Scouting, Volume 61, Number [6], September 1973 Page: 34
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Cubmaster Brewer Moore
and Webelos Den Leader
Charles Coulbourn (top)
chuckle at Webelos
questions on a recent field
trip. Ranger Bill Pierce
(bottom) helps Webelos
Billy Edwards and Steve
Eure into a fireplow on
a ranger station visit.
A Virginia Cub pack
finds that there
are plenty of people
to liven up your
Webelos program—
if you'll only ask.
BY MAC GARDNER
alloween masks of
many shapes and
colors cover the table,
brightening the entire
room. Off to one side a
couple of large plastic Santa
Claus figures lean against the
wall. Shooting questions at
the speaker are' 16 or so blue-
clad boys, their plaid necker-
chiefs identifying them as
Webelos Scouts.
The pack: Pack 213, spon-
sored by St. Andrews Meth-
odist Church in Portsmouth,
Va. The time: early evening.
The activity: one of the
monthly field trips that has
sparked the pack's program
for the past two years.
This time the Webelos' host
is Bill Neal, art director for
Star Band Company, Inc.,
America's largest producer of
Halloween masks. A tall,
friendly man with an infec-
tious enthusiasm for his
work, Bill demonstrates how
the masks are made—from
the original drafting board
sketches to plaster models
to silk screening to "distor-
tion burning" over aluminum
molds. He also throws in a
bit about plastic wall gim-
micks — phones, fire alarm
boxes, large keys, gag light
bulbs—made in his shop.
By the time the night is
over, the Webelos Scouts
have a good insight into his
job as a combination de-
signer- photographer- painter-
sculptor-printer. Best of all,
the boys gain the enthusiasm
and firsthand knowledge that
will spur them on to complete
the Artist activity badge re-
quirements later in the
month.
At least that's what the
Pack 213 leaders think the
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Principal Charles Price
(top) points out to
the Webelos Scouts some
special features of
his school's planetarium.
Bill Neal (bottom) shows
how Halloween masks and
other plastic items are
made in his factory.
best part is. "These kids don't
just talk about an activity
badge or listen to us tell
about it," says Webelos Den
Leader Charles Coulbourn.
"The badge really comes to
life when they chat with a
guy who is an expert in his
field and watch him do his
thing. The boys get next to
unusual people and do things
they would never even think
about if it wasn't for Webelos
Scouting."
How did Pack 213's program
all begin? How does it work?
Let Brewer Moore tell this
part of the story. The pack's
Cubmaster for three years,
Brewer recently moved on to
become chairman of the
Troop 213 committee when
his son graduated from the
pack. It was during his tenure
as Cubmaster that the spe-
cial Webelos program evolved.
Robert Rotella is the new
Cubmaster, and he's carrying
on the same program that
Brewer did.
"I guess we really got the
thing going out of necessity,"
Brewer admits. "Our Webelos
boys were sort of loafing
along, with nothing special
happening. We were also
worried when we noted that
only about a third of our
Webelos moved on to Scout
troops.
"We're strong believers in
the feeder system from pack
to troop, so we had to do
something fast. We had used
experts in our program, as
recommended in the Webelos
Scout Program Helps, but we
had stayed pretty close to our
own pack family. When we
began each month with a field
trip to unusual places where
they'd meet new people,
things really perked up."
As Brewer and the other
leaders talk about their ac-
tivity badge setup, several
things stand out. To start
with, making their first
Webelos meeting of the
month a field trip really whets
the boys' appetites for the
rest of the month. Many
times the trip will be to a
man's home rather than to
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