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Show Scout Chairmen Of 3 Districts Set May 29 EIeet District chairmen and 1956-57 finance chairmen of the four Uintah Basin scout districts gathered gath-ered in Roosevelt Friday. May 29, for a special, scout finance meeting, states Rulon Dean Skinner, Skin-ner, Field Scout Executive. Purpose of the meeting was to ; discuss the acute problem of fin-1 ancing the Uintah Basin's share ofi the Utah National. Parks Council! annual budget. ! "This is one of the major prob- j lems still facing us before we can say Uintah Basin is fully on a stable basis," states Scouter Skin-1 ner. It is hoped that by a combined effort of the four Uintah Basin : scouting districts the best financial brains of the basin can be drawn together through the district finance fin-ance committees, and then united a solution found to support Scouting Scout-ing in the Basin with the finances needed, he continued. In Scouting the individaul boy is taught that "A Scout is thrifty." This means he pays his own way in buying his uniform, paying his registration fees and way to camp. Through the unit and' and the budget plan the boy participates in projects or pays dues to do things on a group basis, such as, purchase tents, patrol cooking equipment, American and troop flags and other expenses necessary neces-sary for the operation of the unit. Each Local Council of the Boy Scouts of America is supported entirely by the public through the district finance drives each year. With the money received the council: (1) provides a staff of professional scouters to train the local volnteers in their duties; (2) operates a Council office which keeps the individual scout records of all the members of the Boy Scouts of America within its area; (3) organizes new Cub packs, Scout troops and Explorer posts; (4) operates a Council-owned camp with facilities of unit camp, ing;. (5) administers through the districts the program of the Boy Scouts of America. Fourth step in Scout financin is the National Council which is supported through the registration fees of the members of the Boy Scouts of America. Services received re-ceived include manuals, standard controls on badges and equipment including uniforms, program and program helps, as well as supervision super-vision to the local Councils. I |