Show GOAL COAL FIXED BY SCOUT COUNCIL Aims to Have 2000 Boys As Year 1928 Opens BOY DOY SCOUT NOTES As Christmas happened Saturday we wish with all alt scouts and out lead leaders ers era a belated Merry Christmas We Ve hope that this morning finds you none Done the th worse as a result ot of all the candy and good things thines you have under your our belt New Years Year's Is coming That hat are to be 10 our plans lans for 1927 Is 1 our goal Last Lat year ear wo we dropped 51 lets scouts leta cut that number In half halt In 1927 and make malic It so a Interesting they will not Dot want to leave We Ve added new scouts In 1926 low How about adding In III 1027 and slId then keeping them How First First recruit a II full tull troop ot of at least 3 12 32 boys bOs Second plan plana plana a a years year's year program in which you OU have a a liberal sprinkling of hIkes and a n lull full week of at summer lummer camp Third attend all rallies Fourth get tet a good lood amount of advance advance- advancement advancement ment mont centering your our whole activities activities ties program on teta test and then after acter another 12 months you can crow because If it all this Is lone done we wa shall have hav added enough scouts to make us servo serve nearly 2000 That's our New Years Year's objective objective- objective 2000 scouts by 1928 PREPARING CAMI MI Field Executive George Berg Berg- Bergstrom Bergstrom Berg strom will wl leave lea tomorrow for Camp Klesel to make males final prep prep- preparation prep preparation for tor the winter camp lie He will leave huntsville via Ia the th bo bob bob- bobsled bob bobsled sled route roule Arriving at camp his hi first job ob will he be to gather lather wood and make great fires tires In the build build- buildIng building Inc build Ing to get it warm for tor the th who are arc coming Tuesday On Tuesday morning the scouts will wl leave Ogden on the th U I C Cat at o'clock They will be ba met metat metat metat at Huntsville by bobs and tram from there will be taken to Camp Kle- Kle Kles sal Kic-sal s sal 1 Then will follow tollow two days of at real sport SkIIng will be the order of at the days das Each night there will be a II golden campfire with songs ons stunts and stories The Tho party will be he accompanied by Deputy Commissioners 0 O H IL and lien Den B n There Is yet et room for three thrle or four boys as some of ot the tho scouts tho ho were already decided decided ed d the weather was all too severe for them This Is the first of at the annual wInter Inter camps It is hoped to make this one of ot the big biff events ot of the season yea ea yea yea- certainly each year it will be bigger and better than the th one preceding TROOP 14 U Last Monday meeting began with the study ot of the American flag There was a competition between time the two patrols Mr Smith would ask questions concerning the tho flag and everyone mIssing a t question must drop dron out The Stag Star patrol won In the contest having scouts standing after all had nd missed questions In the Dull Bull DoS Dog patrol Adrian Caliban received ric elved his first class badge at scout meeting and has passed five fhe merit badge tests already At the last court ourt of honor onor badges were awarded to William Smiley for tor and public health to nader Rader Dee Dee Dee- Deecan gan ganfor for tor bugling burling and civics Jack r Star scout electricity co and public health The way the merit badge scouts are arc working now there thero will willbe willbe be many mere merit badges given at the next court ot of honor During the latter part of ot the meeting the troop played a hearty game ot of basketball and volleyball The score In basketball was six to seven and the tho volleyball all game came fin fin- fin finished in almost the same way Taps were ero sung tung and the troop dismissed TROOP 2 ii TOOTER Merry Christmas friends end and Merry Christmas scouts ot of Ogden Gateway Area V ve v ve had Iad a very erY lively week we-ek Lots of snow for one thing thine Then at scout meeting W II H IL Bolles Dolles of the U S forest service favored us with II a a talk of some of o his ex- ex exp ex p which were Vero interesting indeed On Wednesday came our Christmas party dance We Ve sure sure- surely surely sure surely ly had a swell time Our girl girlfriends friends and ourselves will remen- remen remember remember ber it for tor a long time During the part party Glen Garr re- re received re received his second class clasa badge and the seven highest scouts received the awards fr fir good work during the thc last three months It was a aclo close e tight fight too Here are ar the vie vie- vic victors Ic tors and points point they won Dill Bill lIson 21 Jim IUle Riley 23 Chas Cha Peterson Dick Kingsford Bob William Williams 3 Glen Garr Carr i Lee Le J larkinson 24 2 4 The prizes prize were In the order named First aid kit huntIng knife book by Seton waterproof match safe sare- sew sew- sew leg kit and two scout diaries We e congratulate scouts scout of at o Troop 2 for the th splendid work they are aro doing On Christmas eve we with members of at our ward sang carols In the streets of at our community We had a n pleasant time TROOP 6 0 A KAn Were We're still going strong Al AI Although Al- Al Although though we are arc not ahead in the we wo are not giving elving up We 0 had a wonderful meeting last Wednesday We Ve had a mando mando- mandolin mandolin lin un solo olo by Don Checketts he surely Is some orchestra Then we had a potato solo ly by Thomas Thomos Checketts Talk Talle about the melodIes hes he's sure sur a crackerjack Then we were favored with a hr- hr har harmonica monica solo olo by ThornS Thomas It sounded like Sousas Sousa's band Itself We are pleased to announce that Thomas has qualified to the high of office rice of at tenderfoot scout The Th main subject of at the evening eve was the th carrying of ot the Injured by Patrol Leaders Leader Thomas Check Check- Checketts Check etts and Harold Clifton with tho the ah aid ot of the tho r and assist assist- assistants assistants assistants ants We W 0 were wera then treated by byan byan byan an inspirational story by Sc Scoutmaster ter tel Jesse Draper Draper Scouting is sure ture great treat so lets let's eo go gol LETTER FROM TROOP 20 I neglected to write you OU a letter last week you ou see sec our ter Charles E Fish was III and get get ret we failed to together on this news question It seems teems when our head scout the scoutmaster is un- un under under un under der the weather the whole troop feels the effect of at his Illness We e sure are triad glad that his ills sickness was as of at short duration At the th last scout meeting our new re registration cards were handed out out We Vvo had a a fine tine cere- cere ceremony cere ceremony man mony using three large Jarg candles candies I cere-I to represent the three great creat lights In scouting that Is the three parts of at the scout oath and 1 12 smaller candles to represent ent the I 12 lesser lights or scout laws The three large candles candies were red and the 12 smaller ones were alternately red white and blue The meeting was opened with prayer by the Rev nev Lester P r Fagen and as us the meeting was In charge of at pic he hc scoutmaster he next nen gave a tall talk on the Scout Oath The Tho cent r candle ot of o the group croup of three represented the first part of the scout o oath th On my honor I will d do my host be t to do my duty to God and my country and obey the scout laws It was pointed out that Ill mIl of at scouting was dependent on that portion of ot the scout oath and anti all alltha th ha other cantles candles were lighted from the tho master candle to bring briny out the th the point clearl clearly The first six of the scout laws were explained 1 t r Scout Scout- Scoutmaster Scoutmaster Scoutmaster master Herbert Blakeman and the thelast thelast last six by Scout Ibert Jones Jonell As each 1 1 I iv Was ws explained the andle representing that thit law was lighted from the master maiter candle CARDS c Senior Patrol Leader Harold Lo Io fan Lo-fan gan ave av a tall tall- tallon on oi o the th cance cance of at Being Prepared d Fol Fol lowing this part of at the ceremony all new v scouts were with their cards and tender tender- tenderfoot toot loot badges Then all old tende tender tender- tender yo fa 10 received their cards Then rhen the second class the first and tin finally ally th merit badge scouts The Tho ot of the cards and badges was conducted by the chairman of at o the th troop committee Ill air ragen Fagen Next Neat et a tU on For the Good Goodat Goodof Goodof of at the tho Troop was given by by Mr lr Fagen Faren and be lie brought out points that all the hys bys b ys present should remember Ho lIe II tho then u pronounced benediction and the gang ranc went to cool ool off arc their pent up energy by bya bya bya a dip In the th pool We had a good bunch lunch out lt itt patrol meeting but best of at all was the per cent attendance of at the troop committee at committee meeting and say it sure was some enthusiastic meeting C all the plans spoken of at work out you OU will see ace our bunch climbing up the scouting ladder two at rungs a time The scoutmaster waa very much pleased with the meeting and Is Isnow isnow isnow now looking forward to the th time when everythIng planned Is functioning properly This Is IA I Christmas Party Week and I will III tell you all about that In my Eext next letter LEWIS LEWIS GADDY Scribe on |