Show boy scouts observe birthada birthday y beginning with sunday evening february ath all park city boy scouts will again join with the entire membership of the boy scouts of 0 america in cele I 1 1 bration of boy week from the bendoff bend send off ot of appropriate church services on that day a week of intense activity will follow in commemoration of the birthday of scouting I 1 1 each year a day for anniversary week has been set apart tor for special activity to stress the various types of train training given by the scouting movement february ath will be known as scout sunday with an appropriate church service conducted by park city troop in the L D S chapel commencing at p m monday of the same week will be b known as home day to permit the home to pay special attention to its scout on this same night the upper division of troop will welcome visitors at its meeting in the washington school I 1 tuesday all parents and friends of scouts are invited to participate with troop lower division in parents day activities the regular troop program on this night will be in honor 0 of parents of scouts wednesday february ath has been designated signa ted its as dads day in honor of this occasion the annual fathers and sons banquet of troop will be held in the evening at p m in the amusement hall of the L D S church february ath la Is the birthday of scouting it Is a day set apart tor for special commemoration or of the good turn ot of the unknown scout who assisting an american tourist lost in a london fog brought scouting to america por for thi athla a special occasion the parent teachers association Is sponsoring a court of honor program for all park city seoul scouts 11 in the high school auditorium at eight president tallon Is very thankful that the P T A Is able to assist the scouting movement in park city in this manner the birthday celebration Is always very all scouts ot of the united states over strong renew their oath to the movement at p rn all scouts and shouters make the scout sign and recommit themselves ito i to the scout oath the scouts ot of salt lake council will be directed in this by scout executive hammond over ste sta tion besides the a court of honor and scout demonstrations will make up a very interesting program friday Is school day the me program for this day Is to show the relationship of the scout and his school president gives call on the morning ot of february all park city scouts will mobilize under the direction of the troop committees to hear a nationwide nation wide radio broadcast by ay president roosevelt the president will request the boy scouts of america to undertake a special service which has adirent a direct bearing on the relief situation situations the nature or of this service will not be revealed until president roosevelt b broadb 0 ad casts his requests sealed instructions it 1 one will bo be sent to all local offices in advance I 1 telling scout leaders how the scouts are to set out in their wort work but these instructions are not to be opened until after the presidents broadcast Is COM completed plated this broadcast will take place at 1000 a TO ra moun mountain tala time from the white house to close the week troop plans to spend the afternoon with a swimming trip to salt lake and to participate in the annual salt lake council scout I 1 circus years activities I 1 this this years celebration brings to a climax a very successful year arar of scout ing lor for park city there has been a very substantial increase in membership during the year A successful contest was held in the spring at the high school A ten day summer camp was enjoyed by seventy two boys several courts of honor have been held during the year which brought many boys forward I 1 to receive awards above all the contested con jested condition of troop has hag bee been n relieved by the formation ol of a senior division tor for older scouts and the organization of a new troop with the charter number of sponsored by the kiwanis club A leadership training course directed by field executive roberts was well attended both troops will receive a president roosevelt award for increased membership all ali in all the year stands out as a banner year in the life of scouting in park city history of scouting in park city the history of scouting in park city goes back to about 1919 or 1920 zack claims the honor of directing the first troop here sponsored by the L D S church mrs townsend claims a co close se coalts second as she organized a tr troop p 0 of f be boys y at about the same time with herself as scoutmaster several troops have been organized since that time the most successful I 1 cess ful however was at the st marys church A very enthusiastic and thriving troop was sponsored by that institution it la Is hoped that scouting Is now in park city to stay so that we might have the honor of being participants in the national ten year program as instituted by the president tor for making one of every five new citizens scout trained in ten years present organization park city troops are affiliated with salt sait lake council through the summit district zack Is chairman of the district committee the organizations of the two troops are as follows no troop committee it E balley bailey george sykes walter degn victor peterson scoutmaster and virgil streets assistant scoutmaster no troop committee don taylor wells poulsen joe brunyer don petersen scoutmaster and james GI wllIam emmett brooks and jock jack assistant scoutmasters Scout masters |