Page 10 - SUSQUEHANNA TIMES o0e Scout- master [continued from page 7] and each afternoon he left again for the pool for the Troop’s free swim so he could practice what he learned that morning. Towards the end of the week he returned to the site and seemed disap- pointed, after talking with him I found that he was just about completed with the actual swimming part of the Merit Badge. His problem was he had to recite the ‘‘Safe Swim Defence Plan’’, he and 1 went over this about a dozen times before supper and as 1 walked through the Patrol Sites that even- ing I could hear him going over and over the plan to himself as he fell asleep. And again in the morning as he was getting up he continued to go over the safe swim defence plan to himself. As he headed to the pool that morning, I went for that morning cup of coffee at the Leader’s gathering spot and talked with the Program Director and ex- plained how much this Scout has been working for this Merit Badge and the situation with his ability to recite the safe swim de- fence plan as the water front staff expected. Thank God, we had an under- standing Program Director who made a fast trip to the pool. Saturday morning, going through the almost 200 completed Merit Badge applications from the Pro- visional Troop, I found one for the Swimming Merit Badge for this Scout and I felt good, all over, for this one single completed Merit Badge meant as much to this Scout as for some of the others in the troop who completed four or five Merit Badges. When the scarcastic question rises this year, “Why spend a week of your vacation, at Scout Camp?’’ this one illustra- tion leaves the questioner with much to think about and leaves me with many pleasureable and enjoyous thoughts from one of the best vacations which 1 have had. B.B. BILLMEYER, Jewelry “Since 1915” MARIETTA, PA. MEL & GERRY HEISTAND, PROPS. Hours 9:00 to 4:30 Mon — Thurs. 9:00 to 6:00 Fri. 9:00 to 12:00 Sat. Mount Joy Branch 24 E. Main Street, Mount Joy, Pa 17552 Phone — 653-8121 and Patsy Hoffer are anxious to meet you. Everyone gets a free gift. JEIE rir First Federal SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OF LANCASTER Ibberson’s CARPET FOR HOME & CAR 1660 S. MARKET ST. ELIZABETHTOWN, PA. 17022 Open 9 to 5:30 Mon., Thurs., Fri. 9 to 9 MARIETTA CITGO CITGO GAS—GROCERIES OPEN 5:30 A.M. — 8:30 P.M. DAILY SUNDAY 8:00 A.M.—6:00 P.M. Ed Reeves, Prop. Phone 426-3863 East End—Route 441— Marietta OPPOSITE ERB'S MARKET —569-5353 Where Our Customers Send Their Friends Creative Carpetry December 29, 1976 Series examines Mennonite culture Tickets are available for the “Winter Cultural Ser- ies’ to be held in Inter- course in January. The Series will consist of informal evenings with gift- ed Mennonite and Amish people. Among those appearing" will be June Heller of Millersville (‘‘Creativity and Children’’), Esther Browsing Hrs.: 1 to 9 daily 9 to 6 Sat. NG | haul better furniture direct from the Carolina factories. NO SECONDS. Prices are just above nice used things. Charge your purchase on our own Master Charge or Bank Americard. — FURNITURE 17 New Haven St., Mt. Joy A LIMITED SERVICE WAREHOUSE OUTLET additional discounts are available Ih Aw ™ F REE careful delivery or for cash and carry. Revolving Charge Plan for extended payments or on TRUCKER OF FACTORY FRESH Mount Joy Branch Opening Monday Dec. 20th, 1976 Come in and Register for great prizes—whether or not you are a First Federal customer, you are invited. So bring the whole family. Branch manager Tom Sheaffer Open House to Jan. 22, 1977 OE WW ap MEMBER FSLIC Federal Savings & Loan insurance Corp. Your Savings Insured to $40,000 Augsburger (artist who will discuss ‘‘Creativity and Children’’), Esther Augs- burger (an artist from Virginia), Myron Dietz (a Sociology teacher), and Connie Issac, A Russian Mennonite musician. For more information, call The People’s Place in Intercourse at (717) 768- 7171 between 9:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Births Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Gaus (Christine Collins), 125 Emig St., Hellam, Pa., a son at Columbia Hospi- tal, December 16. Mrs. Gaus is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Collins of Marietta. Mr. and Mrs. Fredie Wamsley, (Carol Lacy) 142 N. Waterford Ave. Mari- etta, a son, at General Hospital, Saturday.