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$ NEWS RNP NOTES OF THE BOY SCOUTS.S
NEED FIFTY MEN
FOR SCOUT WORK
Rotary Club to Direct Big.
Drive for Reserve
Corps
To meet the increase in juvenile
crime the Boy Scouts of America are
organizing a Scoutleaders Beserve
Corps of 100,000 men.
Massachusetts has an increase of
65 per cent, in crime among the
boys within the last twelve months.
Detroit reports an increase of near
ly 50 per cent, in juvenile crime.
Boys need leadership now as never
before.
The Scoutleaders Beserve Corps i
offers opportunities for men of high'
ideals to lead American boyhood in I
National service, as I
as scoutmasters, assistant scoutmas- i
tors, members of troop committees, I
special instructors, examiners or lec- j
ttircrs.
The main drive will bo during the!
eighth Anniversary Week, February
Bth to 12th.
Already Philadelphia has reported
in a preliminary campaign six hun
dred recruits, Toledo, two hunAred
and sixty, Flint, Mich., two hundred.
Buffalo is organizing to secure one
thousand men.
New York plans for four hundred
new meeting places and four hun-l
dred scoutmasters.
Seattle and Louisville are among |
the first to report their plans as|
completed for the big campaign.
Harrisburg will go out for fifty
men for this Reserve Corps, and thej
Drive for candidates will be handled i
by the Rotary Club.
Troop Seven Orchestra
Rounding Out into Shape
A regular meeting of Troop Seven
was held on Wednesday night, and
details concerning the reregistration
of the troop at National Headquar
ters in New York were finally set
tled. Between thirty-five anil forty
members will be on the roster when
the papers go forward to the cen
tral office of the movement. This
will place Troop Seven well up
among the largest of the scout
troops in Harrisburg.
The troop orchestra will hold its
weekly rehearsal on Friday night at
7 o'clock sharp. The meeting will
occur at 234 Hamilton street as the
church is closed during the fuel
famine. The orchestra is rounding
out into splendid shape under the
able leadership of W. L. Bailey, and
the boys will take an active part in
the anniversary exercises of the Har
ris Street Church on Sunday after
noon at 2 o'clock.
The boys are much interested in
the eighth anniversary of the Boy
Scout movement, and wish every
troop, including their own. "many
happy returns of the day." They
i:re also looking forward to their j
own local birthday celebration,
which will, in all probability, bo held 1
on the evening of February 22 I
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FRIDAY EVENING, HAKHISBURG TELEGRAPH FEBRUARY 8, 1918.
Scouting Notes
By J. H. STINE
J
This is the eighth birthday of the
Boy Scouts of America. The big
cake must be cut into 295,000 pieces
this year, and if we grow as rapidly
the coming year as in the past, the
next birthday party will comprise
more than half a million scouts. If
the Harrisburg Scouts continue to
grow as they have the past eight
months we will more than double up
our own number and will be well
represented at the party. This is a
chance for every Boy Scout in
risburg to help along the cause.'
Each Scout should continually boost
scouting amongst his friends, school
mates and associates. If every Scout
should interest one boy and get him
into a Scout troop he would be per- !
forming a splendid service to (be
other fellow. New York City is go-j
ing out for at least 400 new scout j
troops this year, Buffalo wants one j
thousand, Toledo secured 250 new
Scout leaders, Philadelphia 000.
Let's all boost the old game in Har
risburg and show them what this
part of the world can do. Ready,
Scouts? Get on your mraks! Get
set!! Go!!!!
The results of the work done by
Boy Scouts as Dispatch Bearers is
showing up in a definite manner at
the headquarters of the Committee
on Public Information in Washing
ton. 50,000 postcards a day are
pouring into the bureau asking for
more of the literature that the Com
mittee distributes. These cards
were enclosed in the pamphlets dis
tributed by the Scouts In the cam
paign the week of January 20th. The
TROOP 2 WINS FROM
SHIMMKLL OX FIiOOR
Troop 2 defeated Shtmmell in the
first basketball same of the season,
and is now ready for games with
any other troop. The troop would
like to get a game during the anni
versary week from any other troop.
Phone Acting Captain Marcus Mich
lovitz, 18 N. Thirteenth street. Bell
2130. The score with Shimmell was
24 to 13. Lineup:
Troop 2 Shimmell
Michlovitz f Growl, f
Sherman, f Shuler, f
Williams, c Bowman, c
Cramer, g Wagner, g
Kianzdorf, g Keeny, g
Foul goals. Shimmell, Shuler 4,
Troop 2, Michlovitz 7, Williams li.
Field goals, Shimmell, Keeny 2,
Wagner 2, Prowl 2, Shuler 3; Troop
2, Cramer 1, Abraras 1, Williams 4,
Michlovitz 5.
The troop would like to get a
game with troop 13, 14, 17 or 19.
NEW TROOP FLAG
Troop 9 is the proud possessor of
a line new troop flag, just received
from national headquarters, and the
boys are eagerly awaiting the first
chance to make a public appearance
with the new insignia.
HARRY ROSS. Scribe.
Committee has put fifty clerks at
work handling the business brought
by the demand for more publica
tions.
Next week is to be observed all
over the country as "Father and
Son Week," by churches, Y. M. C.
A.'s, and similar institutions. Many
Scout troops will hold meetings ap
propriate to the general theme.
Scouts should make it a point to talk
with their fathers regarding the Boy
Scout work and the things that they
are doing in scouting. Many good
scoutmasters could be discovered
amongst the fathers of boy scouts
if the boys would only go after
them and show the need for more
scouts and more leaders.
The "Red Post Cards" for Scouts
to use in the work of securing sub
scriptions for War Savings Stamps
will soon be issued. Each Scout who
obtains the signatures of twenty
five different individuals will be
awarded an "Achievement button."
If he obtains orders for $250 of War
Savings Stamps he will be eligible
for the "Ace" medal. Scoutmasters
will have all the details of this plan
as soon as they are completed.
It is now stated by National Head
quarters that the Liberty Loan VVar
Service medals won by boys during
the second Liberty Loan will be
ready for distribution simultaneous
ly with the opening of the campaign
for the Third Liberty Loan which is
scheduled to come in the near fu
ture.
COLORS SELECTED FOR
TROOP NO. TWI NTV
At the last meeting of Troop 20
it was announced that all members
would be given a chance to qualify
for points 4, 6, 9 and 10, second
class requirements.
The constitution of the troop was
then read and after several altera
tions, was approved by those pres
ent. The colors for the troop are
blue, yellow and black. The troop
council was organized on Thursday
evening and consists of all officers
and leaders of the troop. An in
teresting program will be presented
this evening to the members, the
most important part of which is the
second class examinations.
WILLIAM F. TYSON. Scribe.
CANT FILL PLACE
J. Boyd Trostle, scoutmaster of
Troop 1, Lemoyne, writes from
Washington, D. C., that he has been
detailed to a branch of the artillery
service and is working day and
night. No one has yet been se
cured to take his place as scout
master, although Paul Kellar has
placed his application for an assist
ant scoutmaster's commission.
WHYIAMINTHE
BOY SCOUT WORK
What Movement Has Done to
Train Active, Boyish
Spirit
By JULIUS N. YOFFE,
Scoutmaster Troop 2
"Every man realizes at some
times, or all the time, that he was
a boy and he knows just what tricks
he was up to when he was in the
age when a young boy likes to show
off or to show the other boys who
is "King."
"It was just these sort of boys
that our local Y. M. H. A., had to
contend with. We realized that it
was not altogether fair to the boys
themselves to be let run around and
do these things.
"First of all let me tell you what
these boys did. When a new piece
ol furniture was put in the rooms
it was their pride to see who could
break or tear it first. Every even
ing they would also have a 'battle
royal.' In fact things became so
that they could not be left alone.
We at once obtained permission to
organize a boy scout troop and we
can proudly say that every boy is
now a full grown gentleman in his
actions and behavior. I want to tell
you that a better movement for the
uplift of the young boy than the
work of the Scout Movement was
never started. The boy at once real
izes that the teachings are just what
he needs. One of the worst boys we
had at the beginning of our troop
is now a patrol leader and is so
proud of it and takes such an inter
est in the scout work that his patrol
is actually one of the best of the
troop. The boys have as their lead
ers some adults who understand
scout work and have been scouts in
years gone by. These men bring
out all the good points in the boy.
"The scout has so far proved and
will continue to prove that he is a
valuable asset in this war.
"In conclusion, let me tell you
scouting pays two-fold, or I can
better say, there is no salary large
enough to repay for the good it has
done the American bdys."
TROOP 21 WILL MEET
IN Y. M. C. A. QUARTERS
Troop 21 will meet in the Central
Y. M. C. A. until further notice.
Uniforms and camping will be dis
cussed. The possibility of a Chap
lain will be given consideration.
Get busy with the "Exams."
The Alligator Patrol was formed
and Extra Sparks is leader and
Marion Hoar is assistant.
Glenn Atchinson Boyles,
Assistant Scribe.
SHORT OF COAL
Troop One has not been able to
have regular meetings for two weeks
owing to the heat regulation's in
force at the church, but a meeting
will be held to-night and it is hoped
to get down to work again.
DONALD ROYAL. Scribe.
Use McNeil's Pain Exterminator—Ad.
SALUTE!
BY KEIDE lIOMIG
Boy Scouts have given eight years
of service to the American people.
Today we mark the eighth anniver
sary of their founding.
To teach the principles of chiv
alry, of true courtesy and of honor,
was the first object of the Boy
Scouts. That ideal has been held
through the years which have pass
ed. In these eight years, hundreds
of thousands of boys have leanned
to know and to love the woodlands
and the fields; they have been taught
to know the beauty of the ferns, and
the rocks and the insects and rep
tiles. This bit of wisdom is going
with thousands of the boys across
the waters, to the trenches. This
knowledge is being imparted by
them to the men in the trenches
"over there." The old Indian cus
tom of making a fire by rubbing
two sticks together, the art of tying
knots, a knowledge of weather fore
casting, of army and navy signals,
of the thousand and one things
which are taught Boy Scouts—these
are a few of the invaluable aids of
Boy Scouts who are fighting the
Hun.
Now comes the appeal of the Boy
Scouts for leaders. "God give us
men," they cry in the words of
James Russell Lowell, the New Eng
land poet and sage. Men who are
not eligible for military service can
do their duty to their nation by en.
listing as members of the organiza
tion and as scoutmasters, ready to
teach these manly boys the. why,
| the how and the wherefore of life,
j This, then, is a salute to the Boy
Scouts! We lift our hats and offer
praise to them for their work, the
work of transforming the bad boy
j into a good citizen of the nation.
I And we pass the eighth milestone
with eager, enthusiastic outlook,
glimpsing the vista of helpfulness
which opens before us, pledging our
selves to do the best to nation and
God!
Boy Scouts, attention! Salute!
Forward, march
TROOP 14 I,OSES SECOND
SERIES WITH TIGERS
Troop 14 lost the second game of
the series with the Allison Hilt
Tigers by the score of 31-29. It
was a hotly-contested battle from
start to finish and was marked by
the fast team work of both teams.
The score at the end of the first half
was 20-13, the troop having the larg
er end. In the second half the Tigers
staged a comeback, which proved
successful, though the troop made
them fight for every point. The
lineup was as follows:
Troop 14. Allison Hill Tigers.
Snyder F Q. Dreese
Dreese F . j Shirk
Gottchall G Wonders
Dunkelberger .. G .... Challenger
Kosser G Hess
Field goals, Snyder, 4; Dreese, 3;
Dunkelberger, 3; Wonders, 6; Chal
lenger, 2; Dreese, 2. Fouls, Dun
kelberger, 3 out of 14; Dreese, 11 out
of 18.
FEEL FUEL SHORTAGE
Meetings of Troop 12 have been
postponed pending some relief In
the coal situation, but if the warm
weather of Thursday continues the
boys will soon be back at work. The
pamphlets allotted to the troop by
the committee on public information
were distributed to the credit of the
organization.
Troop 19 Gets Basketball
Team Under Way With
a Smashing Victory
The basketball team of Troop 19
has at last gotten under way and
overwhelmingly defeated Troop 15
last Saturday afternoon on St.
Paul's flloor, Second and Emerald,
to the tune of 50 to 10. All of the
visitors figured in the scoring and
several times pretty signal plays
were run off successfully. Captain
Koch was high scorer, totaling 18
points, and Eissner his running mate
netted 8 field goals. Arrangements
have been made by the management
of Troop 19 for getting games and
the St. Paul's floor has been secured
every Saturday afternoon by the
Troop. There are a fe wvacancies
on the Scouts schedule and if any
Scout trains desire a game on some
Saturday they can make full ar
rangements by communicating with
Manager Robert Hamer, 1100 North
Second street, or 3796-J, Bell phono.
Several new patrols have been
formed by the Scoutmaster and ar
rangements have been made for a
patrol basketball league in the
troop. The Fox patrol desire to car
ry oft the honors. Her patrols are
equally anxious to annex the cham
pionship and a hard fight is looked
for. These patrol games .jwill be
played also at St. Paul's following
the big game.
All of the Scouts of the troop have
successfully distributed the literature
issued by the United States pertain
ing to reasons for the entrance of
the United States in the war and are
ready for the next duty Uncle Sam
gives them. The lineup used in the
basketball game last Saturday was
as follows:
. Troop 19 Troop 15'
Koch (Cap.) F. Lvtle
Eissner F. Rose
Hummel C. Boone
Hoffman G. • Dauchcrty
Hamer G. Freeburn
JOHN C. KOCII, Scout Scribe.
Plans for Future Work
Discussed By Troop 8
A largely attended and important
meeting was held by Troop 8 on
Monday night. Plans were discussed
on how the troop might be made
more compact in the future than it
has been in the past. The duties of
the patrol leaders and assistants
were talked over and more patrol
work will go on in the future in
stead of individual work.
The music .committee reported
that it had secured music from a
local dealer and work is to be start
ed on it this week.
E. Wallis has volunteered to build
shelves for the troop room to be
used for the new library being
formed. H. Kline, the librarian, has
received a number of books and a
large number of books are in the
possession of the scribe at the pres
ent time.
Tickets for the entertainment will
be printed this week and will be
distributed next Monday evening at
the meeting. The program for the
entertainment was talked over and
altered slightly.
Some of the fellows ordered diar
ies and these were distributed at a
special meeting on Thursday even
ing.
Plans for a basketball team were'
discussed and a large number signi
fied their intention of trying out for
the team. Following is a partial
list:
Centers: Reynolds, Wonders and
Shader; guards: Bowman, Smith,
Scout's Eighth Birthday
This is the eighth birthday of the Boy Scouts of America For a
youngster of eight, the organization is certainly staunch and
sturdy, and gives every promise of a very splendid future. While
the Harrisburg Council Is less than a year old, we have had
scout work in our city for soveral years, and since the organiza
tion of the local council the work has been increasing until wo
now have twenty-one registered troops of scouts and several
troops ready to neroll.
As president of the council, I would like to express to the scouts
of Harrisburg my sincere hope that each and every body do his
best to live up to the scout oath and laws and to in every way
manifest to those around him the value of scout training.
We are looking for great things from the Hoy Scouts of Harris
burg. and the members of the local couucil confidently expect
each boy to cheerfully and manfully "do his bit" as called upon
from time to time by local and national officers. Thus all work
ing together and pulling for the team will make a force that will
help materially in the great objective now before us: "The win
ning of the war."
GEORGE S. REINOEHL,
President Harrisburg Council.
Homire, J. Duncan, E. Wallis, ivnd
R. Wallis; forwards: Unger, Biuch
lield, McGlinn, Warfield, Miller and
Perrin. Duncan was elected man
ager.
As soon as the team is picked a
<captain will be elected. Orders for
new suits are in and the first prac
tice was held on Thursday evening
of this week.
Three new members passed their
tenderfoot examinations and five
members took the oath and were
admitted to the troop. After the
meeting a drill was held in the base
ment of the church. Different exer
cises and maneuvers were gone
through and the meeting adjourned.
R. FOSTER SHADER, Scribe.
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vigorous vitality that means perEect
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When impurities creep into the
blood supply, there is a loss of en
ergy, a failing of the appetite, you
are easily tired and find the body
weakening under ordinary tasks, all
of which means that you are losing
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EAGIJF. AND TIGER PATROLS
FORMED HY TROOP FIVE
Troop Five has been holding its
meetings regularly with a fairly good
attendance. Scoutmaster Fernsler
gave Some very interesting talks on
patriotism and a distribution was
made, by tlio members of the trooop,
of the booklets recently issued on
the President's Flag Day address.
Two patrols have been formed—•
the Eagle and Tiger Patrols. Russel
Lippi has been selected as patrol
leader and John Boothe, assistant
patrol leader of the Eagle Patrol:
Walter Schull, patrol leader, witli
Haywnrd Toomey, assistant, of the
Tiger Patrol.
Chester Britten. Scribe.
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that keeps the system in perfect con
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any medical advice, you can obtain
same without cost by writing to
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Co., E 211, Swift Laboratory, Atlan-*
ta, Georgia.