Scouting, Volume 52, Number 8, October 1964 Page: 18
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ARROW SERVICE. Order of the
Arrow dancers of Annawon Council.
Attleboro. Mass., perform at Cub
Scout Bobcat ceremonies, troop par-
ents' nights, public parades, and—
without urging—at a Girl Scout camp.
The lodge also serves coffee at leaders'
roundtables.
SKILL TOTEMS. For proving best
in a Scouting skill, a patrol in Troop
230, Phoenix, Ariz., receives a totem—
a little trinket to put on its patrol flag.
At the end of the year the patrol with
the most totems goes on an honor hike.
IR JOB. Ticket sales for the annual
recognition banquet in Quincy Council,
Mass., are handled almost entirely by
the institutional representatives. Ex-
cept for a few "sold" by the council
office, the institutional representatives
sell to all Scouters and request char-
tered institutions to provide tickets for
their Cubmasters, Scoutmasters, Ex-
plorer Advisors, and their wives.
AIR EXPLORERS. For variety of
service projects, Air Explorers of Post
78, Richardson, Tex., last year sup-
plied flower boxes for a hospital, served
10,000 meals to the 4-H clubs at the
state fair, and answered four Civil
Defense practice alerts.
NEW SLETTER. The 39ers is a bi-
monthly mimeographed bulletin carry-
ing the news of Pack 39, Troop 39,
Post 39, and the Women's Reserve of
Hickory Corners, Mich. The American
Legion and its auxiliary sponsor the
three units and also the news bulletin.
The Women's Reserve does the pub-
lishing. The bulletin has a circulation
of almost 600, being mailed to all
boxholders in Hickory Corners as well
as to Scout parents.
RECORD HOPS. Saturday night
record hops are conducted for teen-
agers of Nanty Glo, Penn., by Post 300.
Explorers set up their own sound
equipment, choose the records, and
make the announcements. Parents
serve as chaperons. Among the teen
set. the Explorer dance is the place to
go on Saturday night. They must be
dressed up. Explorers wear their sharp
blazers. Admission is 35 cents. Pro-
ceeds are divided among the post. Little
League, high school yearbook, and
United Mine Workers Union that pro-
vides the hall for the dance. Post 300
provided the sound equipment for all
Nanty Glo Old Home Week activities
and conducted the dance for that week.
HOSPITAL MAGAZINES. Scouts
in Troop 178 at the U.S. Air Force
base at High Wycombe, England, each
month visit the service club and other
places on the base that have American
magazines. They collect copies that are
two months old and, with the help of
the air police squadron, deliver them
to British hospitals in the area.
ANTI-PRANKSTERS. To cut
down on Halloween pranks at the U.S.
naval base at Yokosuka, Japan, Sea
Explorer Post 33 conducted an old-
JUNIOR LEADER TRAINING INSTRUCTOR is one of Explorer group in Aloha
Council, Honolulu, Hawaii, who planned, promoted, and conducted with
minimum adult supervision a course for 490 Boy Scouts. Explorers taught young
leaders how to coach their Scouts in Scoutcraft skills.
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MEETING PLACE SIGN is promi-
nently displayed by sponsor of Troop
834 in Fredericksburg, Va. Signs for
packs, troops, and posts are avail-
able from your Scout distributor or
the Supply Service Division.
fashioned Halloween parade for chil-
dren that was attended by 350 people.
It kept the 13 Sea Explorers busy for
a whole day.
HALLOWEEN PATROL. Trick or
treating youngsters in Mount Morris,
Mich., were safer on downtown streets
because Troop 107 helped patrol the
area early Halloween evening. Later,
grateful merchants gave the Scouts a
party.
TV TRAINING. The 15,000 Cub
Scout, Boy Scout, and Explorer ticket
salesmen for the Cavalcade of Scouting
in Quivera Council were trained by
television in their preshow task. Boys
assembled with their leaders at unit
meeting places or homes at 10:00 a.m.
on a Saturday. From Station KAKE-
TV in Wichita, Kans., came an ex-
planation of the cavalcade and how to
sell tickets for it.
FIRE MAKERS. From an old book
comes the story of 15 Eagle Scouts and
their Scoutmaster on a wilderness trek.
The book says that no matches were
carried; the boys depended on flint-
and-steel or bow-and-drill sets to start
all fires.
Send us your successful bits of
Scouting know-how, and we'll
say "Try This!" to more than
a million other Scouters—and
send you a "thanks" card on
their helialf.
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