Show I Give Off Backs To Help Scouts Overseas Get Scouting Scouring Started Again K Through their Shirts Shirls Our Backs cam cam- campaign in February the 2 Boy Scouts or of America 1 hare arc giving usable uni uni- uniforms forms and equipment to 4 PA S 4 help boys abroad H re resume re- re I S sume Scouting Scouts r in Il the Philippines are areS S destitute and in Europe their condition isn't r much better f fN N S p. p nation observing observing obserVIng The Boy Scouts of the ing their anniversary during Boy BoyScout BoySCout BoyScout Scout Week February 8 to 14 are help- help helpIng helping helping Ing brother Scouts In war-torn war lands through an Unusual project known as Our Backs campaign the I Now numbering nearly two million tho the Boy Bo Scouts and their leaders are contributing used bul bR b T clean and service- service serviceable serviceable serviceable able Scout and camping equipment to help boys overseas resume their Scouting activities A special effort Is being made during February to call at homes of ot former members for Scout uniforms and series no longer needed In approving this wide nation-wide effort eUort tho the National Executive Board of the Boy Scouts outs of America emphasized that the collection coll Is not to be thought of as charity but instead a sharing by one Scout with another Scouts are giving up parts of their uniforms and equipment that they may no not n ot be to replace soon u lea leaders l feel reel this helpfulness will create cr ate atean 1 an a n Interest on the part of ot American Amerl n 1 Scouts couts S in brother Scouts In other lands th their heir t customs and history Since each L Scout cout S donor Is asked to Include his name 1 and a nd address on the equipment it is felt that hat t friendships thus formed will con- con contribute 1 1 tribute t to world-wide world understanding I 1 Usable uniform parts being collected 1 Include i Boy Scout and Cub Scout shirts J without badges hats and caps shorts neckerchiefs n and slides lanyards belts stockings s and shoes Equipment desired 1 for f or shipment overseas includes axes knives nives k mess kits duffel bags haver bayer haversacks sacks ba b sleeping bags bass tents bugles com- com compasses passes passe p asae making fire ma ng sets first aid kits signaling s flags whistles whistles- and Scout e fu The Tho World Friendship Fund consist consist- c I ing i ng of voluntary contributions of Boy 7 Scouts couts S will defray all shipping costs Park City Scouts and as the tho theS main feature of the annual Boy BoyScout BoyScout S I Scout cout S week which opens Friday February ary a ry 8 are donating Scout clothes and L I equipment e to be sent to Scouts of war- war I torn t orn countries Each boy is being asked to give at al least east l one item he values and some will L actually a take the backs backs ff to t o contribute To each Item will be bc I attached the givers giver's name and address and the receiver will write a letter of oJ r so will good messages will wil L como coma back to Park City Scouts from iron many parts of the world The Tho local drive is being directed by b y r the tho Scout commissioners They arc are an anxious that Park City Scouts do their theil r share sharo to t help reestablish Scouting I an-I In lx the war ravaged countries and urge par par- parents parents eats to help their boys make worthwhile le x I contributions according to George Bar Bar- Barben Barben Barben ben chairman of ot Ontario district Last Sunday evening at the Second Secona ia 1 ward L. L D. D S. S chapel the following pro pro- program o- o gram cram was presented by Explorer Post st No Presentation of ot and Flag Allegiance Allegiance- Post Guide James Berry Song Son Battle Battlo Hymn of Republic Congregation Scout Is Reverent Reverent Raymond Raymond Evans Accordian Solo Solo Bobby Bobby Burns Address Address Mrs D. D W. W Loertscher Be Prepared Prepared post Post Advisor Lloyd Ol- Ol 01 1 son bon Highlights of Scouting 1945 1945 Dale Dale lie C Grant Investiture Ceremony Scoutmaster r Cornell Diamond Jimmie Ballantyne ie r Lynn Price Jack Wallace Lee Dahl DahI Dick ck It Darrell Burns How Scouting Helped Me Mo In the he th e Service ServIce Cornell Cornell Diamond Scout Is Reverent Eddie Reverent Eddie Evans Mrs Loertscher's address follows HOW now SCOUTING IS BUILDING n I have always wanted my boys to be b I Scouts I have always alway hoped they would I be good Scouts And Ill I'll tell you why Every mother wants for her sons the th I best things of life She wants them to ti be the best men in all the world In Ix 1 tact she even has hopes that some day dal r one of ot them will be president I be believe be- be believe lieve that Scouting is one of the tho helps help S I can use US to make these dreams come com e true We can teach a boy Ideals In the th C home but b t if 1 he doesn't get some of ot 0 f these ls outside the home in other othe r that he gets I be afraid 1 that my wouldn't be ne sufficient He lIe isn't Isn in the home all the time time time-in In fact ho he spends many h hurs urs away from fros a and In those ours that he Is away awa ay I I want my teachings to be reinforced L A And Scouting has many of the ideals ideal tt that hat t I try to teach In the home The Tb 0 a Stout Scout law Incorporates some of the Jj ideals deals i that I hope my boy will have T They are Trustworthiness loyalty help- help helpfulness tl ulness f friendliness courteousness courteousness' kind kind- kindness kindness n ness obedience cheerfulness thriftiness bravery braver cleanliness and reverence Every s Scout has to learn about those things a and how to put them Into practice in a all the merit badges he earns he not o only has to learn the Information side o of ot a subject but be he has to actually put putt it lt i t into practice before he can have that n merit badge Scouting is helping me to teach my boy self-reliance self the way to think t through through-i situation the way to take taka ar ot h 1 and make his own c He is 15 learning to observe a trait traitor o of or character that I think Is very valuable a and one I wish I bad had He is learning j initiative initiative how how to go ahead on his bis own I dont don't want to overlook recreation In building my boy The Tho things the he does in his leisure time helps to determine the i kind of ot a a. man he will be Scouting has hns a way of ot recreation that I approve of ot It teaches my boy to find his good times with Mother Nature Nature to to appreciate the i beauties God has given us to enjoy He learns to participate in all alt kinds of sports I think he will be a better boy S through this kind of ot recreation He is going to learn real sportsmanship too I hope my boy will be a good citizen We have just come ome through a time when we have realized what good citizenship can mean I can teach him citizenship In the home and school can teach it too but Scouting gives g ves him an to tc participate in patriotic events Through this participation in the flag lag ceremony tonight he be is learning to honor aud ane i respect our flag nag We dont don't want to forget how Scouting has helped in winning this war either There have been thousands of ot Scouts I who have had to fight and the things S they learned in were very verl valuable to them Tracking nature naturi S study astronomy signaling etc in many instances helped to save lives I am glad those who began Scouting and helped form its Ideals did not for for- forget forget forget get reverence for God In its creed To Tobe Tobe Tobe be a good Scout my boy has to be faith falth- faithful ful in liz his religious duties He Ho has to tobe tobe tobe be tolerant toward boys of other faiths and lIe he has to have reverence for God Through this lone a boy receives many blessings front from our Father in Heaven I would woUl say that Scouting is a way to help boys grow up straight and strong I would say that Scouting is helping to build my boy oy |