Scouting, Volume 45, Number 1, January 1957 Page: 18
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IMPORTANT JOB. Years ago, Harvey J. Ray, then
camping and activities chairman of the Jayhawk Area
Council, Topeka, Kansas, often told his friends, "I have
the most important job in Scouting."
Then he became chairman of the advancement com-
mittee and continued to declare, "This is the most im-
portant job in Scouting." Now, as council commissioner,
he makes the same proud boast. When he's asked, "How
come?" his eyes twinkle and he says, "There are no
small jobs in Scouting. For me, my job is most im-
portant."
A SCOUT IS HELPFUL. It happened at a Scout
exposition held in Siottx Falls, South Dakota,
several years ago. As crowds moved into one of
the exhibit areas, everyone was tripping over a
canvas tarpaulin on the floor.
Without a word from anyone, a Scout—whose
name will never be known—was seen to take his
station there, holding down the troublesome tar-
panlin nntil the exposition closed nearly two
hours later.
☆ ☆ ☆
UPWARD TRAIL. Charles Lee was eight years old
and his one objective in life was to become a Cub Scout.
He stood at the foot of the stairway listening intently
to the whoops of laughter that came from the second
floor room where Den 3 was holding its weekly meeting.
Suddenly the noise of the meeting faded and Charles
Lee saw six blue-clad figures standing at the top of the
stairs staring down at him in disbelief. Grim determina-
tion was etched on Charles's face as he inched his way
step by step upward. Finally, uncertainly, he reached the
top and stood beaming before the half-dozen Cub
Scouts, who now broke into a mighty roar of approval.
Charles, you see, is a victim of polio and this was his
first time to climb stairs.
HE KEPT COOL. Timmy was the troop's newest
recruit—and had to be "sold" on the personal
values of some Scouting skills—including first
aid.
He turned up one troop meeting night thor-
oughly converted. "First aid's a wonderful thing.
Oughta make everybody take it. You know, last
night I was lookin' at TV, when I heard a
screechin' of brakes ami then a terrific crash.
Two cars collided right in front of our gate and
four people were hurt. One woman had a cut on
her arm, and a man had a lot of bad cuts on his
face.
"But I remembered just what you said to do.
So I bent over, put my head between my knees—
and I didn't faint."
☆ ☆ ☆
OUGHT TO TRY IT. Lord Baden-Powell, whose
identity was unknown to the boys he addressed, once
asked a group what they were playing, Geoffrey Bond
tells in the Baden-Powell Story.
Every voice took up the explanation in a different
way so that Baden-Powell finally had to wave them into
an unwilling silence, Bond related. They were playing
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