20 $ NEWS RNP NOTES OF THEBOY STOUTS JULIUS YOFFEE BACK IN CITY Popular Scoutmaster Again Assumes Charge of Troop 2; Heartily Welcomed Scoutmaster Julius Yoffee who had been in the army for the past six months has returned to this city and again assumed charge of the Scouts of Troop 2. He will be as sisted by Charles L. Toor as assist ant scoutmaster. A hearty welcome was given Mr. Yoffee on his return, at a special meeting held last Thurs day evening at Chisnek Kmuna, Sixth and Forster streets. With a total of between twenty-three and twenty four boys, who will shortly re-regis ter. Troop 2 will soon be back on a firm basis. Already plans are being formulated for the coming season's work and the following officers have been elected: Scout Samuel Isaacman, treasurer; and Scout Bernard Cohn, scribe. Ar rangements have been made for a hike to be held after the next meet ing. BERNARD COHN, Scribe. Scouts of Troop 7 on Great Hike Last Saturday The average scout certainly en joys hiking tills season of the year, l.ast Saturday was an ideal day and the hike was greatly enjoyed by the scouts of Troop T. In our vicinity there are about fifteen to 18 varieties , of wild flowers now in bloom. Do you know them? There are also quite I a number of wild birds. One of the things held up befo e every scout by the scoutmaster, is j the value of a good education attained J by high standards. Aim to attain , the highest marks—not simply to j get from class to class by just a passing mark. Be on top. Excell in j something. Be a leader. We are giad to note the prize of tlh in gold to William Bodmer for a 1 first prize essay in the public schools, i I ersistent efforts always win s'.ccess. ' The merit honor of March was won j by Kermit Smith with a total of ; s venty-four points. Kermit has w-a j honor the past year in gathering the j largest quality of books and maga- ' zines for our soldiers in various camps. Several scouts assisted in fire lighting on Tuesday evening in the , vicinity of Overview. This was a ' good turn to the community. The Honorary Committee meet I Wednesday evening in regular ses- ! sion. discussing subjects of interest j to the troop. Pep and enthusiasm is i what any good scout troop needs. RUDOLPH MILLER, Scout Scribe. Pack Two Still on the Map; Hold Good Meeting We had a good little meeting last week. Twenty present, one new mem ber, Cub Hawkins. proposed by George Moore. Sorry that some five or six fellows were so hard of hear ing that it was impossible for them to know when the whistle was blown, which made it necessary for them to leave the meeting. It's a bad thing to come to a meeting with one's ears < losed up. Please don't do it again. | Be on time at the meeting to-night. I We want to start promptly at 6:30. j There are a lot of things to be done, and you know our time is limited, j Save old boxes, barrels, in fact any- ' thing that will burn, and find out j at the meeting what to do with it. : We want enough to fill a big j truck. There's going to be big do- j it gs sometime soon. Stars w ill be awarded at the meeting to-night. : and more exams given. Big hike j to-morrow, down east. Meet at the j church at 1:30 bring a lunch, six cents | carfare, and hang on your axes, can- j teens, cook kits and what nots. j Where are we going? Well if I'd j tell it everybody would know, so 1 >ou will have to wait and see. The -• | are a lot of interesting things com- j ing within the next six weeks. Be j wise, and get in on the ground floor. I That's me alt over Mabel. CUB HUSTON. Scribe. | High Grade Margarine Makers ft f/ j/l I I I - jji H Sice 1 of "That's The Kind We Use, Isn't It, Mother?" Everybody likes "Purity" Margarine. You "Purity" Margarine tastes so much like color it at home with the same vegetable butter that you cannot tell the difference, coloring that the butter manufacturers use Ifs just as fine for cooking as for table to color butter. (A capsule of butter coloring use and you need use only V* as much as comes free with every pound.) butter. That's a double saving. Purity Margarine sells for about one- "Purity" Margarine is not a substitute third less than butter. This is real economy for butter, but butter's equivalent--butter's because you do not sacrifice one bit of qual- successor. If your dealer does not have it, ity or fine flavor in making the saving. Qg will not get it for you, write direct to us. Phonea: Bell, I.amhnrd 1473; Kryatone 2886 CAPITAL CITY DAIRY COMPANY, Branch 40 S. Delaware Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. FRIDAY EVENING, HJLRRISBTXRG TELEGRAPH APRIL 11, 1919. THE WIGWAM Ol'H HIKE Oh boy we had some hike Satur day. It was to Wildwood and talk about fun. We started about 9:30 and got there about 10:10. We made a tiro and started some scouting. First we tracked and then meas ured oft a mile for the scout pace. After we came back we signaled a little and then Mr. German showed us how to make a plain table map. That was for First Class tests. After a while we ate dinner and (O my) talk about eats. After that we went up to the lake and the rest of the fellows took the scout pace. We saw a good many people fishing and we would have liked to ourselves. After we had loafed around the cliff awhile and some of the fellows strolled off and had to be called back, we started back home. There were sixteen scouts on the hike and about twelve took off tests. Say fel lows, how about a hiko to Wildwood. SCOUT KELLY, Troop 13. j OUR FEATIIKREI) FRIENDS By C. E. M. i Spring, the season which compels ! man to love all nature also awakens the mating instinct in our feathered friends. The absence of the little i snow birds, who have been our faith ful friends during the deep snows ! and cold winds, is not felt as hard I as otherwise might be the case for ! they are soon superceded by the ; onward push of birds which are again coming north after having i spent the winter months in the warm, comfortable south. As one awakens on a clear, still frosty morn ing, a few days after the warm sun has turned our fields from white to brown and the scent of spring is in the air, he is gladdened by the voice of our first songster, the song sparrow. He stays with us for bet ter for worse until late fall. He will make himself comfortable in any brush pile he may be able to locate and his song is ever ready—morning, noon and night. He is a very early spring friend. A few days later as you walk through the lowland fields you hear a tac, tac, and you behold the first black-bird of the year. He is not alone and others of the same species will be found in the neighborhood. There is some trait in every bird which is characteristic of that par ticular variety. The aeroplanic man ner in which the blackbird veers his way about the trees that grow in the swamp near my home, is pecu liar to him alone. As we sitnd mo tionless behind one of the big trees and watch him walking along, turn ing the water soaked leaves with his long, black bill and getting an occasional worm, we are well re paid for the time spent in this man ner. In the same walk we come across a number of robins. It seems that most birds when migrating tra vel in groups and when you see one of a certain species. You may with assurance expect to see more. It I Scouts of Troop 16 Take Hike to Hut 1 Last Saturday some of the Scouts of Troop 16 took a hike over to the hut. They cooked their meals and seme of the fellows passed their cook ing tests for second class. The gate was off its hinges and we fixed it and j also repaired the fence. I On Tuesday two of our Scouts I j assisted in fighting the forest Ore j I near Marysviile. On Friday night j j the first first class pin was presented ! to Scout Frank Koose, the first one i |of our troop to attain that rank. Five I : second class pins were also presented • at this meeting. I The majority of -the Tenderfoot Scouts in our troop at the present ; time, were of Tenderfoot rank on the night we agreed that three months | after that night they would I all have to be second class scouts. I If you are not a second class scout j j now you have only two weeks to pass 1 j your examinations or you will no | ; longer be considered a member of j j the troop. Come around to the meeting to- J night and hear what's going to be 1 done. | CLEON CRISWELU Scribe. 1 ] is a very inspiring thing to have the I robin pouring forth his good night i song as one works in the garden ; after the evening meal. Some time later on our morning | walk we stop in our tracks. We | have heard the first llicker of (he j season. He pauses in his call and |we anxiously await the return call jof a mate. His patience is more | limited than ours and he calls again, | and with the exception of the bols , terous song of a nearby robin, a | reign of silence is his reward. It j is evident that he is the first of his ' kind. The bunching of o"ur feathered j friends when migrating seems to be i missing with the tlieker. This can j be accounted for to a certain degree Iby the scarity of the bird. Several ! mornings later we hear his call and I are thrilled when from a distant tree there comes an answer. We j know the mating season of one of jour most useful birds has begun. '"FORWARD" Say, can you read Chinese lan guage? No? Well, neither can I. | Hut this will do; we'll use our own. ! Forward is the word. What does ; that little thing mean that has just ' seven letters? Well, we can have , different meanings but the one that ! refers to scouting is the one when the scouts of a troop say forward and they go forward instead of a non-active organization that sits in the back ground and watches other troops do something and yet feel satisfied that they should look on. This summer, there will be fine hikes and out-door meetings. There will ;be swimming, camping and hiking. Yes, there are many other sports and activities to occupy your mind but are you working for the other fellow? Of course, we can't have dead wood hanging to our group of fellows but we can get rid of it and by so doing, we are making our own troop a hundred per cent, bunch of scouts. Still, why should there be any dead wood? Why can t we all be on the jump and be willing to do our share? Scouts, the idea of the scout movement is to give the other fellow a helping hand and to make our city in which we li\e better by taking care of it and the keynote of the movement is the fellowship of purpose. We should not be years in getting off our tests but take all of theni off to the limit of our ability and then when we have done our share, we can ask the other fellow to do his share but before we do any asking or request ing, we must be perfect ourselves. I,et us all be workers in our troop in which we belong. Whey can we not have a word by which we can be moving all the time in the interest of our troop and of others? The best word should be that of seven letters and that word is forward. In the months to come, let us adopt that word and have as our guiding word to success be forward. For ward to success. FEXSTEMACHER. Scribe. Examination on Tenderfoot Subjects by Troop 14 Troop 14 had a brief meeting Mon day evening, before distributing the "Welcome Home" posters. Assistant Scoutmaster Haehnlen had charge of the meeting, and announced a writ ten examination to be held next Mon day evening on some Tenderfoot sub jects. which are as follows: Scout Oath. Scout Law, significance of the badge, and the history of and forms of respect due the flag. Mr. Haehn len also announced that on the fol lowing Monday evening there would be an examination on knot tying and Scout Salute, handshake, and Scout sign. The Patrols will be reorganized and the Patrol leaders and assistants will be chosen from the best showing made in the exams and practical scouteraft. The entire troop will take these examinations. PAUL WARFFIELD. Scribe. TROOP 2S MEETS The regular meeting of Troop 2S was held on Friday evening at 7:30. On account of important business the scoutmaster was not present and As sistant Scoutmaster Nye took charge of the meeting. JACOB MATTER, Scribe. SCOUTS ENJOY A "WEINIE" ROAST Eighteen Scouts of Troop 1, Camp Hill, Are Present at Festivities I.ast Monday evening a frankfur ter roast at Alleman's Hollow was en- Jcycd by eighteen Scouts of Troop 1. Camp Hill. (Julte a number of the lately enrolled Scouts passed their cooking and flre-making tests and a few passed Scout pace. After eating their share .of supper. Scouts Nell, Sadler, Freese, and Kil born went for a ride on the creek. They embarked on an old green boat. First they rowed to the opposite shore where they were forced to land and bail out. When in midstream, on the way back, with three inches of water in the boat. Scout Nell be gan to rock it. He started so sud denly that Scout Sadler could not keep his balance and went down into the water in the boat in his efforts to keep out of the creek. This tickled liim so that lie wouldn't speak to Nell the rest of the evening. How ever he was not the only one with a wet foot as Scout Freese, when near ng shore, made a jump for it\ and missed. Scoutmaster Ketchledge then gath ered all the fellows together for a lively game of Hare and Hounds, after which we went to the top of the hill and had a fine view of the forest fire near Marysville. We were joined by Dark Weaver, Assistant Scoutmaster of Troop 20 who had a telescope, and we all enjoyed view ing the fire in turn. Most of the boys wanted to go to the fire, and the newly enrolled Scouts insisted that they could hike it, but the Scoutmaster thought it unwise as it was growing rather late. We started home about 8:30 and when about half way there whom did we meet but Scout Bill Hamme, who was just coming for his share of the "eats." We plan to take a hike like this every week now. JAMES KILBORX, Scribe. Wolf Patrol Has Had Interesting Activities The activities of the Wolf Patrol I of Troop Thirteen for the past month of March have been quite interesting. The patrol has eight members and with every scout of the patrol keened to the highest pitch of action, the Wolf organization is quite successful. : We don't wish to go back into past history but in a few words it must | be said that the Wolf Patrol has like i every other Patrol, had its ups and I downs. The Wolf was among the first patrols to be organized at the Boyd Memorial Building when Troop | Thirteen first started its career. Since I then, the Patrol has had many scouts come into the organization and at the same time leave it. The reason for this is the fact that the better and more livelier scouts of the Pa -1 trol would not permit lazy and un interested fellows remain in the Wolf and of course the Patrol has not al ways been filled, but it was thought better to have a hundred per cent organization although it was small than to have a large Patrol with poor action and pep. The constitution of the Patrol calls for two meetings per month and every other Wednesday evening at 7:30, the scouts of that group meet at the Boyd Memorial Building and they hold fine meetings with good programs. The patrol has some in teresting subject after the business part of the program is ovei; and always a fine evening is spent in scouting. The fellows that compose this patrol are Robert Keller, Charles Krause, William Fenstemacher, Wayne Grunden, Bruce Grunden, Louis Krause, Vere Felker and Em mett Byrem. At the last meeting of the Court of Honor. Krause, Fenste macher and Keller were the three scouts of the four that became first class scouts. The Patrol is endeav oring to win the race in the Patrol competition which the Troop is hold ing and so far the Wolf is holding the lead by a few points and the Cobra under the leadership of Josepl. Hagar is coming pretty fast to the top so that the race will be quite a keen one. The patrol leader of the Wolf patrol is Robert Keller while Charles Krause aids Keller in running the organization. BRUCE GRUNDEN. Patrol Historian. Members of Troop 12 on Tramp to Spooky Hollow The members of Troop 12 met at the church but instead of holding the meeting there we hiked out to Spooky Hollow. We had potatoes and "dog gies" along and cooked these over a blazing fire. They tasted mighty gcod with sandwiches and marshmal lows. On our way. some of the scouts dropped out and said they would wait until we got a good start on them and would trail us. We made signs along the way at crossroads, turns, etc. and some of the fellows found us but a few were detained. On our way home we passed a girls' camp and they invited us to have some supper with them but our scoutmas ter thought we had enough for one evening. JOHN RUSS. Scribe. Mr. Campbell Tells of Boys in Philippines Troop 4 had an interesting talker on Monday night. Mr. Campbell a missionary from the Philippines told us about the boys there and it was a very interesting talk indeed. It was decided to retain the name of Pine Tree, for the patrol over which we had such a discussion at our last meeting. We paid our dues, and many fel lows joined the Betsy Ross Associa tion. After some busTTleas we had a baseball game by means of a " lue print and darts. Mr. Campbell had cnce defeated Scoutmaster Hallman in a baseball game and the scout master was very anxious to get even, but Mr. Campbell won 11 to 6, more by luck than by skill. The meeting closed with our troop yell. SHOWING UP HIS FAMILY Agrantmar school teacher having asked for a short essay employing certain words ending with "tion," a pupil handed in this astonishing pro duction: "Father's hair is a recollection; mother's is an acquisition; sister's is an aggregation; brother's is a con flagration and baby's is a mere pre monition." — Boston Transcript. SCOUTING NOTES BY J. FREDRIK VIRGIN, SCOUT EXECUTIVE First-Class Scouts. Welcome, thrice welcome, to tho rank of First-Class Scouts! To Will iam Fenstemacher, Charles Krause, Robert Keller, of Troop 13, and Frank Foose, of Troop 16. All four Scouts passed very creditable first class examinations belore the Court of Honor last Tuesday evening. These four arc the first to complete their tests in the city, since a first-class council was organized, but being only the first, they will by no means be the lust. They found that going before tho Court of Honor was not such a terrible ordeal as they had pictured, and that at the end of the oral examinations they had all pass ed with a very good average. The next meeting of the Court of Honor will be held on May 6. It is hoped that at least fifteen Scouts will be ready to present themselves then. There are fully that number who have practically completed all their first-class tests, and every one will be expected to report for the next review examination. One hundred First-Class Scouts by January 1 is the goal set by the council, and wo must get busy if we are going to reach it. By the way the applica tions for Merit Badges have been coming in. it won't be long before these First-Class Scouts will be tho proud wearers of many Merit Badges. The examiners in the various sub jects are being appointed, and it is hoped that within the next week examinations in these branches will be started. To date. 140 Scouts have taken whole or part of the second class examination, but work and win the coveted scroll, and get out of the Tenderfoot class. Forest Fires. We don't like to boast about what we do, but we do sometimes enjoy recording our achievements, for it isn't what we think of ourselves tliht counts, but what other people think of us. The State Forestry Depart ment have a good opinion of the Scouts, because a number of tbem were able to do good work in fight ing the fire last Tuesday on the Blue Mountains. Hereafter it will be the duty of every Scout to keep his eyes open for fires in the mountains around Harrisburg and if he and hi 3 friends are unable to put the fire out immediately, then it will be his duty to call up both Scout head quarters and the State Forestry De partment and give notice of the fire. rMr. Wirt, the Chief Fire Warden of the State, to'd me a sad story the other day. Since he told it, it must be true, but it is really a sad story. He said that on two occasions last year his deputy fire wardens discov ered fires on the mountains near Harrisburg that had been carelessly started by Scouts and the Scouts in stead of sticking by and putting ou An Unusual Collection ofStylisk EASTER APPAREL For Women and Misses At Extraordinary LOW PRICES /TS a splendid thing to have so many new fashions to show you, but it's a real pleasure to know that every garment is of that superior kind and quality that will stand the closest comparison. 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We have them for all occasions, in all the latest creations, at a great saving in price 6 South Fourth Street the fires, had run away like cowards. The only way these Scouts can re gain their self respect and the re spect of the community is to be doubly vigilant in the future and endeavor to wipe out this black mark with a number of good ones. Tree Planting. On Saturday, April 19. fifty Scouts are ordered to report at the State Capitol (main entrance) at nine o'clock in the morning to go off on the first tree planting expedition. It is going to be an all day affair, and we are going to make a good time of it, besides doing a great deal of work. There are 6,000 young trees to be plunted'and fifty scouts should make short work of the job. This appeal, I know, will meet with heaity approval from all the Scouts in Harrisburg because we are all fond of out-door work. So pack your little "grub" bag and report on time. Mr. "Wirt and his staff will see that you come back knowing a good deal more than you did about planting trees when you started out. There will be a chance to pass off examin ations in nature on this date, either on tho subject of trees or birds, and also cooking. Liberty Fires. Lieutenant General Baden-Powell has suggested that Boy Scouts the world over, celebrate the signing of peace by appropriate ceremonials and the burning of enormous fires to celebrate the cleansing of the nations from war and the light of new hope which shines from land to land and sea to sea to-day, because of the great victory which has just been won in the name of Liberty and Democracy. We plan to do our share here in Harrisburg, but in order to make it a success we must begin to plan now, or the signing of peace may come at any time. Tho first thing to do to get ready for this big celebration is for each troop to collect at least a truck-load of com bustible material —old boxes, barrels, excelsior, in fact anything that wili burn, and store it in a place near troop headquarters. It will be kept there until we secure permission from the authorities to collect it all in one place. Every Scout should feel it his personal duty to contribute to this bonfire, but in order to make it a success we must start at once. COUGHiT end COUGHERif! 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