SCOUT RE-UNION BANQUET

Taranaki Daily News, 22 June 1933, Page 8

SCOUT RE-UNION BANQUET

PROPOSALS FOR SECOND TROOP. EX-SCOUTS PROMISE SUPPORT. Proposals for the formation of a seconi troop of scouts at Hawera were given ; favourable hearing at a re-union banque of members of the Hawera Citizens’ Bo; Scout Committee, the Hawera troop, exScouts and friends at the Carlton room: on Monday night. An appeal to ex : Scouts to assist the movement at Hawera was made, and an assurance wa; given that assistance would be forthcoming. Arrangements were made to hold an informal meeting at a later date to discuss a plan of campaign. Mr. W. G. Strange, chairman of the citizens’ committee, presided and associated with him were Messrs. F. W. Horner (Boy Scout Commissioner for South Taranaki), 1. Dixon (local trustee), Miss D. M. Britland (Cubmistress in charge of the Hawera puck), Miss D. Clement (assistant Cubmistress), and Mesdames W. A. Spragg and J. A. Duffill (members of the committee). Other members of the committee present were Messrs. V. Gerrand, W. Fossey, F. Head, E. J. Yearbury, L. H. Carrell and T. Johnson (honorary secretary), and the Scoutmaster (Mr. T. Lay). On behalf of the committee a welcome was extended to ex-Scouts by the chairman. Community singing was led by Com-

missioner Horner, with Mrs. Duffill at the piano, after which Mr. Dixon proposed the toast of the Boy Scout movement, which was a subject, he said, on which one could speak at length. “I do not know whether the people of Hawera realise the full value of the Boy Scout movement,” said Mr. Dixon. “Otherwise I am sure this room would not hold the crowd that would want to attend our functions. One of our difficulties has been the lack of public interest. This is perhaps hard to realise when it is remembered that we have a fine Scout hall free of debt. There is no reason whatever why we should not have a very strong troop.” He considered that in the past the committee had been wont to rely too much on the commissioner, who had had to step in and do a good deal of the organising work himself. In the present committee, however, Mr. Dixon thought the movement would make steady progress and become a vital factor hi building better citizenship. In Mr. Lay the troop had a Scoutmaster of high ideals, and he hoped that 'many of the exScouts would rally around him and give all the support that was needed. Mr. Strange also appealed to exScouts for assistance and mentioned that Mr. Head, formerly Scoutmaster at Gonville (Wanganui) had taken up his residence in Hawera and hoped to give what help he could to form a second troop. In Gonville with a population of

4000 there were 150 Boy Scouts. In Hawera with its 5000 people there was a troop of 21. Mr. Strange thought that Hawera could produce a greater number of Boy Sccuts than that with judicious organisation. The present troop had won the Ollerenshaw Cup and was a most efficient unit. Commissioner Horner said the move-

ment stood for the full development of o boyhood to the threshold of man’s estate, 3 for the training of the mind to exert itf self in useful hobbies and as a reminder i of the spiritual life within and one’s duty to Go 1., In his usefulness a Boy Scout obtained that happiness for which he longed. The commissioner then presented the following badges. Missioner, Patrol-Leader A. Sorenson; cook and cyclist, 2nd Patrol-Leader M. Rigger; cyclist, Scout J. Duffill; 2nd class, Scouts B. Turnbull and Harley Spragg. The need for Scouters was stressed by Mr. Head. There were numbers of exScouts who could and should step into the breach, he said. The toast of Old Scouts was proposed by Mr. Lay and responded to by Messrs. Fossey, Yearbury, B. Pinson, H. Pettett (former Cubmaster) and J. Phillips. Dinner music was played by afi orchestra under the leadership'of Mr..H. C. A. Fox. The orchestra consisted of Misses j Olga and Margaret Fox and Master Louis Fox, with Miss Rodgers at the piano. An exhibition of club-swinging was given by Mr. Yearbury, and two choruses, , “The Great American Railway” and “Today is Monday,” were sung by the troop ; led by Scoutmaster Lay. Scout Harley ’ Spragg contributed two yodelling numbers, “Way out on the Mountain” and ■ “Happy and Free.” The accompanist was ' Mrs. Duffill. < OKAIAWA ROOT CROPS. > 1 : The final root crop in the Okaiawa j Fanners’ Union competition was judged < yesterday by Mr. C. Haynes as follows:— 1 Carrots: G. Oldfield, 43 tons 19 cwt., ; 87<} pts., c. 8, q. 9J; total, 105. 1 ■ ’ i FORT OF PATEA. ] ( June 21: In port, m.v. Hawera, m.v. i Kapuni. Departure for Wellington, m.v. < Inaha. ( High water to-day, 9.28 a.m. and 9.46 s p.m. s