SCOUTING

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19828, 30 April 1927, Page 16 (Supplement)

SCOUTING

(Contributed by the’ Wtanganui. Boy Scouts’ Association). The Association wishes to thank the troop scribes for their response to the appeal for nows of their Easter activities. Lt is hoped that they have not used up all their, energies, but will keep up the. good work by sending in reports each week. Remember Y.M.C.A. Tuesi-lays, 10 a.m. THE LAW OF THE SCOUT A Scout Obeys Orders. Obedience is the first fruit of the seed of discipline. Sown in the boy at a tender age, not forced, it ’s bounr.;, to win His allegiance to law and order, that ruck in the shifting sands On which, with God’s good guidance, the British Empire stands. The Hcout who’s destined to command must first learn to obey The undc-rs of his parents, his officers; and they With the wisdom that experience brings. Will help to point the way. SCRIBES’ REPORTS Wanganui East Troop. Tho P.L’s., seconds, bugler and drummer of the above troop held a very successful cam]) al Long Acre during Easter. On Saturday, part of the buys went flag-raiding and they reported, on arrival back in camp, that they har.‘ quite a good time. On Sunday, four representatives went, to Kaitokc to attend a church parade. Mon day a party nf us visited the Y.M.C.A. camp. Tuesday was spent in breaking camp and we all arrived back late that night, vey tired but happy. Our thanks are due to the follow ing: —Mr James Gray, for the use of the land l ,; Mr Carnegie, for supplying us with milk; Mrs John Gray, for the kind invitation to spend Saturday (!veiling; Messrs E. V. Laws and W. S. McCrorie, for use of lorries; Mrs Scott, eatables; Mrs Wakely, eatables; Mr Day, fruit; ami the uommiltee generally. headed by Air Wakely, who attended to our many wants. It would be interesting to know — why the ‘‘banana four’’ changed! their name; why our S.M. was allowed to arrive in camp unchallenged; why, despite the fact that one tent tnok j>recautions to gather all blacking in r-amp, yet. on waking up next morning, their faces had change,4 colour Again, while ‘‘sleepy” was never seen to run, he certainly frightened ‘‘Mitz” when he attacked the sausages one morning, it was only by his past performances that “Mitz” retained the championship. It is said —That, after a good tussle, “Mitz” was beaten lor tho “biscuit” championship by a certain A.S.M.; that the guards were, awake was proved when our “elephant.,” who was behind a tree waiting to get nearer, was promptly told to come forth. Altogether, we had a splendid time, an<l we are now looking forward to the next camp.

Y.M.C.A. Troop. The Y'.M.C.A. Troop held a oamp at Easier at Upokongaro, al which the eight scouts and two A.S.M/s. enjoyeid; the time spent. Some scouts and n. .Scoutmaster attending the B.C. camp at Sandy Hook visited us and also a few of Wanganui East scouts. Three of our scouts passed their hut building test for the pioneer's badge, also four others for their cook’s badge. Special thanks are due to Mr Crowley for supplying us gratis with milk and also to Mr Burtrum for giving us our fresh water. The. only fault with the camp was the shortage of time. We would 4, have liked to have had a much longer time under canvas. We. cannot stop without a very “fleeting” reference to the stewed apples and lo the one particular ‘ ‘ flag raising ’ ’ ceremony. At the parade last Thursday the badges won to date were presented and further instruction groups held. St. Peter’s, Gonville. The past two parades have been well attonde/l and all are showing a greater

keenness in their work now that the Christmas holidays are forgotten. Never a parade goes by without two or three certificates being handed in for tests passed 4 for badges, and details being asked for other tests. Most of our members went camping at Easter on the ground placed at the disposal of Wanganui Scouts by Mr Wells and a right good place it was voted by all. All learned useful camp knowledge, several of our scouts proving themselves capable of running a • ; camp on their own. Patrol-Leader j Winter is to be congratulated on the . uart he played in the camp, as prac- • tically everything was left, in his {hands, with the help of Second Titter. {Patrol-Lead or Irwin, and Scouts Marlchant and Roberts. I We desire to thank Mr Morgan. Mr ■ Bird and Mr Waite for the loan of •tents, Mr Winter for taking the gear I down to the site. and. Mr Mar-je-hant for bringing it back. i Tho West bourne Troop was also camped on the grounds and we attend ed church service with them and also sat round the camp fire with them one evening. St. Paul’s Troop We have not much to report. Our Easter (tamp was entirely successful. Wo suffered a raid, by another troop which rather cast a gloom on several boys, but for all this, the St. Paul’s first camp will long live in Ihe memory of all boys. There wore 22 boys in eamp and only five had ever been away from home before. Tho camp was under the charge of Scoutmaster I?. I). Campbel] and Assistant Scoutmaster R. F. Mark. Mr L. Whiteside and Mr L. Bridges were in camp with us also. There ivas plenty to r/o and all had a good time. All boys are reminded that the Saturday evening parades are at 6.45 p.m. now and not 7 p.m. Also, all boys are required to bring their signalling flags. Knox Troop The above young troop, being formed only seven months ago and consist ing (hen of a few members, is now swelled, in numbers to 18 scouts who are divided into three patrols. A great, .deal of time and patience has been spenl bv our efficient Scoutmaster, as we have several young members, but. now J. Knowles. H. Knowles, J. Wishart. It. Quarrie and AL Shipman have passed their second class lodges and six others have passed, their tenderfoot. The holidays were chiefly spent in deer stalking, Indian scouting, gymnastic exercises, etc. The Indian scouting was won by Kangaroo Patrol un - der the charge of P.L. J. Wishart, and the deer stalking was won by H. Knowles. Several of the second-class scouts are well on lhe way to securing their first-class badges and many of the tenderfoots have gained most of their second-class badges. The troop is growing quickly as recently there has been, on the average, one new member a night. Dune Hill Troop. Attendance at. the weekly parade was very good and lhe boys were much smarter in their general appearance. The attendance on Anzac Day parade was affected by the fact that many of our boys had to parade with the. School Cadets and Senior Cadet companies. What about football for lhe winter? A fine opportunity to run off a competition during term holidays is offering a nd, if not possible to run full fifteens, then what of a seven-a-side tournament T CUBS Y.M.C.A. Pack On our lust parajdfe some examiners were dug from their occupations and asked to pass several badges. They came to this pack and. as a result, the following badges have been passed. Hirst star: Crutchley, Buckley. Second slur: E. Crutchley, E. Edney, J. Buck ley, P. Beach. Guid,<‘s: G. Holmes, Parnell, Brandon. Athletic: Brandon, Parnell, Henderson. Collectors: G. Holmes. Artists: E. Crutchley. J. Buckley, E. Edney, P. Beach. (These four also got their house-orderly badges). Next week a football team is being formed and it is rumoured that in a fortnight’s time we are playing Glas-gow-Eagles Pack. Up to the present time, the cubs have been passing for their various badges at a groat rate, but from now we are going lo cool down a bit and make our chaps keep in trim, passing small tests on each of the badges they hold. Our total of proficiency badges is forty. In the near future, the date will be announced later, we intend to hold a social attcriioon. when all old cubs and new chaps who intend joining will be welcomed. Wo intend to hold several of these “afternoons.” and by the end of the year hope to have doubled our e n; number and have two more as sistan ts. The following shows how our pacts has increase).! l :—Number on roll. .Tune. 191’6. !>; December, 1926, .18; January, 1927, 24; April, 1927. 32. So, from lhe beginning, we have more than trebled our number. Cubs please note that all proficiency badges must be worn on the right arm. Chaps with them on the wrong arm must change at once Wanganui East Pack. On Saturday, the parade opened with the, grand howl, and then, after inspection, a first star examination was held. Seven entcro'i, and six passed. The successful ones were as follows: Stanley Butcher, Ivor Gill, Harold Dennison, Reggie McCrorie, Neville Sharpin, and Rupert. Bond. It is also pleasing to note that Stanley Butcher had an excellent percentage to his credit. Two now cubs, Alan Clark and Colin Oldridge, have successfully passad the tenderpad badge, and Sixer Arthur Clark has passed his house-orderly badge. Also Sixer Stephen McCrorie has successfully passed; the necessary tests for both the artist badge and the athlete’s badge. The pack will parade as usual next Saturday at 2 p.m. sharp. First West bourne Pack. Last parade meeting was the presentation uf tenderpad badges and; the formation of two sixes—White Wolf under Sixer Gibson .and Brown Wolf under Sixer Harman. First star work was commenced in earnest, in fact, so much so that we found that our usual time went all too quickly. However, a good muster of cubs turned up to an extra Saturday afternoon parade. Mr Carwardine kindly allowed us to use his grounds for playing rounders, and we are looking forward to many more afternoons of this nature.