Scout News and Notices

Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 March 1938, Page 3

Scout News and Notices

“Self-respect, not self-esteem, breeds respect from others.” The Kia Maia First Levin Scout Troop paraded at the Whakatane Rooms on Thursday last at 7 p.m. After inspection, boys aiming at their First Class Badge instructed new boy* i» Tenderfoot work. The knot coneentrat- ' ed on for the night was the clove hitch, and later a competition took place in tying the same under various : conditions. This was won by the Tui Patrol. A competition was also held in determining the names of local bodies and public signs, the first of the words only being given. It seemed like the Tui’s night out for they also came top in this. On Sunday last the Troop and the Cub pack attended the church parade at St. Mary’s. Eleven scouts tramped quite a distance up the Makaretu River on Saturday, and they wonder why one Patrol Leader tried to lie in the river with his clothes on. The trip was fairly tedious, and it says much for the stamina of some boys that they offered to do the trip again to help search for a certain article lost by the S.M. On the Sunday afternoon a Cub Sixer, who was keen to go, astonished the others by keepingwell up with the party, and reaching a point approximately half a mile above that reached by any scout on the previous day. Do you know? : That in the world there are approximately 2,000,000 Boy Scouts. That over 1390 people have been saved from drowning by Boy Scouts. That 1967 life-saving medals have been gained by scouts, in addition to a large number of certificates and Royal Humane Society awards. That the Boy Scout movement started in America, as a result of a good turn done by an unknown London scout to an American visitor. One minute’s silence was observed as a mark of sympathy for Scout William Dewis, who has recently lost his father. CUB NOTES. Now this is the law of the jungle— As old and as true as the sky, And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, But the wolf that shall break it must die. The jackal may follow the tiger, But, Cub, when thy whiskers are grown, Remember the wolf is a hunter — Go forth and get food of thine own ! —Rudyard Kiplin'g. The Wolf Cubs met at the Den at 6.30 on Wednesday evening. The parade opened with the Grand Howl, followed by inspection by Scout Patrol-Second Williams, The chariot race around the block was won by the Tawny Six. Wednesday was model night and it was very interesting to find that every tub present produced a model. The average for models were Tawny 4 3-5, and Red 4. The main portion of the evening was spent in First Star work. The game for the evening was “general post.” The evening finished with the Grand Howl ttt 8 p.m.