at National Headquarters.
By official regulation the fees for addi-
tional enrollments are as follows—three
months or less—20 cents; 4 to 6 months,
30 cents; 7 to 9 months—40 cents; 10 to 12
months—50 cents.
In calculating and remitting fees for
" additional enrollments," ignore the day
of the month and count from the month
the scout is enrolled to the expiration
month. The following table illustrates
the application of the method :
An additional enrollment made any day in
September to
A troop expiring in Sept., Oct., Nov., or
Dec., 20 cts.
A troop expiring in Jan., Feb., or Mar., 30
cts.
A troop expiring in April, May or June, 40
cts."
A troop expiring in July, Aug., or Sept., 50
cts.
* * *
Boy Scouts of Wichita, Kans., volun-
tarily took upon themselves the task of
marking and cabling off dangerous swim-
ming pools in the Little Arkansas River.
ANOTHER If your town didn't
CLEAN UP get in a Spring clean-
IDEA up, September is an
excellent time for a
fall offensive on fire traps, rubbish heaps,
unsightly signs and all the rest of the
enemies to your community is being all
it should be. The North Platte, Nebras-
ka Scouts put through such a campaign in
co-operation with the Chamber of Com-
merce as an annual event. The Chamber
of Commerce furnishes " 100% cards " in
connection with the Clean Up, and where-
ever the condition of a home warrants the
honor, the Scouts leave one of the cards.
Where it doesn't—that is another story.
Several hundred cards were awarded
among the 2,500 homes inspected.
SCOUTING At the Inman Mill,
ORGANIZED S. C., they have a re-
IN MILL cently organized but
enthusiastic troop of
Boy Scouts whose equipment has been
given to them by the generosity of the
owners of the Mill who are much inter-
ested in the project. There is a fine op-
portunity for Scout development in mills
and mill towns and we hope to hear of
more of this kind of work being done. A
boy who works needs the fun, recreation
and training of Scouting quite as much as
do other boys possessed of more leisure.
TAKE
YC
CAN
REDUCING Every year many
ACCIDENTS lives are lost because
people attempt to swim
in uncharted lakes or rivers. In Shelby-
ville, Ind., a boy lost his life in a treach-
erous gravel hole in the river bed, and
the tragedy aroused the public to the
dangers in its own midst. The Rotary
Club immediately came to the front and
enlisted the willing co-operation of the
Boy Scouts in charting and permanently
marking all the danger points in the vi-
cinity of the town. The Scouts made the
signs and the Rotarians sold them under
the slogan of " Buy a sign and save a
boy's life." Wires as well as signs were
placed over all dangerous spots, and trash
and dumpage were also cleared away.
How about your town?
Troops in action (1) to serve their community, (2) to swell tin
A WISE Down in Jackson-
CHOICE ville, Fla., they recent-
ly celebrated the open-
ing of the new St. Johns River Bridge.
The local Scout leaders planned to give an
elaborate pageant representing Scouting
as a part of the civic program, but when
it was found that Scout help would be
needed in managing the huge crowds and
maintaining information and first aid
booths, they decided to change their plans
and undertake the service end of the cele-
bration exclusively, a decision which was
in keeping with the best spirit of Scout-
ing.
BOY SCOUT The Boy Scouts of
ARBORETUM Hutchinson, Minneso-
ta, are planting an ar-
boretum at the fair grounds. It is their
intention to have every kind of tree, shrub
and wild flower native to the country
planted around three sides of the 20-acre
track. The first day 21 different trees
were planted. This is one of many cases
where scouts are taking an active interest
in reforestation.
TASTING Lincoln, 111., Scouts
CITIZENSHIP are getting a taste of
citizenship by helping
direct traffic on crowded Saturday even-
ings and at outdoor band concerts. They
are also marking off parking spaces for
cars about the court square and indicating
street intersections.
* * *
Charles Swain, Jr., of Cape May, N. J.,
saved the lives of two city lads who had
gotten beyond their depth and were being
pulled out to sea by the strong tide.
HEADQUARTERS' RECORD COVERING REGIS1
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Scoutmaster.
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