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WINTER ADVANCEMENT
WEEKEND
BY BOB PIET
Photographs by Ivan Masser
supper on the wood-burning stove in the cook
cabin.
The activities were all part of the fourth annual
advancement weekend of Troop 157, chartered to
St. Julia's Roman Catholic Church of Weston.
Twenty-nine of the troop's 30 active Scouts were
on hand for a day-and-a-half of work on six merit
badges—First Aid, Emergency Preparedness,
Citizenship in the Nation, Citizenship in the
World, Cooking, and Metalwork. (Some of the
requirements had already been met.) The results:
59 merit badges were earned, several Scouts
completed requirements for their next rank, and
the troop as a whole got an infusion of spirit that
would carry over into the spring and summer.
"The weekend is valuable in a number of ways,"
said Dr. John Noble, the Scoutmaster. "For the
boys it provides a wonderful opportunity to work
with the adult leaders on merit badges that are
important in terms of their development as Scouts.
First Aid, Emergency Preparedness, Cooking
—these are badges that are at the core of the
Scouting experience and what Scouting has to
teach the kids." And, he continued, "I think this
kind of fairly intense weekend allows the boys to
develop a level of skill that is greater than if
everybody were on his own, just picking it up
along the way."
John Noble also sees the winter advancement
weekend as a boon to the troop's annual program,
providing a bridge between fall and early winter
camping and learning activities, which culminate
in the Norumbega Council's annual Operation
Polar Bear weekend, and the troop's spring and
summer events.
C ■ ••
"In the Scouting program there is often a lull in
February and March," he said. "And by this time,
if you haven't gotten advancement going, it
doesn't get going at all, or at least not very
effectively. We have found that this weekend in
the middle of winter orients the troop toward
advancement, and it means that a lot of boys move
up in rank at our winter (continued on page 74)
(Above) During a break from
merit badge instruction,
Scouts compete in "dog sled"
races. (Opposite page) A
Scout works on Metalwork
merit badge while a reflector
fire warms Scouts in their
branch-and-bough lean-to
shelter.
Troop 157 Scoutmaster Dr.
John Noble (above) counsels
boys on First Aid merit
badge. (Left) A rope rescue
is performed from a rocky
ledge. (Far left) Scouts prac-
tice carrying injured person
without benefit of a
stretcher.
Scouting September 1982
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