SCOUT NOTES

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19883, 9 March 1939, Page 15

SCOUT NOTES

TOWN TROOPS FULL

JUMP IN RECRUITS

SCARCITY Cl’ 1 OFFICERS By “Scouter” Scouting once again has made a big jump in this district, and the town troops are both closed, and those wishing to join up must be content to go on the waiting list. Our main difficulty is not getting boys to become Scouts, but to secure a suitable number of men and women to offer their services in the capacity of cubmaslers and scooters, if any ladies are keen enough to take up Cub work they should get in touch with the District Cubmaster, 4 Vogel street, or interview Mr. L. W. Anderson, general secretary of the Y.M.C.A., and they will obtain all the necessary information. Ladies make great cubmistresseg, and ip most parts of New Zealand, as well as England and Australia, they play a big part in tne training of Wolf Cubs. The same applies to any young men who feel the urge to do this kind of youth work. They need not be bashful about getting m touch with any of the local scoutmasters, and trying their hand at being, in some measure responsible for helping to train the youth of this district. Seoul parades are held at 7 o’clock every Wednesday and Saturday evening at the Mangapapa Scout Hall and the Y.M.C.A., Fitzherbert street. It you are at all interested, come along and see the parades. Cubs meet at 2 o'clock on Saturday afternoons at both places. Chief Scout’s Appreciation When our chiefs, Lord and Lady Baden-Powell, visited New Zealand they had a right royal welcome wherever they went. While in this country, Lord Baden-Powell, interviewed, said: “1 am glad to realise that we shall have the help of a number of young men of the right type of good sportsmen coming to us as scoutmasters within the next few years, from the greater schools and universities. This will ensure a big development of the right spirit lor tackling the job of restoring the country’s well-being.

“By sounding the call to ex-scoutcrs we are also getting back a number of valuable helpers in this direction. His Excellency, the Governor-General is our Chief Scout, and in every State in the Commonwealth the Governor is not only an interested but a wholehearted supporter as Chief Scout of his State. To Riga Bay Troop The past two weeks have seen really good parades of the Tolaga Bay troop, with all the boys doing some good work. The Rev. N. F. Benham has resigned as scoutmaster of the troop in order that he may carry out his duties as assistant district commissioner more fully, and also help any of the senior scouts along with specialised work. We are pleased to hove as our new scoutmaster Mr. Cyril Horton, who has been an assistant scoutmaster for some time and has always been keen to help us along.

We have eight new recruits, all of whom seem to be taking Scouting seriously and are showing a lot of interest. The • Eagle patrol held a recruiting campaign last week, and brought along five boys, a good effort. It has been decided to hold a camp at Wigan next week-end. Fourteen scouts have been chosen, and probably there will be two scooters.

Bill Day has been noticed about the village. He has been spending a prolonged holiday in the Bay of Plenty to recuperate after the Sydney jamboree. We hope to welcome him on our next parade night. Well, Mangapapa and Y.M.C.A., you must come up some time.