SCOUT NOTES

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 151, 29 June 1938, Page 24

SCOUT NOTES

(By "Rama.") The Rover handball competitions will be held at the Drill Hall, Buckle Street, in the evening of Saturday, July 9. There is to be a Metropolitan social at St. Mark's Church Schoolroom, Dufferin Street, on, Wednesday, July 13. The chief item will be a screening of the films of the lflfoild Jamboree held in Holland year. Mr. J. E. F. Vogel, Country Commissioner for the Hutt Valley and Bays, who was present at this Jamboree, will explain the various events. In view of the fact that we are holding a Jamboree ourselves at the end ot next year, this function will be of par* ticular" interest, and very helpful towards giving an idea as to what will ta The P Chief h Scout, Lord Baden-Powell, has always urged Boy Scouts to become proficient swimmers and prepare themselves against the danger drowning and also for the saving of other people's lives. The Roll of Honour of the Boy Scouts' Association it, sufficient evidence that the boys have taken their Chief's advice to heart, for among over 4000 names the majority are for gallant rescues from drowning, To the long list three more names have been added. The Silver Cross has been awarded to Scout B. A. Price, aged 13, of 161 st Birmingham Group, for saving a boy from drowning in the Black Lake Canal, West Bromwich. Several boys were playing on the canal tow-path. One of them, Bernard Hollis, a nonswimmer, went into the canal and got into difficulties. William Hallard, who could swim, jumped in to assist him. He was bringing Bernard to the side when Fred Hollis, a younger brother jumped in to assist and caught hold of them. All three went under the water. Mr. William Cooksey, aged 74, joined in the rescue and did his best, but the boys clutched on to him and pulled him under water. H" eventually freed himself and managed to get on to the bank, where he collapsed. Scout Price, who, was near the canal, was told of the boys in the water. He immediately cycled ' to the scene, stripped off some clothing, and dived in. He managed to bring Hollis to the side, where he was, helped by another boy who had previously attempted a rescue. By this time older people had entered the water in an attempt to save the others, so Price came put and assisted with the artificial respiration. Hollis was the only boy saved. Price was also awarded the Honoraiy Testimonial on Parchment by_ the Royal Humane Society. The Parchment was also presentedto fourothers, including the mother of Hallard, who lost his life during the-rescue attempts. The Silver Cross has been awarded to Scout R- Goodall, aged 13, of the Ist Portchester Group, for saving a child aged three from drowning in the Portchester Castle Moat. The moat is 30 feet wide and 12 feet deep, and there was the danger of being sucked through the sluice gates. The twelve-year-old sister of the rescued child said, "I was down at the castle when my brother fell in the moat and I called for help. Up rushed Roy Goodall and dived hi, fully dressed, to his rescue. There were other people about. The Gilt Cross has been awarded to Scout T. R. Isaacson, aged 16, of the 30th Cambridge Group, for rescuing a woman from drowning in the Kiver Granta at Cambridge. A young man and a young lady were returning in a punt from an outing on the river, ine man stood up to change places with the lady, who was paddling, when the punt tilted and the lady fell into the river. The young man. a non-swimmer, called for help. Scout Isaacson ran to the bank, threw off his coat, and dived in. He managed to bring the lady, who was unconscious, to the edge and called for help, as the bank was too steep to get her up unaided. When assistance arrived Isaacson got the lady out and applied artificial respiration, which soon revived her.