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Show "75 Years Of Scouting . . . The Tradition Lives On The Scouting movement, which has been an important impor-tant part of the lives of millions of boys and girls through the decades, is celebrating a very special anniversary this year. Here's how it all started. In the middle of the 1860s, a young boy was roaming the woods of the United Kingdom catching rabbits and cooking them over camp fires. By 1899 this adventurous youngster had become Major-General Baden-Powell, hero of the South African political revolt re-volt called the Siege of Mafeking. While spending time in S. Africa he composed his book "Aids to Scouting," which was rewritten and published as "Scouting for Boys." This famous book became the inspiration for the scouting movement worldwide and in 1907 boys everywhere formed themselves them-selves into troops to practice ideas taken from Baden-Powell's Baden-Powell's writing. As early as 1914 he decided to organize a scout group for children under the starting age of eleven thus the Cub Scouts were born. Nineteen eighty-two marks the 7Sth anniversarv of the founding of the scouting movement and the 125th anniversary of Baden-Powell's Baden-Powell's birth. From the earliest days of the movement, groups of girls were calling themselves Scouts. By 1910 Baden-Powell Baden-Powell managed to persuade his sister Agnes to organize a sector for young girts which he named Guides after a famous Indian regiment. regi-ment. As with the boys, it was necessary to form a junior section for girls from 8-11 who were soon christenedand chris-tenedand they remain-Brownies. remain-Brownies. Scouting's image has developed de-veloped with the times and today's scouts can take part in such adventurous activities activi-ties as parachuting, mountaineering moun-taineering and sailing. It is a tribute to the flexibility of the organization that as activities are updated, the basic purposes of scouting remain unchanged: adherence adher-ence to spiritual principles, morality to the religion that expresses them, loyalty to one's country in harmony with the promotion of peace, creative participation in the development of socie- A free copy of the official postcard of the Scouting stamp being issued by the British Post Office to mark the 75th anniversary of the Scouting movement, is now available in North America. One in a set of three stamps commemorating the world scout Jubilee Jamboree, issued is-sued in Great Britain on August 1, 1957. ty, responsibility for self-development self-development and self-education. self-education. To help celebrate the birth of the Scouting movement, move-ment, special postage stamps will be issued by the British Post Office and more than 20 British Commonwealth countries commemorating this historic anniversary. Participating in this tribute are such far-flung countries as Fiji, Mauritius, St. Helena, Swaziland, Tristan de Cunha, and Western Samoa. Never before has there been such a worldwide tribute paid to Scouting. As a token of goodwill, a limited quantity of the official postcards of the Scouting stamp shown above is now available at no SV-Ai'i f Tf For shuts U.S. Stamp issued June 30, 1950 to commemorate the 2nd National Jamboree at Valley Forge, PA. charge in North America from the official representatives representa-tives of the British Post Office. A special limited edition collectors package consisting of a mint set of all four British Post Office stamps in this series packaged in a presentation folder, official first day envelope cancelled in England, and set of four individual postcards are" available for $9.95. For a FREE postcard andor to order the collectors collec-tors package, write to The British collection by Stanley Gibbons, P.O. Box S, Carle Place, New York 11514. Please include a ?10 size stamped, self addressed envelope en-velope to expedite processing proces-sing of orders. |