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Show BOY-SCOUTS BOY-SCOUTS (Conducted by National Council of lb Boy Bcouts of Aincrlcn ) SCOUT SERVICE In a report to the national council headquarters, a seoutnitu.tor tills In the blank asking for comment upon his troop's community good turns aa follows: "Did everything they could, anywhere," which seems to bo typical of the spirit of scouts throughout the country. Tho Jobs uren't alwuys the pleanantest sort either, or tho easiest, but when u scout tackles tho thing he does It "for all he's worth," with brain and brawn nnd a right good will. Here are a few little things scouts In Birmingham did, In their "leisure hours." It looks us If theso boys were not only going to bo good citizens In tho future, but tiro good citizens, hero and now. One scout repaired a bridge, cleaned mud out of two curbs and drained it ditch ; half-hour time. Flvo scouts removed a largo plto of brush where trees hud oeen trimmed up; 15 minutes each. Five scouts repaired a street whoM It had washed out by piling rocks and brush and then dirt on top; ono hour's time. Two scouts burled a dead hen, that tho city health department would not remove; !I0 minutes' time. Four scouts dug a dralnwny to lot standing water out of the street, and opened up ten sowers and l!tt gutters. Two scouts repnlrcd a bridge and opened four sewers find 20 gutters; ten 1 1 ours. Ono scout cut n dead tree which stood close by tho passageway and was very dangerous to those passing; one hour. Eleven scouts worked two hours getting get-ting water out of basement of a church, then built a fire and dried out the place. Throe scouts repaired four sewers, also raked up a lot of leaves from around a house nnd burned them, as they wero dangerous to tho community; commu-nity; one nnd one-half hours. |