Scout Notes

Hutt News, Volume 15, Issue 21, 22 October 1941, Page 2

Scout Notes

(By "Tuakana.") Carapflrra. The next district, campftre will be at Ist Lower Hutt Scout Hall on November Ist, at 7.30 p.m. The hall is by the river, 50 yards south of the main traffic bridge. Don't forget to hand in your names to any member of the camplire team by Ist November if you are going to Eastbourne on the 15th. ■ I am told, that certain. Scouts intend cycling to Eastbourne on November 15th to attend the campflre. My answer is (a) the bus fare will be kept at the lowest possible limit; (b) the Bay& road is very dangerous for cyclists at night, due to lighting restrictions. Will parents please note this ? The campflre team would be grateful for the donation of a few old tea towels. Pieces of old sheeting would serve very well. We cater for about 100 on campflre nights, so washing up is quite a task. We also gratefully acknowledge the donations in cash and goods which have been so generously given by friends. Last Saturday night the walls of St. Augustine's Scout Hall fairly bulged, so large was the crowd, and the rafters literally rang to our songs and choruses. It was Parents' Night, and we were glad to welcome so many mothers and fathers of our Scouts. The campflre team's invitation to the Girl Guides was also accepted, and we believe the large party which came thoroughly enjoy, ed the evening. Welcome, again, to you all. "Minty" and "Arahi" deserve special praise for their arrangement of the hall, also "Kanui," who handled the supper arrangements most efficiently. Flotsam and Jetsam. » The Wellington metropolitan handball competition shield, a very handsome trophy, is now held by Ist Lower Hutt Rover Crew. Their team —Rovers Ingram, Lines, Mclnnes and Rowe—won the final by 4 games to 1 against St. Mark's. Hover dance, Saturday, November 8 th. Details later. , E.P.S. —Scouts and'> Cubs gave good service in the try-out last Sun day morning in Lower Hutt. "A Scout's Duty 1 is to be subel'ul and help others." St. fifes' Troop now possesses two mbable A.S.M.'s in Gerald Strickland and Tom Grant-Taylor. In future Gerald will be known to the Scouting fraternity as "Rata," and Tom's nonvde-Scout is "Nikau." D. Wedekind and B. Taylor are now First Class Scouts, and P L. Harry " now a King's Scout, and has gtifned his first All Round Cord. Sunday, 26th October, is Youth Sunday, set aside especially for Youth organisations. A full attendance, of Cubs, Scouts, Rovers and Scouters at their respective churches is expected. This is your privilege and your duty. Packs' a-Huntiiiß. "Waione" brought a party of Belmont Cubs across the river last Saturday to visit the Minnehaha (2nd Lower Hutt) Pack. An interesting ramble along the river bank brought them all later to a spot where lires were lit and the Cubs proceeded to cook sausages, eggs, etc., under the expert direction of "Akela" and "Bagheera," "Waione" enjoying the task of taster-in-chief. Wide games and lair-building fiTled in the rest of a very pleasant afternoon. Lone Scouts. "Kamahi" visited Wairarapa on a recent week-end to meet and invest two Lone Scouts, who drove 35 miles to be invested. The two Maslerton Scout Troops assembled for the occasion, and the District Scoutmaster was also present. Following the investiture, "Kamahi" and "Bunny," who also made the trip, led the 60 Scouts present in a most successful campfire. On the 25th inst., "Kamahi" is leaving on a visit to Lone Scouts in King Country, Hawke's Bay, Manawatu and Wellington districts.