Scouting, Volume 58, Number 5, September-October 1970 Page: 8
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A GIFT TO THE Y. The Athol, Mass.,
YMCA building fund is better off by
$352.38, thanks to 400 Scouts and
Scouters of the Western District of the
Monadnock Council, BSA. All profits
from the district's annual father-son
banquet were presented the Y in ap-
preciation of its longtime help to Scout-
ing. Local merchants and caterers had
contributed their wares and services.
NAUTICAL APO. The Alpha Phi Omega
chapter at Maine Maritime Academy
has 26 charter members on the high
seas. Current members provide troop
leadership, work on cleanup cam-
paigns, help at the Castine Commu-
nity Hospital, paint the town dock,
and provide other community services
year-round.
CLOTHES COLLECTOR. For his Eagle
service project, Explorer Paul Fail la of
Post 255, Queens, N.Y., surveyed uni-
form needs in the Baltimore Area
Council, Baltimore, Md. He then
searched for and gathered enough
uniforms to outfit a Cub Scout den, a
Boy Scout patrol, a Scoutmaster, and
an Explorer Advisor. After sending the
clothes to Baltimore, Paul gained addi-
tional pledges of used uniforms and
made supplementary shipments.
THE THRIFT LESSON. A Den Mother
with four sons of her own lives a lot
of Cub Scouting. Consider the Pitts-
burgh DM: "My boys are used to our
saving every little piece of wire,
wood, tubing, etc., for projects. I
was cutting the fingernails of my 4-
year-old son recently and told him to
'keep the clippings in your hand' (so
as not to get them on the floor). He
replied, 'Why, mom—do we need them
for Cub Scouts?' "
FROM WOLF TO EAGLE. Scoutmaster
George R. Summer can be excused if
there's a button missing from his vest.
Seven of "his boys," members of the
Jaycee's Troop 222, Newberry, S.C.,
received their Eagle Award at a court
of honor last spring. For six of them,
their career started 7 years ago when
they were Cub Scouts together in the
Cub Scout pack when George was
their Cubmaster.
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HOW'S YOUR LPM? On a 5-mile hike,
Troop 66 of Eugene, Oreg., set what it
believes is a record—55 gallons of
Ipm. Interpreted, that means the Scouts
gathered five 55-gallon drums of lit-
ter along a 5-mile stretch of road. That
adds up to 55 gallons of litter per
mile.
PERILS OF CAMPING. At our district
camporee a young Scout rushed into
headquarters. Amid his frantic, sob-
bing outburst we learned there was a
rattlesnake in his pack. Two other
leaders and I ran with the lad to his
patrol site and, sure enough, found
his pack "throbbing" with a rattling
noise. I kept back the gathering crowd
of Scouts while one leader extracted
with a long stick the Scout's worldly
possessions. Out came an array of
clothes, camera, canned pop, tooth-
paste, plastic bags. Another prod with
the stick revealed an electric tooth-
brush, whirring away and not a molar
in sight.
Ralph L. Holland
Wenatchee, Wash.
BIRDHOUSE MYSTERY. One day my
daddy and I built a birdhouse. We
waited and waited all summer long,
but no one moved in. One Sunday
morning, guess who moved into my
birdhouse? I hope no birds move in
now because they might eat my grass-
hopper.
Cub Scout Jerry Banks
Pack 427, Lubbock, Tex.
DENNER DOUSERS. Halloween, to most
youngsters, is a time for window soap-
ing, upturning garbage cans—or
worse. To Troop 32 of Denver, Pa.,
it was a time to cool it. The troop,
sponsored by the Lions Club, was just
getting settled on this spooky night
for a weekend of camping when they
learned of a woods fire about 1V2
miles away. Rushing to the scene they
had the fire contained by the time
firemen arrived.
Barry Seidel
District Executive
Lancaster (Pa.) County Council
COURIERS. Den Mothers of Pack 38,
Cohasset, Mass., found telephoning
messages to parents of Cub Scouts
time consuming, letter writing both
time consuming and expensive. The
answer: An empty paper roll tube,
decorated in blues and golds, made a
safe, serviceable carrier for each Cub
Scout messenger.
Mrs. Thomas A. Doggett
Den Mother Coach
Cohasset, Mass.
COAST GUARDERS. Former Scouts
make up 58 percent of the class of
1973 at the U.S. Coast Guard Acad-
emy, New London, Conn. Ten percent
of them earned Eagle or Quarter-
master rank. Of the total enrollment
of 641, 49 percent are former Scouts;
10 percent earned Eagle or Quarter-
master.
Adm. Joseph J. McClelland
National Sea Exploring Committee
NEAT TREAT. Trick-or-treat candy col-
lected by more than 500 Cub Scouts
in the Or-La-Mo District of the Mount
Diablo Council, Berkeley, Calif., was
shared with youngsters of Danang,
Vietnam. The USO arranged transpor-
tation.
Cathy Moen
Den Leader Coach
MERIT BADGE TRAIL'S END. When
Wayne D. Lyford of Flandreau, S. Dak.,
was a 13-year-old Scout in Malvern,
Iowa, he earned the Printing merit
badge. "My Scoutmaster was a printer,
and I took an interest in the printing
business," he says. "I earned $15 that
first summer as an apprentice." Today
he's editor and publisher of the
Moody County (S. Dak.) Enterprise.
Publishers' Auxiliary
TREAT, NO TRICKS. On trick-or-treat
night, my father ran out of goodies.
When several Scouts came to the door,
father explained, holding out the
empty sack for them to see. Imagine
his surprise when they began dropping
into the bag items they had collected.
Mrs. Rhonda Goldner
Warren, Ohio
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