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Show 50th BIRTHDAYX council and district celebra- tions. "Our primary aim is to get all packs, districts, and councils involved in activities activi-ties of their own," notes Mrs. Ann W. Nally, Anniversary Anniver-sary Committee chairman. "With the support of national na-tional program themes for each month and local council coun-cil activities that tie in with each pack's plan, the anniversary anni-versary year will be filled with a variety of boy-and-family activities. Involve ment will be widespread." Local activities will include in-clude tracing a pack's history, contacting former pack members, developing Cub Scout display windows, a "Bobcat Hunt" for new members, and a community or block vegetable garden in , the spring. The goal of the Cub Scouts is to develop char- acter, sportsmanship, and good citizenship through home-centered activities involving in-volving family and friends. More than two million Cub Scouts in the U.S. will celebrate the golden anniversary anni-versary of their organization in 1980 with a wide range of activities designed to showcase the past, present and future of Cub Scouting. Robert L. Untch, national director of the Cub Scouts, notes there is much to celebrate. cele-brate. "Over the past 50 years," he says, "Cub Scouting Scout-ing has helped countless boys become better young men by instilling in them a sense of honor, pride and patriotism. We plan to show the nation just how proud of this achievement we are." The National Cub Scout 50th Anniversary Committee Commit-tee is now busy organizing national events and activities activi-ties to coincide with local |