BOY SCOUTS

Northern Advocate, 18 August 1933, Page 2

BOY SCOUTS

||| .NO. I TROOP. * The annual meeting of No.’-l Trbbp, "Whangarei Boy Scouts, was held in ife Mayors Room on We flu cad ay night. Inhere was" only 'a small attendance, f, ' Si the ahseneo---of the chairman, Mr tb f . Cl Trembath, who is in hospital, the I *fev. H. T. Steele was voted, .to the V. chair. V 'S*The /ellj^Salah . .assured the officers , pf the committee’s admiration for lie good work they were doing. It was disappointing "to; vthem,. lie ./said* |e See suc.h a-poor attendance at the. ; ,f| The glection, pf * committee result- | ; Idße¥. H. T. Steele (chairman), R. M. Gurr, E.yW, Hay (secretary and tfeasiirer), J. A. Inkster, L. C. Tremhath, R; 0. R. Ferguson, and Mes|ames H. Staines, R. C. E. Ferguson §nd A. Marsden Woods; trustees, Rev. designation of Scoutmaster E,; C. R. iteele and Mr Hay. regret was expressed at the Ferguson, and ' warfit' appreciation offc|s long and valued , services', Was voiced. }. '.--A considerable amount of business {. if a routinecharacter was . dealt with, . and the. meeting' adjourned with ; hearty votes pf thariks: to, the seoutMasters and other officers. ; 11 In his Annual report, Group/Scoutp poster Ferguson said that the year ;' Bid been - one ’of "rather “ difficult periods, but the troop had on to Smooth trails, . and he thought : that, with the full co-operation of the \ committee and, The /senior Scouts »6w ip charge, the troop should make fur- ‘ ther progress. Although good,y the" E badge record was not up> To the stand-" »d being thc-con-

, ijnnal change in officers, and the fact the. boys and parents had not * realised that for a Scout to become ettieiont Saturday:. ■ night Were insufficient. The position . cftffifl Aio remedied by. more frequent 1 daylight parades, week-end camps, hikes, quarterly 11 fathers y> evenings;? ’ ghd a suitable loek-up deh/'whero. the Scouts could carry on with spare-time libbbies. Mr Ferguson reported upon tie camps held at Western Hills Ro- . sßrve and OuerahL- Last‘ August-the: soop I was r 23 ■j'Scoutsi 1 and officers. v.t% By February Ik the strength had, propped, to 10, and there f ; wiere no dffibefs; '’" At that time Mr Ferguson -withdrew his ‘ resignation, ajnd agaiiy.'lodkp over- 'iulb control of '. the troop. However, he intended ter' v. ftjsign at -tjie end ; pf the . Scout year,V\|jily 31, 1933. The present ‘strength - the'troop was There were%2^tdhßferfebtyil7 ■ sbcond-iClasSy -2 -.iljhgis ' Scouts, and tHe proficiency batfgfcs'Jwld was 45. The increase in strength was enti rel t ' , ‘effortfty.»f v*a ■ the ■ qxjuits fßßnroyginnii; attendances at nnd the total }^^^^l}^|i^d r to, £4. $/4. Seoutniastbr" . said that he had found the -work- of r the Cub pack , to be proceedingSatisfactorily. The troop was now in, ffiill charge of Troop-Leader L. Philpotb assisted by Rover Scout 6. Sharman di scout instructor, who deserved the - \ 7 • ■ * \ • fullest sitppbrt ftomv parents and. Committee. !

ejCubnrastei- Messent reported 'that thie A Pack of Whangarei Wolf pubs lihd experienced a very successful yfear, and-that parades,- especially toyfohrds the, end of the term, had been will attended. Two happy pifcnics had bben held at Hair Park. Prizes were awarded as follows:—Best albround csb, Cub, Meauey; most improvement, Chip Walker; neatest cub, Cub McEinnAh; best six, Green Wolves* rinding the pack too large, it whs decided halve it, Mfs Mjessent becoming ;eubmaster of cubs north of . the .. Ambulance Hall, and Mrs Sharman, cubmaster of cubs in ‘ the - south* Cdllebtipns for the year amounted to £3 18/. Beginning witk .a vrpll calf, of 29 cubs abd 2 officers, the ypar, ended with 17 cups and 1 officer attached to A. pack. ijMrs Sharman gave a brief but very encouraging report of the work done alithe pavilibn ih Horn Hora Park: