"BE PREPARED" ft \iODI7 TURN I7WLY" I BUSY WORKING FOOD GARDENS Troop 7 Definitely Fixes Plots Under Cultivation in Bellevue The scouts are busy these days tending the troop gardens in Belle vue. The troop has ten plots under cultivation and many varieties of garden products are about ready to market. Yesterday a squad of twenty scouts under charge of Assistant Scoutmas ter W. E. King and Fred Haehnlen hiked to the Rockville mountain. They gathered a number of ferns to be placed in the scout room at Oli vet church. Some of the scouts have suggested a scout field day and athletic tourna ment, including contests in Morse code, signaling. Semaphore code sig naling, first aid, and athletic games. We would be glad to hear from other troops. We also would be glad to arrange a baseball game or tennis tournament with any troop in the vicinity of Harrisburg or with organ izations of scout age. Scout Leeds, assistant patrol lead er of the Tiger Patrol, has been plac ed In charge of the Semaphore signal squad. He has also been made Sema phore Instructor for all tenderfoot scouts. Scout Peters has been made chief of the Morse code squad and has rigged up a Morse flashlight station In the scout room for the instruction of the scouts. Scout Carson, assistant patrol lead er of the Eagle Patrol has bepn plac- 1 ed In charge of the Rattlesnake Pa- 1 trol to act as instructor in scoutcraft and second-class requirements. J. CHARLES HIMES, Scout Scribe. Troop 11 Hikes to Mill and Takes Swim On the morning of July 7, at 10 I o'clock, the troop started on a hike i to Eberly's Mills. They arrived in j time to cook dinner and after awhile went swimming:. Some of the boys, not caring to swim, walked into Mill- j town and occupied their time by buying ice cream, candy, etc., at the grocery store. The scoutmaster j bought them a ball and the few left | played bail. All hiked home after some rest at the end of the ball game. At the meeting Monday even ing at 7.30 o'clock the question of scout camp was introduced and dis cussed. Notice—All scouts of Troop 11 are urged to be present at the next meet- j ing on Monday evening at 7.30' sharp. Charles H. Crist, Secretary, Troop 11. Will Hold Festival to Raise Camp Funds | Troop 4 of Emanuel Presbyterian Church will hold a festival Monday from 6 until 10 o'clock to, *Taise funds for a camping outfit. j The festival will be held at Seven teenth apd Briggs streets. SCOUTISCRTBE HENRY E. KLUOH, JR. Henry E. Klugh, Jr., as scout lcribe, keeps the activities of Troop 4 before the public. Above he is shown giving the Boy Scout salute. ,7 \ Scout Headquarters Moved to Square The headquarters of the Har rlsburg Council of Boy Scouts was moved yesterday from its temporary location in the Board of Trade Building to room 200, in the Calder Building. Scout Executive J. H. Stlne hopes to have more visits from the scouts and scoutmasters since the headquarters is more central ly located. I The l! 5 Federal jj Machine j Shop Court and Cranberry Sts. ! j Wc have Just opened a General ! | ! 1 Repair and Machine Shop at ! > ! i the above address. We are spe- ' > ! daily equipped to do grinding. ! i ! i bicycle, automobile and general i > ] i machine repairing. jj Your Patronage i| Solicited FRIDAY EVENING, I TROOP 10 BOBS UP j LONG HIKE FRESH AND SMILING i Twelve members of Troop 10. under | j supervision of Scoutmaster William j I A. Frantz, started on a hike to Leb- | j anon. Pa.. Friday evening. June 22, at j 5.30 o'clock. All members carried | staffs, ponchos, blankets, cooking ] j utensils and food. The first aid squad carried in addition the first aid i punch and canteen. The route taken : was along the main road to Hummels ; town. 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WH/I.H nUUL I/Li I. > I Vni- Value $1.25 Value 15c Value SI.OO Value 75c agg^^Kgiaii^gaiagi^ga^^i^!aiißißi^^igß^>isiga^B<)ggattigiajgeagßagßaggaggagß>: | shey by Scoutmaster Leibfreit and his j J scout of Troop 1, and also by twelve ' j members of Troop 2, of Lebanon, in | charge of Patrol leader Richard I Rhen, who had hiked from Lebanon | I to Hershey as the. advance committee I to welcome our troop. The Lebanon I trSop, together with our troop, j camped for the night on the ballfield j at Hershey, where arrangements had been made by Scoutmaster Leibfreit. | HAKRISBURG TELEGRAPH! Take Swimming Tent Early Saturday morning five or our troop took the swimming exam ination for first-class scouts, in the | pool at Hershey; four of them passed i the test. After this fliebuilding was I next in order—no test, but just for j breakfast. Ham, bacon, eggs, coffee, J postum, fried potatoes and shredded I wheat were the principals. It is | great to say, "Oh, those pies thatl< WILL GO INTO CAMP JULY 30 Troop 7 Definately Fixes Date; Thirty Scouts Signed Up; Need Cook Troop 7 is making final plans for the much talked of camp which is now definitely set for the week of I July 30. Thirty boys have already! 1 signed up for the trip and an ideal \ j camp is assured if the weatherman is ! ' kind and considerate. ! Scoutmaster Miller's only concern i now is the question of securing the J services of an A 1 cook for the above : period. Everyone knows what a good i cook means to a camping party and Troop 7 is especially desirous of get- { ting the best culinary artist in the vicinity. Anyone who can recom-! mend a chef to Troop 7 will confer: ; great favor by communicating with | j Scoutmister Jerome R. Miller, 234 , I Hamilton street. Bell phone 379 J. j | mother bakes," but had you eaten | with us you would have said, "No one can make bacon and eggs like a scout." We left Hershey in company with the Lebanon scouts about 8.30 o'clock, and had a steady grind until 12.45, when we reached Lebanon. We had stopped, however, at Annville for a "bite". Saturday afternoon the en tire Lebanon troop turned out to show us the town and they did. Sat tirday evening our troop gave a dem onstration in first aid, tying knots and semaphore signaling at the Meadow Bank playgrounds, which is located about two blocks from the TROOP 4 TRIES SOME NOVEL STUNTS AT LAUREL DAM CAMP Herewith is reproduced a map surrounding the Laurel dam camp j ; site of Troop 4. It was drawn by a member of the troop. The boys had 1 ] such a good time that they are still talking about it. They had some novel stunts during the trip. The following stunt is recommended to their fellow scouts as being I moGt practical and exciting. One-half of the troop line up on the bank of the swimming hole and > t)ie other half are about twenty or thirty feet out in the water. Each | | scout on the bank chases a scout in the water, "rescues" him and ap- j "i plies artificial respiration. Who said tennis? Scout George Beard, 1825 Market street, is chair j man of Troop 4 tennis committee, and is ready to arrange matches with I any other trroop that wishes to get "trimmed." i ■| center of town, along a creek that j flows through the city. After the demonstration Troop 10 was put under heavy guard, each j member being escorted by two or | more Lebanon scouts, and—well, all I I'll say is they make good ice cream. I sodas, sundaes and good picture • shows in Lebanon, and one thing ! more—Troop Two Treats, j Sunday saw the St. John Reformed ' Sunday School full of scouts in uni form, and members of both troops 7UEYT3,1917. I were congratulated for taking the i oath of Boy Scouts. After Sunday school, both troops attended church in a body, the preacher, Dr. LeVan, j having a special sermon for us. Two of q>ur members enjoyed the sermon ] so much that they left the land of | the living, but awoke in time for the 1 collection. After church services we posed for six pictures. In the afternoon som of the scouts went to see the oldestil tunnel in the United States, while 9 TROOP 20 PLANS TO TAKE HIKE 1 I Will Go to Boyd F arms, Returning Through Pcnbrook At a. meeting of Troop 20 on Mon day evening it was decided to take a hike on Saturday, going to Boyd farms and returning byway of Pen brook. i Members are working for second [ class requirements and on Saturday ; several of the tests will be practiced. Last week in the line-up of this troop the assistant patrol leader fo* Patrol 1 should have been Harold I Winn instead of Glen Taylor. The next meeting will be held on i Monday, July lii, at 7 o'clock in the regular meeting rooms. PARK WEAVER, Acting Scribe. others did various things. | We returned home at 4 o'clock Sun i day, all very tired but alive with ex periences of our trip. L Entcrtnlned at Homos f While in Lebanon we were enter tained at the different homes of the ! scouts of Troop 2, and our troop ex* j pccts to entertain them in Harris burg some time in the future. Those taking the hike were: Patrol Leaders Charles Blessing, Paul White land George Sate hell; Assistant Patrol Leaders William Yingllng, Howard j Selsom and Earl Kerns; Scouts F. • Reisch, E. Rupley, W. Walkendifer, G. Kerns, A. Hughes. J. Fox. >1 JOHX FOX. s Scout Scribe, Troop 10.
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