24 20 1125 https://www.kiakimamuseum.org/files/original/e6bc025d829ecb38112a3fb5ae93afa3.pdf 593e29233c7f9f52e7fa5b0452f646a8 PDF Text Text � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kia Kima Publications and Papers Description An account of the resource Contains miscellaneous papers and publications by Kia Kima including promotional flyers, Camper Handbooks, staff materials, and program materials. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kia Kima Letterhead Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Chickasaw Council, BSA Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Chuck Schadrack Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Chuck Schadrack Letters https://www.kiakimamuseum.org/files/original/ca54fb7b5924813f079474302e0bbe11.pdf 36cc011b478664116cbb4b1841521597 PDF Text Text CAMP CURRIER.NEWS October 9, 1928. Mr• Ben s. Parker, Chairman of the Camp currier commission, has ma.do a handsome gift of three wild animal skin rugs kid six stuffed birds and animals for the inside adornment of the headquarters cabin. The surprise progrom of backwoods field sports on GET-TOGETHER D.AY next Saturday will begin at lb otclock in the morning ond, including a recess at noon, will be ended by midafternoon, after which an early evening barbecue will be served in time for those returning home to start before dark• At this season of the year over-night hikers should take at least two blankets. Ton troops with a total of seventy Scouts were at camp the last week-end, namely, Nos. 1, 3, 8, 10, 11, 25, 30, 34, 40 and 54. While every bunch of boys was accompanied by a competent loader, four of these were scou~l'lll1.stors, ns follows: Messrs. Ben Coffey, Joe Flanagan, Bernie Harris, und M.P. Kearney. Troop 40 had chE:rge of the regular SD.turd.ay night council fire attended by forty-five scouts. The weather was ideal and some of the boys slept comfortably out under the trees with only one bla."lkot. A good rain this week even as late Friday will not interfere with the GET-TOGETHER DAY program ond will lessen the danger of forest fires on the camp. Neither will it interfere with the trnnsportntion, for the highway is hard-surfaced all the way to the ca.mp. Attention, racers and hikorst A new ruling this week makes Allstadt 1 s filling station at the lower end of Florida street the point of departure and return of all competitive contests between Memphis ruid Camp CUrrier. Go by Allstadt 1 s clock and phone from there to the Scout office or (out of office hours) to the residence of Executive Morris, 7-6932. Better bring tents if you intend to camp over-nignt. · Scouts Charley Hunter ruid Bill McCullough are hereby informed th*,.,t-he-f'.irs-t- Memphis to camp Currier bicycle hike record for the pres- �YH~O J: J:l:l) o--.vrempm:s- 'CO cam_p- currier bicycle hike record for the present ·~eason has been hung up by Cecil Crawford, three hours and nine minutes, one hour of which was spent in mending a puncture and borrowing a pump. Can you bent it? It is planned to have the council fire and the possum hunt simultaneously this week. Take your choice. ( r- J '.l �CAMP Cl!JRRIER NEWS No. 3 October 17~ 1928. Probably the biggest day thus far in the history of Camp Currie~ was the second annual Get Together Day last Saturday, the attendance being somewhat larger than that of last year and more significant from the fact that it was held one month earlier than before, showing that the troops are snapping into action more promptly after the summer vacation season, and also from the fact that there were more scouts present. Get Together Day is intended strictly for the boys and and their Scoutmasters, and on this occasion this rule was observed almost to the letter. Many a mother drove down to the camp to bring her son and again to take him home that night or next morning, but the day itself was one of novel athletic contests and good eats enjoyed alone by the Scouts and their troop leader$. The events this time·were: A scout axe throw, a boy-carrying road race up and down hill, a canteen race, a possum climb, and a rough crosscountry run. If you do not understand these peculiar terms, ask anybody who was there. The troops provided their own lunch at noon, but in the early evening they were stuffed full of a feast consisting of two barbecue~ hogs and one sheep, Boo buns, 450 home-cookies, two bushels of apples and a barrel of water. At nightfall sixty-one scouts took part in the possum hunt under the leadership of the veteran hunter, uncle Ben Alexander, and returned to camp with their ~uarry before 9 o'clock; while simultaneously fort~ boys attended the council fire which was presided over by Ed Orgill, j\Ssistant scoutmaster of Troop No. 34. In all the happy day there was not one serious casualty. Troop No. 34 won the championship of the day with seven teen points; Eudora Troop No. 1 came second with twelve points; Troop No. 25 was third with six; Troop No. 1, fourth,with five; Troop No. 3, fifth, with three; and Nos. 40 and 45 tied for sixth place with one point each. Rev. N. W. Grafton of Cub 1.ake made an excellent clerk of the course, and the judges were Professor Cedell Morgan, athletic coach of the Eudora consolidated school, and J.S. Barnett and J.vv. cooper of Eudora. Bruce Denham won the possum climb in five and four-fifths seconds. This WDs some feat when it is considered that the scout had to climb into a tree, catch with his bare hands a big growling possum and chuck him into a towsack on the ground. Two of the forty-three climbers were bitten, several had hair-breadth escapes, and some utterly failed to put the struggling, biting, scratching animal into the towsack. ' I The young possum caught on the hunt Saturday night was taken to Memphis as the mascot of Troop No. la. �'1 l The next big event at ca~ is the Chickasaw council barbecue set for Saturday evening, October 27th. �CAMP CUBRIER NEW$_ No. 4 October 23, 1S28. The barbecue at Camp Currier next Sat11rday, October 27, is. not for Scouts except that Troop No. 19 has been requested t.o detail several of its members to assist in cooking the meat over night, also to keep open house at their cabin for inspection by the men visitors. Other troops that may wish to spend the week-end at camp may do so as usual, but they should bear in mind that the barbecue is for m0 n only, namely: Members of Chicke.saw council, members of troop committees, scoutmasters and assistant scoutmasters. Neither ha~e the men been invited to bring their wives, for this affair is intended to be a real "stag party•i ~ ********** EVer try a compass hike? Tenderfoots and other inexperienced hikers had better undertake only short ones at first, but some of the older scouts are walking to camp by the compass, which really is a day•s journey. The start from Memphis should be made from the south end of Florida street. * * * * * * **** Four troops were at camp the last week-end. The weather was fine. Troop No. 34 spent two days working on their cabin, and as a result the rafters are now in place and all the sheeting on for the roof. It is these boys• intention to rive out the cypress boards with which to shingle the roof. * * * ** *** ** Scoutmaster Ben Coffey of Troop.No. l came to camp saturday with some of his older scouts. One of these, Bill Bellamy, made some very good plaster of Paris prints of animal tracks, finishing up not only the negative but also the positive prints. .An especially interesting one was that of a squirrel that had lost one of its toes• * * * *** *** * Here is a ne~ plan for transportation to Camp Currier: Assistant scoutmaster Bill Bellamy of Troop NO• l has made arrangements for the use of a large school bus that can carry as many as forty at a time, also for a light Ford truck to carry the baggage when the bus is full. This bus will start any Friday afternoon at 3:30 or later or saturday morning from any good meeting place in Memphis. If as many as twenty passengers go; the cost of the round trip per passenger will be fifty cents, or $1C for all. If there are fewer than twenty passengers, the bus will still cost $10 and therefore proportionately more per passenger. For instance, if only seventeen go the cost will be sixty cents per person. If there are more than twenty passengers, the fare will still be fifty cents apiece. The bus and driver, who is an experienced school bus chauffeur, will remain at camp over night and as long as the load wishes to stay, if not later than Sunday evening, so that they can start home at any time if bad weather threatens. This bus can be engaged by phoning the Boy scout office not later than noon on Friday, but a longer notice is desirable. �* * * ***** ** some members of Troop 34 undertook a compass hike from Memphis to c. c. last Friday but did not start early en~igh to finish it before dark, so they stopped eight miles from camp and rode in the rest of the way. They were greatly pleased with the big undertaking, and probably will finish it this week. Another troop, however, is planning 'to do it all in one day and to do it first. * * * * * * * * * * * It rained at camp Monday, effectually settling the dust problem for this season. With fair weather for the remainder of the week everything will be favorable for the barbecue next Saturday. : .1. •• ·: ,\ .. . '" ,•·. , . �CAMP CURRIER NEWS No. 5. I October 30, 1928. The men, who alone were to enjoy the Chickasaw council barbecue last Saturday evening, may think it was ruined by the rain which set in at 8 o• clock in the morning; bu.t troops No. 19, 34, 40 and 50 have a different tale to tell. As soon as the rain had set in as an all day drizzle a telephone call from the Memphis office announced that the men's gathering was called off, and permission was given to feed to the scouts who happened to be at camp the lamb and pig that had been roasting all night over the barbecue pit. This announcement was received with shouts of pleasure by the boys and gave renewed impetus to their rainy-day indoor work of grinding axes, sharpening knives and otherwise making ready for fair weather activities. some even went on hunger hikes and stayed their appetites at noon with persimmons, hickory nuts and parched corn in anticipation of the bigger feed that was promised for the early evening. About 4:30 a few men from Eudora came for the feast, and soon afterwards all the meat the crowd could eat, together with an apple apiece, was served to an even half hundred people including these leaders: scoutmasters J.W. cooper, Arnold Houston, F.W. Morrison, Roger Stanley, and Assistant scoutmasters W!W. Grafton, Cedell . Morgan and Ed Orgill. ***"'*** Last 'Thursday a dozen members of Troop NO• 25 hiked from Memphis to camp currier, thus ad.ding 12,0bo points to their credit in the fall contest. They made the trip in nine hours, and after a night's rest all reported in good condition except one whose shoes had rubbed blisters on his feet. ******* Troop No. 3 has begun felling trees for its cabin logs • .111-****** Before the barbecue was served last Saturday the rain ceased and a bunch of sixteen sallied forth in pursuit of the timid marsupial. No sooner had the hunt actually begun than the full moon burst through the thinning clouds, the hillsides already were drained enough for good hiking, and even some logs were found sufficiently dry to sit on. The first possum treed either went to sleep on high or averted his face so persistently that the battery of half a dozen searchlights failed to catch his eye, and the second one ; ao successfully hid himself among tree roots underground that digging him out was impracticable; but the third, after having a branch cut off under him, crawled into another tree where John Loomer was waiting to nab him, and on the way back to camp Ray Owen captured another on a limb thirty feet from the ground. * ** *** * Troop No. 5u chose a cabin site last Saturday and began cleaning it up. ******* A Redskin powwow will be held soon, probably on November 9. At any rate it should be in the dark of the moon, for deep secrets will be discussed and plans made for the present season. All necessary information will appe&r in the next issue of the News. Meanwhile let �·every memb·er· of the 'Eri"be plan to occupy a ringside seat at the Indian feast on Friday night of next week. . *****-** The fall contest is half over, and at pres~nt it is i~ossible to predict even what ~roops will finish among the first half dozen. Eighteen already are in the race. Last year the winners came up from behind during .the final week, but as a rule it is wise to quicken one•a pace earlier in the holne stretch. * * * **** TroopNo. 34 began·shingling· its cabin the last week-end. -7 • ***"'**·* -·----·--·--------------------~---~---------------------- ·---- ---·--------- - · - - - ---------- �- - - - - - - - - - .. -., ----·---- } - A civil engineer has been employed to ~ke a map of the proposed lake, and his men comnenced surveying it last Friday. ******* With a c9~eten t leader in charge of every bunch of scouts vi si-t .... ing camp thi.s fall there is a marked improvement in policing the grounds and very little litter is being scat:tered over the camp. **•**** Another compass hike from Memphis to Camp cm;rier was attempted last Saturday, but on account of the rain it was abandoned four miles short of its destination. ***"'**"' A good way to make a good showing in the contest is to study the point sheet and make plane at home, then keep everlastingly busy while at caµip. 'lb.at is how Troop No. 11 won all three of the contests. in 1927. ' ' �CAMP CURRIER NEWS November 6, 1928. NO. 6. The first Redskin poWl'fO~ of the season will be held at the camp on Saturday night, November 10, provided that the weather is pleasant in the morning and that the forecast for that day is favorable. Members of the tribe who may be planning not to arrive at camp until evening should send word earlier in the day in order to be sure of having their names in the pot for the mid.night Indian feast. .all who have bows and arrows are requested to bring them to this meeting • .,. * * * * Troop 34•s cabin is now under a fine cypress roof, due largely to the good work done the last week-end, * **** It has been suggested by senator s.B. Dean of Eudora that the highway from Memphis to C~ currier, which he has fathered so persistently and with final success, be lined with some particular kind of tree, one row on each side of the road, so as to mark the way to camp, , and that it be called for instance "The. Walnut Highway" or "The cottonwood Highway. 11 This is an excellent idea and autumn is the best season to transplant trees. * **** Surveying the lake site is progressing despite several rains. * * * ** .Another fine gift has been made to the headquarters cabin. It is an elegantly illustrated ten-volume set of The Nature Library published by Doubleday, page & company. Fred W, Morrison, scoutmaster of Troop 34, is the donor of this most useful present which will help many a young naturalist among the Chickasaw council scouts to a better scientific.knowledge of what he sees in the wild in or about the camp~ More than a year ago, also, this same gentleman installed at this cabin a large First Aid cabinet which fortW1ately has not yet been needed for ar1y very serious accident. * * * * * The scouts who were at camp last Saturday evening voted to dispense with the possum hW1t because of the damp and cold, but the council fire was held as usual. Giving greater heed to the weather this fall is ma.king the outings at currier more enjoytb~e than sometimes happened heretofore. At the same time the scouts are learning better J;iow to camp and will be able to make themselves comfortable whenever they are caught out in bad weather. * * * ** Arrangements have been made to gravel the camp road from the entrance to the headquarters cabin without delay. If 'the weather permits, this improvement probabl;y- will be made within the next ten days. * * * * * Every week inquiries are made as to what troop is leading in the fall contest, but this information will not be given out until the close, November 3Q. * * * ** EVen yet some Memphis scout families do not seem to know that Camp currier can now be reached by a hard-surface highway, only twenty mi leR from the foot of Florida street. �* * * ** several Scouts have reported that they never see the camp currier News except at the Eoy scout Office, while some troops h.ear it read at their weekly meeting every Friday evening. M.r .. scoutmaster, probably enough of your boys would be interested in reading it to warrant your posting each issue on the wal], at the meeting place. * * * * * Eudora Troop No. 1- hDs two adult Assistant scoutmasters, one of whom is a professional song leader and the other a school athletic coach. Lucky troop! Watch it grow in numbers and in scouting ·proficiency. ,. ·:. ·i.·!·.. .;... \ �CAMP CURRIER :NEWS No. 7 November 14, 192.:L some of the ter.derfoot F.edskins at the powwow last Saturday thought they were eating chicken or rabbit, when in reality it was possum me(3.t which they are, now convinced is gooG. to eat. Another meeting of the :;:n'i:l.an t:ribe will be held in December, due notice of which will be given on thi.3 sheet. * * * * * * * * * * , scoutmaster Howard Pri tcha:i.·d. was at camp saturday and Sunday, bringing material for a cabin and staking out the foundation lines. * * * * * ** *** A coon accidentally treed on the camp last Friday night was left unmolested and doubtless come to the conclusion that it is a safe place. * * * * * * * * * * Members of Trocp 40, who· spent Friday, Saturday and Sunday at camp, constructed a cave with a tunnel entrance and a window. ********** Ruy and "Li ttlei 1 Owon of Troop 34 were star performers at the possum hunt Saturday night. When the b~ggest possum of the season was found perched fifty feet high in a tall poplar, Ray was the only scout in the party who could scale the forty feet of thE: tree'. s limbless trunk. The first branch, also, was dead and broke under Rayls weigpt, but the boy was too good a climber to lose his hold on the tree trunk. However, when he grasped the possum the animal retaliated by bi ting tho youth's wrist, whereupon both of them let loose of each other and down came the possum to the grou.YJ.d below. Still he lit on all fours and was about to make his get-away had it not been for Stewart Dean of Troop 50 who pounced up on the fleeing quarry. After the capture a hot fire warmed up the circle of twenty-five hunters and after the singing of many songs it was discovered that 11 Little 11 Owen was fast asleep. * * * * * * *** * The spreading of gravel began yesterday on the camp road. running from the entrance in as far as the headquarters cabin. * * * * ***** * �.;_..,;_·--·.- 2- Last $llnday Camp Currier welcomed almost a continuous string of visitors from early in the forenoon until sundown. It was worth the trip from Memphis just to see the panorama of gorgeous-colored forest trees. ********* scoutmaster Arnold Houston and scv0ral members of Troop 50 cleaned up their now cabin si to last Saturday. * ** * * * * ** Troop 19 has begun to nakc furniture for their cabin. "********* scoutmaster Ollie TUcker of Troop 7, together with several others interested in starting a troop cabin, wore at canp Sunday afternoon r.ialdng plans and arrangements to begin ir.:iproving their cabin site which is one of tho largest on Ca.r.lp currier. ' . �CAMP CURRIER NEW§. November 20, 1828. The, big event at camp J_ast week was the barbecue for TroopsJ.l aP.d 34, winners and runners-up ~n the 1927 fall contest. After the close of the contest on December 31 there were so many weeks of uncertain weather that the affair finally 1"Tas po~tponed to be the opening event for the pr·es-· ent season, but on account of the absence of both scoutmasters there was a further postponement until. they both could be present, At last scoutmaster A.S. Fry of Troop No. 11 urged that there be no further delay becauce of his prolonged stay in Texas, and a!:\ it happened scoutmaster F.W. Morrison of Troop No. 34 wa$ ill on the C.ate set and after all both scoutmasters were conspicuous for their absenee. The feast was a sort of housewarming for No. 34•s new cabin where two tables were spread and the eats were served. by this troop in honor of the other one, their friends the victors. The bill-of-fare consisted of barbecued pig with dressing, hot· beans, rolls, pickles, pumpkin pie, and hot cocoa and apples. Following tho food the trophy was presented to Troop No, 11 by scout Executive W. Gordon Morris in a happy speech in which he alluded to the fact that in both of these troops are many scouts who are real campers. The prize given to No. 11 to keep until won by some other troop is a handmade hickory loving cup on which is burned the inscription "C.C.F.C. Troop :No, 11, 192T1 ; and there is additional space for the succeeding winners in the years to come, It is an interesting coincidence that scoutmaster Fry of the winning troop ougge3ted before the contest that the trophy be something of no material value but calculated to gather unto itself as the years pass a sentioantal value to make it a coveted prize, and this already is coming true as inciicated by the hot race now in progress to secure its possession during the coming year. Deputy Edmund of the ly way defeat Following the presentation of the trophy short talks were made by Commissioner Willard Ecy,;, AE>sistant Scoutmasters Lucian Smith and Orgill, and senior Pat:rol Lcs..d~rs Franklin Kimbrough and Ray Owen two troops, one of whom quite feelingly alluded to the most friendin which Nos. 11 and ~4 celebrated the victory of the former and of the latter in the initial contest. *"'**** Last Saturday night 1 s possum hunt was enjoyed by members of Troops No. 11 and 4Q, and the quarry as usual was caught by hand. Harold Roberts of No. 40 was the captor, and as it was a· .young one he took it home for a pet. **'!<*** Just ten days, including only one Saturday but two holidays, Thursday and Friday of next week, are left in the 1928 fall contest. * "' >t< * * * �Yesterday the state Highway Department began dragging the new highway to camp currier, and hencefo~th it will be kept in increasingly good order. *"'**** An.Y scout who may wish at any time an extra copy of the Call!? currier News may obtain same at the Eoy scout Office. *"'**** A certain scout bought one of the captured possums and took it home with him last Sunday to try cooking it himself while his Mother is away on a visit. **"'*** The weekly council fire last Saturday fiight was under the auspices of Troop No. 11. * * * * *'* senator S .:s. Dean of Eudora, Miss., a member of Chickasaw council, receives the Carnp currier News at Jackson, the state capital, during the session of the legislature, and he reports that several of his law-making colleagues have become interested in camp that they ask him for this weekly sheet to read it themselves. �CA~~ CURRIER NEWS November 27, 1928. Transportation to ca.mp currier is not a difficult problem if understood and planned for in time. Otherwise, however, it may cause._c.onsiderable inconvenience for all concerned. Here is one point that needs to be explained again: The 'bus drivers of Eudora carry school children mornings and evenings five days a week. On those days they can be reached by telephone about 8 A. M. and 3 P .M. But on Saturdays and SU.ndays it is hard to get in touch with them, and even then they usually a~e engaged in something else unless notified beforehand. scoutmasters should put in orders for these bu.ses not later than Friday noon. ******** Last Saturday camp currier was the scene of a supper hike by members of the scout Leaders Training school. They obtained· a little outdoor experience, most of which was cooking their own suppers on campfires, and then the majority of those present decided to join the Boy scouts in the regular Saturday night possum hunt. It was a beautiful moonlight night and so mild that nobody could suffer mu.ch from the cold, even if not properly clothed for the outing, bu.t the clever little marsupials steadfastly refused to make an exhibition of themselves before this bunch of men. so it was decided to hold the· council fire while waiting for the hounds to put something up a tree. songs, stunts, speeches and story-telling made an interesting program for nearly an hour under the auspices of Troop No. 9, scoutmaster T.J. TUrner presiding, and then the men decided to return to camp and to Memphis. several of the boys, also, had to leave because of anxious parents awaiting their late arrival home, so that the hunting party was reduced to scoutmaster Ben Coffey and six of his Troop, No.l, and Edgar Gaulding of No. 40. Exactly at 11 o•clock the dogs treed their quarry and the flashlights found it far out on a limb fifty feet above the ground. scouts Walter Allen and Robert Reinert went up the tree but the animal was so far out of reac~ that it had to be shaken out. Landing in the very midst of the five boys below, it made haste to get away, but Edgar Gaulding, the lone representative of Troop No. 40, was too quick for it and soon arose from the melee of boys and dogs holding high his victim dnngling by its tail. His experience of the evening netted his Troop 700 po in ts in the contest. *****"'** A.W. Thomas, a farmer living five miles from the camp on the wa:y to Memphis , found a blanket roll with a leather vest, cooking kit., etc., evidently belonging to a scout, and it has been left at the Boy scout Office in Memphis. * * *week * * will * * *bring to a close the fall contest Friday midnight of this which has developed into a lively race. * * *the * *following * * * troops represented at camp: The last week-end found Nos. 1, 5, 10, 11, 16, 27, 31, 34 and 40. * * * *in* the * * con;pletion * Troop No. 34 is rejoicing of its cabin, the largest thus far built at camp, with dimension of 16 X 24 feet. It is made of sawed white oak logs with a c~'Press roo~ and has upstairs bun.king space for the whole troop. ***"'**** BY mistake the name of Ed Spinks w2s omitted from last week 1 s report of the barbecue for Troop;l,io.11 and 34. He was chosen to represent his troop, No. 11, in accepting their contest trophy, and he did it very acceptably. * * * * * * * *· The survey of the lake si~e was finished last Saturday.n �CAMP CURRIER NEW§ No. 10. December 5, 1928, scout Otis Tu.cker of troep No. ll was the hero of two possum captures on the hunt last Saturday night, catching one young animal only ten feet up in a small tree and grabbing by the throat a cross old he-possum that had been driven to its lair and stood there at bay with threatening, wide-open mouth and vicious growls. The first quarry was treed almost immediately after the hunters started from Uncle :sen Alexander• s home in the edge of the forest and we.s chucked into the towsack within tan minutes. The second was bagged about an hcur later. Their captor bought the large possum and took it home to skin and stretch its hide, while he and Spencer ]ell bought the small one to be kept as the mascot of the wolf patrol. ** ** *** The heavy rains of Thursday and Friday cut down the attendance at car4{:> to seven troops, whereas several others had planned to spend the Thanksgiving week-end here. The road graveling, also, was stopped. * ** * ** * The winter c~ing program will be announced soon. ******* Assistant scoutina.ster Williford Bell and three scouts of troop No. 10 learned how to rive shingles, rived out enough for their cabin and put on a good CYPress roof in three days last week. They hope soon to have the cabin ready for occupancy. ******* The outcome of the second annual fall contest spread like wildfire throughout Memphis scouting circles last Saturday, troops No. 34 and 40 being the winners and ru.nners"""llp respectively, while No. 1 stood in third place just outside the money. Last year troop No. 34 was the runner-up and No. 40 was third. Fred w. Morrison and Edmund Orgill, respectively scoutmaster and assistant scoutmaster of the winning troop, worked as enthusiastically as any two scouts in their organization and were as happy as any of the boys in the victory which their admirable teamwork achieved. Scoutmasters Joe w. Austin and Ben B. coff ey of the troops winning second and third place are to be congratulated upon the work done by their boys, who also probably will attain first place in this popular race before their scouting careers are finished, for they have proved themselves true outdoor scouts. The date for the barbecue and presentation of the contest trophy will be announced soon. �-2- on the night before Thanksgiving a wildcat was caught in a trap about half a mile west of Cwip cu1'rier. Naxt morning the trapper, Earnest Roebuck, brought the hio.i:;, over es a present to the camp director, and it will become a greatly prized orncment in the Headquarters Cabin. This beautiful gift from Mr. Roebuck, a wsll-knovm and experienced woodsman of this community, is very much appreciated. The cat is supposed to be the mother of the two kittens which a couple of the young Roebuck children found and carri.ed home as pets last summer. Before these dangerous pets grew up they were sold for $5.00 apieca. ******* scoutmaster Howard Pritchard and his assistant, Thurman Crawford, were at camp two days the last week-end working on the new cabin for troop No. 5. ******* Dr. Howard cu.rl, who recently moved to Memphis from Shepoygan, Wis., where he was scoutmaster of a BOY scout troop, was a visitor at camp currier last Saturday. He and his two sons, both of whom are scouts, were guepts of scoutmaster T· J. TUrner and some menbers of his troop, No. 9. They all worked on the troop's cabin which soon will be ready for the roof. ******* An R. o. T. C· rabbit cap was found on the camp last sun.day. �carrir currier ~evJs No. ll. December 18, 1928. It gives one a real thrill to follow the surveyors' lines on the actual site uf the proposed lake, for it enables a person to visualize what a beautiful body of water it will be. The location of the dam recommended by Engineer Markwell is on the west line of the camp in the large valley running due west from the cabin of Troop No • 10 for more than one-third of a mile. The main body of this \r alley is 200 feet wide and will make a perfect straight-away race course for swimming, rowing and sailing. The branch valley running in a southeasterly direction from the junction of the two at the point of Troop No. l6•s cabin site is about the same length as the main valley but somewhat narrower and both valleys are fringed with so many inlets of various sizes ·and shapes that it is plain to be seen that the lake will present the appearance of a perfectly natural body of' water bordered all around with steep, wooded banks. The surveyors• estimate of its size is twenty-two acres. * "' "' * * Scoutmaster J.W. Austin and fifteen members of Troop No. 40 spent the week-end at camp putting in the foundation of their cabin, the plans of which show one mo.in room 16 X 24 feet in size, a kitchen ell 9 X 10 and a front porch 8 X 15. The loft will be used for sleeping, and of course there will be a fireplace. "' "' * * * Troop Committeeman J.E. Deupree of No. 54, together with scoutmaster Ralph Hasty and scouts Sam Bejach and Richard Mays were at camp Sunday afternoon planning to spend the Christmas holidays in the woods getting out logs for their cabin which is to stand on ful point between the cabin sites of Troops No. 9 and 34. ... * *** The fall contest barbecue was on account of unsettled weather. but it on the boards for some time this month. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Camp Currier Description An account of the resource This collections contains pictures and documents relating to the Chickasaw Council's camp in Eudora, Mississippi. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document CAMP CURRIER.NEWS October 9, 1928. Mr• Ben s. Parker, Chairman of the Camp currier commission, has ma.do a handsome gift of three wild animal skin rugs kid six stuffed birds and animals for the inside adornment of the headquarters cabin. The surprise progrom of backwoods field sports on GET-TOGETHER D.AY next Saturday will begin at lb otclock in the morning ond, including a recess at noon, will be ended by midafternoon, after which an early evening barbecue will be served in time for those returning home to start before dark• At this season of the year over-night hikers should take at least two blankets. Ton troops with a total of seventy Scouts were at camp the last week-end, namely, Nos. 1, 3, 8, 10, 11, 25, 30, 34, 40 and 54. While every bunch of boys was accompanied by a competent loader, four of these were scou~l'lll1.stors, ns follows: Messrs. Ben Coffey, Joe Flanagan, Bernie Harris, und M.P. Kearney. Troop 40 had chE:rge of the regular SD.turd.ay night council fire attended by forty-five scouts. The weather was ideal and some of the boys slept comfortably out under the trees with only one bla."lkot. A good rain this week even as late Friday will not interfere with the GET-TOGETHER DAY program ond will lessen the danger of forest fires on the camp. Neither will it interfere with the trnnsportntion, for the highway is hard-surfaced all the way to the ca.mp. Attention, racers and hikorst A new ruling this week makes Allstadt 1s filling station at the lower end of Florida street the point of departure and return of all competitive contests between Memphis ruid Camp CUrrier. Go by Allstadt 1 s clock and phone from there to the Scout office or (out of office hours) to the residence of Executive Morris, 7-6932. Better bring tents if you intend to camp over-nignt. · Scouts Charley Hunter ruid Bill McCullough are hereby informed th*,.,t-he-f'.irs-t- Memphis to camp Currier bicycle hike record for the pres( r- YH~O J: J:l:l) o--.vrempm:s- 'CO cam_p- currier bicycle hike record for the present ·~eason has been hung up by Cecil Crawford, three hours and nine minutes, one hour of which was spent in mending a puncture and borrowing a pump. Can you bent it? It is planned to have the council fire and the possum hunt simultaneously this week. Take your choice. J '.l CAMP Cl!JRRIER NEWS No. 3 October 17~ 1928. Probably the biggest day thus far in the history of Camp Currie~ was the second annual Get Together Day last Saturday, the attendance being somewhat larger than that of last year and more significant from the fact that it was held one month earlier than before, showing that the troops are snapping into action more promptly after the summer vacation season, and also from the fact that there were more scouts present. Get Together Day is intended strictly for the boys and and their Scoutmasters, and on this occasion this rule was observed almost to the letter. Many a mother drove down to the camp to bring her son and again to take him home that night or next morning, but the day itself was one of novel athletic contests and good eats enjoyed alone by the Scouts and their troop leader$. The events this time·were: A scout axe throw, a boy-carrying road race up and down hill, a canteen race, a possum climb, and a rough crosscountry run. If you do not understand these peculiar terms, ask anybody who was there. The troops provided their own lunch at noon, but in the early evening they were stuffed full of a feast consisting of two barbecue~ hogs and one sheep, Boo buns, 450 home-cookies, two bushels of apples and a barrel of water. At nightfall sixty-one scouts took part in the possum hunt under the leadership of the veteran hunter, uncle Ben Alexander, and returned to camp with their ~uarry before 9 o'clock; while simultaneously fort~ boys attended the council fire which was presided over by Ed Orgill, j\Ssistant scoutmaster of Troop No. 34. In all the happy day there was not one serious casualty. Troop No. 34 won the championship of the day with seven teen points; Eudora Troop No. 1 came second with twelve points; Troop No. 25 was third with six; Troop No. 1, fourth,with five; Troop No. 3, fifth, with three; and Nos. 40 and 45 tied for sixth place with one point each. Rev. N. W. Grafton of Cub 1.ake made an excellent clerk of the course, and the judges were Professor Cedell Morgan, athletic coach of the Eudora consolidated school, and J.S. Barnett and J.vv. cooper of Eudora. Bruce Denham won the possum climb in five and four-fifths seconds. This WDs some feat when it is considered that the scout had to climb into a tree, catch with his bare hands a big growling possum and chuck him into a towsack on the ground. Two of the forty-three climbers were bitten, several had hair-breadth escapes, and some utterly failed to put the struggling, biting, scratching animal into the towsack. ' I The young possum caught on the hunt Saturday night was taken to Memphis as the mascot of Troop No. la. The next big event at ca~ is the Chickasaw council barbecue set for Saturday evening, October 27th. '1 l CAMP CUBRIER NEW$_ No. 4 October 23, 1S28. The barbecue at Camp Currier next Sat11rday, October 27, is. not for Scouts except that Troop No. 19 has been requested t.o detail several of its members to assist in cooking the meat over night, also to keep open house at their cabin for inspection by the men visitors. Other troops that may wish to spend the week-end at camp may do so as usual, but they should bear in mind that the barbecue is for m0n only, namely: Members of Chicke.saw council, members of troop committees, scoutmasters and assistant scoutmasters. Neither ha~e the men been invited to bring their wives, for this affair is intended to be a real "stag party•i ~ * * * * * * * * * * EVer try a compass hike? Tenderfoots and other inexperienced hikers had better undertake only short ones at first, but some of the older scouts are walking to camp by the compass, which really is a day•s journey. The start from Memphis should be made from the south end of Florida street. * * * * * * * * * * Four troops were at camp the last week-end. The weather was fine. Troop No. 34 spent two days working on their cabin, and as a result the rafters are now in place and all the sheeting on for the roof. It is these boys• intention to rive out the cypress boards with which to shingle the roof. * * * * * * * * * * Scoutmaster Ben Coffey of Troop.No. l came to camp saturday with some of his older scouts. One of these, Bill Bellamy, made some very good plaster of Paris prints of animal tracks, finishing up not only the negative but also the positive prints. .An especially interesting one was that of a squirrel that had lost one of its toes• * * * * * * * * * * Here is a ne~ plan for transportation to Camp Currier: Assistant scoutmaster Bill Bellamy of Troop NO• l has made arrangements for the use of a large school bus that can carry as many as forty at a time, also for a light Ford truck to carry the baggage when the bus is full. This bus will start any Friday afternoon at 3:30 or later or saturday morning from any good meeting place in Memphis. If as many as twenty passengers go; the cost of the round trip per passenger will be fifty cents, or $1C for all. If there are fewer than twenty passengers, the bus will still cost $10 and therefore proportionately more per passenger. For instance, if only seventeen go the cost will be sixty cents per person. If there are more than twenty passengers, the fare will still be fifty cents apiece. The bus and driver, who is an experienced school bus chauffeur, will remain at camp over night and as long as the load wishes to stay, if not later than Sunday evening, so that they can start home at any time if bad weather threatens. This bus can be engaged by phoning the Boy scout office not later than noon on Friday, but a longer notice is desirable. * * * * * * * * * * some members of Troop 34 undertook a compass hike from Memphis to c. c. last Friday but did not start early en~igh to finish it before dark, so they stopped eight miles from camp and rode in the rest of the way. They were greatly pleased with the big undertaking, and probably will finish it this week. Another troop, however, is planning 'to do it all in one day and to do it first. * * * * * * * * * * * It rained at camp Monday, effectually settling the dust problem for this season. With fair weather for the remainder of the week everything will be favorable for the barbecue next Saturday. : , . .1. •• ·: ,\ .. . '" ,•·. I CAMP CURRIER NEWS No. 5. October 30, 1928. The men, who alone were to enjoy the Chickasaw council barbecue last Saturday evening, may think it was ruined by the rain which set in at 8 o• clock in the morning; bu.t troops No. 19, 34, 40 and 50 have a different tale to tell. As soon as the rain had set in as an all day drizzle a telephone call from the Memphis office announced that the men's gathering was called off, and permission was given to feed to the scouts who happened to be at camp the lamb and pig that had been roasting all night over the barbecue pit. This announcement was received with shouts of pleasure by the boys and gave renewed impetus to their rainy-day indoor work of grinding axes, sharpening knives and otherwise making ready for fair weather activities. some even went on hunger hikes and stayed their appetites at noon with persimmons, hickory nuts and parched corn in anticipation of the bigger feed that was promised for the early evening. About 4:30 a few men from Eudora came for the feast, and soon afterwards all the meat the crowd could eat, together with an apple apiece, was served to an even half hundred people including these leaders: scoutmasters J.W. cooper, Arnold Houston, F.W. Morrison, Roger Stanley, and Assistant scoutmasters W!W. Grafton, Cedell . Morgan and Ed Orgill. ***"'*** Last 'Thursday a dozen members of Troop NO• 25 hiked from Memphis to camp currier, thus ad.ding 12,0bo points to their credit in the fall contest. They made the trip in nine hours, and after a night's rest all reported in good condition except one whose shoes had rubbed blisters on his feet. ******* Troop No. 3 has begun felling trees for its cabin logs • .111-****** Before the barbecue was served last Saturday the rain ceased and a bunch of sixteen sallied forth in pursuit of the timid marsupial. No sooner had the hunt actually begun than the full moon burst through the thinning clouds, the hillsides already were drained enough for good hiking, and even some logs were found sufficiently dry to sit on. The first possum treed either went to sleep on high or averted his face so persistently that the battery of half a dozen searchlights failed to catch his eye, and the second one ; ao successfully hid himself among tree roots underground that digging him out was impracticable; but the third, after having a branch cut off under him, crawled into another tree where John Loomer was waiting to nab him, and on the way back to camp Ray Owen captured another on a limb thirty feet from the ground. * * * * * * * Troop No. 5u chose a cabin site last Saturday and began cleaning it up. ******* A Redskin powwow will be held soon, probably on November 9. At any rate it should be in the dark of the moon, for deep secrets will be discussed and plans made for the present season. All necessary information will appe&r in the next issue of the News. Meanwhile let ·every memb·er· of the 'Eri"be plan to occupy a ringside seat at the Indian feast on Friday night of next week. . *****-** The fall contest is half over, and at pres~nt it is i~ossible to predict even what ~roops will finish among the first half dozen. Eighteen already are in the race. Last year the winners came up from behind during .the final week, but as a rule it is wise to quicken one•a pace earlier in the holne stretch. * * * * * * * TroopNo. 34 began·shingling· its cabin the last week-end. -7 • ***"'**·* -·----·--·--------------------~---~---------------------- ·---- ---·--------- - ·------------- ----·---- - } ----------.. -., A civil engineer has been employed to ~ke a map of the proposed lake, and his men comnenced surveying it last Friday. ******* With a c9~eten t leader in charge of every bunch of scouts vi si-t .... ing camp thi.s fall there is a marked improvement in policing the grounds and very little litter is being scat:tered over the camp. * * • * * * * Another compass hike from Memphis to Camp cm;rier was attempted last Saturday, but on account of the rain it was abandoned four miles short of its destination. ***"'**"' A good way to make a good showing in the contest is to study the point sheet and make plane at home, then keep everlastingly busy while at caμip. 'lb.at is how Troop No. 11 won all three of the contests. in 1927. ' ' CAMP CURRIER NEWS NO. 6. November 6, 1928. The first Redskin poWl'fO~ of the season will be held at the camp on Saturday night, November 10, provided that the weather is pleasant in the morning and that the forecast for that day is favorable. Members of the tribe who may be planning not to arrive at camp until evening should send word earlier in the day in order to be sure of having their names in the pot for the mid.night Indian feast. .all who have bows and arrows are requested to bring them to this meeting • .,. * * * * Troop 34•s cabin is now under a fine cypress roof, due largely to the good work done the last week-end, * * * * * It has been suggested by senator s.B. Dean of Eudora that the highway from Memphis to C~ currier, which he has fathered so persistently and with final success, be lined with some particular kind of tree, one row on each side of the road, so as to mark the way to camp, , and that it be called for instance "The. Walnut Highway" or "The cottonwood Highway. 11 This is an excellent idea and autumn is the best season to transplant trees. * * * * * Surveying the lake site is progressing despite several rains. * * * * * .Another fine gift has been made to the headquarters cabin. It is an elegantly illustrated ten-volume set of The Nature Library published by Doubleday, page & company. Fred W, Morrison, scoutmaster of Troop 34, is the donor of this most useful present which will help many a young naturalist among the Chickasaw council scouts to a better scientific.knowledge of what he sees in the wild in or about the camp~ More than a year ago, also, this same gentleman installed at this cabin a large First Aid cabinet which fortW1ately has not yet been needed for ar1y very serious accident. * * * * * The scouts who were at camp last Saturday evening voted to dispense with the possum hW1t because of the damp and cold, but the council fire was held as usual. Giving greater heed to the weather this fall is ma.king the outings at currier more enjoytb~e than sometimes happened heretofore. At the same time the scouts are learning better J;iow to camp and will be able to make themselves comfortable whenever they are caught out in bad weather. * * * * * Arrangements have been made to gravel the camp road from the entrance to the headquarters cabin without delay. If 'the weather permits, this improvement probabl;y- will be made within the next ten days. * * * * * Every week inquiries are made as to what troop is leading in the fall contest, but this information will not be given out until the close, November 3Q. * * * * * EVen yet some Memphis scout families do not seem to know that Camp currier can now be reached by a hard-surface highway, only twenty mi leR from the foot of Florida street. * * * * * several Scouts have reported that they never see the camp currier News except at the Eoy scout Office, while some troops h.ear it read at their weekly meeting every Friday evening. M.r .. scoutmaster, probably enough of your boys would be interested in reading it to warrant your posting each issue on the wal], at the meeting place. * * * * * Eudora Troop No. 1- hDs two adult Assistant scoutmasters, one of whom is a professional song leader and the other a school athletic coach. Lucky troop! Watch it grow in numbers and in scouting ·proficiency. ,. ·:. ·i.·!· .. . ; ... \ CAMP CURRIER :NEWS No. 7 November 14, 192.:L some of the ter.derfoot F.edskins at the powwow last Saturday thought they were eating chicken or rabbit, when in reality it was possum me(3.t which they are, now convinced is gooG. to eat. Another meeting of the :;:n'i:l.an t:ribe will be held in December, due notice of which will be given on thi.3 sheet. * * * * * * * * * * , scoutmaster Howard Pri tcha:i.·d. was at camp saturday and Sunday, bringing material for a cabin and staking out the foundation lines. * * * * * * * * * * A coon accidentally treed on the camp last Friday night was left unmolested and doubtless come to the conclusion that it is a safe place. * * * * * * * * * * Members of Trocp 40, who· spent Friday, Saturday and Sunday at camp, constructed a cave with a tunnel entrance and a window. ********** Ruy and "Li ttlei1 Owon of Troop 34 were star performers at the possum hunt Saturday night. When the b~ggest possum of the season was found perched fifty feet high in a tall poplar, Ray was the only scout in the party who could scale the forty feet of thE: tree'. s limbless trunk. The first branch, also, was dead and broke under Rayls weigpt, but the boy was too good a climber to lose his hold on the tree trunk. However, when he grasped the possum the animal retaliated by bi ting tho youth's wrist, whereupon both of them let loose of each other and down came the possum to the grou.YJ.d below. Still he lit on all fours and was about to make his get-away had it not been for Stewart Dean of Troop 50 who pounced up on the fleeing quarry. After the capture a hot fire warmed up the circle of twenty-five hunters and after the singing of many songs it was discovered that 11 Little11 Owen was fast asleep. * * * * * * * * * * The spreading of gravel began yesterday on the camp road. running from the entrance in as far as the headquarters cabin. * * * * * * * * * * .;_..,;_·--·.- 2- Last $llnday Camp Currier welcomed almost a continuous string of visitors from early in the forenoon until sundown. It was worth the trip from Memphis just to see the panorama of gorgeous-colored forest trees. ********* scoutmaster Arnold Houston and scv0ral members of Troop 50 cleaned up their now cabin si to last Saturday. * * * * * * * * * Troop 19 has begun to nakc furniture for their cabin. "********* scoutmaster Ollie TUcker of Troop 7, together with several others interested in starting a troop cabin, wore at canp Sunday afternoon r.ialdng plans and arrangements to begin ir.:iproving their cabin site which is one of tho largest on Ca.r.lp currier. ' . CAMP CURRIER NEW§. November 20, 1828. The, big event at camp J_ast week was the barbecue for TroopsJ.l aP.d 34, winners and runners-up ~n the 1927 fall contest. After the close of the contest on December 31 there were so many weeks of uncertain weather that the affair finally 1"Tas po~tponed to be the opening event for the pr·es-· ent season, but on account of the absence of both scoutmasters there was a further postponement until. they both could be present, At last scoutmaster A.S. Fry of Troop No. 11 urged that there be no further delay becauce of his prolonged stay in Texas, and a!:\ it happened scoutmaster F.W. Morrison of Troop No. 34 wa$ ill on the C.ate set and after all both scoutmasters were conspicuous for their absenee. The feast was a sort of housewarming for No. 34•s new cabin where two tables were spread and the eats were served. by this troop in honor of the other one, their friends the victors. The bill-of-fare consisted of barbecued pig with dressing, hot· beans, rolls, pickles, pumpkin pie, and hot cocoa and apples. Following tho food the trophy was presented to Troop No, 11 by scout Executive W. Gordon Morris in a happy speech in which he alluded to the fact that in both of these troops are many scouts who are real campers. The prize given to No. 11 to keep until won by some other troop is a handmade hickory loving cup on which is burned the inscription "C.C.F.C. Troop :No, 11, 192T1 ; and there is additional space for the succeeding winners in the years to come, It is an interesting coincidence that scoutmaster Fry of the winning troop ougge3ted before the contest that the trophy be something of no material value but calculated to gather unto itself as the years pass a sentioantal value to make it a coveted prize, and this already is coming true as inciicated by the hot race now in progress to secure its possession during the coming year. Following the presentation of the trophy short talks were made by Deputy Commissioner Willard Ecy,;, AE>sistant Scoutmasters Lucian Smith and Edmund Orgill, and senior Pat:rol Lcs..d~rs Franklin Kimbrough and Ray Owen of the two troops, one of whom quite feelingly alluded to the most friendly way in which Nos. 11 and ~4 celebrated the victory of the former and defeat of the latter in the initial contest. *"'**** Last Saturday night 1s possum hunt was enjoyed by members of Troops No. 11 and 4Q, and the quarry as usual was caught by hand. Harold Roberts of No. 40 was the captor, and as it was a· .young one he took it home for a pet. **'!<*** Just ten days, including only one Saturday but two holidays, Thursday and Friday of next week, are left in the 1928 fall contest. * "' >t< * * * Yesterday the state Highway Department began dragging the new highway to camp currier, and hencefo~th it will be kept in increasingly good order. *"'**** An.Y scout who may wish at any time an extra copy of the Call!? currier News may obtain same at the Eoy scout Office. *"'**** A certain scout bought one of the captured possums and took it home with him last Sunday to try cooking it himself while his Mother is away on a visit. **"'*** The weekly council fire last Saturday fiight was under the auspices of Troop No. 11. * * * * *'* senator S .:s. Dean of Eudora, Miss., a member of Chickasaw council, receives the Carnp currier News at Jackson, the state capital, during the session of the legislature, and he reports that several of his law-making colleagues have become interested in camp that they ask him for this weekly sheet to read it themselves. CA~~ CURRIER NEWS November 27, 1928. Transportation to ca.mp currier is not a difficult problem if understood and planned for in time. Otherwise, however, it may cause._c.onsiderable inconvenience for all concerned. Here is one point that needs to be explained again: The 'bus drivers of Eudora carry school children mornings and evenings five days a week. On those days they can be reached by telephone about 8 A. M. and 3 P .M. But on Saturdays and SU.ndays it is hard to get in touch with them, and even then they usually a~e engaged in something else unless notified beforehand. scoutmasters should put in orders for these bu.ses not later than Friday noon. Last Saturday camp cu*rr*ie*r w*a*s *th*e *sc ene of a supper hike by members of the scout Leaders Training school. They obtained· a little outdoor experience, most of which was cooking their own suppers on campfires, and then the majority of those present decided to join the Boy scouts in the regular Saturday night possum hunt. It was a beautiful moonlight night and so mild that nobody could suffer mu.ch from the cold, even if not properly clothed for the outing, bu.t the clever little marsupials steadfastly refused to make an exhibition of themselves before this bunch of men. so it was decided to hold the· council fire while waiting for the hounds to put something up a tree. songs, stunts, speeches and story-telling made an interesting program for nearly an hour under the auspices of Troop No. 9, scoutmaster T.J. TUrner presiding, and then the men decided to return to camp and to Memphis. several of the boys, also, had to leave because of anxious parents awaiting their late arrival home, so that the hunting party was reduced to scoutmaster Ben Coffey and six of his Troop, No.l, and Edgar Gaulding of No. 40. Exactly at 11 o•clock the dogs treed their quarry and the flashlights found it far out on a limb fifty feet above the ground. scouts Walter Allen and Robert Reinert went up the tree but the animal was so far out of reac~ that it had to be shaken out. Landing in the very midst of the five boys below, it made haste to get away, but Edgar Gaulding, the lone representative of Troop No. 40, was too quick for it and soon arose from the melee of boys and dogs holding high his victim dnngling by its tail. His experience of the evening netted his Troop 700 po in ts in the contest. *****"'** A.W. Thomas, a farmer living five miles from the camp on the wa:y to Memphis , found a blanket roll with a leather vest, cooking kit., etc., evidently belonging to a scout, and it has been left at the Boy scout Office in Memphis. Friday midnight of t*h i*s *w e*e k* w* il*l *b ring to a close the fall contest which has developed into a lively race. The last week-end fo*u n*d *t h*e *f o*l lo*w *i ng troops represented at camp: Nos. 1, 5, 10, 11, 16, 27, 31, 34 and 40. * * * * * * * * Troop No. 34 is rejoicing in the con;pletion of its cabin, the largest thus far built at camp, with dimension of 16 X 24 feet. It is made of sawed white oak logs with a c~'Press roo~ and has upstairs bun.king space for the whole troop. ***"'**** BY mistake the name of Ed Spinks w2s omitted from last week 1 s report of the barbecue for Troop;l,io.11 and 34. He was chosen to represent his troop, No. 11, in accepting their contest trophy, and he did it very acceptably. * * * * * * * *· The survey of the lake si~e was finished last Saturday.n CAMP CURRIER NEW§ No. 10. December 5, 1928, scout Otis Tu.cker of troep No. ll was the hero of two possum captures on the hunt last Saturday night, catching one young animal only ten feet up in a small tree and grabbing by the throat a cross old he-possum that had been driven to its lair and stood there at bay with threatening, wide-open mouth and vicious growls. The first quarry was treed almost immediately after the hunters started from Uncle :sen Alexander• s home in the edge of the forest and we.s chucked into the towsack within tan minutes. The second was bagged about an hcur later. Their captor bought the large possum and took it home to skin and stretch its hide, while he and Spencer ]ell bought the small one to be kept as the mascot of the wolf patrol. * * * * * * * The heavy rains of Thursday and Friday cut down the attendance at car4{:> to seven troops, whereas several others had planned to spend the Thanksgiving week-end here. The road graveling, also, was stopped. * * * * * * * The winter c~ing program will be announced soon. ******* Assistant scoutina.ster Williford Bell and three scouts of troop No. 10 learned how to rive shingles, rived out enough for their cabin and put on a good CYPress roof in three days last week. They hope soon to have the cabin ready for occupancy. ******* The outcome of the second annual fall contest spread like wildfire throughout Memphis scouting circles last Saturday, troops No. 34 and 40 being the winners and ru.nners"""llp respectively, while No. 1 stood in third place just outside the money. Last year troop No. 34 was the runner-up and No. 40 was third. Fred w. Morrison and Edmund Orgill, respectively scoutmaster and assistant scoutmaster of the winning troop, worked as enthusiastically as any two scouts in their organization and were as happy as any of the boys in the victory which their admirable teamwork achieved. Scoutmasters Joe w. Austin and Ben B. coff ey of the troops winning second and third place are to be congratulated upon the work done by their boys, who also probably will attain first place in this popular race before their scouting careers are finished, for they have proved themselves true outdoor scouts. The date for the barbecue and presentation of the contest trophy will be announced soon. -2- on the night before Thanksgiving a wildcat was caught in a trap about half a mile west of Cwip cu1'rier. Naxt morning the trapper, Earnest Roebuck, brought the hio.i:;, over es a present to the camp director, and it will become a greatly prized orncment in the Headquarters Cabin. This beautiful gift from Mr. Roebuck, a wsll-knovm and experienced woodsman of this community, is very much appreciated. The cat is supposed to be the mother of the two kittens which a couple of the young Roebuck children found and carri.ed home as pets last summer. Before these dangerous pets grew up they were sold for $5.00 apieca. ******* scoutmaster Howard Pritchard and his assistant, Thurman Crawford, were at camp two days the last week-end working on the new cabin for troop No. 5. ******* Dr. Howard cu.rl, who recently moved to Memphis from Shepoygan, Wis., where he was scoutmaster of a BOY scout troop, was a visitor at camp currier last Saturday. He and his two sons, both of whom are scouts, were guepts of scoutmaster T· J. TUrner and some menbers of his troop, No. 9. They all worked on the troop's cabin which soon will be ready for the roof. ******* An R. o. T. C· rabbit cap was found on the camp last sun.day. carrir currier ~evJs No. ll. December 18, 1928. It gives one a real thrill to follow the surveyors' lines on the actual site uf the proposed lake, for it enables a person to visualize what a beautiful body of water it will be. The location of the dam recommended by Engineer Markwell is on the west line of the camp in the large valley running due west from the cabin of Troop No • 10 for more than one-third of a mile. The main body of this \r alley is 200 feet wide and will make a perfect straight-away race course for swimming, rowing and sailing. The branch valley running in a southeasterly direction from the junction of the two at the point of Troop No. l6•s cabin site is about the same length as the main valley but somewhat narrower and both valleys are fringed with so many inlets of various sizes ·and shapes that it is plain to be seen that the lake will present the appearance of a perfectly natural body of' water bordered all around with steep, wooded banks. The surveyors• estimate of its size is twenty-two acres. * "' "' * * Scoutmaster J.W. Austin and fifteen members of Troop No. 40 spent the week-end at camp putting in the foundation of their cabin, the plans of which show one mo.in room 16 X 24 feet in size, a kitchen ell 9 X 10 and a front porch 8 X 15. The loft will be used for sleeping, and of course there will be a fireplace. "' "' * * * Troop Committeeman J.E. Deupree of No. 54, together with scoutmaster Ralph Hasty and scouts Sam Bejach and Richard Mays were at camp Sunday afternoon planning to spend the Christmas holidays in the woods getting out logs for their cabin which is to stand on ful point between the cabin sites of Troops No. 9 and 34. ... * * * * The fall contest barbecue was on account of unsettled weather. but it on the boards for some time this month. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1928 Title A name given to the resource 1928 Camp Currier Newsletters Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Chickasaw Council, BSA Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Duane Klink & Chuck Schadrack Camp Currier Camp Currier Newsletter Newsletter https://www.kiakimamuseum.org/files/original/eb3561f9d9bcc108a02ae82dd9e2e644.pdf 937c4b730807ce46324af9234aa2a3b5 PDF Text Text ~ -- - -~ --- ' - ., \ conir Number 12 C. ·IJ.·- ·'Jr..,1,.-...1 · l ., ! . L (-·' '-·"" _ Mnr. 20, 1929, After a silence of several 'ifOCks' because ca1.1p currier hos been practically deserted on account of the flu epidemic mid unfavorable weather and the uncompleted driveway on cnL!.p property in to tho headquarters cabin, this shoot 2gain has neYJs to record. First of '.1li tho con th of :March thus f0r hns produced three pleasant v1eok-onds when nur:1ercms visitors havo cor.ie to can~, cnj oyi::g tho sunshine and gladly v:elcor:::ing tho first signs of spring---swelling leaf buds, the hardiest v7ild-flower blossor.1s c~1d tho singing of birds• While tho completion of tho drivovmy ·;:ill have to wait for r.1ore settled weather, tho grovel •;1hich wr.s loid lo.st fall has become a quite passable road in as far as tho co::1 tor of tho co.mp and r.:iakes sure and easy connection •:ri th Memphis. Still prudence should be e:x:erci sed by all vi si tors not to co;:.1.e in the face of an ui1favorablo \7eather forecast or too soon after a rain. It is a plo.::isn::t duty to report additional donatio:.1s to the headquarters cabin sir.. co the h'st issue of the 11ews. w. L. Gray brought dorm so De genuine Indian pot t e:ry tr.\ker: f ror.1. Indian r.1ounds, a~1d these pieces wil J. be highly treasured ·'.:!.S · ..10st fi tti::g gifts for a backwoods cai~. There has been no solici tntio1: of such presents, but they arc none tho less greatly appreciated and will be useful i:il i::i.IJ.king th0 cm:1J? nttrc.ctivc. A:J.d lost rr<.:t~k the Goldsr::i th dop':1rt1·.10:::.t store vory thoughtfully gave a $150.00 radio reccivii1g set thc.t 1-rill holp to keep Co.mp currier in enjoyable touch w1th the outside wurld. Other frier:.ds of th0 :Boy scout :::ov0r.1.011t have si gnificd their faJ.tention of G::ikbg sidlar do~~ntions, and these likemse ·:rill be i:1ost tho.nkfully accepted. Troops 13, 19, n:1d 40 ho.ve done srn:1e cle.'::tring on tho lo.ke site, ond a nui:1.ber of trues hnve been follod there to produce logs for n new building on the spot rrhore the old Kelley cabin stood. Tho new cabin is intended for a. fm:Ji ly thnt will help look o.f ter and vrork on the carJp. \ scout I1eaders conter.:plo.ti::ig trips to the car.rp ·,1i th neebers of their troops are cnutioned, however, agoinst per:·.:itting scouts: to fell or disfigure trees or anything olso that is ~rowing on the lake site or any other part of tho cor-p. It should be re;:1ei::bered, also, that there is a strict order in force requirbg scouts to secure perr.:its at the )3oy scout office before starting to ca.1~1P currier, Troop 29 has be~~ the buildi~~ of a. cabin directly opposite that of No. 13, and plans to finish it before su:·:::.er. scoutr:iaster Wesley patton and l])roop co1::;ni ttee Cho.iri:-;an J. A· Stephenson, ·:ri th deleGntions of scouts, have spe:'.it several week-ei:ds at the work already and are pushina; it v.rith great enthusiasr:.. �CoT~ p currier No. 13. -News March 26, 1929. Tho camp has received another welcome donation of books, miscellaneous lot that 'dl.l help the scouts uhile away hours of indoor leisure uhen rainy weather happens to overt~kc them. Tho donor was Mr. J .• M. Walker. El The bright, wnrm weather lnst s~turdny mid sunday brought rr£llly visitors to camp, including about twenty ~ho c~oo for tho first time. On Sunday the cars were coming nnd going from morning till evening, some being from considort:tblo distrmco, Troop 29 made onother \70ok.. end trip to car.1p and marked progress on their new cabin. This week, because of the school holiday on Good Friday, they intend to do o. lot of ;-,ork on tho building. The redbud trees 0re in bloor.1 and the doguood just bursting its buds, so the '1oods begins to kke on its first spring beauty dotted all over vri th pin.1.t a:1d ';1hi te spots. .Also many dormant insects and reptiles are erJerging fror:1 wintEJr quarters, but the tir:J.e for chiggers is not yet. scouteiasters pla:1:1ia,; trips to Car.;p Currier for their troops are ca.u.tioned ag0in to see to it thnt the boys who com~ nre fully inforrJed a.bout the rules of tho cowp. If those have bet.:n forgotten, it ·;d.11 be well to get infornation at the :soy scout office Dt tho time tho pcrr.1it is obtained. Boys untrt:iined in the scout use of axes should be required to leave such too ls at home. Anybody ~;;ishing to gnther ~1ild flowers · should plan hikes off the camp, and thos0 71ho may be interested in killing or making collections of vild life should do likewise. At this season the first visit to camp may be sufficiently interesting if the day is spent in the mere enjoyment of awakening nature, blooming nild flowers, bursting lenfbuds and singing birds; but each trip should bo planned beforehand ·;;i th dofini te projects to fill the time completely. The hickory loving cup is still waiting a chance to be presented to Troop 34, i7innors of last foll•s contust, but ···ith the retUrh of mild 'ileather this pleasant occasion ··,'ill not be much longer postponed.. The cup, moreover, has been skillfully hollowed out by c. H. Hutchison of the Lee Lumber company, who, scout like, did the work uithout pay as n good turn. He used to be a member of NO. 16ts troop committee and was instrumental in getting the material for the first troop cabin built on the camp. �cani-p CLrrr Ler 1'!e-W$ April 2, No. 14. 19~9. A surprise gift to c~ currier last week was a filter which will be very much appreciated. rt was sent by Mrs. Walter Lane Smith of Memphis. "' * * * * Troop No. 29 has become a regular visitor at camp and its cabin is making rapid progress. * * * * * scoutmaster J. w. cooper and members of Troop NO. 56 of Eudora, Miss., went into the woods last saturday and cut and hauled a load of poles for their cabin which is planned to be built without the use of a nail. rt will be unique and in thorough keeping with the backwoods. * * * ** The cabin of Troop NO. 9 has been built up as far as the roof-plate and ought soon to be a place to livo in. This tro0p and the scoutmaster, T. J. Turner, are falling more and more in love 1;i th their location ancc already aro planning lands cape impr ov emen ts. * * ** * work has begun on the new Kelly cabin on tho S2l!le spot as the old one. rt will be occupied by a fo.mily to holp guara the camp from fires. * * ** * R· G· Walls, troop committeeman of No. 11, was at c~ '<7i th a group of the scouts last Heek-end. This gentleman hns ho.d camping experience and loves the outdoors. He kept something going throughout thoir stc-.y, c::nd the boys had n good time • .Among other activities they enjoyed a refreshing s·.-;im. �cor11p Currier 1'levJs May 1, 1929. NO. 16. The last week-end trips had to contend with showers, and some Boy scouts were kept avm.y be co.use of the threatening weather, only four troops coming, os compared with eleven the week previous; but the sun caxne out Sunday D.nd brought more non-scout visitors thon usuc.l, totaling thirty-six. The troops present were Nos. 7, 21; 29, nnd 33. They came for real outdoor life. Troop 7 slept in improvised hnmmocks and pluckily stuck to this plan in spite of the fact thnt cabin shelter was offered them. The showor13 of Saturday night tested their ability to take care of themselves in the open, but they came through in fine shape. scoutmaster Ollie TUcker was in charge. **** scoutmaster ]riney and a bunch of troop 33 boys made their first visit to camp this spring. They pitched six tents, arii each boy did his own cooking. The showers of Saturday night drove some of them to shelter, but Senior Patrol Leader James Dallas and several others stuck to their tents cind kept themselves dry despite tho fact that the wind blew down one of their tents in the middle of the night. sund~y morning this yowig senior patrol lec:ider triumphantly remarked: "That was the first time I ever had a chance to camp out in the rain, and I didn•t want to gq indoors. We got along very well." The ditching of the tents was a new experience for these scouts, ·and some of them did not succeed in running their lovels very true; but the job was good enoug..~ to keep the water out of the tents, and next time they will know how to do better. About the first thing one member of this troop did Friday evening nas to fall in the weter nnd got his foot wet. Ne:x:t oorning ho ue.s hoarse and was sent back to Me.ophis in an automobile. ** * * scoutr.1aster Wesley Patton of troop No. 29 hf1s ordered 2, 000 brick to be delivered at cw:-;p for $15. 50 a thousnnd. .Any other troops wanting such material can get in on this low price by putting in the order without delay. The brick is to be delivered this week. Also local snnd and gravel can be obtained now. It is a good time to secure such 1:1.atcrial without the vcxncious delays that sometimes occur. * *** R. ]3. Wilkerson., Jr., car.le dorm on the bus on Sunday and passed two boys of troop NO. 21 in cooking tests. They wore Crauford and Wilford Davis. ** ** N.!.!'. Pa.rker, Chair:r.n...--i of tho Car.:p Currier coa1i ttee, has authorized troops to cut logs on~ the lake site for use in building troop cabins. There is no charge for the logs, but they r.mst be cut under Mr. Myers direction. Troops will be reguined to secure the necessary hauling. �......... No. 17. ------ . --. . -... ·--- ··--. - ~ .- May 8, 1929. some Troop NOo 9 was at camp Friday night a..'1d Saturday, putting in some good V70rk on the roof of their new cabin. To scoutmaster T. J. Turner of this troop our hearty thanks are due for the contribution of a new kind of cwnp stool called "The Tourist", Vihich is a recently patented stool of his ow.e make.· ·'.E'his adds one more good scat to tho rather limited supPly in the headquarters cabin. The stool is not only strong i::ind good looking but also, unlike some folding stools, it collapses into the smallest possible space and cannot easily get out of order, two import[.lnt features that will appeal to all campers. ******** The last weok-ond. was a red letter occasion for Troop 29, Saturday night being the first time they have slept in their new cabin. The. latest .feature to be added is a splendid fireplace which some of the men friends of the troop worked hard to complete at this time. The cabin, which can noV7 be comfortably occupied, is 20x24 in size with a sleeping balcony above floored about three-fourths of the same space. Sonday school, under tho leadership of Scoutmaster Patton, Vlas hald in tho cabin Sunday morning Elnd a happy day was span t in the woods. ******** Troop No. 34 came down Saturday ui th enough cobblestones to build a fireplace and chir:mey in their log cabin. pln:ns have been completed for this iqportant addition to the building, and it is to bo finished in the next few weeks. scoutr.::aster Morriso:::i end Assistar1t scoutcaster Orgill acconpanied the scouts, and they did not start back to Mei:::phis until after holding a council fire after supper in the gnthering dnrkness. SoDe of the boys hnd planned to caq> out over night, but because of a threatening store they uisely concluded to postpone that ploo.sure until sou,; other ti•·.e. *** * ** * * scoutL<asters are der.:onstratin5 the fact that the r:1ost enjoyable deys at coup are those which nre plmmcd full of interesting projects. �Ccrllj p May 14, 1929. No. 18. The big rally last Saturday naturally kept all :Soy Scouts in Memphis, so there is little news from here this week; yet two energetic troops, No. 29 and No. 34, hurried down to camp immediately after the rally to spend a night and a day. Troop 29 still finds plenty to do in their new cabin, working till 11 otclock Saturday night, but the time is near when they can begin to enjoy the woods in ways tho.t will toke them out of their troop headquarte.rs and introduce them more familiarly to wild nature itself. No. 34 always ha$ been distinguished as a troop of hunters and led by an enthusiastic youth very appropriately named Hunte~. Even before breakfast Saturday morning they were scouting, scantily clad, through the woods D.Ud finding things of more real interest than some groups would discover in a whole day, nmong other of their quarries being a tortoise that gave evidence of being older than the boys' fathers yet still going strong nnd probnbly good for another half century of active l'ife. It is a custom at Ca.rap Currier for thu finder of one of these reptiles to carve his nar.Je and tho date on one of the plates of its shell to see if it will stay at cw:ip and also to see how much marked it will becot~ as tho years pass, In this instance, though, tho youngster did not do the ca.rving, because ho proved to be a better finder than a keeper, as the clever animal took advantage of a chance to rJUke gocd its escape when its captor was not looking. Troop 34 also began the foundation of their cabin fireplace uhich is to be built in the southwest corner directly before one's fnce as he enters the door. ** * * * There is a great difference in scoutr.1asters, and nowhere :core noticeable than at Camp Currier where the system is to have each troop under the ir.u:1ediate control. of an adult leader. Probably it is because boys are so easily cade ha:ppy in the woods that some scoutnasters seo:o to think all that is necessary is to tak~ thc1:1 to car:p and turn ther.1 loose, yet our handbooks r:1ost earnestly try to if.!pross upon scout lenders tho inporta.~ce of having a well-thought-out prograo. of projects before ever starting on u hike or carlping expedition. The stress so earnestly laid upon this matter is for the double purpose of helping tho scoutrJaster r::iake a good ii:1pression upon tho boys and helping tho boys to have a glorious outing. Though fundar.i.ontally inportant to provide suitable fooi, bedding and shelter, the real success of the outing depends so greatly upon the projects planned and successfully carried through, that scout1:iasters are urged not to slight this :~;attar. ' It is not necessary for the leader to be a woodsr.1an, but he is in the best possible position to know what the r:ier.1bers of his troop want to do, and usually that is precisely what they ought to be allowed to do. The good psychology of saying "Yes" rather than 1'No" to boys should ever be kept in r.1ind. soretir:ies the scouts want to do sor:"ething their leader lmo\1s very little about, but this does not prevent its being adopted as a project, f .or bhe canp director is eqployed for the very purpose of helping out in such cases or . oven assuuing the entire leadership if requested. '!here is nothing in nature that cannot be enjoyed here, and this i::Jakes it wholly unnecessary and inadvisable to resort to city ga~:1es or projects. When boys aro in the woods they enjoy ther.iselvos ·oost if allowed to cast aside for the day or week-end everything that pertains to city life. Give ther..1 a chance, Mr. scoutLaster, and prove the truth of this. 1· •. ' �···~ ·- . 22, 1529. No. 19. The next big event in Memphis scouting will be the Jamboree at camp currier on Saturday, June 8th, the next day after the close of school. * • * • The last week-end, beginning as early as Wednesday, saw representatives of the following troops at camp: nos. 7, 8, 10, 27, 29, 47 and 56. Troops 7 and 10 wore busy· felling trees for cabin logs. Troops 8. and 27 came down to camp and hike. Troop 27 was still busy on its new cabin, No. 56 was hauling logs, end No. 47 came only on Sunday for a few hours pleasure in the woods. **** uxciting ovent on Saturday was the capture of a rattfosnake noarly four feet long and having nine rattles. It was kept alive over,Sunday so that all ]oy scouts at camp might have a good look at it ~nd hear its rattle. It is to be hoped that this is the lest of this kind to be found on tho camp, 1nt never-the-less tho members of each troop should be carefully trained in giving ;first aid to victims of snakebite. .An * * * * This is a most alluring time of year to camp out and troops coming to Camp Currier arc learning to take c~re of themselves in the woods in a most independent nnd satisfactory mcnner. It rnined lightly Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, ond yet not D single Scout sleeping in tho open got wet or becBme uncomfort.'.:'ble, dcspi te the fact that some of the nights were quite cool. **** · Visitors wor...: prcsr..;nt at car;1p almost all day Sunday. vory wolcomo. Thoy aro always **** Cll.i-.ip cu.rrior is being used more and more as a mere camping place and point of departure for hikes into thu forests round-about. In various directions from one to five miles interesting ond instructive hikes are ·being taken by lo.rge or sr:iall groups nccor.lpanicd by the cor.1p director or othor tra.in'3d ndul t lo1.:1ders. This gives o.n opportunity for renl scouting in which the boys lenrn how to take cnro of thenselves rnd of others in the bo..ck:woods, putting into prnctice under idoo.l conditions what they learn in theory at troop meetings ot hoIJe. They aro safeguarded r:iost carefully ')lld practically and yet allowed every frcedou to enjoy their outing§ in the i7o::f thoy vmnt to di> it. �canip Currier ~ev/s May 29, 1929 .. No. 20. Twenty-four ]oy Scouts will win prizes at the big J a.mboree at Ca:mp currier on Saturday. June 8, the next day after the close of school. According to scoutmaster Howard Pritchard, chairman of the committee of arrangements, who was at camp the last week-end looking over the ground, it will be the largest gathering of Memphis scouts for the sumner, a day of freedom and happiness for all, a day full of fun in the ba.cki7oods, a day of games and good eats, ui th a big treasure hunt in the afternoon, picnic suppers in the evening and a rousing council fire at night. Scoutmasters, troops, patrols and parents a.re urged to make this a real ]oy Scout holiday, the first and best of the season, when books ar.d the indoors are laid aside ond nature can be enjoyed in the most plee.sant part of the early summer. Troops are already planning to go to camp on Friday afternoon. A special invitation is extended to all parents of the ~couts to come to cany;> on Saturday oftornoon, bringing picnic s~ppers to eat wit;h ~he boys at their various cabins and tents all over the ca.mp. It will give the ~athers and mothers a chance to see the ca.mp itself and also the boys in their own qamp ~gtivities. ' Troops are expected to pitch camp as soon as they arrive @d to enjoy their own games and hikes us they themselves may plan until Saturday Elit'ternoon. The parents are invited to come on Saturday afternoon in time to m.tncss the big, free-for-all treasure hunt set for 3 o•clock. ' ,,. ... · After the treasure hunt the several troops rrill eat supper 1,,, . . with their guests on their O'l7Il cabin sites or other camp sites which they may se1 ~~~ ·~··~'-· ,..,~t. ond ll:; ,iJ:~ghtfall will be the grand council fire at which the twenty-four winners will r~S~iVe their prizes. ,, In case of unfavorable weather on Saturday it is plnnnod to postpone the foregoing program until the following Monday, June 10, and v1ithout further notice. In that event those who may have come to camp on Friday should plan to stay over in camp and thus nv:ike unnecessary a return to the city till after the program has been put on, The committee of nrrl\Xl.gom0nts is cor.iposed of Chairman Howard Pritchard, commissioner Ross A. N!D.thews, Edwin Dnlstrom, and ]en Coffey, Inquire at Boy scout Rend.quarters in Memphis for. directions to Camp currier either via Bull Frog corner on the Hernando Road or Florida street and the Horn Lake road over the best highway in Desoto County, Mississippi. **** The meDbers of troop No. 29, while at camp the last week-end, were taken on a ~ree Stu,dy hike. Tho method fallowed was to find in the neighborho~d of their cabin a different kind of tree for each boy present. In this way the thirteen. boys leo.rned the na.r:ies of th~Bteen trees, while to each boy was a.ss igned one particular tree with which he is/fwniliarizc himself us thoroughly as possible. **** Troop No. 34 began work on the concrete foundation of a fire)lace for their cabin last Saturday. * *** Troop No. 7 were in the woods again last week-end felling lore trees for their new cabin. * * ** scoutoaster Howard Pritchard was at car:i.p sun.day considering la.us for the completion of tho cabin for his troop, No. 5. �I 0 ' I currier -\\\ew'S \ No. 21. June 4, 1929. EVerything is being put in readiness at Camp Currier for the Jamboree to be held here on Saturday, J'l.llle 8, or, in case of necessary postponement on account of unfavorable weather, on Monday, J'l.llle 10. ***** scoutmasters, or others who come to camp in the capacity of ]oy scout leaders, arc especially reminded, on account of the Jamboree this week, that they are responsible for informing their boys about tho requirements of tho camp and seeing to it that tho regulations are carefully.observed• Their attention is called particularly to the prohibition against taking firearms of a:n;r· description for use either on or off the ca.r.lp, for the danger is greatly increased when many people are present. Also the hacking of trees, either alive or dead; is forbidden, as well as the destruction of anything else on the camp. under the supervision of the cat.1p director trees r:iey be felled 011 the lake site, but arrangenen ts should be l'Ja(ie for that beforehand and there will be ·no tine for it on the day of the Ja.r:iboree; Water from the deep well is pure and should always be used for ordinary drinking. Also the running spring wator is fit for cooking ond is ne~.I'-­ er to the cabin sites of the north end • . Scouts wishing to do n good turn can be of great assistance if they will refrain from scattering paper or other trash. Paper rolled into a tight wad and thrown into a gully is well disposed of. * * * * ,. w. J. :Barfield, Dr. Ho\mrd Curl, F· 11. Morrison, Howard Pritchard, & Thos. J. TUrner, scoutr.10.sters respectively of troops No. 27, 10, 34, 5, & 9, were at c~ the last woek-ond. Also nonbors of troops 11 2nd 40. Tho last three scoutr:iasters ucre i:mpc,rin tendb.g nnd helping uork on their cabins. Junior Assistant Scoutnaster Eclgar Gift e.nd others of No. 40 car:ie do.-m to clear off their cabin site, but they also uent suinuing and frog hunting. Four boys of No. 11 hiked oost of the way fron Menphis, and they especially enjoyed the shade and coolness of the woods uhile here, for the weather was warr.i• .f.) �- *. * -·· .• camp currier' Ju.nc 17, 1929. Dear Mr.- Scout Leaier: Every nook you arc reco1v1ng, as herewith toduy, a letter of news ond information about ca.mp Currier which probn.bly is of as much interest to the members of your troop as to you, but tho fact often comes to light that some of tho Boy Scouts do not have an opportunity to rend these weekly news shoots. Only yesterday an enorbetic Boy scout of Memphis drove down to tho camp with his par0nts for tho solo purpose of inquiring whether this camp will be open all sumnor' o.nd tho car.rp director present every day to help look after the boys and especially to load then on hikes and help then in their nnturo study, When assured thnt such was the case, they said thtit tho troop to ";7hich this boy belongs wishes to corJe do;m often this sui:1uor nnd eventually to build a cabin here. If thct troop hnd boon given a chance to road the CD.L'P Currier Nows, yesterday's trip of inquiry would not have boon necossory; so will you not post tho Nous regularly in ycu.r troop's plnco of ncoting or, if tho troop does not r:ieet during tho sur.n:1er, uiJ.1 you not put tho No~1s into tho honds of sorJe boy leader uho vlill sho-rr it to tho other r.:cnbors? In this com1cction, also, please allo17 us to ronind you of a few it'lportant things, narJely: First' troops or snallor groups COL1ing to Co.L~ currier are expected to secure a perni t a.t tho office (306 En:.1kors Bldg.) before stnrting, preferably the day before. This por;~:i t is for tho purpose of nssuring tho office that the boys will have safe londorship a~d of knowing who tho lender is to be. Also that proper cquipccnt uill bo taken to shel tor the boys and keep then confortable. Furthercoro, it is &osirod to kno17 thot enough ond sufficient vuriety of food will be to.ken, and thnt o. project has been plooned that will keep tho boys busy and interested vihile thero. Ther0 hnvo boon instnncos uhon tho boys were allowed to c ot10 \'ii th nothing to shd tor thor.:, no blankets, l i ttlc or poorly selected food, nnd no thing plan:rnd n1:)out l'.ihnt they should do, which a.lnos t o.luo.ys results in an unsatisfuctory trip. Socond.ly, no firoarL".s arc allowed to bo brought, al though under good leadcrShip tho boys find plenty of things to hunt nnd cotch without bodily do.ngcr to anybody. In tho third place tho caLj? director is always here nnd ready to assist in planning both work and play, to acconpany whole troops or patrols or single individuals on expeditions into tho woods that afford all sorts of beautiful and interesting bits of nature~ Also ho will pass then in tests for Merit Badges on any kind of subjects related to car-:p life Elnd nature. Cordially yours, e >1~"'° 1 /Jr1/v �c~~P Currier c~ev!s~ -No.. 22. If June 19, 1929. Boy scouts have been at Camp currier every day since the close of school. Troop 29 remained here after the Jamboree until the following Wednesday, end on Thursday troop 33 returned to live in their tents until Saturday night. On ~aturday, also, one of tho new troops, No. 15, came fo~ the week-end, while mombors of Nos,. 34 and 56 wero here on· separate days. *** Troop 33 was hero mainly for tho serious work of hotping to build their cabin~ the first one to be erected on the north side of the lake sHo. several men who are Civi tDns, tho spol'lsoring organization for this troop, were hero to work with the boys on Thursday, Friday, Snturday, ond Monday, and ~lready the new cabin is practically finished. '!he walls of the bu.ilding are made of Tomahawk siding, which produces tho outward appearance of a log cabin. *** Troop No. 15 came in the :Soy ~out bus, Clll'll.J?ed out along the trail that leads to Noo 34•s cabin, slept only about the customary five hours of first-nighters, and ate a 5 o 1 clock sunday breakfast. !!:!his is a new troop whoso scoutmaster is H. T. :Butler, formerly of Dyersburg, Tenn. He hns been a Bo:t scout himself and also has had experience in leadership. '!ho members of the tTOq;> who accor:npo.niod him on this trip were Hugh :Barton, Lawrence Busby, T. J• :Byrnes, IJ:lhooas Draper, Billy Fuson, Clay Gibson, ]):lwnrd Green,· Cleo Harris, George Kenney, Erskine Lowe, ~d Albert Walmsley. The troop ~s sponsored by the :Bellevue :Baptist Church of Memphis. $Unday forenoon they inspected the Various cabins On tho cmnp, stopped long enough in No. 34ts cabin to have a twenty minute religious service, and selected a beautiful cabin site of their own where in future visHs they intend altvays to pitch their tents. They caught a ground puppy and a tree lizard, jumped a black snake which ran too fast :for anybody to overtake, and dug a box ~rtoise out of the nud. They also r:iade the acquaintance of eight trees---cucuraber, hGp hornbeun, sycar~ore, beech, sugar oa.ple, hickory, white oak, and winged eln---bef ore returning to their canping place to prepare a noonday neo.l. A big crop of blackberries is just beginning to ripen on the coqp. The boys of troop NoQ 15 were tho first to pick sor.1e, which they had for dessert $Unday noon. Occasional rains will r.nke bushels of theso finq berries for thoso who cooo to ca.op during the next few ·weeks. *** Troop 34 p~ans to spend part of this week at CaJl'.!P improving their cabin and enjoying life in the opene The last time they were here they found a clutch of eggs supposed to be those of a reptile of some kind. '!1hey were not in a n_est but simply grouped together o·n the ground, evidently to hatch by the heat of the sun. ']hey are being kept in the hope that they will be hatched so that it can be seen what manner of creature it is. �No. 23. June ?4, 1929. There were scouts at Camp currier every day the past week and two troops at once most of the time. One troop, No. 34, came ~own twice, their overnight hike being in the.nature of a sumner farewell to their scoutmaster, F~ w. Morrison, who left the latter part of the week for his old eastern home in Mass., where he will spend the summer as usual. The troop did not do any work this time, having come just to enjoy themselves in the woods and have good things to oat. * ** One scoutmaster already this surrmer has returned to Memphis s~ck from eating qanned meat that was tainted or of which he ate too much. Canned moat at best is a quostionablo food for camping out. Frosh meat is much better if it can be kept on ice, but not many campers are prepared for such good housekeeping in the woods. However, bacon is hard to boat anywhere, and it has the advontage of being easy to keep. But meat is not a necessary food if one will substitute boons for it. There is druiger, also, in eating too many beans at one tima. one person should not consume a whole can of them at once. Better divide with somebody else. *** Scoutmaster Pritchard of troop No. 5 was at camp twice during the past week, and members of his troop were here six days. The boys spent most of the week having a good tioe, the best of which was suimning, sometimes as much as throe times a day. But sone good work was put on their new cabin which now has a roof and is far enough along to be occupied. * ** Increased oiling of tho water this year is having a narked effect on the mosquitoes. It is wise, however, to bring sooe kind of dope to keep tho strny insects off. *** Four days were enjoyed at camp the past week by sooe menbers of troop No. 40 under the leadership of Patrol Leader Hugh :Burkett. ~is young scout is a born c~er and can keep his patrol cor.£ortable in any kind of weather, occupied and happy under all conditions. They report the catch of eight half-pound fish in the waters near car.:rp. However, they picked so l:'lany blackberries that part of then soured before they were all eaten. *** Cnr>pers coning for the first tine ond staying only over night are often heard to renark, "I wish I had planned to stay longer". *** Troop No. 29 spent the week-end, as usual, at caI::!J?. Near thmir now cabin they have built rustic scats for holding council fires. Sunday oorning they went on a hike to the rock spring and found several interesting bits of nature on the way. In the afternoon of that day they enjoyed visits fron several auto loads of Meqihis friends. scoutciaster Patton ond J. T· Stephenson, chairnan of the troop con~1ittee, were with the boys during thoir two dayst stay at car.1p. ** * Every Saturday afternoon, when two or noro troops are at caup and wish to indulge in a treasure hunt or other sinilar a.r.msenont, it will be arranged for then. Notice of such a desire should be given to tho canp director at least as early as the day previous, if arrwgenents have to be nade beforehand. This can 1::e done through the Meqphis :Boy scout office. �Comp currier rJeds If . July 1, 1929. TWO troops at can;p again. Members of troop 34 were here Wednesday and 'lhursday. Wednesday night they slept in their unscreened cabin and reported next morning that mosquitoes did not disturb them. It requires two days a week to oil the water at carrip and in the environs, but the good results make it worth while. Neighbors of the camp, also, have become interested in oiling and report noticeable freedom from tho :post. Troop No. 29 was represented at camp on Friday, and the boys rushed directly to the swimming hole. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Stephenson, who were here Sunday, brought down a carload of neighbor boys who are not Boy scouts, that they might see the new cabin, the c~ in general ond to enjoy a swim. Mr. Stephenson, chairr.lD.n of the troop cor.mttee and who is greatly interested in the cabin, said, 11 I just had to come down". No. 29 is the first to have a troop treasure hunt at Car.lp currier. It will be held on the 4th of July as a part of the dedicatmvy progra.o for their new cabin. Tb.one will be coqietition between the three patrols of the troop in this treasure hunt, and it pror.rl.ses to be a lively contest. Hunter cox, a student at Ole Miss and an ex-Lone Scout, was at tho caop sunday afternoon. He and his brother both were Lone scouts in this conounity before Caop currier was established. Tho other brother is ·now a student at Harvard, l!l1d they both retain a keen interest in scouting. Their father. w. w. cox of tho Eudora neighborhood, is a rJer.1ber of Chickasaw council and of the CaJJp currier Cor_-rd t too. · The swir:ir~ing hole at en~ is attracting considerable attention lllld providing both fun ond cor.;.fort ns a hot weather feature. Tho water is over tho heads of li ttlo scouts and docp enough for large boys to swir_i. rt has no appreciable current, ®d yet there is a steady stroorJ of cool water constantly running into and out of it. It can be used as r_'Jany tir.'lCs a day as the boys wish. canpers should not neglect to bring fresh fruit, for those who do are usually howling for sor.1e before they have been at caq> nore than two days. 1here are plenty of wild blackberries to be found just now, but nothing is nore wholesone and appetizing in su.r.iner than all kirils of fresh fruit, the kind you like best, and it is not hard to keep it inc~. Moreover, it is a serious oistake to rely too nu.ch on canned goods, nnd it-is the sign of an inexperienced Cal:!>or. �July 10, 1929. No. 44. This year Camp currier had the biggest Four th of July week in its history. There were seven troops represented at camp during the week, an average of ore a day, and as many as four troops at the same time. *** Troop 29 had set July 4 as the date to dedicate their new cabin, but although they were here two days the boys were having such a glorious time celebrating the Fourth with firecrackers and otherwise, swimning, hiking, and treasure hunting, that Scoutmaster Patton found no time for the dedicatcr y ceremony, so they had none except the prayer of the pastor as the crowd of scouts and grownups sat down to their Thursday eveni~ picnic feast. Since th.e completion of their cabin scoutmaster Patto:p. has been figuring the problem eats down to a fine point, so that he now is able to provide excellent meals at 15 cents apiece, and all that a hungry boy wants to eat, too. There were no police regulations to act as a k~ll-joy in tbe / use of Fourth of July fireworks, so the boys made the woods ring with their cannonading, and yet everything was done with so much care that nobody was hurt. TWenty scouts were present and they had thirty-eight visitors, making a merry group of fifty-eight who enjoyed the big day together. The three-mile treasure hunt was won by the ]lack ]ear patrol including Eugene Early, ]onner Ragland, Edward Eldridge, Paul Link, Eugene Grissom, and Farris Novel. They made the round in fifty minutes. perhaps.some other troop has a patrol that would like to challenge these Black ]ears for a treasure hunt. *** of his troop, No. 27. scoutmaster Wm. J. ]arfield was down for two days with part '!hey had a gc;iod program and a pleasant out]rg. * ** Messrs. D. T· Griffith and H. L• ]eardsley of the tropp committee of No. 33 were here two days and a group of the scouts under the lead~rship of Jimmie Dallas spent three days at camp working on their recently inclosed cabin. *** Troop No. 38 enjoyed its first over-night caniping visit at Camp currier the last week-end. R· ]. Wilkerson carne as scout leader, and the boys were busy every minute of the time. They broke the record by putting in a full ' nights sleep the first night out. They hiked, swarn, and feasted on blackberries of their ovm picking. ** * Troop No. 8 came without an adult leader, but under the direction of the cam,p director they spent two happ~ days. At present this troop has no scoutmaster. �NO. 44. July 16' 192 9. 11 '1.b.e swimming hole is fine~ was the comment made by some older :Boy scouts who drove down Thursday to try it out; "and the highway is in excellent condition, too'! , Yes, the road from Memphis to Ca.mp currier is really the best one in Desoto County, Mississippi. .Any car can bring you down to cail!J? in less than one hour• *** Found on the camp: ver case knife. A pair of opera glasses and as n .... * ** IJ!P.e May apple season is on. Qne :Boy scout found and ate a dozen last sun.day. When one knows how to pick out the edible part they are really good, too; and it's fun to hunt them. *** Five troops were at the camp during the past week, some of them for a stay of several days. One bo,w remarked: "I used to think it \7aS dull at camp currier, but I have found out different. II *** 'lb.e Civitan troop, No. 33, spent three days in their new cabin over tho \7eck-ond. On SUnduy, too, some of the troop committee came domi. and had some excellent pictures taken. T\7enty-three members of the troop nere present as well as the scoutmaster, Chester :Briney, ond some parents of the boys. All are justly proud of their no~ cabin. *** one Boy scout came down last ~eek who was never allow" ed to visit it befo:re. If parents who are bnckm.ird about letting their boys come to the back.woodi3 uould themselves c01~1e down to inspect it they would lose all their fears. It is fc:tr so.fer than the city of lvlor:iphis in every uay that one may wish to compare the two places. It is true that down here the boys are allowed the greatest freedom; the~ can go as scantily clad as the laws of cor.mon decency perin:i t; they swim in the oost comfortable bathing suits ever r:iade, provided by Mother Nature; they can drink excellent cous r.U.lk, buy fresh vegetables in the neighborhood, and pick their own fresh fruit. *** last for a week or two yet. in having them on the oenu. The big crops of blackberries and Way apples wiilil There is as ouch fun gathering them as satisfaction *** scoutoaster Pritchard and his right-hand helper, Perry Pipkin, brought their wives .down to visit the boys of their troop, No. 5, who did a little 1:io re work on their new cabin last week-end. *** $Un.days are suitably spent at canp. There is a short religious service every Sunday morning at 9 o'clock for all Boy scouts or their parents who may wish to attend. Also, in the neighboring village of Eudora there is a forenoon $Un.day school of the Baptist, Presbyterian, and Methodist denomination, as well as evening]. Y. P. u., Epworth League, and y. P. s. c. E· Eoy scouts are welcooe. ** * All kinds of hikes and backwoods am.isements are available at camp currier at a oooent•s notice. According to the boys' strength, physical condition and personal inclination they can lie in the shade (and this is recoorJended at IJ:!.dday), cavort in the cool water, hike through. the £orest for one mile or ten, and sleep like babies at night. * ** Troop No. 27 intends to begin on their proposed cabin the next tioe they cooe down. �NOa 45. comp ' (J . T·~. -. ··I· Ct1rr1e-r ·Ne\1\15July ?4,_1929 .. ' Only two troops to be reported at camp this time, but three boys were here the whole vveek and kept something going every day. The c01-veriience of having one's own cabin is a real advantage in every_ way, not the least of which is that the parents of tenderfoots arc more willing to let their sons coroo in all kinds of weather. A place to swim, also, is a very groat attraction for tho boys themselves in warm weather, because it insurus bodily comfort as well as addir:g materially to each day•s program. * * * A lot of Boy scouts v;ho froquon t the camp arc leam·-ing how to take care of themselves so rrell in the >1oods that ver.1 little is over heard about chiggers causing any discomfort.. The careful cnmper knons ho11 to avoid them. *** Troops 5 rui.d 33 plan to make improvements at their c~bins during the present week. * ** The heavy rain did nothing but good on camp Currier and 11as followed by a second heavy sho\l'or, both of uhich delayed the heymaking 'but will stimulate the grass to renewed growth and greenness. * *· * considerable vms done on Kelly Cabin last week so that it presents the appenrance of n real home once more. The roof is ·nearly finiShed. *** camp currier is having a chance this summer better than ever before of fulfilling its mission of being a reel, ·every- day, nearby, backvroods camp vrhich Me!I\Phians can reach at any time ui thin an hour af tcr leaving home. The camp director 1 s constant presence there results in the perfect protectim of the camp so that it is enjoying entire freedom from poache:rs of any kind. Nobody but :Boy Scouts, their fam:Ues and viti tors come to the camp ooy more, and they are always assured of being properly received 9 their needs provided for, their comfor·t insured, and their program of activities assisted in every way. *** Aug11st usually is the month for longer encampments than usual at camp currier, a time '\7hen the boys and their scoutmaster come to spend at least a week of their vncation together here living in tents. This year, better than ever before, they can do this Vii th the prospect of finding other troops here at the same time and the assurE'.J.1co of inter-troop activities that add to the interest of each dnyt s prograr.1. *** Along with as much fun as a boy wishes to indulge in· he finds no end of v:oodcraft a;r.d nature study if he is so inclined. The amount of it is limited only by his ability to find it, and in c2se he is too tenderfooted to shift for himself he always coo go d th groups of others or be accompanied by the camp director \7ho is ready to give his tir.1e to one individual just as willingly as 'to many. Indeed the.re are oany advantages in traveling by twos. *** '.[he boys who come to camp currier, including some who never came before this SUL'lr.1er, are discoTering that, besides the pleasures of the camp itself, it is surrounded by such extensive forests that they can hike off the camp in several directions just as r.iany miles as they LJa.Y wish or are able to travel and finding wild woods all the way. This makes the c~ proper more of a headquarters, a starting point, to which they can return at the end of the day to enjoy it~ honelikeness. �CaTTjp Currier -NevJs No. 46. Jtily 31, 1929. Fishing is the latest developnent at Camp Currier. It began last week-end and has been found to be real sport. T. J. Byrnes of troop 15 has t re distinction of catching the longest fish thus far, eight inches. He had never caught one b.efore. Another fisherman caught fOUl' feet of fish out 0f the swimming hole last Saturday in ono hour. The kinds arc catfish and different varieties of perch, and they bite as if nobody had ever fed them before. Tw~ fisherman caught enough at the swimning hole to ma...'lt.e a meal for six. Grub worms seem to be the best bait, but gr'lsshoppers do very well and are more :plentiful. For three years tho :soy scouts have been dreaming about swimming and fishing at this caI!lp, and how, presto! these sports already are reality and so attractive as to hold the center of the stage. *** Five tr.oops uere at Ca.nr.9 the past \7eek, covering all seven days, and at least two troops were present every do.y. ~; ** Troop 5 already is enjoying its new cabin, and the merit badge.:.; test· on bird study r;as passed 'i;he last ucek-end by three of its members; Thurman Crawford, Osborn Bradley, and John Slater. *** scoutmaster H. T. :Butler and ten members of his troop, No. 15, came into c~ on the :Boy scout bus lnst Saturday a.nd returned to Mcr:iphis Sunday afternoon. Their project for this visit was cleaning of·f their nenly chosen cabin site, and they did a very good job of it. They also sue,m, fished, and :pnssod tests. * "* * �As this good ne\1S proba.bly will" e;1ttract. increased numbers this week-end, please reaA the followmng before you start: the fish already caugl~t have been as large as one•s he~d and on down to half that size, but that is large enough to cook and the quality is fine. '!he fishing stream is small, so only a short fishing rod is needed not longer than six or eight feet. You will be expected to fish only >Tith ordinary hook ruid lino. Fisherman, also, 111ill be ex:pected to catch only ns mu.ch as they Tiill cook and oat while at camp. Furtherrr.ore, in view of the larger numbers that will be coming to CalI!l? now, it is more important thm ever that each group of Boy scouts coming do'l7Il shall be nccorr::poniod by their scoutmasters or other adult ruid real scout leaders. Fishing hours will be limited as follows: From daylight until 9: 00 A. r,1. and from 5 p. M. till dark. swimming hours, also, will be limited for the present to one hour at a time between 9 A. M. ond 12 otclock noon and between 4 p. },,Z. to 7. Of course, the fishing wi 11 be limi tod to scouts. Harry c. Myers, Ca.mp Director. �Aug. 7, 1929. Troop No. 10 pulled into camp Sunday morning for their 4th annual eight-day encampment. It required the Boy Scout bus and half a dozen cars °Vl transport them. It would be ha~a. to beat this troop for genuine camping, and t.Ley wUl help make it interesting for other troops that may be here this week. On +Jha absence of their scoutmaster, Dr. Howard Cu:cl, who is snending the summer in the nc)J.'th, the troop is fortun&te and hr-:ppy to have with them their former scoutmaster, c. D. Kennedy, and his r:ife whose home is in st. Lou.is. *** scoutmaster Roger Stanley, with part of his troop, No. 19, :::pent two days at camp this week. Thoy caught som0 fish, but lack of proper bait r;revented their having much luck. Rowover, they !ID.do up for this with two good bli'rir.:irning periods every day. The scoutmaster is himself a woodsman and kept the boys l•1;,.sy both days with an interesting program. Tho night they nerc ti;ere 111as ideal for star-gazing, and an hour or more was spout on tho headquarters ova1 studying the heavens, particular attention being given to throe constellations which seemed to be quite well learned. One morning they 1110nt on a tracking hike that proved very interesting and revealed some ~ights of nature IThich none of them had seen before. *** Troop NO. 41 of Hernando, Miss., came for their first visit to Cam,p currier last week. They made straight for the swimming hole which natural~Y is growing in popularity. "VJe went on an overnight hike to the Coldwater river ·l. few weeks ago 11 , said Scoutma.ster McKee, 11 but, strange to say, \1e found no good :olace to swim. This little place, though, is ideal and you can see how the boys enJoy it. That little strear.1 of pure spring rTater keeps it sanitary." The first day this troop was in carr:p they were visited by two of the troop committeemen, G. c. Mingee and J. K· Tipton, who hiked over the camp almost like youngsters ond helped select a cabin site. ~t night the boys studied the stars a little while, but a whole day in the woods made them too sleepy to stay mmk.e long. The next ~orning•s r:iail brought theti a surprise in the shape of a letter in a long business anvblope. It came from their troop co11.1f.1i t tee visitors of the day before, stating that they he.d made a canvass of the business men of Hernando 11ho had contr:4buted so liberally that the r.loney for their proposed cabin nas already raised. scoutf.'.aster McKee had to return home the.t day, as had been :::lanned for the troop; but the boys wanted to stay longer, so they were allowed to ·erra in over another night. on leaving, Mr. McKee said: "We shall begin building our ::abin without delay, and intend to finish it before school opens." *** The last week-end has seen soma good work done on the doors end windows of Troop 5 • s cabin so that now they have the build.ing inclosed. ** * Troop cor.JL1itteer.1an Krivcher of No. 25 11as at canp sun.day and announced that this troop already has sufficient Eoney to build their new cabin. v1ork on which will be cor.oenced this week. Mr. Krivcher saw senator s. ]. Dean, the Eudora merchant, while here and eng£ged of hin the brick necessary for the fireplace and chir.mey of the proposed cabin. As several other cabins will want such r:m.tcrial this sura~er, Mr. Dean will ship in a carload of brick this week-and will deliver sar:B at the cabin sites of troops that put in orders in tine to rJake delivery before the end of the ueek. Troop 25 has decided to build its cabin of Tot'la.hawk siding, the new and popular imitation log cabin naterial, and it is their intention to finish the building this nonth. . .... .. ~ �. " ---.------------ - - - -- Aug. 20, 1929. Jo. 48. ]ecause the usual :Boy scout news was not issued last week, report must cover a fortnight. Week before last one of the big events of the summer was troop No. lO•s annual eight-day encampment, which has become a regular feature at camp currier. "It was the best encampment WO have had yot, 11 said George w. :Bell, JllO of the assistant scoutmasters upon whom with Ed Shelton rested the responsibility because of the absence of the scoutmaster, Dr. Howard curl. At tho edge of tho woods on tho east side of the meadow in front of troop No. 5's neV! ca.bin worG set U:9 tho nj.nc pup tents, two wall tents for hospital and officers quarters and a larg~~ k~. ':;ehen tent. A new addition to the kitchen equipment was an ice-box excoll8ntly hJme-ma.de by tho troop before coming down. Their canw p~esented an interesting sight, whether it was at sunrise with the boys rolling out in response to tho bugle, at noon when the chow line of ravenous Scouts was. marching past the bench of stearnrhng victuals, in the afternoon when everything Vl'as in g_u:i.et ord.or under tho disinfecting rays of an August sun while the boys rested in tho shade, after supper when all sat in a circle around the nightly council fire, or at taps 11hen ca.ch tent uas alight uith a candle in a homemade tin-can candlestick, a piece of handicraft taught by c. ]. Kennedy, the ex-scoutmaster uho spent four days of tho week as a visitor at the camp of his old troop. George ]ell and Ed Shelton, the two assistant scoutmasters in cha~ge, grew up in this troop~ A few years ago they were timid tenderfoots, but they have developed into leaders of whom Chickasaw council is proud a.nd to whom the 9arents of the younger boys ought to give an annual vote of thanks. In an informal and probably unconscious way tho friends of tho troop did that this sumr:ior, for on Sunday, August 4, ten visitors came <iorm from Menphis. On \icdnesday there \7ere eleven visitors; on ~hursday, ten; Friday, t~o; Saturday, nineteen; and sunday, thirteen. Ed Shelton, r;ho had charge of the kitchen, used the scouts in details of three to help him and to learn h0\7 to cook. Each detail was on duty for three meals handrunning, and then their kitchen duties were furnished for tho week. Each boy paid $5 for the expenses of the eight-day outing.,, This amount paid for not only transportation and all their food, including :r:iany complimentary meals for their guests, but also bought a nUDber of new kitchen utensils and the naterial for their new ice-box. George Bell had charge of the hospital tent an.ong other duties, but the casualties of the week were no more serious than a few Di.nor scratches and bruises. Every norning the boys were given setting-up exercises and then they trooped down to the spring stream for a dip _before breakfast, with the result that everybody was up and coning throughout the week, playing, hiking, suin:iing, and boxing. A series of playground ball gar.1es was played with the Eudora troop, No. 56, with two victories for No. 56 a..vid one for No. 10, but the Memphis troop pronises to reverse this next sumr:ier. Saturday night scoutr.:iaster J.W. cooper of troop No. 56 and his boys attended No. 10ts council fire when a lively prograr.i was put on, including the antics of "Miss Williacsll, v1ho net and was introduced to the Eudora scouts on their way to the council fire. G~is *** Scoutnaster Howard pri tchard and sone of his troop r:ienbers were at car:rp two days, and now their new cabin is under lock and key. *** �'.:..2- scout Thomas Brawley of troop No. 27 pedaled doVln to the ca.mp Sunday, August 11, on a fifty-mile bicycle hike. After drinking a quart of cool milk he rested an hour and then pedaled back home again. He brought the neus that troop No. 27 is planning a big treasure hunt at Camp currier on September 14. Scoutmaster Barfield never fails to ha7e a well planned program for his troop 1 s visits to the camp, and as a result the boys are always up on their toes and have a good time. * * * on his way to camp Thomas Brawley was overtaken by another lone bicyclist, earl crutchfield, who rem~ined over night in the new cabin of his troop, No. 33. earl and the camp director spent the early evening v;i th the telescope trained on the moon and then went frog-gigging. ** * one nerr troop seckj_ng a cgbin site-'\7ished to know 50 would release theirs, but Scoutrn&r,ter Arnold Houston of the Collierville ;7rote back that his boys are no17 cutting cypress logs at home and \7ill soon them to Camp Currier, .a distance of forty miles, to build a cabin there. A cabin ~ill be a novelty at this camp. if NO• troop haul cypress ** * G. c. Mingee, the well-known agricultural agent for Desoto county, has been chosen to tnke charge of No. 41 ts building operations and will J.oubtless put up an attractive cabin. All the merchants of Hernando .are behind this project, and it will be the pride of the town. ** * During the last two ueeks fourteen troops have been at Jcmp currier for periods ranging all the way from one to six dcys, and often several ~;roops were present at the same time. Also, the last tv70 Sundays have been marked by many visitors. Last Sunday the first car arrived at 7:30 A. Ivh and the last dc:,ca rted after sunset, from tvlO to five being at camp throughout. the day. One car brought a party of six, including a Memphis couple, parents of a Boy scout rrho Here unwilling to send their son to the backwoods camp '· i thout investigating first \7hat sort of place it is. On departing the ulOther said: nwe are satisfied. Our son may come, and we ourselves shall come back, too. rt is P fine, safe place for boys~ ** * The past fortnight has sceri the now cabin of troop No. 25 assume the appearance of a real building.. scout Leo Kornik, with Abe Krivcher and a varying nur:iber of troop members, has boon at camp r:iost of the tine. They have had a few days help from t:VW local laborers, end one day scoutrJas tor J. D. Marks and the father of Henry Leh1'18Jl cane down and rendered valuable assistance. *** The past week has seen building ~aterial hauled to the crunp for troops No. 19, 25, 34, and 41~ tmd !or the new Kelley cabin. rt also has seen the :Burris cabin filled vath hay Dnd the road to senator neanis gravel pit reJ_,aired $) that the cheap sand and gravel are now obtainable and the camp road gravt;ling contract can be co~leted. ** * scoutmaster F. w. Morrison of troop No. 34, who spent the sur.ir.1er in the East, was a visitor last Sunday and brought a fine English hiking compass as a gift to the ca~ director. EXtensive interior inprovements are planned for No. 34ts cabin this fall. ** * Two CTenbers of troop No. 45, who were at camp a few days last week, including the unusually cool night, resorted to a new wrinkle in order to !rnep warr:i. Sy.retching a canvass across two parallel logs, they heated a mwber of stones and placed then under the canvass, on which they slept in cor::lfort under a 11 their bedclothes as covers. �corrip currier-News . s._~ No. 50. w. 19a1 More than any other equal period d'iring the summer, the week before last was characterized by construction work at Camp Cu.rrier, though .some of the troops present (there were nine al together) cani(;j only . to camp, hike, fish, swim, and eat watermelons. * * * * The newly started cabin of Tro::ip No. 4.1 had its walls nearly half .way up, with the door and wine.ow frames in place Friday nitll.t. :AlSo the cy:press shakes for the roof had boe~1 hau.led from: near MooretoJm in DeSoto county ten miles from the cam;;i where they were bought for $1.00 a hundred at the stump. These are bedutiful boards, mid other troops wanting to put on cypress roofs can ~et any quantity at the same price. * ** * Troop 34, happy with its ner: stone firepla.ce, has been putting its subfloor in condit;ion for the laying of tho top floor which will be an improvemunt of the near future. ** ** Five members of Troop No. 50 wer~ brought to ca.mp by th0ir Scoutmaster, Arnold Houston, on vvodnesday and spent the remaindt.r of the week h.;;re camping end making preparation for the beginning oftheir now ca.bin at a log-rolling planned for tho following Monday. In the meanti:c:ie their logs, which are cypross, werl:.l hauled from the troop's homo at Collierville, Tennessee. **** Boys from Troop No. 25, under the leadership of Leopold Kornik,wero nt ca.mp threc: days early in tho week putting the roof sheetiug o~ their cabin. They also hirod a mason to build their fireplaco and chimn.ey. * * ** Five members of Troop No. 5 wdre at camp throe days, They bu.:s.icd themselves a bout the new cabin, a;;.d. two of them passed the test fo:r the; camping merit badge, The~.r Scoutmaster, Howard Pritchard, brow,ht them down Thursday and came for them Saturday nkht. * * * * ... A patrol from Troop no. lS, tmder the l.:;adership of Assistro1t scoutrnc.ster Gerald Capers, car.le to ca.mp satu.rdny ni.e:ht and stayed over Sunday. They fished, swam and feasted 0:1 lllll.scadines, * * * * Sunday !llorning ten int:.n;bers of Troop No. 8 arrived in a truck to ir~trOduce their now Scoutr·.aster, FrE'.n~c L0uckes, to Camp Currier for a stay·· of two days. Like ru1y troop tLnt has buen without a Scoutmaster for so long, No. 8 is on its toes now to prove itself one of the most active troops in Mrn~1phis. Most Of thc.se boys en~oy life in the outdoors, and. they are fortunate in getting an outdoor r,1an for a leader. * *** Assistant scoutniaster George Ham nnd his brother, Hope, were at ca.:·;p on SU.nday looking at the new ca'l::lilns that have sprung up this year. Their Troop,No. ·11, has an excel:i.ent concrete en.bin foundation that was laid during the s·coutr.:m.s tership of A. s. Fry. Also a large rick of cobblestones to be used in the lower half of their cabin walls, and it is their in ton ti on to complete the building this fall. The plans and location of their ca.bin &re calculated to r.w.ke it one of the most conspicuous buildings on the carJ._p. * * * *· The ninth troop represented .at caup this WL:ek was No. 56 of Eudora. �No. 51 17 I 1929 The big event of week before last was troop No. 41' s ~M -·f.ashion.Bd.. log rolling. On Saturday evening the scoutmaster, Arnold Houston, arrived with more scouts to join those who had been at camp several days and to make ready for the fathers, mothers and friends who began to come early Monday mcrning. some of tnese had been here before, but for others it was the first visit, for the;y live forty miles away. It was a busy day for the men and boys, and before night some of the former were thoroughly tired. Most of the forenoon was spent in putting down a foundation of readyrnade concrete blocks and in sawing of logs to certain lengths. At noon it was a pleasu:re to turn to the attractive picnic lunch which the ladies had spread in varied abundance, and after a brief rest the manual laborers returned to their job with a determination that resulted in fourteen of the largest logs being put in place, carrying the walls of the building to nearly half their intended height. This is the largest single-day beginning of its cabin. acco~lishment I of any troop in the * •. * * * * * * * * * The same week, also, was one of marked accomplishment on the part of troop No. 41, for on Saturday night their new cabin, the material for which was all standing in growing trees a month ago, was all up and roofed in. While the members of this troop are to be congrat~.ated, they owe a grateful vote of thanks to scoutmaEter McKee and Troop committeemen Mingee and Tipton for their enthusiasm and actual manual labor~ * * * * * * * * * * * Last Friday was the first day in many weeks that no scouts were at camp currier. *********•** It is a pleasure to announce that the graveling contract at camp currier has been finished, so that automobiles now have the best hardsurface highway in Desoto county connecting the Headquarters cabin with the City of Memphis. No more danger of being stuck or sliding into the ditch. The traveling time is less than one hour. * ***** ****** * * Scouts from five different troops were at camp currier over the last week-end, but during the first part of the week there were none because school has begun. This is quite different from the summer vacation season, but it allows more work to be done in camp improvement and upkeep. * * * * * * * **** * q 1.1;-, _,.vf t J. A,;:''"·~">~'<!: ;.,'' A week-end two-night visit from troop No. 27 deserves special mention because it was such an enjoyable one. This troop arrived at camp after dark Friday night and started back to Memphis immediately after breakfast Sunday morning so as to atte.nd Sunday School at home; but the fun began several weeks before last Friday night because the outing was being planned and prepared for at least a month before the red-letter day. scoutt~J~~ is wise enough to know that it is almost as enjoyable~­ ;J ready for such an occasion as this as it is to actually take part in it. This Scoutmaster, also, is a rµethodical man, and therefore every hour of the trip from Memphis back to Men~his was packed full of a systematic program. As a result of all this his boys were on tiptoe for the big event days before the date set, and their time at carno was one of incessant �· abtivi ty and 1pleasure~ Thanks to Mr. Ba;rfield• s disc'ipl~r:ie the Scouts went . , to .bed eai'ly and actually slept well the first night despite their excite• Anent over the· events of the following day. 1 /, '''•· ;': ; .. ~. +tarly next morning everybody was upt had eaten a hearty bre~fast, arid the cooking utensils were cleaned by 7 o•clock. The next thing was a ~wo~h:o'\.li' hike. The latter part of the f:orenoon found them felling the first 'trees to make logs for a cabin .they will1 build this fall. This timber cut- · . ting was followed by a swim, after which they cooked and ate dinner and . rested unt.il 2 o'clock. Until 3 p. M· they played light glU!les arid then tjle · ·t;reasure hunt, the big event o_f the day, began. , ,·f':' .. .·r,: •'I T"-o patrols participated in this; namely1 .the Eagle patrol with NJ:cCarrol:\, as lead.er and Sam Ap::p:)..ebaurn, Earl :Baker,-_Harold HtHtbger, �Wi.ley Hutchins en6.. Stanley Martin; and the Black Bears wit,h Tho·!aae Brawley as loader and Robert Butler, Cecil Bunnell, Dick Easley and John Oates. They followed two, separate trails of two miles each, and the Black Bears ccvered the distance in forty-five r,1inutes. Eight minutes later the Eagles eqne in, delA.yed a little "because one runner had hurt his leg. But the fleetest patrol answered one question incorrectly and, as the other patrol's a:1swers were all right, it was the Eagles that won after all.. i:rhe actual t:'easure, a fountain pen, was found by Dick Easley; but each menber of tbe Fir,r.ing patrol received a first prize, while every one _of the runners-up was g:..ven a consolation prize. For a wonder, nobod_y grouched about the trail, and the race really was a close onel All then went swir.rr:d.ng again, and after that came supper. several of the boys took cooking tests, a..'1d o.t 7 :30 the council fire began. The program was lively from start to finish, and was followed by a surprise, a freezer of ice cream. .Jl.fter that the treasure hunt prizes were presented, and everybody was glad to "hit the hay.u Sunday morning breakfast was finished before 7 o•clock, the camping site was policed, cooking kits and bla..'1ket rolls were packed, the bus honked, and all were off to the city, waving goodbye and promising to 11 r.iturn for four days at Thanksgiving tine. n * ** ** * *** ** Assistant Executive Willard Hays and District Commissioner Robt. G. Wilkerson were over-night cmnpers at camp the last week-end. * * * * ** * ** * * Last Sunday brought another long procession of visitors, the majority of whom wanted to "see that new ca-bin of the Hernando troop, 11 which is attracting much attention and receiving many compliments. �No. 52 l Sept. 26, 1929. FOtT1TD: At the camp the last week-end. A good knife, a finger ring, a canteencover, a civilian hot, and a neckerchief. Owners should phone to the office to claim their property. * * * * * * Seven troops were at camp the last week-end, and three of them had big doin 1 s. Saturday was dedica'tion de.y for the Civitan cabin, Troop No. 33. The Scouts came to the camp in the :Boy scout bus Friday evening. Early in the afternoon their guests, EH.. •.:tbers of the Civitan Club and their wives, began to arrive, and at 4 o t clock the formalities commenced. First the official photographer, ILL. Beard8ley 1 shot the compa.'1y in various groups, and then Iv1r. Harry Loring Clarke took charge of the ceremonies. He introduced :B:.11 (Fi. L.) Owens, pres5.den t of the Civi tans, who very gracefully pros on tod the fine, new cabin to the troop. Dr. J.J. Walker, pastor of the East End Christian Church, made the dedicatory prayer; and Chester Briney, as Scoutmaster, formally accepted the troop1s backwoods home. Scout Executive Gordon Morris gave a congratulatory talk, and Jirrrw:ie Dallas, who has be6n the senior patrol leader during the past year, finished the program as the representative of tho boys themselves. Th0 company was then invited to anothur part of tho cabin sito where a light lunch was served while the boys put on an interesting exhibition of scout activities. The Civitans have done a fine thing for Troop 33, and sev0ral of tho club 1 s m0mbcrs, who modestly keep themsolvos in tho background, are deserving of special credit. If this troop d%s not make .a good showing in camp life. accom.plishments, it will not be the fault of their sponsors. The new officers of the troop for the present season are: Roy Hearn, senior patrol leader; Robert creagi.1, Claude MclTew, Jimde Dallas and John Creagh, patrol leaders. They were presented to tho:i.r Memphis visitors in a formal v ay; they had char.ee of the patrol performances as their f-Uvsts ate refreshments; and upon them rests the responsibility of making a. camp record this year in keeping with their home in the woods. 1 ****** Rec<:Jn tly by mistake the nem.:e of this camp has appct1.red in print several times as "Currie", but it is hoped that nobody will be misled into calling it that instead of its real name, camp Currier, which alread;ir has so much fine sentiment wrapped up in it. ****** Saturday also brought the long anticipated complimentary barbecue for Troop No. 34, winners of the last Camp Currier Contest. The excitement began Friday morning when the pig was butchered. Soon after school the sane day Hugh Burkett, the vetvran camping patrol leader of Troop No. 40, arrived with seven other members of the troop to barbecue the pork that night and serve the feast next day. This they did in perfect fashion, taking turns in three-hour tricks from dusk until breakfast. time. Next morning brought other r.1ernbers of both troops, and at 5 o'clock in the af tcrnoon forty-seven feasters sat down to the following menu: ]8Xbecued pork, buns, potato salad, cookies l'nd apples mixed v1ith good cheer nnd followed by a short program. First the coveted hickory loving-cup was presented to the victors, pnd in accepting the trophy for his troop Scoutmaster F.VJ. Morrison said they would rather have it thnn El. silver cup. They will give it the place of honor in their troop room, and the 11 Chief 11 intimated that they intend to ke0p it there, defending it against all on-coners. IJ:'his is a fine fighting "Spirit, but several other outdoor troops purp©se to give the present possessors a ··~" hot r11.ce for the honors in the a::mroaching conteRt. �l , 1~e\1\/S Oct. 1, 1929 NO• 53 Three be:- rskin floor rugs coCJ.stitute a most appropriate and welcome donation to the furnishings of the headquarters cabin last week by Mrs. Walter Lane Smith of Memphis. This is the second time that N:rs. Snith has thought1ully added to the equipment of this building, and her interest i'- very mu.ch appreciated. *******"' w. Crowded out from last week's news was the visit of Rev. L. Norris, the scoutmaster of 'I'roop 4.-3. He was accompanied by Assistant scoutmaster Bonnie G, Hill and Warren 1-1.llen, the newly chosen senior patrol leader. They selected as a cabin site the point next south of No. 111 s concrete foundation and intend to begin the erection of an old-fashioned lo{": cabin in the near future. ****"'*** Five troops have been at camp the last week-end. * * * * * * *·* The troops that have the most enjoyable outings at Camp currier are those that come with definite plans about what the;y- shall do while here. suggestions for such programs are contained in the fall contest point-sheet, and whether or not a troop wishes to t1;ke part in the contest the scoutmaster will find here some activities in which his boys may take an interest. Other boys do, and there is sufficient variety for all tastes. ******** Scoutleaders Willard Hays, Robert Wilkerson camped out over Saturday nif;ht at camp Currier. a..~d Carroll Wells * * * * ** * * The most interest'ing and most beautiful season of the year at camp Currier begins with the month of October. Then it is that the annual fall contest starts. The chiggers and the mosquitoes are gone. Wild fruits and nuts are ripening. And, best of all for the average boy, October brings the open season for possU!ns. There is a private possum hunt scheduled for Wednesday night of this week, and the first regular Saturday night hunt will be on the night of October 5th, * * ** * * * * Troop 25 has made great progress on its new cabin during the pc.st fortnight,. They expect to move in this month. The boys of this troop have done sorno hard work on their backwoods home, and no troop in Chickasaw council is more pleased with the prospect of heving such a happy hang-out at Camp Currier. As soon as they become settled they expect to enjoy caril> life to the full and all the year round. * * * *. * * * * Troop 56 spent Saturday evening at Camp Currier and enjoyed cooking supper around a campfire. This troop has been going into the woods on Saturdays since school began, and they report that half enough logs already have been cut to build their cabin. i:rhe troop is growing, too. �can1p curr1er No. 54 i ! Oct. 8, 1929 The first possum hunt of the season was out of the ordinary because ladies took part. It was the idea of qome of the old.er :nembers of Troop 10 - Ed Shel ton, Cecil McDonald, Raymond Owen, Thomas Gaines, Harold Gowdy, George Jones and Harry Rogers. Their guests were their former Scoutn1astcr, c. B. Kennedy, and his wife, Mr. and Mrs • .Andrew -lohnson, and Misses Ruth :Brennon, Tina Mariana and Elizabeth Marshall. They drove down to camp after an early supper, and it was neaxly 8 o 1 clock when the~r reached the woods. Indeed, Uncle :Sen Alexander, tht;i veteran hunter who w~s to lead in the chase of fat marsupials, had given up their coming and hBd taken off his shoes to go to bed when the merry party knocked at his cabin door. Somebody hnd recently told Uncle Ben a terrible snake story so that he was almost afraid to venture forth after dark, but having promised to go, he consented to accompany the young white folks with the distinct understanding that somebody else should t2ke the lead and he only follow with his dogs. It was an almoFt silent group that moved along through the forest for about twenty minutes without the least sound from any of tho dogs. '11h.en Watch barked and Uncle Ben said: 11 He has i t treed already. 11 Then the pent-up excitement broke out and the hunters all joined in a mad race for the tree. The animal was found to bo in a hollow tree, and several woodchoppers took turns with an axe before the tree fe~l. With a flashlight the possum could be seen about four feet up in the hollow, so th.e tree trunk was chopped in two again before the quarry could be rel.'lched, and then it was that Raymond Owen pulled it out by the tail and chucked it into a tow-sack. some of the young ladies had never seen a possum nnd for most of them it was a novel experience to go hunting in the woods after dark. Two more possums were soon brought to bay, but as both of them took refuge in sink-holes and it would have required several hours to dig them out, it was promptly voted that 11 we have had enough sport for one nigh t 11 and the party hastened back to the camp-fire where all were soon busy roasting wieners and otherwise making ready for a midnight supper before starting back home. * ** * * * **** Troop 56 was at camp two days at the week-end. They hiked, tried some new ideas in cooking and wound up their stay with a treasure hunt followed by a roast-chicken supper. This spre8d was donated by the two patrol leaders, Irving Craven and Albert Sidney White. The treasure hunt was over the same trails as had been used by Troop 27 a few weeks ago, and the opposing patrols roached the goal all within the sElille minuto, Albqrt Sidney VVni te' s patrol ranking the round in 26 minutes, while that of Irving craven's patrol was 27 minutes. The winners also brought in a beautiful baby gray squirrel which they surpi:isod on the ground and captured before it could ciimb a tree. Moreover, the other patrol found a box tortoise. No wonder they couldntt win. * * ** ** * **** Troop 25 was at camp again, still working on their new cabin, which now has almost half of the roof on and the fireplace foundntion in. �Oct. 30, 1929. No. 56 Two possums were tr~ed at once Saturday night and, as is often the case under such circumstances, neitiler one of them was caught. Later a third marsupial was found. One scout shinned up the tree before exactly locating the quarry. His companions on the ground soon espied it directly behind him, and on turning around he faced its wide-open mouth and glistening teeth only inches in front of his nose. Then, either from quaking fear or deliberate intention, he promptly shook the animal off the limb and Harry Davis of Troop 8 caught it, thereby addin<s 500 po in ts to his fall con test score. In the struggle the possum bit the boy's wrist, but an immediate apnlication of iodine was all the first aid that was needed for that, and next mo~ning it was practically well. * * * * ** * Eleven troops were represented at camp the last week, a record break~. * * * *'* * * Troop 50 improved its first week-end apportunity to begin its new cabin, which scoutmaster J. Austin says will be pushed to early completion. w. ******* A large group of Troop 8 boys spent the week~end at camp. On Sunday Mr. & Mrs. A. ]3. Rowe, one of whose sons is a member of this troop, broug;h.t a few friends out from the city and treated the combined group of :Boy scouts and grown-ups with a fried chicken picni<! dinner that proved to be a rea.l feast• Not only that, but Mr. Rowe proved his faith in the prqposed new troop cabin by bringing down in an accompanying truck a newly constructed outdoor can~ table and bench seats which vrnre initiated by use that day and they donated and placed in position as the first permanent improvement on the cabin site. * * * * * * * Troop 10 had young lady frhind; as guests at their second private possum hunt last Friday night at camp currier. The hunt was followed by a midnight campfire repDst before starting back to the city. **** *** A group from Troop 25 put in another good dayt s work on their cabin and now have a fine new fireplace and chimney completed. They soon will be ready to uove into their backwoods home. ******* A new record was established last Saturday by a comparatively new Memphis troop, No. 43, of vinich Rev. w. L· Norris, pastor of the New south Memphis :Baptist Church, is scoutmaster. Between 11.A..M. and 4 p.M. the scoutmaster and five of the larger members of the troop, without any employed help, felled the trees for forty-one logs for their cabin which Mr. Norris in his custo~iary businesslike way purposes to build without any unnecessary delay. It is to be a genuinely oldf~shioned log cabin, for this preacher is something of a woodsnnn himself. llC****** Scoutmaster H• T. :Butler, Assistc:mt Scoutmaster Robert Raymond and twenty E1e:mbers of tha.t growing Troop, No. 15, arrived at camp Saturday and followed through an intensive two-day program of work and fun at their big cabin site over OJ} the west side. one of their r:iost enjoyable diversions was a spirited treasure hunt in which the Black Bear pa.trol was victorious. �NO. 57 Nov. 6, 1929. Camp currier is indebted again, this time to Mr. Geo. R. Kendall of Memphis, who brought as a gift to be hung up in the Headquarters Cabin a fine eight-day clock. On Sunday Mr. & Mrs. Kendall came out to the camp, as so many parents do, to bring- their son who is a member of Troop 1, and with him they brought this very welcome and useful surprise. It is pleasing indeed to have people do such nice things as this, and all such graceful acts are all the more appreciated because they are not solicited. "'******* Father John H. Shea, Scoutmaster of Troop 49, and a dozen of his scouts drove to camp in the rain last Friday for their first visit here. The day was rainy and the forecast said Hmore rain,11 but Father Shea said the boys had been look:ing forward to the trip for two weeks and 1:0uld have been greatly disappointed not to come, so he brought them. And they all proved to be good sports and good campers. They were lodged in a cabin where they could keep dry and warm, and it is well that they were so protected, for at 1 A. M. it poured down again. But saturda~r brought better weather, and they had a good time although the possum hunt they had planned for was out of the question. ******** Mr. T. E. Beard, one of the fathers of No. 19, was at camp the last week-end and built an outdoor oven for this troop which,will appreciate this added equipment. All such things, too, are pleasing evidences of the parents! interest in their sons' outdoor activities. ******** The erection of Troop 40t s fine new cabin is going on apace. Scoutmaster Austin and several of the Scouts are here every week-end, and much interest is being manifested in the building. Considerable material will be sent down this week, for they are hurrying to enclose it before winter. * * * * * * ** Troop 1 came again last Saturday, a few of the boys hiking down the highway. One good result of the rains of the day before was plenty of fresh mud for wild animal tracks, and the members of this troop took ad.vantage of that to make some plaster of Paris negatives. ******** Members of Troop 25 are now looking forward to the day when they can lock their equipment in a finished cabin. Some of them spend nearly every week-end at the work, and they are too busy at it even to go hunting. �------~--- --- - ...... --~~---·----.---- ·--- ------ CA.lV'Jl CURRIER NEWS ·' Page 2 Assistant Scout1-:1aster Gerald capers, his mbther and two other ladies, together with several members of Troop 19, were over-night caLipers in the troop's log cabin Saturday and Sunday. The boys were engaged in nature study. ******* James Marquis of Troop 37 came on a bicycle hike from his home in Memphis, thirty-seven miles, to ca1:ip currier Saturday afternoon and pedaled· back again Sunday. This you.th is an experienced bicycle rider, but he took his time this trip and r:-,erely hung up a preliciinary record for others to shoot at. It was two hours flat. ****** The foregoing was written for last week but crowded out. Since then another group of scouts of Troop lS occupied their cabin three days and caught a possur:i Saturday ni{{ht, stel'llng Adm;1s being the actual cap1tor, and Troop 40 put in a big dayts work on their new .cabin. Tuesday night of last week scout Executive Morris, court of Honor Chairman c. T. Mccaoe, Cor.r:issioner Ross A· Mathews, and Assistant to the Executive Willard Hays cane down for an official hunt, bagging two possuL~ and enjoying a wiener roast before starting hor:1e. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Camp Currier Description An account of the resource This collections contains pictures and documents relating to the Chickasaw Council's camp in Eudora, Mississippi. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document \ ~ -- - -~ --- ' - .\ , conir C · ·- ·'Jr..,1,.-...1 . IJ. ! . (-·' · l ., L '-·"" _ Number 12 Mnr. 20, 1929, After a silence of several 'ifOCks' because ca1.1p currier hos been practically deserted on account of the flu epidemic mid unfavorable weather and the uncompleted driveway on cnL!.p property in to tho headquarters cabin, this shoot 2gain has neYJs to record. First of '.1li tho con th of :March thus f0r hns produced three pleasant v1eok-onds when nur:1ercms visitors havo cor.ie to can~, cnj oyi::g tho sunshine and gladly v:elcor:::ing tho first signs of spring---swelling leaf buds, the hardiest v7ild-flower blossor.1s c~1d tho singing of birds• While tho completion of tho drivovmy ·;:ill have to wait for r.1ore settled weather, tho grovel •;1hich wr.s loid lo.st fall has become a quite passable road in as far as tho co::1 tor of tho co.mp and r.:iakes sure and easy connection •:ri th Memphis. Still prudence should be e:x:erci sed by all vi si tors not to co;:.1.e in the face of an ui1favorablo \7eather forecast or too soon after a rain. It is a plo.::isn::t duty to report additional donatio:.1s to the headquarters cabin sir... co the h'st issue of the 11ews. w. L. Gray brought dorm so De genuine Indian pot t e:ry tr.\ker: f ror.1. Indian r.1ounds, a~1d these pieces wil J. be highly treasured ·'.:!.S · .. 10st fi tti::g gifts for a backwoods cai~. There has been no solici tntio1: of such presents, but they arc none tho less greatly appreciated and will be useful i:il i::i.IJ.king th0 cm:1J? nttrc.ctivc. A:J.d lost rr<.:t~k the Goldsr::i th dop':1rt1·.10:::.t store vory thoughtfully gave a $150.00 radio reccivii1g set thc.t 1-rill holp to keep Co.mp currier in enjoyable touch w1th the outside wurld. Other frier:.ds of th0 :Boy scout :::ov0r.1.011t have si gnificd their faJ.tention of G::ikbg sidlar do~~ntions, and these likemse ·:rill be i:1ost tho.nkfully accepted. Troops 13, 19, n:1d 40 ho.ve done srn:1e cle.'::tring on tho lo.ke site, ond a nui:1.ber of trues hnve been follod there to produce logs for n new building on the spot rrhore the old Kelley cabin stood. Tho new cabin is intended for a. fm:Ji ly thnt will help look o.f ter and vrork on the carJp. scout I1eaders conter.:plo.ti::ig trips to the car.rp ·,1i th neebers of their troops are cnutioned, however, agoinst per:·.:itting scouts: to fell or disfigure trees or anything olso that is ~rowing on the lake site or any other part of tho cor-p. It should be re;:1ei::bered, also, that there is a strict order in force requirbg scouts to secure perr.:its at the )3oy scout office before starting to ca.1~1P currier, Troop 29 has be~~ the buildi~~ of a. cabin directly opposite that of No. 13, and plans to finish it before su:·:::.er. scoutr:iaster Wesley patton and l])roop co1::;ni ttee Cho.iri:-;an J. A· Stephenson, ·:ri th deleGntions of scouts, have spe:'.it several week-ei:ds at the work already and are pushina; it v.rith great enthusiasr:.. CoT~ p currier -News No. 13. March 26, 1929. Tho camp has received another welcome donation of books, El miscellaneous lot that 'dl.l help the scouts uhile away hours of indoor leisure uhen rainy weather happens to overt~kc them. Tho donor was Mr. J .• M. Walker. The bright, wnrm weather lnst s~turdny mid sunday brought rr£llly visitors to camp, including about twenty ~ho c~oo for tho first time. On Sunday the cars were coming nnd going from morning till evening, some being from considort:tblo distrmco, Troop 29 made onother \70ok .. end trip to car.1p and marked progress on their new cabin. This week, because of the school holiday on Good Friday, they intend to do o. lot of ;-,ork on tho building. The redbud trees 0re in bloor.1 and the doguood just bursting its buds, so the '1oods begins to kke on its first spring beauty dotted all over vri th pin.1.t a:1d ';1hi te spots. .Also many dormant insects and reptiles are erJerging fror:1 wintEJr quarters, but the tir:J.e for chiggers is not yet. scouteiasters pla:1:1ia,; trips to Car.;p Currier for their troops are ca.u.tioned ag0in to see to it thnt the boys who com~ nre fully inforrJed a.bout the rules of tho cowp. If those have bet.:n forgotten, it ·;d.11 be well to get infornation at the :soy scout office Dt tho time tho pcrr.1it is obtained. Boys untrt:iined in the scout use of axes should be required to leave such too ls at home. Anybody ~;;ishing to gnther ~1ild flowers · should plan hikes off the camp, and thos0 71ho may be interested in killing or making collections of vild life should do likewise. At this season the first visit to camp may be sufficiently interesting if the day is spent in the mere enjoyment of awakening nature, blooming nild flowers, bursting lenfbuds and singing birds; but each trip should bo planned beforehand ·;;i th dofini te projects to fill the time completely. The hickory loving cup is still waiting a chance to be presented to Troop 34, i7innors of last foll•s contust, but ···ith the retUrh of mild 'ileather this pleasant occasion ··,'ill not be much longer postponed.. The cup, moreover, has been skillfully hollowed out by c. H. Hutchison of the Lee Lumber company, who, scout like, did the work uithout pay as n good turn. He used to be a member of NO. 16ts troop committee and was instrumental in getting the material for the first troop cabin built on the camp. cani-p CLrrr Ler 1'!e-W$ No. 14. April 2, 19~9. A surprise gift to c~ currier last week was a filter which will be very much appreciated. rt was sent by Mrs. Walter Lane Smith of Memphis. "' * * * * Troop No. 29 has become a regular visitor at camp and its cabin is making rapid progress. * * * * * scoutmaster J. w. cooper and members of Troop NO. 56 of Eudora, Miss., went into the woods last saturday and cut and hauled a load of poles for their cabin which is planned to be built without the use of a nail. rt will be unique and in thorough keeping with the backwoods. * * * * * The cabin of Troop NO. 9 has been built up as far as the roof-plate and ought soon to be a place to livo in. This tro0p and the scoutmaster, T. J. Turner, are falling more and more in love 1;i th their location ancc already aro planning lands cape impr ov emen ts. * * * * * work has begun on the new Kelly cabin on tho S2l!le spot as the old one. rt will be occupied by a fo.mily to holp guara the camp from fires. * * * * * R· G· Walls, troop committeeman of No. 11, was at c~ '<7i th a group of the scouts last Heek-end. This gentleman hns ho.d camping experience and loves the outdoors. He kept something going throughout thoir stc-.y, c::nd the boys had n good time • .Among other activities they enjoyed a refreshing s·.-;im. NO. 16. cor11p Currier 1'levJs May 1, 1929. The last week-end trips had to contend with showers, and some Boy scouts were kept avm.y be co.use of the threatening weather, only four troops coming, os compared with eleven the week previous; but the sun caxne out Sunday D.nd brought more non-scout visitors thon usuc.l, totaling thirty-six. The troops present were Nos. 7, 21; 29, nnd 33. They came for real outdoor life. Troop 7 slept in improvised hnmmocks and pluckily stuck to this plan in spite of the fact thnt cabin shelter was offered them. The showor13 of Saturday night tested their ability to take care of themselves in the open, but they came through in fine shape. scoutmaster Ollie TUcker was in charge. * * * * scoutmaster ]riney and a bunch of troop 33 boys made their first visit to camp this spring. They pitched six tents, arii each boy did his own cooking. The showers of Saturday night drove some of them to shelter, but Senior Patrol Leader James Dallas and several others stuck to their tents cind kept themselves dry despite tho fact that the wind blew down one of their tents in the middle of the night. sund~y morning this yowig senior patrol lec:ider triumphantly remarked: "That was the first time I ever had a chance to camp out in the rain, and I didn•t want to gq indoors. We got along very well." The ditching of the tents was a new experience for these scouts, ·and some of them did not succeed in running their lovels very true; but the job was good enoug..~ to keep the water out of the tents, and next time they will know how to do better. About the first thing one member of this troop did Friday evening nas to fall in the weter nnd got his foot wet. Ne:x:t oorning ho ue.s hoarse and was sent back to Me.ophis in an automobile. * * * * scoutr.1aster Wesley Patton of troop No. 29 hf1s ordered 2, 000 brick to be delivered at cw:-;p for $15. 50 a thousnnd. .Any other troops wanting such material can get in on this low price by putting in the order without delay. The brick is to be delivered this week. Also local snnd and gravel can be obtained now. It is a good time to secure such 1:1.atcrial without the vcxncious delays that sometimes occur. * * * * R. ]3. Wilkerson., Jr., car.le dorm on the bus on Sunday and passed two boys of troop NO. 21 in cooking tests. They wore Crauford and Wilford Davis. * * * * N.!.!'. Pa.rker, Chair:r.n...--i of tho Car.:p Currier coa1i ttee, has authorized troops to cut logs on~ the lake site for use in building troop cabins. There is no charge for the logs, but they r.mst be cut under Mr. Myers direction. Troops will be reguined to secure the necessary hauling. ......... ------ . --. . -... ·--- ··--. - ~ . - No. 17. May 8, 1929. some Troop NOo 9 was at camp Friday night a..'1d Saturday, putting in some good V70rk on the roof of their new cabin. To scoutmaster T. J. Turner of this troop our hearty thanks are due for the contribution of a new kind of cwnp stool called "The Tourist", Vihich is a recently patented stool of his ow.e make.· ·'.E'his adds one more good scat to tho rather limited supPly in the headquarters cabin. The stool is not only strong i::ind good looking but also, unlike some folding stools, it collapses into the smallest possible space and cannot easily get out of order, two import[.lnt features that will appeal to all campers. ******** The last weok-ond. was a red letter occasion for Troop 29, Saturday night being the first time they have slept in their new cabin. The. latest .feature to be added is a splendid fireplace which some of the men friends of the troop worked hard to complete at this time. The cabin, which can noV7 be comfortably occupied, is 20x24 in size with a sleeping balcony above floored about three-fourths of the same space. Sonday school, under tho leadership of Scoutmaster Patton, Vlas hald in tho cabin Sunday morning Elnd a happy day was span t in the woods. ******** Troop No. 34 came down Saturday ui th enough cobblestones to build a fireplace and chir:mey in their log cabin. pln:ns have been completed for this iqportant addition to the building, and it is to bo finished in the next few weeks. scoutr.::aster Morriso:::i end Assistar1t scoutcaster Orgill acconpanied the scouts, and they did not start back to Mei:::phis until after holding a council fire after supper in the gnthering dnrkness. SoDe of the boys hnd planned to caq> out over night, but because of a threatening store they uisely concluded to postpone that ploo.sure until sou,; other ti•·.e. * * * * * * * * scoutL<asters are der.:onstratin5 the fact that the r:1ost enjoyable deys at coup are those which nre plmmcd full of interesting projects. 1· •. ' No. 18. Ccrllj p May 14, 1929. The big rally last Saturday naturally kept all :Soy Scouts in Memphis, so there is little news from here this week; yet two energetic troops, No. 29 and No. 34, hurried down to camp immediately after the rally to spend a night and a day. Troop 29 still finds plenty to do in their new cabin, working till 11 otclock Saturday night, but the time is near when they can begin to enjoy the woods in ways tho.t will toke them out of their troop headquarte.rs and introduce them more familiarly to wild nature itself. No. 34 always ha$ been distinguished as a troop of hunters and led by an enthusiastic youth very appropriately named Hunte~. Even before breakfast Saturday morning they were scouting, scantily clad, through the woods D.Ud finding things of more real interest than some groups would discover in a whole day, nmong other of their quarries being a tortoise that gave evidence of being older than the boys' fathers yet still going strong nnd probnbly good for another half century of active l'ife. It is a custom at Ca.rap Currier for thu finder of one of these reptiles to carve his nar.Je and tho date on one of the plates of its shell to see if it will stay at cw:ip and also to see how much marked it will becot~ as tho years pass, In this instance, though, tho youngster did not do the ca.rving, because ho proved to be a better finder than a keeper, as the clever animal took advantage of a chance to rJUke gocd its escape when its captor was not looking. Troop 34 also began the foundation of their cabin fireplace uhich is to be built in the southwest corner directly before one's fnce as he enters the door. * * * * * There is a great difference in scoutr.1asters, and nowhere :core noticeable than at Camp Currier where the system is to have each troop under the ir.u:1ediate control. of an adult leader. Probably it is because boys are so easily cade ha:ppy in the woods that some scoutnasters seo:o to think all that is necessary is to tak~ thc1:1 to car:p and turn ther.1 loose, yet our handbooks r:1ost earnestly try to if.!pross upon scout lenders tho inporta.~ce of having a well-thought-out prograo. of projects before ever starting on u hike or carlping expedition. The stress so earnestly laid upon this matter is for the double purpose of helping tho scoutrJaster r::iake a good ii:1pression upon tho boys and helping tho boys to have a glorious outing. Though fundar.i.ontally inportant to provide suitable fooi, bedding and shelter, the real success of the outing depends so greatly upon the projects planned and successfully carried through, that scout1:iasters are urged not to slight this :~;attar. ' It is not necessary for the leader to be a woodsr.1an, but he is in the best possible position to know what the r:ier.1bers of his troop want to do, and usually that is precisely what they ought to be allowed to do. The good psychology of saying "Yes" rather than 1'No" to boys should ever be kept in r.1ind. soretir:ies the scouts want to do sor:"ething their leader lmo\1s very little about, but this does not prevent its being adopted as a project, f .or bhe canp director is eqployed for the very purpose of helping out in such cases or . oven assuuing the entire leadership if requested. '!here is nothing in nature that cannot be enjoyed here, and this i::Jakes it wholly unnecessary and inadvisable to resort to city ga~:1es or projects. When boys aro in the woods they enjoy ther.iselvos ·oost if allowed to cast aside for the day or week-end everything that pertains to city life. Give ther..1 a chance, Mr. scoutLaster, and prove the truth of this. ···~ ·- . No. 19. 22, 1529. The next big event in Memphis scouting will be the Jamboree at camp currier on Saturday, June 8th, the next day after the close of school. * • * • The last week-end, beginning as early as Wednesday, saw representatives of the following troops at camp: nos. 7, 8, 10, 27, 29, 47 and 56. Troops 7 and 10 wore busy· felling trees for cabin logs. Troops 8. and 27 came down to camp and hike. Troop 27 was still busy on its new cabin, No. 56 was hauling logs, end No. 47 came only on Sunday for a few hours pleasure in the woods. * * * * .An uxciting ovent on Saturday was the capture of a rattfosnake noarly four feet long and having nine rattles. It was kept alive over,Sunday so that all ]oy scouts at camp might have a good look at it ~nd hear its rattle. It is to be hoped that this is the lest of this kind to be found on tho camp, 1nt never-the-less tho members of each troop should be carefully trained in giving ;first aid to victims of snakebite. * * * * This is a most alluring time of year to camp out and troops coming to Camp Currier arc learning to take c~re of themselves in the woods in a most independent nnd satisfactory mcnner. It rnined lightly Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, ond yet not D single Scout sleeping in tho open got wet or becBme uncomfort.'.:'ble, dcspi te the fact that some of the nights were quite cool. * * * * · Visitors wor...: prcsr..;nt at car;1p almost all day Sunday. Thoy aro always vory wolcomo. * * * * Cll.i-.ip cu.rrior is being used more and more as a mere camping place and point of departure for hikes into thu forests round-about. In various directions from one to five miles interesting ond instructive hikes are ·being taken by lo.rge or sr:iall groups nccor.lpanicd by the cor.1p director or othor tra.in'3d ndul t lo1.:1ders. This gives o.n opportunity for renl scouting in which the boys lenrn how to take cnro of thenselves rnd of others in the bo..ck:woods, putting into prnctice under idoo.l conditions what they learn in theory at troop meetings ot hoIJe. They aro safeguarded r:iost carefully ')lld practically and yet allowed every frcedou to enjoy their outing§ in the i7o::f thoy vmnt to di> it. canip Currier ~ev/s No. 20. May 29, 1929 .. Twenty-four ]oy Scouts will win prizes at the big J a.mboree at Ca:mp currier on Saturday. June 8, the next day after the close of school. According to scoutmaster Howard Pritchard, chairman of the committee of arrangements, who was at camp the last week-end looking over the ground, it will be the largest gathering of Memphis scouts for the sumner, a day of freedom and happiness for all, a day full of fun in the ba.cki7oods, a day of games and good eats, ui th a big treasure hunt in the afternoon, picnic suppers in the evening and a rousing council fire at night. Scoutmasters, troops, patrols and parents a.re urged to make this a real ]oy Scout holiday, the first and best of the season, when books ar.d the indoors are laid aside ond nature can be enjoyed in the most plee.sant part of the early summer. Troops are already planning to go to camp on Friday afternoon. A special invitation is extended to all parents of the ~couts to come to cany;> on Saturday oftornoon, bringing picnic s~ppers to eat wit;h ~he boys at their various cabins and tents all over the ca.mp. It will give the ~athers and mothers a chance to see the ca.mp itself and also the boys in their own qamp ~gtivities. ' - Troops are expected to pitch camp as soon as they arrive @d to enjoy their own games and hikes us they themselves may plan until Saturday Elit'ternoon. The parents are invited to come on Saturday afternoon in time to m.tncss the big, free-for-all treasure hunt set for 3 o•clock. ' ,,. ... · After the treasure hunt the several troops rrill eat supper 1,,, . . with their guests on their O'l7Il cabin sites or other camp sites which they may se- 1 ~~~ ·~··~'-· ,..,~t. ond ll:; ,iJ:~ghtfall will be the grand council fire at which the twenty-four winners will r~S~iVe their prizes. ,, In case of unfavorable weather on Saturday it is plnnnod to postpone the foregoing program until the following Monday, June 10, and v1ithout further notice. In that event those who may have come to camp on Friday should plan to stay over in camp and thus nv:ike unnecessary a return to the city till after the program has been put on, The committee of nrrl\Xl.gom0nts is cor.iposed of Chairman Howard Pritchard, commissioner Ross A. N!D.thews, Edwin Dnlstrom, and ]en Coffey, Inquire at Boy scout Rend.quarters in Memphis for. directions to Camp currier either via Bull Frog corner on the Hernando Road or Florida street and the Horn Lake road over the best highway in Desoto County, Mississippi. * * * * The meDbers of troop No. 29, while at camp the last week-end, were taken on a ~ree Stu,dy hike. Tho method fallowed was to find in the neighborho~ d of their cabin a different kind of tree for each boy present. In this way the thirteen. boys leo.rned the na.r:ies of th~Bteen trees, while to each boy was a.ss igned one particular tree with which he is/fwniliarizc himself us thoroughly as possible. * * * * Troop No. 34 began work on the concrete foundation of a fire) lace for their cabin last Saturday. * * * * Troop No. 7 were in the woods again last week-end felling lore trees for their new cabin. * * * * scoutoaster Howard Pritchard was at car:i.p sun.day considering la.us for the completion of tho cabin for his troop, No. 5. \ . f.) I - 0 ' I currier -\\\ew'S No. 21. June 4, 1929. EVerything is being put in readiness at Camp Currier for the Jamboree to be held here on Saturday, J'l.llle 8, or, in case of necessary postponement on account of unfavorable weather, on Monday, J'l.llle 10. * * * * * scoutmasters, or others who come to camp in the capacity of ]oy scout leaders, arc especially reminded, on account of the Jamboree this week, that they are responsible for informing their boys about tho requirements of tho camp and seeing to it that tho regulations are carefully.observed• Their attention is called particularly to the prohibition against taking firearms of a:n;r· description for use either on or off the ca.r.lp, for the danger is greatly increased when many people are present. Also the hacking of trees, either alive or dead; is forbidden, as well as the destruction of anything else on the camp. under the supervision of the cat.1p director trees r:iey be felled 011 the lake site, but arrangenen ts should be l'Ja(ie for that beforehand and there will be ·no tine for it on the day of the Ja.r:iboree; Water from the deep well is pure and should always be used for ordinary drinking. Also the running spring wator is fit for cooking ond is ne~.I'-er to the cabin sites of the north end • . Scouts wishing to do n good turn can be of great assistance if they will refrain from scattering paper or other trash. Paper rolled into a tight wad and thrown into a gully is well disposed of. * * * * ,.. w. J. :Barfield, Dr. Ho\mrd Curl, F· 11. Morrison, Howard Pritchard, & Thos. J. TUrner, scoutr.10.sters respectively of troops No. 27, 10, 34, 5, & 9, were at c~ the last woek-ond. Also nonbors of troops 11 2nd 40. Tho last three scoutr:iasters ucre i:mpc,rin tendb.g nnd helping uork on their cabins. Junior Assistant Scoutnaster Eclgar Gift e.nd others of No. 40 car:ie do.-m to clear off their cabin site, but they also uent suinuing and frog hunting. Four boys of No. 11 hiked oost of the way fron Menphis, and they especially enjoyed the shade and coolness of the woods uhile here, for the weather was warr.i • Dear Mr.- Scout Leaier: - *. * -·· .• camp currier' Ju.nc 17, 1929. Every nook you arc reco1v1ng, as herewith toduy, a letter of news ond information about ca.mp Currier which probn.bly is of as much interest to the members of your troop as to you, but tho fact often comes to light that some of tho Boy Scouts do not have an opportunity to rend these weekly news shoots. Only yesterday an enorbetic Boy scout of Memphis drove down to tho camp with his par0nts for tho solo purpose of inquiring whether this camp will be open all sumnor' o.nd tho car.rp director present every day to help look after the boys and especially to load then on hikes and help then in their nnturo study, When assured thnt such was the case, they said thtit tho troop to ";7hich this boy belongs wishes to corJe do;m often this sui:1uor nnd eventually to build a cabin here. If thct troop hnd boon given a chance to road the CD.L'P Currier Nows, yesterday's trip of inquiry would not have boon necossory; so will you not post tho Nous regularly in ycu.r troop's plnco of ncoting or, if tho troop does not r:ieet during tho sur.n:1er, uiJ.1 you not put tho No~1s into tho honds of sorJe boy leader uho vlill sho-rr it to tho other r.:cnbors? In this com1cction, also, please allo17 us to ronind you of a few it'lportant things, narJely: First' troops or snallor groups COL1ing to Co.L~ currier are expected to secure a perni t a.t tho office (306 En:.1kors Bldg.) before stnrting, preferably the day before. This por;~:i t is for tho purpose of nssuring tho office that the boys will have safe londorship a~d of knowing who tho lender is to be. Also that proper cquipccnt uill bo taken to shel tor the boys and keep then confortable. Furthercoro, it is &osirod to kno17 thot enough ond sufficient vuriety of food will be to.ken, and thnt o. project has been plooned that will keep tho boys busy and interested vihile thero. Ther0 hnvo boon instnncos uhon tho boys were allowed to c ot10 \'ii th nothing to shd tor thor.:, no blankets, li ttlc or poorly selected food, nnd no thing plan:rnd n1:)out l'.ihnt they should do, which a.lnos t o.luo.ys results in an unsatisfuctory trip. Socond.ly, no firoarL".s arc allowed to bo brought, al though under good leadcrShip tho boys find plenty of things to hunt nnd cotch without bodily do.ngcr to anybody. In tho third place tho caLj? director is always here nnd ready to assist in planning both work and play, to acconpany whole troops or patrols or single individuals on expeditions into tho woods that afford all sorts of beautiful and interesting bits of nature~ Also ho will pass then in tests for Merit Badges on any kind of subjects related to car-:p life Elnd nature. Cordially yours, /Jr1/v1 e > 1 ~"'° No.. 22. c~~P Currier c~ev!s~ -- I f June 19, 1929. Boy scouts have been at Camp currier every day since the close of school. Troop 29 remained here after the Jamboree until the following Wednesday, end on Thursday troop 33 returned to live in their tents until Saturday night. On ~aturday, also, one of tho new troops, No. 15, came fo~ the week-end, while mombors of Nos,. 34 and 56 wero here on· separate days. * * * Troop 33 was hero mainly for tho serious work of hotping to build their cabin~ the first one to be erected on the north side of the lake sHo. several men who are Ci vi tDns, tho spol'lsoring organization for this troop, were hero to work with the boys on Thursday, Friday, Snturday, ond Monday, and ~lready the new cabin is practically finished. '!he walls of the bu.ilding are made of Tomahawk siding, which produces tho outward appearance of a log cabin. * * * Troop No. 15 came in the :Soy ~out bus, Clll'll.J?ed out along the trail that leads to Noo 34•s cabin, slept only about the customary five hours of first-nighters, and ate a 5 o 1 clock sunday breakfast. !!:!his is a new troop whoso scoutmaster is H. T. :Butler, formerly of Dyersburg, Tenn. He hns been a Bo:t scout himself and also has had experience in leadership. '!ho members of the tTOq;> who accor:npo.niod him on this trip were Hugh :Barton, Lawrence Busby, T. J• :Byrnes, IJ:lhooas Draper, Billy Fuson, Clay Gibson, ]):lwnrd Green,· Cleo Harris, George Kenney, Erskine Lowe, ~d Albert Walmsley. The troop ~s sponsored by the :Bellevue :Baptist Church of Memphis. $Unday forenoon they inspected the Various cabins On tho cmnp, stopped long enough in No. 34ts cabin to have a twenty minute religious service, and selected a beautiful cabin site of their own where in future visHs they intend altvays to pitch their tents. They caught a ground puppy and a tree lizard, jumped a black snake which ran too fast :for anybody to overtake, and dug a box ~rtoise out of the nud. They also r:iade the acquaintance of eight trees---cucuraber, hGp hornbeun, sycar~ore, beech, sugar oa.ple, hickory, white oak, and winged eln---bef ore returning to their canping place to prepare a noonday neo.l. A big crop of blackberries is just beginning to ripen on the coqp. The boys of troop NoQ 15 were tho first to pick sor.1e, which they had for dessert $Unday noon. Occasional rains will r.nke bushels of theso finq berries for thoso who cooo to ca.op during the next few ·weeks. * * * Troop 34 p~ans to spend part of this week at CaJl'.!P improving their cabin and enjoying life in the opene The last time they were here they found a clutch of eggs supposed to be those of a reptile of some kind. '!1hey were not in a n_est but simply grouped together o·n the ground, evidently to hatch by the heat of the sun. ']hey are being kept in the hope that they will be hatched so that it can be seen what manner of creature it is. No. 23. June ?4, 1929. There were scouts at Camp currier every day the past week and two troops at once most of the time. One troop, No. 34, came ~own twice, their overnight hike being in the.nature of a sumner farewell to their scoutmaster, F~ w. Morrison, who left the latter part of the week for his old eastern home in Mass., where he will spend the summer as usual. The troop did not do any work this time, having come just to enjoy themselves in the woods and have good things to oat. * * * One scoutmaster already this surrmer has returned to Memphis s~ck from eating qanned meat that was tainted or of which he ate too much. Canned moat at best is a quostionablo food for camping out. Frosh meat is much better if it can be kept on ice, but not many campers are prepared for such good housekeeping in the woods. However, bacon is hard to boat anywhere, and it has the advontage of being easy to keep. But meat is not a necessary food if one will substitute boons for it. There is druiger, also, in eating too many beans at one tima. one person should not consume a whole can of them at once. Better divide with somebody else. * * * Scoutmaster Pritchard of troop No. 5 was at camp twice during the past week, and members of his troop were here six days. The boys spent most of the week having a good tioe, the best of which was suimning, sometimes as much as throe times a day. But sone good work was put on their new cabin which now has a roof and is far enough along to be occupied. * * * Increased oiling of tho water this year is having a narked effect on the mosquitoes. It is wise, however, to bring sooe kind of dope to keep tho strny insects off. * * * Four days were enjoyed at camp the past week by sooe menbers of troop No. 40 under the leadership of Patrol Leader Hugh :Burkett. ~is young scout is a born c~er and can keep his patrol cor.£ortable in any kind of weather, occupied and happy under all conditions. They report the catch of eight half-pound fish in the waters near car.:rp. However, they picked so l:'lany blackberries that part of then soured before they were all eaten. * * * Cnr>pers coning for the first tine ond staying only over night are often heard to renark, "I wish I had planned to stay longer". * * * Troop No. 29 spent the week-end, as usual, at caI::!J?. Near thmir now cabin they have built rustic scats for holding council fires. Sunday oorning they went on a hike to the rock spring and found several interesting bits of nature on the way. In the afternoon of that day they enjoyed visits fron several auto loads of Meqihis friends. scoutciaster Patton ond J. T· Stephenson, chairnan of the troop con~1ittee, were with the boys during thoir two dayst stay at car.1p. * * * Every Saturday afternoon, when two or noro troops are at caup and wish to indulge in a treasure hunt or other sinilar a.r.msenont, it will be arranged for then. Notice of such a desire should be given to tho canp director at least as early as the day previous, if arrwgenents have to be nade beforehand. This can 1::e done through the Meqphis :Boy scout office. Comp currier rJeds I f . July 1, 1929. TWO troops at can;p again. Members of troop 34 were here Wednesday and 'lhursday. Wednesday night they slept in their unscreened cabin and reported next morning that mosquitoes did not disturb them. It requires two days a week to oil the water at carrip and in the environs, but the good results make it worth while. Neighbors of the camp, also, have become interested in oiling and report noticeable freedom from tho :post. Troop No. 29 was represented at camp on Friday, and the boys rushed directly to the swimming hole. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Stephenson, who were here Sunday, brought down a carload of neighbor boys who are not Boy scouts, that they might see the new cabin, the c~ in general ond to enjoy a swim. Mr. Stephenson, chairr.lD.n of the troop cor.mttee and who is greatly interested in the cabin, said, 11 I just had to come down". No. 29 is the first to have a troop treasure hunt at Car.lp currier. It will be held on the 4th of July as a part of the dedicatmvy progra.o for their new cabin. Tb.one will be coqietition between the three patrols of the troop in this treasure hunt, and it pror.rl.ses to be a lively contest. Hunter cox, a student at Ole Miss and an ex-Lone Scout, was at tho caop sunday afternoon. He and his brother both were Lone scouts in this conounity before Caop currier was established. Tho other brother is ·now a student at Harvard, l!l1d they both retain a keen interest in scouting. Their father. w. w. cox of tho Eudora neighborhood, is a rJer.1ber of Chickasaw council and of the CaJJp currier C or_-rd t too. · The swir:ir~ing hole at en~ is attracting considerable attention lllld providing both fun ond cor.;.fort ns a hot weather feature. Tho water is over tho heads of li ttlo scouts and docp enough for large boys to swir_i. rt has no appreciable current, ®d yet there is a steady stroorJ of cool water constantly running into and out of it. It can be used as r_'Jany tir.'lCs a day as the boys wish. canpers should not neglect to bring fresh fruit, for those who do are usually howling for sor.1e before they have been at caq> nore than two days. 1here are plenty of wild blackberries to be found just now, but nothing is nore wholesone and appetizing in su.r.iner than all kirils of fresh fruit, the kind you like best, and it is not hard to keep it inc~. Moreover, it is a serious oistake to rely too nu.ch on canned goods, nnd it-is the sign of an inexperienced Cal:!>or. No. 44. July 10, 1929. This year Camp currier had the biggest Four th of July week in its history. There were seven troops represented at camp during the week, an average of ore a day, and as many as four troops at the same time. * * * Troop 29 had set July 4 as the date to dedicate their new cabin, but although they were here two days the boys were having such a glorious time celebrating the Fourth with firecrackers and otherwise, swimning, hiking, and treasure hunting, that Scoutmaster Patton found no time for the dedicatcr y ceremony, so they had none except the prayer of the pastor as the crowd of scouts and grownups sat down to their Thursday eveni~ picnic feast. Since th.e completion of their cabin scoutmaster Patto:p. has been figuring the problem eats down to a fine point, so that he now is able to provide excellent meals at 15 cents apiece, and all that a hungry boy wants to eat, too. / There were no police regulations to act as a k~ll-joy in tbe use of Fourth of July fireworks, so the boys made the woods ring with their cannonading, and yet everything was done with so much care that nobody was hurt. TWenty scouts were present and they had thirty-eight visitors, making a merry group of fifty-eight who enjoyed the big day together. The three-mile treasure hunt was won by the ]lack ]ear patrol including Eugene Early, ]onner Ragland, Edward Eldridge, Paul Link, Eugene Grissom, and Farris Novel. They made the round in fifty minutes. perhaps.some other troop has a patrol that would like to challenge these Black ]ears for a treasure hunt. * * * scoutmaster Wm. J. ]arfield was down for two days with part of his troop, No. 27. '!hey had a gc;iod program and a pleasant out]rg. * * * Messrs. D. T· Griffith and H. L• ]eardsley of the tropp committee of No. 33 were here two days and a group of the scouts under the lead~rship of Jimmie Dallas spent three days at camp working on their recently inclosed cabin. * * * Troop No. 38 enjoyed its first over-night caniping visit at Camp currier the last week-end. R· ]. Wilkerson carne as scout leader, and the boys were busy every minute of the time. They broke the record by putting in a full ' nights sleep the first night out. They hiked, swarn, and feasted on blackberries of their ovm picking. * * * Troop No. 8 came without an adult leader, but under the direction of the cam,p director they spent two happ~ days. At present this troop has no scoutmaster. NO. 44. July 16' 192 9. 11 '1.b.e swimming hole is fine~ was the comment made by some older :Boy scouts who drove down Thursday to try it out; "and the highway is in excellent condition, too'! , Yes, the road from Memphis to Ca.mp currier is really the best one in Desoto County, Mississippi. .Any car can bring you down to cail!J? in less than one hour• * * * Found on the camp: A pair of opera glasses and as n .... ver case knife. * * * IJ!P.e May apple season is ate a dozen last sun.day. When one knows how to pick really good, too; and it's fun to hunt them. * * * on. Qne :Boy scout found and out the edible part they are Five troops were at the camp during the past week, some of them for a stay of several days. One bo,w remarked: "I used to think it \7aS dull at camp currier, but I have found out different. II * * * 'lb.e Civitan troop, No. 33, spent three days in their new cabin over tho \7eck-ond. On SUnduy, too, some of the troop committee came domi. and had some excellent pictures taken. T\7enty-three members of the troop nere present as well as the scoutmaster, Chester :Briney, ond some parents of the boys. All are justly proud of their no~ cabin. * * * one Boy scout came down last ~eek who was never allow" ed to visit it befo:re. If parents who are bnckm.ird about letting their boys come to the back.woodi3 uould themselves c01~1e down to inspect it they would lose all their fears. It is fc:tr so.fer than the city of lvlor:iphis in every uay that one may wish to compare the two places. It is true that down here the boys are allowed the greatest freedom; the~ can go as scantily clad as the laws of cor.mon decency perin:i t; they swim in the oost comfortable bathing suits ever r:iade, provided by Mother Nature; they can drink excellent cous r.U.lk, buy fresh vegetables in the neighborhood, and pick their own fresh fruit. last for a week or two yet. in having them on the oenu. * * * The big crops of blackberries and Way apples wiilil There is as ouch fun gathering them as satisfaction * * * scoutoaster Pritchard and his right-hand helper, Perry Pipkin, brought their wives .down to visit the boys of their troop, No. 5, who did a little 1:io re work on their new ca bin last week-end. * * * $Un.days are suitably spent at canp. There is a short religious service every Sunday morning at 9 o'clock for all Boy scouts or their parents who may wish to attend. Also, in the neighboring village of Eudora there is a forenoon $Un.day school of the Baptist, Presbyterian, and Methodist denomination, as well as evening]. Y. P. u., Epworth League, and y. P. s. c. E· Eoy scouts are welcooe. * * * All kinds of hikes and backwoods am.isements are available at camp currier at a oooent•s notice. According to the boys' strength, physical condition and personal inclination they can lie in the shade (and this is recoorJended at IJ:!.dday), cavort in the cool water, hike through. the £orest for one mile or ten, and sleep like babies at night. * * * Troop No. 27 intends to begin on their proposed cabin the next tioe they cooe down. (J . T·~. -. ··I· ·Ne\1\15- NOa 45. comp Ct1rr1e-r ' ' July ?4,_1929 .. Only two troops to be reported at camp this time, but three boys were here the whole vveek and kept something going every day. The c01-veriience of having one's own cabin is a real advantage in every_ way, not the least of which is that the parents of tenderfoots arc more willing to let their sons coroo in all kinds of weather. A place to swim, also, is a very groat attraction for tho boys themselves in warm weather, because it insurus bodily comfort as well as addir:g materially to each day•s program. * * * A lot of Boy scouts v;ho froquon t the camp arc leam·-ing how to take care of themselves so rrell in the >1oods that ver.1 little is over heard about chiggers causing any discomfort.. The careful cnmper knons ho11 to avoid them. * * * Troops 5 rui.d 33 plan to make improvements at their c~bins during the present week. * * * The heavy rain did nothing but good on camp Currier and 11as followed by a second heavy sho\l'or, both of uhich delayed the heymaking 'but will stimulate the grass to renewed growth and greenness. * *· * considerable vms done on Kelly Cabin last week so that it presents the appenrance of n real home once more. The roof is ·nearly finiShed. * * * camp currier is having a chance this summer better than ever before of fulfilling its mission of being a reel, ·every- day, nearby, backvroods camp vrhich Me!I\Phians can reach at any time ui thin an hour af tcr leaving home. The camp director 1 s constant presence there results in the perfect protectim of the camp so that it is enjoying entire freedom from poache:rs of any kind. Nobody but :Boy Scouts, their fam:Ues and viti tors come to the camp ooy more, and they are always assured of being properly received9 their needs provided for, their comfor·t insured, and their program of activities assisted in every way. * * * Aug11st usually is the month for longer encampments than usual at camp currier, a time '\7hen the boys and their scoutmaster come to spend at least a week of their vncation together here living in tents. This year, better than ever before, they can do this Vii th the prospect of finding other troops here at the same time and the assurE'.J.1co of inter-troop activities that add to the interest of each dnyt s prograr.1. * * * Along with as much fun as a boy wishes to indulge in· he finds no end of v:oodcraft a;r.d nature study if he is so inclined. The amount of it is limited only by his ability to find it, and in c2se he is too tenderfooted to shift for himself he always coo go d th groups of others or be accompanied by the camp director \7ho is ready to give his tir.1e to one individual just as willingly as 'to many. Indeed the.re are oany advantages in traveling by twos. * * * '.[he boys who come to camp currier, including some who never came before this SUL'lr.1er, are discoTering that, besides the pleasures of the camp itself, it is surrounded by such extensive forests that they can hike off the camp in several directions just as r.iany miles as they LJa.Y wish or are able to travel and finding wild woods all the way. This makes the c~ proper more of a headquarters, a starting point, to which they can return at the end of the day to enjoy it~ honelikeness. CaTTjp Currier -NevJs No. 46. Jtily 31, 1929. Fishing is the latest developnent at Camp Currier. It began last week-end and has been found to be real sport. T. J. Byrnes of troop 15 has t re distinction of catching the longest fish thus far, eight inches. He had never caught one b.efore. Another fisherman caught fOUl' feet of fish out 0f the swimming hole last Saturday in ono hour. The kinds arc catfish and different varieties of perch, and they bite as if nobody had ever fed them before. Tw~ fisherman caught enough at the swimning hole to ma...'lt.e a meal for six. Grub worms seem to be the best bait, but gr'lsshoppers do very well and are more :plentiful. For three years tho :soy scouts have been dreaming about swimming and fishing at this caI!lp, and how, presto! these sports already are reality and so attractive as to hold the center of the stage. * * * Five tr.oops uere at Ca.nr.9 the past \7eek, covering all seven days, and at least two troops were present every do.y. ~; * * Troop 5 already is enjoying its new cabin, and the merit badge.:.; test· on bird study r;as passed 'i;he last ucek-end by three of its members; Thurman Crawford, Osborn Bradley, and John Slater. * * * scoutmaster H. T. :Butler and ten members of his troop, No. 15, came into c~ on the :Boy scout bus lnst Saturday a.nd returned to Mcr:iphis Sunday afternoon. Their project for this visit was cleaning of·f their nenly chosen cabin site, and they did a very good job of it. They also sue,m, fished, and :pnssod tests. * "* * As this good ne\1S proba.bly will" e;1ttract. increased numbers this week-end, please reaA the followmng before you start: the fish already caugl~t have been as large as one•s he~d and on down to half that size, but that is large enough to cook and the quality is fine. '!he fishing stream is small, so only a short fishing rod is needed not longer than six or eight feet. You will be expected to fish only >Tith ordinary hook ruid lino. Fisherman, also, 111ill be ex:pected to catch only ns mu.ch as they Tiill cook and oat while at camp. Furtherrr.ore, in view of the larger numbers that will be coming to CalI!l? now, it is more important thm ever that each group of Boy scouts coming do'l7Il shall be nccorr::poniod by their scoutmasters or other adult ruid real scout leaders. Fishing hours will be limited as follows: From daylight until 9: 00 A. r,1. and from 5 p. M. till dark. swimming hours, also, will be limited for the present to one hour at a time between 9 A. M. ond 12 otclock noon and between 4 p. },,Z. to 7. Of course, the fishing wi 11 be limi tod to scouts. Harry c. Myers, Ca.mp Director. Aug. 7, 1929. Troop No. 10 pulled into camp Sunday morning for their 4th annual eight-day encampment. It required the Boy Scout bus and half a dozen cars °Vl transport them. It would be ha~a. to beat this troop for genuine camping, and t.Ley wUl help make it interesting for other troops that may be here this week. On +Jha absence of their scoutmaster, Dr. Howard Cu:cl, who is snending the summer in the nc)J.'th, the troop is fortun&te and hr-:ppy to have with them their former scoutmaster, c. D. Kennedy, and his r:ife whose home is in st. Lou.is. * * * scoutmaster Roger Stanley, with part of his troop, No. 19, :::pent two days at camp this week. Thoy caught som0 fish, but lack of proper bait r;revented their having much luck. Rowover, they !ID.do up for this with two good bli'rir.:irning periods every day. The scoutmaster is himself a woodsman and kept the boys l•1;,.sy both days with an interesting program. Tho night they nerc ti;ere 111as ideal for star-gazing, and an hour or more was spout on tho headquarters ova1 studying the heavens, particular attention being given to throe constellations which seemed to be quite well learned. One morning they 1110nt on a tracking hike that proved very interesting and revealed some ~ights of nature IThich none of them had seen before. * * * Troop NO. 41 of Hernando, Miss., came for their first visit to Cam,p currier last week. They made straight for the swimming hole which natural~ Y is growing in popularity. "VJe went on an overnight hike to the Coldwater river ·l. few weeks ago11 , said Scoutma.ster McKee, 11 but, strange to say, \1e found no good :olace to swim. This little place, though, is ideal and you can see how the boys enJoy it. That little strear.1 of pure spring rTater keeps it sanitary." The first day this troop was in carr:p they were visited by two of the troop committeemen, G. c. Mingee and J. K· Tipton, who hiked over the camp almost like youngsters ond helped select a cabin site. ~t night the boys studied the stars a little while, but a whole day in the woods made them too sleepy to stay mmk.e long. The next ~orning•s r:iail brought theti a surprise in the shape of a letter in a long business anvblope. It came from their troop co11.1f.1i t tee visitors of the day before, stating that they he.d made a canvass of the business men of Hernando 11ho had contr:4buted so liberally that the r.loney for their proposed cabin nas already raised. scoutf.'.aster McKee had to return home the.t day, as had been :::lanned for the troop; but the boys wanted to stay longer, so they were allowed to ·erra in over another night. on leaving, Mr. McKee said: "We shall begin building our ::abin without delay, and intend to finish it before school opens." * * * The last week-end has seen soma good work done on the doors end windows of Troop 5 • s cabin so that now they have the build.ing inclosed. * * * Troop cor.JL1itteer.1an Krivcher of No. 25 11as at canp sun.day and announced that this troop already has sufficient Eoney to build their new cabin. v1ork on which will be cor.oenced this week. Mr. Krivcher saw senator s. ]. Dean, the Eudora merchant, while here and eng£ged of hin the brick necessary for the fireplace and chir.mey of the proposed cabin. As several other cabins will want such r:m.tcrial this sura~er, Mr. Dean will ship in a carload of brick this week-and will deliver sar:B at the cabin sites of troops that put in orders in tine to rJake delivery before the end of the ueek. Troop 25 has decided to build its cabin of Tot'la.hawk siding, the new and popular imitation log cabin naterial, and it is their intention to finish the building this nonth. . .... ~ .. . " ---.------------ - -- -- Jo. 48. Aug. 20, 1929. ]ecause the usual :Boy scout news was not issued last week, G~is report must cover a fortnight. Week before last one of the big events of the summer was troop No. lO•s annual eight-day encampment, which has become a regular feature at camp currier. "It was the best encampment WO have had yot, 11 said George w. :Bell, JllO of the assistant scoutmasters upon whom with Ed Shelton rested the responsibility because of the absence of the scoutmaster, Dr. Howard curl. At tho edge of tho woods on tho east side of the meadow in front of troop No. 5's neV! ca.bin worG set U:9 tho nj.nc pup tents, two wall tents for hospital and officers quarters and a larg~~ k~. ':;ehen tent. A new addition to the kitchen equipment was an ice-box excoll8ntly hJme-ma.de by tho troop before coming down. Their canw p~esented an interesting sight, whether it was at sunrise with the boys rolling out in response to tho bugle, at noon when the chow line of ravenous Scouts was. marching past the bench of stearnrhng victuals, in the afternoon when everything Vl'as in g_u:i.et ord.or under tho disinfecting rays of an August sun while the boys rested in tho shade, after supper when all sat in a circle around the nightly council fire, or at taps 11hen ca.ch tent uas alight uith a candle in a homemade tin-can candlestick, a piece of handicraft taught by c. ]. Kennedy, the ex-scoutmaster uho spent four days of tho week as a visitor at the camp of his old troop. George ]ell and Ed Shelton, the two assistant scoutmasters in cha~ge, grew up in this troop~ A few years ago they were timid tenderfoots, but they have developed into leaders of whom Chickasaw council is proud a.nd to whom the 9arents of the younger boys ought to give an annual vote of thanks. In an informal and probably unconscious way tho friends of tho troop did that this sumr:ior, for on Sunday, August 4, ten visitors came <iorm from Menphis. On \icdnesday there \7ere eleven visitors; on ~hursday, ten; Friday, t~o; Saturday, nineteen; and sunday, thirteen. Ed Shelton, r;ho had charge of the kitchen, used the scouts in details of three to help him and to learn h0\7 to cook. Each detail was on duty for three meals handrunning, and then their kitchen duties were furnished for tho week. Each boy paid $5 for the expenses of the eight-day outing.,, This amount paid for not only transportation and all their food, including :r:iany complimentary meals for their guests, but also bought a nUDber of new kitchen utensils and the naterial for their new ice-box. George Bell had charge of the hospital tent an.ong other duties, but the casualties of the week were no more serious than a few Di.nor scratches and bruises. Every norning the boys were given setting-up exercises and then they trooped down to the spring stream for a dip _before breakfast, with the result that everybody was up and coning throughout the week, playing, hiking, suin:iing, and boxing. A series of playground ball gar.1es was played with the Eudora troop, No. 56, with two victories for No. 56 a..vid one for No. 10, but the Memphis troop pronises to reverse this next sumr:ier. Saturday night scoutr.:iaster J.W. cooper of troop No. 56 and his boys attended No. 10ts council fire when a lively prograr.i was put on, including the antics of "Miss Williacsll, v1ho net and was introduced to the Eudora scouts on their way to the council fire. * * * Scoutnaster Howard pri tchard and sone of his troop r:ienbers were at car:rp two days, and now their new cabin is under lock and key. * * * '.:..2- scout Thomas Brawley of troop No. 27 pedaled doVln to the ca.mp Sunday, August 11, on a fifty-mile bicycle hike. After drinking a quart of cool milk he rested an hour and then pedaled back home again. He brought the neus that troop No. 27 is planning a big treasure hunt at Camp currier on September 14. Scoutmaster Barfield never fails to ha7e a well planned program for his troop 1 s visits to the camp, and as a result the boys are always up on their toes and have a good time. lone bicyclist, troop, No. 33. cope trained on * * * on his way to camp Thomas Brawley was overtaken by another earl crutchfield, who rem~ined over night in the new cabin of his earl and the camp director spent the early evening v;i th the telesthe moon and then went frog-gigging. * * * one nerr troop seckj_ng a cgbin site-'\7ished to know if NO• 50 would release theirs, but Scoutrn&r,ter Arnold Houston of the Collierville troop ;7rote back that his boys are no17 cutting cypress logs at home and \7ill soon haul them to Camp Currier, .a distance of forty miles, to build a cabin there. A cypress cabin ~ill be a novelty at this camp. * * * G. c. Mingee, the well-known agricultural agent for Desoto county, has been chosen to tnke charge of No. 41 ts building operations and will J.oubtless put up an attractive cabin. All the merchants of Hernando .are behind this project, and it will be the pride of the town. * * * During the last two ueeks fourteen troops have been at Jcmp currier for periods ranging all the way from one to six dcys, and often several ~;roops were present at the same time. Also, the last tv70 Sundays have been marked by many visitors. Last Sunday the first car arrived at 7:30 A. Ivh and the last dc:, ca rted after sunset, from tvlO to five being at camp throughout. the day. One car brought a party of six, including a Memphis couple, parents of a Boy scout rrho Here unwilling to send their son to the backwoods camp '· i thout investigating first \7hat sort of place it is. On departing the ulOther said: nwe are satisfied. Our son may come, and we ourselves shall come back, too. rt is P fine, safe place for boys~ * * * The past fortnight has sceri the now cabin of troop No. 25 assume the appearance of a real building.. scout Leo Kornik, with Abe Krivcher and a varying nur:iber of troop members, has boon at camp r:iost of the tine. They have had a few days help from t:VW local laborers, end one day scoutrJas tor J. D. Marks and the father of Henry Leh1'18Jl cane down and rendered valuable assistance. * * * The past week has seen building ~aterial hauled to the crunp for troops No. 19, 25, 34, and 41~ tmd !or the new Kelley cabin. rt also has seen the :Burris cabin filled vath hay Dnd the road to senator neanis gravel pit reJ_, aired $) that the cheap sand and gravel are now obtainable and the camp road gravt; ling contract can be co~leted. * * * scoutmaster F. w. Morrison of troop No. 34, who spent the sur.ir.1er in the East, was a visitor last Sunday and brought a fine English hiking compass as a gift to the ca~ director. EXtensive interior inprovements are planned for No. 34ts cabin this fall. * * * Two CTenbers of troop No. 45, who were at camp a few days last week, including the unusually cool night, resorted to a new wrinkle in order to !rnep warr:i. Sy.retching a canvass across two parallel logs, they heated a mwber of stones and placed then under the canvass, on which they slept in cor::lfort under a 11 their bedclothes as covers. No. 50. corrip currier-News . s._~ w. 19a1 More than any other equal period d'iring the summer, the week before last was characterized by construction work at Camp Cu.rrier, though .some of the troops present (there were nine al together) cani(;j only . to camp, hike, fish, swim, and eat watermelons. * * * * The newly started cabin of Tro::ip No. 4.1 had its walls nearly half .way up, with the door and wine.ow frames in place Friday nitll.t. :AlSo the cy:press shakes for the roof had boe~1 hau.led from: near MooretoJm in DeSoto county ten miles from the cam;;i where they were bought for $1.00 a hundred at the stump. These are bedutiful boards, mid other troops wanting to put on cypress roofs can ~et any quantity at the same price. * * * * Troop 34, happy with its ner: stone firepla.ce, has been putting its subfloor in condit;ion for the laying of tho top floor which will be an improvemunt of the near future. * * * * Five members of Troop No. 50 wer~ brought to ca.mp by th0ir Scoutmaster, Arnold Houston, on vvodnesday and spent the remaindt.r of the week h.;;re camping end making preparation for the beginning oftheir now ca.bin at a log-rolling planned for tho following Monday. In the meanti: c:ie their logs, which are cypross, werl:.l hauled from the troop's homo at Collierville, Tennessee. Boys from Kornik,wero nt ca.mp iug o~ their cabin. and chimn.ey. * * * * Troop No. 25, under the leadership of Leopold threc: days early in tho week putting the roof sheetThey also hirod a mason to build their fireplaco * * * * Five members of Troop No. 5 wdre at camp throe days, They bu.:s.icd themselves a bout the new cabin, a;;.d. two of them passed the test fo:r the; camping merit badge, The~.r Scoutmaster, Howard Pritchard, brow,ht them down Thursday and came for them Saturday nkht. * * * * ... A patrol from Troop no. lS, tmder the l.:;adership of Assistro1t scoutrnc.ster Gerald Capers, car.le to ca.mp satu.rdny ni.e:ht and stayed over Sunday. They fished, swam and feasted 0:1 lllll.scadines, * * * * Sunday !llorning ten int:.n;bers of Troop No. 8 arrived in a truck to ir~trOduce their now Scoutr·.aster, FrE'.n~c L0uckes, to Camp Currier for a stay·· of two days. Like ru1y troop tLnt has buen without a Scoutmaster for so long, No. 8 is on its toes now to prove itself one of the most active troops in Mrn~1phis. Most Of thc.se boys en~oy life in the outdoors, and. they are fortunate in getting an outdoor r,1an for a leader. * * * * Assistant scoutniaster George Ham nnd his brother, Hope, were at ca.:·;p on SU.nday looking at the new ca'l::lilns that have sprung up this year. Their Troop,No. ·11, has an excel:i.ent concrete en.bin foundation that was laid during the s·coutr.:m.s tership of A. s. Fry. Also a large rick of cobblestones to be used in the lower half of their cabin walls, and it is their in ton ti on to complete the building this fall. The plans and location of their ca.bin &re calculated to r.w.ke it one of the most conspicuous buildings on the carJ._p. * * * *· The ninth troop represented .at caup this WL:ek was No. 56 of Eudora. No. 51 17 I 1929 The big event of week before last was troop No. 41' s ~M -·f.ashion.Bd.. log rolling. On Saturday evening the scoutmaster, Arnold Houston, arrived with more scouts to join those who had been at camp several days and to make ready for the fathers, mothers and friends who began to come early Monday mcrning. some of tnese had been here before, but for others it was the first visit, for the;y live forty miles away. It was a busy day for the men and boys, and before night some of the former were thoroughly tired. Most of the forenoon was spent in putting down a foundation of readyrnade concrete blocks and in sawing of logs to certain lengths. At noon it was a pleasu:re to turn to the attractive picnic lunch which the ladies had spread in varied abundance, and after a brief rest the manual laborers returned to their job with a determination that resulted in fourteen of the largest logs being put in place, carrying the walls of the building to nearly half their intended height. I This is the largest single-day acco~lishment of any troop in the beginning of its cabin. * •. * * * * * * * * * The same week, also, was one of marked accomplishment on the part of troop No. 41, for on Saturday night their new cabin, the material for which was all standing in growing trees a month ago, was all up and roofed in. While the members of this troop are to be congrat~.ated, they owe a grateful vote of thanks to scoutmaEter McKee and Troop committeemen Mingee and Tipton for their enthusiasm and actual manual labor~ * * * * * * * * * * * Last Friday was the first day in many weeks that no scouts were at camp currier. *********•** It is a pleasure to announce that the graveling contract at camp currier has been finished, so that automobiles now have the best hardsurface highway in Desoto county connecting the Headquarters cabin with the City of Memphis. No more danger of being stuck or sliding into the ditch. The traveling time is less than one hour. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Scouts from five different troops were at camp currier over the last week-end, but during the first part of the week there were none because school has begun. This is quite different from the summer vacation season, but it allows more work to be done in camp improvement and upkeep. * * * * * * * * * * * * A week-end two-night visit from troop No. 27 deserves special mention because it was such an enjoyable one. This troop arrived at camp after dark Friday night and started back to Memphis immediately after breakfast Sunday morning so as to atte.nd Sunday School at home; but the fun began several weeks before last Friday night because the outing was being planned and prepared for at least a month before the red-letter day. scout- 1.1;-, q t~J~~ is wise enough to know that it is almost as enjoyable~_,. vf t J. ;J ready for such an occasion as this as it is to actually take part in it. A,;:''"·~">~'<!: ;.,'' This Scoutmaster, also, is a rμethodical man, and therefore every hour of the trip from Memphis back to Men~his was packed full of a systematic program. As a result of all this his boys were on tiptoe for the big event days before the date set, and their time at carno was one of incessant '''•· /, ;': ; .. ~. , ,·f':' .. .·r,: •'I · abtivi ty and1pleasure~ Thanks to Mr. Ba;rfield• s 1 disc'ipl~r:ie the Scouts went . , to .bed eai'ly and actually slept well the first night despite their excite- • Anent over the· events of the following day. +tarly next morning everybody was upt had eaten a hearty bre~fast, arid the cooking utensils were cleaned by 7 o•clock. The next thing was a ~wo~h:o'\.li' hike. The latter part of the f:orenoon found them felling the first 'trees to make logs for a cabin .they will1 build this fall. This timber cut- · .. ting was followed by a swim, after which they cooked and ate dinner and . rested unt.il 2 o'clock. Until 3 p. M· they played light glU!les arid then tjle · ·t;reasure hunt, the big event o_f the day, began. T"-o patrols participated in this; namely1 .the Eagle patrol with NJ:cCarrol:\, as lead.er and Sam Ap::p:)..ebaurn, Earl :Baker,-_Harold HtHtbger, Wi.ley Hutchins en6.. Stanley Martin; and the Black Bears wit,h Tho·!aae Brawley as loader and Robert Butler, Cecil Bunnell, Dick Easley and John Oates. They followed two, separate trails of two miles each, and the Black Bears ccvered the distance in forty-five r,1inutes. Eight minutes later the Eagles eqne in, delA.yed a little "because one runner had hurt his leg. But the fleetest patrol answered one question incorrectly and, as the other patrol's a:1swers were all right, it was the Eagles that won after all.. i:rhe actual t:'easure, a fountain pen, was found by Dick Easley; but each menber of tbe Fir,r.ing patrol received a first prize, while every one _of the runners-up was g:..ven a consolation prize. For a wonder, nobod_y grouched about the trail, and the race really was a close onel All then went swir.rr:d.ng again, and after that came supper. several of the boys took cooking tests, a..'1d o.t 7 :30 the council fire began. The program was lively from start to finish, and was followed by a surprise, a freezer of ice cream. .Jl.fter that the treasure hunt prizes were presented, and everybody was glad to "hit the hay.u Sunday morning breakfast was finished before 7 o•clock, the camping site was policed, cooking kits and bla..'1ket rolls were packed, the bus honked, and all were off to the city, waving goodbye and promising to 11 r.iturn for four days at Thanksgiving tine. n * * * * * * * * * * * Assistant Executive Willard Hays and District Commissioner Robt. G. Wilkerson were over-night cmnpers at camp the last week-end. * * * * * * * * * * * Last Sunday brought another long procession of visitors, the majority of whom wanted to "see that new ca-bin of the Hernando troop, 11 which is attracting much attention and receiving many compliments. No. 52 l Sept. 26, 1929. FOtT1TD: At the camp the last week-end. A good knife, a finger ring, a canteencover, a civilian hot, and a neckerchief. Owners should phone to the office to claim their property. * * * * * * Seven troops were at camp the last week-end, and three of them had big doin 1 s. Saturday was dedica'tion de.y for the Civitan cabin, Troop No. 33. The Scouts came to the camp in the :Boy scout bus Friday evening. Early in the afternoon their guests, EH .. •.:tbers of the Civitan Club and their wives, began to arrive, and at 4 o t clock the formalities commenced. First the official photographer, ILL. Beard8ley 1 shot the compa.'1y in various groups, and then Iv1r. Harry Loring Clarke took charge of the ceremonies. He introduced :B:.11 (Fi. L.) Owens, pres5.den t of the Ci vi tans, who very gracefully pros on tod the fine, new cabin to the troop. Dr. J.J. Walker, pastor of the East End Christian Church, made the dedicatory prayer; and Chester Briney, as Scoutmaster, formally accepted the troop1s backwoods home. Scout Executive Gordon Morris gave a congratulatory talk, and Jirrrw:ie Dallas, who has be6n the senior patrol leader during the past year, finished the program as the representative of tho boys themselves. Th0 company was then invited to anothur part of tho cabin sito where a light lunch was served while the boys put on an interesting exhibition of scout activities. The Civitans have done a fine thing for Troop 33, and sev0ral of tho club 1s m0mbcrs, who modestly keep themsolvos in tho background, are deserving of special credit. If this troop d%s not make .a good showing in camp life. accom.plishments, it will not be the fault of their sponsors. The new officers of the troop for the present season are: Roy Hearn, senior patrol leader; Robert creagi.1, Claude MclTew, Jimde Dallas and John Creagh, patrol leaders. They were presented to tho:i.r Memphis visitors in a formal v1ay; they had char.ee of the patrol performances as their f-Uvsts ate refreshments; and upon them rests the responsibility of making a. camp record this year in keeping with their home in the woods. ****** Rec<:Jn tly by mistake the nem.:e of this camp has appct1.red in print several times as "Currie", but it is hoped that nobody will be misled into calling it that instead of its real name, camp Currier, which alread;ir has so much fine sentiment wrapped up in it. * * * * * * Saturday also brought the long anticipated complimentary barbecue for Troop No. 34, winners of the last Camp Currier Contest. The excitement began Friday morning when the pig was butchered. Soon after school the sane day Hugh Burkett, the vetvran camping patrol leader of Troop No. 40, arrived with seven other members of the troop to barbecue the pork that night and serve the feast next day. This they did in perfect fashion, taking turns in three-hour tricks from dusk until breakfast. time. Next morning brought other r.1ernbers of both troops, and at 5 o'clock in the af tcrnoon forty-seven feasters sat down to the following menu: ]8Xbecued pork, buns, potato salad, cookies l'nd apples mixed v1ith good cheer nnd followed by a short program. First the coveted hickory loving-cup was presented to the victors, pnd in accepting the trophy for his troop Scoutmaster F.VJ. Morrison said they would rather have it thnn El. silver cup. They will give it the place of honor in their troop room, and the 11 Chief11 intimated that they intend to ke0p it there, defending it against all on-coners. IJ:'his is a fine fighting "Spirit, but several other outdoor troops purp©se to give the present possessors a ··~" hot r11.ce for the honors in the a::mroaching conteRt. l , 1~e\1\/S NO• 53 Oct. 1, 1929 Three be:- rskin floor rugs coCJ.stitute a most appropriate and welcome donation to the furnishings of the headquarters cabin last week by Mrs. Walter Lane Smith of Memphis. This is the second time that N:rs. Snith has thought1ully added to the equipment of this building, and her interest i'- very mu.ch appreciated. *******"' Crowded out from last week's news was the visit of Rev. w. L. Norris, the scoutmaster of 'I'roop 4.-3. He was accompanied by Assistant scoutmaster Bonnie G, Hill and Warren 1-1.llen, the newly chosen senior patrol leader. They selected as a cabin site the point next south of No. 111 s concrete foundation and intend to begin the erection of an old-fashioned lo{": cabin in the near future. ****"'*** Five troops have been at camp the last week-end. * * * * * * *·* The troops that have the most enjoyable outings at Camp currier are those that come with definite plans about what the;y- shall do while here. suggestions for such programs are contained in the fall contest point-sheet, and whether or not a troop wishes to t1;ke part in the contest the scoutmaster will find here some activities in which his boys may take an interest. Other boys do, and there is sufficient variety for all tastes. ******** Scoutleaders Willard Hays, Robert Wilkerson a..~d Carroll Wells camped out over Saturday nif;ht at camp Currier. * * * * * * * * The most interest'ing and most beautiful season of the year at camp Currier begins with the month of October. Then it is that the annual fall contest starts. The chiggers and the mosquitoes are gone. Wild fruits and nuts are ripening. And, best of all for the average boy, October brings the open season for possU!ns. There is a private possum hunt scheduled for Wednesday night of this week, and the first regular Saturday night hunt will be on the night of October 5th, * * * * * * * * Troop 25 has made great progress on its new cabin during the pc.st fortnight,. They expect to move in this month. The boys of this troop have done sorno hard work on their backwoods home, and no troop in Chickasaw council is more pleased with the prospect of heving such a happy hang-out at Camp Currier. As soon as they become settled they expect to enjoy caril> life to the full and all the year round. * * * *. * * * * Troop 56 spent Saturday evening at Camp Currier and enjoyed cooking supper around a campfire. This troop has been going into the woods on Saturdays since school began, and they report that half enough logs already have been cut to build their cabin. i:rhe troop is growing, too. can1p curr1er No. 54 i ! Oct. 8, 1929 The first possum hunt of the season was out of the ordinary because ladies took part. It was the idea of qome of the old.er :nembers of Troop 10 - Ed Shel ton, Cecil McDonald, Raymond Owen, Thomas Gaines, Harold Gowdy, George Jones and Harry Rogers. Their guests were their former Scoutn1astcr, c. B. Kennedy, and his wife, Mr. and Mrs • .Andrew -lohnson, and Misses Ruth :Brennon, Tina Mariana and Elizabeth Marshall. They drove down to camp after an early supper, and it was neaxly 8 o 1 clock when the~r reached the woods. Indeed, Uncle :Sen Alexander, tht;i veteran hunter who w~s to lead in the chase of fat marsupials, had given up their coming and hBd taken off his shoes to go to bed when the merry party knocked at his cabin door. Somebody hnd recently told Uncle Ben a terrible snake story so that he was almost afraid to venture forth after dark, but having promised to go, he consented to accompany the young white folks with the distinct understanding that somebody else should t2ke the lead and he only follow with his dogs. It was an almoFt silent group that moved along through the forest for about twenty minutes without the least sound from any of tho dogs. '11h.en Watch barked and Uncle Ben said: 11He has it treed already.11 Then the pent-up excitement broke out and the hunters all joined in a mad race for the tree. The animal was found to bo in a hollow tree, and several woodchoppers took turns with an axe before the tree fe~l. With a flashlight the possum could be seen about four feet up in the hollow, so th.e tree trunk was chopped in two again before the quarry could be rel.'lched, and then it was that Raymond Owen pulled it out by the tail and chucked it into a tow-sack. some of the young ladies had never seen a possum nnd for most of them it was a novel experience to go hunting in the woods after dark. Two more possums were soon brought to bay, but as both of them took refuge in sink-holes and it would have required several hours to dig them out, it was promptly voted that 11 we have had enough sport for one nigh t 11 and the party hastened back to the camp-fire where all were soon busy roasting wieners and otherwise making ready for a midnight supper before starting back home. * * * * * * * * * * Troop 56 was at camp two days at the week-end. They hiked, tried some new ideas in cooking and wound up their stay with a treasure hunt followed by a roast-chicken supper. This spre8d was donated by the two patrol leaders, Irving Craven and Albert Sidney White. The treasure hunt was over the same trails as had been used by Troop 27 a few weeks ago, and the opposing patrols roached the goal all within the sElille minuto, Albqrt Sidney VVni te' s patrol ranking the round in 26 minutes, while that of Irving craven's patrol was 27 minutes. The winners also brought in a beautiful baby gray squirrel which they surpi:isod on the ground and captured before it could ciimb a tree. Moreover, the other patrol found a box tortoise. No wonder they couldntt win. * * * * * * * * * * * Troop 25 was at camp again, still working on their new cabin, which now has almost half of the roof on and the fireplace foundntion in. No. 56 Oct. 30, 1929. Two possums were tr~ed at once Saturday night and, as is often the case under such circumstances, neitiler one of them was caught. Later a third marsupial was found. One scout shinned up the tree before exactly locating the quarry. His companions on the ground soon espied it directly behind him, and on turning around he faced its wide-open mouth and glistening teeth only inches in front of his nose. Then, either from quaking fear or deliberate intention, he promptly shook the animal off the limb and Harry Davis of Troop 8 caught it, thereby addin<s 500 po in ts to his fall con test score. In the struggle the possum bit the boy's wrist, but an immediate apnlication of iodine was all the first aid that was needed for that, and next mo~ning it was practically well. * * * * * * * Eleven troops were represented at camp the last week, a record break~. * * * *'* * * Troop 50 improved its first week-end apportunity to begin its new cabin, which scoutmaster J. w. Austin says will be pushed to early completion. ******* A large group of Troop 8 boys spent the week~end at camp. On Sunday Mr. & Mrs. A. ]3. Rowe, one of whose sons is a member of this troop, broug;h.t a few friends out from the city and treated the combined group of :Boy scouts and grown-ups with a fried chicken picni<! dinner that proved to be a rea.l feast• Not only that, but Mr. Rowe proved his faith in the prqposed new troop cabin by bringing down in an accompanying truck a newly constructed outdoor can~ table and bench seats which vrnre initiated by use that day and they donated and placed in position as the first permanent improvement on the cabin site. * * * * * * * Troop 10 had young lady frhind; as guests at their second private possum hunt last Friday night at camp currier. The hunt was followed by a midnight campfire repDst before starting back to the city. * * * * * * * A group from Troop 25 put in another good dayt s work on their cabin and now have a fine new fireplace and chimney completed. They soon will be ready to uove into their backwoods home. ******* A new record was established last Saturday by a comparatively new Memphis troop, No. 43, of vinich Rev. w. L· Norris, pastor of the New south Memphis :Baptist Church, is scoutmaster. Between 11.A..M. and 4 p.M. the scoutmaster and five of the larger members of the troop, without any employed help, felled the trees for forty-one logs for their cabin which Mr. Norris in his custo~iary businesslike way purposes to build without any unnecessary delay. It is to be a genuinely oldf~shioned log cabin, for this preacher is something of a woodsnnn himself. llC****** Scoutmaster H• T. :Butler, Assistc:mt Scoutmaster Robert Raymond and twenty E1e:mbers of tha.t growing Troop, No. 15, arrived at camp Saturday and followed through an intensive two-day program of work and fun at their big cabin site over OJ} the west side. one of their r:iost enjoyable diversions was a spirited treasure hunt in which the Black Bear pa.trol was victorious. NO. 57 Nov. 6, 1929. Camp currier is indebted again, this time to Mr. Geo. R. Kendall of Memphis, who brought as a gift to be hung up in the Headquarters Cabin a fine eight-day clock. On Sunday Mr. & Mrs. Kendall came out to the camp, as so many parents do, to bring- their son who is a member of Troop 1, and with him they brought this very welcome and useful surprise. It is pleasing indeed to have people do such nice things as this, and all such graceful acts are all the more appreciated because they are not solicited. "'******* Father John H. Shea, Scoutmaster of Troop 49, and a dozen of his scouts drove to camp in the rain last Friday for their first visit here. The day was rainy and the forecast said Hmore rain,11 but Father Shea said the boys had been look:ing forward to the trip for two weeks and 1:0uld have been greatly disappointed not to come, so he brought them. And they all proved to be good sports and good campers. They were lodged in a cabin where they could keep dry and warm, and it is well that they were so protected, for at 1 A. M. it poured down again. But saturda~r brought better weather, and they had a good time although the possum hunt they had planned for was out of the question. ******** Mr. T. E. Beard, one of the fathers of No. 19, was at camp the last week-end and built an outdoor oven for this troop which,will appreciate this added equipment. All such things, too, are pleasing evidences of the parents! interest in their sons' outdoor activities. ******** The erection of Troop 40t s fine new cabin is going on apace. Scoutmaster Austin and several of the Scouts are here every week-end, and much interest is being manifested in the building. Considerable material will be sent down this week, for they are hurrying to enclose it before winter. * * * * * * * * Troop 1 came again last Saturday, a few of the boys hiking down the highway. One good result of the rains of the day before was plenty of fresh mud for wild animal tracks, and the members of this troop took ad.vantage of that to make some plaster of Paris negatives. ******** Members of Troop 25 are now looking forward to the day when they can lock their equipment in a finished cabin. Some of them spend nearly every week-end at the work, and they are too busy at it even to go hunting. ·' CA.lV'Jl CURRIER NEWS Page 2 Assistant Scout1-:1aster Gerald capers, ladies, together with several members of Troop in the troop's log cabin Saturday and Sunday. nature study. ******* ------~--- --- - ...... --~~---·----.---- ·--- ------ his mbther and two other 19, were over-night caLipers The boys were engaged in James Marquis of Troop 37 came on a bicycle hike from his home in Memphis, thirty-seven miles, to ca1:ip currier Saturday afternoon and pedaled· back again Sunday. This you.th is an experienced bicycle rider, but he took his time this trip and r:-,erely hung up a preliciinary record for others to shoot at. It was two hours flat. ****** The foregoing was written for last week but crowded out. Since then another group of scouts of Troop lS occupied their cabin three days and caught a possur:i Saturday ni{{ht, stel'llng Adm;1s being the actual cap1tor, and Troop 40 put in a big dayts work on their new .cabin. Tuesday night of last week scout Executive Morris, court of Honor Chairman c. T. Mccaoe, Cor.r:issioner Ross A· Mathews, and Assistant to the Executive Willard Hays cane down for an official hunt, bagging two possuL~ and enjoying a wiener roast before starting hor:1e. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1929 Title A name given to the resource 1929 Camp Currier Newsletters Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Chickasaw Council, BSA Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Duane Klink & Chuck Schadrack Camp Currier Camp Currier Newsletter Newsletter https://www.kiakimamuseum.org/files/original/03b437c987373974fc7c9a0a674f1ffb.pdf ff62efc6b66eb5103b4b7083cdadcf8e PDF Text Text Carn p No . 81 1J currier -NevJs September 3, 1930. During last we ek the followinG troops had representatives at Camp Currier: Nos. 6, 8, 9 , 10, 11, 19 , 39 , 40 , 43 , 47 , 49, 50, 56 , 66. Some were .represented by only one member, a few for just one day , most of them for several dalys and nights, and some even came twice during the week. This news sheet covers t he last three weeks , during the first of whi ch twelve troops were at camp ; the second, eleven ; and the third, fourteen. Since the c l ose of the Memphis schools l a st spring Scouts have been at the camp every day, and i f the present week i s lik e its predecessors the record wi l l be perfect for the entire summer. Last year was almost as good, t here being only four blank days dm~ing the vacation period, and that was on account of rain. This summer t here has been no rai n. Building operations during the last three weeks have included the foll owing : To cabin No. 50 has bu e.n aoded the most interesting as well as attractive firep l ace and chimney on the camp , built by a Eudora Boy Scout fath er who knows how. The material is just common DeSoto County clay such as the real pioneers used, and that is vn1at the Scout!Ila.ster, Arnol d Houston , entering fully into the spirit and traditions of Car~ Currier, wanted. With the clay is mixed a certain proportion of salt, which makes it set as hard as ordinary lime and sand mortar. The base of the c:1imney outside is boxed in with cypress s l abs to match the cab i n proper, and between these slabs has been put t he usual mud daubing which makes it harmonize with t he rest of the building . Cabin No. 50 promises to be a model of old- fashioned log construction, which will make some otber cabins of tha t t ype look after their honors i f they wish to mainta in their reputation of being the most admired on the camp. Troop No. 66 now ha s its cabin walls built up as high as the roofplate , and doubtless soon will put on the roof . Assistant Scoutmaster E . W. Connor and the boys of the troop a re doing most of ;the work. I Ex-Scoutmaster J . W. Austin who resi gned the leadership of Troop No. 40 to spend a year or two in Em~ ope , had the satisfaction of hanging t h e door of t heir fine cabi n and locking t~1 e p lace up bef ore he left . This b uilding has been Mr . Austin ' s major project in Scouting for more than a year , and it wi ll stand as a monument to his zeal and industry as the first Scoutmaster of this well-known troop. Scoutmaster W. L. Norris and his Troop, No. 43 , have resumed work on their cabin after a summer of rest and intend to have it ready to occupy i n a short time. Rev . John H. Shea of Tr oop No. 49 a lready is rece1v1ng v i sitor s at their cabin which the boys are able to occupy af t er working on it a to t al of onl y seven days . Although still lacking doors, windm1s and fireplace , these openings have been boarded up so as to make a complete shelter , but it is t h e intention of Father Shea and the hard-working members of his troop to push the building on to ear l y completion , The most outstanding f eat of the summer came within this last t hree week period when Assistant Scoutmaster Cecil Crawford of Troop No . 27, accompanied by one l one member of the troop , Miller Huckabee, came through f r om Memphis on the second successful compass hike in the history of the camp . �CA"MP CURRIER NEWS Pago 2 The trip occupied thirteen hours , two more than tho record set by Scou tmaster Ben Coffey and a bunch of Scouts of Troop No . 1 last year , but .t tie l onger time taken enab led the No. 27 h ikers to accomplis h the undertaki ng in 'b'e;tter physical condition . T'ney report t l1at when they follo'irnd the d irection i ndicat ed by their corr.pass up onto the high ground in site of the camp i t pointed almost exact l y to the Headquar ters Cabin w~1 i ch proved their bull 1 s-eye rrarksmans hip . It is an interesti ng fact that the se t r10 h i kers ran into ten watermelo n patches en route but di d not st op for r ef:" eshments. Scoutmas ter George .Abraham of Troop No . 6 was at camp one day last week with an architect looking for a building site for a log cabin soon to be be gun. Scout Howard Burkett of Troop No . 40 se t a new h i gh record for log walking in the swi mming hole l ast week. Ho did it nine times and then s racefully dove off at the end. The rope swing from a 12-foot platform, however , affords the 6reatest thrill, indee d , too thril line for any but accomplis hed swi mmers. The neates t feat yet per for med on i t was done by Skipyer C. B. Kennedy of Ship No . 65 , Sea Scouts, who set a pattern wh ich the older Scouts are striving to equal. But almost every day some new performan ce is developed , adding i n.creasing interest to the t'i1ice-a-d ay swi mmi ng per io ds , 10 t o 11:30 A. M. and 4 to 5 : 30 P . M. Boys already asking for a possum hunt are reminded that the open season for •t ne se animals does no t begin unti l October 1st, This year t he passi ng of merit badge tests at Camp Currier has been aproject of so many duri ng the summer t hat it has been decided to feature this important part of Scouting during the fall . For t h is reason a suitable place has been set aside as a testing ~round convenien t to bo th fue l and wat er and rraterial for the construct ion of bridges and other projects. Convenien t hours, also , ~ ill be set for the actual taking of t~e tests . More i nformatio n will be given l ater, but in the meantime , the passing of t ests can be begun without delay . I 1 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Camp Currier Description An account of the resource This collections contains pictures and documents relating to the Chickasaw Council's camp in Eudora, Mississippi. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document I No . 81 Carn 1 p currier -NevJs J September 3, 1930. During last week the followinG troops had representatives at Camp Currier: Nos. 6, 8, 9 , 10, 11, 19 , 39, 40, 43 , 47, 49, 50, 56, 66. Some were .represented by only one member, a few for just one day, most of them for several dalys and nights, and some even came twice during the week. This news sheet covers t he last three weeks , during the first of whi ch twelve troops were at camp ; the second, eleven; and the third, fourteen. Since the c l ose of the Memphis schools l ast spring Scouts have been at the camp every day, and if the present week i s like its predecessors the record wi l l be perfect for the entire summer. Last year was almost as good, there being only four blank days dm~ing the vacation period, and that was on account of rain. This summer t here has been no rai n. Building operations during the last three weeks have included the foll owing: To cabin No. 50 has bue.n aoded the most interesting as well as attractive firep lace and chimney on the camp , built by a Eudora Boy Scout father who knows how. The material is just common DeSoto County clay such as the real pioneers used, and that is vn1at the Scout!Ila.ster, Arnol d Houston, entering fully into the spirit and traditions of Car~ Currier, wanted. With the clay is mixed a certain proportion of salt, which makes it set as hard as ordinary lime and sand mortar. The base of the c:1imney outside is boxed in with cypress s l abs to match the cab i n proper, and between these slabs has been put the usual mud daubing which makes it harmonize with t he rest of the building . Cabin No. 50 promises to be a model of old- fashioned log construction, which will make some otber cabins of tha t t ype look after their honors if they wish to maintain their reputation of being the most admired on the camp. Troop No. 66 now has its cabin walls built up as high as the roofplate , and doubtless soon will put on the roof . Assistant Scoutmaster E . W. Connor and the boys of the troop are doing most of ;the work. Ex-Scoutmaster J . W. Austin who resigned the leadership of Troop No. 40 to spend a year or two in Em~ ope , had the satisfaction of hanging t he door of t heir fine cabin and locking t~1 e place up bef ore he left . This b uilding has been Mr . Austin ' s major project in Scouting for more than a year , and it wi ll stand as a monument to his zeal and industry as the first Scoutmaster of this well-known troop. Scoutmaster W. L. Norris and his Troop, No. 43 , have resumed work on their cabin after a summer of rest and intend to have it ready to occupy i n a short time. Rev . John H. Shea of Tr oop No. 49 a lready is rece1v1ng v i sitor s at their cabin which the boys are able to occupy aft er working on it a total of only seven days . Although still lacking doors, windm1s and fireplace , these openings have been boarded up so as to make a complete shelter , but it is t he intention of Father Shea and the hard-working members of his troop to push the building on to earl y completion, The most outstanding f eat of the summer came within this last t hreeweek period when Assistant Scoutmaster Cecil Crawford of Troop No . 27, accompanied by one l one member of the troop , Miller Huckabee, came through f r om Memphis on the second successful compass hike in the history of the camp . I CA"MP CURRIER NEWS Pago 2 The trip occupied thirteen hours , two more than tho record set by Sco u tmaster Ben Coffey and a bunch of Scouts of Troop No . 1 last year , but .ttie l onger time taken enabled the No. 27 h ikers to accomplish the undertaking in 'b'e;tter physical condition. T'ney report t l1at when t hey follo'irnd the d irection i ndicat ed by their corr.pass up onto the high ground in site of the camp it pointed almost exactl y to the Headquarters Cabin w~1 i ch proved their bull 1 s-eye rrarksmanship . It is an interesting fact that t he se t r10 h i kers ran into ten watermelon patches en route but di d not st op for r ef:"eshments. Scoutmaster George .Abraham of Troop No . 6 was at camp one day last week with an arch itect looking for a building site for a log cabin soon to be be gun. Scout Howard Burkett of Troop No . 40 se t a new h i gh record for log walking in the sw i mming ho le l ast week. Ho did it nine times and t hen s racefully dove off at the end. The rope swing from a 12-foot platform, however , affords the 6reatest thrill, indeed , too thril line for any but accomplished swi mmers. The neates t feat yet pe r for med on it was d one by Skipyer C. B. Kennedy of Ship No . 65 , Sea Scouts, who set a pattern wh ich the older Scouts are striving to equal. But almost every day some new performance is developed , adding i n.creasing interest to the t'i1ice-a-day sw i mmi ng perio ds , 10 t o 11:30 A. M. and 4 to 5 : 30 P . M. Boys already asking for a possum hunt are reminded that the open season for •t ne se animals does no t beg in until October 1st, This year t he passi ng of merit badge tests at Camp Currier has been aproject of so many duri ng the summer t hat it has been decided to feature th is important part of Scouting during the fall . For t h is reason a s uitable place has been set aside as a testing ~round convenient to bo th fuel and wat er and rraterial for the construction of bridges and other projects. Convenient hours, also , ~ ill be set for the actual taking of t~e tests . 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Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1930 Title A name given to the resource 1930 (9/3/1930) Camp Currier Newsletter Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Chickasaw Council, BSA Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Chuck Schadrack Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Chuck Schadrack Camp Currier Camp Currier Newsletter Newsletter https://www.kiakimamuseum.org/files/original/10f553a228a1f74cfd10d7d4cbecd442.pdf bae18bd3bccaccc23d0a86efd73b1d8f PDF Text Text � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Camp Currier Description An account of the resource This collections contains pictures and documents relating to the Chickasaw Council's camp in Eudora, Mississippi. 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Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1949 Title A name given to the resource 1949 Photo: Camp Currier Canoes Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Press-Scimitar Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Andrew Schrack Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Press Scimitar Papers, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Licensed for use by the Kia Kima Alumni Association in this historical display. https://www.memphis.edu/libraries/special-collections/ Camp Currier Picture https://www.kiakimamuseum.org/files/original/c8985e7f75edd587d310d14b154daf57.tif c48e79c7ecffc0b4201cfcad938abefc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1949 Title A name given to the resource 1949 Photo: Camp Currier Pool Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Press-Scimitar Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Andrew Schrack Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Press Scimitar Papers, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Licensed for use by the Kia Kima Alumni Association in this historical display. https://www.memphis.edu/libraries/special-collections/ Camp Currier Picture https://www.kiakimamuseum.org/files/original/620c229a09d99e1b7e0da86f2ba762c3.pdf ab9afdeb69083f500c201e94d20ada16 PDF Text Text \ BUDDY PIPE LINES UN---LTD (UNITED-LOYAL-TREMENDOUSLY DETERMINED) This is to Certify That ~ .:lluble Crawford is a Member ih Good Standing with the "-inute -en C!Creltl" of tbe "t)ipe JLine in a 1!\ap" Organization that installed one half mile of two and one half and two inch galvanized pipe {Main Water Line) at Camp Currier Boy Scout Camp, March 29, 1952. This is to acknowledge an outstanding "GOOD TURN" to the present and future Scouts of Chickasaw Council B.S.A. who will enjoy the benefits of this line in the years that are ahead. IN TESTIMONY THEREOF we have appended our names and the co-operation seal of the "BUDDY PIPELINES UNLIMITED ... ""\ Done this 29th day of March, 1952, Memphis/ T~nnfee. • �BUDDY PIPE LINES UN-LTD (UNITED,_,LQYAL,_,TREMENDOUSLY DETERMINED) W. R. BOYER, Mechanical Engineer J. BRA DY WILEY, Chairman JOHN R. ADAY, Sr. Supt. OLLIE R. TUCKER, Foreman MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE Scouter G. Ruble Crawford Dear Ruble : You are the holder of one of the twenty one "Buddy Pipe Lines Un- limited" Certificates issued to that choi ce group of Organi zati on . 11 1\i:inute J.i:en" of the "Pipe Line in a Day" We sincerely hope that you will frame this re c ord of an outstanding 11 GOOD TURN1' which you have render- ed Scouting through your participation in this project . Scoutingly O BJECTIVE-The " BUDDY PIPE LINES UN-LTD, " BOAR D, a no n profit O rganization formed by the followi ng Scouters : A. Gl over Davis, S. Roy Barton, W. R. Boyer, J ohn R. Aday, Sr., Hugh L. Gregory, Sr., Bob (Budd y) Irwin, Guy H. Petty, Olli e R. Tucker and J. Brady Wil ey in order to " DO A GOOD TURN" for "SCOUTING" by improving the water line system at Camp Currier Boy Scout Camp; Whereby additional comp sites may be developed and more Sco uts and Scou ters re cei ve the benefits therefrom. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Camp Currier Description An account of the resource This collections contains pictures and documents relating to the Chickasaw Council's camp in Eudora, Mississippi. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document \ BUDDY PIPE LINES UN---L TD (UNITED-LOYAL-TREMENDOUSLY DETERMINED) This is to Certify That ~ .:lluble Crawford is a Member ih Good Standing with the "-inute -en C!Creltl" of tbe "t)ipe JLine in a 1!\ap" Organization that installed one half mile of two and one half and two inch galvanized pipe {Main Water Line) at Camp Currier Boy Scout Camp, March 29, 1952. This is to acknowledge an outstanding "GOOD TURN" to the present and future Scouts of Chickasaw Council B.S.A. who will enjoy the benefits of this line in the years that are ahead. IN TESTIMONY THEREOF we have appended our names and the co-operation seal of the "BUDDY PIPELINES UNLIMITED ... ""\ Done this 29th day of March, 1952, Memphis/ T~nnfee. • Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1952 Title A name given to the resource 1952 Camp Currier Buddy Pipe Lines Certificate & Letter Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Buddy Pipe Lines Un-Ltd Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Chuck Schadrack Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Johnny Tracy Camp Currier https://www.kiakimamuseum.org/files/original/bfa2c056dab22995948bf89d75766a9b.jpg d1d402b24ddbf913f89a35f1d3b519e6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1973 Title A name given to the resource 1973 Camp Currier Map Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Chickasaw Council, BSA Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Chuck Schadrack Camp Currier Camp Currier Map Map https://www.kiakimamuseum.org/files/original/e348034674bf9235b698e0a9ca341845.pdf 9bd830ea5ef6bde6ad649b4a140c2b6c PDF Text Text PECKER WOOD NATURE TRAIL CAMP CURRIER �MfMPHl5 ' fltfL( �. PECKERWOOD NATURE TRAIL -The Peckerwood Nature. Trail is located in Scout Camp Currier, property of Chickasaw Council, BSA. The camp is ' off Mississippi Highway 304, just west of Eudora·. See map. The Trail starts and ends i at the Tomahawk Dining Hall on the main central road. You may park in this area. The Trail is approximately 3 miles long, in a loop. Allow 2 hours hiking time. The Trail is marked with a Wolf's head painted on trees. The first half .of the Trail will introduce you to tree identification. The second half will quiz you on these same trees. Other points of nature lore will be described but not quizzed. I:: ;;,a rticular, changes in the environment due to natural forces will be observed. Use this Trail as a Nature lesson. Snakes are not often seen in Camp Currier, but do be careful. Everywhere you will see Poison Ivy. It grows as a small plant, a bush, or as a vine. Learn to identi fy it. The leaves are in 3's as: POISON IVY VIRGINIA CREERER Any plant with white berries is to be avoided (poison ivy and poison sumac}. Any tree with red berries is safe to touch (dogwood, hol ly, shiny sumac, staghorn sumac). "Berries white, poisonous sight." You should identify also Virginia Creeper everywhere. It is a small plant or vine with leaves in groups of 5's, smaller and darker than poison ivy. Look for it on the ground and growing up trees. It is not poisonous. Let us begin. Immediately across the road from the dining hall is a line of Oak trees. The leaves are deeply notched. The points between the notches are pointed in the Red Oak and rounded in the White Oak. :L �WHITE RED OAK A much smaller tree along this roadside is the Sassafras . Many very young ones are growing in a cut-over area right at the roadside just across from the front door of the dining hall. Notice the leaves are of three shapes: The leaves, bark, stems, and roots have a distinctiv e, smell. The roots were once very root beer. You will encounter used Sassafras trees throughou t the YELLOW POPLAR SASSAFRAS Soon on your right, just as you enter the meadow, you will see a very big tree at the edge of the forest. This is a Yellow Poplar or Tulip Poplar tree . The trunk is very straight. In younger specimens the bark is smooth. The l eaf is shaped lik e a tulip. In the spring there are tulip-shap ed blossoms of green, yellow , and orange. This is the State Tree of Tennessee . Before the arrival of civilization , the Yellow Poplar was the most common big tree east of the Mississip pi River. This particular specimen is not as straight and wellformed as most. The large hole in the trunk shows · that it was injured by fire when it was young . 2 �Look closely for rows of small holes made by woodpecke rs. SWEET GUM In the clump of trees at the head of the meadow, by the concrete slab, are several trees to learn. One has leaves in the shape of a S-pointed star. Boys are usually familiar with the seed-burr or gumball. This is the Red Gum or ~ -- - - . Sweet Gum. Some specimens will ~ have cork "wings" along the stemslook for them. A smaller tree in this clump has heart-shap ed leaves. This is the Redbud (remember heart-shap edred blood- redbud). Early in the Spring these trees produce a bright purple blossom, seen best in cultivated varieties in the city. A tall tree in this clump is the Persirrmon . It has long, smooth, slightly irregular leaves. Note the "ch~ckP.t"board " appearanc e of the bark. The wood ir very hard. In the Autumn a fleshy orange fruit is produced which is a favorite of the opossw~1 and other animals. fltD 8C4 0 PERSIMMON 3 �Also in this clump you will find a big American Elm. The leaves are smallish and have a sawtoothed edge. AMERICAN ELM Follow the Trail into the forest. Soon on your right you will find a Red Maple marked. Look around , you will see a number of these trees. The leaf is more-or -less star-sha ped , but the edge has deeper , smoothe r notches than the Sweet Gum you learned earlier. OOGWOOD RED MAPLE Jus t past the Maple, you should find a small Dogwood Tree. You will see ma~y and larger specimen s in the forest , but this is a good one to look at the leaf. The rounded leaves with promine nt veins o::cur in pairs- remembe r the pairs as "Buddie s". You are familiar with the lovely white blossom seen early each Spring. A red berry appears in the Autumn. The bark in older trees may remind you of "alligat or skin". The Dogw.::>-:>d has the hard est, heavies t wood in the forest . Soon on the right you will find a ~ l ump of cane . You will see it again in the forest. It usually grows on hillside s near water. The wood is e xtremely tough. The Indians had many uses for cane- arrows, baskets , mats, roofing, blow guns and darts. Soon beside the trail you will see patches of vines some are as tall as you. The ones with th ~ thorns are Blackbe rry. The smooth vines are Ho.1ey3u ckle, a native of Asia that is now establis hed thro'.1gh out this country. 4 �a stand of Pine trees. Note that On the left is one of the largest fell during an ice storm in the Winter of 1 78- 79~ It will decay and return to the soil, becoming fertilizer for the next generation. There are 4 kinds of Pines conunon to our part of the country: Shortleaf, Longleaf, Loblolly and Spruce Pine. 1 Further along the trail you will find another large White Oak. The bark and wood are paler than most oaks. The leaves are notched and have round points. Growing at the base of this White Oak is a small Sweet Gwn. Note again the star-shaped leaf and the cork wings on the stems. The smooth-barked tree with the feathery fem-like leaf is the Mi mosa . A native of Africa , it is seen often in the city but is unconunon in the forest. c Do not leav e the T rail , but wa tch down the hill t o your right fo r a marked tree. This is the American Beech. The leaves are similiar to the Elm famil y. The bark is smooth and is often damaged by carving . Don ' t do it! The beechnuts are favorites of squirrels and other animals. You are now at Peckerwood Point , a landmark at Camp Currier. When long-term Summer camp was at Currier, the Craft Shack was here. Listen for ~he tapping of wo8dpeckers. There are 7 species of woodpecker in our area. The Redheaded is on the Trail Patch. The Pileated is as big as a Crow and has a crest. You may see the Red-bellied, the Hairy, the Downy, the Yellowshafted Flicker, or the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. Stay to the left side of the trail. On the right side of the trail there is a bee-tree. This red oak has a hollow which is occupied by a hive of honey bees. Do be careful. Looking out over the lake you should ide ntify turtles. The swirling water in the shallows marks the s p a wning beds of blue gill bream. �~---x x-- - .... '., ........ - ......... __ .... w . ;... I / ·... N_lllc:..\ ,: /Nlo .:..-x-------,:-_:~·----- --iI . · ' )- ·-::''\ \ .. . . .. . ·" I /l\ f • ', "'N.9) · '../w .:. - '\ "~ · N7c, \ ·: ll!J / A// . . :. ":'"'. >" NIS / ,,,'A,.,'9 1c1:1:; ~ W I\ , . : ,. · . '\ · - ·.> .S~ t:. i I \o;. '· /IS . " :- ,..... _. ..,. : I N;; : :. CAMP CURRIER CHICKASAW COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS of A~l.ER I CA LEGEND w s Adi rondock Gobin a Troo:> No. EorrnOom ==:==G rovel rood Snolfor ---- Dlfl rood F1c9~olt · ········Fool !roil ....._.. 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A:t !),.r.~·l~~·~v - - .. :·=- . ::; ... :r·· ·" - • i . -~ - . )( ·.:::.· ,' /, .•:. ~ t I ...~ 11 · t~ :.-:-::·><· -)( ~·+xt·.··::\~;-_:·----~---:-.------) ., "">';o ;.:rf ~,.,//(}<.> �Below you is Hemker Lake. This lake was once beautiful and deep. It has been filled in by silt from erosion. You can see here the process by which a lake becomes a meadow and the meadow becomes a forest. This lake was made by man damming streams. Beavers do the same thing. Across the lake to the right of the dam you may make out the remains of an old beaver lodge. It looks like a pile of poles and was the home of a beaver family. Later you will see Shepherd Lake, just off Scout property. Hemker Lake was once as beautiful as Shepherd Lake. The Trail goes steeply down hill and then cuts back sharply to the right following the old shoreline. Just at the turn, notice a Water Oak. Just past the Water Oak is a stump showing how bea\ters cut down trees. Follow the trail carefully along the face of the ridge until you find the crossover through the meadow. The predominant plant in this meadow is the Jewelweed. Its leaves crushed and rubbed on the skin will stop the itch of poison ivy or sunburn. It bears a bright orange blossom in the Summer and Autumn. If you do <lot see Ruby-throated Hummingbirds today, come back in September. This meadow collects a large flock of the beautiful little hummingbirds who feast here on the Jewelweed nectar in preparation for flying across the Gulf of Mexico to winter in South America. In the meadow across the stream is a clump of small trees. Most of them ' are Staghorn Sumac. They have compound leaves and in the Fall and Winter they show a clump of dry red berries. The berries are edible or can be made into Sumac-adebut not very tasty. Sumacs are one of the first trees to colonize an open area and thereby are pioneers in plant succession, the conversion of a meadow to a forest. l 4 �~ In this clump are Cotton wood and Sycam ore trees . Both like to live near water . The Cotton wood leaf is large, rough ly triang ular, with jagged edges . The seeds are f loated on a puff of cotton , hence the name. The Sycam ore leave is very large, like a giant maple leaf. The seeds are like dande lion seeds but in a puff ball. On older trees the bark peels off Jn many layers leavin g a white skinne d trunk . In this area look for severa l small Box Elder s. The leav es look exactl y like poison ivy b~t the plant, here a small tree, grows to mediu m-big tree size. Leavin g the meadow , foll01n· t he Traii to your left along the old sho r eline toward the dam. Before reachi ng the dam you should l ocate the pile of s ticks and limbs w~1ich was the roof of th~ house (or lodge) of the b ea ve r . Walk along the darn to the place where it is broke ~. In Spring 1980 the beavers return ed and b~ilt a small dam here . This ha s ra ised the level of the lake. You wi ll find a medium tree before you get to the beave r h~t ch , and anothe r like it, the last tree on the dam, rig':Jt a t tho: stream and beave r dam. This is the Pri ncess tree. The leaves are very big and h ea rt s haped . Purple blosso ms appea r in the . Spring and cluste rs of brown seed- pods a re seen all Winte r. This native of China is well estab lished here. Care ful ly c ros s the break in the dam right at the water line . The Trail go es up hill back into the forest . Look for large grape vines near the top. Do you see Beech trees? In the middle of the Trail is a repre senta tive Red Maple . Look around , you will 7 �see several more. The leaf is more-or-less starshaped but the edge has deeper smoother notches than the Sweet Gum you learned earlier. Further along the Trail and to the right you will see a large tree which has many woodpecker holes. The largest were made by the Pileated Woodpecker, a rare woodpecker as large as a Crow. It is black with a red, black, and white face, and a red topknot. On this section of Trail you will see two trees with similar names and similar leaves. The American Hornbeam has very smooth bark and the trunk looks like it has "muscles" (remember "Arnericanmuscles" . The Hophornbeam has long thin strips of fine bark which will "hop" off the trunk if you rub it . The bark of these trees is the best way to identify these two. The leaves are very similar and l ook just like an Elm leaf. As you reach the top of the hill, the clearing, and the road, you will have the opportunity to show what you have learned. How many kinds of Pine are common in the Mid-South? The next tree has star-shaped leaves and a rough ball. What is it? This tree has smooth b a rk and muscles. What is its name? This tall tree has a leaf and blossom shaped like its name. What is it7 Stop for a rest at the Troop 27 cabin. _ You will see several evergreens with red wood and a distinctive smell. They are Redcedar trees. Proceed along the old road (this is the West Road) until you come to a cleared area on the right. In this area are Adirondack shelters, named after the mountains where they were developed. They are open and cool in the Summer. In the Winter the reflector fireplace warms the shelter but lets the smoke escape. Go in to the cleared area, the Trail exits at 8 '· �the far end. Along the right edge of the clearing you should indentify Sweet Gum, Yellow (Tulip) Poplar, Dogwood. The Trail leaves the clearing at the marked shelter. Follow the Trail downhill. In the soft ground at the foot look for tracks of deer and raccoone The Trail goes up to the left to the Shepherd Lake overlook. Below you see Shepherd Lake. A man-made dam produced this lake. Hemker Lake was once this beautiful. Stay away from the steep banks. Shepherd Lake is a private lake outside the Camp Currier property. ABSOLUTELY DO NOT TRY TO APPROACH IT. This area is overgrown with Kudzu. Kudzu is a vine from Asia. It covers the ground (and everything else) and prevents it from washing away. Kudzu prevents erosion but kills all other vegetation in its path, even mighty trees. Kudzu dies with the first frost. While overlooking Shepherd Lake you may identify a tall dead tree to the right of a large clump of trees. This is a favorite haunt of ttie Redheaded Woodpeckers. Look for th2ir red heads and black wing with white patch. Listen for the thin high voice of the Peewee as it calls its name to you. Watch for Cardinals everywhere in the forest. Look for an old chimney. The Trail resumes here and returns to the West Road. We will go several hundred yards on the West Road (to your right) to a turnoff that goes to the right. Follow this, taking its left fork, passing Troop 34 ' s cabin, and down the hill to Clay Cliff. Notice how steep this bluff i s . The stream has eroded its base . Erosion is relatively you:-ig here. You should see fish and frogs i n the stream. Backtrack to West Road. Just before reaching the ranger 1 s house, you will find on your l eft anothe r specimen of the State Tree of Tennesse e . What is it? In front of the ranger 1 s house, take a left on the gravel road, down and up th2 hill. Take the left fork at Indian Meadow, a favorit e camping area Along thr::! road, by the water pump, yo:.i will find 9 �several trees with smooth leaves and checkerb oard bark. Their orange fruit is called· what? Indian Meadow is a favorite haunt of the Red-head ed and the Red-bel lied Woodpec ker,· s o ke~p your eyes and e ars open. Cros s Indi a n Meadow to the Pavilion ·and fo llow the Trai l thro ugh t~e camps ites back in the corner, and then down the hill to Nature Lane. Follow Nature Lane to your right to Suicide Cliff. Along the way you will see several kinds o f fern. The easiest to learn is Christm as Fern. It is a n e vergre e n and used f o r decorati ons at Chris tmaa . Each leaflet is shape d like a little Christma s s tocking . A l arge y ellowish -gree n fern i s BROAD BEECH Fe rn. Maiden- hai r Fern and Polypody Fe rn are along the trai l. t Fo llowing Nature Lane, take a left across the s tream to find famous Suicide Cliff. Twenty- five y e ars ago this wa s steeper than Cl ay Cli ff seen earli e r. Er osion h as worn it down. The dirt from Suici de is now part of t h e meadow that was once Hemke r Lake. Backtrac k to Nature Lane and find the ma rked T ra il that goes up the hill. Past the clearings you will find a water pump and the main central gravel road. To your left, within sight is Tomahaw k Dining Hal l where you started. Before boarding your ca ~ , check all your Scouts for ousand ticks carries the ticks. One in one hundred germ of Rocky Mountain Spott~d Fever. The tick must feed on a human for several hours before it can transmi t the germ, so if you get the ticks right off now, you should have nothing to worry about. The Peckerwo od Nature Trail is a Volunte er project service to The Chickasa w Council . We hope you en joyed the Trail and learned alot. An attracti ve Trail Patch is availab le for $1.50. Order f r om: P eckerwoo d Nature Trai l 1 3 4 5 Hi ckory Ridge Co ve Memphis , Tn., 38116 10 j �NOTES �0 ~ 0 Cl> < <» � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Camp Currier Description An account of the resource This collections contains pictures and documents relating to the Chickasaw Council's camp in Eudora, Mississippi. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document PECKERWOOD NATURE TRAIL CAMP CURRIER MfMPHl5 ' fltfL( . PECKERWOOD NATURE TRAIL -The Peckerwood Nature. Trail is located in Scout Camp Currier, property of Chickasaw Council, BSA. The camp is ' off Mississippi Highway 304, just west of Eudora·. See map. The Trail starts and ends iat the Tomahawk Dining Hall on the main central road. You may park in this area. The Trail is approximately 3 miles long, in a loop. Allow 2 hours hiking time. The Trail is marked with a Wolf's head painted on trees. The first half .of the Trail will introduce you to tree identification. The second half will quiz you on these same trees. Other points of nature lore will be described but not quizzed. I:: ;;,articular, changes in the environment due to natural forces will be observed. Use this Trail as a Nature lesson. Snakes are not often seen in Camp Currier, but do be careful. Everywhere you will see Poison Ivy. It grows as a small plant, a bush, or as a vine. Learn to identify it. The leaves are in 3's as: POISON IVY VIRGINIA CREERER Any plant with white berries is to be avoided (poison ivy and poison sumac}. Any tree with red berries is safe to touch (dogwood, holly, shiny sumac, staghorn sumac). "Berries white, poisonous sight." You should identify also Virginia Creeper everywhere. It is a small plant or vine with leaves in groups of 5's, smaller and darker than poison ivy. Look for it on the ground and growing up trees. It is not poisonous. Let us begin. Immediately across the road from the dining hall is a line of Oak trees. The leaves are deeply notched. The points between the notches are pointed in the Red Oak and rounded in the White Oak. :L RED OAK WHITE A much smaller tree along this roadside is the Sassafras. Many very young ones are growing in a cut-over area right at the roadside just across from the front door of the dining hall. Notice the leaves are of three shapes: very used SASSAFRAS The leaves, bark, stems, and roots have a distinctive, smell. The roots were once root beer. You will encounter Sassafras trees throughout the YELLOW POPLAR Soon on your right, just as you enter the meadow, you will see a very big tree at the edge of the forest. This is a Yellow Poplar or Tulip Poplar tree . The trunk is very straight. In younger specimens the bark is smooth. The l eaf is shaped lik e a tulip. In the spring there are tulip-shaped blossoms of green, yellow , and orange. This is the State Tree of Tennessee . Before the arrival of civilization, the Yellow Poplar was the most common big tree east of the Mississippi River. This particular specimen is not as straight and wellformed as most. The large hole in the trunk shows · that it was injured by fire when it was young. 2 Look closely for rows of small holes made by woodpeckers. SWEET GUM In the clump of trees at the head of the meadow, by the concrete slab, are several trees to learn. One has leaves in the shape of a S-pointed star. Boys are usually familiar with the seed-burr or gumball. This is the Red Gum or ~- - - - . Sweet Gum. Some specimens will ~ have cork "wings" along the stemslook for them. A smaller tree in this clump has heart-shaped leaves. This is the Redbud (remember heart-shapedred blood- redbud). Early in the Spring these trees produce a bright purple blossom, seen best in cultivated varieties in the city. A tall tree in this clump is the Persirrmon. It has long, smooth, slightly irregular leaves. Note the "ch~ckP.t"board " appearance of the bark. The wood ir very hard. In the Autumn a fleshy orange fruit is produced which is a favorite of the opossw~ 1 and other animals. fltD 8C4 0 PERSIMMON 3 Also in this clump you will find a big American Elm. The leaves are smallish and have a sawtoothed edge. AMERICAN ELM Follow the Trail into the forest. Soon on your right you will find a Red Maple marked. Look around , you will see a number of these trees. The leaf is more-or-less star-shaped, but the edge has deeper, smoother notches than the Sweet Gum you learned earlier. OOGWOOD RED MAPLE Jus t past the Maple, you should find a small Dogwood Tree. You will see ma~y and larger specimen s in the forest , but this is a good one to look at the leaf. The rounded leaves with prominent veins o::cur in pairs- remember the pairs as "Buddies". You are familiar with the lovely white blossom seen early each Spring. A red berry appears in the Autumn. The bark in older trees may remind you of "alligator skin". The Dogw.::>-:>d has the hard est, heaviest wood in the forest . Soon on the right you will find a ~ l ump of cane . You will see it again in the forest. It usually grows on hillsides near water. The wood is e xtremely tough. The Indians had many uses for cane- arrows, baskets, mats, roofing, blow guns and darts. Soon beside the trail you will see patches of vines some are as tall as you. The ones with th ~ thorns are Blackberry. The smooth vines are Ho.1ey3uckle, a native of Asia that is now established thro'.1ghout this country. 4 On the left is a stand of Pine trees. Note that one of the largest fell during an ice storm in the Winter of 1 78- 1 79~ It will decay and return to the soil, becoming fertilizer for the next generation. There are 4 kinds of Pines conunon to our part of the country: Shortleaf, Longleaf, Loblolly and Spruce Pine. Further along the trail you will find another large White Oak. The bark and wood are paler than most oaks. The leaves are notched and have round points. Growing at the base of this White Oak is a small Sweet Gwn. Note again the star-shaped leaf and the cork wings on the stems. The smooth-barked tree with the feathery fem-like leaf is the Mi mosa . A native of Africa , it is seen often in the city but is unconunon in the forest. c Do not leav e the T rail , but wa tch down the hill t o your right fo r a marked tree. This is the American Beech. The leaves are similiar to the Elm famil y. The bark is smooth and is often damaged by carving . Don ' t do it! The beechnuts are favorites of squirrels and other animals. You are now at Peckerwood Point, a landmark at Camp Currier. When long-term Summer camp was at Currier, the Craft Shack was here. Listen for ~he tapping of wo8dpeckers. There are 7 species of woodpecker in our area. The Redheaded is on the Trail Patch. The Pileated is as big as a Crow and has a crest. 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Swor.'\;> --- - 6J"ndory -w-•- ~t~('l ;r .. ~ t ~ .11..· t~ ~~?~ A:t !),.r.~·l~~·~v ~''"'~·';,;'" ~''? ::; . .. :r· ·" :.-:-::·><-· -)( ~·+xt·.·::\~;-:··----~---:-.------) ., "">';o ;.:r f ~,.,//(}<.> Below you is Hemker Lake. This lake was once beautiful and deep. It has been filled in by silt from erosion. You can see here the process by which a lake becomes a meadow and the meadow becomes a forest. This lake was made by man damming streams. Beavers do the same thing. Across the lake to the right of the dam you may make out the remains of an old beaver lodge. It looks like a pile of poles and was the home of a beaver family. Later you will see Shepherd Lake, just off Scout property. Hemker Lake was once as beautiful as Shepherd Lake. The Trail goes steeply down hill and then cuts back sharply to the right following the old shoreline. Just at the turn, notice a Water Oak. Just past the Water Oak is a stump showing how bea\ters cut down trees. Follow the trail carefully along the face of the ridge until you find the crossover through the meadow. The predominant plant in this meadow is the Jewelweed. Its leaves crushed and rubbed on the skin will stop the itch of poison ivy or sunburn. It bears a bright orange blossom in the Summer and Autumn. If you do <lot see Ruby-throated Hummingbirds today, come back in September. This meadow collects a large flock of the beautiful little hummingbirds who feast here on the Jewelweed nectar in preparation for flying across the Gulf of Mexico to winter in South America. In the meadow across the stream is a clump of small trees. Most of them 'are Staghorn Sumac. They have compound leaves and in the Fall and Winter they show a clump of dry red berries. The berries are edible or can be made into Sumac-adebut not very tasty. Sumacs are one of the first trees to colonize an open area and thereby are pioneers in plant succession, the conversion of l a meadow to a forest. 4 In this clump are Cottonwood and Sycamore trees. Both like to live near water . The Cottonwood leaf is large, roughly triangular, with jagged edges. The seeds are f loated on a puff of cotton, hence the name. The Sycamore leave is very large, like a giant maple leaf. The seeds are like dandelion se eds but in a puff ball. On older trees the bark peels off Jn many layers leaving a white skinned trunk . In this area look for several small Box Elders. The leav es look exactly like poison ivy b~t the plant, ~ here a small tree, grows to medium-big tree size. Leaving the meadow , foll01n· t he Traii to your left along the old shor eline toward the dam. Before reaching the dam you should l ocate the pile of s ticks and limbs w~1ich was the roof of th~ house (or lodge) of the b ea ver . Walk along the darn to the place where it is broke ~. In Spring 1980 the beavers returned and b~ilt a small dam here . This ha s raised the level of the lake. You wi ll find a medium tree before you get to the beave r h~t ch , and another like it, the last tree on the dam, rig':Jt a t tho: stream and beaver dam. This is the Princess tree. The leaves are very big and h ea rt s haped . Purple blossoms appear in the . Spring and clusters of brown seed-pods a re seen all Winter. This native of China is well established here. Careful ly c ros s the break in the dam right at the water line . The Trail goes up hill back into the forest . Look for large grape vines near the top. Do you see Beech trees? In the middle of the Trail is a representative Red Maple. Look around, you will 7 see several more. The leaf is more-or-less starshaped but the edge has deeper smoother notches than the Sweet Gum you learned earlier. Further along the Trail and to the right you will see a large tree which has many woodpecker holes. The largest were made by the Pileated Woodpecker, a rare woodpecker as large as a Crow. It is black with a red, black, and white face, and a red topknot. On this section of Trail you will see two trees with similar names and similar leaves. The American Hornbeam has very smooth bark and the trunk looks like it has "muscles" (remember "Arnericanmuscles" . The Hophornbeam has long thin strips of fine bark which will "hop" off the trunk if you rub it. The bark of these trees is the best way to identify these two. The leaves are very similar and l ook just like an Elm leaf. As you reach the top of the hill, the clearing, and the road, you will have the opportunity to show what you have learned. How many kinds of Pine are common in the Mid-South? The next tree has star-shaped leaves and a rough ball. What is it? This tree has smooth b ark and muscles. What is its name? This tall tree has a leaf and blossom shaped like its name. What is it7 Stop for a rest at the Troop 27 cabin. _ You will see several evergreens with red wood and a distinctive smell. They are Redcedar trees. Proceed along the old road (this is the West Road) until you come to a cleared area on the right. In this area are Adirondack shelters, named after the mountains where they were developed. They are open and cool in the Summer. In the Winter the reflector fireplace warms the shelter but lets the smoke escape. Go in to the cleared area, the Trail exits at 8 '· the far end. Along the right edge of the clearing you should indentify Sweet Gum, Yellow (Tulip) Poplar, Dogwood. The Trail leaves the clearing at the marked shelter. Follow the Trail downhill. In the soft ground at the foot look for tracks of deer and raccoone The Trail goes up to the left to the Shepherd Lake overlook. Below you see Shepherd Lake. A man-made dam produced this lake. Hemker Lake was once this beautiful. Stay away from the steep banks. Shepherd Lake is a private lake outside the Camp Currier property. ABSOLUTELY DO NOT TRY TO APPROACH IT. This area is overgrown with Kudzu. Kudzu is a vine from Asia. It covers the ground (and everything else) and prevents it from washing away. Kudzu prevents erosion but kills all other vegetation in its path, even mighty trees. Kudzu dies with the first frost. While overlooking Shepherd Lake you may identify a tall dead tree to the right of a large clump of trees. This is a favorite haunt of ttie Redheaded Woodpeckers. Look for th2ir red heads and black wing with white patch. Listen for the thin high voice of the Peewee as it calls its name to you. Watch for Cardinals everywhere in the forest. Look for an old chimney. The Trail resumes here and returns to the West Road. We will go several hundred yards on the West Road (to your right) to a turnoff that goes to the right. Follow this, taking its left fork, passing Troop 34 ' s cabin, and down the hill to Clay Cliff. Notice how steep this bluff i s . The stream has eroded its base . Erosion is relatively you:-ig here. You should see fish and frogs i n the stream. Backtrack to West Road. Just before reaching the ranger 1 s house, you will find on your l eft another specimen of the State Tree of Tennesse e . What is it? In front of the ranger 1 s house, take a left on the gravel road, down and up th2 hill. Take the left fork at Indian Meadow, a favorit e camping area Along thr::! road, by the water pump, yo:.i will find 9 several trees with smooth leaves and checkerboard bark. Their orange fruit is called· what? Indian Meadow is a favorite haunt of the Red-headed and the Red-bellied Woodpecker,· s o ke~p your eyes and e ars open. Cros s Indi a n Meadow to the Pavilion ·and fo llow the Trai l thro ugh t~e camp s ites back in the corner, and then down the hill to Nature Lane. Follow Nature Lane to your right to Suicide Cliff. Along the way you will see several kinds o f fern. The easiest to learn is Chr istmas Fern. It is a n t e vergree n and used f o r decorations at Chris tmaa . Each leaflet is shape d like a little Christmas s tocking. A l arge y ellowish -gree n fern i s BROAD BEECH Fe rn. Maiden-hair Fern and Polypody F e rn are along the trai l. F o llowing Nature Lane, take a left across the s tream to find famous Suicide Cliff. Twenty-five y e ars ago this wa s steeper than Cl ay Cli ff seen earlie r. Er osion h as worn it down. The dirt from S uicide is now part of t h e meadow that was once Hemke r L ake. Backtrack to Nature Lane and find the ma rked T rail that goes up the hill. Past the clearings you will find a water pump and the main central gravel road. To your left, within sight is Tomahawk Dining Hall where you started. Before boarding your ca ~ , check all your Scouts for ticks. One in one hundred ousand ticks carries the germ of Rocky Mountain Spott~d Fever. The tick must j feed on a human for several hours before it can transmit the germ, so if you get the ticks right off now, you should have nothing to worry about. The Peckerwood Nature Trail is a Volunteer project service to The Chickasaw Council. We hope you en joyed the Trail and learned alot. An attractive Trail Patch is available for $1.50. Order f r om: P eckerwood Nature Trai l 1 3 4 5 Hickory Ridge Co ve Memphis, Tn., 38116 10 NOTES 0 ~ 0 Cl> < <» Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1979 Title A name given to the resource 1979 Camp Currier Peckerwood Nature Trail Guide Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Troop 346 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Chuck Schadrack Camp Currier Camp Currier Map Map Program Trail https://www.kiakimamuseum.org/files/original/d51e008b04b6a8fd0542c28c3a40e4a4.pdf bbda802848869929176ce1e022d5c648 PDF Text Text CHICKASAW COUNCIL , B. S. A. INC . ' REg.UIR.EMmT s FOR CAMP CURRI ER DIBLJJM 1. th~ ~ ::>r..iAQS 2. the trQes and 5 birds a+- CM!p 01.lrricr ~ ~!poi 0~o~J ~rralrov of t~s section. Idcn~ify ·J5_ Be able to describe Point out 4 constellati ons and give some inter esting fncts concerning bri~hter stars in them. Swim the length of the Camp Curri·er poo l at least twice (one round 3. trip) . Know swim.'!li ng safety rules. 4. Do at lc~st four hours crunp improvement (Car:ip Currier) . M<'.ke o. compass .hike in direction set by examiner o f at lel\st 2 miles 5. returning n.ny way desired. Give a writton report of such trip . 6. Pass nn hour silence test oach cay for 3 d?_ys . 7. D:> camp entcrtnirunc nt Rt conpfirc or in a show. rank or \•rfn one r-ieri t 13n'Clge."' :Fo r the merit ' Oattge the ~- ..__ Advance in 8. aturc of the ocri t bn.dge counselor sh::i.11 be sufficient . 9. Pass nnturc i dcntific:-.ti on tests . 10 . Law. tor . Have satisfactor y crunp conduct and live up to the Scout Onth and This must be certified by his own Troop Leader and by the c~~p Direc- �CHICKASAW com:crL , 13 . § , A. INC • • APPLICATION TO THE CA.VJ' CURRIER FOR :EMBLD~ CA.~P CUR.~ER DATE COMMIT'I·EE :E.M3UM EXAMINER and Birds 1. Tree~ 2. Stars 3. Swim 4. Camn Imorovement 5. Comnass Eike 6. Silence Te st 7. Crunn Entertainment a. J.dvancement consists of 9. Nature I dentificntion Test 10. Above Scout proved to be a goon caraper , conducting himself in harmony - with the Scout Oath & Law. (Troop Leader) Emblem Award Approved ~blem Awarded (Date of Application) \ (Camp Di.rector) Chairmnn Court of Honor �CHICKAS,.W com~c:1 , 3 . s • •\. INC. REQUIREMENTS FOR S.ECOND iEAR C.i\MP CUR.CZIER EMBIJM **•**• -- Identif y 20 .trees ena. 10 oird'1 1.t Crunp Currier .-no o.bl e to crescri be l• the three kinds of po i sonous snnkcs o~ this section and treatmen t for sn:Ucc bite. SA.tisfa ctorily demonst rate Schi:viffe r me t hod of nr tifi cial r esp i rnt i on. 2. Swin the lcn[th of the CN:tp Currier pool at least twice (one rou..~d trip . ) 3. Know swimr.:ing safety rules . Properl y U(3e boat and know snfety tulcs in connection "'i th water s:-fety. Do 4. ~t lenst six hours Cru:ip improvement at Cnmp Currier. Orgoni zc camp ontert~i~~cnt nt ~ campfire or in a show or contribu te 5. leadersh ip to Cru:ip program in gn::::cs c.c. Win Cooking Merit Bl".dge. 6. ~.:~.. 7. l ~ ~-e;~~ .... ~~ ----.i~ ~ For t 10 Merit 3n.dge the signatu re of the ~=~j "'_c.:l±.._ - Pnss overnig ht hike. liD.vo sntisfac tory canp conduct ruid live up the Scout Oath c1!1d Law. 8. This nust be certifie d by his o"m Troop Lendor and by the Camp Directo r. �CHICKASAW COUN@Ii • .:B ...s'. A; .•~ me • .APPLICATIOlL.TO THE CAMP CURRIER FOR SECOND ! YE,~ ' rotm COMMIT'.I:EE C.AMP CURRIER EMBLEM D.A~ EXAMI NER Birds and Snakes 1. 2 Artificial Resuiration 5 Cai 6 t Entertainment C ass s· ~l in ? .. Overnight Hike a. 'Above Scout proved to be a good crunper , conducting himself in harmony with the Scout Oath and Law. Troop Leader Emblem Awo.rd Approved E:nblem Awt-..rded Date of Application Camp Director Ch.'.1irm0n Court of Honor � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Camp Currier Description An account of the resource This collections contains pictures and documents relating to the Chickasaw Council's camp in Eudora, Mississippi. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document CHICKASAW COUNCIL , B. S. A. INC . ' REg.UIR.EMmTs FOR CAMP CURRI ER DIBLJJM 1 . Idcn~ify ·J5_ trQes and 5 birds a+- CM!p 01.lrricr ~ Be able to describe th~ ~ ::>r..iAQ S ~!poi 0~o~J ~rralrov of t~s section. 2. Point out 4 constellations and give some inte r esting fncts c oncerning the bri~hter stars in them . 3. Swim the length of the Camp Curri·e r poo l at least twice (one round trip) . Know swim.'!l i ng safety rules. 4. Do at lc~st four ho urs crunp improvement (Car:ip Currier) . 5 . M<'.ke o. compass .hike in direction set by examiner o f at lel\st 2 miles returning n.ny way desired. Give a writton report of such trip. 6. Pass nn hour silence test oach cay for 3 d?_ys . 7 . D:> camp entcrtniruncnt Rt conpfirc or in a show . 8 . Advance in rank or \•rfn one r-ieri t 13n'Clge."' :Fo r the merit ''Oattge the ~- ..__ aturc of the ocri t bn.dge counselor sh::i.11 be sufficient. 9 . Pass nnturc i dcntific:-.tion tests . 10 . Have satisfactory crunp conduct and live up to the Scout Onth and Law . This must be certified by his own Troop Leader and by the c~~p Director. CHICKASAW com:crL , 13 . § , A. INC • • APPLICATION TO THE CA.VJ' CURRIER :EMBLD~ COMMIT'I·EE FOR CA.~P CUR.~ER :E.M3UM DATE EXAM I NER 1. Tree~ and Birds 2 . Stars 3. Swim 4 . Camn Imorovement 5 . Comnass Eike 6. Silence Te s t - 7 . Crunn Entertainment a. J.dvancement consists of 9 . Nature I dentificntion Test 10. Above Scout proved to be a goon caraper , conducting himself in harmony with the Scout Oath & Law . (Troop Leader) (Camp Di.rector) Emblem Award Approved Chairmnn Court of Honor ~blem Awarded (Date of Application) \ CHICKAS,.W com~c:1 , 3 . s • • \. INC. REQUIREMENTS FOR S.E COND iEAR C.i\MP CUR.CZIER EMBIJM * * • * * • -- l • Identify 20 .trees ena. 10 oird'1 1.t Crunp Cur rier .-no o.b l e to crescri be the three kinds of po i sonous sn nkcs o~ this section and treatment for sn:Ucc bite. 2 . SA.tisfactorily demonstrate Schi:viffer me t hod of n r tifi cial r espi rnti on . 3. Swin the lcn[th of the CN:tp Currier pool at least twice (one rou..~d trip. ) Know swimr.:ing safety rules . Properly U(3e boat and know snfety tulcs in connection "'i th water s:-fety . 4. Do ~t lenst six hours Cru:ip improvement at Cnmp Currier. 5 . Orgoni zc camp ontert~i~~cnt nt ~ campfire or in a show or contribute leadership to Cru:ip program in gn::::cs c.c. 6. Win Cooking Merit Bl".dge . For t 10 Merit 3n.dge the signature of the ~.:~ .. l ~ ~-e;~~ .... ~~ ----.i~ ~ ~=~j "'_c.:l±.._ - 7. Pnss overnight hike. 8 . liD.vo sntisfactory canp conduct ruid live up the Scout Oath c1!1d Law . This nust be certified by his o"m Troop Lendor and by the Camp Director. CHICKASAW COUN@Ii • . :B ... s'. A; . • ~ me • .APPLICATIOlL.TO THE CAMP CURRIER rotm COMMIT'.I:EE FOR SECOND YE,~ C.AMP CURRIER EMBLEM ! ' D.A~ 1 . Birds and Snakes 2 Artificial Resuiration 5 Cai Entertainment 6 t C ass s· ~l in ? .. Overnight Hike EXAM I NER a. ' Above Scout proved to be a good crunper , conducting himself in harmony with the Scout Oath and Law . Troop Leader Camp Director Emblem Awo. rd Approved Ch.'.1irm0n Court of Hono r E:nblem Awt-..rded Date of Ap plication Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Camp Currier Camp Emblem (Sash) Requirements Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Chickasaw Council, BSA Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Chuck Schadrack Camp Currier Emblem (Sash) Program https://www.kiakimamuseum.org/files/original/8c273e5e5470b959546cf78cec7f275b.pdf 7e1d68daf7839bcb10f5ffe760e0201e PDF Text Text ADVANCE PARTY LE.AVES ON SATURDAY: The Advance Party in charge of 11 :Big Chief 11 W. Gordon Morris and liLittle Chief 11 Willard E~ Hays, will leave for liardy on Saturday mornir:g. Included in the party will be Joe Dalstrom, Assistant Camp Director, Gerald Capers, Eddie Williams, Alvan Tate, Ed. Dals trom, :Bob Wall~, Jr. 1 Cla1J.de Cape rs, Joe Helms, Charlie Brooks, and Wayne .Amos, all of whom are members of th e Staff. Dr. George H. Burkle, Camp Physician, will not reach camp until next week. Accompanying the staff will be Scout s Hugh Henline, Henry Mitchel and Ed. Spinks. James Wise w!lo will a3sist in directing the camp at Hot Springs 1 .Ark., of the Crowley Ridge Coun.::il will also spend the first week in camp. For the sixth consecutive year Ike Baskin will be the Cook at This means we will have plenty of fine 11 eats11 .well prepared and amazingly appetizing, K.K. K. The Advance Party will spend the entire week getting 11 Eagles Nest" in tip-top shape. The pier will be bu ilt, equ ipment will be placed in the lodges, the 12 canoes will be painted and named, the two tennis courts will be rolled and pu t in condition"; in fact, everything will be done so that when the 15th season opens on Saturday, June 14th, everything will be in readiness for the bigge st and best camp in the history of the Council. Asst. Chief Joe Dalstrorn has already prepared the rmny games and activities which will rra~k the opening of camp and all during the summer. There will be no delay in the start of the program. Just as soon as the Scouts arrive in camp on the 14th. various and sundry things, all designed to rrake ev2 ::."~r o::· 0 hase a 1:· ~. g tj.:ne , wilJ. start to happen simultaneously, not to mention spontaneously and exuberantly. ***** CAMP REGISTRATIONS: 108 Scou ts have ~out t heir name on the dotted line. These boys know they are go i ng to hav.::i t he time of their lives at Kia Ki and they are co:untin;; t he days until camp o:pens. If your boys haven't signed and want tc ge t in, it is recommended that they register early so that a place will b e r ese r ved for them. ***"** BIG GAME PRIZE: The prize for the big game which will be held during the first week of camp will be a handsome Indian Blanket. What a wonderful trophy t ::::t is will be for t he Scout who vrins it to bring home. It is a blanlrnt anyone would be proud to own. The k ind of big game is a secret - if you want to know and to get a chance at this splendid prize, be in camp on Saturday, June 14th. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kia Kima Publications and Papers Description An account of the resource Contains miscellaneous papers and publications by Kia Kima including promotional flyers, Camper Handbooks, staff materials, and program materials. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document ADVANCE PARTY LE.AVES ON SATURDAY: The Advance Party in charge of 11 :Big Chief 11 W. Go rdon Morris and li Little Chief11 Willard E~ Hays, will leave for liardy on Saturday mornir:g. Included in the party will be Joe Dalstrom, Assistant Camp Director, Gerald Capers, Eddie Williams, Alvan Tate, Ed. Da ls trom, :Bob Wall~, Jr. 1 Cla1J.de Cape rs, Joe Helms, Charlie Brooks, and Wayne .Amos, all of whom are members of t h e Staff. Dr. George H. Burkle, Camp Physician, will not reach camp until next week. Accompanying the staff will be Scout s Hugh Henline, Henry Mitchel and Ed. Spinks. James Wise w!lo will a3sist in directing the camp at Hot Springs 1 .Ark., of the Crowley Ridge Coun.::il will also spend the first week in camp. For the sixth consecutive year Ike Baskin will be the Cook at K.K. K. This means we will have plenty of fine 11 eats11 .well prepared and amazingly appetizing, The Advance Party will spend the entire week getting 11 Ea g les Nest" in tip-top shape. The pier will be bu ilt, equ ipment will be placed in the lodges, the 12 canoes will be painted and named, the two tennis courts will be rolled and pu t in condition"; in fact, everything will be done so that when the 15th season opens on Saturday, June 14th, everything will be in readiness for the bi gge st and best camp in the history of the Council. Asst. Chief Joe Dalstrorn has already prepared the rmny games and activities which will rra~k the opening of camp and all during the summer. There will be no delay in the start of the p ro gram. Just as soon as the Scouts arrive in camp on the 14 th. various and sundry things, all designed to rrake ev2 ::."~r o::· 0 hase a 1:· ~ . g tj.:ne , wilJ. start to happen simultaneously, not to mention spontaneously and exuberantly. * * * * * CAMP REGISTRATIONS: 108 Scou ts have ~out t heir name on the dotted line. These boys know they a re go i ng to hav.::i t he time of their lives at Kia Ki and they are co:untin;; t he days un til camp o:pens. If your boys haven't signed and want tc ge t in, it is recommend ed that they register early so that a place will b e r ese r ved for them. ***"** BIG GAME PRIZE: Th e prize for the big game which will be held during the first week of camp will be a handsome Indian Blanket. What a wonderful trophy t ::::t is will be for t he Scout who vrins it to bring home. It is a blanlrnt anyone would be proud to own. Th e k ind of big game is a secret - if you wan t to know and to get a chance at this splendid prize, be in camp on Saturday, June 14th. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1930 (6/4/1930) Kia Kima Newsletter Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Dalstrom Papers, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Andrew Schrack Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1930 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Licensed for use by the Kia Kima Alumni Association in this historical display. https://www.memphis.edu/libraries/special-collections/ Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Chickasaw Council, BSA Kia Kima Newsletter Newsletter https://www.kiakimamuseum.org/files/original/35dc0df865d6bbb81bd5d62fa58f8d64.pdf f85a0811a31313926c6260b5189523c5 PDF Text Text I~ Five hus~ mule teams and nine workmen laboring throughout the week of perfect weather failed. to finish the excava tion for the swimming pool, but it is confidently exp ected that t11e job will be done this week. 'l'he peculiar but admirable location of the 1;001 w.akes it difficult foi~ both men and mules to make ra:pid progress, for a large amount of muck has to be removed before the solid bottom can be reached. Al.so there is a large q_uantity of water to contend with, although t l'lis is a plea sing prospect for the finished pool, too, because in both qu antity and quality it promises much with its cr;ystal clearness and cool temp erature because it comes from a spring that had not before been f u lly appreciated. A great procession of visitors came on wholly by this new feature of the camp, for in prospect are interesting an increasingly whose Boy Scout sons have been tel1ing them Camp Currier. Sunday again, thou gh not attracted the newly started cabins and others large nun1"ber of Memphis people of the beauties and pleasures of ScoutnRster Arnold Houston and four members of his troop at Collierville, Tenn., cam5 to camp Thurs day evening and spent three whole days. Thf.y came on the project ·of rmk i ng ca'Jin furniture, but finding that t h ere were such q_uantities of excellent, ready-mixe d , blue-clay mud at the pool site near their cabin, they changed thei!' :plHns and spent two whole clays daubing the cracks in their cypress cabin. They wisely mixed ~amp pleasures with the work in hand, 1.) Ut when Saturday night came they ·,;ere most happy with the satisfaction of having made all their cabin walls airtight. They found time, also, to make a rustic outside seat. The Scoutmaster of t h is troop is im.ldn_g g!'eat pro g ress in nature study, and on this visit he deriv ed much sat i sfaction from stalking wild creatures which ordinary, unobserving pe:r:-sons nev er see. T.i:lere is unrivaled opportunity here for making this intima.te a. c q_uainta nce wHh nature which soon becomes a delightful pursuit '>7i th ever-incTe 3.s ing pleasure throughout life. Nobody can make any progress even as a~ a ziat eur naturalist by sitting at home reading nature books and magazi.nc: s and. 1ookinz; at pictures. It is necessary to engage in actual field . work. Ono m1ght as well hope to become a ball player by watching the game from a cornfo r ta-oJ.e seat in the grandstand. Scoutmaster C. C. Br own of ~,q;r0op 38 r.as at camp again the last ~1eek-end with a company of helpers ha.pp~ j_11 t he ormership of a coveted cabin site which another troop had ch os <m 1)U"c v1as IT1a bl e to i mprove at present. A good beginning was made in clearing off t h e imme diate location of the building and the · foundation will soon b0 laid. '.i.'roop 38 will be close neighbors of No. 32 which is also putting up a cabin. Troop 29, headed by Scoutrnr1ster Wesley Patton and Chairman John A. Stephenson of the Troop Commtttee, resu.'no d their regular summer visits to the camp and enjoyed a perf ect day in the woods. Some of the members of this troop are enthusiastic tr easure h1L"'1ters and were eager for a. treasure hunt with some other troop on this occasion. At the e nd of next ~eek they plan another visit to the camp, and at t~at time they probably will find some competition in their favorite back-.1oods sport. After No. 29 1 s bi c picnic dinner last Sunday one of their number offered a plate lunch to the young hawk which seems to prefer the society of human beings rather than that of its ovrn feathered relatives. The plate contained a mixture of meat, gTeen beans and cucwnber pickles, and the ravenous bird astonished everybody by nnking a clean sweep of it all. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Camp Currier Description An account of the resource This collections contains pictures and documents relating to the Chickasaw Council's camp in Eudora, Mississippi. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Five hus~ mule teams and nine workmen laboring throughout the week of perfect weather failed. to finish the excava tion for the swimming pool, but it is confidently exp ected that t11e job will be done this week. 'l'he peculiar but admirable location of the 1;001 w.akes it difficult foi~ both men and mules to make ra:pid progress, for a large amount of muck has to be removed before the solid bottom can be reached. Al.so there is a large q_uantity of water to contend with, although t l'l is is a plea sing prospect for the finished pool, too, because in both qu antity and quality it promises much with its cr;ystal clearness and cool temp erature because it comes from a spring that had not before been f u lly appreciated. A great procession of visitors came on Sunday again, thou gh not attracted wholly by this new feature of the camp, for the newly started cabins and others in prospect are interesting an increasingly large nun1"ber of Memphis people whose Boy Scout sons have been tel1ing them of the beauties and pleasures of Camp Currier. ScoutnRster Arnold Houston and four members of his troop at Collierville, Tenn., cam5 to camp Thurs day evening and spent three whole days. Thf.y came on the project ·of rmk i ng ca'Jin furniture, but finding that t h ere were such q_uantities of excellent, ready-mixe d , blue-clay mud at the pool site near their cabin, they changed thei!' :plHns and spent two whole clays daubing the cracks in their cypress cabin. They wisely mixed ~amp pleasures with the work in hand, 1.)Ut when Saturday night came they ·,;ere most happy with the satisfaction of having made all their cabin walls airtight. They found time, also, to make a rustic outside seat. The Scoutmaster of t h is troop is im.ldn_g g!'eat pro g ress in nature study, and on this visit he d e riv ed mu ch sat i sfaction from stalking wild creatures which ordinary, unobserving pe:r:-sons nev er see. T.i:lere is unrivaled opportunity here for making this intima.te a. c q_uainta nce wHh nature which soon becomes a delightful pursuit '>7i th ever-incTe 3. s ing pleasure throughout life. Nobody can make any progress even as a~ a ziat eur naturalist by sitting at home reading nature books and ma gazi.nc: s and. 1ookinz; at pictures. It is necessary to engage in actual field. work. On o m1 ght as well hope to become a ball player by watching the game from a cornfo r ta-oJ.e seat in the g randstand. Scoutmaster C. C. Br own of ~ ,q;r0op 38 r.as at camp again the last ~1eek-end with a company of helpers h a.pp ~ j_11 t he ormership of a coveted cabin site which another troop had ch os <m 1) U"c v1as IT1a b l e to i mprove at present. A good beginning was made in cle aring off t h e imme d iate location of the building and the · foundation will soon b0 laid. '.i.'roop 38 will be close neighbors of No. 32 which is also putting up a cabin. Troop 29, headed by Scoutrnr1ster Wesley Patton and Chairman John A. Stephenson of the Troop Commtttee, resu.'no d their regular summer visits to the camp and enjoyed a perf ect day in the woods. Some of the members of this troop are enthusiastic tr e asure h1L"'1ters and were eager for a. treasure hunt with some other troop on this occasion. At the e nd of next ~ee k they plan another visit to the camp, and at t~at time they probably will find some competition in their favorite back-.1oods sport. After No. 29 1s bi c picnic dinner last Sunday one of their number offered a plate lunch to the young hawk which seems to prefer the society of human beings rather than that of its ovrn feathered relatives. The plate contained a mixture of meat, gTeen beans and cucwnber pickles, and the ravenous bird astonished everybody by nnking a clean sweep of it all. I~ Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1930 (6/4/1930) Camp Currier Newsletter Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Chickasaw Council, BSA Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Dalstrom Papers, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1930 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Licensed for use by the Kia Kima Alumni Association in this historical display. https://www.memphis.edu/libraries/special-collections/ Camp Currier Camp Currier Newsletter Newsletter https://www.kiakimamuseum.org/files/original/98a5a0ff0b3093f9c36b0230f589b529.pdf 108141899ae259b65f2135b2a1060134 PDF Text Text COUN CIL THE FIRE NUMBER 4 JUNE 10, 1926. Regist !'3.ti0n for Kia Kima is now open and all boys desiring to go to Kia Kizra should come in and obtain a registra tion card, have it filled ou.t , si@led by parents and Scoutma st.er, return it 'to Scout Headqua rters 1 and be prepared to stand a physica l examination about foux d€J.Ys prior to going to camp. ly essenti al. This is absolute - The physica l examina tion will cost the boys noth- ing and when they report here, we will send them to a doctor f or this exrunina tion. so that your b~ys Please make this announcement to your troop may properl y understa nd the requirem ents. \ \ The last Eound Table for the summer will be held Monday " night, June 14th at Calvary Parish House at 6:30 P.M., at which time some very importan t matters will be discusse d in regard to Kia Kima. I Please be present and we will make the meeting short and snappy. The Court of Honor will meet Friday night, June 11 at 7:30 P.M. at the 'Builder s Exchange. Th<) First Class Examining Boa rd will me et Saturda y, June 19th at Overton Park at 3:00 P.M. �i TJI E '( C0 V NCI L ,. F I RE r r- October 7, 1926, Number 5 Well, here is the Old Bulletin back again. r ·t has been on a vacation for the summer and is all rested up and ready to go. Letts help it. The Fourth Bionnial Conference of Scout Executives at Hot Springs is over, bn'.; ! t certainly was a huge success and I feol that the good that c3.Ine out of it will last a long time, and that many of the 'id13as that were advanced at Hot Springs'·ca.n be put in force in Memph is and will help us wi 'l:ih our problems a great deal. I am ju:s't busting to tell you all tho good things I learned at Hot Springs, and I hope some of the things will be just whnt you want to know, so please triy to come to our first fall Round Table Meeting, Monday night, O'ctober 11 at 6 :30 at Calvary Parish House and I promise you a good short peppy meeting not to last past eight o'clock. )) 1 Bfien, Super·in<iendent of Rocrerrtion , will be Bob with us at tho Round Table Meeting to ·sub'mit .f 0·r your approval, a Hallow-e 1 en Progrem'.in which the scouts will play a big part. Bob' s ideas aro always good mld I fool sure you will enjoy his ten minute l. ··' t talk. 01 As you have probably be on to ld, noxt week is Fire Prevention Week andcthe Memphis Safety Counc il h as asked us to cooperate with them in Memphis. They want at least threo o.r four boys fr om eve'ry troop to'J report ot Scout Headquarters Saturday.. morning , {9 A. M.) October 9, to help them put up posters. Will you please s ee if you can have youi· troop represented by three or four boys at that time. I '/ We havo" a nmvcomer in our ranks t o:lay, not with a brand new number but wi th' a 'brand new Scoutmaster; Troop 43 at St. Albans Mission in South Mor:1phia. They had 50 b.)ys present at thoir first get togother mooting. Il0v . 'Alf rod L. Clark is the new Scoutmaster and I feel sure that· any encouragement and service you can off er him will be more than appreciated. Camping;, at Eudora at this time of the year i S' wonderful. you a~ e ·taking ad.vantage of this beautiful locnI wonder how. r.w.ny ti0n. o1 I ' The First Class Exomining Bonrd will start mGeting shortly, nnd .YOU will be .. ~dvised of the date. ·'I • Yours 'f or a big Round Table Moati ng. I �THE COU NCIL FIRE Octobe r 14, Number 5 ~926 . :Bob O':Brien has asked thet we cooper ate with him in putting over a big Hallow e'en Program on Saturda y night, Octobe r 30. It is his ~lan to have all the childre n of Memphis assemb le at the various par~ in their neighbo rhood and they will find prepare d for them a program of activi ties for the night. Include d in this will be a huge bonfir e, which will certain ly appeal to all boys of scout age. It is Bob's idea that the scouts should play an importa nt part in this celebra tion; in fact he has honored us by asking t he scouts to lead in these activitie~ and ~e are assign ing certain troops to the park neares t them. It is planned th8t the Scout~asters of various t roops, r.ho are to meet at the same park, get togethe r and map ~~t a program of activi ties for that nif4it. I will be glad to coopera te 1'lith you in arrangi ng these program s in any way I can. The childre n are to meet at their respec tive parks at 6 :30 P. M. and will have a parade all over the neighbo rhood, lead by the scouts. My idea is that the fire will be lighted by a torch either by Fire by Frictio n, or by Flint and Steel. There will be a roped off area for the scouts to use for their program s. The Park Direct or, who will have charge of the p ark neares t you, will comnuni cate with you and arrange to assist you in any way possib le. This is our chance to ~et before the public and show them what the scouts are doing , so let's try and turn out 100%. More de.taile d plans of this celebra tion will be sent you later. The follow ing are the parks and the troop& that will go to each park : Market Square !ickford Park Gutr.tie Park Forres t Park Beaureg ard Park Overto n Park Peabod y Park Litty Park Bellebu e Gas to~ Troops l-~-34-46 Troop 33 TrooJ>s 2 Troops 5-12-38 -40 Troops 4- 5-25-26 -49-54 Troops 9-13-29 -32-36 Troops 7-10-19 -20-45- 47-27 Troop 11- 1 Eudora' Troops 14-24-5 1-30 Troops 3 - 16-43-2 2-4:8 This being Fire Preven tion Week, won't you sugges t to your troop that they do some Community 11 Go od Turn", such as cleanin g up thei r own yards or the yards of some one who have no childre n or who are unable to work about thei r own proper ty. Th.is is also a chance for a g reat service and I fe el we should take ad.vanta ge of it. W"hile at Hot Spring s, l picked up a lit t le Book on Indian Sign Language. I have talked t o several of t he troops about this and they have shown a great deal of interes t i n it. If you think your troop wou ld be intere sted in hearin g about the Indian Sign Langua ge, I will be only too glad to come out and talk to them any night that would best sui t your conveni ence. T.h e Court of Honor will meet Saturda y night, Octobe r 23 at 7: 30 P.M. at the :Builde rs Exchange. Scouts who passe~ Merit Badges at c~ should go before the Gou.rt of Honor here for final approv al of Merit Badges . Please call this to their attenti on. Yours i~r a big Hallow e'en Celebr ation, / (P"-/ t- "' t/ /J( IA- l~_,, �.. ~ THE COU N C IL -·-.- --· --- - F I RE Oct ober 21, 1926 . 1 the city , and Due to the; fact; that :Bob 0 :Brien is ~ut o! the Hallc.we ' en in y dela some has been out for a week, ther e has been ned tc. you assig k Par e th at Pro.gram and p r·~11a., )ly t h o fa:~-k Dir ector me that h e res assu e offic has not ~otten in tou.1~ :1 w-H.h you, but his goin g are ents gem arran will comnn.Ulicate with you immedi~tely a.~d righ t ahea d. to the kind of Ther e seems to be s~me misu nder stan ding as 'en Cele brat ion. It is clot hes the boys shou ld wear at the Hall owe orm s so that they may be pref erre d that the ;cou ts wear thei r unif ipan ts and R O we may ~et dist ingu ishe d from the rest of t he part ic t ime. some reco gnit ion for the work done a t tnat I d new Scou tTroo p 38 has been reorgani zed and has a bran they will go ahea d now mas tert Mr. Fred Lenz and I feel sure that ci ate any assi stan ce e with a full win te r prog ram. Fred will appr th a t you can give him. ra t1 work on Troo p 19 is leav ing . this afte rno on for Eudo com pleti on and Scou tthei r cabi n. This cabi n . i s rapi dly near ing to see it. mas ter .Rog er Stan ley invi tes you all down ial App eal I hope you saw our news item in the Commerc m a su cces s. c"lun this make and 1 er last week. Let s all pull t"l geth Headquar ters ev e ry Sa t urda y Have yeur Scri be brin g the tro ~p news to es s and even tual ly we wil l morn ing and this page will then be a succ have more sp ac~ . thei r firs t The Firs t Clas s Examinin~ ~~ard will hold Park , 3 P.M. rton Ove 3.t 30t:h mee ting Satu rday afte rnoo n, Octo ber nigh t, Oct. 23, The Cour t of Honor will meet thi5: Satu rday at 7:30 at the Buil ders Exch anee . I .1 j ·1 �THE Number 8 COUNCIL FIRE October 28, 1926. A good many of the troops have been tal~ing advantage of. the splendid weather we h 0ve been having and . canping overnight at Eudora. If you have not been down, let me urge th1:- t y.ou take your troop down and show ther:i what a wonderful place Eud.ora is. 'rroops 12, 19 and 38 spent a very en joyable Saturday and Sunday at Eudora last week and several troops have manifested their intention of going down this week-end. Probably some of the boys i,vould like to go Possum Hunting at \ uroda; i f so, just let Camp Director lfiyers know a few days before you get there and he will make all a rrange~ents for the best Possum Hunt you ever had. Let me urge th8t you have your Scribe bring the troop news to Scout HeaC. querters every Friday afternoon or Sa.turday morning, so that we may use all the space the Conunercial .Appeal has so kindly consented to giv e us on Sunday morning, and here let me pause and express my appreciation to the Commercial Appeal for their kindness. · I hope that the Hallowe 1 en Celebratio~ will be a huge success and I feel sure that we have g iven Fr. 0 1 Brien all the cooperation he asked for. 'Ihe First Class Examining :Board will hold t heir first meeting Sa turday afternoon at 3 P. f..·I. in Overton Pa.rk Tourist Grounds. The Court of F.onor will be held Friday night, November 5th, at t he :Builders Exchange et 7. :30. T'nere a.re a number of Merit :Badge Applications th ~ t have been handed in by the scouts and put on the Court of ·.onor Docket but these scouts have failed to appear before the Court of Honor for final review. Plee se bring this to the attention of your scouts and i nsist that they attend to this at once. I 11.r. Allen liug..'ri.es, Jr., who has been a very active Troop Comni t teemen of Troop 5, h a s been appointed as a Deputy Connnissioner. .Any time that I can be of any assistance to you in any way , at your troop meeting or otherwise, do not hef:iitate to call on me. My time is yours and I am more t han glad to do anything I can to assist you. �THE COUNCIL F IRE Number 9 November 4 , Armistice Day , November 11 of this year should be a red letter day in scouting. We· heve been invited to parad.e in the American Le gion ParaC.e on t hat day as a unit. and :C hope that every troop with their Scout.masters will be in the parade lOO)t . As an added incentive to mar·ch in the parade., there will be a silver loving cup given to the be£t troo~ i~ the parade. The judging of the troops will be on the f ollowing basis: 40 50 10 Foints for 1001;6 attendance . Points for appearance . Points for the Scoutmaster marching in the parade. You will be notified where the parade wil1 fo rm and what place in the parade the scout organization will take, by telephone and also by the nev!S-papers. The 50 points allowed for appearance will be based on scouts in uniform, condition of uniform and the way the boys conduct themselve s in the p arade. The troop will score 10 points for having their Sco~tmaster with theQ, regardless whether he is in uniform or not. I will be glad to discuss this matter over with you at the Rou...rid Table meeting. I There will be a meeting of the Scout Leaders Round Table Monday nif:ht , November 8th at 6 :30. At that tir1e I hope to bring to your attention several important matters, so I hope that you will be pres ent . President John T. Morgan has written a personal letter to the Chairman of each Troop Committee urging them to be present at this meeting. You will help us if you will urge them to cor:1e also. The Court of Loner will meet Friday , November 5th at the Builders Ixchan1.< e a t 7 :30 P. ~;. . Judge Harry B. .Anderson of the Federal Court has accepted an invitation from the members of the Court of Honor to become a member of that court and henceforth will meet with them at their regul ar bimonthly meetings . The First Class Examining Board will meet Saturday , November 13 at Overton Park at 3:30 P.M. P.S. The scouts will march behind the Military Division in the .Armistice Day Parade. Troops will form on the south side of Co~rt (by felephone Co . ) between Third and Fourth in nuraerical order at 9:30 A.Yi. �THE COUNCIL F I iL2 November 10, 19 NU: 1iE.R 10 Saturday night, November 20th, at Overton Park, we are going to have a scout party. The first part of the program will be a Will-o 1 -the-Wlisp Hunt, for which the two winners of this hunt will receive a prize. The rules for this contest are as follows: All scouts and their friends desiring to enter in this hunt must register at Scout Headquarters prior to the 20th of Nov. On the night of November 20th, they will meet just east of the Soldier and Sailor Memorial 1n Overton Park at 7:00 o ' clock. A few minutes thereafter, they will see a flash of li~ht somewhere near them. This li~t will thereafter continuously flash until two boys have caue,ht the light. The boys· will be further instructed in this game when they get to Overton Park • .After the i'lill-o 1 -the-Wisp Chase, we wi 11 have a ·: einer Roast near the East Pavillion for those boys who are registered for this ChPse. We hope to have a nice turn out for this pa rty. All a.re invited, especially the Scoutmasters. Hereafter no scout will be allowed to take more than gwo Merit Badges per Court of Honor. This is not an arbitrary rule but is one which wa s discussed at the last Scout Leaders Round Table and was agreed upon • .. The last Scout Leaders Round Table meeting was certainly a huge success and I hope those of you who were not with us can be present at the next one and see what a good time we have and how much good comes out of these meeting s. I · The First Class Exa..vnining Eoard will meet at Overton Park Saturday afternoon, November 13th at 3 :00 P. M. Our Camp Director at Eudora tells me tha.t there is mighty good Possum Hunting down there . If you would like to go Possum Hunting, just let us laiow a couple of days ahead so we can have the dogs and we will promise you the time of ~our liire at Camp Currier. Don't forget to have your Scribe r eport the doing of your troop every Saturday morning so that we may have it in t he Commercial Appeal Sunday ~ Sincerely yours, ~ 17~---~ II li/!Z ~-0 �C 0 U N C I J, THE F I R E November 24, 1926. N'limber 12 Novet1ber 26th, Mr. :Sen Scovell, a well known author and enter~ainer is going to talk to Troop 34, Calvary Parish Troop 34 extends House, corner of Second and .A.darns, at 7 :30 P. ! ~ . a cordial invitation to all other troops in the city to attend this Mr. Scovell is the lecture and to be their guests on this ni~ht . author of the First English Scout Constitutio n and is a very close personal friend of Str. :Sc.:den Powell, Chief Scout of the World)}' I know that the boys will enjoy this talk very much. Friday ni~nt , There has been a great deal of interest manifested in the ~~niature Contest and I feel ' sure that there will be a great many If any of your boys need models to go interesting articles made. Contest, tell them to come to Scout Bridge or by on the Toturn Pole to show them pictures of miniature glad be Headquarter s and I will have not brought this matter to ou y If bridges and totum poles. you will do so and urge them to hope I , the attention of your troop get in this Contest. The Will-o 1 -the-Wisp Hunt at Overton Park was a huge success and I hope to follow it up with several other interesting games later on in the season. " Troops 2, 10, 11, 14 and 40 plan to spend this week end At any time you want to take at Eudora and go Possum Hunting. your troop down there to go Possum Hunting, just let me know so I can rncike necessary arrangement s. I I wish each and every one of you a pleasant Thanksgivin g • . Sincerely your friend, I /:·N '/fzd~ �THE COUNCIL December 2, ·1926. Number 13 ~ A..li!D NOW .ANO'l.11IER .! ! ANOTHER Wtli..T ? ? ? 1 ? This time .AMOTHER m:.Q.....0.11.X._WIPE YA~~!QL'b'IB SCOUTS. it will and difficult, r.iore tJe t J.i a anC. ted complica more little a endid spl Twelve win. to s h& scout a that take the best thou?ht .A Yl'einer Roast and every th ing. prizes to the twelve winners . Riverside Perk is the place; Tuesday, Decemb8r 28th is the day and .All t he scouts in the Chickasaw Council are· 11 :00 A. M. the time. This will be a different kind invited and urged to participate. More of a Treasure Hunt from wha t the boys have ever had . Further details will be ieysterious - - !lllore daring - - and more fun. in each succeedin~ Bulletin but be sure a~d tell the boys about it now , so they can be making their plans to attend, and I prQmise them the best time they ever had. Troop 27 is the newest addition to the Chicka saw Council with three full patrols and Richard Busby as Scou tmaster . I fe el sure that any advice you could give Dick would be ap~reciated. Dr. Geor~e Graham has taken hold of Troop 26 and they are going right ahead. Troop 9 also has a new Scoutmaster, Mr. T.J. Turner. He is full of enthusiasm and I feel sure we will hear more of 'l'roop 9. I Keep after your boys and get them in the Miniature Contest. Lots of boys are now workin ~ on it but the more the merrier . ~ny information they want about this, tell them to come to Scout Headquarters and I will be glad to give it to them. The First Class Examining Board will meet Saturday afternoon at 3:00 P.H. at Overton Park Tourist Grounds. The Court of Honor will meet Saturday at the Builders Exchan~e. ni ~ht , Deaember 4, Yours for a" big Treasure Hunt. -~ � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chickasaw Council Newsletter Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document I THE COUNCIL FIRE NUMBER 4 JUNE 10, 1926. Regist !' 3.ti0n for Kia Kima is now open and all boys desiring to go to Kia Kizra should come in and obtain a registration card, have it filled ou.t, si@led by parents and Scoutmast.er, return it 'to Scout Headquarters 1 and be prepared to stand a physical examination about foux d€J.Ys prior to going to camp. This is absolutely essential. The physical examination will cost the boys nothing and when they report here, we will send them to a doctor f or this exrunination. Please make this announcement to your troop so that your b~ys may properly understand the requirements. \ The last Eound Table for the summer will be held Monday " night, June 14th at Calvary Parish House at 6:30 P.M., at which time some very important matters will be discussed in regard to Kia Kima. Please be present and we will make the meeting short and snappy. \ The Court of Honor will meet Friday night, June 11 at 7:30 P.M. at the 'Builders Exchange. Th<) First Class Examining Bo a rd will me et Saturday, June 19th at Overton Park at 3:00 P.M. I i '( ,. r TJI E C 0 V N C I L F I R E Number 5 October 7, 1926, Well, here is the Old Bulletin back again. r ·t has been on a vacation for the summer and is all rested up and ready to go. Letts help it. The Fourth Bionnial Conference of Scout Executives at Hot Springs is over, bn '.; ! t certainly was a huge success and I feol that the good that c3.Ine out of it will last a long time, and that many of the 'id13as that were advanced at Hot Springs'·ca.n be put in force in Memph is and will help us wi 'l:ih our problems a great deal. I a m ju:s't busting to tell you all tho good things I learned at Hot Springs, and I hope some of the things will be just whnt you want to know, so please triy to come to our first fall Round Ta ble Meeting, Monday night, O'ctober 11 at 6 :30 at Calvary Pa rish House and I promise you a good short peppy meeting not to last past eight o'clock. )) 1 Bob 0 1 Bfien, Super·in<iendent of Rocrerrtion , will b e with us at tho Round Table Meeting to · sub'mit . f 0·r your approval, a Hallow-e 1 en Progrem'.in which the scouts will play a big part. Bob ' s ideas aro always good mld I fool sure you will enjoy his ten minute talk. t ··' l. As you have probably be on to ld, noxt week is Fire Prevention Week andc the Memphis Safety Council h as asked us to cooperate with them in Memphis. They want at least threo o.r four boys rfr om eve'ry troop to'J report ot Scout Headquarters Saturday .. morning, { 9 A. M.) October 9, to help them put up posters. Will you please s ee if you can have youi· tr oop represented by three or four boys at that time. We havo" a nmvcomer in our ranks t o:lay, not with a brand new number but wi th' a 'brand new Scoutmaster; Troop 43 at St. Albans Mission in South Mor:1phia. They had 50 b.)ys present at thoir first get togother mooting. Il0v . 'Alf rod L. Clark is the new Scoutmaster and I feel sure that· any encouragement and service you can off e r him will be more than appreciated. Camping;, at Eudora at this time of the year i S' wonderful. I wonder how . r.w.ny o1 you a~ e ·taking ad.vantage of this beautiful locnti0n. I ' The First Class Exomining Bonrd will start mGeting shortly, nnd .YOU will be .. ~dvised of the date. ·'I • Yours 'for a big Round Table Moati ng. '/ I THE COUNCIL FIRE Number 5 October 14, ~926 . :Bob O':Brien has asked thet we cooperate with him in putting over a big Hallowe'en Program on Saturday night, October 30. It is his ~lan to have all the children of Memphis assemble at the various par~ in their neighborhood and they will find prepared for them a program of activities for the night. Included in this will be a huge bonfire, which will certainly appeal to all boys of scout age. It is Bob's idea that the scouts should play an important part in this celebration; in fact he has honored us by asking t he scouts to lead in these activitie~ and ~e are assigning certain troops to the park nearest them. It is planned th8t the Scout~asters of various t roops, r.ho are to meet at the same park, get together and map ~~t a program of activities for that nif4it. I will be glad to cooperate 1'li th you in arranging these programs in any way I can. The children are to meet at their respective parks at 6 :30 P. M. and will have a parade all over the neighborhood, lead by the scouts. My idea is that the fire will be lighted by a torch either by Fire by Friction, or by Flint and Steel. There will be a roped off area for the scouts to use for their programs. The Park Director, who will have charge of the park nearest you, will comnuni cate with you and arrange to assist you in any way possible. This is our chance to ~et before the public and show them what the scouts are doing, so let's try and turn out 100%. More de.tailed plans of this celebration will be sent you later. The following are the parks and the troop& that will go to each park : Market Square !ickf ord Park Gutr.tie Park Forres t Park Beauregard Park Overton Park Peabody Park Litty Park Bellebue Gas to~ Troops Troop TrooJ>s Troops Troops Troops Troops Troop Troops Troops l-~-34-46 33 2 5-12-38-40 4- 5-25-26-49-54 9-13-29-32-36 7-10-19-20-45-47-27 11- 1 Eudora' 14-24-51-30 3- 16-43-22-4:8 This being Fire Prevention Week, won't you suggest to your troop that they do some Community 11 Go od Turn", such as cleaning up their own yards or the yards of some one who have no children or who are unable to work about their own property. Th.is is also a chance for a great service and I feel we should take ad.vantage of it. W"hile at Hot Springs, l picked up a litt le Book on Indian Sign Language. I have talked t o several of the troops about this and they have shown a great deal of interest i n it. If you think your troop would be interested in hearing about the Indian Sign Language, I will be only too glad to come out and talk to them any night that would best suit your convenience. T.he Court of Honor will meet Saturday night, October 23 at 7:30 P.M. at the :Builders Exchange. Scouts who passe~ Merit Badges at c~ should go before the Gou.rt of Honor here for final approval of Merit Badges. Please call this to their attention. Yours i~r a big Hallowe'en Celebration, /( P"-/ t- t/ /J( IA- l~_,, "' I ~ .. THE COUN C IL F I R E -·-.- --·---- Oc t ober 21, 1926. Due to the; fact; that :Bob 0 1 :Brien is ~ut o! the city, and has been out for a week, there has been some delay in the Hallc.we ' en Pro.gram and p r ·~11 a.,) ly t h o fa:~-k Dire c tor at the Par k assigned tc. you has not ~otten in tou.1 ~ :1 w-H.h y ou, but his office assures me that h e will comnn.Ulicate with you immedi~tely a.~d arrangements are going right ahead. There seems to be s~me misunderstanding as to the kind of clothes the boys should wear at the Hallowe'en Celebration. It is pref erred that the ;couts wear their uniforms so that they may be distinguished from the rest of t he partic ipants and RO we may ~et some recognition for the work done a t tnat t ime. Troop 38 has been reorg anized and has a brand new Scoutmastert Mr. Fred Lenz and I feel sure that they will go ahead now with a full win te r program. Fred will appre c i a te any assistance tha t you can give him. Troop 19 is leaving . this afternoon for Eudora t1 work on their cabin. This cabi n . i s rapidly nearing completion a nd Scoutmaster .Roger Stanley invites you all d own to see it. I hope you saw our news item in the Commercial Appeal last week. Let 1 s all pull t"l gether and make this c"lunm a su ccess. Have yeur Scribe bring the tro ~p n ews to Headqu a r ters ev e ry Sat urda y morning and this page will then be a succe s s a nd eventually we wi l l have more sp ac~ . The First Class Examinin~ ~~ard will hold their first meeting Saturday afterno on, Oc tober 30t:h 3.t Overton Pa rk, 3 P.M. The Court of Honor will meet thi5: Saturday night, Oct. 23, at 7:30 at the Builders Exchanee. I .1 j ·1 I THE COUNCIL FIRE Number 8 October 28, 1926. A good many of the troops have been tal~ing advantage of. the splendid weather we h 0ve been having and . can ping overnight at Eudora. If you have not been down, let me urge th1:- t y.ou take your troop down and show ther:i what a wonderful place Eud.ora is. 'rroops 12, 19 and 38 spent a very en joyable Saturday and Sunday at Eudora last week and several troops have manifested their intention of going down this week-end. Probably some of the boys i,vould like to go Possum Hunting at \ uroda; if so, just let Camp Director lfiyers know a few days before you get there and he will make all a rrange~ents for the best Possum Hunt you ever had. Let me urge th8t you h ave your Scribe bring the troop news to Scout Hea C. querters every Friday afternoon or Sa .turday morning, so that we may use all the space the Co nunercial .Appeal has so kindly consented to give us on Sunday morning, and here let me pause and express my appreciation to the Commercial Appeal for their kindness. · I hope that the Hallowe 1 en Celebratio~ will be a huge success and I feel sure that we have g iven Fr. 0 1 Brien all the cooperation he asked for. 'Ihe First Class Examining :Board will hold t h eir first meeting Sa turday afternoon at 3 P. f..·I. in Overton Pa.rk Tourist Grounds. The Court of F.onor will be held Friday ni ght, November 5th, at t h e :Builders Ex change et 7. :30. T'nere a.re a number of Merit :Badge Applications th ~ t have been handed in by the scouts and put on the Court of · .. onor Docket but these scouts have failed to appear before the Court of Honor for final review. Plee se bring this to the attention of your scouts and i nsist that they attend to this at once. 11.r. Allen liug..'ri. es, Jr., who has been a very active Troop Comni t teemen of Troop 5, h a s been app ointed as a Deputy Connnissioner. .Any time that I can be of any assistance to you in any way , at your troop meeting or otherwise, do not hef:iitate to call on me. My time is yours and I am more t h an glad to do any thing I can to assist you. I THE COUNCIL F IRE Number 9 November 4 , Armistice Day , November 11 of this year should be a red letter day in scouting. We · heve be en invited to parad.e in the American Le gion ParaC.e on t hat day as a unit. and :C hope that every troop with their Scout.masters will be in the parad e lOO)t . As an added incentive to mar·ch in the parade., there will be a silver loving cup given to the be£t troo~ i~ the parade. The judging of the troops will be on the f ollowing basis: 40 Foints for 1001;6 attendance . 50 Points for appearance . 10 Points for the Scoutmaster marching in the parade. You will be notified where the parade wil1 fo rm and what place in the parade the scout organization will take, by telephone and also by the nev!S-papers. The 50 points allowed for appearance will be based on scouts in uniform, condition of uniform and the way the boys conduct themselves in the p a rade. The troop will score 10 points for having their Sco~tmaster with theQ , regardless whether he is in uniform or not. I will be glad to discuss this matter over with you at the Rou...rid Table meeting. There will be a meeting of the Scout Leaders Round Table Monday nif:ht , November 8th at 6 :30. At that tir1e I hope to bring to your attention several important matters, so I hope that you will be present . President John T. Morgan has written a personal letter to the Chairman of each Troop Committee urging them to be present at this meeting. You will help us if you will urge them to cor:1e also. The Court of Loner will meet Friday , November 5th at the Builders Ixchan1.<e a t 7 :30 P. ~;. . Jud ge Harry B . .Anderson of the Fede ral Court has accepted an invitation from the members of the Court of Honor to become a member of that court and henceforth will meet with them at their regul a r bimonthly meetings . The First Class Examining Board will meet Saturday , November 13 at Overt on Park at 3:30 P.M. P.S. The scouts will march behind the Military Division in the .Armistice Day Parade. Troops will form on the south side of Co~rt (by felephone Co . ) between Third and Fourth in nuraerical order at 9:30 A.Yi. I THE COUNCIL F I iL2 NU: 1iE.R 10 November 10, 19 Saturday night, November 20th, at Overton Park, we are going to have a scout party. The first part of the program will be a Will-o1 -the-Wlisp Hunt, for which the two winners of this hunt will receive a prize. The rules for this contest are as follows: All scouts and their friends desiring to enter in this hunt must register at Scout Headquarters prior to the 20th of Nov. On the night of November 20th, they will meet just east of the Soldier and Sailor Memorial 1n Overton Park at 7:00 o ' clock. A few minutes thereafter, they will see a flash of li~ht somewhere near them. This li~t will thereafter continuously flash until two boys have caue,ht the light. The boys· will be further instructed in this game when they get to Overton Park • .After the i'lill-o 1 -the-Wisp Chase, we wi 11 have a ·: einer Roast near the East Pavillion for those boys who are registered for this ChPse. We hope to have a nice turn out for this party. All a.re invited, especially the Scoutmasters. Hereafter no scout will be allowed to take more than gwo Merit Badges per Court of Honor. This is not an arbitrary rule but is one which was discussed at the last Scout Leaders Round Table and was agreed upon • .. The last Scout Leaders Round Table meeting was certainly a huge success and I hope those of you who were not with us can be present at the next one and see what a good time we have and how much good comes out of these meetings. · The First Class Exa..vnining Eoard will meet at Overton Park Saturday afternoon, November 13th at 3 :00 P. M. Our Camp Director at Eudora tells me tha.t there is mighty good Possum Hunting down there. If you would like to go Possum Hunting, just let us laiow a couple of days ahead so we can have the dogs and we will promise you the time of ~our liire at Camp Currier. Don't forget to have your Scribe r eport the doing of your troop every Saturday morning so that we may have it in the Commercial Appeal Sunday ~ Sincerely yours, ~ 17~---~ II li/!Z ~-0 I THE C 0 U N C I J, F I R E N'limber 12 November 24, 1926. Friday ni~nt , Novet1ber 26th, Mr. :Sen Scovell, a well known author and enter~ainer is going to talk to Troop 3 4, Calvary Parish House, corner of Second and .A.darns, at 7 :30 P. ! ~ . Troop 34 extends a cordial invitation to all other troops in the city to attend this lecture and to be their gue sts on this ni ~ht . Mr. Scovell is the author of the First English Scout Constitution and is a very close personal friend of Str. :Sc.:den Powell, Chief Scout of the World)}' I know that the boys will enjoy this talk very much. There has been a great deal of interest manifested in the ~~niature Contest and I feel ' sure that there will be a great many interesting articles made. If any of your boys need models to go by on the Toturn Pole or Bridge Contest, tell them to co me to Scout Headquarters and I will be glad to show them pictures of miniature bridges and totum poles. If y ou have not brought this matter to the attention of your troop , I hope you will do so and urge them to get in this Contest. The Will-o 1 -the-Wisp Hunt at Overton Park was a huge success and I hope to follow it up with several other interesting game s later on in the season. " Troops 2, 10, 11, 14 and 40 plan to spend this week end at Eudora and go Possum Hunting. At any time you want to take your troop down there to g o Possum Hunting, just let me know so I can rncike necessary arrangements. I wish each and every one of you a pleasant Thanksgiving • . Sincerely your friend, I /:·N '/fzd~ I THE COUNCIL Number 13 Dece mber 2, · 19 26. A..li!D NOW .ANO 'l.11IER .! ! ~ ANOTHER Wtli..T ? ? ? 1 ? .AMOTHER m:.Q.....0.11.X._WIPE YA~~!QL'b'IB SCOUTS. This time a little more comp lica ted a nC. a J.i t tJe r.iore difficult, a nd it will take the best thou?ht that a scout h &s to win. Twelve splendid prizes to the twelve winne rs . .A Yl'einer Roast a nd every t h ing . Riverside Perk is the place; Tuesd ay, Decemb8r 28th is the day and 11 :00 A. M. the time. .All t h e scouts in the Chickasaw Council are· invited and urged to participate. This will be a different kind of a Treasure Hunt from wh a t the boys have ever had . More ieysterious - - !lllore daring - - and more fun. Further details will be in each succeedin~ Bulletin but be sure a~d tell the boys about it now , so they can be making their plans to attend, and I prQmise them the best time they ever had. Troop 27 is the newest addition to the Chicka saw Council with three full patrols and Richard Busby as Scou tmaster . I fe e l sure that any advice you could g ive Dick would be ap~reciated. Dr. Geor~e Graham has taken hold of Troop 26 and they are going right ahead. Troop 9 also has a new Scoutmaster, Mr. T.J. Turner. He is full of enthusiasm and I feel sure we will hear more of 'l'roop 9. Keep after your boys and get them in the Miniature Contest. Lots of boys are now workin ~ on it but the more the merrier . ~ny information they want about this, tell them to come to Scout Headquarters and I will be glad to give it to them. The First Class Examining Board will mee t Saturday afternoon at 3:00 P.H. at Overton Park Tourist Grounds. The Court of Honor will meet Saturday ni ~ht , Deaember 4, at the Builders Exchan ~ e. Yours for a" big Treasure Hunt. -~ Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1926 Title A name given to the resource 1926 Chickasaw Council <em>Council Fire</em> Newsletters Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Chickasaw Council, BSA Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Chuck Schadrack Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Chuck Schadrack Camp Currier Chickasaw Council Newsletter Kia Kima Newsletter https://www.kiakimamuseum.org/files/original/76535c1cf96f7cb03a9a2e831993c515.pdf e6007be274de18f75a97172bc4be62a2 PDF Text Text THE COU1'TCIL FIRE Vol. 2 No. 12 July 17, 1928. Mr. C.T. McCabe, Chairman of the Court of Honor, wishes you to know that Armour & Company, located at 39 ?.,;ccaJ.l Street, just west of :Front street, will have a..."l opening of their remod.eled branch house on Wednesday, July ?.5th fr om 11 o •clock in the mo:-ning until 9 o 1 clock at night. He extends to all Scouts and their l.:others and Fathers and everyone connected with the family, a.'Tl invitation to come and inspect their branch, and we would like to , see just as many of tho Scouts and Scout Officials as possible go and inspect the branch house. Mtl[E' .!JlLIC MA The Scouts at Kamp Kia Kina are having one good time after another.. 'Last Wedneso.~y the entire cwnp went on a hike to Uarmnoth Springs, which was a great treat. .A :Bully Wurrrpus will be held this week and everyone is looking forward to this. There is sometM.ng doing evory minute. There are only five weeks before the close of camp. Vic hope that some time during this period you will bo able to go to camp and· sec what a fine place we have there for the boys. The Visitor's Lodge is open to any of you. who would like to visit comp. J:IBW ROAD TO Cji.MP CUBRIER The new hie-):J.way on which Comp Currier is located and which been undEr construction for a year was finished p~st the cruup entronce last w0ek and only two more weeks of good weather are needed to complete the entire undertaking. It is expected that a ]us Li::1e will be established over this new route into Mississil>Pt, providing a regular and dependable means of commu.nicati on between Memphis and the all-year-round.- ]oy scout Ca..-rp. The length of the shortened road is only 26 miles from the Mor:;phis Post Office to Camp Currier. h~s A SWIM FOR THE SCOUTS Don't forget that the Y~M.C.A. offers a swim to the Scouts on the second and fourth Friday nights during the sumr.ier, provided they are accompanied by their Scoutmasters. This is n. good way to entertain your boys during the sur.iner. �-··---' THE Vol. 2, No. 13 COUNCIL FIRE * * * "' * * * * * Qct. 2, 1928. MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1928---Y.M.C.A.---6:30 P.M. This is the time and place of our next scout Leaders I Round Table. There are many important things to be discussed, and I am looking forward. to seeing you there, Mr• Stanley Harris, fornler Regional Executive, who is now on the staff of the New York off ice, will be with us. We are trying to have a number of the members of the National staff to come to Memphis during the next few months, and in order to do this, it is necessary that we have a BIG attenda11ce at our meetings. * * * * * • *• * .I have recently returned from the 5th National T!'aining conference at Ithaca, New York, whore over 1,000 Executives from all parts of the country spent a week in studying scouting. The Merit Badge Exposition we had last May has become nationally known and numerous Executives asked for information regarding it. Memphis scouts and scout Leaders are to bo congratulated for their fine showing in this· big event, for the Exposition not only stimulated scouting in Memphis but has been the means of inducing other councils. to follow our lead. ·· ** ** ** * ** En.closed please find a copy of the Camp Currier News. ********* Looking forward to seeing you Monday night, I am, Scout Executive. �THE Vol. 2 No. 15 COUNCIL FIRE Chickasaw Council October 23, 1928. '.l:EE CHIEF SCOUT OF THE WORLD---Vlhen Sir Robert Baden powell received the award of the Silver Buffalo the accompanying citation read as follown;. "Lt. Gen. Sir Robert S.S. :Caden Powell, author, soldier, through whose vision, energJ, and wisdom created and established the British Boy scouts Assoc:l.ation, pioneer of that vast congraternity of Scout Organizations, now teaching the boyhood of the world noble conceptions of citizenship, service and the brotherhood of man; whose teachings have sown among youth the seeds of universal peace and accord; whom in recognition of this service to hurnani ty the nations unite in honoring as "Chief scout of the World". The International Jamboree will be held in England in 1929 and on this occasion the Scouts of the world are going to present a token of appreciation to Sir Robert as the Chief scout. Each scout and Scout Leader in the world will be given the opportunity to contribute two cents, or its equivalent, to this token. scoutmasters are requested to present this opportunity to their troops and collect two cents from each boy and lead.er who desires to contribute. Please send proceeds to Headquarters, Memphis, as soon as possible, as we want to forw~rd Chickasaw council's contribution to New York within the next two weeks. *** * *** HALIDWEEN PARTY---The Recreation Department of the Memphis Park Commission is going to have a fine program at each of the various playgrounds on Halloween evening, Wednesday, October 31st and all scouts are cordially invited to attend and take part in the program. Any troop which can put on a 11 stunt" will be given the opportunity to do so. Below is a list of the playgrounds, their locations and directors: PLAYGROUNDS Beauregard Bellevue :Bickford Brinkley Desoto Forrest Gaston Guthrie Litty Qverton Peabody South Side Williamson LOCATIONS Jefferson & Somerville south parkway & :Bellevue Bickford & Fifth !'.arket & second West of Delaware between California & Desoto Madison & Manassas south Third just north of McLemore Chelsea 6 Decatur south Willett at Foster Qverton Park across from Zoo. Cooper & Higbee south parkway & Orleans Eaker just south of Overton Miss Miss Miss Miss Miss DIRECTORS Margaret Mccorkle Marian Calvert Lila Webb Essie Coffman Catherine Johnson Miss Maude Marcott Miss Lois Humphreys Mrs. Adeline Wheeler Miss Cecile Stanford Miss Dorothea Eason Miss Mary Montgomery Miss Vera Hoover I:iss Effie Lee Ingram �Each troop is requested to attend the playground which is most convenient to them. **"'**** .ARCHERY CONTEST---On Saturday, October 27th, the "Memphis Evening .Appeal" will sponsor an Archery Contest at Overton park and all scouts are invited to shoot an American Round for a fine lot of prizes. We are looking for our scouts to carry off the majority of prizes, for there are sorrB splendid archers in our troops. �U(}{J~ [t@lWl~[UfL ff D[]([ CH lCK AS!l VV COlJNCl L 1"3. s. A. Vol. 2 No. 16. October 31, 1928. Tli.E SCOUTMASTER There isn 1 t any .pay for you, you serve without reward, The boys who tramp the fields nith you but little can afford, And yet your pay is richer far than those VTho toil for gold, For in a dozen different ways your service shall be told, you'll read it in the faces of a troop of growing boys, You 1 11 read it in the pleasure of a dozen manly ~oys And do'an the distant future-you 1rill surely read it then, Emblazoned through the service of a band of loyal men. Five Years of willing labor and of brothering a troop, Five years of trudging highrrays, vii th the Indian cry and whoop, Five years of camp fires burning, not alone for pleasure's sake, But the future generation rrhich the boys are soon to make. They have no gold to give you, but when age comes on to you They 1 11 give you back the splendid things you taught them how to do, They 1 11 give you rich contentment 1md a thrill of honest pride And you•ll see your nation prosper; and you•ll all be satisfied. BY Edgar A. Guest.~-- * * * * * * * * .ARllD:STICE DAY PARJOE:---As Armistice Day comes on Sunday this year the '11ill be held on the morning of 11;onday, November 12th. Each Troop is requested to practice marching at each mt:Lting between now and the 12th so that our scouts ·will mo.ke their usual splendid showing in this parade. Each Troop should ho.ve an American Fleg as rrell as a Troop Flag in the parade, as this will add much to their appearance. More details about the parade will be given next vreek. Pan~de GIFT 'l.'0 SIR ROBERT BADEN POVVELL: --- .A number of troops ha.ve not as yet turned in their contribution to this fund for the founder of the BOY scout ~;ovement who is also the Chief scout of the World and every Troop is requested to attend to this matter at the earliest possible date so that our council \7ill sho\1 up r:ell in the records of National Headqtwrtt.;rs as having done our sho.re tonard this gift. RITZ THEATER:---This for 15¢ on any night Registration card.· theater will be glad formation, call Mrs. theater (at PoplDr and Evergreen) will admit scouts except Friday end Saturday upon presentation of If any troop desires a Special Picture shonn,this to secure ond show the picture. For further inKaplan, 7-7860, Apartment 418 Parkview Hotel. �COUli:T OF HONOR.... --The next meeting of the Court will be held in the Chamber of commerce at 7:30 P.M., seturd.ay, November 3rd. �THE C 0 U N C I J, ·F I R ]) Vol. 2 NO• 17 Nov. 6, 1928 • .Alg~IS'l'ICE DAY P.ARAU];: TJ:1e scnut~, of Chickasaw coU.ncil have been signally honored, as the~r ha.;,'.; 1)e9n t.;1.v en t.he r'Hst place in the Armistice Day Parade which will b0 heJ.d. 011 Mo:ic:a~r, November 12th, inasr::tuch as Armistice Day comes on S1md.ay this year. The parade will form with the Color Guard at second and Cou:::·t. All scout troops will follow the color Guard and will form on Cuurt' street immediately behind the parade color Guard. Troops will p}.ease form in nu;nerical order and every troop is urged to have as lar.ge a nwnber of scouts present and in uniform as they can possibly get. Please be sure to have an American Flag as well as a troop fJ.ag at t~ie he9.d of the troop. Please have the scouts formed in a column of squr;.ds, and have them in line and ready to march out at 9 :30 Ji.. M. Wo are vory proud of tho honor of leading the parade, and it is up to every trocp to make a good showing. There will 'be a beautiful loving cup awarded to the scout troop which m&l?.:es the best showing; and~ as we are lead.ing the parade, every troop r:!houlcl d.o 1ts be~t no7; on1y to win the cup but to make a fine showing !or the troop and for the Council. * * * * * * * ** GIFT TO sm ROBERT 3.i~EN l)VNFX.1,; 'rbe:r.e are still a number of troops which have not- tumed-·.bi-t}.;_~·;:r coutribntions to this fund, and as the time is getting late, it w..;_::L "be. :-,_::.g~ly appreciated if this is a.ttended to within th~ next weok, * * • * * * * * * ftEGION FIVE HE-tW_Q,'QJ\:g~::~: At t:trn meeting of the Executive :soa'!'.'d of Region Five in Mo:.:11phis 01'! oetote1: 24'~!1, i t was decided to move Regional Headquarters from J'E>,.ckson,____Mtss~5siJ2p'c, 1~ Ivter_!Qhifi! on January 1st, and to make Memphis the 1,)er.manent hes.!iq_unrte:ca of the Hegion. Mr" Harold w. Lowman and Mr. Will Do Jbni:::i, Regi.:ma!. Executives, will make their hea:iquarters here, and this should be of much assistance to Chickaaaw council. * * * * * * *** SCOill LEADERS t ROUND T.AB:!:,E_: On account of next Monday being Armistice Day, the regular monthly meeting of the Scout Leaders 1 Round Table will ~e postponed until Monday, November 19th, at 6:30 P. M. at the Y. M. C. A. �-2- OBSERVATION TESTS: Next attached is a copy of a test used in the scout Leaders' Training School, together with a list of questions. rn using this test you are permitted to look at the picture for li minutes, then the picture is turned face down and 3 minutes is given to wiswer the list of thirty questions. This is a very interesti.ng diversion for a troop, and scoutmasters who would like to have ~opies will be furnished them free upon making application to Headquarters. . SANTA CLAUS PAR.ADE: The comnercial Appeal is spons:ring a santa. Claus Parade on Saturday, December 8th, at 10:30 A. M. .All scouts are invited to be in this parade, and we expect a larger turnout than we had on .Armistice Doy. The commercial .Appeal is offering a prize of four pup tents to the troap which makes the best showing in the parade, and two pup tents to the second best troop, and all troops are· urged to be present at Main ru:i.d Calhoun streets at 10:00 A. M., as the parade will move out promptly at 10:30. These prizes are well worth viorking for, as . they will be splendid ad.di tions to any troop's equipment. SIMB.A: On November 26th, 27th, and 28th, at the Auditorium, the MartinJohnson E:x:pedi ti on will show a picture, "Simba", under the auspices of the American Museum of Natural History. This is a wonderful picture, and Douglass Oliver, of .Atlanta, Georgia, who wns one of the three scouts to accompany the Martin-Johnson E:x:pedi ti on during the past summer, says that "Simba" shows the same kinds of wild animal life and conditions as the scouts met while on their trip to Africa. scouts will be admitted at all performances for half price upon presentation of their scout registration cards. on Wednesday afternoon, November 28th, a special showing of the picture for the school children of Mel!J)his will be made at a special price of $.25. SWIM: The regular monthly swim at the y. M. c • .A., scheduled for Friday night, has been postponed until Friday, November 30th, on account of conflicting dates. COURT OF HONOR: The court of Honor will be held in the Chanber of commerce Bu.ilding at 7~30 p. M· on Friday, November 23rd. �THE Vol. 2, No. 18. COUNCIL FIRE Nov. 14, 1928. SCOUT LEADERS 1 ROUND TABJJE: The regular monthly meeting of the scout Leaders• Round Table will be held in the Y. M. c. A. at 6 :30 p. M. on Monday, November 19th. We hope you will be present as some important announcements will be made • .ARMISTICE DAY PAruDE: The scoutmaste!'s and scouts of Chickasaw council are to be congratulated upon the splendid showing they made in the parade on Armistice Day. We have had a number of compliments on our Scouts and their appearance, and they one and all deserve a great deal of credit for the way in which they conducted themselves both before and during the parade. Troop 40, scoutmaster Joe Austin, won the cup for the best apPearance. The Judges were Comnissioner Ross .A. Mathews, Senator K· D. McKellar', congressman Hubert Fisher, Mrs. E. J. Mccormack, and Mr. Lloyd T· :Binford. Next year we hope to have an oven larger turnout of scouts, as this is one day on which every scout should be in uniform and in the parade. SCOur DI.ARIES: The new 1929 :Boy scout Diary is now ready for distribution, It has sixteen more pages than the old diary and much now material, such as "Weather SignaJ.siJ. "Conventional Map Making", 11 Signals 11 , and pages and notes of hikes ai1d troop meetings, etc. It is COIJ'!Pletely indexed and is a fine thing for every scout to have. Troops which desire copies please advise Headquarters so that we can order them prooptly. SIR RO:BERT RADEN POWELL: some troops have never responded as to the gift of two cents from each scout who desires to give it for Sir Robert :Baden Powell. Please write Headquarters if you have not already contributed, and let us know whether or not your troop expects to do its share towards this gift. It is not corr;pulsory for anyone to give, but every scout should feel it a privilege to have the opportw1ity of honoring the CHIEF SCOUT OF THE WORLD, who was so largely responsible for the organization of scouting. 11 EVERY SCOUT SHOULD HA.VE .A. HJOO):BOOK .8lilD A. DI.A.RY" �CH IC KF\SA\/J COU!\JC! L B. Vol. 2, No. 19. 5. n. NOV. -· 4 ~ 20, 1928. .. RALLY: At the last meeting of the Advisory Board of the council, it was decided not to ha:ve a 1:erit :Badge Exposition in 1929, but to ha-ve a rally instead. The Board believes it will be better to have a Merit Badge EXposi tion every second year, rather than a."'.lllually, and to have a rally in the years in which.no Merit Badge Exposition is held, and this is the plan which will be followed~ SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS P.iill.ADE: On Fria.ay, November 23rd, at 8: 00 p. M. the merchants of Memphis are putt~.ng on a SJ?iri t of Christmas parade in cooperation with the Goodfelloi::s San:.8. cJm:s Club. There will be between thirty and forty floats as W'.-:>J l c.s a nurr:·ber of bands in the parade, and santa Claus will ride on a float o:f 5.ce. This w:i.J.l be a beautiful parade, and a.11 scouts and scout Iieo.d';;rs e.re imr:i. ted to see it • .ADDITION.AL ENROLkMENT: Chief West has requested every scout Troop in the United States to add two new members to its roll before January 1st, 1929" Le tr s all live up to this wish of the "Chief", as it will be a great compliment to him, as well as being a good turn to the new boys who are given the pleasures of scoutingo CHRISTMAS CARDS: National Headquarters has a splendid selection of Christmas cards for scout Leaders and scouts. Samples ar~ on display in Scout Headquarters, and we suggest that orders be placed as early as possible for these cards. 1929 DI.ARIES: A good supply of diaries for next year has been received, and they are a big improvement over last year's edition. They are fifteen cents for single copies, and fourteen cents in lots of ten to one hundred. �------··· .- ........ - . ' ... -··---·-·-·---··- ...·-·····---·-· Vol. 2, No. 19. NOV. 27, 1928. LAST CALL: There are still some troops who have not advised Headquarters as to whether or not they inte~d to donate to the fund for sir.Robert ]aden Powell. Troops which have not donated or who do not care to donate will help us greatly if they will notify us as to their intentions not later than December 5th. S~TA CLAUS PARADE: The santa Claus Paradet which is sponsored by the commercial Appeal and which will take place on saturday, December 8th, at 10:30 A· M., will doubtless be one of the biggest parades ever staged in Memphis,. Troops who participate, and we hope that all v1ill, have a chance to win some mighty find prizes and all troops are urged to be present on Saturday morning not later than 10:00 on Calhoun, west of Main, and near the Grand central Station. The winning troop will be presented with four pup tents, and the troop which is judged second best will be given two pup tents. Letts have a big turn-outJ AVIATION: BOYS' LIFE for December has a new Department on Aviation which is the direction of Major Augustus post, who for many years has been Merit Badge ,Advisor to the National Council on this subject. Thia is an especially fine department, and under ,'Major Post 1 s direction we can look forward to not only some splendid articles but stories as well. one of the first stories is Orville wright's account of how he and his brother learned to fly. uncrer WANTED: Mr. R· H. Allen, in the main office of Clarence Saunders, 461 s. Front, requires the services of a sixteen year old boy who has had scout training. This will be a full time position with good prospects for advancement, and any boys interested please get in touch with Mr. Allen at once. TH:E COURT OF HONOR: The next meeting of the court of Honor will be held in thech,;;ber of conmerce :suilding at 7 ;30 p. M. on saturday, December lst. scouts who have failed to appear before courts of Honor in the past several months and who have applications in the office for places on the docket, will please come in or call in and re-register these applications so that they may be put in their proper places on the docket. Applications which are over one month old will not be placed on the docket unless they are re-registered, so please attend to this · immediately. · 1~ w . / ~ ~ ~~· �VOL 2, No .. 200 Dec. 5, 1928. §.QQ._~:,!DERS.:_~:wf.JJ:'ill_.f1~: The regular monthly meeUng of the scout Leaders' Round Ta.ble will be held in a private dining room on the mezzanine floor of the El·KS .CLU:B at 6:30 p. M. on Monday, Decemner 10th. Wfl would like to have a full~~i'ttendance at this meeting to discuss whether or not we shall1 continue to meet at the Elks club and there are also a number of things to come up for discussion which will be of much interest. The dinner will cost $.65 at the Elks club, and at this mseting it will be decided whether or not we continue to have a sixty-fi.ve cent dinner or return to the old fifty cent pri.ce. At this meeting the certificates for the graduates Of the last scout Leaders! Training school will he presented, and we look for a large attendance of scout Leaders to welcome and congratulate the men who have just completed this course of tr~ining. KA_LY.AJQ:MA: There is a considerable amount of work being done to improve Kamp Kia Kima. The roofs of all of the buildings, with the exception of the mess hall, are being painted green, ~d we do not expect any leak;y roofs next year. A new hospital, located between the Salomon Lodge and.the old hospital, is in course of construction and before camp opens we expect to have one of the finest hospital buildings as well as the best equipment of any scout camp in the region. It is also planned to build a tennis court· at camp if sufficient funds are available. CAMP CURRIER COJ;JTE~: The Camp currier contest was a splendid success, and the race for first place was very close~ Troop 34 winning, with Troop 40 sec-· ond, and Troop 1 third. we want to congratulate the winning troop and also the other troops who made such excellent showings during the two months. SANTA CLAUS PARADE: This event promises to be one of the finest parades ever held in Memphis, and a number of troops have made considerable preparation for it, as the prizes are certainly worth a grent deal of effort. Let's have a big turnout on Saturday, the 8th, not later than 10:00 at Calhoun and Main streets. �Vol. 2, NO. 21. December 17, 1928. CHRISTMA.S GOOD TIJRN The Goodfellows have to do their usual Good TU.l'n in d.elivering toys and baskets of food to the poor people of Memphis. This is a very worthy enterprise and our scouts are always rBady to help out. plans have been me.de by the Goodfellows to help other p~ople this Christmas, and we are glad of the opportunity of helping. requeeted 0U:-r·cc0.u.ts Each troop :ls requested to have two large boys at the Goodfellows Santa Claus Club, 263 Madison Avenue, at 8:00 A. M· Sunday, Dec. 23rd. Also, to have three large boys present at 7:00 A· M. Monday, Dec. 24th. Each troop is requested to furnish the largest boys they have both times. Each scout should eat breakfast before reporting at the Goodfellows Club. Mr. Jackson says it will only take four or five hours to complete this work if we will have our scouts there on time. Let's be promptJ OONSERV.ATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES 'I'he Nineteenth Cent~ry Club-;-through-Mrs. A. R~_ Hudson. Chairman of the COniilervation Department, has requested all scouts to help save the forests from destruction, especially the evergreens and holly at Christmas. Let's help this worthy cause and try to save the treeo ,for if u the nation saves the trees, the trees will save the nation". The Memphis Electric League has offered $50.00 in prizes for the best decorated living tree out-of-doors. .A;J.y troop interested in competing for these prizes, please notify Mrs. A~ R. Hudson, care the Nineteenth century Club. COURT OF HONOR The next court of Honor will be held Saturday, December 29th, at 7 :30 p. M. on the third floor of the Chamber ··of commerce :Building. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chickasaw Council Newsletter Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document THE COU1'TCIL FIRE Vol. 2 No. 12 July 17, 1928. Mr. C.T. McCabe, Chairman of the Court of Honor, wishes you to know that Armour & Company, located at 39 ?.,;ccaJ.l Street, just west of :Front street, will have a..."l opening of their remod.eled branch house on Wednesday, July ?.5th fr om 11 o •clock in the mo:-ning until 9 o 1clock at night. He extends to all Scouts and their l.:others and Fathers and everyone connected with the family, a.'Tl invitation to come and inspect their branch, and we would like to , see just as many of tho Scouts and Scout Officials as possible go and inspect the branch house. Mtl[E' .!JlL IC MA The Scouts at Kamp Kia Kina are having one good time after another.. 'Last Wedneso.~y the entire cwnp went on a hike to Uarmnoth Springs, which was a great treat. .A :Bully Wurrrpus will be held this week and everyone is looking forward to this. There is sometM.ng doing evory minute. There are only five weeks before the close of camp. Vic hope that some time during this period you will bo able to go to camp and· sec what a fine place we have there for the boys. The Visitor's Lodge is open to any of you. who would like to visit comp. J:IBW ROAD TO Cji.MP CUBRIER The new hie-):J.way on which Comp Currier is located and which h~s been undEr construction for a year was finished p~st the cruup entronce last w0ek and only two more weeks of good weather are needed to complete the entire undertaking. It is expected that a ]us Li::1e will be established over this new route into Mississil>Pt, providing a regular and dependable means of commu.nicati on between Memphis and the all-year-round.- ]oy scout Ca..-rp. The length of the shortened road is only 26 miles from the Mor:;phis Post Office to Camp Currier. A SWIM FOR THE SCOUTS Don't forget that the Y~M.C.A. offers a swim to the Scouts on the second and fourth Friday nights during the sumr.ier, provided they are accompanied by their Scoutmasters. This is n. good way to entertain your boys during the sur.iner. -··---' THE COUNCIL FIRE Vol. 2, No. 13 * * * "' * * * * * Qct. 2, 1928. MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1928---Y.M.C.A.---6:30 P.M. This is the time and place of our next scout Leaders I Round Table. There are many important things to be discussed, and I am looking forward. to seeing you there, Mr• Stanley Harris, fornler Regional Executive, who is now on the staff of the New York off ice, will be with us. We are trying to have a number of the members of the National staff to come to Memphis during the next few months, and in order to do this, it is necessary that we have a BIG attenda11ce at our meetings. * * * * * • * • * .I have recently returned from the 5th National T!'aining conference at Ithaca, New York, whore over 1,000 Executives from all parts of the country spent a week in studying scouting. The Merit Badge Exposition we had last May has become nationally known and numerous Executives asked for information regarding it. Memphis scouts and scout Leaders are to bo congratulated for their fine showing in this· big event, for the Exposition not only stimulated scouting in Memphis but has been the means of inducing other councils. to follow our lead. · * * * * * * * * * En.closed please find a copy of the Camp Currier News. * * * * * * * * * Looking forward to seeing you Monday night, I am, Scout Executive. THE COUNCIL FIRE Vol. 2 No. 15 Chickasaw Council October 23, 1928. '.l:EE CHIEF SCOUT OF THE WORLD---Vlhen Sir Robert Baden powell received the award of the Silver Buffalo the accompanying citation read as follown;. "Lt. Gen. Sir Robert S.S. :Caden Powell, author, soldier, through whose vision, energJ, and wisdom created and established the British Boy scouts Assoc:l.ation, pioneer of that vast congraternity of Scout Organizations, now teaching the boyhood of the world noble conceptions of citizenship, service and the brotherhood of man; whose teachings have sown among youth the seeds of universal peace and accord; whom in recognition of this service to hurnani ty the nations unite in honoring as "Chief scout of the World". The International Jamboree will be held in England in 1929 and on this occasion the Scouts of the world are going to present a token of appreciation to Sir Robert as the Chief scout. Each scout and Scout Leader in the world will be given the opportunity to contribute two cents, or its equivalent, to this token. scoutmasters are requested to present this opportunity to their troops and collect two cents from each boy and lead.er who desires to contribute. Please send proceeds to Headquarters, Memphis, as soon as possible, as we want to forw~rd Chickasaw council's contribution to New York within the next two weeks. * * * * * * * HALIDWEEN PARTY---The Recreation Department of the Memphis Park Commission is going to have a fine program at each of the various playgrounds on Halloween evening, Wednesday, October 31st and all scouts are cordially invited to attend and take part in the program. Any troop which can put on a 11 stunt" will be given the opportunity to do so. Below is a list of the playgrounds, their locations and directors: PLAYGROUNDS LOCATIONS DIRECTORS Beauregard Jefferson & Somerville Miss Margaret Mccorkle Bellevue south parkway & :Bellevue Miss Marian Calvert :Bickford Bickford & Fifth Miss Lila Webb Brinkley !'.arket & second Miss Essie Coffman Desoto West of Delaware between Miss Catherine Johnson California & Desoto Forrest Madison & Manassas Miss Maude Marcott Gaston south Third just north Miss Lois Humphreys of McLemore Guthrie Chelsea 6 Decatur Mrs. Adeline Wheeler Litty south Willett at Foster Miss Cecile Stanford Qverton Qverton Park across Miss Dorothea Eason from Zoo. Peabody Cooper & Higbee Miss Mary Montgomery South Side south parkway & Orleans Miss Vera Hoover Williamson Eaker just south of I:iss Effie Lee Ingram Overton Each troop is requested to attend the playground which is most convenient to them. **"'**** .ARCHERY CONTEST---On Saturday, October 27th, the "Memphis Evening .Appeal" will sponsor an Archery Contest at Overton park and all scouts are invited to shoot an American Round for a fine lot of prizes. We are looking for our scouts to carry off the majority of prizes, for there are sorrB splendid archers in our troops. U(}{J~ [t@lWl~[UfL ff D[] ([ Vol. 2 No. 16. CH lCK AS!l VV COlJNCl L 1"3. s. A. Tli.E SCOUTMASTER October 31, 1928. There isn 1 t any .pay for you, you serve without reward, The boys who tramp the fields nith you but little can afford, And yet your pay is richer far than those VTho toil for gold, For in a dozen different ways your service shall be told, you'll read it in the faces of a troop of growing boys, You 111 read it in the pleasure of a dozen manly ~oys And do'an the distant future-you 1rill surely read it then, Emblazoned through the service of a band of loyal men. Five Years of willing labor and of brothering a troop, Five years of trudging highrrays, vii th the Indian cry and whoop, Five years of camp fires burning, not alone for pleasure's sake, But the future generation rrhich the boys are soon to make. They have no gold to give you, but when age comes on to you They 111 give you back the splendid things you taught them how to do, They 111 give you rich contentment 1md a thrill of honest pride And you•ll see your nation prosper; and you•ll all be satisfied. BY Edgar A. Guest.~-- * * * * * * * * .ARllD:STICE DAY PARJOE:---As Armistice Day comes on Sunday this year the Pan~de '11ill be held on the morning of 11;onday, November 12th. Each Troop is requested to practice marching at each mt:Lting between now and the 12th so that our scouts ·will mo.ke their usual splendid showing in this parade. Each Troop should ho.ve an American Fleg as rrell as a Troop Flag in the parade, as this will add much to their appearance. More details about the parade will be given next vreek. GIFT 'l.'0 SIR ROBERT BADEN POVVELL: --- .A number of troops ha.ve not as yet turned in their contribution to this fund for the founder of the BOY scout ~;ovement who is also the Chief scout of the World and every Troop is requested to attend to this matter at the earliest possible date so that our council \7ill sho\1 up r:ell in the records of National Headqtwrtt.;rs as having done our sho.re tonard this gift. RITZ THEATER:---This for 15¢ on any night Registration card.· theater will be glad formation, call Mrs. theater (at PoplDr and Evergreen) will admit scouts except Friday end Saturday upon presentation of If any troop desires a Special Picture shonn,this to secure ond show the picture. For further inKaplan, 7-7860, Apartment 418 Parkview Hotel. COUli:T OF HONOR .... --The next meeting of the Court will be held in the Chamber of commerce at 7:30 P.M., seturd.ay, November 3rd. THE C 0 U N C I J, ·F I R ]) Vol. 2 NO• 17 Nov. 6, 1928 • .Alg~IS'l'ICE DAY P.ARAU];: TJ:1e scnut~, of Chickasaw coU.ncil have been signally honored, as the~r ha.;,'.; 1)e9n t.;1.v en t.he r'Hst place in the Armistice Day Parade which will b0 heJ.d. 011 Mo:ic:a~r, November 12th, inasr::tuch as Armistice Day comes on S1md.ay this year. The parade will form with the Color Guard at second and Cou:::·t. All scout troops will follow the color Guard and will form on Cuurt' street immediately behind the parade color Guard. Troops will p}.ease form in nu;nerical order and every troop is urged to have as lar.ge a nwnber of scouts present and in uniform as they can possibly get. Please be sure to have an American Flag as well as a troop fJ.ag at t~ie he9.d of the troop. Please have the scouts formed in a column of squr;.ds, and have them in line and ready to march out at 9 :30 Ji.. M. Wo are vory proud of tho honor of leading the parade, and it is up to every trocp to make a good showing. There will 'be a beautiful loving cup awarded to the scout troop which m&l?.:es the best showing; and~ as we are lead.ing the parade, every troop r:!houlcl d.o 1ts be~t no7; on1y to win the cup but to make a fine showing !or the troop and for the Council. * * * * * * * * * GIFT TO sm ROBERT 3.i~EN l)VNFX.1,; 'rbe:r.e are still a number of troops which have not- tumed-·.bi-t}.;_~·;:r coutribntions to this fund, and as the time is getting late, it w..; _::L "be. :-,_::.g~ly appreciated if this is a.ttended to within th~ next weok, * * • * * * * * * ftEGION FIVE HE-tW_Q,'QJ\:g~::~: At t:trn meeting of the Executive :soa'!'.'d of Region Five in Mo:.:11phis 01'! oetote1: 24'~!1, it was decided to move Regional Headquarters from J'E>,.ckson,_ __ Mtss~5siJ2p'c, 1~ Ivter_!Qhifi! on January 1st, and to make Memphis the 1,)er.manent hes.!iq_unrte:ca of the Hegion. Mr" Harold w. Lowman and Mr. Will Do Jbni:::i, Regi.:ma!. Executives, will make their hea:iquarters here, and this should be of much assistance to Chickaaaw council. * * * * * * * * * SCOill LEADERS t ROUND T.AB:!:,E_: On account of next Monday being Armistice Day, the regular monthly meeting of the Scout Leaders 1 Round Table will ~e postponed until Monday, November 19th, at 6:30 P. M. at the Y. M. C. A. -2- OBSERVATION TESTS: Next attached is a copy of a test used in the scout Leaders' Training School, together with a list of questions. rn using this test you are permitted to look at the picture for li minutes, then the picture is turned face down and 3 minutes is given to wiswer the list of thirty questions. This is a very interesti.ng diversion for a troop, and scoutmasters who would like to have ~opies will be furnished them free upon making application to Headquarters. . SANTA CLAUS PAR.ADE: The comnercial Appeal is spons:ring a santa. Claus Parade on Saturday, December 8th, at 10:30 A. M. .All scouts are invited to be in this parade, and we expect a larger turnout than we had on .Armistice Doy. The commercial .Appeal is offering a prize of four pup tents to the troap which makes the best showing in the parade, and two pup tents to the second best troop, and all troops are· urged to be present at Main ru:i.d Calhoun streets at 10:00 A. M., as the parade will move out promptly at 10:30. These prizes are well worth viorking for, as . they will be splendid ad.di tions to any troop's equipment. SIMB.A: On November 26th, 27th, and 28th, at the Auditorium, the MartinJohnson E:x:pedi ti on will show a picture, "Simba", under the auspices of the American Museum of Natural History. This is a wonderful picture, and Douglass Oliver, of .Atlanta, Georgia, who wns one of the three scouts to accompany the Martin-Johnson E:x:pedi ti on during the past summer, says that "Simba" shows the same kinds of wild animal life and conditions as the scouts met while on their trip to Africa. scouts will be admitted at all performances for half price upon presentation of their scout registration cards. on Wednesday afternoon, November 28th, a special showing of the picture for the school children of Mel!J)his will be made at a special price of $.25. SWIM: The regular monthly swim at the y. M. c • .A., scheduled for Friday night, has been postponed until Friday, November 30th, on account of conflicting dates. COURT OF HONOR: The court of Honor will be held in the Chanber of commerce Bu.ilding at 7~30 p. M· on Friday, November 23rd. THE COUNCIL FIRE Vol. 2, No. 18. Nov. 14, 1928. SCOUT LEADERS 1 ROUND TABJJE: The regular monthly meeting of the scout Leaders• Round Table will be held in the Y. M. c. A. at 6 :30 p. M. on Monday, November 19th. We hope you will be present as some important announcements will be made • .ARMISTICE DAY PAruDE: The scoutmaste!'s and scouts of Chickasaw council are to be congratulated upon the splendid showing they made in the parade on Armistice Day. We have had a number of compliments on our Scouts and their appearance, and they one and all deserve a great deal of credit for the way in which they conducted themselves both before and during the parade. Troop 40, scoutmaster Joe Austin, won the cup for the best apPearance. The Judges were Comnissioner Ross .A. Mathews, Senator K· D. McKellar', congressman Hubert Fisher, Mrs. E. J. Mccormack, and Mr. Lloyd T· :Binford. Next year we hope to have an oven larger turnout of scouts, as this is one day on which every scout should be in uniform and in the parade. SCOur DI.ARIES: The new 1929 :Boy scout Diary is now ready for distribution, It has sixteen more pages than the old diary and much now material, such as "Weather SignaJ.siJ. "Conventional Map Making", 11 Signals11 , and pages and notes of hikes ai1d troop meetings, etc. It is COIJ'!Pletely indexed and is a fine thing for every scout to have. Troops which desire copies please advise Headquarters so that we can order them prooptly. SIR RO:BERT RADEN POWELL: some troops have never responded as to the gift of two cents from each scout who desires to give it for Sir Robert :Baden Powell. Please write Headquarters if you have not already contributed, and let us know whether or not your troop expects to do its share towards this gift. It is not corr;pulsory for anyone to give, but every scout should feel it a privilege to have the opportw1ity of honoring the CHIEF SCOUT OF THE WORLD, who was so largely responsible for the organization of scouting. 11EVERY SCOUT SHOULD HA.VE .A. HJOO):BOOK .8lilD A. DI.A.RY" CH IC K F\SA\/J COU!\JC! L B. 5. n. Vol. 2, No. 19. NOV. 20, 1928. -· 4 ~ .. RALLY: At the last meeting of the Advisory Board of the council, it was decided not to ha:ve a 1:erit :Badge Exposition in 1929, but to ha-ve a rally instead. The Board believes it will be better to have a Merit Badge EXposi tion every second year, rather than a."'.lllually, and to have a rally in the years in which.no Merit Badge Exposition is held, and this is the plan which will be followed~ SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS P.iill.ADE: On Fria.ay, November 23rd, at 8: 00 p. M. the merchants of Memphis are putt~.ng on a SJ?iri t of Christmas parade in cooperation with the Goodfelloi::s San:.8. cJm:s Club. There will be between thirty and forty floats as W'.-:>J l c.s a nurr:·ber of bands in the parade, and santa Claus will ride on a float o:f 5.ce. This w:i.J.l be a beautiful parade, and a.11 scouts and scout Iieo.d';;rs e.re imr:i. ted to see it • .ADDITION.AL ENROLkMENT: Chief West has requested every scout Troop in the United States to add two new members to its roll before January 1st, 1929" Le tr s all live up to this wish of the "Chief", as it will be a great compliment to him, as well as being a good turn to the new boys who are given the pleasures of scoutingo CHRISTMAS CARDS: National Headquarters has a splendid selection of Christmas cards for scout Leaders and scouts. Samples ar~ on display in Scout Headquarters, and we suggest that orders be placed as early as possible for these cards. 1929 DI.ARIES: A good supply of diaries for next year has been received, and they are a big improvement over last year's edition. They are fifteen cents for single copies, and fourteen cents in lots of ten to one hundred. / ------··· .-........ - . ' ... -··---·-·-·---··-... ·-·····---·-· Vol. 2, No. 19. NOV. 27, 1928. LAST CALL: There are still some troops who have not advised Headquarters as to whether or not they inte~d to donate to the fund for sir.Robert ]aden Powell. Troops which have not donated or who do not care to donate will help us greatly if they will notify us as to their intentions not later than December 5th. S~TA CLAUS PARADE: The santa Claus Paradet which is sponsored by the commercial Appeal and which will take place on saturday, December 8th, at 10:30 A· M., will doubtless be one of the biggest parades ever staged in Memphis,. Troops who participate, and we hope that all v1ill, have a chance to win some mighty find prizes and all troops are urged to be present on Saturday morning not later than 10:00 on Calhoun, west of Main, and near the Grand central Station. The winning troop will be presented with four pup tents, and the troop which is judged second best will be given two pup tents. Letts have a big turn-outJ AVIATION: BOYS' LIFE for December has a new Department on Aviation which is uncrer the direction of Major Augustus post, who for many years has been Merit Badge ,Advisor to the National Council on this subject. Thia is an especially fine department, and under ,'Major Post 1 s direction we can look forward to not only some splendid articles but stories as well. one of the first stories is Orville wright's account of how he and his brother learned to fly. WANTED: Mr. R· H. Allen, in the main office of Clarence Saunders, 461 s. Front, requires the services of a sixteen year old boy who has had scout training. This will be a full time position with good prospects for advancement, and any boys interested please get in touch with Mr. Allen at once. TH:E COURT OF HONOR: The next meeting of the court of Honor will be held in thech,;;ber of conmerce :suilding at 7 ;30 p. M. on saturday, December lst. scouts who have failed to appear before courts of Honor in the past several months and who have applications in the office for places on the docket, will please come in or call in and re-register these applications so that they may be put in their proper places on the docket. Applications which are over one month old will not be placed on the dock-w et unless they are re-registered, so please attend to this · immediately. · 1 ~ . ~ ~ ~~· VOL 2, No .. 200 Dec. 5, 1928. §.QQ._~:,!DERS.:_~:wf.JJ:'ill_.f1~: The regular monthly meeUng of the scout Leaders' Round Ta.ble will be held in a private dining room on the mezzanine floor of the El·KS .CLU:B at 6:30 p. M. on Monday, Decemner 10th. Wfl would like to have a full~~i'ttendance at this meeting to discuss whether or not we shall1 continue to meet at the Elks club and there are also a number of things to come up for discussion which will be of much interest. The dinner will cost $.65 at the Elks club, and at this mseting it will be decided whether or not we continue to have a sixty-fi.ve cent dinner or return to the old fifty cent pri.ce. At this meeting the certificates for the graduates Of the last scout Leaders! Training school will he presented, and we look for a large attendance of scout Leaders to welcome and congratulate the men who have just completed this course of tr~ining. KA_LY.AJQ:MA: There is a considerable amount of work being done to improve Kamp Kia Kima. The roofs of all of the buildings, with the exception of the mess hall, are being painted green, ~d we do not expect any leak;y roofs next year. A new hospital, located between the Salomon Lodge and.the old hospital, is in course of construction and before camp opens we expect to have one of the finest hospital buildings as well as the best equipment of any scout camp in the region. It is also planned to build a tennis court· at camp if sufficient funds are available. CAMP CURRIER COJ;JTE~: The Camp currier contest was a splendid success, and the race for first place was very close~ Troop 34 winning, with Troop 40 sec-· ond, and Troop 1 third. we want to congratulate the winning troop and also the other troops who made such excellent showings during the two months. SANTA CLAUS PARADE: This event promises to be one of the finest parades ever held in Memphis, and a number of troops have made considerable preparation for it, as the prizes are certainly worth a grent deal of effort. Let's have a big turnout on Saturday, the 8th, not later than 10:00 at Calhoun and Main streets. Vol. 2, NO. 21. December 17, 1928. CHRISTMA.S GOOD TIJRN The Goodfellows have requeeted 0U:-r·cc0.u.ts to do their usual Good TU.l'n in d.elivering toys and baskets of food to the poor people of Memphis. This is a very worthy enterprise and our scouts are always rBady to help out. plans have been me.de by the Goodfellows to help other p~ople this Christmas, and we are glad of the opportunity of helping. Each troop :ls requested to have two large boys at the Goodfellows Santa Claus Club, 263 Madison Avenue, at 8:00 A. M· Sunday, Dec. 23rd. Also, to have three large boys present at 7:00 A· M. Monday, Dec. 24th. Each troop is requested to furnish the largest boys they have both times. Each scout should eat breakfast before reporting at the Goodfellows Club. Mr. Jackson says it will only take four or five hours to complete this work if we will have our scouts there on time. Let's be promptJ OONSERV .ATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES 'I'he Nineteenth Cent~ry Club-;-through-Mrs. A. R~_ Hudson. Chairman of the COniilervation Department, has requested all scouts to help save the forests from destruction, especially the evergreens and holly at Christmas. Let's help this worthy cause and try to save the treeo ,for if u the nation saves the trees, the trees will save the nation". The Memphis Electric League has offered $50.00 in prizes for the best decorated living tree out-of-doors. .A;J.y troop interested in competing for these prizes, please notify Mrs. A~ R. Hudson, care the Nineteenth century Club. COURT OF HONOR The next court of Honor will be held Saturday, December 29th, at 7 :30 p. M. on the third floor of the Chamber ··of commerce :Building. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1928 Title A name given to the resource 1928 Chickasaw Council <em>Council Fire</em> Newsletters Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Chickasaw Council, BSA Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Duane Klink & Chuck Schadrack Bullywumpus Camp Currier Chickasaw Council Newsletter Kia Kima Newsletter https://www.kiakimamuseum.org/files/original/6a10e041786043f73068655ce788831e.pdf b059b6c690fafcb90878e92c5665f64e PDF Text Text CHICKJ\,SA\i\T COUT~CIL E>. 5.A, Dear scout Leader:Dr. James E. ·West, Chief scout Executive of the Boy scouts of America, will be the guest of the scouts and Scout Leaders of Chickasaw council at a mass meeting to be held in the ~uditorium at central High school at 8:15 P.M• on Tuesday, January 29th. All scouts and scout Leaders, as well as all boys in the Council Area, are cordially invited to attend. The Rota~~ 'Boys I ]and ~ill furnish music ond there will be.a splendid program which will be of interest to all. A number of scouts will receive their Eagle Badges from Chief West end I hope you will urge all of the members of yo~r troop to be present cordially yours, JI. Jirncl;c-1V Ill~ W. Gordon Morris Scout Executive �Vol. 2, No. 23. **** Februfll'y 6, 1929. TUN'E IN: On Saturday, February 9th, fron 8 to 9 p. M. station WNJ3R will Broad;ast a scout progran through tho courtosy of Mr. Edward M. salonon:, Vice-president of Chickasarr Council. Coru:'lissi oner Ross A. Mathews Hill be tho announcer, and several scouts froo various troops will be on the prograrl. Thero arc a lot of interesting things to be broadcast, and all sco~ts and scout Lenders are urged to tune up the old radio sot and listen in, especially as souo ir.lportant announcencnts will be n'.ldc. INTER-TROOP RALLIES: No.xt attached please find the rules and regulations for tho inter-troop rallies, which have been dra'7Il. up by a cor.:irlittee cor:iposod of Mr. Roger Stanley, scoutr:iaster Troop 19, who uith Engle Scout Garald Capers originated tho idoa, cor:nissioncr Ross A· Matheus, and Gordon Morris. Please not0 that nll rallies ·::mst be coqpleted on or before tho dates specified at tho top of tho chart, shoning vlh.ich troops have been drawn for the first and second rounds. The rules covering th0so rallies are as cor.lplctc as \713 can nake thcr1, but, in case thero is S0L10 r.1isundorsto.nding, plonsv got in touch With Cornissionor Ross A· Ma.thews, who will straighten out o.ny details which arc not understood, This is cxpoctod to bo one of tho finest events the council has had for a long ti1.:.0, ~md it will be splendid training for the council rally which will take plo.co tho oo_rly part of May. \NofHr;iJ:AMBORElE: All scouts uho arc intoroGtod ii.1 going to tho Jonboreo to be held in E11gland in July and August are roqucstod to turn in their nnnes to Hendquartors at the earliest possiqlo date. SPEAKERS: Any troop desiring a. speaker on a. special subject can secure srn::e by "colling Heo.dquo.rters not later than 11:00 on Monday norning preceding the troop :~1ooting, as cocr.'lissionor Mnthovvs has pronised to secure these speakers to visit the troops which request th:oo. This is a fine opportunity to get souo ronl help, rut the applications r.mst be in early in order to do this. TROOP NEWS! It is difficult to got nei.-vs into tho scout pross-Sci1:-i.itar unless tho nows is received in Hendquo.rters on 1[onda.ys, so it will be of nuch help if nll troops will hnvo their scribes or reporters furnish us with this nows prorlptly. �vol. 2, No. 24. February 12,1929, SCOUT LEJIDERS 1 ROUJ;JD TABLE: The next meeting will be held on TUESDAY, February 19th at 6:30 P~Li. at the East End Christian Church, corner peabody and McLean. It was necessary to change the meeting from Monday night to Tuesday night in order to have Mr. Gunner H. :Se!"g with us. It is expected that this will be one of the largest and best meetings we have ever had, and it will be of much help if all scout Leaders will return the enclosed post card just as soon as possible, so that preparations may be made for this meeting, MEMPHIS: AS a part of the new official equipment, the word, 11 ~1Iemphis", will be carried on scout sleeves above the troop numeral. A sample of the neu equipment is on display in Headquarters, and troops wishing to order please advise. This equipment \Till not be available for about three weeks, and will cost 15¢. TRAINING SCHOOL: Tho Training school for scout Loaders will begin on Thursday, February 21st, and will continue meeting each Thursday night for six weeks. Tho course will bu a oinimum course of tho Five-Year Training Program and all scouti.1astors, assistant scoutmasters, Troop oamr.1ittecmon, and oth0rs nho are interested in taking this training arc cordially invited to attend, Tho place of m00ting will be anaouncod next woek. COURT OF nONOR: The Court of Honor will be hold Friday night, February 15th at 7 ;30 p. !A. in scout Headquarters, �Vol. 2, No. 26. · March 5, 19.29. RE$...l[L':('.Q._Q_f__ f1.E.S~_RQJJ,ND_ OF INTER-TROOP RALLY TOURNAMENT: The following troops won rallies through forfeit: Trooi;s l, _54, 34, and 45, The following troops held Inter-Troop rallies Friday, March 2nd: Troop i3 defeated Troop 23 Troop 3 defeated Troop 47 Troop 32 defeated Troop 2? Troop 4 defeated Troop 40. SECOND ROUND: The following troops will meet on or before March 16th:Troop Troop TrOOp Troop Troop Tro0p Troop l vs 26 54 vs 50 49 Vs 34 10 vs 29 3 vs 14 45 vs 25 56 vs <G Troop Troop Troop Troop Troop Tr90-p 31 20 vs vs 33 36 32 vs 5 21 vs 13 9 vs .19 4 Vs 2 THIRD ROUND: - Troops ?., . 8, _and 1:1 advanced to.· the third round through byes. IMPORT.ANT: please notify H~adqu,arters as so.on as, possible of the time, place, and date· for 'rallieE? ··so that we may fu.;rnish r-ef-e•rees a.nii score sheets •.- These rallies Illd.st tak.e plac.e on or bef·ore:- March 16th on the second round. - If ·any of the troops repr~serited- abov.~ are. to forfeit, please let· us know as soon as· possible. MERIT-BADGES! At several courts of Honor held recently, scouts have appeared for merit ·badges who were riot prepared with any information. outside of the data recorded ·in the merit badge pa~hlet, conseqiiently a number of them have been refused· the, aw~rd. qf the merit badge · they ·a.esired~ please· read the following paragraph to your troop: "It would defeat one 'lf the purposes. of these Meri·t :Badge Te'sts • if ariy attempt- w-ere made in a pamphlet 0,f_ t;his. character to so completely cOV-er th~ _1'.'eguir_ements .~s to_ .rergo're the: necessity for the boy to U'.se his own ini tiat.ive ~nd sb.o·w his resourcefulness in seeking'.'s'ufffoiently comp'lete information and practical experience to enable him to successfully pass the test. The materiaJ in the:?e pamphlets therefore_ is pri::marily for the purpose · ·of giving a more· comprehensive knowledge of the subject covered by the Merit Badge,_ and a more detailed discussion of the various tests than woul<i be practical in the of:ficial handbook, rt �-2- is expected that in each case the scout who is seeking to prepare for a Merit Badge Test will ns>t only exhaust all of his opportunities for securing a complete book knowledge of the subject, but will avail himself of such opportunities as he can develop upon his own initiat::.·v-e among muri in his ·neighborhood or community wb.o are recognized frnthori ties on the subject in which the scout is seeking to pr0pal'·3 himself to pass the prescribed test. Experience shorrs that mon of this tYPc ·are usually glad to cooperate with boys ;:ho show an earnest interest in trying to perfect themselves to pass Merit :Badge Tests. n This paragraph is taken fro;':! the introduction i7hich is found in all Merit Badge pa~hlets. The court of Honor expects all scouts to live up to this paragraph, and all boys should "be prepared" before- coming before the court. THE .AFRICAN .ADVENTu:g$: Fitzhl.,lgh Green has written a very interesting story of the threa scouts who \7ent ·aith the Martin Johnsons to Africa. This story '17111 be found und~r the ti tlo of 11 The African Adventure" on page 12 of tho 11 Delineator 11 for March • .ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION: Through tho courtesy of 1·:r. Mark Eldredge, all scoutmasters, Assistont scoutmasters, and scoµt s e.rc cordially invited to attend the demonstration of the Schaeffer method of reEpiration, which will· be held by Mr. Willis FacLachlan o:f Toronto, Co.nada, in the service station of the Memphis Power & Light :Company at :Beale and Walnut streets at 8:00 p. M. on Tuesday, March 12th. This demonstr.~tion will be on the top floor and n numbur of 0xpert to21ns from the Memphis povwr & Light compeny will bo on h8nd to assist Hr. M~cLachlan. This is one of the finest opportuni tios to loorn one of the most important phases of scout first aid v1ork, ;::i:1d nll scouts rnd scout Leaders n.re urged to attend. �Mar. 20, 19?-9.. Dear scout Leader: At the regular monthly meeting of the Round Table at the East End Christian Church on Monday, March 18th, there was a discussion as to securing transportation from Memphis to Camp currier, and it was decided that a truck, .owned and operated by the council, would be the most feasible means of providing this transportation and by so doing open up Camp currier for use by more troops and more boys. It will cost $250.00 for a second hand ton and a half Federal truck in good condition. Licenses, insurance fees, constructing seats, and other items necessary to operate this truck, will make the total cost approximately $400.00. As no funds are available from the Memphis commun1ty Fund for this amount, it was decided that each troop in the council should pay its pro rata of $10. 00 towards the purchase of the truck and its equipm·ent. EY this means, it will not cost any troop very much, bit all troops will be afforded the opportunity of using the truck and going to camp as often as they like. It will be necessary to charge for the use of the truck, and. this charge will be as low as possible. To stert with, the fare from Memphis to camp currier ond return will be 25¢ per person, and, if this amount proves adequate for the running expenses of the truck, this price will be maintained. HOwever, should thi·s fo.re prove inadequate to operate the truck, it will be necessc:.ry to rr.ise the fare from 25¢ to 50¢. It is not expected tho.t any money will be mnde in the operntion of the truck, and the only charge will be for upkeep on it. At the Rou..~d Table a number of troops were represented, and Troop 1 donated $15.00 for the truck and ·the following troops donated $10.00 each: Troop 3, 5, 7, 10~ 13, 14, 16, 20, 29, 32, 33, 34, 45, 47, 54, and elso iVir. H· R· Schwartzkopf donated $10. 00 for the Lions Club Troop which is in process of organization. Troops Hho have not already paid are requested to help this good work along end to send in their pro rata of the cost of the truck at the earliest possible date in order thnt the truck may be paid far and put in service just as soon as possible. The sooner we have the money in Headquarters the sooner the truck will be ~vailable, and as good weather is coming on this should afford many troops an opportunity to go to camp currier who would otherwise not be able to go. please let us hear from you at your eerliest convenience. With best wishes, I ai-:1, cordially yours, Scout Executive. �---, 0 I... r·\I j L"" IL-JIrd ) Vol. 2, No. 27. ·. Jl7'1 i,"'.""V'\(~A.'. ! i rv, __.I_. J-··-ll. i:.:::l.J \.~:.:::;:'.> March 11, 1929. INVITATION: Skipper En.cs T. }'..?ir of the f!OoC. ship "DEC.ATUR 11 extends a--cordial invi tc;. Gion to a.:!.l scout8 over 15 yenrs of age to visit the shipr s hearlqu.etr·(:e:rs Dt 170 S· coo:p8r street on any Thursc.lay night. The sea scouts Dre ah:ays glc1d co have visitors at their meetings, and this is a fine O?portuni. ty for older scouts to learn something aoout sea scouting. I1'TTER-·TROOP RM.I1rES: A nur.1bor of tr·oops are vmrking hard in preparat{cn fo;the so·::ond rour..d, v7llich nill be completed by next saturda,y, the 16th. Troops 9 Emd 19 hove already had thei.r second round rally, vri th Troop 19 comlng out on the long end of tho score. ~f.l:TIFICIATJ B.~§.?I~l"-'-TICJl\I: The demonstration of this important part of first aid work '... i.ll be hoJ.d in the scrv:i.ce station of tl10 Memphis power & Light oor.rpa:-iy, :BcnJ.o and WciJ..nut streets, at 8;00 p. M. on Tuesday 1 the 12th, r:nd nJl scoutm.l:.'sters, .A.ssi.stant Scoutmastors, Troop COllli:!i ttoemen ."nd. s~:o 1J.ts 8.I'.'3 UI'f.;cd to D°'.;tc::«.0.. Mr. Willis Mactachlan of Toronto, Cetnad::1, :lB ",_-,~t'i.or1 :i.;_}y k:n::i1r~1 cxpe:,·t :i.'1 tt.is wor1!: nnd. this is a fir.re chance to leo.rn the fine poirts about artificial respiration. JAM_,,'130R:?~~ All scoutcaste,'.'2 c:i.re reauestei t.o ur,t;.o scouts rrho are fina...11cially ablo to pay their ;:>vrn W8Y to tho Jamboree, to turn in their ncr.ies to Headqrnwt e:cs,, KA~it_KI~ KDO. JiO.§J(J'.fi..T.;~ Tho nm-, ho:~pitcil Ctt Kin Ki1'1a has been completed ··:ith the oxcoptior. of tLo d.c'.)rs. J 1l-iis st0ne b1.::.ild.i.ng is locnted be ... tween the Kawp Headquar tors nnd tho old. ho2pi tal and is a sp1endid addition. to lf]ij[lg'los nos -;;r:. COURT OF EOltOR: A neotbg of tho court of Honor v7ill be held on Saturday, M.'.:trch 16th, at 7 :30 p. M. ir. scout Headquarters, 306 and 307 Bfmkers ]3U.ilding, 71 MDdison A.venue. �Vol. 2, NO. 28. IN'J'ER -T~OOP Rk:LIJIES: follo11s: Mar. 20, 1929., Results of the last intor-troop rollies Troop Troop Troop Troo:i;i Troop Troop Troop Troop Troop T:coo:.;i nro ns 25 defeated Troop 45 6 defeated Troop 56 32 dtefeated Troop 5 13 defeated Troop 21 54 d.ofoo.ted Troop 50 3 defeated Troop 14 10 dofented Troop 29 20 defeated Troop 36 34 '\7011 by forfoi t 4 ""-:o~~. b;v fo1·foi t. Th.ere hos been sm.>o ciiscussion D.s to the Inter-Troop rules :rogard.ing u;.1iforL:, n:1d it hns bt1en dociclod that R· o. T. c. breeches ore not official scout unifor'-' and will count ngei::st tho troop nenri:cg thoL1 . .Also, in the rules rogardj.no; 01Grndy, tho 01::.ly the nui::bers11 is llhnnd snJ.ir~o by the nur.:bors". cor.1~1nad to be ,given "by UNCLE D.AN BE. ~RD: . Our Natio.~o.l scout co•~:::::issio:1er is on .the screcr: nt pcn:tc:c;::es Theater this 1:oek ir. the pnthe Nev7s Roel. This is m1 opprrtuni ty for scouts <:::1d scout Londo rs to hear unclD D2Il ir. ['. II tnlkioll. COffiJCIL-'vVIDE RALJJY; cor:.:·.:issio:wr Ross A· Mnthm7s r:nd scoutur:sters :Ben coffey;-:Ed.nh1 :D.oYstro:...1, nnd H0\7nrd. pritchnrd hnvo beer: appointed to cln:r\7 up th0 rules for tho "Big Rnllyit which will be hold. in Mny. P.hl'ER ROU'I·E~: Qr.e of the locpl papers is interested ir: hrvir:,:; scouts carry papers for the:.~, n:.1d m1y 'boys L.terosted ccx.1 ~et full infor:JD.ticn by callirJ.g lliii,ss WordEm at HOadqunrters. �FI~E Vol 2, NO. 30 A.pr i l 3, 1S2S, SCOUT LE.&>.DERS' ROUND T.iBLE: Tb,e reguler ;::onthly· neeting of the scout L-ec::ders·1 Round T.0 ble · ill be held in East End Christian Church c:t 6:;;;.o P.l. 021 iviondcty, i~pril 15th. This uill be c very ir:.portru1t neetbg, cs tule.s for the Q;juncil-rride rrlly to be held ecrly il'l M.:.·y Y:'ill bu adopted c.t this nceting, Tho Co•~;1.d. ttu~, co;.;posed of ;.;r. Ross ~::.the·;:s, Mr. Ho'."inrd Pritch2rd, ~1ir. Ben Cof;fvy, rnd 1.-,r, Edrrir.. D.~lstro•~l, ·,;ill hove the proposed rules rendy to be decided or. .!'.!t thi.s r.1eotir.g. It is very i::~ortcnt thot oo.ch troop be represented, end, if possiblu, ..-10 ·;1ould likt:; to have tho Chairl:1m-:. of the Troop 001.::::,ittec rnd the sc0, ..~t,~ostor botn present. If neither of these gm:.. tluco;·. cc.n be prosont, ~ye i7ill appreciate tho Ch['irL!Pr. of thu Co«.Littco l".ppointii:f; s.or.e other r1eLbcr of his co;·r:~ittee to reproso:1t tht; troop ..,t ttis :.·,o"ting.Thv body hr·s b.;1,;1: coqpleted on our truck, r.:nd •;ro ':'.ro pror.li s;;d delivery of it on Tl'lursdcy of this \!eok. :Begi~H•ing Frid['y, .1:;.pril 12th, this lbus Y1ill. tu '.'V'1ibblc for uso by troops, end those •:.·ho con to: :plr.te goi:1g to Co. p Currier nre requested to put ir. thdr n.pplicntio:: for th0 use of this truck. TRUCK: so;;e troops hr VO not r:s yet tur~ied in their pro rrtn of ~10. 00 :for the purchnso of this truck, ;;x:.d -~·e •7ill rpprocieto it very ;.uch if thoso troops y1hich h['VO not done so Yrill r.:eke .::i specL'l effort to send t:-,is :--oney in by soturdr1y, .April 13th. 1 QCURT OF HONOR The court of hm:or vlill be hold in council Hc,-:dqunrtors '."t 7:30 1'.r1i. OL FridD.y, April 5th. �l~IRoE .April 10, 1929. No. 2, Vol. 31. SCOUT LEADERS' ROUND TABLE: The next Round Table will be held at East End Christian Church at 6:30 p. M. on Monday, April 15th • .As some very important business is coming up, especially in connection with the rules for the council-wide rally to be held early in 1viay, it is requested that every troop be represented at this meeting by the scoutmaster and Chairman of the Troop committee. If either of these gentlemen are not able to be present, please have someone else, preferably a member of the troop committee or an .Assistant Scoutmaster, to represent the troop at this meeting. Mr. Gray promises another of his famous meals, and there is no doubt blit that we will havo a splendid and enjoyable meeting. EVERY TROOP REPRESE~r_~ J PINEY WOODS: Reports have come to Headquarters that some pe:rson, or persons, have been cutting the trees in Piney Woods with knives and axes. All Scouts are requested to be,on the lookout for this abus:e whenever they are in Piney woods and to endoa.vor to stop anyone who is abusing the woods by asking them to desist when they nre found dnmc:i.ging the trees. It may be that some scouts have thoughtlessly damaged some of the trees. Let's protect the trees in P5.ney Woods as well as in Camp currier. TRUC~: Mr. P • .A· Clayton, scoutmaster of Troop 32, has donated a jack and a number of tools for use on the truck, as well as some side curtains. This is a splendid donation nnd is of much holp. Next attaqhed please find rules governing the use of the truck. Applications for the Ja~boree will not be accepted after April 15th, so all boys who are interested in going on this trip are urged to apply by this time. ~M;fillREE: COURT OF HONOR: A meeting of the Court of Honor will be held Saturday, April 13th, at 7 :30 p. M. at council Headquarters, 306 Bankers Building. �No. 2, vol. 32. / April 17, 1929. COUNCIL-WIDE RALLY: At the scout Leaders' Round Table last Monday nigh:tt, it was decided that the rules as drawn up by the COi!.T.littee should be used in the Rally which will be held in Overton Park on Saturday, ~'tiay 11th, beginning at 9:00 A.M. Next attached is a copy of the rules. The exact place in the Park at which the Rally will be held will be annou.~ced in the near future. It was decided that a camp Jamboree will be held at Cd.mp currier on snturday, June 8th. .The det.'.:dls df this have not been cor:ipilieted. Full inforDation vlill be sent out within the next ten days. SPECIALIZATION COURSES FOR SCOUT.lViASTERS; A course in :Bird study is being outlined by Scoutr:iaster Ben Coffey cf Troop l. !t will be credited toward the award of the scouti:1aster's Key and will require fror.1 one to two field trips a oonth and one indoor study period a oonth for a period of twelve oonths. Five will be the lir.1it accepted for the course; those interested please get in touch '17ith Mr. Coffey, 1 ph~ne 6-2141. Sinilarly a course in Astronooy can be arranged. NATURE STUDY AND SWIM: the 26th. The April swin at the Y.M.o.A. will be held Friday night, INTER-.!RROOP RALLY TOURNaMENT: The TOU.rnar-.ent has reached tho seni-finals with Troop 3 neeting Troop 54 and Troop 19 r.:eeting Troop 32. The results of the quarter-finals were as follows: Troop 54 defeated Troop 10 Troop 3 defeated Troop 25 Troop 32 defeated Troop 20 Troop 19 defeated Troop 7. TRUCK: bills. There is still space in the exchequer for several troops to put Nuf sed. $10~00 IUl..Mf....JSJa KU.iA: The car.1_ping season draws nigh, and tne Hurgett to got out-of-doors is growing stronger and stronger. Headquarters is. receiving applications for K.K.K·, and scouts should register as early as possible, as a full car~ is expected all sur.n:1er. District cm:ir.U.ssioner Willard E. Hays will be the II Chief"' with Joe Dalstroi:1 as Assistant Director.· jir.K:y and Johnny Hughes nnd Ji1:iny Wilson will be the Tribe Leaders; Franklin Kii:.:brough vrill be ~rterr.1aster; Jack TUrner will be Mess sergeant; Ed. Dalstron will have charge of the water-front; J. D· Evans will be Ca[lp Doctor with Ed Peete as his Assistant; Russell Perry will be Cashier; and Maurice :Butler will be Director of Drar.1atios and Canp Fire Entertaini::ent. This is one of the best staffs in the history of the co.up and a wonderful season is assure~• �THE No. 2, vol. 34. couN Cl L, FI~E C~1ck-q SqvJ Co\.j~cl L £. 5. "' . May 1, 1929. INTER.;,TROOP RALLY TOURNAMENT: The final rally in the 'Jro!IJ:rnamen t was held in the service Building of the Memphis Power & Light Company last Friday night, and it was one of the best events in the history of Memphis Scouting. There was a large and enthusiastic crowd to watch Troop 3 and Troop 19 when these two troops met to.decide the champions of the tournamunt. EOth troops had 100 percent attendance, Troop 3 having 32 boys and Troop 19 having 22 boys pres8n t. The troops wore so evenly matched and there was so littlo to choose between them that it was not known until tho end of tho rally r1hich troop had won, but on the final chock-up by the Judges Troop 19 had 32 points and Troop 3 had 31, so Troop 19 was the winner by a single point. Thero was a splendid spirit of Scouting throughout the rally, and both troops arc to b0 congratulated for their excellent ;1ork in all of the events~ When the results were announced, Troop 19 was awarded a blue pennant with 11hi to letters as Champions of tho tournament, while Troop 3 v1as awarded a red. pennant with vmi te letters as Runner-up. Noxt yeo:r it is planned to have another tournament, as this one hc.s aroused more interest Dnd enthusic.sm than any event during the past several years. SWEATER: After the rally last Friday night a black sweater was turned in to ·the scout Executive, and is now nt Headquarters. owner will please call for same. COUNCIL-WIDE RALLY: In tho rul0s covering the Council-Wide Rnlly to be held on May 11th, it states in the 11 0rder of EVe!1ts 11 thet "Forestry, Fire J3Uilding. and Water Boiling, and Knot Tying nro to be patrol events". As there are ten boys to participate in Forestry, this monns thnt ton boys arc to present themselves as a patrol '.7hen they arc ready to participt~te in tho event, but these ten boys cnn be selected from the entire troop; in other words, it is not con tompleted tha.t four of five boys should try to take Forestry nnd than at some later time tho balruice of the ten boys to come to the Judges for Forestry, but that all of the ton boys shall present themselves et the same time for this event. Also, in the Fire by Friction, the rules show one teaJn of two scouts from each troop. Therefore, tho "Order of Events" is in error in callmg this a patrol event, as only two boys from each troop will participate. scouts 18 years of age and over are not permitted to participate in this rally, as the seme ruling governs the Council-Wide Rally as governed the Inter-Troop Rnlly Tournament. MERIT J3.ADGES: Troop 40 is working very hnrd on Merit :Badges, and 14 Scouts from this troop were awarded 26 Merit :Badges at the court of Honor last Friday. Fine i;rorkJ scoutmaster Joe Austin says his troop is going to tci.ke more badges then aey troop in town during 1929. �-2TINDER: Troops o.ro roquosted to carry nll tinder for firG building, both by flint and steel a.nd firo by friction, in a tin con ond to plnco it back in the cnn : nftor the ti11dor is used. This is mcroly mentioned ns a safety prccauti~n, as when boys do not use tho cons there is Q oho.nee thot a spark might still be in th:: tinder c.nd ignite, causing dampge uhe~ lenst expected. KAMP KIA KilliA: The Kamp Kin Kiron cutalogue ho.s been mailed to the parents of {ill Scouts in tho Council, nnd they should all h['.VO. been received by this tirJe. If anyone did not get a cntnlogue, please let us 1'::no71 r>nd we will be glnd to send another. A number of boys h~ve regfstered for crimp, and it looks as if we \7ill have n full caJ;1p throughout the summer. scoutmasters c.ro nequested to ask their boys to register as early as pos~iblo, so that we oay reserve a :place for tho boys at the tine they desire to go. �Tl-tE couN Cl L Fl FGE C ~1 cl<q5qv} Co41c1 l _66 '5. '\o Vol. 2, No. 35. May 8, 1929. COUNCIL-WIDE RALLY: The rally mll be held in the picnic grounds near T!here the wall no11 is, beginning at 9: 00 sharp on Saturday morning, May 11th. .All troops are requested to be at the picnic grounds not later than B:OO Saturday morning, so that preparations may be made and the rally may start promptly. It is expected that the rally will be run off like clock work judging from the splendid performances of the troops in the Inter-Troop Rally Tournament, and, if everybody will 11 lenG\, a hand", there will be a lot more snap in the rally and everyone '.-rill enjoy it just that much more. There will be a sign with your troop number on it, designating the place where one pup tent is to be pitchodf and all troops arc requested to keep their equipment in this tent as this uill facilitate the hnndling of equipment and will also keep tho grounds in better order. For INSPECTION each troop ';Jill lino up in troop front, the tallest boy in tho troop bciag immediately opposite tho tent, and the troop being at right angles to the line of tents and fac1I I t t 111 t ing north. like the illustration. In KNOT TYING the ropes will be placed on a polo in front of the judge 20 feet from the starting lino, and attention is particularly called to the rules which specify that all knots must be tied in a practical way. There will be plenty of ropes, nnd knots which require the use of two ropes, like tho Fisherman's Knot, each scout ·will be expected to use tr10 ropes in tying. Hitches ';'l'ill be the only knots required to be tied on the poles. In case of ties in ai~r cv0nt, the two teams or troops will both be a~ warded the same number of points. In MORSE .tiND SEi.'i&'HORE SIGNALING, the Council 11ill furnish the paper ol* wh,~.~· th~ i;u,e$$ages are to be 11ri tten, m1d eo.ch scoutrnaster is requestf.;d to ask al.I b.f his signalii1g te,~ms to be sure to place their i1rmes and troop number on the papers, so that there will be no doubt o.s to -:1ho received o.nd sent the message;, Official Fire ]Uildin,"~ siats arc on snl'e at Headqunrtors at $1. 00 each. N > lllllltlt > Each Scout is cautioned to brilv~ his lunch, ns there will bo a halfhour iunch period. from 12: 6'0 to 12::'30. . The Council is indebted to scoutmaster Joe Flanagon and the boys of Troop 3 who have repaired the wall for the wALL SCALING event as a troop good turh.. This is expected to be one of the finest rallies in the history of the council, and everyone is Gxpocted to have a big time in doing some real scouting. MOSQUITO CONTROL: On Saturday, May 18th, the scouts of Mer:-rphis have been asked to co-operate v-rith the City Health Department in distributing about 50,000, cards giving il'lstructions on r.1osqui to con t.rol. Each Scoutmaster in the city will be sent full information regarding this work ;;:hich will 'be one of the finest things �( 11 The council Fireu continued) that our scouts con do, as by helping to elininatc nosquitoos wo arc helping to i:iake our city better and hoalthier. Full information r;ill be sent to all scoutL>astors early next week• .1.1.ll that is needed is for every scout to turn out in this, tho b:l.ga;est good turn the scouts have done this year. If. everyone helps, it 11ill tnke but a vory short til::e to distribute these cards, as it is not con tee.plated that any scout V1ill have Doro the.in 200 of then nnd thoso should bo distributed in a very short while. ¥EW TR_OOP P.AFEP&: Troop l is beginnini;'.; to issue a troop po.per known as 11 The standaI'd 3ecre:r·ll, and thr;;y hr.i:ve certainly printed a. live pu:blication. It gtves pat:rol reports from the vnrious patrol leaders, has n.n editorial, lots of troop ne11s, and the troop report for the month of .April. congratulo.t:!.ons, Troop l! Troop 34 is Eilso putting out a fine new troop pE1per knoi;m as 11 2.i.he Pathfinder". They have a lot of patrol neviS as well as troop news, and also some real jokes. congratulations, Troop 341 The enclosed announcement has been sent to all of the scouts in }£emphis regn,rding an essay on tho "Official Boy scout Uhiformll, and nll boys are invi ted to enter the contest. ESSAY: KA.Ml? KIA KIIv..A: Registrations for 11 Ee.glei? Nest 11 are corning in regularly. Jo.mes Fitchett of Troop 19 hns signed up for the entire ten weeks ond 11 Budll English of Troop 45 is going to stny nine weeks. It ts going to be a wonderful co.mp this year, ond every Scout should try to go for at least two weeks and tc.ke ~d­ vantage of the opportunity of living in one of the best scout camps in JIJllericn. C 0 U N C I L - WI D E RALLY PI ClJI C GROUNDS OVERTON PARK St arts 9 : 00 a. M. SATURDAY, NJ.AY 11th, 1929. �THE. couNcrL FIFSE C~1cKq5a\I\/ . Vol, 2, No. 36, Cou·qc1 L .B~ s. I\· I May 14, 1929, ROUND T.A:BLE: The regular monthly meeting of the Round Table will be held at the East End Christian Church, corner Peabody and McLean, at 6:30 P. M. on Monday, .May 20th. Mr. Walter Gray says that he will have one of the best m3aJ.s that he has ever served, and that is covering lots of territory. For the past three weeks Mr. Gray has been out of town and he has had his eyes open for some real food for the Round Table. If you want to see the results of his trip, be there at 6:30 next Monday. NEW MERIT BADGE COillTSEI,OR: Dr. William H. Brandon, 1024 Madison Avenue, is now a counselor for First Aid and Personal Health, and we welcome him into Chickasaw council, Dr. Brandon is in the same building with Dr. w. R. Blue, who is also a Merit Badge counselor, and these two gentlemen will be glad to assist scouts and troops in any way that they can. We arc indebted to Dr. Blue for getting Dr. Brandon into scouting. CAMP CURRIER RULES: At the meeting of the Executive Board of the Council on May 9th, rules for the use of the Camp Currier headquarters were adopted, and a copy of these rules is enclosed. nyu SWIM: Owing to the tremendous numiber of scouts who desire to use the "Y'' pool, it will be n~cessary for troops to make reservations in the future when they want to swim. Those troops who desire to swim on Friday night, May 24th, will please call the Boys' Division of the y. ~£. c. A•, 6-5074, rend make reservation. '1he first hundred scouts to reserve a place will be accepted. Troops who are unable to secure reservations on this night mny swim on Frid~y night, May 31st, if they will also call the uyu ond make reservo.tion. ·•· · :t)~ring June, July, and August the 11y11 expects to have a large number of swimmers, end· in order to prevent congestion the troops of 11Iemphis have been divided into two 'sections, Troops l to 19 inclusive will be expected to swim on the second ]'f'iday night in each month during Juno, July, and August, and Troops 20 to 56 incluoive will be expected to swim on the fourth Friday in ea.ch month. Troops \7ill not be expected to swim at the "Y" more thon once each month. Plense remember there is a five cent charge for soap and towels for each scout. COURT OF HONOR: A mooting of tho court of Honor will be held on Saturday, May 18th, at 7:30 p. M. in Council Headquarters, 306 Bankers Building. �-2- QOUNCIL-WIDE &i.LLY: '!ho rally held o.t Overton P::irk on last saturdny '\?as o:r..o of the snappiest nnd best rv1lios in tho history of tho Council. There ~ns so~o especially fine 11ork done by a nur.!bor of tho troops, D.nd the council is proud of the ronl scout tDuining they displayed. · ::Solov; arc tho points scored by tho V0rious troops: I ·-rwALL - -'Ssrdifi i°'t.Jii '.fJRSE PLACE TROOP INSPECTIO~sOALIN(. SI~TL ' • Tl · FI¥:ST FORES FIRF&:BLDG FIRE BY KNOT A TRY ~iUER :OOIL. :ERI GrIOJl TYING TOT.Ali ! j 1st 10 10 19 10 10 10 9 10 9 9 87 L ·~···· ~ 2nd 1- I 3 9 9 9-r 6 9 ! 9 10 9 5 75 10 8 7 6 66 7 57 ! 3rd 11 9 8 4th 14 10 6 5th 54 6 6th 32 5 7th l 8th i 6 6 7 3 8 10 7 8 8 7 9 1 6 8 63 2 7 7 7 7 5 5 3 48 8 2 3 4 6 10 2 8 2 45 5 10 6 5 6 10 6 l 44 9th ~ 7 7 4 4 6 8 3 10th 25 8 3 7 5 7 8 11th 4 7 4 7 8 12th 10 5 7 5 6 --·--· -- -- J I 2 3 42 38 10 36 4 23 ; J 13th 21 5 14th 36 2 ~5th 6th 13 3 23 2 17th 34 18th ---· 45 -- 5 . ··-~ . .. 1 2 2 7 l 20 4 7 15 6 4 6 7 - ··- - -- -- 14 9 5 - - - l 0 �TI-IE COUNCIL FIF1E C~icko..savJ CoUfjcil Vol. 2, No. 38. B . .5. \ May 29, 1929. KA.MP KIA Kl MA JAiv.J30REE: ·rhe big Jamboree in the in teres.t of Ka.II!P Kia Kima will l::e held at camp currier on saturlay, June 8th, and every Scout is urged to be there and to bring his parents and friencls~ The program will start at 3:00 on Saturday afternoon with a treasure hunt, and this will be something that all of the boys can look forward to and share in the fun. Through the courtesy of Mr. Edward M. ~alomon and Mr. William wolf of tho Now Bry•s, eight handsome prizes will be award~ ed to tho first eight boys who complete the treasure h;un t. !J:ihese prizes are well worth wo~king for, nnd will be a real treasure when found. We appreciate the splendid help of the,Now l3ry•s in donating tho prizes for this event. In aiidition to these, other prizes will be owarded to scouts who complete the treasure hunt, so there is a chance for tuonty-four boys to win prizes nnd this should e~uble every troop to win something. Judging from treasure bunts in the past, keen wits end good Scouting will be required to find the treasure, but, oh, what a joy when you do find tho treasure at the end of the troilJ After the treasure hunt there will be a picnic supper. Each scout is expected to bring his own food, and the parents of the scouts and guests aro also expected to bring their own picnic baskets of food. !J:ihe .Council will not furnish any food as wed o not know how many will be there, and it is thought that it would be much better to have every troop to Illllke its own arrangements for FOOD and TRANSPORTATION. Tho picnic supper will be eaten about 6:30, and at 7:30 there-will be. a huge council fire to which all porents, guests, and boys are oordinlly invited. There will be a number of stunts, songs, and a real gocd time for everybody around the c~ fire. Don't miss itJ In the event of rain on Saturday, the treasure hunt and program will bo :postponed to Monday at the same time. LET'S HAVE THE BIGGEST TURNOUT IN THE HISTORY OF CHICKASAW COUNCIL! TRUCK FEES: As it has been found impossible to operate on a break-even basis at 25¢ per round trip to Camp Currier, it hasfggon decided to raise the price to 50¢ per person per round trip, \7ith a minimum/of! $6.00. We regret that this is necessary, but the expense of running the truck is so groat that it cannot be avoided.· FIRST AID COURSE: . TWelvo attended the first session Tuesday night, and most were new scoutmsters. About four others will ...:ee present 7 :30 Thursday at the nyn for the second session which will be on ":Bandages 11 • This is a pitiable number considering the i~ortance of the course, .and the help it would be in troop adV:ancvaian8.; 1l1he .~ourse is the first of its kini for scoutmasters in Memphis, and it was expected that all of the old and experienced scout leaders would take it if at all po'ssible. An inforni.ation sheet is enclosed. Fees are $3. 00 for scoutmasters ond $1.50 for older scouts, payable within tho five weeks, and lvery small when averaged over tho 11 bootings. Got your older scout or scouts in on this; here's the chance to moko real experts or specialists. You will be one when you got a Red Cross certificate. It's inportant to start planning imoediately; be present Thursday night (May 30), and last chance will be next TU.esday night. •.· · Telephone for addi ticnal information. ;mNGLISH SCOUT KNIFE: Roger Stanley, scoutnaster of Troop 19, lost ~ English scout knife at the big rally held on Nay 11th at overton park. rt will be deeply apPreciated if Finder will br_ing the knife to Headquarters. SCOUTMASTEJRS ~T KAMP KIA KIMA: Scoutmasters, Assistant scoutmasters, and Kia Ki.ma veterans will nav t.hP. O<>m<:I """"":j ...... T,.~ - Tr~-- .._,_ ' ' • �- - - - r-<J v••"' .,.......,._, LJV!ll..L'l,.L. ~u J:\,J.a !\,1ma 'tnat 'tfie $COUtS pay, and not the misitors • rate. Therefore, the cost will be $9.00 for the :first week, and $8.50 for each_succeedine week. Scoutmasters and Assistant scoutmasters are urged to la.Y their plans to go to Kia Kima for at least one week this summer, and a special pro~am will be arranged for them in camp whenever they can go. $NiJ{]l VENOM .ANTITOXIN: A Camp currier and KDlllp Kia being bitten by a snake. use of this ·antitoxin, as supply of snake venom anti ~oxin has been secured for bo1h Kima, so that both comps are prepared in case of anyone Everyone is invited to ask the cainp directors about the it is a splendid thing to know in first aid. COURT OF HONOR: A meeting of the Court of Honor will be held on Friday, May 31st, at 7 :30 P. M. in council Headquarters, 306 Bankers :SU.ilding. ; . �THE COUNCIL FifGE C~ickasaW Cou~dL Vol. 2, No. 13·0 :5u \ 39~ KAMP KIA KHU\ J.AMEORRF.: June 4, 1929. The staff of Ks.mp Kia Kima had a meeting a fen nights ago ·&~;z;:-··-:RiiS"seJ.l peri:y-and-"Sloppy11 Eu.tler rre:ce a,:,)polnted a committee to arrange a program fo!' the big Jt.m·ooree rrhich w:i.11 be held at C8.r~ Currier on Saturday, June 8th. They have arranged a splendid program and one troop has volunteered to put on some :roal Indian dan.c:ing, so you can bo prepared to have a wonde:::-ful timo at the Treasure H-v..nt and at tho camp fire after the hunt. Tho advance p~:rt;y for Cnrr\P wore schedul,_ e<l to leave on satm·,lay, Ju.no 8th, but on account of the J'amboree they decided to stay over and go to cnmp on the fol1o~ing dczy- as they did not want to miss the s~lendid program which has been arranged. From all indications there will be a record crowd at C<'mp Currier .<;i.nd tho council 'bus will be a regulm- shuttle between Memphis and camp QL;Irior. both on FriQay and Saturday. There will be some s:plendid priz.es owarded to the winners of the Tro~surc in the Treasure Hunt, and owing to there being a number of these prizes there wi 11 be a fine choncc for a number of boys ·to VTin them. LET 1 S GQ,! LE'I'TER: Dr. L. M. Graves, $Upcrintend.ont of Health of the City of Memphis, hDs se"'ii"ttho folloning letter to the Executive: Mr~ W. Gordon Morris, Scout Executive, Boy Scouts of America, 71 Madison. Memphis, Tenn. Dear :Wi.r. Morris: I r1ish to take this opporcunity to express my personal appreciation for tho nonderful work nhich the Boy Sco-q.ts d:!.d on May 18th and May 25th in distributing to all tho hom0s in tl1.e city cards on maJ.nria and mosquito control \70rk. The interest which the bo:rs took in this work and the efficient way in ~hi ch they put it over are evidence of their trnining and their eagerness to render public service. The service ;mich they rendered was of great assistance to the Health Deportment end was a re~l service to the entire city. The interest ond cooperation of the public in the important question of malaria and mosquito control has "been m:oused to an extent that the control of breeding in the city sn0111 be a cor.:tparatively easy matter this year. We are receiving daily numbers of cards which contain valuable information and will assist the Health Departnent in its efforts to control mosquito breeding. I trust that our deep appreciation had a part in this work. r.iay be expressed to every boy who YoU!$'s very truly, L. M. Graves, M. D., Superintendent of Health. The Council is indeed proud of the work that the Scouts did in helpir:\g th:e o·i ty er. :for this was a· cor.ir:ru.ni ty good turn such as scouts are nlways glad to rend- • �KAMP IUA Kil\iLA! 'lhe advance pro;ty for Kar-1> Kia Kina consisting of nost of the staff and Assistant scoutr:ia.ster Charles :Brooks of Troop 21, Thornton Bryan of Troop 29, ]ob Ga.nble of Troop 11, Bob Walls of Troop 11, Henry Mitchell of Troop 21, and Mr. June Davidson, Assistant Car.~ Director of the St. Francis Valley Council Car:iJ at Jonesboro, Arkansas, will go to car.lJ on sunday oorning, .June 9th, in order to prepare the car1p for the scouts Vfho will coi::ie up on the opening day, Saturday, Ju.no 15th. Headquarters has been very busy,buying supplies for cenp during tho past uoe~ A fine array of food has already beon shipped to car.'!p, a canoe purchased, a largo ar.1ount of bows, arrous, .nnd other archery o0uipr::ent and tom1is oquipi::cnt have been purchased so that everything v.ill be ready for a big tii::e just as soon as CD.L!P opens on tho 15th. The new tennis court will doubtless furnish a great deal of fun to a large nunber of boys who arc interested in this splendid gane. Bill sneed has been working on this court for sor:;e tine, and it should be in excellent condition by the tir.1e cut'!p opens. Registrations are conir.g in right o.long, nnd all scouts who are h1terested in going to C'1IJ.P should sign up at once in order to secure resel'vation for the tir.:.e they ex.-pect to go to cor.1J?. All signs point to the best cnqping season in the history of Kin Ki1:-;a and everyone wlill undoubtedly have a wonderful tine. tICK LIST: IJ!his is to announce that ex-scout in:ior"J.ns Hopper who has been confined <o his bed for a mmber of r:ionths on account of a serious illness is now able to roceivo coLlJany and would ap1')reciate ony of the active scouts or forner scouts 9or:li.ng to see hio. Thor.:n.s Hopper, at ono tir.10, was one of the outstanding scouts qf Mer.1phis, ond his father, Mr. Lloyd Hopper, was Scoutr.10.ster for a nu.ober of years. KAME> KIA KIWiA JAMBOREE CAMP CURRIER, S.ATURD.A.Y, JUNE 6th. TREASURE HUNT STARTS .AT 3 P.M. SUPPER .AT 6:00 P.M. EVERYONE FURNISH 0Vv1~ FOOD JlND TruNSPORT.ATION C.k.MP FIRE .i-1.T 7:30 ?.M. ALL SCOUTS, SCOUT11·~STERS, .8.SSIS'WTT SCOUTMASTERS, TROOP COMMITrEElvEN, Pb.RENTS, AND FRIENDS INVITED. �T FIF6~ cryicka5o v-J Cou~ci 1 THE COUNCIL vol. 2, No. 41. E. 5. ~ Juno 19, 1929. COMPET!TIVE DRILL: Through tho courtesy of Mr. Mnrk Eldredge, of the Memphis power and Light company, all scouts nnd scoutmasters are cordially invited to attend tho annual compotitivo DTill botuoon toams of tho Poucr & Light compnny on tho Prone Pressure Method of RESuscit.ntion nhich uill be held at 7:30 p. M. on June 20th at the service :SUilding, ]ea.le D.nd. Wu1nut Streets. This is a splendid opportunity to get some real knoul~1ge on first aid problems. J\Al41:,_Ig_! Kl.MA: The Executive has just returned from Kump Kia Kima, having spent a week r1i th tho advance party in getting camp in good condition for the opening which occurred on Saturday, the 15th. Kamp is really in splendid condition, as the pier has been built o.nd a diving board uill be installed this ueek. Tho water is as lou as it was at ony timo last summer, and the swimning is simply fine. Kamp has 11 cnnoes, more than at uny other time in the history of the camp, and tho scouts are certainly enjoying using tljom. Tho tennis court has been completed with the exception of the back stop, and it will be tho source of much enjoyment to our Scouts throughout the summer. This is a sand and cley court, und is built in the open space back of the visitors' lodge only about 250 yards from headquarters, so that it will be swailable at all times withou.t the boys having to go to the athletic field for tennis. New screen doors have been installed on most of the lodges and the mess hall has been partially rescreoned ond put in fine condition. Ike l3askin is on the job as cook again for the 5th season and his old specialty of fried pies is of tremendous interest to all of the boys. who go to car.ip. The new hospital is open and has some splendid oquipr:ient, Mr. George Sheats of the Baptist HOS::?7~ tal having donated a splendid adjustable examination table which has boon greatly uoedod for a long tine. At tho first r.~ooting of the cou!l.cil scouts, held on last Saturday night, the now Chief of Kia Kinn, '\7illard Ho.ys, roid June Davidson, .Assistant Director of the Jonesboro onr.-p, were tnken into the council. The Kar.~ Enblen this year will not be a neckerchief, but uill be sonething that all of the boys have lont:; wonted to have. This will be announced in the near future, ond Scouts uho win it will be very proud to wear it. NEW TROOP:, The South Side Methodist Church, of which Dr. o. A· Marrs is Pastor, has organized a troop of scouts \7ith Mr. A.. J3. cooper as scoutr.la.ster, and Messrs. Clarence Ransoo nnd Alpha Cook as .Assistroits. Mr. R. L. ]ollinger is Chairoan of the Troop coi:nittoe, and Messrs. A. s. Rogers ond M. w. Dosley are oenbers of the cor:ni t tee. we are delighted to welcone this new troop into Chickasaw Council and to have the ten boys who registered as charter r.:ier.1bers to co:oe into Scouting. COURT OF. HONOR: The next nee ting of the Court of Honer will be held Friday, June 21st, at 7 :30 p. M. at scout Headquarters, 306 :Bankers :Building. �THE COUNCIL L'I~C C~icKaso-W CoUf]ciL Vol. 2, No. 42. D· s. . ~· June 24, 1929. I'\ f...1\1\ PH IS ) ( !.-----· ~.Hll':>i:. t ;"'-i 1· ' .' . _____ Nf..UtlRH,T \_ BLUE HOLi: Through the courtesy of Mrs. Frances H. woolen, scouts are permitted to camp at Blue Lake, or as it is probably known, Blue Hole, in Arkansas, which is 22 miles from the bridge. The above is a rough map of the route to go in order to reach this lake. As you will note, the route is over highway No. 70 to Lehi, then you turn south on highway No. 3 to the lake. There is splendid boating and fishing at Blue Hole, and scouts who are accompanied by a scoutmaster or other adult leader in charge of the party will be permitted to camp free of charge. This is a splendid place for camping, and is very close to. Memphis. scoutmasters or othe.rs in charge of parties going to Blu~ Hole should coll Headquarters for permission before leaving for the lake. KA.MP KIA KIMA.; The staff at Kia Kima is planning a big celebration for tho 4th of July including fire works, lots of good things to cat, swillll!ling, boat races, and other events too numerous to mention. Traditionally the 4th of July is one of the biggest days in the camping season. and everyone who. can should take advc:mtage of the splendid opportunity to go to Kia Kine. on this day. If you want to havo a ·::·big time, don•t fail to go to Kia Kirna on the 4th of Jii~yJ FIRST AID MERIT BADGE: Effective immediately the Scouts desiring to pass First A.:id Merit Badge must secure a certificate from Headquarters which in turn must be signed by an examiner showing that they have successfully demonstrated artificial resuscitation. This is in addition to the regular application signed by a physician. 'lhe following are examiners: · Joe Sturdivant TOU1ie Johnson c. E. Cooloy Y. M. c. A. Y. M. c. A· Y. M. c. A. �THE COUNCIL FIRoE Chickasaw Cou~c}l ~· s. ~· vol, 2, ~o. 43. / July 1, 1929. REVISION--.nJLY l, 19291 This statement cancels all previous references in scouting literature to the registration of scout officials and other persons having official relations to the :Boy scouts of America, ,with which it may conflict. On May 13, 1929, the National council of the :Boy scouts of America for the purpose of making .effective the constitutional provisions governing conditions relating to the servico o~ men as officers, leaders and volunteer workers generally in carrying out the Boy scout Program as provided in Articles III and XII of the constitu~ tion of the Boy scouts of Amoriea with the view to st:rengthenfog and consolidat:irg the membership and raising the standard and effectiveness of the work wi.th boys unanimously docidcd to extend: to all persons officially connected with scouting; except honorary monbors having no functional responsibility,· tho registration system founded in 19'13 and heretofore applied only to boys and corIDissioned officials. Hereafter all 'approved applicants will be issued a it'cortificate of Meobershipli or a 11 cor.nission11 according to their official classification as "Adult Meober 11 or it sc01t Officialtt and a subscription to "SCOUTING", the official r.1agazine of the ]oy scouts of Anorica, which will be sent to each rogistcant during the tern .of his registration. The registration fee for II.Adult Meobers" ond 1tscout Offillictls 11 will be $1.00 annually. scout officials include scoutna.sters and thei~ Assistants; scout cor.nissionors of all ranks locally ond nationally; scout Executives of all rroiks locally and nationally; Local council officers, Regional officers: National officers. .Adult r.loDbers include nenbers of the National and Local t:ouncils • Regional, Troop and other cor2::iitteer.1en, -Merit :Badge counselors, Instructors, etdJ Veteran scouts r..laintaining active annual registered relationship with Troops or counsils will pay the annual registration fee of 50 cents for scouts or $1.00 for Scouters. • Signed JAMES E. WEST Chief scout Executive. ***** * **** AMENDMENT 'IO FORMS 692-.A., 692-::S, F-881 CANCELLING ALL REFERENCES TO FEES The oinir:iur.i requirer.10nts for a Land or sea Scout Troop---3 Troop coor.li tteeneri and scoutLla.stcr---$4.00, ond 8 scouts (even if less than 8 are listed)---$4.00 ********** Beginning July 1, 1929, all persons to bocouo officially connected with the Boy scouts of Ancrica as scouts (:soys) or Scout ors (Scout Officials and .A.dul t Menbcrs) are.to be forDally registered at tho National Office with the approval of the proper Local Scout authorities, when application is r:ndo upon blanks furnished for this purpose • .A.11 persons now officially connected with tho :soy Scouts of ,Ar.lerica will cone under the operation of this pHicy when they reregister at tho expiration of their present terr1s of r:1enbership or cor1Dission, unless they voluntarily elect to do so prior to that t ir.16. The National Council will issue to each approved· applicant an official "CEETIFICATE of MlllMBERSHIPtr or a 11 COMMISSION 11 , also a subscription to SCOUTING, the official r:iagazine of the :Boy scouts of .APerica which will be sent to the registrant during the period of nis registration. �THE COUNCIL Fl~E C~1cka.savJ Cou~cil B~ So Vol. 2, No. 43. '\o July 10, 1929. This is contest week at can;>, ~nd the staff has prepared a number of very interesting events for the boys who e.re fortunate enough to be at Eagle 1 s Nest. Several big g~mes, including the Abyssinian King, Hostile Spy, £Jnd others, will furnish the entertainment. The grDnd prize for contest week is a cance hike to Ma.nunoth Springs, so all of the boys are busy working in order to ~in the points i,1hich will enable them to go on this i,1onderful hike, In the contests there is signalling, map reading, forestry, advancement in rank ond merit badge work, first aid, inspection, baseball games, volleyball gnmes, horshoe pitching, and other contests. The winner of each con test is awrrded so many points mid the boys i7ho receive the most points, regardless of the tribe they nre in, \7ill have the opportunity to go to Mo.mmoth. ]y this me['Jls all boys arc eligible to go, end it is si~~y o question of \7ho can do the best and most efficient scouting. There is sure to be a wonderful time for everyone during this contest, and the boys i,1ere entering into it with a great deal of spirit and enthusiasm. ca~ has one of the best piers this year that it has had in a number of years, as it has a high dive and a splendid spring board. A number of the best swimmers are practicing fancy diving and, with the aid of the spring bonrd, they nre becoming proficient rapidly. Canoo trips are very populnr as usual, and every Sunday nfternoon there are a number of boys who go up to Rn.coon Springs or nbove o.nd' dovm bolo\7 C Hardy on a canoe hike. The VI ater this yenr is especially good, ns throughout the camping season the river has been in its banks, and there has never been ~ singlo overflou to date. Last year during the first two weeks of cwnp the river r1as so swift that swimming was impossible for the cacp. This year the Elements have been more favorable, 0}1d swimming has bem one of tho r.inin pleasures throughout the camping sea.son. At a council Fire held last week Assistant scoutr.iaster John :Barcroft, of Troop 4, and scouts Henry Daniels, Troop 47, and Walter Stephenson, Troop 39, were made Council Scouts. This is the highest honor which can be uon at Kia Kima, and these boys are very proud of their election into the Council Ring. A boy who h~s the opportunity to go to camp is indeed fortunate, and every boy in Chickasaw Council should take advantage of the cha.nee to go to one of the best Scout camps in America. *** IDEALS: 11 As you think, you travel; as you love, you attract---you are today whore your thoughts have brought you; you will be tonorrow where your thoughts take you--you cannot escape the result of your thoughts, but you can endure and bear, accept and be glad---you will realize the vision (not the idle wish) of your heart, be it base or beautiful, or a mixture of both, for you will always gravitate toward that which you, secretly, nust love. Into your hands will be placed tho exact results of your thoughts; you will receive that which you earn; no nore, no less. Whatever your present environment may be, you will fall, rer:>El.in, or rise with your thoughts; your wisdon, your ideals. You will become as soall as your controlling desire; as great as your doi:d.nan t aspiration". · The cor.1l'!lercial Appeal. �~rHE COUI~CIL f'·IR0F C~1ckasoW 1T:ol. 2, No. 47. Counc1l 5. S. A.\ July 30, 1929. SEA SCOUT BOAT: The Sea scouts of Memphis have long wanted for a boat, and their dream has just been realized,, as through the, courtesy of Mr. G. G. Fisher of the u.s. Government Fleet at West Memphis the council has been loaned a P:rand new 20 foot skiff capable of holding about ten boys. This boat has never been used before, and was, delivered to the Sea scouts on last Thursd.ay, the 25th. ]ert Pouncey, Mate of the s.s.s. Kia Kirna, and scouts James Hughes and Maurice Butler were the first ones to have the pleasure of manning tho naas on the new boat. Through the courtesy of commodore Ray H. Boaz the boat has been moored free of charge at the Memphis Outboard Motor Club at the foot of Adams street on Wolf River. It is expected that this boat will be of trel'n:!ndous help in the sea Scout program and there is no doubt but what it will afford a tremendous amount of pleasure to all of the boys in the sea scout ship13 whp are privileged to use it. The sen Scouts expect to httve some real experiences o~ho water in this boat and tt will be fine training for all of tho sea scouts. ;,£;.ND I CRAFT DISPLAY: Our Scouts are holding out their exhibits for this displny. 32 to date has brought in the only exhibits, but they have certainly done some Jonderful work. scout Oliver Moody of Troop 32 has brought in an electric light stand made of inlaid wood, together with a gavel also made of inlaid wood. These two articles are beautifully made and required real skill to make. Scout Selby :Biggerstaff has brought in a beautiful model of a yacht r1hich required over three months to build. This boat is wonderfully built and is a splendid piece of workmanship. If each of the other troops will turn in one or two pieces of woodwork, and especially articles made of old lunber, boxes, etc., they will be of great help in making a display of which all of the scouts in Memphis will be proud. The u. s. Department of conmerce, through the Mempt.is representative of Bureau of Foreigh and Domestic comnerce is expecting the Scouts to oake an exhib,i tion which will be of wide interest, but we cDnnot r;iake this display unless we have the articles to put in the .-rindcw. These articles will be displayed during the/ week of August 26th through the 31st, and any scout who has an article which he has .made of wood is urged to bring it to headquarters just as soon as possible so that we can have the ddsplay made up. ~roop ,£'!,ORAL PARADE: The annual playground parade of the }f.er::.phi s Park commission will be held on Saturday afternoon, August 10th, in Overton Par~. The Recreation Department of the Mer.~his Park commission has asked that all of the scouts in Me~is neet at the pavillion in the Picnic Ground at. Overt_on Park at 3: 00 p. M. on saturday, .Aug. 10th, and to assist in keeping the crowd back froo the line of narch of the parade. 'i1his is an opportunity to do a coor.1Uni ty good turn, and all scouts are requested to be there in FULL UNIFORM. This will be sooething well worth seeing, and will be thoroughly enjoyable. NEW TROOP: The Eastern H~ights Baptist Church, corner Madrid and Malcolob streets, of which Dr. w. M. Couch is Pastor, .is sponsoring a troop of scouts which will be Troop 42. Mr. Jar,1es E. :Bartlett, 3227 Lyn.dale, who was forr.:ierly a Scout in Che.rlesA;on, N'Jiss., will be the scoutnaster, nnd Mr. H. I· Morse, who was fornerly a Scoutf.1@,ster in New Mexico, will be tho Assistant scoutoaster. This troop has not been registered as yet, but they expect to be within a short tine. We are glad to have then in Chickasaw co~cil, and we want to extend to then a r.1ostt cordial welcor::te. ~ NEW :MERIT J3ADGE COUNSELOR: Mr. c. C· :Brown, scoutDaster of Troop 38, is a new Merit Badge counselor in Journalisr::t and Aviation. Mr. Brown holds a private license as an .Av;1nto1'. and is \7ell qualified to handle both of these subjects as he has had wise experiend,e in both. Scouts desiring to take these M:eri t Badges please telephone Mr. Brown at the E\re11ii.1g Appeal, 6-2000, and nake appoint1:::ont. ,,,. �TI-IE COUNCIL FITGE C~ickasav/ ':J Vol • "'• No. 48. . Couricil :e. s. A. ' \ Aug. 7 , 192°.,. FLORAL PP.RADE: All Scouts are requested to be present IN FULL UNIFORM at the pavilion in the'picnic ground at Overton Park on Saturday afternoon, August 10th, at 3:00 to assist in keeping the crowd back from the line of march in the floral parade. This will be a big help to the Recreation Department of the Memphis park commission. There will be a splendid rcprosontation of all of the playgrounds of the city, and Scouts can do a real community good turn by keeping the crowd back. TROOPS REREGISTER: Troop 35, which is the S·S·S· Kia Kima, has reregistored with Mr. Merrill schwartoz*'as skipper, and Mr. Bert Pouncey as Mate. This is a splendid Sea Scout ship, ond \:. one of the two in Chickasa.w council. Chickasaw council has more sea. scouts and more ships than any COJ.ncil in Region 5, which comprises tho states of Tennessee, Arkansas, Alabruna, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Troop 50 of Collierville has reregistered with Mr. Arn.old Houston as Scoutmast0r and fifteen scouts. They arc planning big things in Collierville during tho fall season, and this troop is making splendid progress. HANDICRAFT DISPLAY: There is only a short time to mako articles to be used during the ~isplay of lv'Oodwork and hondicraft articles, and Scouts nre urged to get busy on this. The display will be rm.de in the Chisca Hotel for the wveek of August 26th through the 31st, and all scouts who have tie racks, book ends, tables, or other articles made of wood are urged to bring them to Headquarters at the earliest possible moment. Let• s do a good turn by helping in this display, as we can help tho United States Department of commerce very much by displaying a fine list of articles made by scouts. NEW MERIT BADGE COUNSELOR: Mr. George J. Madlinger, 1546 Waverly place, is a new Counselor in Forestry, Botany, and Insect Life, and we nre glad to welcome him into Chickasaw council. •phone him at 6-2903 for appointnents to pass Merit Badge, test. �'Tl-Il COUNCIL, F;l l~E L ~ i cl'\a sa1t1: Cour1 ci L · B. S, !\. Oct~ Vol. II }To. 56 24, 1929 HALLOWEEN CE1FPRATION: Through the courtesy of Miss Minnie M• Wagner, Superintendent of the Recreation Department of the Memphis Park commission, all of the Scouts of Memphis have been invited to participate at the different playground celebrations on Halloween, which is Thursday October 31st. Below please note a list of the playgrounds, their locations, and directors. Each ·troop is requested to go to the playground nearest to their headquarters or the playground which is most convenient and to assist thn director in making the celebration a real success. Herel s a chance for some real fun. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Beauregard Bellevue Bickford Bril1kley De Soto 6. 7. Forrest Gaston 8. Guthrie 9. Li tty 10. Overton 11. Peabody 12. sout:r.L Side 13 • Willi ams on LOCATIONS DIRECTOR Jefferson & Somerville south Park.way & Bellevue Bickford & Fifth Market & Second West Delaware between California & De Soto Madison & Manassas South Third just north of McLemore Chelsea & Decatur South Willett & Foster In Overton Park across from zoo Cooper & Higbee. South Parkway & Orleans Baker just south of Overton Miss Miss Miss Miss Miss Anna Cummins Marian Calvert Anola Welch Essie Coffman Catherine Johnsen Miss Maud Marcotte Miss lila Webb Mrs. Adeline Wheeler Miss Catherine Cronin M:iss Ruth Kemper Miss Mary ;,;on tgomery Miss Louise McFerrin Miss Louise Stratman COURT OF HONOR: The regular meeting of the Court of Honor will be held at Headquarters, Saturday night, October 26th. �l"rHE~ COU1\IC1L FIRE CHlCKASflYV COUl\lCTL B.s .. p,,, Vol. II No. 57 October 30, 1929 • .iill.YISTICE DAY Pb.RlillE: Heret s good news for all of our scouts. Mr. Coyle Shea, Grand Marshal of the parade, has arranged with Professor R. L. Jones for all Scouts to march with their respective troops at the head of the Armistice Day Parade. Those Scouts who are members of the R.O. T. c. will be relee.sed from their R. o. T. c. uni ts in order to march with their troops. The only scouts who are to be in any other organization on Armistice Day are the r!lembers of the Rotary ]oys Band or other bands of the different schools who are to take part in the parade. Every other sco~t ~s expected to be in line with his troop. This is the first time in a nur.1ber of ;rears that scouts have been permitted to march as a body on .1;.rmistice Day and the parade should be an outstanding event as we expect to have at least 1,000 boys in line. A number of troops are drilling in preparation for this big event and all troops are requested to practice marching in colu1:m of patrols so that we will present a really splendid showing. Full details as to time and place of the parade will be fori.varded to you next week. In the meantir,10, please urge every boy to prepe.re hiLriself with a clean uniform for this event. TROOP 49: Troop 49, which r..ieets at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, has reregis tered with F·ather John H. Shea as scoutr:.1aster and Frank Frazier as assistant scoutr:Jaster. There are a number of boys who plan to join this troop in the very near future and Father Shea expects to have a full troop within a short while. The Council is very gli1d to have this troop· reorganized under such splendid leadership. KAMP KIA KINiA: Eagle scout Bob Wells of Troop 11 is the first boy to sig;n en application for the 1930 season at Kio. Kima. :Bob has filled in his application to stay ten weeks next sUJ11t1er. Through the use of the Kia Kima savings Club, doubtless a number of boys will ·oe afforded the opportunity of spending a real vacation at Eaglets Nest. Who will be the next to sign on the dotted line? H.ALLOWE:EN CELEBRATION: Eig plans have "been made for celebrating Halloween in the various playgrounds of the city on Halloween, which is Thursd.ay, October 31st. See last week• s council Fire for data on the playground locations and directors. Here's an opuortu.nity for ._:, every troop to have some real fu!:. Let's -~yJ ~>-· \/ > have a big turn-out. _../ ----==::- ./ :;-4':S-1'\. \ __.. .~-;~\ VVJ/fj {(, / ' " 1 ~f 1!~1 l~~ )) }I I '~.& ')fYi(i ~' ' ~'; R ,v9. / ,~~'~ HtH H':i ?1151.o ~r!,9 ~r11l, L~ if;1 J:':_ 1 Ji.~ ~(Jj)~ ill \\~\\ J \f If!/ ~ ~~,<.\I'-~~) ? C../! ,;.-~ - -=--/-::::<- -- ' 1 £4c-Ii9 ~if~ ----====----~ 1 1. -· - y l 7<il . . --------- . --------- lJL v ~(L ::;.:------ · �1~HE Vol. II No. 58 CotJN C1L-r1RE CtUC1<:ASf\W C~OlJl\ICJ.L B. s. F\. Nov. 6, 1929. .ARMISTICE D.AY P.ARADE 1. Troops will march in numerical order. Troop 1 will form on court .Avenue near Second street with the other troops forming irnmedia tely behii.ld. 2. Every troop should have an American flag; troop flags and patrol flags will also help. 3. Every scout should be in full uniform, but lack of a uniform should not keep any Scout out of the parade. Every scout is expected to be with his troop whether in uniform or not. ~. Troops are to be formed and ready to march at· 9:30 .A. M. Monday, November 11th. 5. The tallest scouts should be at the head of the troop with the other boys placed according to height. 6. Every Scout should keep his head up and eyes straight to the front when marching. To look at the back of the fellow's neck in front of you is a good way to keep your head up. 7. All hats should be worn with the brim parallel to the ground. 8. The reviewing stand will be at Main and Mccall streets. When a troop approaches the reviewing stand, the Sc,outmaster should give the coranand "Eyes right 11 when he is within six paces of the stand . .All Scouts execute the command by turning head and eyes to the right oblique, eyes fixed on the line of eyes of the scouts in or supposed to be in the same rank. The scoutmaster alone salutes. .After the troop passes six paces beyond the stand, the Scoutmaster gives the c01nr;iand "Front 11 , when Scouts turn head and eyes with snap to the front. loving cup will be presented to the best appearance in the parade. Ch.ickasaw council in the council to tice Day Parade. biggest parade in expects every Scout march in the .ArmisLet' s make this the our history. �THE COUNCIL FIRE Page 2 1930 SCOUT DIARY: Headquarters has ordered a supply of the 1930 Scout Diaries. This book contains 256 pages of up-to-the-minute information. 'Ihe cover is printed in deep orange and the book contains a splendid index so that ready refe~ence may be had to the hundreds of-answers to questions which appear throughout the book. Also the Indian sign language is discussed in detail. This book will be of much interest to every scout and we hope every boy will buy one of them. price 15¢. HUMES HIGH SGOU'I' Cl.U:B: some of the scouts who attend Humes High School have formed a scout Club with Warren 1,edbetter, Troop 32, as president, Jruues Dallas of Troop 33 and Austin Halsey of Troop 34 as vice-presid~nts, and Robert Creagh of Troop 33 as secretary--treasurer. The Club expects to meet every Thursday at the schooli s club period, and the object of the club is to enable the boys to improve themselves in handicraft and to do work on merit badges. Mr. Paul Womack, manual training teacher at Humes High, is director of the elubis activities. The boys have laid out a splendid program for Thursday when they expect to begin work in soap carving, woodworking, and tincan craft. The Club has been divided into four patrols and they expect -to have a great deal of fun as well as do some spl.endid work during the forty-five minutes they meet each week. The club is in no sense a scout troop but i~ sir~ly using Scouting activities for its program. They have about twenty-five members at present but expect to have more as the organization is perfected. SCOUT ACTIVITIES; Troop 63 of Buffalo,. N. y., states as the objectives for the individual boy the following: BE A SCOUT aTTEND :E i!ERY MEETING TAKE P.i:illT IN ALL ACTIVITIES W:E.AR UNIFORMS PAY DUES :BRING IN C.AND ID ii.TES If every scout in Chickasaw council lived for one year according to these six simple rules, this would be one of the livest and most active councils in the south. SCOUT LEADERS 1 ROU:ND TABLE: Owing to next Monday being Armistice Day and to Mr. Walter Grays s absence from the city, the Round Table meeting has been postponed until Monday, November 18th. COURT OF HONOR: Court of Honor will be held at 7:30 Saturday night, November 9th, at Scout Headquarters, 306 :Bankers Building, 71 Madison Ave. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chickasaw Council Newsletter Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document CHICKJ\,SA\i\T COUT~CIL E>. 5.A, Dear scout Leader:- Dr. James E. ·West, Chief scout Executive of the Boy scouts of America, will be the guest of the scouts and Scout Leaders of Chickasaw council at a mass meeting to be held in the ~uditorium at central High school at 8:15 P.M• on Tuesday, January 29th. All scouts and scout Leaders, as well as all boys in the Council Area, are cordially invited to attend. The Rota~~ 'Boys I ]and ~ill furnish music ond there will be.a splendid program which will be of interest to all. A number of scouts will receive their Eagle Badges from Chief West end I hope you will urge all of the members of yo~r troop to be present cordially yours, JI. Jirncl;c-1V Ill~ W. Gordon Morris Scout Executive Vol. 2, No. 23. * * * * Februfll'y 6, 1929. TUN'E IN: On Saturday, February 9th, fron 8 to 9 p. M. station WNJ3R will Broad;ast a scout progran through tho courtosy of Mr. Edward M. salonon:, Vice-president of Chickasarr Council. Coru:'lissi oner Ross A. Mathews Hill be tho announcer, and several scouts froo various troops will be on the prograrl. Thero arc a lot of interesting things to be broadcast, and all sco~ts and scout Lenders are urged to tune up the old radio sot and listen in, especially as souo ir.lportant announcencnts will be n'.ldc. INTER-TROOP RALLIES: No.xt attached please find the rules and regulations for tho inter-troop rallies, which have been dra'7Il. up by a cor.:irlittee cor:iposod of Mr. Roger Stanley, scoutr:iaster Troop 19, who uith Engle Scout Garald Capers originated tho idoa, cor:nissioncr Ross A· Matheus, and Gordon Morris. Please not0 that nll rallies ·::mst be coqpleted on or before tho dates specified at tho top of tho chart, shoning vlh.ich troops have been drawn for the first and second rounds. The rules covering th0so rallies are as cor.lplctc as \713 can nake thcr1, but, in case thero is S0L10 r.1isundorsto.nding, plonsv got in touch With Cornissionor Ross A· Ma.thews, who will straighten out o.ny details which arc not understood, This is cxpoctod to bo one of tho finest events the council has had for a long ti1.:.0, ~md it will be splendid training for the council rally which will take plo.co tho oo_rly part of May. \NofHr;iJ:AMBORElE: All scouts uho arc intoroGtod ii.1 going to tho Jonboreo to be held in E11gland in July and August are roqucstod to turn in their nnnes to Hendquartors at the earliest possiqlo date. SPEAKERS: Any troop desiring a. speaker on a. special subject can secure srn::e by "colling Heo.dquo.rters not later than 11:00 on Monday norning preceding the troop :~1ooting, as cocr.'lissionor Mnthovvs has pronised to secure these speakers to visit the troops which request th:oo. This is a fine opportunity to get souo ronl help, rut the applications r.mst be in early in order to do this. TROOP NEWS! It is difficult to got nei.-vs into tho scout pross-Sci1:-i.itar unless tho nows is received in Hendquo.rters on 1[onda.ys, so it will be of nuch help if nll troops will hnvo their scribes or reporters furnish us with this nows prorlptly. vol. 2, No. 24. February 12,1929, SCOUT LEJIDERS 1 ROUJ;JD TABLE: The next meeting will be held on TUESDAY, February 19th at 6:30 P~Li. at the East End Christian Church, corner peabody and McLean. It was necessary to change the meeting from Monday night to Tuesday night in order to have Mr. Gunner H. :Se!"g with us. It is expected that this will be one of the largest and best meetings we have ever had, and it will be of much help if all scout Leaders will return the enclosed post card just as soon as possible, so that preparations may be made for this meeting, MEMPHIS: AS a part of the new official equipment, the word, 11 ~1Iemphis", will be carried on scout sleeves above the troop numeral. A sample of the neu equipment is on display in Headquarters, and troops wishing to order please advise. This equipment \Till not be available for about three weeks, and will cost 15¢. TRAINING SCHOOL: Tho Training school for scout Loaders will begin on Thursday, February 21st, and will continue meeting each Thursday night for six weeks. Tho course will bu a oinimum course of tho Five-Year Training Program and all scouti.1astors, assistant scoutmasters, Troop oamr.1ittecmon, and oth0rs nho are interested in taking this training arc cordially invited to attend, Tho place of m00ting will be anaouncod next woek. COURT OF nONOR: The Court of Honor will be hold Friday night, February 15th at 7 ;30 p. !A. in scout Headquarters, Vol. 2, No. 26. · March 5, 19.29. RE$...l[L':('.Q._Q_f _ f1.E.S~_RQJJ,ND_ OF INTER-TROOP RALLY TOURNAMENT: The following troops won rallies through forfeit: Trooi;s l, _ 54, 34, and 45, The following troops held Inter-Troop rallies Friday, March 2nd: Troop i3 defeated Troop 23 Troop 3 defeated Troop 47 Troop 32 defeated Troop 2? Troop 4 defeated Troop 40. SECOND ROUND: The following troops will meet on or before March 16th:- Troop l vs 26 Troop 54 vs 50 TrOOp 49 Vs 34 Troop 10 vs 29 Troop 3 vs 14 Tro0p 45 vs 25 Troop 56 vs <G Troop 31 vs 33 Troop 20 vs 36 Troop 32 vs 5 Troop 21 vs 13 Troop 9 vs .19 Tr90-p 4 Vs 2 THIRD ROUND: - Troops ?., . 8, _and 1:1 advanced to.· the third round through byes. IMPORT.ANT: please notify H~adqu,arters as so.on as, possible of the time, place, and date· for 'rallieE? ··so that we may fu.;rnish r-ef-e•rees a.nii score sheets •. - These rallies Illd.st tak.e plac.e on or bef·ore:- March 16th on the second round. - If ·any of the troops repr~serited- abov.~ are. to forfeit, please let· us know as soon as· possible. MERIT-BADGES! At several courts of Honor held recently, scouts have appeared for merit ·badges who were riot prepared with any information. outside of the data recorded ·in the merit badge pa~hlet, conseqiiently a number of them have been refused· the, aw~rd. qf the merit badge · they ·a.esired~ please· read the following paragraph to your troop: "It would defeat one 'lf the purposes. of these Meri·t :Badge Te'sts • if ariy attempt- w-ere made in a pamphlet 0,f_ t;his. character to so completely cOV-er th~ _1'.'eguir_ements .~s to_ .rergo're the: necessity for the boy to U'.se his own ini tiat.ive ~nd sb.o·w his resourcefulness in seeking'.'s'ufffoiently comp'lete information and practical experience to enable him to successfully pass the test. The materiaJ in the:?e pamphlets therefore_ is pri::marily for the purpose · ·of giving a more· comprehensive knowledge of the subject covered by the Merit Badge,_ and a more detailed discussion of the various tests than woul<i be practical in the of:ficial handbook, rt -2- is expected that in each case the scout who is seeking to prepare for a Merit Badge Test will ns>t only exhaust all of his opportunities for securing a complete book knowledge of the subject, but will avail himself of such opportunities as he can develop upon his own initiat::.·v-e among muri in his ·neighborhood or community wb.o are recognized frnthori ties on the subject in which the scout is seeking to pr0pal'·3 himself to pass the prescribed test. Experience shorrs that mon of this tYPc ·are usually glad to cooperate with boys ;:ho show an earnest interest in trying to perfect themselves to pass Merit :Badge Tests. n This paragraph is taken fro;':! the introduction i7hich is found in all Merit Badge pa~hlets. The court of Honor expects all scouts to live up to this paragraph, and all boys should "be prepared" before- coming before the court. THE .AFRICAN .ADVENTu:g$: Fitzhl.,lgh Green has written a very interesting story of the threa scouts who \7ent ·aith the Martin Johnsons to Africa. This story '17111 be found und~r the ti tlo of 11 The African Adventure" on page 12 of tho 11 Delineator11 for March • .ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION: Through tho courtesy of 1·:r. Mark Eldredge, all scoutmasters, Assistont scoutmasters, and scoμt s e.rc cordially invited to attend the demonstration of the Schaeffer method of reEpiration, which will· be held by Mr. Willis FacLachlan o:f Toronto, Co.nada, in the service station of the Memphis Power & Light :Company at :Beale and Walnut streets at 8:00 p. M. on Tuesday, March 12th. This demonstr.~tion will be on the top floor and n numbur of 0xpert to21ns from the Memphis povwr & Light compeny will bo on h8nd to assist Hr. M~cLachlan. This is one of the finest opportuni tios to loorn one of the most important phases of scout first aid v1ork, ;::i:1d nll scouts rnd scout Leaders n.re urged to attend. Mar. 20, 19?-9 .. Dear scout Leader: At the regular monthly meeting of the Round Table at the East End Christian Church on Monday, March 18th, there was a discussion as to securing transportation from Memphis to Camp currier, and it was decided that a truck, .owned and operated by the council, would be the most feasible means of providing this transportation and by so doing open up Camp currier for use by more troops and more boys. It will cost $250.00 for a second hand ton and a half Federal truck in good condition. Licenses, insurance fees, constructing seats, and other items necessary to operate this truck, will make the total cost approximately $400.00. As no funds are available from the Memphis commun- 1ty Fund for this amount, it was decided that each troop in the council should pay its pro rata of $10. 00 towards the purchase of the truck and its equipm·ent. EY this means, it will not cost any troop very much, bit all troops will be afforded the opportunity of using the truck and going to camp as often as they like. It will be necessary to charge for the use of the truck, and. this charge will be as low as possible. To stert with, the fare from Memphis to camp currier ond return will be 25¢ per person, and, if this amount proves adequate for the running expenses of the truck, this price will be maintained. HOwever, should thi·s fo.re prove inadequate to operate the truck, it will be necessc:.ry to rr.ise the fare from 25¢ to 50¢. It is not expected tho.t any money will be mnde in the operntion of the truck, and the only charge will be for upkeep on it. At the Rou..~d Table a number of troops were represented, and Troop 1 donated $15.00 for the truck and ·the following troops donated $10.00 each: Troop 3, 5, 7, 10~ 13, 14, 16, 20, 29, 32, 33, 34, 45, 47, 54, and elso iVir. H· R· Schwartzkopf donated $10. 00 for the Lions Club Troop which is in process of organization. Troops Hho have not already paid are requested to help this good work along end to send in their pro rata of the cost of the truck at the earliest possible date in order thnt the truck may be paid far and put in service just as soon as possible. The sooner we have the money in Headquarters the sooner the truck will be ~vailable, and as good weather is coming on this should afford many troops an opportunity to go to camp currier who would otherwise not be able to go. please let us hear from you at your eerliest convenience. With best wishes, I ai-:1, cordially yours, Scout Executive. ---, 0 I... r·\I j L"" I Ir d Jl7'1! i,i "'r."v"V,'\ (i~:.A::.:'l..J L) -J·. __ .I._.. J l. \.~:.:::;:'.> -··-l Vol. 2, No. 27. March 11, 1929. INVITATION: Skipper En.cs T. }'..?ir of the f!OoC. ship "DEC.ATUR11 extends a--cordial invi tc;. Gion to a.:!.l scout8 over 15 yenrs of age to visit the shipr s hearlqu.etr·(:e:rs Dt 170 S· coo:p8r street on any Thursc.lay night. The sea scouts Dre ah:ays glc1d co have visitors at their meetings, and this is a fine O?portuni. ty for older scouts to learn something aoout sea scouting. I1'TTER-·TROOP RM.I1rES: A nur.1bor of tr·oops are vmrking hard in preparat{ cn fo;the so·::ond rour..d, v7llich nill be completed by next saturda,y, the 16th. Troops 9 Emd 19 hove already had thei.r second round rally, vri th Troop 19 comlng out on the long end of tho score. ~f.l:TIFICIATJ B.~§.?I~l"-'-TICJl\I: The demonstration of this important part of first aid work '. .. i.ll be hoJ.d in the scrv:i.ce station of tl10 Memphis power & Light oor.rpa:-iy, :BcnJ.o and WciJ..nut streets, at 8;00 p. M. on Tuesday1 the 12th, r:nd nJl scoutm.l:.'sters, .A.ssi.stant Scoutmastors, Troop COllli:!i ttoemen ."nd. s~:o1J.ts 8.I'.'3 UI'f.;cd to D°'.;tc::«.0.. Mr. Willis Mactachlan of Toronto, Cetnad::1, :lB ",_-,~t'i.or1 :i.;_}y k:n::i1r~1 cxpe:,·t :i.'1 tt.is wor1!: nnd. this is a fir.re chance to leo.rn the fine poirts about artificial respiration. JAM_,,'130R:?~~ All scoutcaste,'.'2 c:i.re reauestei t.o ur,t;.o scouts rrho are fina...11- cially ablo to pay their ;:>vrn W8Y to tho Jamboree, to turn in their ncr.ies to Headqrnwt e:cs,, KA~it_KI~ KDO .. JiO.§J(J'.fi .. T.;~ Tho nm-, ho:~pitcil Ctt Kin Ki1'1a has been completed ··:ith the oxcoptior. of tLo d.c'.)rs. J 1l-iis st0ne b1.::.ild.i.ng is locnted be ... tween the Kawp Headquar tors nnd tho old. ho2pi tal and is a sp1endid addition. to lf]ij[lg'los nos -;;r:. COURT OF EOltOR: A neotbg of tho court of Honor v7ill be held on Saturday, M.'.:trch 16th, at 7 :30 p. M. ir. scout Headquarters, 306 and 307 Bfmkers ]3U.ilding, 71 MDdison A.venue. Vol. 2, NO. 28. IN'J'ER -T~OOP Rk:LIJIES: follo11s: Mar. 20, 1929., Results of the last intor-troop rollies nro ns Troop 25 defeated Troop 45 Troop 6 defeated Troop 56 Troop 32 dtefeated Troop 5 Troo:i;i 13 defeated Troop 21 Troop 54 d.ofoo.ted Troop 50 Troop 3 defeated Troop 14 Troop 10 dofented Troop 29 Troop 20 defeated Troop 36 Troop 34 '\7011 by forfoi t T:coo:.;i 4 ""-:o~~. b;v fo1·foi t. Th.ere hos been sm.>o ciiscussion D.s to the Inter-Troop rules :rogard.ing u;.1iforL:, n:1d it hns bt1en dociclod that R· o. T. c. breeches ore not official scout unifor'-' and will count ngei::st tho troop nenri:cg thoL1 . .Also, in the rules rogardj.no; 01Grndy, tho 01::.ly cor.1~1nad to be ,given "by the nui::bers11 is llhnnd snJ.ir~o by the nur.:bors". UNCLE D.AN BE ..~. RD: Our Natio.~o.l scout co•~:::::issio:1er is on .the screcr: nt pcn:tc: c;::es Theater this 1:oek ir. the pnthe Nev7s Roel. This is m1 opprrtuni ty for scouts <:::1d scout Londo rs to hear unclD D2Il ir. ['. II tnlkioll. COffiJCIL-'vVIDE RALJJY; cor:.:·.:issio:wr Ross A· Mnthm7s r:nd scoutur:sters :Ben coffey;-:Ed.nh1 :D.oYstro: ... 1, nnd H0\7nrd. pritchnrd hnvo beer: appointed to cln:r\7 up th0 rules for tho "Big Rnllyit which will be hold. in Mny. P.hl'ER ROU'I·E~: Qr.e of the locpl papers is interested ir: hrvir:,:; scouts carry papers for the:.~, n:.1d m1y 'boys L.terosted ccx.1 ~et full infor:JD.ticn by callirJ.g lliii,ss WordEm at HOadqunrters. FI~E Vol 2, NO. 30 A.pr il 3, 1S2S, SCOUT LE.&>.DERS' ROUND T.iBLE: Tb,e reguler ;::onthly· neeting of the scout L-ec::ders·1 Round T.0ble · ill be held in East End Christian Church c:t 6:;;;.o P.l. 021 iviondcty, i~pril 15th. This uill be c very ir:.portru1t neetbg, cs tule.s for the Q;juncil-rride rrlly to be held ecrly il'l M.:.·y Y:'ill bu adopted c.t this nceting, Tho Co•~;- 1.d. ttu~, co;.;posed of ;.;r. Ross ~::.the·;:s, Mr. Ho'."inrd Pritch2rd, ~1ir. Ben Cof;fvy, rnd 1.-,r, Edrrir.. D.~lstro•~l, ·,;ill hove the proposed rules rendy to be decided or . .!'.!t thi.s r.1eotir.g. It is very i::~ortcnt thot oo.ch troop be represented, end, if possiblu, ..-10 ·;1ould likt:; to have tho Chairl:1m-:. of the Troop 001.::::,ittec rnd the sc0, .. ~t,~ostor botn present. If neither of these gm:.. tluco;·. cc.n be prosont, ~ye i7ill appreciate tho Ch['irL! Pr. of thu Co«.Littco l".ppointii:f; s.or.e other r1eLbcr of his co;·r:~ittee to reproso:1t tht; troop ..,t ttis :.·,o"ting.- TRUCK: Thv body hr·s b.;1,;1: coqpleted on our truck, r.:nd •;ro ':'.ro pror. li s;;d delivery of it on Tl'lursdcy of this \!eok. :Begi~H•ing Frid['y, .1:;.pril 12th, this lbus Y1ill. tu '.'V'1ibblc for uso by troops, end those •:.·ho con to: :plr.te goi:1g to Co. p Currier nre requested to put ir. thdr n.pplicntio:: for th0 use of this truck. so;;e troops hr1VO not r:s yet tur~ied in their pro rrtn of ~10. 00 :for the purchnso of this truck, ;;x:.d -~·e •7ill rpprocieto it very ;.uch if thoso troops y1hich h['VO not done so Yrill r.:eke .::i specL'l effort to send t:-,is :--oney in by soturdr1y, .April 13th. QCURT OF HONOR The court of hm:or vlill be hold in council Hc,-:dqunrtors '."t 7:30 1'.r1i. OL FridD.y, April 5th. l~IRoE No. 2, Vol. 31. .April 10, 1929. SCOUT LEADERS' ROUND TABLE: The next Round Table will be held at East End Christian Church at 6:30 p. M. on Monday, April 15th • .As some very important business is coming up, especially in connection with the rules for the council-wide rally to be held early in 1viay, it is requested that every troop be represented at this meeting by the scoutmaster and Chairman of the Troop committee. If either of these gentlemen are not able to be present, please have someone else, preferably a member of the troop committee or an .Assistant Scoutmaster, to represent the troop at this meeting. Mr. Gray promises another of his famous meals, and there is no doubt blit that we will havo a splendid and enjoyable meeting. EVERY TROOP REPRESE~r_~ J PINEY WOODS: Reports have come to Headquarters that some pe:rson, or persons, have been cutting the trees in Piney Woods with knives and axes. All Scouts are requested to be,on the lookout for this abus:e whenever they are in Piney woods and to endoa.vor to stop anyone who is abusing the woods by asking them to desist when they nre found dnmc:i.ging the trees. It may be that some scouts have thoughtlessly damaged some of the trees. Let's protect the trees in P5.ney Woods as well as in Camp currier. TRUC~: Mr. P • .A· Clayton, scoutmaster of Troop 32, has donated a jack and a number of tools for use on the truck, as well as some side curtains. This is a splendid donation nnd is of much holp. Next attaqhed please find rules governing the use of the truck. ~M;fillREE: Applications for the Ja~boree will not be accepted after April 15th, so all boys who are interested in going on this trip are urged to apply by this time. COURT OF HONOR: A meeting of the Court of Honor will be held Saturday, April 13th, at 7 :30 p. M. at council Headquarters, 306 Bankers Building. / No. 2, vol. 32. April 17, 1929. COUNCIL-WIDE RALLY: At the scout Leaders' Round Table last Monday nigh:tt, it was decided that the rules as drawn up by the COi!.T.littee should be used in the Rally which will be held in Overton Park on Saturday, ~'tiay 11th, beginning at 9:00 A.M. Next attached is a copy of the rules. The exact place in the Park at which the Rally will be held will be annou.~ced in the near future. It was decided that a camp Jamboree will be held at Cd.mp currier on snturday, June 8th. .The det.'.:dls df this have not been cor:ipilieted. Full inforDation vlill be sent out within the next ten days. SPECIALIZATION COURSES FOR SCOUT.lViASTERS; A course in :Bird study is being outlined by Scoutr:iaster Ben Coffey cf Troop l. !t will be credited toward the award of the scouti:1aster's Key and will require fror.1 one to two field trips a oonth and one indoor study period a oonth for a period of twelve oonths. Five will be the lir.1it accepted for the course; those interested please get in touch '17ith Mr. Coffey, 1 ph~ne 6-2141. Sinilarly a course in Astronooy can be arranged. NATURE STUDY AND SWIM: The April swin at the Y.M.o.A. will be held Friday night, the 26th. INTER-.!RROOP RALLY TOURNaMENT: The TOU.rnar-.ent has reached tho seni-finals with Troop 3 neeting Troop 54 and Troop 19 r.:eeting Troop 32. TRUCK: bills. The results of the quarter-finals were as follows: Troop 54 defeated Troop 10 Troop 3 defeated Troop 25 Troop 32 defeated Troop 20 Troop 19 defeated Troop 7. There is still space in the exchequer for several troops to put $10~00 Nuf sed. IUl..Mf. ... JSJa KU.iA: The car.1_ping season draws nigh, and tne Hurgett to got out-of-doors is growing stronger and stronger. Headquarters is. receiving applications for K.K.K·, and scouts should register as early as possible, as a full car~ is expected all sur.n:1er. District cm:ir.U.ssioner Willard E. Hays will be the II Chief"' with Joe Dalstroi:1 as Assistant Director.· jir.K:y and Johnny Hughes nnd Ji1:iny Wilson will be the Tribe Leaders; Franklin Kii:.:brough vrill be ~rterr.1aster; Jack TUrner will be Mess sergeant; Ed. Dalstron will have charge of the water-front; J. D· Evans will be Ca[lp Doctor with Ed Peete as his Assistant; Russell Perry will be Cashier; and Maurice :Butler will be Director of Drar.1atios and Canp Fire Entertaini::ent. This is one of the best staffs in the history of the co.up and a wonderful season is assure~• THE couN Cl L, FI~E C~1ck-q SqvJ Co\.j~cl L No. 2, vol. 34. £. 5. "' . May 1, 1929. INTER.;,TROOP RALLY TOURNAMENT: The final rally in the 'Jro!IJ:rnamen t was held in the service Building of the Memphis Power & Light Company last Friday night, and it was one of the best events in the history of Memphis Scouting. There was a large and enthusiastic crowd to watch Troop 3 and Troop 19 when these two troops met to.decide the champions of the tournamunt. EOth troops had 100 percent attendance, Troop 3 having 32 boys and Troop 19 having 22 boys pres8n t. The troops wore so evenly matched and there was so littlo to choose between them that it was not known until tho end of tho rally r1hich troop had won, but on the final chock-up by the Judges Troop 19 had 32 points and Troop 3 had 31, so Troop 19 was the winner by a single point. Thero was a splendid spirit of Scouting throughout the rally, and both troops arc to b0 congratulated for their excellent ;1ork in all of the events~ When the results were announced, Troop 19 was awarded a blue pennant with 11hi to letters as Champions of tho tournament, while Troop 3 v1as awarded a red. pennant with vmi te letters as Runner-up. Noxt yeo:r it is planned to have another tournament, as this one hc.s aroused more interest Dnd enthusic.sm than any event during the past several years. SWEATER: After the rally last Friday night a black sweater was turned in to ·the scout Executive, and is now nt Headquarters. owner will please call for same. COUNCIL-WIDE RALLY: In tho rul0s covering the Council-Wide Rnlly to be held on May 11th, it states in the 11 0rder of EVe!1ts 11 thet "Forestry, Fire J3Uilding. and Water Boiling, and Knot Tying nro to be patrol events". As there are ten boys to participate in Forestry, this monns thnt ton boys arc to present themselves as a patrol '.7hen they arc ready to participt~te in tho event, but these ten boys cnn be selected from the entire troop; in other words, it is not con tompleted tha.t four of five boys should try to take Forestry nnd than at some later time tho balruice of the ten boys to come to the Judges for Forestry, but that all of the ton boys shall present themselves et the same time for this event. Also, in the Fire by Friction, the rules show one teaJn of two scouts from each troop. Therefore, tho "Order of Events" is in error in callmg this a patrol event, as only two boys from each troop will participate. scouts 18 years of age and over are not permitted to participate in this rally, as the seme ruling governs the Council-Wide Rally as governed the Inter-Troop Rnlly Tournament. MERIT J3.ADGES: Troop 40 is working very hnrd on Merit :Badges, and 14 Scouts from this troop were awarded 26 Merit :Badges at the court of Honor last Friday. Fine i;rorkJ scoutmaster Joe Austin says his troop is going to tci.ke more badges then aey troop in town during 1929. -2- TINDER: Troops o.ro roquosted to carry nll tinder for firG building, both by flint and steel a.nd firo by friction, in a tin con ond to plnco it back in the cnn : nftor the ti11dor is used. This is mcroly mentioned ns a safety prccauti~n, as when boys do not use tho cons there is Q oho.nee thot a spark might still be in th:: tinder c.nd ignite, causing dampge uhe~ lenst expected. KAMP KIA KilliA: The Kamp Kin Kiron cutalogue ho.s been mailed to the parents of {ill Scouts in tho Council, nnd they should all h['.VO. been received by this tirJe. If anyone did not get a cntnlogue, please let us 1'::no71 r>nd we will be glnd to send another. A number of boys h~ve regfstered for crimp, and it looks as if we \7ill have n full caJ;1p throughout the summer. scoutmasters c.ro nequested to ask their boys to register as early as pos~iblo, so that we oay reserve a :place for tho boys at the tine they desire to go. Tl-tE couN Cl L Fl FGE Vol. 2, No. 35. C ~1 cl<q5qv} Co41c1 l _66 '5. '\o May 8, 1929. COUNCIL-WIDE RALLY: The rally mll be held in the picnic grounds near T!here the wall no11 is, beginning at 9: 00 sharp on Saturday morning, May 11th. .All troops are requested to be at the picnic grounds not later than B:OO Saturday morning, so that preparations may be made and the rally may start promptly. It is expected that the rally will be run off like clock work judging from the splendid performances of the troops in the Inter-Troop Rally Tournament, and, if everybody will 11 lenG\, a hand", there will be a lot more snap in the rally and everyone '.-rill enjoy it just that much more. There will be a sign with your troop number on it, designating the place where one pup tent is to be pitchodf and all troops arc requested to keep their equipment in this tent as this uill facilitate the hnndling of equipment and will also keep tho grounds in better order. For INSPECTION each troop ';Jill lino up in troop front, the tallest boy in tho troop bciag immediately opposite tho tent, and the troop being at right angles to the line of tents and facing north. like the illustration. In KNOT TYING the ropes will be placed on a polo in front of the judge 20 feet from the starting lino, and attention is particularly called to the rules which specify that all knots N 1 I I t t 111 t lllllltlt > > must be tied in a practical way. There will be plenty of ropes, nnd knots which require the use of two ropes, like tho Fisherman's Knot, each scout ·will be expected to use tr10 ropes in tying. Hitches ';'l'ill be the only knots required to be tied on the poles. In case of ties in ai~r cv0nt, the two teams or troops will both be a~ warded the same number of points. In MORSE .tiND SEi.'i&'HORE SIGNALING, the Council 11ill furnish the paper ol* wh,~.~· th~ i;u,e$$ages are to be 11ri tten, m1d eo.ch scoutrnaster is requestf.;d to ask al.I b.f his signalii1g te,~ms to be sure to place their i1rmes and troop number on the papers, so that there will be no doubt o.s to -:1ho received o.nd sent the message;, Official Fire ]Uildin,"~ siats arc on snl'e at Headqunrtors at $1. 00 each. Each Scout is cautioned to brilv~ his lunch, ns there will bo a halfhour iunch period. from 12: 6'0 to 12::'30. . The Council is indebted to scoutmaster Joe Flanagon and the boys of Troop 3 who have repaired the wall for the wALL SCALING event as a troop good turh.. This is expected to be one of the finest rallies in the history of the council, and everyone is Gxpocted to have a big time in doing some real scouting. MOSQUITO CONTROL: On Saturday, May 18th, the scouts of Mer:-rphis have been asked to co-operate v-rith the City Health Department in distributing about 50,000, cards giving il'lstructions on r.1osqui to con t.rol. Each Scoutmaster in the city will be sent full information regarding this work ;;:hich will 'be one of the finest things ( 11 The council Fireu continued) that our scouts con do, as by helping to elininatc nosquitoos wo arc helping to i:iake our city better and hoalthier. Full information r;ill be sent to all scoutL>astors early next week• .1.1.ll that is needed is for every scout to turn out in this, tho b:l.ga;est good turn the scouts have done this year. If. everyone helps, it 11ill tnke but a vory short til::e to distribute these cards, as it is not con tee.plated that any scout V1ill have Doro the.in 200 of then nnd thoso should bo distributed in a very short while. ¥EW TR_OOP P.AFEP&: Troop l is beginnini;'.; to issue a troop po.per known as 11 The standaI'd 3ecre:r·ll, and thr;;y hr.i:ve certainly printed a. live pu:blication. It gtves pat:rol reports from the vnrious patrol leaders, has n.n editorial, lots of troop ne11s, and the troop report for the month of .April. congratulo.t:!.ons, Troop l! Troop 34 is Eilso putting out a fine new troop pE1per knoi;m as 11 2.i.he Pathfinder". They have a lot of patrol neviS as well as troop news, and also some real jokes. congratulations, Troop 341 ESSAY: The enclosed announcement has been sent to all of the scouts in }£emphis regn,rding an essay on tho "Official Boy scout Uhiformll, and nll boys are invi ted to enter the contest. KA.Ml? KIA KIIv..A: Registrations for 11 Ee.glei? Nest11 are corning in regularly. Jo.mes Fitchett of Troop 19 hns signed up for the entire ten weeks ond 11 Budll English of Troop 45 is going to stny nine weeks. It ts going to be a wonderful co.mp this year, ond every Scout should try to go for at least two weeks and tc.ke ~dvantage of the opportunity of living in one of the best scout camps in JIJllericn. C 0 U N C I L - W I D E RALLY PI ClJI C GROUNDS OVERTON PARK St arts 9 : 00 a. M. SATURDAY, NJ.AY 11th, 1929. THE. couNcrL FIFSE C~1cKq5a\I\/ Cou·qc1 L . .B~ s. I\· I Vol, 2, No. 36, May 14, 1929, ROUND T.A:BLE: The regular monthly meeting of the Round Table will be held at the East End Christian Church, corner Peabody and McLean, at 6:30 P. M. on Monday, .May 20th. Mr. Walter Gray says that he will have one of the best m3aJ.s that he has ever served, and that is covering lots of territory. For the past three weeks Mr. Gray has been out of town and he has had his eyes open for some real food for the Round Table. If you want to see the results of his trip, be there at 6:30 next Monday. NEW MERIT BADGE COillTSEI,OR: Dr. William H. Brandon, 1024 Madison Avenue, is now a counselor for First Aid and Personal Health, and we welcome him into Chickasaw council, Dr. Brandon is in the same building with Dr. w. R. Blue, who is also a Merit Badge counselor, and these two gentlemen will be glad to assist scouts and troops in any way that they can. We arc indebted to Dr. Blue for getting Dr. Brandon into scouting. CAMP CURRIER RULES: At the meeting of the Executive Board of the Council on May 9th, rules for the use of the Camp Currier headquarters were adopted, and a copy of these rules is enclosed. nyu SWIM: Owing to the tremendous numiber of scouts who desire to use the "Y'' pool, it will be n~cessary for troops to make reservations in the future when they want to swim. Those troops who desire to swim on Friday night, May 24th, will please call the Boys' Division of the y. ~£. c. A•, 6-5074, rend make reservation. '1he first hundred scouts to reserve a place will be accepted. Troops who are unable to secure reservations on this night mny swim on Frid~y night, May 31st, if they will also call the uyu ond make reservo.tion. ·•· · :t)~ring June, July, and August the 11y11 expects to have a large number of swimmers, end· in order to prevent congestion the troops of 11Iemphis have been divided into two 'sections, Troops l to 19 inclusive will be expected to swim on the second ]'f'iday night in each month during Juno, July, and August, and Troops 20 to 56 incluoive will be expected to swim on the fourth Friday in ea.ch month. Troops \7ill not be expected to swim at the "Y" more thon once each month. Plense remember there is a five cent charge for soap and towels for each scout. COURT OF HONOR: A mooting of tho court of Honor will be held on Saturday, May 18th, at 7:30 p. M. in Council Headquarters, 306 Bankers Building. -2- QOUNCIL-WIDE &i.LLY: '!ho rally held o.t Overton P::irk on last saturdny '\?as o:r..o of the snappiest nnd best rv1lios in tho history of tho Council. There ~ns so~o especially fine 11ork done by a nur.!bor of tho troops, D.nd the council is proud of the ronl scout tDuining they displayed. · ::Solov; arc tho points scored by tho V0rious troops: I PLACE TROOP INSPECTIO~sOALIN(. SI~TL srdifi FI¥:ST FORES FIRF&:BLDG FIRE BY KNOT TOT.Ali ·-rwALL - '.fJRSE -'Si°'t.Jii · Tl ' • A TRY ~iUER :OOIL. :ERI GrIOJl TYING ! j 1st 19 10 10 10 10 9 10 9 10 9 87 L 9-r 6 ·~···· ~ 1- 2nd 3 9 9 9 ! 9 10 9 5 75 ! 3rd 11 9 8 6 6 6 i 10 8 7 6 66 --·--· 4th 14 10 6 -7- -- 3 8 10 7 7 57 I 5th 54 6 8 8 7 9 1 6 8 63 J 6th 32 5 2 7 7 7 7 5 5 3 48 7th l 8 2 3 4 6 10 2 8 2 45 I 8th 5 10 6 5 6 10 6 l 44 9th ~ 7 7 4 4 6 8 3 3 42 10th 25 8 3 7 5 7 8 38 11th 4 7 4 7 8 10 36 12th 10 5 2 7 5 4 23 ; 13th 21 5 2 2 7 4 20 J 14th 36 2 7 6 15 ~5th 13 3 l 6 4 14 6th 23 2 7 9 17th 34 5 5 ---· -- . ··-~ . .. - ··- -- -- - - 18th 45 1 l - - 0 TI-IE COUNCIL FIF1E Vol. 2, No. 38. C~icko..savJ CoUfjcil B . .5. \ May 29, 1929. KA.MP KIA Kl MA JAiv.J30REE: ·rhe big Jamboree in the in teres.t of Ka.II!P Kia Kima will l::e held at camp currier on saturlay, June 8th, and every Scout is urged to be there and to bring his parents and friencls~ The program will start at 3:00 on Saturday afternoon with a treasure hunt, and this will be something that all of the boys can look forward to and share in the fun. Through the courtesy of Mr. Edward M. ~alomon and Mr. William wolf of tho Now Bry•s, eight handsome prizes will be award~ ed to tho first eight boys who complete the treasure h;un t. !J:ihese prizes are well worth wo~king for, nnd will be a real treasure when found. We appreciate the splendid help of the,Now l3ry•s in donating tho prizes for this event. In aiidition to these, other prizes will be owarded to scouts who complete the treasure hunt, so there is a chance for tuonty-four boys to win prizes nnd this should e~uble every troop to win something. Judging from treasure bunts in the past, keen wits end good Scouting will be required to find the treasure, but, oh, what a joy when you do find tho treasure at the end of the troilJ After the treasure hunt there will be a picnic supper. Each scout is expected to bring his own food, and the parents of the scouts and guests aro also expected to bring their own picnic baskets of food. !J:ihe .Council will not furnish any food as wed o not know how many will be there, and it is thought that it would be much better to have every troop to Illllke its own arrangements for FOOD and TRANSPORTATION. Tho picnic supper will be eaten about 6:30, and at 7:30 there-will be. a huge council fire to which all porents, guests, and boys are oordinlly invited. There will be a number of stunts, songs, and a real gocd time for everybody around the c~ fire. Don't miss itJ In the event of rain on Saturday, the treasure hunt and program will bo :postponed to Monday at the same time. LET'S HAVE THE BIGGEST TURNOUT IN THE HISTORY OF CHICKASAW COUNCIL! TRUCK FEES: As it has been found impossible to operate on a break-even basis at 25¢ per round trip to Camp Currier, it hasfggon decided to raise the price to 50¢ per person per round trip, \7ith a minimum/of! $6.00. We regret that this is necessary, but the expense of running the truck is so groat that it cannot be avoided.· FIRST AID COURSE: . TWelvo attended the first session Tuesday night, and most were new scoutmsters. About four others will .. .:ee present 7 :30 Thursday at the nyn for the second session which will be on ":Bandages11 • This is a pitiable number considering the i~ortance of the course, .and the help it would be in troop adV:ancvaian8.; 1l1he .~ourse is the first of its kini for scoutmasters in Memphis, and it was expected that all of the old and experienced scout leaders would take it if at all po'ssible. An inforni.ation sheet is enclosed. Fees are $3. 00 for scoutmasters ond $1.50 for older scouts, payable within tho five weeks, and lvery small when averaged over tho 11 bootings. Got your older scout or scouts in on this; here's the chance to moko real experts or specialists. You will be one when you got a Red Cross certificate. It's inportant to start planning imoediately; be present Thursday night (May 30), and last chance will be next TU.esday night. •.· · Telephone for addi ticnal information. ;mNGLISH SCOUT KNIFE: Roger Stanley, scoutnaster of Troop 19, lost ~ English scout knife at the big rally held on Nay 11th at overton park. rt will be deeply apPreciated if Finder will br_ing the knife to Headquarters. SCOUTMASTEJRS ~T KAMP KIA KIMA: Scoutmasters, Assistant scoutmasters, and Kia Ki.ma veterans will nav t.hP. O<>m<:I """"":j ...... T,.~ - Tr~-- .._,_ ' '• - --- r-<J v••"' .,.......,._, LJV!ll..L'l,.L. ~u J:\,J.a !\,1ma 'tnat 'tfie $COUtS pay, and not the misitors • rate. Therefore, the cost will be $9.00 for the :first week, and $8.50 for each_succeedine week. Scoutmasters and Assistant scoutmasters are urged to la.Y their plans to go to Kia Kima for at least one week this summer, and a special pro~ am will be arranged for them in camp whenever they can go. $NiJ{]l VENOM .ANTITOXIN: A supply of snake venom anti ~oxin has been secured for bo1h Camp currier and KDlllp Kia Kima, so that both comps are prepared in case of anyone being bitten by a snake. Everyone is invited to ask the cainp directors about the use of this ·antitoxin, as it is a splendid thing to know in first aid. COURT OF HONOR: A meeting of the Court of Honor will be held on Friday, May 31st, at 7 :30 P. M. in council Headquarters, 306 Bankers :SU.ilding. ; . THE COUNCIL FifGE C~ickasaW Cou~dL 13·0 :5u \ Vol. 2, No. 39~ June 4, 1929. KAMP KIA KHU\ J.AMEORRF.: The staff of Ks.mp Kia Kima had a meeting a fen nights ago ·&~;z;:-··-:RiiS"seJ.l peri:y-and-"Sloppy11 Eu.tler rre:ce a,:,)polnted a committee to arrange a program fo!' the big Jt.m·ooree rrhich w:i.11 be held at C8.r~ Currier on Saturday, June 8th. They have arranged a splendid program and one troop has volunteered to put on some :roal Indian dan.c:ing, so you can bo prepared to have a wonde:::-ful timo at the Treasure H-v..nt and at tho camp fire after the hunt. Tho advance p~:rt;y for Cnrr\P wore schedul,_ e<l to leave on satm·,lay, Ju.no 8th, but on account of the J'amboree they decided to stay over and go to cnmp on the fol1o~ing dczy- as they did not want to miss the s~lendid program which has been arranged. From all indications there will be a record crowd at C<'mp Currier .<;i.nd tho council 'bus will be a regulm- shuttle between Memphis and camp QL;Irior. both on FriQay and Saturday. There will be some s:plendid priz.es owarded to the winners of the Tro~surc in the Treasure Hunt, and owing to there being a number of these prizes there wi 11 be a fine choncc for a number of boys ·to VTin them. LET1 S GQ,! LE'I'TER: Dr. L. M. Graves, $Upcrintend.ont of Health of the City of Memphis, hDs se"'ii"ttho folloning letter to the Executive: Mr~ W. Gordon Morris, Scout Executive, Boy Scouts of America, 71 Madison. Memphis, Tenn. Dear :Wi.r. Morris: I r1ish to take this opporcunity to express my personal appreciation for tho nonderful work nhich the Boy Sco-q.ts d:!.d on May 18th and May 25th in distributing to all tho hom0s in tl1.e city cards on maJ.nria and mosquito control \70rk. The interest which the bo:rs took in this work and the efficient way in ~hi ch they put it over are evidence of their trnining and their eagerness to render public service. The service ;mich they rendered was of great assistance to the Health Deportment end was a re~l service to the entire city. The interest ond cooperation of the public in the important question of malaria and mosquito control has "been m:oused to an extent that the control of breeding in the city sn0111 be a cor.:tparatively easy matter this year. We are receiving daily numbers of cards which contain valuable information and will assist the Health Departnent in its efforts to control mosquito breeding. I trust that our deep appreciation r.iay be expressed to every boy who had a part in this work. YoU!$'s very truly, L. M. Graves, M. D., Superintendent of Health. The Council is indeed proud of the work that the Scouts did in helpir:\g th:e o·i ty :for this was a· cor.ir:ru.ni ty good turn such as scouts are nlways glad to rend- er. • KAMP IUA Kil\iLA! 'lhe advance pro;ty for Kar-1> Kia Kina consisting of nost of the staff and Assistant scoutr:ia.ster Charles :Brooks of Troop 21, Thornton Bryan of Troop 29, ]ob Ga.nble of Troop 11, Bob Walls of Troop 11, Henry Mitchell of Troop 21, and Mr. June Davidson, Assistant Car.~ Director of the St. Francis Valley Council Car:iJ at Jonesboro, Arkansas, will go to car.lJ on sunday oorning, .June 9th, in order to prepare the car1p for the scouts Vfho will coi::ie up on the opening day, Saturday, Ju.no 15th. Headquarters has been very busy,buying supplies for cenp during tho past uoe~ A fine array of food has already beon shipped to car.'!p, a canoe purchased, a largo ar.1ount of bows, arrous, .nnd other archery o0uipr::ent and tom1is oquipi::cnt have been purchased so that everything v.ill be ready for a big tii::e just as soon as CD.L!P opens on tho 15th. The new tennis court will doubtless furnish a great deal of fun to a large nunber of boys who arc interested in this splendid gane. Bill sneed has been working on this court for sor:;e tine, and it should be in excellent condition by the tir.1e cut'!p opens. Registrations are conir.g in right o.long, nnd all scouts who are h1terested in going to C'1IJ.P should sign up at once in order to secure resel'vation for the tir.:.e they ex.-pect to go to cor.1J?. All signs point to the best cnqping season in the history of Kin Ki1:-;a and everyone wlill undoubtedly have a wonderful tine. tICK LIST: IJ!his is to announce that ex-scout in:ior"J.ns Hopper who has been confined <o his bed for a mmber of r:ionths on account of a serious illness is now able to roceivo coLlJany and would ap1')reciate ony of the active scouts or forner scouts 9or:li.ng to see hio. Thor.:n.s Hopper, at ono tir.10, was one of the outstanding scouts qf Mer.1phis, ond his father, Mr. Lloyd Hopper, was Scoutr.10.ster for a nu.ober of years. KAME> KIA KIWiA JAMBOREE CAMP CURRIER, S.ATURD.A.Y, JUNE 6th. TREASURE HUNT STARTS .AT 3 P.M. SUPPER .AT 6:00 P.M. EVERYONE FURNISH 0Vv1~ FOOD JlND TruNSPORT.ATION C.k.MP FIRE .i-1.T 7:30 ?.M. ALL SCOUTS, SCOUT11·~STERS, .8.SSIS'WTT SCOUTMASTERS, TROOP COMMITrEElvEN, Pb.RENTS, AND FRIENDS INVITED. T THE COUNCIL FIF6~ cryicka5o v-J Cou~ci 1 vol. 2, No. 41. E. 5. ~ Juno 19, 1929. COMPET!TIVE DRILL: Through tho courtesy of Mr. Mnrk Eldredge, of the Memphis power and Light company, all scouts nnd scoutmasters are cordially invited to attend tho annual compotitivo DTill botuoon toams of tho Poucr & Light compnny on tho Prone Pressure Method of RESuscit.ntion nhich uill be held at 7:30 p. M. on June 20th at the service :SUilding, ]ea.le D.nd. Wu1nut Streets. This is a splendid opportunity to get some real knoul~1ge on first aid problems. J\Al41:,_Ig_! Kl.MA: The Executive has just returned from Kump Kia Kima, having spent a week r1i th tho advance party in getting camp in good condition for the opening which occurred on Saturday, the 15th. Kamp is really in splendid condition, as the pier has been built o.nd a diving board uill be installed this ueek. Tho water is as lou as it was at ony timo last summer, and the swimning is simply fine. Kamp has 11 cnnoes, more than at uny other time in the history of the camp, and tho scouts are certainly enjoying using tljom. Tho tennis court has been completed with the exception of the back stop, and it will be tho source of much enjoyment to our Scouts throughout the summer. This is a sand and cley court, und is built in the open space back of the visitors' lodge only about 250 yards from headquarters, so that it will be swailable at all times withou.t the boys having to go to the athletic field for tennis. New screen doors have been installed on most of the lodges and the mess hall has been partially rescreoned ond put in fine condition. Ike l3askin is on the job as cook again for the 5th season and his old specialty of fried pies is of tremendous interest to all of the boys. who go to car.ip. The new hospital is open and has some splendid oquipr:ient, Mr. George Sheats of the Baptist HOS::?7~ tal having donated a splendid adjustable examination table which has boon greatly uoedod for a long tine. At tho first r.~ooting of the cou!l.cil scouts, held on last Saturday night, the now Chief of Kia Kinn, '\7illard Ho.ys, roid June Davidson, .Assistant Director of the Jonesboro onr.-p, were tnken into the council. The Kar.~ Enblen this year will not be a neckerchief, but uill be sonething that all of the boys have lont:; wonted to have. This will be announced in the near future, ond Scouts uho win it will be very proud to wear it. NEW TROOP:, The South Side Methodist Church, of which Dr. o. A· Marrs is Pastor, has organized a troop of scouts \7ith Mr. A.. J3. cooper as scoutr.la.ster, and Messrs. Clarence Ransoo nnd Alpha Cook as .Assistroits. Mr. R. L. ]ollinger is Chairoan of the Troop coi:nittoe, and Messrs. A. s. Rogers ond M. w. Dosley are oenbers of the cor:ni t tee. we are delighted to welcone this new troop into Chickasaw Council and to have the ten boys who registered as charter r.:ier.1bers to co:oe into Scouting. COURT OF. HONOR: The next nee ting of the Court of Honer will be held Friday, June 21st, at 7 :30 p. M. at scout Headquarters, 306 :Bankers :Building. THE COUNCIL L'I~C C~icKaso-W CoUf]ciL Vol. 2, No. 42. D · s. ~· . June 24, 1929. I'\ f...1\1\ PH IS ) ( !.-----· ;"'-i ~.Hll':>i:. t 1· '' .' . Nf..UtlRH,T \_ ____ BLUE HOLi: Through the courtesy of Mrs. Frances H. woolen, scouts are permitted to camp at Blue Lake, or as it is probably known, Blue Hole, in Arkansas, which is 22 miles from the bridge. The above is a rough map of the route to go in order to reach this lake. As you will note, the route is over highway No. 70 to Lehi, then you turn south on highway No. 3 to the lake. There is splendid boating and fishing at Blue Hole, and scouts who are accompanied by a scoutmaster or other adult leader in charge of the party will be permitted to camp free of charge. This is a splendid place for camping, and is very close to. Memphis. scoutmasters or othe.rs in charge of parties going to Blu~ Hole should coll Headquarters for permission before leaving for the lake. KA.MP KIA KIMA.; The staff at Kia Kima is planning a big celebration for tho 4th of July including fire works, lots of good things to cat, swillll!ling, boat races, and other events too numerous to mention. Traditionally the 4th of July is one of the biggest days in the camping season. and everyone who. can should take advc:mtage of the splendid opportunity to go to Kia Kine. on this day. If you want to havo a ·::·big time, don•t fail to go to Kia Kirna on the 4th of Jii~yJ FIRST AID MERIT BADGE: Effective immediately the Scouts desiring to pass First A.:id Merit Badge must secure a certificate from Headquarters which in turn must be signed by an examiner showing that they have successfully demonstrated artificial resuscitation. This is in addition to the regular application signed by a physician. 'lhe following are examiners: · Joe Sturdivant TOU1ie Johnson c. E. Cooloy Y. M. c. A. Y. M. c. A. Y. M. c. A· THE COUNCIL FIRoE Chickasaw Cou~c}l ~· s. ~· vol, 2, ~o. 43. / July 1, 1929. REVISION--.nJLY l, 19291 This statement cancels all previous references in scouting literature to the registration of scout officials and other persons having official relations to the :Boy scouts of America, ,with which it may conflict. On May 13, 1929, the National council of the :Boy scouts of America for the purpose of making .effective the constitutional provisions governing conditions relating to the servico o~ men as officers, leaders and volunteer workers generally in carrying out the Boy scout Program as provided in Articles III and XII of the constitu~ tion of the Boy scouts of Amoriea with the view to st:rengthenfog and consolidat:irg the membership and raising the standard and effectiveness of the work wi.th boys unanimously docidcd to extend: to all persons officially connected with scouting; except honorary monbors having no functional responsibility,· tho registration system founded in 19'13 and heretofore applied only to boys and corIDissioned officials. Hereafter all 'approved applicants will be issued a it'cortificate of Meobershipli or a 11 cor.nission11 according to their official classification as "Adult Meober11 or it sc01t Officialtt and a subscription to "SCOUTING", the official r.1agazine of the ]oy scouts of Anorica, which will be sent to each rogistcant during the tern .of his registration. The registration fee for II.Adult Meobers" ond 1tscout Offillictls11 will be $1.00 annually. scout officials include scoutna.sters and thei~ Assistants; scout cor.nissionors of all ranks locally ond nationally; scout Executives of all rroiks locally and nationally; Local council officers, Regional officers: National officers. .Adult r.loDbers include nenbers of the National and Local t:ouncils • Regional, Troop and other cor2::iitteer.1en, -Merit :Badge counselors, Instructors, etdJ Veteran scouts r..laintaining active annual registered relationship with Troops or counsils will pay the annual registration fee of 50 cents for scouts or $1.00 for Scouters. • Signed JAMES E. WEST Chief scout Executive. * * * * * * * * * * AMENDMENT 'IO FORMS 692-.A., 692-::S, F-881 CANCELLING ALL REFERENCES TO FEES The oinir:iur.i requirer.10nts for a Land or sea Scout Troop---3 Troop coor.li tteeneri and scoutLla.stcr---$4.00, ond 8 scouts (even if less than 8 are listed)---$4.00 * * * * * * * * * * Beginning July 1, 1929, all persons to bocouo officially connected with the Boy scouts of Ancrica as scouts (:soys) or Scout ors (Scout Officials and .A.dul t Menbcrs) are.to be forDally registered at tho National Office with the approval of the proper Local Scout authorities, when application is r:ndo upon blanks furnished for this purpose • .A.11 persons now officially connected with tho :soy Scouts of ,Ar.lerica will cone under the operation of this pHicy when they reregister at tho expiration of their present terr1s of r:1enbership or cor1Dission, unless they voluntarily elect to do so prior to that t ir.16. The National Council will issue to each approved· applicant an official "CEETIFICATE of MlllMBERSHIPtr or a 11 COMMISSION11 , also a subscription to SCOUTING, the official r:iagazine of the :Boy scouts of .APerica which will be sent to the registrant during the period of nis registration. THE COUNCIL Fl~E C~1cka.savJ Cou~cil Vol. 2, No. 43. B~ So '\o July 10, 1929. This is contest week at can;>, ~nd the staff has prepared a number of very interesting events for the boys who e.re fortunate enough to be at Eagle 1s Nest. Several big g~mes, including the Abyssinian King, Hostile Spy, £Jnd others, will furnish the entertainment. The grDnd prize for contest week is a cance hike to Ma.nunoth Springs, so all of the boys are busy working in order to ~in the points i,1hich will enable them to go on this i,1onderful hike, In the contests there is signalling, map reading, forestry, advancement in rank ond merit badge work, first aid, inspection, baseball games, volleyball gnmes, horshoe pitching, and other contests. The winner of each con test is awrrded so many points mid the boys i7ho receive the most points, regardless of the tribe they nre in, \7ill have the opportunity to go to Mo.mmoth. ]y this me['Jls all boys arc eligible to go, end it is si~~y o question of \7ho can do the best and most efficient scouting. There is sure to be a wonderful time for everyone during this contest, and the boys i,1ere entering into it with a great deal of spirit and enthusiasm. ca~ has one of the best piers this year that it has had in a number of years, as it has a high dive and a splendid spring board. A number of the best swimmers are practicing fancy diving and, with the aid of the spring bonrd, they nre becoming proficient rapidly. Canoo trips are very populnr as usual, and every Sunday nfternoon there are a number of boys who go up to Rn.coon Springs or nbove o.nd' dovm bolo\7 C Hardy on a canoe hike. The VI ater this yenr is especially good, ns throughout the camping season the river has been in its banks, and there has never been ~ singlo overflou to date. Last year during the first two weeks of cwnp the river r1as so swift that swimming was impossible for the cacp. This year the Elements have been more favorable, 0}1d swimming has bem one of tho r.inin pleasures throughout the camping sea.son. :Barcroft, Troop 39, Kia Kima, At a council Fire held last week Assistant scoutr.iaster John of Troop 4, and scouts Henry Daniels, Troop 47, and Walter Stephenson, were made Council Scouts. This is the highest honor which can be uon at and these boys are very proud of their election into the Council Ring. A boy who h~s the opportunity to go to camp is indeed fortunate, and every boy in Chickasaw Council should take advantage of the cha.nee to go to one of the best Scout camps in America. * * * IDEALS: 11As you think, you travel; as you love, you attract---you are today whore your thoughts have brought you; you will be tonorrow where your thoughts take you--you cannot escape the result of your thoughts, but you can endure and bear, accept and be glad---you will realize the vision (not the idle wish) of your heart, be it base or beautiful, or a mixture of both, for you will always gravitate toward that which you, secretly, nust love. Into your hands will be placed tho exact results of your thoughts; you will receive that which you earn; no nore, no less. Whatever your present environment may be, you will fall, rer:>El.in, or rise with your thoughts; your wisdon, your ideals. You will become as soall as your controlling desire; as great as your doi:d.nan t aspiration". · The cor.1l'!lercial Appeal. ,,,. ~rHE COUI~CIL f'·IR0F C~1ckasoW Counc1l 5. S. A. 1T:ol. 2, No. 47. \ July 30, 1929. SEA SCOUT BOAT: The Sea scouts of Memphis have long wanted for a boat, and their dream has just been realized,, as through the, courtesy of Mr. G. G. Fisher of the u.s. Government Fleet at West Memphis the council has been loaned a P:rand new 20 foot skiff capable of holding about ten boys. This boat has never been used before, and was, delivered to the Sea scouts on last Thursd.ay, the 25th. ]ert Pouncey, Mate of the s.s.s. Kia Kirna, and scouts James Hughes and Maurice Butler were the first ones to have the pleasure of manning tho naas on the new boat. Through the courtesy of commodore Ray H. Boaz the boat has been moored free of charge at the Memphis Outboard Motor Club at the foot of Adams street on Wolf River. It is expected that this boat will be of trel'n:!ndous help in the sea Scout program and there is no doubt but what it will afford a tremendous amount of pleasure to all of the boys in the sea scout ship13 whp are privileged to use it. The sen Scouts expect to httve some real experiences o~ho water in this boat and tt will be fine training for all of tho sea scouts. ;,£;.ND I CRAFT DISPLAY: Our Scouts are holding out their exhibits for this displny. ~roop 32 to date has brought in the only exhibits, but they have certainly done some Jonderful work. scout Oliver Moody of Troop 32 has brought in an electric light stand made of inlaid wood, together with a gavel also made of inlaid wood. These two articles are beautifully made and required real skill to make. Scout Selby :Biggerstaff has brought in a beautiful model of a yacht r1hich required over three months to build. This boat is wonderfully built and is a splendid piece of workmanship. If each of the other troops will turn in one or two pieces of woodwork, and especially articles made of old lunber, boxes, etc., they will be of great help in making a display of which all of the scouts in Memphis will be proud. The u. s. Department of conmerce, through the Mempt.is representative of Bureau of Foreigh and Domestic comnerce is expecting the Scouts to oake an exhib,i tion which will be of wide interest, but we cDnnot r;iake this display unless we have the articles to put in the .-rindcw. These articles will be displayed during the/ week of August 26th through the 31st, and any scout who has an article which he has .made of wood is urged to bring it to headquarters just as soon as possible so that we can have the ddsplay made up. ,£'!,ORAL PARADE: The annual playground parade of the }f.er::.phi s Park commission will be held on Saturday afternoon, August 10th, in Overton Par~. The Recreation Department of the Mer.~his Park commission has asked that all of the scouts in Me~is neet at the pavillion in the Picnic Ground at. Overt_on Park at 3: 00 p. M. on saturday, .Aug. 10th, and to assist in keeping the crowd back froo the line of narch of the parade. 'i1his is an opportunity to do a coor.1Uni ty good turn, and all scouts are requested to be there in FULL UNIFORM. This will be sooething well worth seeing, and will be thoroughly enjoyable. NEW TROOP: The Eastern H~ights Baptist Church, corner Madrid and Malcolob streets, of which Dr. w. M. Couch is Pastor, .is sponsoring a troop of scouts which will be Troop 42. Mr. Jar,1es E. :Bartlett, 3227 Lyn.dale, who was forr.:ierly a Scout in Che.rlesA; on, N'Jiss., will be the scoutnaster, nnd Mr. H. I· Morse, who was fornerly a Scout- ~ f.1@,ster in New Mexico, will be tho Assistant scoutoaster. This troop has not been registered as yet, but they expect to be within a short tine. We are glad to have then in Chickasaw co~cil, and we want to extend to then a r.1ostt cordial welcor::te. NEW :MERIT J3ADGE COUNSELOR: Mr. c. C· :Brown, scoutDaster of Troop 38, is a new Merit Badge counselor in Journalisr::t and Aviation. Mr. Brown holds a private license as an .Av;1nto1'. and is \7ell qualified to handle both of these subjects as he has had wise experiend, e in both. Scouts desiring to take these M:eri t Badges please telephone Mr. Brown at the E\re11ii.1g Appeal, 6-2000, and nake appoint1:::ont. TI-IE COUNCIL FITGE C~ickasav/ Couricil Vo l • "':J' • No. 48. . :e. s. A' \. Au g. 7 , 192.°, . FLORAL PP.RADE: All Scouts are requested to be present IN FULL UNIFORM at the pavilion in the'picnic ground at Overton Park on Saturday afternoon, August 10th, at 3:00 to assist in keeping the crowd back from the line of march in the floral parade. This will be a big help to the Recreation Department of the Memphis park commission. There will be a splendid rcprosontation of all of the playgrounds of the city, and Scouts can do a real community good turn by keeping the crowd back. TROOPS REREGISTER: Troop 35, which is the S·S·S· Kia Kima, has reregistored with Mr. Merrill schwartoz*'as skipper, and Mr. Bert Pouncey as Mate. This is a splendid Sea Scout ship, ond \:. one of the two in Chickasa.w council. Chickasaw council has more sea. scouts and more ships than any COJ.ncil in Region 5, which comprises tho states of Tennessee, Arkansas, Alabruna, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Troop 50 of Collierville has reregistered with Mr. Arn.old Houston as Scoutmast0r and fifteen scouts. They arc planning big things in Collierville during tho fall season, and this troop is making splendid progress. HANDICRAFT DISPLAY: There is only a short time to mako articles to be used during the ~isplay of lv'Oodwork and hondicraft articles, and Scouts nre urged to get busy on this. The display will be rm.de in the Chisca Hotel for the wveek of August 26th through the 31st, and all scouts who have tie racks, book ends, tables, or other articles made of wood are urged to bring them to Headquarters at the earliest possible moment. Let• s do a good turn by helping in this display, as we can help tho United States Department of commerce very much by displaying a fine list of articles made by scouts. NEW MERIT BADGE COUNSELOR: Mr. George J. Madlinger, 1546 Waverly place, is a new Counselor in Forestry, Botany, and Insect Life, and we nre glad to welcome him into Chickasaw council. •phone him at 6-2903 for appointnents to pass Merit Badge, test. 'Tl-Il COUNCIL, F;l l~E L ~ i cl'\a sa1t1: Cour1 ci L · B. S, !\. Vol. II }To. 56 Oct~ 24, 1929 HALLOWEEN CE1FPRATION: Through the courtesy of Miss Minnie M• Wagner, Superintendent of the Recreation Department of the Memphis Park commission, all of the Scouts of Memphis have been invited to participate at the different playground celebrations on Halloween, which is Thursday October 31st. Below please note a list of the playgrounds, their locations, and directors. Each ·troop is requested to go to the playground nearest to their headquarters or the playground which is most convenient and to assist thn director in making the celebration a real success. Herel s a chance for some real fun. 1. Beauregard 2. Bellevue 3. Bickford 4. Bril1kley 5. De Soto 6. Forrest 7. Gaston 8. Guthrie 9. Li tty 10. Overton 11. Peabody 12. sout:r.L Side 13 • Willi ams on LOCATIONS Jefferson & Somerville south Park.way & Bellevue Bickford & Fifth Market & Second West Delaware between California & De Soto Madison & Manassas South Third just north of McLemore Chelsea & Decatur South Willett & Foster In Overton Park across from zoo Cooper & Higbee. South Parkway & Orleans Baker just south of Overton DIRECTOR Miss Anna Cummins Miss Marian Calvert Miss Anola Welch Miss Essie Coffman Miss Catherine Johnsen Miss Maud Marcotte Miss lila Webb Mrs. Adeline Wheeler Miss Catherine Cronin M:iss Ruth Kemper Miss Mary ;,;on tgomery Miss Louise McFerrin Miss Louise Stratman COURT OF HONOR: The regular meeting of the Court of Honor will be held at Headquarters, Saturday night, October 26th. l"rHE~ COU1\IC1L FIRE CHlCKASflYV COUl\lCTL B.s .. p,,, Vol. II No. 57 October 30, 1929 • .iill.YISTICE DAY Pb.RlillE: Heret s good news for all of our scouts. Mr. Coyle Shea, Grand Marshal of the parade, has arranged with Professor R. L. Jones for all Scouts to march with their respective troops at the head of the Armistice Day Parade. Those Scouts who are members of the R.O. T. c. will be relee.sed from their R. o. T. c. uni ts in order to march with their troops. The only scouts who are to be in any other organization on Armistice Day are the r!lembers of the Rotary ]oys Band or other bands of the different schools who are to take part in the parade. Every other sco~t ~s expected to be in line with his troop. This is the first time in a nur.1ber of ;rears that scouts have been permitted to march as a body on .1;.rmistice Day and the parade should be an outstanding event as we expect to have at least 1,000 boys in line. A number of troops are drilling in preparation for this big event and all troops are requested to practice marching in colu1:m of patrols so that we will present a really splendid showing. Full details as to time and place of the parade will be fori.varded to you next week. In the meantir,10, please urge every boy to prepe.re hiLriself with a clean uniform for this event. TROOP 49: Troop 49, which r..ieets at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, has reregis tered with F·ather John H. Shea as scoutr:.1aster and Frank Frazier as assistant scoutr:Jaster. There are a number of boys who plan to join this troop in the very near future and Father Shea expects to have a full troop within a short while. The Council is very gli1d to have this troop· reorganized under such splendid leadership. KAMP KIA KINiA: Eagle scout Bob Wells of Troop 11 is the first boy to sig;n en application for the 1930 season at Kio. Kima. :Bob has filled in his application to stay ten weeks next sUJ11t1er. Through the use of the Kia Kima savings Club, doubtless a number of boys will ·oe afforded the opportunity of spending a real vacation at Eaglets Nest. Who will be the next to sign on the dotted line? H.ALLOWE:EN CELEBRATION: Eig plans have "been made for celebrating Halloween in the various playgrounds of the city on Halloween, which is Thursd.ay, October 31st. See last week• s council Fire for data on the playground locations and directors. Here's an opuortu.nity for ._:, every troop to have some real fu!:. Let's -~yJ ~>-- ./ · \/ > have a big turn-out. _../ ----==::- :;-4':S-1'\. \ __... .~-;~\ VVJ/fj )) }I I 1. '~.& 1')fYii( L~ if ;1 {(,/'" ~' ' ~'; ~f 11!~1 l~~ J:':_ R ,v9. / ,~~'~ Ji.~ ~(Jj)~il l \\~\\ J1 \f HtH H':i 1?11 51. o ~r!,9 ~r11l, · If!/ ~ ~~,<.\I'-~~) ? C../! l 7<il ... lJL v ~(L ,;.-~ ' £4c-Ii9 y --------- - -=--/-::::<- -- ~if~ . ---------- ::;.:------ ----====----~ -· - 1~HE CotJN C1L-r1RE Vol. II No. 58 CtUC1<:ASf\W B. s. C~OlJl\ICJ.L F\. Nov. 6, 1929. .ARMISTICE D.AY P.ARADE 1. Troops will march in numerical order. Troop 1 will form on court .Avenue near Second street with the other troops forming irnmedia tely behii.ld. 2. Every troop should have an American flag; troop flags and patrol flags will also help. 3. Every scout should be in full uniform, but lack of a uniform should not keep any Scout out of the parade. Every scout is expected to be with his troop whether in uniform or not. ~. Troops are to be formed and ready to march at· 9:30 .A. M. Monday, November 11th. 5. The tallest scouts should be at the head of the troop with the other boys placed according to height. 6. Every Scout should keep his head up and eyes straight to the front when marching. To look at the back of the fellow's neck in front of you is a good way to keep your head up. 7. All hats should be worn with the brim parallel to the ground. 8. The reviewing stand will be at Main and Mccall streets. When a troop approaches the reviewing stand, the Sc,outmaster should give the coranand "Eyes right 11 when he is within six paces of the stand . .All Scouts execute the command by turning head and eyes to the right oblique, eyes fixed on the line of eyes of the scouts in or supposed to be in the same rank. The scoutmaster alone salutes. .After the troop passes six paces beyond the stand, the Scoutmaster gives the c01nr;iand "Front11 , when Scouts turn head and eyes with snap to the front. loving cup will be presented to the best appearance in the parade. Ch.ickasaw council in the council to tice Day Parade. biggest parade in expects every Scout march in the .ArmisLet' s make this the our history. THE COUNCIL FIRE Page 2 1930 SCOUT DIARY: Headquarters has ordered a supply of the 1930 Scout Diaries. This book contains 256 pages of up-to-the-minute information. 'Ihe cover is printed in deep orange and the book contains a splendid index so that ready refe~ence may be had to the hundreds of-answers to questions which appear throughout the book. Also the Indian sign language is discussed in detail. This book will be of much interest to every scout and we hope every boy will buy one of them. price 15¢. HUMES HIGH SGOU'I' Cl.U:B: some of the scouts who attend Humes High School have formed a scout Club with Warren 1,edbetter, Troop 32, as president, Jruues Dallas of Troop 33 and Austin Halsey of Troop 34 as vice-presid~nts, and Robert Creagh of Troop 33 as secretary--treasurer. The Club expects to meet every Thursday at the schooli s club period, and the object of the club is to enable the boys to improve themselves in handicraft and to do work on merit badges. Mr. Paul Womack, manual training teacher at Humes High, is director of the elubis activities. The boys have laid out a splendid program for Thursday when they expect to begin work in soap carving, woodworking, and tincan craft. The Club has been divided into four patrols and they expect -to have a great deal of fun as well as do some spl.endid work during the forty-five minutes they meet each week. The club is in no sense a scout troop but i~ sir~ly using Scouting activities for its program. They have about twenty-five members at present but expect to have more as the organization is perfected. SCOUT ACTIVITIES; Troop 63 of Buffalo,. N. y., states as the objectives for the individual boy the following: BE A SCOUT aTTEND :E i!ERY MEETING TAKE P.i:illT IN ALL ACTIVITIES W:E.AR UNIFORMS PAY DUES :BRING IN C.AND ID ii.TES If every scout in Chickasaw council lived for one year according to these six simple rules, this would be one of the livest and most active councils in the south. SCOUT LEADERS 1 ROU:ND TABLE: Owing to next Monday being Armistice Day and to Mr. Walter Grays s absence from the city, the Round Table meeting has been postponed until Monday, November 18th. COURT OF HONOR: Court of Honor will be held at 7:30 Saturday night, November 9th, at Scout Headquarters, 306 :Bankers Building, 71 Madison Ave. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1929 Title A name given to the resource 1929 Chickasaw Council <em>Council Fire</em> Newsletters Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Chickasaw Council, BSA Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Duane Klink & Chuck Schadrack Camp Currier Chickasaw Council Newsletter Council Scouts Kia Kima Newsletter Sea Scouts https://www.kiakimamuseum.org/files/original/d1c15938bc26b6142c29961beaad42e4.pdf 37e1e88e83299e0f00a6f34f4bfc0ca9 PDF Text Text CHlCKP1~"31q\,1\f COUN·C lL B . .S. A. Vol. III No. 17 Mr. W. Gordon Morris, Scout Execu tive, Memphis, Tennessee. Dear Mr. Morris: I have been looking over records of the 39 r.o'..lllcils in Region Five and comparin5 their progress for the past three months. I am particularl y happy to note that ~,rour counc:.l has the highest rating of an;y council in the re gion for that period. I •vish to ta...":e this means of conga tulating you and those who are working with you upon this achievemer. . t. This record indicate s tha t t he Chi ckasa'l'I' Council is pushing forward and meeting with suecess in their efforts as inc :i~sa se in both troops and Scouts has been very good. If it were not for tho fact that a few troops have failed to reregister 0n time I feel su:·e your rating would show even more progress. The achievement which your co 1lrtc il 1'..ar, attained indicates t hat steady p ro.::ress is being ma.de in all departmenta . You seem to have coordinatio n throughout the council program, which is the :first req_J.irement any cou.."1.cil must meet in ordGr to do t h eir best \fork. It · is my sincere wish t ha t your council will shov1 continued progress in every department over the period of th.a m:xt three months as i t has during the past three, and that ins tead of beinf:; in ·~lass 11 3 1' you will advance to 11 A11 , which is the highest rank any co'Jncil can attain un~er the present grading system. With best wishes to you and "'Our council for continued success, and with kindest re68-rds, I am, Cordially yom·s, :aoY SCOUTS OF AM'SRICA ~Iarold W. Lewman , Re gi ona l Exe cu.t iv e HWL:JS The above letter f!'om M-r. Lnrrman refers to tho quarterly report of tistical Department of the 1Jati m1al Co uncil for t h e period ending W.ia.rch Ch ickasaw Council received the hi ~h es t c rade Q.warded in Region 5, which t h e States of Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi , Alabama, and Florida. It is the only Council to receive 11 B 11 Grade. the Sta31, 1930 . con;p:rises Northwest In making their awards the Statistical Department takes into consideratio n the following : Ntrnber of Scouts per 10,000 population. Gain or Lo s s in Kum'ber of Troo1)s. Net Dropped Troops. %New Troops. %Ti·oops Lapsed. Net Gain or Loss in Scouts. Net ~ropped Scouts. %New Scouts. Tenderfoot Scouts. First Class Scouts. Ratio of Tenderfoot to New Scouts. %Net % % % % % � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chickasaw Council Newsletter Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Vol. III No. 17 CHlCKP1~"31q\,1\f B . .S. COUN·ClL A. Mr. W. Gordon Morris, Scout Execu tive, Memphis, Tennessee. Dear Mr. Morris: I have been looking over records of the 39 r.o'..lllcils in Region Five and comparin5 their progress for the past three months. I am particularly happy to note that ~,rour counc:.l has the highest rating of an;y council in the re g ion for that period. I •vish to ta...":e this means of conga tulating you and those who are working with you upon this achievemer ... t. This record indicates tha t t he Chic kasa'l'I' Council is pushing forward and meeting with suecess in their efforts as inc :i~sa se in both troops and Scouts has been very good. If it were not for tho fact that a few troops have failed to reregister 0n time I feel su:·e your rating would show even more progress. The achievement which your co1lrtc il 1'..ar, attained indicates t hat steady p ro.::re ss is being ma.de in all departmenta. You seem to have coordination throughout the council program, which is the :first req_J.irement any cou.."1.cil must meet in ordGr to do t h eir best \fork. It · is my sincere wish t hat your council will shov1 continued progress in every department over the period of th.a m:xt three months as it has during the past three, and that ins tead of beinf:; in ·~lass 11 3 1' you will advance to 11 A11 , which is the highest rank any co'Jncil can attain un~er the present grading system. With best wishes to you and "' Our council for continued success, and with kindest re68-rds, I am, HWL:JS Cordially yom·s, :aoY SCOUTS OF AM'SRICA ~Iarold W. Lewman , Re gi ona l Exe cu.t iv e The above letter f!'om M-r. Lnrrman refers to tho quarterly report of the Statistical Department of the 1Jat i m1al Co uncil for t h e period ending W.ia.rch 31, 1 930 . Ch ickasaw Council received the hi ~h es t c rade Q.warded in Region 5, which con;p:rises t h e States of Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Northwest Florida. It is the only Co uncil to receive 11 B 11 Grade. In making their awards the Statistical Department takes into consideration the following : Ntrnber of Scouts per 10,000 population. % Net Gain or Lo s s in Kum'ber of Troo1)s. % Net Dropped Troops. % New Troops. % Ti·oops Lapsed. % Net Gain or Loss in Scouts. % Net ~ropped Scouts. % New Scouts. % Tenderfoot Scouts. % First Class Scouts. Ratio of Tenderfoot to New Scouts. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1930 Title A name given to the resource 1930 (6/4/1930) Chickasaw Council <em>Council Fire</em> Newsletter Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Chickasaw Council, BSA Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Andrew Schrack Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Dalstrom Papers, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Licensed for use by the Kia Kima Alumni Association in this historical display. https://www.memphis.edu/libraries/special-collections/ Chickasaw Council Newsletter Newsletter https://www.kiakimamuseum.org/files/original/cdc17003ec140357600783f33d6c4301.pdf 610a31ac1c0a288170d7ce0e062a8c66 PDF Text Text SMOKE Vol. 2 No. 7 July, 1966 Chickasaw Council, B.SA., Memphis, Tennessee Development Fund Reaches $400,000 Money Assured For Expanded And Improved Camping Facilities And New ·Service Center Chickasaw Receives Awards At National Council Meeting Chickasaw Council was honored at the recent na. tional council meeting held in Dallas, Texas, and received awards for excellence in the expansion of ScoutiTlg in the British Scouting_Study An Associated Press news story from London by Eddy Gilmore for June 9th re:: lease has received quite a bit of coverage in some parts of the country. (One sample headline - "SCOUTS TOUT LONGIES AND LASSIES") Unfortunately, that article never did specify that the study was by The Boy Scouts Association of Great Britain, and concernEld only with British Scouting. As the first two paragraphs put it: "London, June 9 (AP) A comn1ittea cf Boy Scout leaders urged the organization today to scrap its short pants, drop the word 'boy' from its name and take an interest in girls. The committee's report, delivered after two and a half years of study, recom.. mended a revolutionary streamlining of the worldwide organization founded in Britain by Lord BadenPowell in 1908." First of all, it should be pointed out that this study was conducted by The Boy Scouts Association of Great Britain for and about British Scouting and concerns only British Scouting. There are about 90 such · autonomous Scout associations around the world, building understanding and friendship but not interfering with andtfer' s operation. The Boy Scouts of America knew about the research oeing done by the British and commends the associa- rural areas of the council in 1965 and for growth iri service to boys in the innercity area. Tom McGuire, council vice president, received the awards at separate meetings held by the Rural Scouting Committee and the Urban Relationships Committee. The special plaques of recognition were presented to Pre side n t Borda at the executive board meeting. At the Rural Scouting meeting Mr. McGuire was featured on the program to tell the group about the highly successful school night · held in 1965. Those attending the national meeting were greatly impressed with very inspirational and informative program carried out for the 3200 delegates attending.. Representing Chickasaw Council were: Mr. and Mrs. Paul Borda, Mr. and Mrs. W.L. Sharpe, Mr. and Mrs. Jones Huskey and Mr. Tom McGuire. The 1967 national council meeting will be held at Pittsburgh, April 13-14, 1967. Council Calendar JULY 1966 July 4 - Independence Day - Office will be closed. · July9~17 National Wood Badge ~ Ca mp Currier. July 9 -25 ~ Philmont Tour. July 11 Council Commissioners Meeting - Scout Office 7:30 P.M. July 14 Council Organization and Extension Committee Meeting Room 200, Red Cross Building, 7:30 P.M. (Continued To Paae 4) Recruit Of The Month Certificate Henry Loeb, Chickasaw Council Development Fund Chairman, announced that $400,406 had been raised in the development fund drive. He further stated that this figure put5 us over our goal of $400, 000. Mr. Loeb said that although we have attained our goal, we are «triving for additional contributions to take care of Thompson, Ketchum Camexpected contingencies. The campaign organiza- paign Director, said that tion had six divisions. Mer- $170,000 was the most ever cer West led the Advance raised by this division in Gifts Division. The Corpo- Boy Scout drives headed by rate Division was headed by his firm. The amounts raised by Paul Borda, President ofthe council. Frank Fisher was the other divisions are as chairman of the Special Gifts follows: Major Gifts, $35,Division. Sam P. Ryland 815; Advanced Gifts, $51,115; served as c hairman of the Official Family, $43,810; District Division. Bo y d Special Gifts, $15,158; Corporate Gifts, $80, 300. Pickens headed up the OfEveryone of the more than fic ial Family Division. In the Major Gifts Division, two thousand committeemen Clyde Lambert and William who participated in this drive Wofford were Co-Chairmen. 's hould be proud of having The District Division reached our goal. Howe ver, headed by Sam Ryland has every outstanding c a r d TOM McGUIRE ..... council vice president, is shown addressing the Rural Scouting Committee at the national meeting in Dallas. Shown with Mr. McGuire is Ro~rt V. Mullen, the national director of youth activities for the Sears Foundation. been the highlight oi thJ.s campaign having $174,208 to date. raised Robert should be worked 4 rtc! cltc results reported. Recruit Of The Month Recruit Of The Month The recruit of the month program started January 1, 1966. The idea is to promote year round recruiting. When a unit registers a new boy or boys in a given month, it will then be designated as a 1 star unit. When a unit registers new boy s in 2 different months, the unit will be designated as a 2 star unit, etc. up to 5 stars. Listed below are those units who have recruited new boys since the first of January. New boys in any given month will earn a 1 star designation for a unit. New boys in any given 2 months will earn a 2 star designation for a unit. 3 months, 3 star, 4 months, 4 star, 5 months, 5 star. 1 Star Units Packs 12, 22, 83, 98, 40, 82, 243, 277, 25, 303, 304, 44, 84, 249, 344, 348, 448, 30, 72, 233, 292, 347, 109, 105, 115, 138, 158, 198, 500, 50, 56, 274, 343, 366, 200, 58, 257, 350, 245, 309, 305, 90, 99, 76, 118, 139, 154, 174, 176, 505 and 509. Troops I, 55, 79, 323, 334, 25, 59, 209, 229, 303, 7, 34, 36, 348, 72, 233, _52, 88, 215, 180, 102, 154, 159, 164, 179, 194, 114, 132, 138, 163, 121, 122, 130, 146, 168, 192, 65, 255, 360, 204, 271, 13, 224, 252, 465, 212, 89, 243, 20, ll8, 165, 176, 195, 142, 110, 116, 133, 167 and 50. Posts 32, 61, 200, 69, 216, 66~, 9, 205, 229, 90, 248, 78, 158, 168, 199, 50, 253, 66, 83, 93, 16, 227, 346, 221, and 343. 2 Star Units IBIS BEAUTIFUL wal!'.·~: plaque will be presented to all units that recruit new boys in each of five months. Packs 2ll, 266, 3, 67, 80, 209, 48, 96, 2?7, 390, 250, 159, 124, 146, 57, 240, 258, 340, 220, 223, 79, 29, 281, 300, 10, 37, 248, 401, 41, and 265. . Troops 200, 2, 40; 220, 324, 351, 352, 45, 205, 230, 19, 33, 37, 249, 444, 31, 41, 347, 182, 144, 124, 87, 256, 276, 278, 343, 365, 4, 86, 83, 262, 257, 53, 69, 81, 85, 275, 16, 46, 54, 74, 400, 185, 136, 64, 221, 330. Posts 262, 209, 366 and 249. 3 Star Units ClilCKASAW CQUNclL BOY $CO UTsc.Of A~ERICA *-* ··11 hlllt<llg~ * ,,..~~lot ... R'ECltUtT Of iHE MON1H ffOGR'>\~ .,., Packs 61, 92, 81, 13, 45, 47, I, 251, 255, 259, 35, 2, 275, 352, 301, 302, 449, 130 and 238. Troops 92, 93, 234, 241, 9, 17, 28, 38, 49, 300, 304, 10, 345, 259, 240, 27, 202, 21, 15, 286, 90, 248, 344, 18, 500, 56, 219, 258. Posts 20 and 400. 4 Star Units Packs 32, 75, 252, 234, 54, 230, 286, 29, and 65. Troops 12, 61, 24, 246, 274, 2?3, 35, 66, 225, 42, 82, 247, 70, 281, 301, 30, 48, 198, 265 and 366. ...1.1.oU-l/lkl;nf;,_.,.,~~w~~ 5 Star Un its Pack 262. Troops 32, 94, 97, 227, 75, 238 and 340. IBIS WALL certificate will be presented to all units that earn a 4 star designation. EARN THE NATIONAL SUMMERTIME PACK AWARD uUGH HENDRICKS, ... Scoutmaster of Troop 32, sponsored by Macon Road Presbyterian · Church, is shown z:eceiving his Recruit of the Month plaque from Bob Blee· ken, Northeast Dist rict Organization and Extension Chairman. Troop 32 is one of eight units that have earned . ~his award. 1 �... July, 1966 SMOKE SIGNALS SMOKE SIGNALS PUBLISHfD BY CHICKASAW COUNCIL BOY scours OF AMERA'.CA I Northeast Paul Borda, President Sam Mays, Commissioner Ed Eslick, Public Relations Chairman JONES HUSKEY, SCOlJf EXEClJfIVE WALTI-!ALL PETERS. ASSISTANT SCOlJf EXEClJfIVE RALPH YOUNG, FIELD DIRECTOR CECIL WELLER, FIELD DIRECTOR Published monthly to all Scouters registered in the council • I Dist!!'ict Chai".'man Manley Cox 198 SOlJI'H MAIN, MEMPHIS, TENN. I - Firestone Award Presentation Thirty-eight Scouts Explorers in the · North est District have been awar ed 1966 Firestone Certificat s of Merit. The announcemen of the winners was made J. H. McCune, Firestone General Factory Manager. Baxter Fisher, Troop 80, _Wl!S namedthewinnerof the Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Award. All 38 Scouts earning Certificates received a week at Kia Kima with fees paid. In addition to a Certificate, Baxter received an engraved silver medallion and a $100 U.S. Savings Bond. Dis t!'i ct Chari man Andrew M. Wray II N_o_rt_hw_e_st___.] Dist".'ict Chai".'man By".'on Ca!!'son Di strict Chairman Bob Heft District Commissioner M.L ... L ..w" Blair Dist!!'ict Commissione".' C.A. . . Paul" Paulson Di strict Commissioner Jesse Barr DisP.ict Executive Ge".'al d St".'ai n Di strict Executive Wayne A. D"own Di st".'i ct Executive Cy Thompson Dis tri c:t Executive James McKinney AUGUST 20, 1%6 Schedule this now inyour calendar - it is important 1966-67 Program Schedule date - district fish fry and fellowship. At this time your district committee will schedule with you all of the 1966-67 dates for district, council, and national events. Complete plans will be in August Smoke Signals. JULY 12 - Order of Arrow Chapter meeting, Rebecca Memorial Methodist Church, 7:30 p.m. JULY 28 - District Fellowship. Rebecca Memorial Methodist Churc::h. 7:00 p.m. The district meeting, commissioners meeting, Cub Scout roundtable and Boy Scout roundtable will be joint meetings this month as the district fellowship. Every unit leader, commissioner; district committeeman and unit committeemen are urged to attend this annual program planning and fellowship meeting. 7 - District Meeting, St. Stephens Methodist. 8-9 - O. A. Ordeal at Kia Kima. 12 - Cub Roundtable - St. Michaels Catholic. 14 - Explorer Cabinet Meeting - St. Stephens Methodist. 19 - Scout Roundtable St. Michaels Catholic. 30 - Explorer Activity Sardis Lake. Pack 55, Second Presbyterian Church (willdropJuly I, 1966); Post 55, Second Presbyterian Church, Pack 243, Southeast Lions Club; Pack 53, Oakville Booster Club. APPRECIATION NOTES WELCOME A special ''well done" the training committee for a job well done i'.1 training in June. Many leaders will understand more about the whole Scout' program and purpose because of Joe, James Shearin is Cubmaster of Pack 246, sponsored by Eastminister Presbyterian Church. Cherry Road Baptist Church will have a new troop by the time you read this. We extend the hand offellowship to these new leaders and units andwelcomethem into the Scouting family. to Herb, Marian, Bill. Bob, Tom, Manley, and so many more. Congratulations to those units who have earned the 5 star unit award. LAPSED UNITS SPRING CAMPOREE DISTRICT MEETING The Southeast District Spring Camporee was held at Institution Rep re sentCamp Currier May 20-22. ative Night - All institutional Over 500 boys took part in representatives plan to give the activities and over 900 a report on: people attended the campI. Cub Summer Program fire. Everyone has reported 2. Scout long term plans · it a complete success. 3. Explorer activities The top troop was 241 and 4. New Members the best patrol was HeadThe Institutional Repre- quarters Patrol of Troop sentative film strip will be 55. Good time was had by shown. all (do-nuts next time). ROBER".l\.S. BAKER, Eastern Dist r i c.; 't-- Commissioner, served as 'One of the instructors at the Volunteer Training Centerl\! Philmont CUB ROUNDTABLE Scout Ranch for ·me Boy Scouting Conferi::nce held JunE! 22 _ 28. A special program on - -- - - - - - - - - - Emergency Preparedness will be featured. Scouts receiving Firestone Certificates of Merit for 1966 are Wes Barrett, Bill Brabson, and Ben Tutt, Troop 9; Terence Reilly, · Ken Robbins, Martin Rosenberg, and Bob Shannon, ·Troop 13; Rion Choate and During the summer Roddy Moore, Troop 16; Patrick Clements and Patric months, the Shelby County Gallaher, Troop 29. Sheriff's Department will be Others earning Certifi- sponsoring a tour which cates are Sumner Baker, would be of great interest Thomas Coughlan, David to Explorer Posts. Mithcell, Daniel Albright, This tour will be conand Randy Kuss, Troop 46; ducted on Friday and SaturRobert Casey, Ralph Gabb, day evenings from 8:00 P.M. Joseph Garbarini, Henry until midnight and will be Little ton, Dale Ralph, Da- open to all Explorer Posts vid Schmitt, Jerry Schmitt, of Me mp his and Shelby Danny Trudell, ~d Mike County. The boys who parTaube, Troop 47; Andy ticipate will be given an Graves, Troop 59. opportunity to tour the Shelby Also receiving Certifi- County Sheriff's Departcates are Baxter Fisher and ment, Memphis Juvenile James Fisher, Troop 8; Bar- Court and John Gaston Hosry Cunningham, Troop 230; pita! Emergency Room. In Hubbard Wooten and Charles addition, they will hear a Askey, Troop 286; Mac Todd, talk on laws, primarily conTroop 301; Rex Hickman, ·· cerning juveniles and will be Clifford Morrison, Mike shown a film. Also, these Morrison, Karl Schledwitz, Explorers will be given a Robert Stauffer, Troop 303· tour of Shelby County in ra. -md John Burnett, Troop 309'. dio equipped cars for a view of law enforcement in ac- II__ Southwest Dist".'ict Commissione!' F!!'ed V. Scott JULY MEETINGS: . BAX!ER FISHER,~roop 80, the winner of the 1966 Harvey S: Firestone, _Jr. A ard, receives a Certificate of Merit, a Silver Medallion, d a $100 U.S. Savings Bond from R,O Dedm~ (right), cha rman of the program. On the left ar~ Baxter s parents, M . and Mrs. J.B. Fisher, Sr. Southeast Sheriff's . EXPLORER CABINET Department Tour Plans for the July 30 Explorer activity will be made. Each Post must have its cabinet representatives present. LAPSED UNITS Post 223 - Macon Road Church of Christ; Post 225 - Raleigh Christian Church. DROPPED UNITS Pack 93 - Highland ; Heights Methodist Church· ! Troop 2ll - First Baptist Church. ROLL CALLS DUE: Troop 12 and 92. tion. Any Post interested in this tour, please contact Lt. A.C. Gilless at telephone 525-7531, extension 20. RECRUIT OF TI-!E MONTI-!: l· Star - Packs 40, 82, 243, 277, 350 and 245. Troops 79, 89, 271, 323, 334 and 243. Posts 69, 216, and 665. 2 Star - Packs 3, 67, 79, 220; Troops 2, 4, 40, 53, 69, 81, 85, 86, 220, 275, 324, 351 and 352. 3 Star - Packs 2, 81, 275, and 352; Troops 21, 234 and 241. 4 Star - Pack 234; Troops 24, 246, and 241. Where does your unit stand on recruiting? A growing unit ia a good unit. Every boy deserves an invitiation to join a unit - are you doing your part? BOYS' LIFE Is your unit u sing the best program tool available? Are you a hundred percent" Boys' Life? If your answer to these questions is no, then you are m1~sing a bet and should get on the bandwagon. Give your boys the best. JULY CALENDAR DISTRICT MEETING 14 - Cub Leaders Roundtable, 7:00 p.m., Gracewood Presbyterian Church on Millbranch. 14 - Scout Leaders Roundtable, 7:00 p.m. Gracewood Pre sbyt e ri an Church on Millbranch. 18 - Commissioner Staff Meeting, 7:00 p.m. 25 - District Committee Meeting, 7:00 p.m., Whitehaven Presbyterian Church. Program Planning Conference. 28 - District Explorer Cabinet Meeting. July 18, 1966, 3rd Monday, 7:30 p.m., Holiday Inn, Highway 51 North. Every Institutional Re present a tive and member-at-large is urged to attend as we make plans to support the units as they start the new program year. 1WO MONTI-!S LEFT!! We are proud of our units who have qualified for the 5 star unit award in the re.cruit of the month program but we want each unit to be recognized for the job they are doing in recruiting. The following units can still earn the plaque or certificate by registering new boys in July ai:id August. rLAQUE: Pack l; Troops 10, 30, 48, 227, 248, 344, 345; Post 20, 400. CERTIFICATE: Packs 10, 37, 48, 96, 2?7, 449, 248, 344, 390, 401; Troops 19, 33, 37, 90, 249, 400. PROGRAM PLANNING The district program and calendar of events has been planned and will be presented to all Scouters during July at the district committee meeting at Whitehaven Presbyterian Church on Monday the 25th. Every Scouter should be at this meeting in order to better prepare to help his or her unit plan the next years program during August. At this meeting each unit will be given the 1966-67 program materials. ITEMS TO BE DONE TI-!IS MONTI-I ( Check as completed mail to Scout office) and REGISTER ALL NEW CUBS, SCOUTS OR EXPLORERS. HA VE AN OlJfDOOR ACTIVI'IY. FLY TI-!E FLAG SEE TI-!AT EACH BOY IS GETTING BOYS' LIFE. WEAR THE SCOlJf UNIFORM. ATTEND ROUNDTABLE. GO SWIMMING ATTEND DISTRICT PROGRAM PLANNING CONFERENCE. POST ATTEND CABINET MEETING. VISIT YOUR SCOlJf DISTRIBlJfOR. COMMISSIONEK MEETING Because of July 4 holiday the Northwest District Commissioner meeting will be held Tuesday, July 5. The meeting will be held at Union Planters Bank Building, 2188 Frayser Blvd. at 7:30 p.m. J esse Barr is the District Commissioner, CUB SCOlJf ROUNDTABLE July ll, 2nd Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the Cafeteria of Our Lady of Sorrow Catholic Church, Highway 51 N. Neil Lawrence is roundtable commissioner. The council record s hows that the better Cub Packs always attend roundtables. See you there. BOY SCOUT ROUNDTABLE Third Tuesday, July 19 at 7:30 p.m. The place will be announced. Mr. Gil Baron is our roundtable commissioner. Every boy deserves a good quality program. See that your Boy Scouts get a good program by attending the Boy Scout Roundtable. NEW DISTRICT EXEClJfIVE ON JOB Jim McKinney, the new Great Northwest District. Scout Executive, is now on ~e job. Mr. McKinney said, I am looking forward to meeting and working with all the fine Scouters in our district. My main goal will be to work with and through volunteers to see that all boys get a good quality program." DROPPED UNITS Pack 7 - McLean Baptist · Church; Pack 17 - Frayser Presbyterian Church; Pack 308 - Scenic Hill Baptist Church; Pack 3 2 2 - St. Theresa Catholic Church· Post 231 - Naval Air Re.: serve Training Center and Post 304 - Schoolfield Methodist Church. LAPSED UNITS Pack 30 - Springdale Methodist Church; Troop 44- . McLean Baptist Church; Troop 63 - Knights of Columbus - Council #616; Pack 280 - Church ofjesusChri st of Latter Day Saints (Millington Branch); Troop 280Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Millington Branch); Troop 322 Little Flower Catholic Church; Troop 17 - Frayser Lions Club; Post 45 - International Harvester Company; Post 1 - U.T. Medical Units. ·,, �luly, 1966 PAGE 3 SMOKE SIGNALS so_ut_h__ c_en_tr_a1_...ll___Ea_s_te_rn_... District Chairman Don Foster District Chairman Jim Brooks Dist!'ict Chai"'man F!'ank J. Lewis District Chairman N.J. Ford Disf!.'ict Chai~an Joseph Westb!'ook District Executive Bob Wiener Di strict Commissioner Andy Snider Dist!'ict Commissione!' Hosea B!'idges District Cammissioner Paul B!'andon Disf"'ict Commissione!' Eugene Hagle!' District Executive Bob Wiener Dist!'ict Executive Cu!'ti s J. G!'ay District Executive No~val Powell Disf"'ict Executive Cha!'les G!'ego"'y DISTRICT MEETING This meeting will be held at the Woods Civic Center Conference Room on July 26. We will begin at 7:30 p.m. All Institutional Representatives and Membersat-large should attend this fellowship experience. Be a part of a growing programattend your district committee meetings and become involved in bringing Scouting to more boys. BOY SCOUT ROUNDTABLE Mr. Jim Peters, Roundtable Commissioner, will present the July Roundtable at the City Swimming Pool on July 19. The highlight of this event will be water safety. All Scoutmasters and assistants are invited to participate. This one should be a real ball, so bring your swimming and come over. trunks We'll begin at 7:30 p.m. An attendance prize will be given to the unit having the most people present. ORDER OF THE ARROW The Crittenden chapter of Chickasaw Council Lodge is being formed. Mr. Bob Bentley has been recruited to act as chapter advisor. While small in number, the group is high in spirit. Theirchief goal during the summer will be to encourage those boys who have been tapped out to complete their Ordeal. He is at present forming a dance team which will perform at the Fall Camporee. During September, the OA Election Team will meet with all Scout Troops and conduct the elections. They will also explain the National Camping Award in an effort aimed at encouraging more unit campingduringtheyear. We extend to Mr. Bentley best wishes in this our undertaking. NEW UNITS We take this opportunity to welcome Troop 232 to our Scouting family. Mr. Ted Williams is serving as Scoutmaster of this unit which is sponsored by the Church of God, West Memphis. They are a fine group of Scouts and we're confident that they will grow and soon be one of the best troops in West Memphis. BOYS' LIFE Is your unit 100% Boys' Life? Have you ever stopped to think about how many hours a week a boy has One or two hours free? is spent in Troop Meetings, but he can get so much more out of Scouting if he is supplied with our full program. Boys' Life is designed to appeal to all Scoutings' ideals in the boy's mind and heart. Actually the magazine supplements his other Scouting experFor this reason iences. alone it is important that he receive it on a regular basis. Include Boys' Life in your plans for this year's budget. You won't regret it. STAFF DISTRICT COMMITTEE MEETING Mr. Snider has scheduled this meeting for Tuesday, July 5. Individual commissioners will be notified of the time and place. He wishes to express his thanks to those of you who are continuing in the work which you accepted for this year. Thanks to your efforts our unit picture is showing a definite improvement in the areas of ..:amping and advancement. Monday 18, 1966 at Oates Manor Housing Project, 1157 N. Manassas, 7:00 p.m. All RepreInstitutional sentatives and members-atlarge should attend. COMMISSIONER MEETING COMMISSIONER STAFF Monday, July 25, 1966 at Oates Manor Housing Project, 1157 N. Manassas, The Commis7:00 p.m. sioner Staff is no stronger than its weakest member. WOOD BADGE Mr. Lee Meredith, Scoutmaster of Troop 41, Hernando, will be attending Wood Badge Training July 9 - 16. Mr. Bill Lawrence, Director of Volunteer Training will beincharge. Thisweeklong training experiencewill be held at Camp Currier. The group lives Scouting for a week. The men, who come from all over Region Five, will be divided into two troops of four patrols each. Scouting skills are taught in addition to Troop organTeamwork plays ization. a vital role in its presentation. We mention this in the hope that several leaders will become interested in attending next summer. BOY SCOUT ROUNDTABLE Mr. Blackwell has scheduled the July Roundtable for the evening of the 25 at the area of First recreation Baptist Church, Senatobia. A mode! campsite will be erected and some new events will be presented. On the same program some campfire stunts are scheduled. He extends to all Scoutmasters an invitation to attend. CAMPING Al\![) ROUNDT ABLES (CUB AND SCOlJI') Pack 105, Friendship M. B. Church NO LAPSED -NODROPPED July 12, 7:30 p.m. - N. J. Ford and Son's Funeral Home. July 12, 7:30 p.m. St. Paul Baptist Church located at Greenwood and McLemore. Congratulations to all of our units and district personnel on this outstanding record of reregistering or. time. COMMISSIONERS' ING MEETDISTRICT ROUNDTABLE July 18, 7:30 p.m.• 4907 Peace Road. ROUNDTABLES and Scout Round· Cub tables will be held at Martin Temple C.M.E. Church on July 19, 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. Our canoe trek on the White River will begin on Saturday, July 2. CUB SCOUT OLYMPICS DUE TO RE-REGISTER Pack 135, Hillis Chapel Baptist Church, Pack 183, Shannon Elementary School. Pack 146, Cane JULY: Creek Missionary Baptist Church, Pack and Troop 188, Zion HilI M. B. Church. AUGUST: Troop and Post 167, Martin Temple Church. CANOE TRIP LAPSED UNITS July I - 5, 1966, 22 Explorers and 4 leaders will participate in a canoe trip lasting for 3 glorious days. Come along and join the fun in fishing, swimming, camping and exploring. The trip will originate at Bull Shoals Reservoir in northern Arkansas and will terminate at Batesville, For additional Arkansas. information, contact N. B. Powell or Curtis T. Gray at the Scout office, 5252351. MARCH: Packl57, Riverview School P.T.A. APRIL: Pack 133, Parkway Garden Presbyterian Church. MAY: Pack 175, St. Peter M. B. Church. Troop 166, New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church. DROPPED UNITS: A NOTE TO UNIT LEADERS NEW UNITS North Panola Vocational High School, Como is sponsoring Troopl84. Mr. James Jackson is the new Scoutmaster. The Eudora Lion's Club has chartered Troop 214. Mr. Albert S. White is Scoutmaster. JUNIOR LEADER INSTRUCTOR Scoutmasters Note - September 24 is the date set for a training session for your Junior Leaders. Start making plans now to have your attend. All Patrol boys Leaders, their assistants, and Senior Patrol Leaders should attend. You'll learn a lot from it. We are only reaching a very small percent of the many boys in our communities with the Scouting program. Encourage more boys to join your units. Troop 193-Geeter School, Troop 196 - Pillow Street C.M.E. Church. ~Ufda'I YOUR FLAG BOYS' LIFE Is your unit 100% Boys' Life? If not, now is the time Here is a to subscribe. method to use - "Just ask them", $1.50peryear-121/2 cents per issue. Di strict Northeast Southeast Northwest Southwest Crittenden Mississippi Central North South Ea stem Council Membership St. Julyl, 7:30 p.m., Paul Baptist Church located at Greenwood and McLemore. DISTRICT ACTIVITIES 1. Cub Scout Olympics· July 23. 2. Den Chief TrainingAugust 6. 3. School Night for Scouting - September 20. Cub Scout Basic 4. October 8. 5. Goodwill Bags - October 8. 6. Jr. Leaders TrainingOctober 29. 7. Showando - November 26. THREE DEN MOTHERS QUALIFY FOR THE "DEN" MOTHER'S TRAINING AWARD." FOURTH of JULY Boys' Life 962 1330 1223 1187 Percentage 1264 1810 1670 1655 306 488 900 732 1125 1906 48 12 59 1416 76.1 76.2 73.2 71.1 43.7 61.4 5.3 1.6 5.2 74.2 11,856 . 6721 56.6 134 300 scour LEADERS ROUND- TABLE July 21. 1966, 7:30 p.m. Host for this monthly occasion wilI be Troop 336, Jack Foules, SM. The meeting place will be the All Saints Episcopal Church, White Station at Quince. DISTR !CT COMMITTEE MEETING July 28, 1966, 7:30 p.m. Mullins Methodist Church. District Chairman Harold Steinkamp reminds all institutional representatives, operating committee chairmen and district members at large to be present at this important meeting as the district calendar of events discussed and be will approved. DISTRICT EAGLE BOARD July 20, 1966, 7:30 p.m. East Gate Branch of Union Bank. Contact Planters Eagle Boa.rd Chairman Cecil Harris - 682- 5230 for conformativn or questions. CALLING ALL EASTERN DISTRICT EXPLORERS DROPPED UNITS ACTIVITIES Troops 347 and 235 have decided to combine their resources and attend Kia Kima together this year. Mr. Charles Thomas and Mr. Hugh Pierce will be in charge Troop 41, of the group. Hernando, will be in camp under Mr. Lee Meredith, Scoutmaster and will be assisted by Mr . Leo Carroll. Dist!'lct Commluione!' Bob Bake!' Oistt'ict Executive Billy Gamble DISTRICT MEETING Saturday, July 23. (Time and place will be announced) LAPSED UNITS: Disf"'ict Chai!'man Ha!'Old Steinkamp DISTRICT MEETING CANOE TREK Tuesday, July 12, 1966 at the Binghampton First Baptist Church, 2849 Broad Avenue, 7:00 p.m. Send at least one representative from your unit. I ll. . __ II. . __ ...__cr_it_te_nd_en___.l l.__M_is_sis_s_iPP_i___.11......__N_o_rt_h__ Mr. Ernest Abron, district vice chairman, and Mr. James Stokes, leadership training chairman, presented Den Mother's Training Awards to the following Den Mothers: Mrs. Lucille B. Norman, Pack 145, Mt. Pisgah C.M. E. Church; Mrs. Millie Scott, Pack 162, Castalia Missionary Baptist Church and Mrs. Marie J. Smith, Pack 139, Olivet Baptist. "EVERY BOY IN SCOUTING DESERVES A TRAINED LEADER." Requirements for the awards are: Cub Scoat Orientation, Den Mother's Training, Den Mother-Den Chief Relationship, Cub Scout Leaders Pow Wow, two consecutive years as a registered Den Mother and performance in leadership responsibility. EIGHT PACKS PARTICIPATE IN SHILOH EXPEDITION One hundred and thirtyCub Scouts boarded five buses destined for Shiloh Military Natonal Park located in Shiloh, Tennessee. The pl an ni ng committee consisted of: Mr. Eugene Hagler, Mrs. Verna Jones and Mrs. Millie Scott. The Cub Scouts were shown a move on the "Battle of Shiloh" and also visited the National Cemetery. Your district explorer cabinet has scheduled two interesting, fun filled district activities for this summer. On July 11 - 12 and July 18 19, 1966 there will be a course taught by the U. S. Coast Guard on Basic Seamanship and Safe Boat Handling. A certificate will be presented to Explorers and adults completing the four night course. District Explorers Field Sports Tournament will be held in the month of August. A notice will be mailed to each advisor giving details about these activities. Make your post plans to participate. AUGUST UNIT DUE Troop 238 - Bethany Lutheran Church EXPLORER DISTRICT CABINET MEETING July 26, 1966, Carousel Restaurant on Mendenhall. This is an important meeting as final plans for the field sports tournamentwill be discussed and plans for fall activities will be made. Each of us in the Chickasaw Council express our deepest sympathy to Harold and Trudie Steinkamp in the loss of their son Glenn, as a result of a boating accident on Pickwick Lake. Glenn will always be remembered by each of us. A tip of the hat to Ellis Johnson, neighborhood commissioner, who was so inre-organstrumental in izing Post 259 at Grimes Memorial MetliodistChurch. �PAGE 4 SMOKE FOR ALL YOUR BOY SCOUT CUB SCOUT SIGN~LS July JW Ke(p you.rae(/. .. yoarftmilff . .. your C'ommunitgI EXPLORER SCOUT CLOTHING AND EQUIPME_N T SHOP AT FOR THE MOST COMPLETE STOCKS IN · MEMPHIS Scout Section DOWNTC7NN and tD ~ iM- ~ 1966 Shelby United Neighbnrs Campaign Call 525-5602 2nd Floor OAK COURT British Scouting Study (C.-.ntin.u =d Fror:i P ~ge l) tlon for their constant search for improvement and for completing the two and a half year study. The Boy Scouts of America continually conducts studies to keep Scouting an evolving program in tune with today' s boy and today' s DO\\'NTOU"X •• • EAST •• _. SOUTH society. Since the study deals Three Scout Shops To Serve You Better solely with British society, culture and semantics, we are in no position to comment on specific proposals .,reported, but can point out * CUB SCOUT * BOY SCOUT related familiar elements in American Scouting. In 1959, for example, after * EXPLORER SCOUT · thorough research, the_ new Exploring program for high * CLOTHING AND EOUI PMENT school age boys was launched. It i ncludes an active co - ed social program of dances, outings and other normal teen - age activities. It· also includes optional modern uniform with a blue blaze r , gray slacks and maroon tie. The famous merit badge program is constantly revised and updated, with such recent additional subjects as ·space exploration, oceanography, metallurgy. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Short pants, one should remember, have been the Non ~ Pro fit Or9anizati or: Chickasaw Councl1 U.S. Post aqe Paid traditional British Scout uniBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA Memp his, Ten n. form year - 'round. Ameri198 S. Main St P e rmit No. 435 can Scouts have had long Memphis, Tenn. 38103 . pants for over 25 years for . H undeliverable, Do No t Return winter use, with the optional summer shorts being most practical for war weather · use. TRADE · MARK~ Continuing cooperative research studies by such groups as Opinion Research Corporation of Princeton and the University of Michigan ~ Bc·ttling Co., Memphis, Tenn. indicates that the Boy Scouts E Tr 343 SM of America has quite a good Mr. · H. Kenneth Humphreys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...,...... image. Coca-Cola Welcomes All Scouts To COMPLETE ·STOCKS OF Kamp Kia Kima Available at ALL THREE things go b~~th LOWENSTEIN'S STORES Downtown .. East .. 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Text Any textual data included in the document SMOKE Vol. 2 No. 7 Chickasaw Council, B.SA., Memphis, Tennessee July, 1966 Development Fund Reaches $400,000 Chickasaw Receives Awards At National Council Meeting Chickasaw Council was honored at the recent na- . tional council meeting held in Dallas, Texas, and received awards for excellence in the expansion of ScoutiTlg in the British Scouting_ Study An Associated Press news story from London by Eddy Gilmore for June 9th re:: lease has received quite a bit of coverage in some parts of the country. (One sample headline - "SCOUTS TOUT LONGIES AND LASSIES") Unfortunately, that article never did specify that the study was by The Boy Scouts Association of Great Britain, and concernEld only with British Scouting. As the first two paragraphs put it: "London, June 9 (AP) - A comn1ittea cf Boy Scout leaders urged the organization today to scrap its short pants, drop the word 'boy' from its name and take an interest in girls. The committee's report, delivered after two and a half years of study, recom .. mended a revolutionary streamlining of the worldwide organization founded in Britain by Lord BadenPowell in 1908." First of all, it should be pointed out that this study was conducted by The Boy Scouts Association of Great Britain for and about British Scouting and concerns only British Scouting. There are about 90 such · autonomous Scout associations around the world, building understanding and friendship but not interfering with andtfer' s operation. The Boy Scouts of America knew about the research oeing done by the British and commends the associarural areas of the council in 1965 and for growth iri service to boys in the innercity area. Tom McGuire, council vice president, received the awards at separate meetings held by the Rural Scouting Committee and the Urban Relationships Committee. The special plaques of recognition were presented to Pre side n t Borda at the executive board meeting. At the Rural Scouting meeting Mr. McGuire was featured on the program to tell the group about the highly successful school night · held in 1965. Those attending the national meeting were greatly impressed with very inspirational and informative program carried out for the 3200 delegates attending .. Representing Chickasaw Council were: Mr. and Mrs. Paul Borda, Mr. and Mrs. W.L. Sharpe, Mr. and Mrs. Jones Huskey and Mr. Tom McGuire. The 1967 national council meeting will be held at Pittsburgh, April 13-14, 1967. Council Calendar JULY 1966 July 4 - Independence Day - Office will be closed. · July9~17 - National Wood Badge ~ Ca mp Currier. July 9 -25 ~ Philmont Tour. July 11 Council Commissioners Meeting - Scout Office 7:30 P.M. July 14 Council Organization and Extension Committee Meeting Room 200, Red Cross Building, 7:30 (Continued To Paae 4) P.M. Recruit Of The Month Certificate ClilCKASAW CQUNclL BOY $COUTsc.Of A~ERICA *-* ·11 * hlllt<llg~ ,,. .~ ~lot ... R'ECltUtT Of iHE MON1H ffOGR'>\~ .,., ... 1.1.oU-l/lkl;nf;,_.,.,~~w~~ IBIS WALL certificate will be presented to all units that earn a 4 star designation. Money Assured For Expanded And Improved Camping Facilities And New · Service Center Henry Loeb, Chickasaw Council Development Fund Chairman, announced that $400,406 had been raised in the development fund drive. He further stated that this figure put5 us over our goal of $400,000. Mr. Loeb said that although we have attained our goal, we are «triving for additional TOM McGUIRE ..... council vice president, is shown addressing the Rural Scouting Committee at the national meeting in Dallas. Shown with Mr. McGuire is Ro~rt V. Mullen, the national director of youth activities for the Sears Foundation. Recruit Of The Month contributions to take care of expected contingencies. The campaign organization had six divisions. Mercer West led the Advance Gifts Division. The Corporate Division was headed by Paul Borda, President ofthe council. Frank Fisher was chairman of the Special Gifts Division. Sam P. Ryland served as c hairman of the District Division. Bo yd Pickens headed up the Offic ial Family Division. In the Major Gifts Division, Clyde Lambert and William Wofford were Co-Chairmen. The District Division headed by Sam Ryland has been the highlight oi thJ.s campaign having raised $174,208 to date. Robert The recruit of the month program started January 1, 1966. The idea is to promote year round recruiting. When a unit registers a new boy or boys in a given month, it will then be designated as a 1 star unit. When a unit registers new boys in 2 different months, the unit will be designated as a 2 star unit, etc. up to 5 stars. Listed below are those units who have recruited new boys since the first of January. New boys in any given month will earn a 1 star designation for a unit. New boys in any given 2 months will earn a 2 star designation for a unit. 3 months, 3 star, 4 months, 4 star, 5 months, 5 star. 1 Star Units Packs 12, 22, 83, 98, 40, 82, 243, 277, 25, 303, 304, 44, 84, 249, 344, 348, 448, 30, 72, 233, 292, 347, 109, 105, 115, 138, 158, 198, 500, 50, 56, 274, 343, 366, 200, 58, 257, 350, 245, 309, 305, 90, 99, 76, 118, 139, 154, 174, 176, 505 and 509. Troops I, 55, 79, 323, 334, 25, 59, 209, 229, 303, 7, 34, 36, 348, 72, 233, _52, 88, 215, 180, 102, 154, 159, 164, 179, 194, 114, 132, 138, 163, 121, 122, 130, 146, 168, 192, 65, 255, 360, 204, 271, 13, 224, 252, 465, 212, 89, 243, 20, ll8, 165, 176, 195, 142, 110, 116, 133, 167 and 50. Posts 32, 61, 200, 69, 216, 66~, 9, 205, 229, 90, 248, 78, 158, 168, 199, 50, 253, 66, 83, 93, 16, 227, 346, 221, and 343. 2 Star Units Packs 2ll, 266, 3, 67, 80, 209, 48, 96, 2?7, 390, 250, 159, 124, 146, 57, 240, 258, 340, 220, 223, 79, 29, 281, 300, 10, 37, 248, 401, 41, and 265. . Troops 200, 2, 40; 220, 324, 351, 352, 45, 205, 230, 19, 33, 37, 249, 444, 31, 41, 347, 182, 144, 124, 87, 256, 276, 278, 343, 365, 4, 86, 83, 262, 257, 53, 69, 81, 85, 275, 16, 46, 54, 74, 400, 185, 136, 64, 221, 330. Posts 262, 209, 366 and 249. 3 Star Units Packs 61, 92, 81, 13, 45, 47, I, 251, 255, 259, 35, 2, 275, 352, 301, 302, 449, 130 and 238. Troops 92, 93, 234, 241, 9, 17, 28, 38, 49, 300, 304, 10, 345, 259, 240, 27, 202, 21, 15, 286, 90, 248, 344, 18, 500, 56, 219, 258. Posts 20 and 400. 4 Star Units Packs 32, 75, 252, 234, 54, 230, 286, 29, and 65. Troops 12, 61, 24, 246, 274, 2?3, 35, 66, 225, 42, 82, 247, 70, 281, 301, 30, 48, 198, 265 and 366. 5 Star Units Pack 262. Troops 32, 94, 97, 227, 75, 238 and 340. EARN THE NATIONAL SUMMERTIME PACK AWARD Thompson, Ketchum Campaign Director, said that $170,000 was the most ever raised by this division in Boy Scout drives headed by his firm. The amounts raised by the other divisions are as follows: Major Gifts, $35,- 815; Advanced Gifts, $51,115; Official Family, $43,810; Special Gifts, $15,158; Corporate Gifts, $80, 300. Everyone of the more than two thousand committeemen who participated in this drive 'should be proud of having reached our goal. Howe ver, every outstanding c a r d should be worked 4 rtc! cltc results reported. Recruit Of The Month IBIS BEAUTIFUL wal!'.·~: 1 plaque will be presented to all units that recruit new boys in each of five months. uUGH HENDRICKS, ... Scoutmaster of Troop 32, sponsored by Macon Road Presbyterian · Church, is shown z:eceiving his Recruit of the Month plaque from Bob Blee· ken, Northeast Dist rict Organization and Extension Chairman. Troop 32 is one of eight units that have earned . ~his award. ... SMOKE SIGNALS - SMOKE SIGNALS PUBLISHfD BY CHICKASAW COUNCIL BOY scours OF AMERA'.CA 198 SOlJI'H MAIN, MEMPHIS, TENN. Paul Borda, President Sam Mays, Commissioner Ed Eslick, Public Relations Chairman JONES HUSKEY, SCOlJf EXEClJfIVE WAL TI-!ALL PETERS. ASSIST ANT SCOlJf EXEClJfIVE RALPH YOUNG, FIELD DIRECTOR CECIL WELLER, FIELD DIRECTOR Published monthly to all Scouters registered in the council • BAX!ER FISHER,~roop 80, the winner of the 1966 Harvey S: Firestone, _Jr. A ard, receives a Certificate of Merit, a Silver Medallion, d a $100 U.S. Savings Bond from R,O Dedm~ (right), cha rman of the program. On the left ar~ Baxter s parents, M . and Mrs. J.B. Fisher, Sr. Firestone Award Presentation Thirty-eight Scouts Explorers in the ·North est District have been awar ed 1966 Firestone Certificat s of Merit. The announcemen of the winners was made J. H. McCune, Firestone General Factory Manager. Baxter Fisher, Troop 80, _Wl!S namedthewinnerof the Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Award. All 38 Scouts earning Certificates received a week at Kia Kima with fees paid. In addition to a Certificate, Baxter received an engraved silver medallion and a $100 U.S. Savings Bond. I Northeast I Dist!!'ict Chai".'man Manley Cox Dist".'ict Commissione!' F!!'ed V. Scott DisP.ict Executive Ge".'al d St".'ai n AUGUST 20, 1%6 Schedule this now inyour calendar - it is important - 1966-67 Program Schedule date - district fish fry and fellowship. At this time your district committee will schedule with you all of the 1966-67 dates for district, council, and national events. Complete plans will be in August Smoke Signals. JULY MEETINGS: . 7 - District Meeting, St. Stephens Methodist. 8-9 - O. A. Ordeal at Kia Kima. 12 - Cub Roundtable - St. Michaels Catholic. 14 - Explorer Cabinet Meeting - St. Stephens Methodist. 19 - Scout Roundtable - St. Michaels Catholic. 30 - Explorer Activity - Sardis Lake. APPRECIATION NOTES A special ''well done" to the training committee for a job well done i'.1 training in June. Many leaders will understand more about the whole Scout' program and purpose because of Joe, Herb, Marian, Bill. Bob, Tom, Manley, and so many more. Congratulations to those units who have earned the 5 star unit award. DISTRICT MEETING Institution Rep re sentative Night - All institutional representatives plan to give a report on: I. Cub Summer Program 2. Scout long term plans 3. Explorer activities 4. New Members The Institutional Representative film strip will be shown. CUB ROUNDT ABLE Scouts receiving Firestone Certificates of Merit for 1966 are Wes Barrett, Bill Brabson, and Ben Tutt, Troop 9; Terence Reilly, ROBER".l\.S. BAKER, Eastern Dist r i c.; 't-- Commissioner, served as 'One of the instructors at the Volunteer Training Center l\! Philmont Scout Ranch for ·me Boy Scouting Conferi::nce held JunE! 22 _ 28. A special program on --- --------- Emergency Preparedness will be featured. · Ken Robbins, Martin Rosenberg, and Bob Shannon, Sheriff's . EXPLORER CABINET Department Tour ·Troop 13; Rion Choate and Roddy Moore, Troop 16; Pat- During the summer rick Clements and Patric months, the Shelby County Gallaher, Troop 29. Sheriff's Department will be Others earning Certifi- sponsoring a tour which cates are Sumner Baker, would be of great interest Thomas Coughlan, David to Explorer Posts. Mithcell, Daniel Albright, This tour will be conand Randy Kuss, Troop 46; ducted on Friday and SaturRobert Casey, Ralph Gabb, day evenings from 8:00 P.M. Joseph Garbarini, Henry until midnight and will be Little ton, Dale Ralph, Da- open to all Explorer Posts vid Schmitt, Jerry Schmitt, of Me mp his and Shelby Danny Trudell, ~d Mike County. The boys who parTaube, Troop 47; Andy ticipate will be given an Graves, Troop 59. opportunity to tour the Shelby Also receiving Certifi- County Sheriff's Departcates are Baxter Fisher and ment, Memphis Juvenile James Fisher, Troop 8; Bar- Court and John Gaston Hosry Cunningham, Troop 230; pita! Emergency Room. In Hubbard Wooten and Charles addition, they will hear a Askey, Troop 286; Mac Todd, talk on laws, primarily conTroop 301; Rex Hickman, ·· cerning juveniles and will be Clifford Morrison, Mike shown a film. Also, these Morrison, Karl Schledwitz, Explorers will be given a Robert Stauffer, Troop 303· tour of Shelby County in ra- . -md John Burnett, Troop 309'. dio equipped cars for a view of law enforcement in ac- Plans for the July 30 Explorer activity will be made. Each Post must have its cabinet representatives present. LAPSED UNITS Post 223 - Macon Road Church of Christ; Post 225 - Raleigh Christian Church. DROPPED UNITS Pack 93 - Highland ; Heights Methodist Church· ! Troop 2ll - First Baptist Church. ROLL CALLS DUE: Troop 12 and 92. tion. Any Post interested in this tour, please contact Lt. A.C. Gilless at telephone 525-7531, extension 20. I Southeast I Dis t!'i ct Chari man Andrew M. Wray District Commissioner M.L ... L .. w" Blair Di strict Executive Wayne A. D"own JULY 12 - Order of Arrow Chapter meeting, Rebecca Memorial Methodist Church, 7:30 p.m. JULY 28 - District Fellowship. Rebecca Memorial Methodist Churc::h. 7:00 p.m. The district meeting, commissioners meeting, Cub Scout roundtable and Boy Scout roundtable will be joint meetings this month as the district fellowship. Every unit leader, commissioner; district committeeman and unit committeemen are urged to attend this annual program planning and fellowship meeting. LAPSED UNITS Pack 55, Second Presbyterian Church (willdropJuly I, 1966); Post 55, Second Presbyterian Church, Pack 243, Southeast Lions Club; Pack 53, Oakville Booster Club. WELCOME James Shearin is Cubmaster of Pack 246, sponsored by Eastminister Presbyterian Church. Cherry Road Baptist Church will have a new troop by the time you read this. We extend the hand offellowship to these new leaders and units andwelcomethem into the Scouting family. SPRING CAMPOREE The Southeast District Spring Camporee was held at Camp Currier May 20-22. Over 500 boys took part in the activities and over 900 people attended the campfire. Everyone has reported · it a complete success. The top troop was 241 and the best patrol was Headquarters Patrol of Troop 55. Good time was had by all (do-nuts next time). RECRUIT OF TI-!E MONTI-!: l· Star - Packs 40, 82, 243, 277, 350 and 245. Troops 79, 89, 271, 323, 334 and 243. Posts 69, 216, and 665. 2 Star - Packs 3, 67, 79, 220; Troops 2, 4, 40, 53, 69, 81, 85, 86, 220, 275, 324, 351 and 352. 3 Star - Packs 2, 81, 275, and 352; Troops 21, 234 and 241. 4 Star - Pack 234; Troops 24, 246, and 241. Where does your unit stand on recruiting? A growing unit ia a good unit. Every boy deserves an invitiation to join a unit - are you doing your part? BOYS' LIFE Is your unit using the best program tool available? Are you a hundred percent" Boys' Life? If your answer to these questions is no, then you are m1~sing a bet and should get on the bandwagon. Give your boys the best. July, 1966 Southwest II _ N_o_rt_hw_e_st___.] Dist".'ict Chai".'man By".'on Ca!!'son Dist!!'ict Commissione".' C.A ... Paul" Paulson Di st".'i ct Executive Cy Thompson JULY CALENDAR 14 - Cub Leaders Roundtable, 7:00 p.m., Gracewood Presbyterian Church on Millbranch. 14 - Scout Leaders Roundtable, 7:00 p.m. Gracewood Pre sbyt e ri an Church on Millbranch. 18 - Commissioner Staff Meeting, 7:00 p.m. 25 - District Committee Meeting, 7:00 p.m., Whitehaven Presbyterian Church. Program Planning Conference. 28 - District Explorer Cabinet Meeting. 1WO MONTI-!S LEFT!! We are proud of our units who have qualified for the 5 star unit award in the re.cruit of the month program but we want each unit to be recognized for the job they are doing in recruiting. The following units can still earn the plaque or certificate by registering new boys in July ai:id August. rLAQUE: Pack l; Troops 10, 30, 48, 227, 248, 344, 345; Post 20, 400. CERTIFICATE: Packs 10, 37, 48, 96, 2?7, 449, 248, 344, 390, 401; Troops 19, 33, 37, 90, 249, 400. PROGRAM PLANNING The district program and calendar of events has been planned and will be presented to all Scouters during July at the district committee meeting at Whitehaven Presbyterian Church on Monday the 25th. Every Scouter should be at this meeting in order to better prepare to help his or her unit plan the next years program during August. At this meeting each unit will be given the 1966-67 program materials. ITEMS TO BE DONE TI-!IS MONTI-I ( Check as completed and mail to Scout office) REGISTER ALL NEW CUBS, SCOUTS OR EXPLORERS. HA VE AN OlJfDOOR ACTIVI'IY. FLY TI-!E FLAG SEE TI-!AT EACH BOY IS GETTING BOYS' LIFE. WEAR THE SCOlJf UNIFORM. ATTEND ROUNDTABLE. GO SWIMMING ATTEND DISTRICT PROGRAM PLANNING CONFERENCE. POST ATTEND CABINET MEETING. VISIT YOUR SCOlJf DISTRIBlJfOR. Di strict Chairman Bob Heft Di strict Commissioner Jesse Barr Dis tri c:t Executive James McKinney DISTRICT MEETING July 18, 1966, 3rd Monday, 7:30 p.m., Holiday Inn, Highway 51 North. Every Institutional Re present a tive and member-at-large is urged to attend as we make plans to support the units as they start the new program year. COMMISSIONEK MEETING Because of July 4 holiday the Northwest District Commissioner meeting will be held Tuesday, July 5. The meeting will be held at Union Planters Bank Building, 2188 Frayser Blvd. at 7:30 p.m. Jesse Barr is the District Commissioner, CUB SCOlJf ROUNDTABLE July ll, 2nd Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the Cafeteria of Our Lady of Sorrow Catholic Church, Highway 51 N. Neil Lawrence is roundtable commissioner. The council record shows that the better Cub Packs always attend roundtables. See you there. BOY SCOUT ROUNDT ABLE Third Tuesday, July 19 at 7:30 p.m. The place will be announced. Mr. Gil Baron is our roundtable commissioner. Every boy deserves a good quality program. See that your Boy Scouts get a good program by attending the Boy Scout Roundtable. NEW DISTRICT EXEClJfIVE ON JOB Jim McKinney, the new Great Northwest District. Scout Executive, is now on ~e job. Mr. McKinney said, I am looking forward to meeting and working with all the fine Scouters in our district. My main goal will be to work with and through volunteers to see that all boys get a good quality program." DROPPED UNITS Pack 7 - McLean Baptist · Church; Pack 17 - Frayser Presbyterian Church; Pack 308 - Scenic Hill Baptist Church; Pack 3 2 2 - St. Theresa Catholic Church· Post 231 - Naval Air Re.: serve Training Center and Post 304 - Schoolfield Methodist Church. LAPSED UNITS Pack 30 - Springdale Methodist Church; Troop 44- . McLean Baptist Church; Troop 63 - Knights of Columbus - Council #616; Pack 280 - Church ofjesusChri st of Latter Day Saints (Millington Branch); Troop 280- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Millington Branch); Troop 322 - Little Flower Catholic Church; Troop 17 - Frayser Lions Club; Post 45 - International Harvester Company; Post 1 - U. T. Medical Units. ·,, luly, 1966 SMOKE SIGNALS PAGE 3 ...__cr_it_te_nd_en___.l l.__M_is_sis_s_iPP_i___.11 ...... __ N_o_rt_h __ I .... I __ so_ut_h __ ll .... __ c_en_tr_a1_ ... ll ___ Ea_s_te_rn_ ... I District Chairman Don Foster District Executive Bob Wiener DISTRICT MEETING This meeting will be held at the Woods Civic Center Conference Room on July 26. We will begin at 7:30 p.m. All Institutional Representatives and Membersat- large should attend this fellowship experience. Be a part of a growing programattend your district committee meetings and become involved in bringing Scouting to more boys. BOY SCOUT ROUNDT ABLE Mr. Jim Peters, Roundtable Commissioner, will present the July Roundtable at the City Swimming Pool on July 19. The highlight of this event will be water safety. All Scoutmasters and assistants are invited to participate. This one should be a real ball, so bring your swimming trunks and come over. We'll begin at 7:30 p.m. An attendance prize will be given to the unit having the most people present. ORDER OF THE ARROW The Crittenden chapter of Chickasaw Council Lodge is being formed. Mr. Bob Bentley has been recruited to act as chapter advisor. While small in number, the group is high in spirit. Theirchief goal during the summer will be to encourage those boys who have been tapped out to complete their Ordeal. He is at present forming a dance team which will perform at the Fall Camporee. During September, the OA Election Team will meet with all Scout Troops and conduct the elections. They will also explain the National Camping Award in an effort aimed at encouraging more unit campingduringtheyear. We extend to Mr. Bentley our best wishes in this undertaking. NEW UNITS We take this opportunity to welcome Troop 232 to our Scouting family. Mr. Ted Williams is serving as Scoutmaster of this unit which is sponsored by the Church of God, West Memphis. They are a fine group of Scouts and we're confident that they will grow and soon be one of the best troops in West Memphis. BOYS' LIFE Is your unit 100% Boys' Life? Have you ever stopped to think about how many hours a week a boy has free? One or two hours is spent in Troop Meetings, but he can get so much more out of Scouting if he is supplied with our full program. Boys' Life is designed to appeal to all Scoutings' ideals in the boy's mind and heart. Actually the magazine supplements his other Scouting experiences. For this reason alone it is important that he receive it on a regular basis. Include Boys' Life in your plans for this year's budget. You won't regret it. District Chairman Jim Brooks Di strict Commissioner Andy Snider District Executive Bob Wiener COMMISSIONER STAFF MEETING Mr. Snider has scheduled this meeting for Tuesday, July 5. Individual commissioners will be notified of the time and place. He wishes to express his thanks to those of you who are continuing in the work which you accepted for this year. Thanks to your efforts our unit picture is showing a definite improvement in the areas of ..:amping and advancement. WOOD BADGE Mr. Lee Meredith, Scoutmaster of Troop 41, Hernando, will be attending Wood Badge Training July 9 - 16. Mr. Bill Lawrence, Director of Volunteer Training will beincharge. Thisweeklong training experiencewill be held at Camp Currier. The group lives Scouting for a week. The men, who come from all over Region Five, will be divided into two troops of four patrols each. Scouting skills are taught in addition to Troop organization. Teamwork plays a vital role in its presentation. We mention this in the hope that several leaders will become interested in attending next summer. BOY SCOUT ROUNDTABLE Mr. Blackwell has scheduled the July Roundtable for the evening of the 25 at the recreation area of First Baptist Church, Senatobia. A mode! campsite will be erected and some new events will be presented. On the same program some campfire stunts are scheduled. He extends to all Scoutmasters an invitation to attend. CAMPING Al\![) ACTIVITIES Troops 347 and 235 have decided to combine their resources and attend Kia Kima together this year. Mr. Charles Thomas and Mr. Hugh Pierce will be in charge of the group. Troop 41, Hernando, will be in camp under Mr. Lee Meredith, Scoutmaster and will be assisted by Mr . Leo Carroll. NEW UNITS North Panola Vocational High School, Como is sponsoring Troopl84. Mr. James Jackson is the new Scoutmaster. The Eudora Lion's Club has chartered Troop 214. Mr. Albert S. White is Scoutmaster. JUNIOR LEADER INSTRUCTOR Scoutmasters Note - September 24 is the date set for a training session for your Junior Leaders. Start making plans now to have your boys attend. All Patrol Leaders, their assistants, and Senior Patrol Leaders should attend. You'll learn a lot from it. Dist!'ict Chai"'man F!'ank J. Lewis Dist!'ict Commissione!' Hosea B!'idges Dist!'ict Executive Cu!'ti s J. G!'ay DISTRICT COMMITTEE MEETING Monday 18, 1966 at Oates Manor Housing Project, 1157 N. Manassas, 7:00 p.m. All Institutional Representatives and members-atlarge should attend. COMMISSIONER STAFF Monday, July 25, 1966 at Oates Manor Housing Project, 1157 N. Manassas, 7:00 p.m. The Commissioner Staff is no stronger than its weakest member. ROUNDT ABLES (CUB AND SCOlJI') Tuesday, July 12, 1966 at the Binghampton First Baptist Church, 2849 Broad Avenue, 7:00 p.m. Send at least one representative from your unit. LAPSED UNITS: Pack 105, Friendship M. B. Church DROPPED UNITS: Pack 135, Hillis Chapel Baptist Church, Pack 183, Shannon Elementary School. CANOE TRIP July I - 5, 1966, 22 Explorers and 4 leaders will participate in a canoe trip lasting for 3 glorious days. Come along and join the fun in fishing, swimming, camping and exploring. The trip will originate at Bull Shoals Reservoir in northern Arkansas and will terminate at Batesville, Arkansas. For additional information, contact N. B. Powell or Curtis T. Gray at the Scout office, 525- 2351. A NOTE TO UNIT LEADERS We are only reaching a very small percent of the many boys in our communities with the Scouting program. Encourage more boys to join your units. BOYS' LIFE Is your unit 100% Boys' Life? If not, now is the time to subscribe. Here is a method to use - "Just ask them", $1.50peryear-121/2 cents per issue. Di strict Membership Northeast 1264 Southeast 1810 Northwest 1670 Southwest 1655 Crittenden 306 Mississippi 488 Central 900 North 732 South 1125 Ea stem 1906 Council 11,856 District Chairman N.J. Ford District Cammissioner Paul B!'andon District Executive No~val Powell DISTRICT MEETING July 12, 7:30 p.m. - N. J. Ford and Son's Funeral Home. COMMISSIONERS' MEETING July 18, 7:30 p.m .• 4907 Peace Road. ROUNDTABLES Cub and Scout Round· tables will be held at Martin Temple C.M.E. Church on July 19, 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. CANOE TREK Our canoe trek on the White River will begin on Saturday, July 2. CUB SCOUT OLYMPICS Saturday, July 23. (Time and place will be announced) DUE TO RE-REGISTER JULY: Pack 146, Cane Creek Missionary Baptist Church, Pack and Troop 188, Zion HilI M. B. Church. AUGUST: Troop and Post 167, Martin Temple Church. LAPSED UNITS MARCH: Packl57, Riverview School P.T.A. APRIL: Pack 133, Parkway Garden Presbyterian Church. MAY: Pack 175, St. Peter M. B. Church. Troop 166, New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church. DROPPED UNITS Troop 193-Geeter School, Troop 196 - Pillow Street C.M.E. Church. ~Ufda'I YOUR FLAG FOURTH of JULY Boys' Life 962 1330 1223 1187 134 300 48 12 59 1416 . 6721 Percentage 76.1 76.2 73.2 71.1 43.7 61.4 5.3 1.6 5.2 74.2 56.6 Disf!.'ict Chai~an Joseph Westb!'ook Disf"'ict Commissione!' Eugene Hagle!' Disf"'ict Executive Cha!'les G!'ego"'y DISTRICT MEETING July 12, 7:30 p.m. St. Paul Baptist Church located at Greenwood and McLemore. DISTRICT ROUNDTABLE Julyl, 7:30 p.m., St. Paul Baptist Church located at Greenwood and McLemore. DISTRICT ACTIVITIES 1. Cub Scout Olympics- July 23. · 2. Den Chief TrainingAugust 6. 3. School Night for Scouting - September 20. 4. Cub Scout Basic - October 8. 5. Goodwill Bags - October 8. 6. Jr. Leaders TrainingOctober 29. 7. Showando - November 26. THREE DEN MOTHERS QUALIFY FOR THE "DEN" MOTHER'S TRAINING AWARD." Mr. Ernest Abron, district vice chairman, and Mr. James Stokes, leadership training chairman, presented Den Mother's Training Awards to the following Den Mothers: Mrs. Lucille B. Norman, Pack 145, Mt. Pisgah C.M. E. Church; Mrs. Millie Scott, Pack 162, Castalia Missionary Baptist Church and Mrs. Marie J. Smith, Pack 139, Olivet Baptist. "EVERY BOY IN SCOUTING DESERVES A TRAINED LEADER." Requirements for the awards are: Cub Scoat Orientation, Den Mother's Training, Den Mother-Den Chief Relationship, Cub Scout Leaders Pow Wow, two consecutive years as a registered Den Mother and performance in leadership responsibility. EIGHT PACKS PARTICIPATE IN SHILOH EXPEDITION One hundred and thirtyfive Cub Scouts boarded buses destined for Shiloh Military Natonal Park located in Shiloh, Tennessee. The pl an ni ng committee consisted of: Mr. Eugene Hagler, Mrs. Verna Jones and Mrs. Millie Scott. The Cub Scouts were shown a move on the "Battle of Shiloh" and also visited the National Cemetery. Disf"'ict Chai!'man Ha!'Old Steinkamp Dist!'lct Commluione!' Bob Bake!' Oistt'ict Executive Billy Gamble NO LAPSED -NODROPPED Congratulations to all of our units and district personnel on this outstanding record of reregistering or. time. scour LEADERS ROUNDTABLE July 21. 1966, 7:30 p.m. Host for this monthly occasion wilI be Troop 336, Jack Foules, SM. The meeting place will be the All Saints Episcopal Church, White Station at Quince. DISTR !CT COMMITTEE MEETING July 28, 1966, 7:30 p.m. Mullins Methodist Church. District Chairman Harold Steinkamp reminds all institutional representatives, operating committee chairmen and district members at large to be present at this important meeting as the district calendar of events will be discussed and approved. DISTRICT EAGLE BOARD July 20, 1966, 7:30 p.m. East Gate Branch of Union Planters Bank. Contact Eagle Boa.rd Chairman Cecil Harris - 682- 5230 for conformativn or questions. CALLING ALL EASTERN DISTRICT EXPLORERS Your district explorer cabinet has scheduled two interesting, fun filled district activities for this summer. On July 11 - 12 and July 18 19, 1966 there will be a course taught by the U. S. Coast Guard on Basic Seamanship and Safe Boat Handling. A certificate will be presented to Explorers and adults completing the four night course. District Explorers Field Sports Tournament will be held in the month of August. A notice will be mailed to each advisor giving details about these activities. Make your post plans to participate. AUGUST UNIT DUE Troop 238 - Bethany Lutheran Church DISTRICT EXPLORER CABINET MEETING July 26, 1966, Carousel Restaurant on Mendenhall. This is an important meeting as final plans for the field sports tournamentwill be discussed and plans for fall activities will be made. Each of us in the Chickasaw Council express our deepest sympathy to Harold and Trudie Steinkamp in the loss of their son Glenn, as a result of a boating accident on Pickwick Lake. Glenn will always be remembered by each of us. A tip of the hat to Ellis Johnson, neighborhood commissioner, who was so instrumental in re-organizing Post 259 at Grimes Memorial MetliodistChurch. PAGE 4 FOR ALL YOUR BOY SCOUT CUB SCOUT EXPLORER SCOUT CLOTHING AND EQUIPME_NT SHOP AT FOR THE MOST COMPLETE STOCKS IN · MEMPHIS Scout Section 2nd Floor DOWNTC7NN and OAK COURT Coca-Cola Welcomes All Scouts To Kamp Kia Kima things go b~~th Coke TRADE · MARK~ ~ Bc·ttling Co., Memphis, Tenn. """···· SMOKE SIGN~LS July JW Ke(p you.rae(/. .. yoar ftmilff . .. your C'ommunitg I British Scouting Study (C.-.ntin.u =d Fror:i P ~ge l) tlon for their constant search for improvement and for completing the two and a half year study. The Boy Scouts of America continually conducts studies to keep Scouting an evolving program in tune with today' s boy and today's society. Since the study deals solely with British society, culture and semantics, we are in no position to comment on specific proposals .,reported, but can point out related familiar elements in American Scouting. In 1959, for example, after thorough research, the_ new Exploring program for high school age boys was launched. It i ncludes an active co - ed social program of dances, outings and other normal teen - age activities. It· also includes optional modern uniform with a blue blaze r , gray slacks and maroon tie. tD ~ iM-~ 1966 Shelby United Neighbnrs Campaign Call 525-5602 DO\\'NTOU"X •• • EAST •• _. SOUTH Three Scout Shops To Serve You Better COMPLETE· STOCKS OF * CUB SCOUT * BOY SCOUT * EXPLORER SCOUT · * CLOTHING AND EOUI PMENT Available at ALL THREE LOWENSTEIN'S STORES Downtown .. East .. South The famous merit badge program is constantly revised and updated, with such recent additional subjects as ·space exploration, oceanography, metallurgy. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Short pants, one should remember, have been the traditional British Scout uniform year - 'round. American Scouts have had long pants for over 25 years for . winter use, with the optional summer shorts being most practical for war weather · use. Continuing cooperative research studies by such groups as Opinion Research Corporation of Princeton and the University of Michigan indicates that the Boy Scouts of America has quite a good Chickasaw Councl1 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 198 S. Main St Memphis, Tenn. 38103 . H undeliverable, Do Not Return Non ~ Pro fit Or9anizatior: U.S. Postaqe Paid Memphis, Ten n. P e rmit No. 435 E Tr 343 SM ............................................................. ..,. ..... image. Mr. · H. Kenneth Humphreys 751 s. 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Vol. 4 No. 2 Sustaining Membership Kicks Off This .Month "Boys' Life" Subscription Rate Beginning with unit charters that expire in April 1968, the membershi p ~·ate for "Boys Life" will increase from $1.50 to $2 a year (from 12- 1/2 cents to 16-2/3 cents a month). The regular nonScout rate will increase to $4 a year -or 40 cents a copy. March and earlier unit charter expirations have until March 30 to reregistel' in the council office at the current subscriptio n rate. New or additional subscriptions may be entered at current rates until March 30. If your unit is not already 100 percent, we urge you to take advantage of the current rates; and, if your unit charter expires in March, you will want to be sure you reregister in time. The last increase in the "Ec;•s' Life" subscriptio n rate was made in July, 1950. In the more than 17 years since that time "Boys' Life" has become one of the major magazines of America and has growi:i in size, quality, and program content. "Boys' Life" has become one of the essential ingredients of pack, troop and post programs for influencin g character developmen t, citizenship training, and physical and mental fitness. During the period, productio n and operating costs have increased to a point where they no longer can be met by the current subscriptio n rate. The revised subscriptio n rate will make it possible to meet current and anticipated production increases, to meet substantial postal increases scheduled for 1968 and beyond, and to add a substantial number of editorial pages and other improvements of interest and value to boy readers and unit proi-r ams. ••scouting Is Action " The Scout Show brochure was mailed to the Cubmasters, Scoutmaste rs, and Explorer Advisors last week. Jim Ewart, General Chairman of the show, encourages every unit to call a special meeting to select the subject and name the unit ticket sa1esmanag er immediately so you can begin preparation for our big show ''Scouting Is Action" sched- uled for April S-6, 1968. The show will be held ar the Mid-SouchFalrgrounds· Goal Of $105,000 Is Set Chief Scout Executive To Spe akA t Annual Recognition Dinner Alden G. Barber, new Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America, will be the featured speaker at the . annual recognition dinner of the Chickasaw Council. Harold Steinkamp, Chairman of the annual dinner committee has announced · that the dinner for all Scourers in the council will be held on Thursday, March 7, at Ellis Auditorium . The price has been kept to a bare minimum ($2.00 per plate) in order to insure good attendance. Other features on the pro- . gram will include the r1resentation of ten Silver Beaver awards to outstar ding Chickasaw Scouters and the receipt of the coveted National Breakthrou gh award by council officers. Promitiona l material s will be mailed to all units in a few days and all Scouters should begin making plans to attend. The council is fortunate to have Mr. Barber as the annual dinner speaker as he will reveal plans that are being developed for the next few years for the national organtzatlo n. Organizatio n is now underway on the greatest sustaining membershi p program in the history of Chickasaw Council Chairman Sam P. Ryland announced Council, that a goal of $105,000 has been set. Last year a to~iµ of $75,000 was pledged which shows what a big job is in front of us. The campaign organizatio n has three divisions. Thomas H. Todd heads the Leadership Gifts Division. Paul Borda leads the ·official Family division. William Quinn and William Cowan are co-chairme n of the Districts Division. Sustaining membershi p or "Friends of Scouting" enrollment is held every year to fill the gap between what Shelby United Neighbors allocates and what the Council's needs are. The 1968 budget is $230,000 while our S.U.N. allocation is $125,000. In 1965, a long range plan was drawn up by the Chickasaw Council covering the years 1965-70. The gi-owth in the Chickasaw Council has been so great that we surpassed our 1969 goals in 1967. Thus, we start 1968 working on our 1970 goals so you can see "Suddenly its 1970." A council's primary job is to organize new units and to service the existing ones. In order to do this, more professional staff is needed to guide our outstanding volunteer leaders. At present, our District Executives are overloaded almost to the point of saturation. If we hope to con- Leadership Gifts Chairman Alden G. Barber Eagle New Staff Memb er Recognition Day G. Osbornew asemBobby ployed by the council as an executive trainee on J anuary 15 and will become a district executive se.rving with Bud Trigleth in the Southwest District when he completes his basic training at the Schiff Scout Reservatio n in March. tinue our growth, we must meet our minimum budget of $23,000. WU!iam Cowan and WUliam Quinn, co-chairme n of the Districts, announced that the following Scouters are serving as district enrollment chairmen in the sustaining membershi p enrollment: Northeast - BUI Allen; Northwest -Dr. Kyle Creson; Southeast -Clyde Smith; Southw e s t - P au 1 Rodgers; Official Family Chairman Captain W. M. Fletcher, U,S,N,, Chairman of Eagle Recognition Day announces members of his committee; They are: W.K. West, Jr., Ed Eslick, Henry Loeb, Neuman Taylor and Mark King. Captain Fletcher and his committee have a full day in store for the Eagles of 1967. The day will begin at the Mayor's office. After brief ceremonies the Eagle will meet and spend a major portion of the day with their sponsor, a top successful person in the field into which the Eagle hopes to enter. Eagle Day will close with a banquet at Chisca Hotel honoring Eagles in 1967 in Chickasaw Council. Captain Fletcher stated, "I'm happy to announce that our principal speaker for this occasion will be Frank Bobby Osborne C. Holloman, Director DivBobby is a native of Ala- isions of Fire and Police." bama and graduated from Athens College with a major children and lives at 4849 in religion. He has served as Spottswood . We welcome him pastor of several Methodist to the professiona l staff of Churches. the council. He is married with two FEBRUARY Paul Borda Calendar of Events 1. Councfl Health and Safety Committee Meeting Scout Service Center - 7:30 P.M. I. Council Or ganization and Extension Committee Meeting, Scout Service Center 7:30 P.M. 4. Council Commissio ner Staff Meeting - Scout Service Center, 2-3!30 P.M. 8. Eagle Recognition Day and Banquet 8. Council Executive Board Meeting -Scout Service Center - 4 P.M. 7-13 Boy Scout Week. 11. Boy Scout Sunday 12. Order of the Arrow Executive Committee Meeting -Scout Service Center 7:30 P.M. IS. Council Camping ann Activities Committee Meeting - Scout Service Center 7:30 P.M. 23. Order of the Arrow Vigil Ceremony -Camp Currier. 24. Order of the Arrow Brotherhoo d Ce rem on yCamp Currier. Eastern-B ill Jennings and Max Notowitz; North - Roe hes t er Neely; Central Charles Gregory; South - Dr. Robert Thorpe. The Leadership Gifts Division and Official Family Division kicks off this month along with the District Century Club and Specials. The Neighborho ods will kick off on Saturday morning. March 2. Thomas H. Todd. Jr. Chairman Sam Ryland, in expressing his appreciatio n to all the fine Scouters in the Chickasaw Council. sai~, "We have a big goal or rather a big opportunity in 1968. In order to meet this goal, all Scouters and parents are going to have to pitch in and enroll over 6,000 families this year as Friends of Scouting. We have challenging goals and we will make them." SHOWMAN SAM SAYS"Sign Up Now For The Scout Show April 5-6" �PAGE 2 SMOKE SIGNALS l~__N_or_th_ea_s_t__.ll_~--s_o_ut_hw_e_st__,ll.___so_ut_he_as_t_ SMOKE SIGNALS PUBLISHED BY CHICKASAW COUNCIL, BOY scours OF AMERICA 171 sourn HOLLYWOOD ST.. MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE S. Shepherd Tate, President Robert S. Baker, Commissioner Ed M. Eslick, Public Relations Chairman JONES HUSKEY, scour EXECUTIVE WALTHAL PETERS. ASSI$TANT scour EXECUfTVF. BILLY GAMBLE. FIELD DIRECTOR CECIL WELLER. FIELD DIREC1DR RALPH YOUNG, _FIELD DIRECTOR Published monthly to all Scouters registered in the Council Sign Up OO!!ll'. p@ For Camp 7-7 7- llo 6-16 ~3 6-30 6-9 7~1 7~8 &-7 ' KIA JOMA 81'?1!8 l 89 2 50 3 2i.3 2li0 159 2 .. 86 86 20 20 lo8 57 79 341 360 360 503 57 9 9 259 259 .. l8o 133 66 66 lo7 55 5 300 304 75 343 2i. 330 330 351 209 6 366 366 75 l3 13 265 83 336 336 7 25 225 93 33). 219 ~19 8 219 69 230 30 I 219 219 56 9 74 2"8 255 i.6 liO 10 90 ll 252 27 l 271 I 197 95 12 198 274 274 I 257: ~~ 263 200 ~·9 CAMP C!IERCiQIE l 2 301 3 30lo 4 75 97 97 24 46 83 301 97 97 241 2i.1 92 223 25 2"8 271 · lS 40 3li0 3).0 255 278 278 281 221 5 6 281 198 55 221 247 276 35 276 212 7 8 Camp Staff Training Ralph Young, Field Director, has announced March 19 as the date for the first session of the camp staff training. The meeting will start at 7:30 P.M. at Highland Heights Presbyterian Church, 3300 Summer Avenue. Mr. Young would like to request that each Scoutmaster and Explorer Advisor check the qualification on the members of his unit. If they have members who are qualified and they would personally recommend to serve on the Camp Staff to pleas e talk to them about Camp Staff encouraging them to attend this most important training session. With all the unit leaders help we will have another great Camp Staff in 1968. Boy's Life MEMBERSHIP NORTHEAST ' SOUTHEAST NORTiiWEST SOUTHWEST CRITTE!\T()EN CENTRAL NORTH SOUTH EASTERN COUNCIL • BOYS' LIFE % 1,783 2,316 l,9SS 2,893 Sl9 7S9 992 l,S08 2,S20 1,471 1,840 1,416 2,278 2S2 94 149 2,074 1 8.7 48.S 12.3 1.1 9.8 82.3 1S,24S 9,S8S 62.8 11 February 11 82.S 79.4 72.3 Going West This Summer Have you every tried working out plans for a western trip for your son to include adult supervision, a six day bus tour, 12 days at a 138,000 acre ranch, all meals, transportation both ways, all overnight accommodations? It's a lot of details, but if your son is a 14 to 17 year old Scout or Explorer, your worries are over. He can go West to the Philmont Scout Ranch for a total of $160. If you have no son, maybe a boy in your Troop or Post would like to go. At Philmont (in Northern New Mexico) boys pan for gold, ride horses, and hike over mountain trails. Our chartered buses are not confined to a specific route nor do they have fixed stops as a train. We can take advantage of out of way places, such as the Taos Indian Reservation in New Mexico, without using other kinds of transportation. Adult volunteer leadership is selected from capable Scouters. The Chickasaw Council Contigent will leave Memphis on July 6, 1968 by chartered bus and will return on July 21, 1968. Remember: The total cost is $160.00. You Ca!) _make a reservation at the Scout Service Center - 171 S. Hollywood. Sixty dollars will reserve a spot for your son or a member of your unit. The balance of the fee will be due March 1, 1968 - $SO,OO and $S0.00 due on June l, 1968. If you want your son or .a member of your unit to GO WEST let him make a reservation and leave the details to us. Words often are Inadequate to express the sentiment we feel at the death of a friend. No finer tribute can be paid than to encourage some boy to Uve the llfe of a Scout and thus perpetuate the high principle you admired In your friend. A contribution to the C hick a s aw Co u n c il , Boy Scout Truat Fund ls the perfect tribute. . In Memory of_ _ __ _ ,;.___ __ __ _ _ _ _ __ DISTRICT CHAIRMAN Byron Carson DISTRICT CHAIRMAN Albert Taylor DISTRICT COMMlSSIONER Bob Mitchell DISTRICT C0MMISSIONER C.A. Paul • aulson DISTRICT COMMISSIONI Ben Carpenter DISTRICT EXECUTIVE Gerald Strain BOY scour WEEK - FEBRUARY 7-13 Each unit should try to do something special for Boy Scout Week. I. Attend the Raleigh Scout · Show at the Shopping Center on Austin Peay Highway on Saturday, February IO. 2. Have special cer emonies at all Scouting Events and meetings. 3. Attend church and Sunday School in uniform on February 11. FEBRUARY ACTIVITIES I. District Meeting - St. Stephens Methodist Church. 8. Eagle Scout Day 11. Scout Sunday. 13. Roundtables - St. Michael Gym 26. Commissioner Staff Meeting - Scout Office. SUSTAINING MEMBERSHIP KICK-OFF March 2. NOTE: Please do not schedule any Scout activities the weekend of March 2-3. UNITS DUE 1D REREGISTER IN FEBRUARY Packs: 3S, 83 Troops: 3S, 93, · 202, 260 Posts: 3S, 93 ROLL CALLS FOR FEBRUARY Packs: 92, 200, 223 Troops: 200, 223, 262 Posts: 200, 262 OUR 1968 LEADERSHIP District Chairman-Manley Cox, Comm is stoner - Bob Mitchell, Vice Chairman Norvell Ledbetter and Joe Johnson, Camping and Activities - Bob Small, Organization and Extension - Bill Fitzgerald, Health and Safety - Marvin Bowen, Finance Bil 1 A 11 en, Leadership Trat cg -Al Guenther, AdvancE ,en: - Paul Greer. POW NOW A tt e n t i on Cubqers I On March 23 we will have our 1968 Cub Leaders Pow-Wow. Every Cubber should have a part in this excellent training course. Re e rve this date today. scour SHOW APRIL s - 6, 1968 Do these thir..;s now II I. Select unit ticket sales chairman. 2. Select your subject and mail in reservation. 3. Plan to have every boy sell ,one book of tickets. Our 1968 goal is SO units participate in the S.cout Show. Let the flags fly Ill Scouting is FUN. DISTRICT EXECUTIVES M.E. "Bud" Trigleth Bobby Osborne FEBRUARY CALENDAR I. C ub and B o y Scout Roundtables - 7:30 P.M., G r a c e w o o d Presbyterian Church - 3890 Millbranch. 8. Eagle Scout Day 10. "Scouting In Action" Show -Southland M a 11 - Are you sure you have reserved a ·s pot? 7- 13. Scout Week-Let's celebrate SS wonderful years of Scouting! 11. Scout Sunday - Are your b o y s going to church together? is: Boy Scout Lead e r s Training - Gr a c e Methodist Church, 6:30 to 9:30 P.M. 19. District Commissioner Meeting - Whitehaven Presbyterian, 7:30 P.M. 24- 2S. Boy Scout Leaders Outdoor Training Session Camp Currier - Call Charles Thomas for reservations. 26. District Committee Meeting - Whitehaven Presbyterian Church- 7:30 P.M. "SCOUTING IN ACTION" SHOW Our Mall Show is shaping up nicely. Are you set with your plan, plenty of color and excitement for your boys? Let's make it the best yet. Your reservation is due now! LET'S GO Who wants to be an organizer in 1968. A real thrill to bring a new unit into the world! SCOUTER WINS SHRINER AWARD DISTRICT EXECUfIVE Wayne Drown BOY SCOUT WEEK IN LIVING MEMORY BOY SCOUT TRUST FUND DISTRICT CHAIRMAN Manley Cox I f I I t I t I I I I· Address_ _ _ _ __ __ _ _ _C·ity-- - - - -- - - February 7-13, 1968 1 - O A Chapter M e et i 1 7:30 P. M., Second Pre~ terian Church S - Explorer Roundtab 7:30 P.M., Council Ser Center. 6 - Scout Roundtabl 7:30 P.M., Council Ser Center 10 - Explorer Skeet Sho Place to be announced. 13 - Cub Roundtable 7:30 P.M. , Park Ave. Cumt land Presbyterian Church 20 - District Commi Meeting - 7:30 P.M. , Cou Service Center 22- Commissioners Mi ing - 7:30 P.M., Council ~ vic-e Ceriter SCOUTER OF THE MON Bob Minatra, Scoutma of Troop 8S, is one of outstanding Scoutmaster s. 1...-...,·- -..,,J,l """" is alwayswi 'ing to helpotl and give gu1 lnce to new 1~ • ers by heli.. ng on the S training team. To Bob l out thanks for a job well d Recruit Of The Mo1 Dave Davenport, Southwest District Camping and Activities Chairman, is shown here admiring the trophy awarded to him by Al Chymia Shrine Temple " For Untiring Work With Youth" for 1967 at award presentation ceremonies on January 6. Al Chymia Temple consisting of over S, 000 members presents awards in fourteen areas of outstanding work in the community each year to their members who are voted to receive these awards by the membership of the temple. OUR 1HANKS To all who made our annual dinner ' a wonderful occassion. Especially do we thank Mrs. Hester Griffith and Dave Davenport for a fine job. Tour Send Acknowledgement to.___ _ __ __ _ _ __ _ _ Addres._ _ _________ __ _ City·---- -- - Dono(s Name____ __ __ _____ _ _..___ _ __ -~ t FEBRUARY MEETINGS Wonder Snack Foods, 6S3 Corrine just off North Thomas, would welcome groups of Cubs, Scouts of Explorers to tour this modern facility. Arrangements should be made through Miss Sue Baldridge - phone S27-8341. The purpose of the I cruit of the Month is to p mote year round r ecr1 ing and to recognize th units who do a good jot consistantly makin g Scouting program avail< to boys who want to be Ct Scouts and Explorer s. As unit's recrult and re~ ter boys they will app in the Smoke Signals. ' program will run thrc August 31, 1968. For e Month a new boy is rei t ered in a unit the unit receive a star designat 1 month -1 star , 2 mont 2 stars, etc. up to 5 st• Units that attain a ! star designation (recru at least l new boy in 4 ferent months) will rec1 an attractive wall cer cate. Units that attain a star designation will rec a handsome wall plaque. For unit leader s who cruit 8 or more new I between January 1 and J ust 31 will receive a c< mug. This particular mu believe will become a collectors item. Certificates, wall plai and mugs will be prese at roundtables within the tricts. These should aI in time for presenta in early May. �SMOKE SIGNALS February 1968 PAGE 3 ._j _No_rt_hw_es_t__.ll....._c_ri_tte_nd_en_ll"-_E_as_te_rn_-i!l11....._ce_nt_ra_1_ll___N_or_th_ _l\__s_ou_t~_ DISTRICT CHAIRMAN Larry Hilbun ·DISTRICT CHAIRMAN Richard F. Scruggs DISTRICT COMMISSIONER Charles Kassinger John J. Hardin, Jr. DISTRICT EXECurIVE Jim McKinney DISTRICT COMMlSSIONER DISTRICT EXECUTIVE Hart Greeri OPPORWNITIES OF THE DISTRICT FINISHED THE MONTH YEAR WITH RECORD Crittenden District now 2nd FIRESTONE MEETING has the largest number of Monday. February 1, 7:30 boys registered in Scouting P. M., Our Lady of Sorrows s inc e it's beginning - 519 Catholic Church, Highway 51 Boys. We raised the most North. money in our finance campaign-$5,600.00. Next year BOY scour ROUNDTABLE will be even greater thanks All Scoutmasters, Assisto the many dedicated Scouttant Scoutmasters, and Comers working here. mitteemen are urged to atLAPSED UNITS tend the Roundtable on TuesPack 292, Troop 149, Exday, February 6, 7:30 P.M., plorer Post 149, Troop 155 at Schoo If i el d Methodist and Post 72. Church, 1621 Dellwood in DUE IN JANUARY Frayser. Pack and Troop 233. NEW UNITS LAST YEAR p a ck ISO - Bethel AME CUB scour ROUNDTABLE Church, Eugene Harris as All Cubmasters, Assistant Cubmaster; Pack 151 - New Cubmasters, Webelos LeadSaint Paul Church, Henry ers, Den Mothers, and Committeemen are urged to at- Jackson as Cubmaster; Pack 390 - Westminister Presbytend the February Cub Scout terian Church. Allen Landry Roundtable Monday, Februas Cubmaster; Pack 39 ary 12, 7:30 P.M., at Our Holy Cross Episcopal, CharLady of Sorrows Catholic les George as Cubmaster; Church on Highway 51 North. Troop 151 - New Saint Paul Church, William Huggins as DISTRICT COMMISSIONER Scoutmaster. MEETING Welcome to Scouting! The February Commissioners Meeting will be held MEETINGS FOR FEBRUTuesday, February 13, 7:30 ARY P.M. at the new Scout Ser- MARK TIIEM DOWN vice Center, 171 South Holscour LEADERS ROUNDlywood. It is hoped that all Neighborhood Commission- TABLE February 15, 7:30 P.M., ers and Assistant District Commissioners will be pre- Crittenden Hospital Boardroom. Scoutmasters. Cubsent. masters, Committeemen; Den Mothers and Assistants FEBR UARY DISTRICT are urged to attend. Scout COMMITTEE MEETING Show Plans, Ticket Sales, TO BE HELD IN MILLINGShow at Mall, Camporee will TON be discussed. The February District Committee Meeting will be COMMISSIONER STAFF held at Whatley's Cafe in February 15, Thursday Millington. Our meeting will morning at the Fidelity Nabe Tuesday, February 20, tional Bank Boardroom. All 7:30 P.M. commissioners: Visit your units before this meeting. BOY scour WEEK-FEBDISTRICT COMMITTEE RUARY 7-13 February 2?. - 7:30 P.M., Scouting will celebrate its Thursday night at Critten58th birthday February 7 den Hospital Boardroom. In13. All Scouts who attained stitutional Representatives: the Eagle rank will be rePlease come to this meetcognized February 8. All ing. Protestant and C at ho 1i c Scouts and Scouters will rePLANS FOR scour WEEKcognize Sunday, Februaryll, FEBRUARY 7-13. as Scout Sunday. It is hoped Scout Sunday will be Febthat each Cub Pack, Boy ruary 11. Church programs Scout Troop, and each Excan be obtained at the Scout plorer Post will have disoffice. Boys should be in plays during this week. HapUniform for church. py Birthday Scouting - May Scout exhibits should be you have many more. placed in banks and store BOY scour SUSTAINING windows. MEMBERSHIP TRAINING FOR PERSONS The Boy Scouts of Amer- WHO MISSED LAST MONTH. ica nationally has for many All Cub Leaders-February years maintained the prin- 6, Tuesday night- 7:30 P.M., ciple of the local council. Crittenden Hospital BoardIt provides and encourages r o o m. Cubmasters, Den the opportunity for Scout Mothers, Webelos Leaders, Pa rents, Scouter s and Pack Committee please atFriends of Scouting to share tend. in the financial needs of the council over and above NEEDED their regular. gifts to SUN. Explorer Post in West The sustaining membership program is one of the in- Memphis. Boys 14-18. This struments through which a is an emphasis for this year. local council builds a per- Need sponsor and advisor. manent financial constituen- Contact R. B. McClung, 0 & E Chairman, at Gritten den cy. Hospital. COMING EVENTS - START BOY scour TRAINING Session 6 and 7 - Febru- PLANNING Scout Show Mall - March 30 ary 12 -6:30 P.M., Shoney's Council Scout Show - April at Center City Shopping Cen5-6. ter -134 N. Avalon. Plan to Jr. Leaders Campout - Apeat with us. ril 20 - 21 at Currier. Session 3 -Outdoor - FebCamporee-May 4-5. ruary 24 at Camp Currier. DISTRICT CHAIRMAN Vaughan Dow DISTRICT CHAIRMAN Ernest Abron DISTRICT COMMISSIONERDISTRICT COMMISSIONERBill Findlay Eugene Hagler DISTRICT COMMITTEE MEETING DISTRICT EXECurIVEFebruary 22 -7:30 P.M. . Alfred Thomas Change in meeting place:: Church of theHolyCommunion. D 1 strict Chairman DISTRICT COMMITTEE Vaughan Dow reminds all MEETING operating committee members, Institutional RepreThe Central District Comsentatives and Members at mittee will meet Monday, large of this change and of February 12, 7 P. M., at the . the importance of this meet- Scout Service Center, 171 South Hollywood. Mr. Abron ing. COMMISSIONERS ST AF F encourages all Institutional Representatives to be preMEETING sent. February 1-6:30 P. M. • Windjammer Restaurant. Dis- ROUNDTABLES trict Commissioner Bil' The Central District Findlay asks that all commissioners bring your unit Roundtables w i 11 be held analysis sheets to this meet- Tuesday, February 6, 7:30 P.M.; at the Beulah Baptist Ing. Churclt, 2467 Douglas. CUB LEADERS R 0 UN DACTIVITIES TABLE Boy ScoutWeek-February Feb r u a r 8 - 7:30 P.M., 7-13 Kingsway Cl1.Listian Church. Scout Show - April 5 - 6 · Commissioner Pat Hall has a Camporee -April 19 - 21 very informative program bu flt around the MARCH scour SHOW theme of Rivers of theWorld. All unit leaders should begin to prepare their proscour LEADERS ROUND- jects for the Scout Show. TABLE Tickets will go on sale March 11 and the Show date is April February 15, 7:30 P.M., 5-6. Kingsway Christian Church. Let's all turn out with good DISTRICT SCOUT EXECUattendance in support of our TIVE new Scout Roundtable Commissioner, Bert Green. February 7-7: 30 P.M., Beth Sholom Synagogue, 482 S. Mendenhall. EXPLORER LEADER ROUNDTABLE February 19, - 7:30 P.M. Mark this important date on your calendar. Place will be announced to all Advisors. DISTRICT RALLY All troops participating in the Big "E" Rally should make every effort to complete your rallys. FEBRUARY UNITS DUE TO REREGISTER Pack 343 -Kingswa y Christian Church. Tr o op 204 - Mc Lemore Chr!Rian Church. Troop 254 -Summer Avenue Baptist Church. Organization and Extension Chairman Jean Ulmer and Vernie Brooks reminds all units they are due the first of the month. scour sALurE May we express our deep appreciation and gratitude to our out going District Chairman H a r o 1 d Steinkamp and District Commissioner Bob Baker for the outstanding leadership they have given us in the Big "E" District for the past three years. Under their leadership our district has earned the National B r e a k t h r o u gh for three consecutive years and has enjoyed over a thousand boy increase in boy membership during this time. We give to Bob and Harold a "Scout Salute." DISTRICT CHAIRMAN Frank J . Lewis DISTRICT CHAJRMAN N. J . .Ford DISTRICT COMMISSIONER Cornell Wolf DISI'RICT COMMISSIONER Isaac Peterson D !STRICT EXECurIVE _Curtis J . Gray DISTRICT COMMrITEE MEETING Monday, February 19 at 7 P.M. The place of this meeting will be announced at a later date. It is very urgent that all Institutional Representatives and Members-at-large be in attendance. COMMISSIONERS MEETING Monday, · February 26 at 7 P. M. This meeting will be held at 2179 Albany Ave. It is very urgent that all commissioners be present. ROUNDTABLES (CUB AND SCOUT) Tuesday, February 13, at 7 P.M. The place of this meeting will be given at a later date. If you are a Cubmaster, Den Mother, Asst. Den Mother, Scoutmaster, Assistant Scoutmaster, Committeeman, or interested parent, you should plan to attend this meeting. LAPSED UNITS Pack and Troop 107Chicago Park Elementary School; - Pack 112 -Hopewell Baptist Church; Pack and Troop 183-Summer field Baptist Church; Post 170Barretts C h ape 1 School; Pack 135-Hills Chapel Baptist Church; Pack and Troop 171-Grant Elementary School; and Troop 126Woodstock High School. I;>ISTRICT EXECUTIVB Wendell L. Fant FEBRUARY RE REGISTER EXPLORER BASIC TRAINING Alfred Thomas became the District Scout Executive for the Central District on JanU!lrY 2. Alfred comes to us from Glendora, Mi_ssissippi. SUMMER CAMP Ernest Abron, District Chairman, encourages each Scoutmaster to make reservations at the Scout Service Center for a spot at summer camp. Mr. Abron says he does not want to see any boy denied the opportunity to go to camp because we fail to plan ahead so they can go. LAPSED UNITS Lapsed units are units who have ex;>ired regi st r ation cards. Pack 145 -Mt. Pisgah CME Church; Pack 154 -Mt. Vernon Baptist Church; Pack 174 -Cummings School; Pack 179-Le a th Elementary School; Pack 190-Neshoba E 1 e m e n t a r y School; Pack 194 - Mt. N e b o Missionary Baptist Church: Troop 109 Beul ah Baptist Church; Troop 14~ ".'" Oakville Baptist C he rch; Troop 190Neshoba Elementary School; Troop J~l -Collierville Elementary School; Post 102 Metropolitan Baptist Church; Post 176 - LeMoyne Garde: ,s Tenant Association. _.I UNITS Pack and Troop 124 - Douglas PTA: Pack and Troop 147-Carnes Jr. High School; and Troop 173-Keel Avenue Baptist Church. MARCH REREGISTER UNITS Pack and Troop 120Thomas Chapel Baptist Church· Pack and Post 126 Woodst~k High School; and Troop 132 - Belmont Baptist Church. BOYS' LIFE Encourage your unit to subscribe to Boys' Life Magazine this year. Let them enjoy the wonderful reading material in Boys' Life Magazine. Bring your unit up to 1003 Boys' Life Subscriptions. SUMMER CAMP Sustaining Membership Chairman Dr. Robert M. Thorpe FEBRUARY MEETINGS 3 - Century Club Kick-off (place to be announced) 6 Key Three Luncheon 6 District Commissioners Meeting - 7:30 P. M. , 224 Danny Thomas Blvd. Rufus R. Jones will be host. 13 District Committee Meeting - 7:30 P.M., N. J. Ford and Sons - 219_ Joubert 17 ~cialsKick-off (place to be announced) 20 Roundtable Meetings Cub Scout, Boy Scout and Explorers - 7:30 P.M. at Martin Temple C.M.E. Church, Edu- - -· cation Building - corner of ~ Parkway West and Kansas. Themes: Cub Scout "Rivers of the World" Boy Scout - .. Signaling Methods Explorer - District Cabinet, Council Representatives and the National Explorer Delegate Conference. 1968 OPERATING COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN Organization & Extension Overtis Wilson, Leadership Training -Harold Hughes, Advancement - Paul Brandon, Camping and Activities Jessie Sinclair, Health and Safety - open, Finance - Dr. Robert M. Thorpe, DDS. BOY SCOUT WEEK - FEBRUARY 7to13 Many units are planning window displays in community businesses. Units will set up displays in community libraries (l'roops 198, 146, 133 and 501) Visit these Libraries - South Lauderdale and Cossin. Now is the time for your units to make reservations to attend summer camp at Kamp Kia Kima. The fee is $19.50 per boy per week. Start your unit on a saving plan now to enable them to SUSTAINING MEMBERSHIP NEIGHBORHOOD KICK..OFF go to camp. - March 2 scour SHOW We would like for your unit SUMMER CAMP RESERV Ato participate in the Scout TIONS Show .to be held April 5 • Troop 198 - William Hen6, 1968 at the Fairgrounds. ry. Scoutmaster; 197 - John Now is the time to make Walker, Scoutmaster; 133 reservations for the Scout Ivory Johnson, Scoutmaster; Show. 180, Eugene Trammell, Scout master. BOY SCOUTS SAY DISPLAY SHOW YOUR PRIDE IN AMERICA ADVANCEMENf Are your boys advancing in their units? If not, they are not getting what they signed up for. The national standard is that each boy should at least advance one rank. Will your unit achieve this standard in 1968? COUNCIL RECOGNITION BANQUET Ellis Auditorium - Date will be announced later. �February 1968 SMOKE SIGNAL S PAGE 4 FOR \ALL YOU R BOY SCOUT DO\\.N Ttt1\"X ••• EAST ••• SOUTH CUB SCOUT EXPLORER SCOUT Three Scout Shops To Serve You Better COMPLETE STOCKS OF • CUB SCOUT • BOY SCOUT • EXPLORER SCOUT CLOT HING AND EQUIPMENT SHOP AT • CLOTHING and EQUIPMENT FOR THE MOS T Available at COMPLETE STOCKS IN ALL THREE MEM PHIS -- - LOWENSTEIN'S STORES . Down town .. East .. South DOWNTOWN, OAK COURT and .. SOUTHLA ND MALL r For a ·Refreshing Pause On 'The Rugged Road' Drink PRI ZES Has your troop regis tered yet? Don't miss out on all the big prizes! 10-Man Tents Umbrel la Tents 2-Man Tents Colema n Cook Stoves Lanterns Ice Chests Cook Tables And Many Other Valuab le Prizes! It's not too late ... Enter NOW in the Big BLUFF CITY Newsp aper Contes t sponso red by Explorer BLUFF CITY PAPER STOCK CO. Boy Scout 1131 Agnes -Memp his, Tenn. Phone 27 5-31 51 Cub Scout thing s go Call for informa tion or assistance BOY SCOUT b~~th WEE K Coke 1 •• Dl •••• ~ -. ~Bottling Co., Me...-hia, ..... Tenn. Febru ary 7-13 Chickasaw Coundl BOY scoun ~F AMEllCA 1 7 1 So . Hollywood Street Memphis, T enn. 38112 t: undelavera ble, Do Not Retum Non - Profit ~11anizoti'!!D U . S. Posto9e Poicf M•mphi"a , Tenn. Permit No. 43!> � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chickasaw Council Newsletter Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document SMOKE Vol. 2 No. 7 Chickasaw Council, B.SA., Memphis, Tennessee July, 1966 Development Fund Reaches $400,000 Chickasaw Receives Awards At National Council Meeting Chickasaw Council was honored at the recent na- . tional council meeting held in Dallas, Texas, and received awards for excellence in the expansion of ScoutiTlg in the British Scouting_ Study An Associated Press news story from London by Eddy Gilmore for June 9th re:: lease has received quite a bit of coverage in some parts of the country. (One sample headline - "SCOUTS TOUT LONGIES AND LASSIES") Unfortunately, that article never did specify that the study was by The Boy Scouts Association of Great Britain, and concernEld only with British Scouting. As the first two paragraphs put it: "London, June 9 (AP) - A comn1ittea cf Boy Scout leaders urged the organization today to scrap its short pants, drop the word 'boy' from its name and take an interest in girls. The committee's report, delivered after two and a half years of study, recom .. mended a revolutionary streamlining of the worldwide organization founded in Britain by Lord BadenPowell in 1908." First of all, it should be pointed out that this study was conducted by The Boy Scouts Association of Great Britain for and about British Scouting and concerns only British Scouting. There are about 90 such · autonomous Scout associations around the world, building understanding and friendship but not interfering with andtfer' s operation. The Boy Scouts of America knew about the research oeing done by the British and commends the associarural areas of the council in 1965 and for growth iri service to boys in the innercity area. Tom McGuire, council vice president, received the awards at separate meetings held by the Rural Scouting Committee and the Urban Relationships Committee. The special plaques of recognition were presented to Pre side n t Borda at the executive board meeting. At the Rural Scouting meeting Mr. McGuire was featured on the program to tell the group about the highly successful school night · held in 1965. Those attending the national meeting were greatly impressed with very inspirational and informative program carried out for the 3200 delegates attending .. Representing Chickasaw Council were: Mr. and Mrs. Paul Borda, Mr. and Mrs. W.L. Sharpe, Mr. and Mrs. Jones Huskey and Mr. Tom McGuire. The 1967 national council meeting will be held at Pittsburgh, April 13-14, 1967. Council Calendar JULY 1966 July 4 - Independence Day - Office will be closed. · July9~17 - National Wood Badge ~ Ca mp Currier. July 9 -25 ~ Philmont Tour. July 11 Council Commissioners Meeting - Scout Office 7:30 P.M. July 14 Council Organization and Extension Committee Meeting Room 200, Red Cross Building, 7:30 (Continued To Paae 4) P.M. Recruit Of The Month Certificate ClilCKASAW CQUNclL BOY $COUTsc.Of A~ERICA *-* ·11 * hlllt<llg~ ,,. .~ ~lot ... R'ECltUtT Of iHE MON1H ffOGR'>\~ .,., ... 1.1.oU-l/lkl;nf;,_.,.,~~w~~ IBIS WALL certificate will be presented to all units that earn a 4 star designation. Money Assured For Expanded And Improved Camping Facilities And New · Service Center Henry Loeb, Chickasaw Council Development Fund Chairman, announced that $400,406 had been raised in the development fund drive. He further stated that this figure put5 us over our goal of $400,000. Mr. Loeb said that although we have attained our goal, we are «triving for additional TOM McGUIRE ..... council vice president, is shown addressing the Rural Scouting Committee at the national meeting in Dallas. Shown with Mr. McGuire is Ro~rt V. Mullen, the national director of youth activities for the Sears Foundation. Recruit Of The Month contributions to take care of expected contingencies. The campaign organization had six divisions. Mercer West led the Advance Gifts Division. The Corporate Division was headed by Paul Borda, President ofthe council. Frank Fisher was chairman of the Special Gifts Division. Sam P. Ryland served as c hairman of the District Division. Bo yd Pickens headed up the Offic ial Family Division. In the Major Gifts Division, Clyde Lambert and William Wofford were Co-Chairmen. The District Division headed by Sam Ryland has been the highlight oi thJ.s campaign having raised $174,208 to date. Robert The recruit of the month program started January 1, 1966. The idea is to promote year round recruiting. When a unit registers a new boy or boys in a given month, it will then be designated as a 1 star unit. When a unit registers new boys in 2 different months, the unit will be designated as a 2 star unit, etc. up to 5 stars. Listed below are those units who have recruited new boys since the first of January. New boys in any given month will earn a 1 star designation for a unit. New boys in any given 2 months will earn a 2 star designation for a unit. 3 months, 3 star, 4 months, 4 star, 5 months, 5 star. 1 Star Units Packs 12, 22, 83, 98, 40, 82, 243, 277, 25, 303, 304, 44, 84, 249, 344, 348, 448, 30, 72, 233, 292, 347, 109, 105, 115, 138, 158, 198, 500, 50, 56, 274, 343, 366, 200, 58, 257, 350, 245, 309, 305, 90, 99, 76, 118, 139, 154, 174, 176, 505 and 509. Troops I, 55, 79, 323, 334, 25, 59, 209, 229, 303, 7, 34, 36, 348, 72, 233, _52, 88, 215, 180, 102, 154, 159, 164, 179, 194, 114, 132, 138, 163, 121, 122, 130, 146, 168, 192, 65, 255, 360, 204, 271, 13, 224, 252, 465, 212, 89, 243, 20, ll8, 165, 176, 195, 142, 110, 116, 133, 167 and 50. Posts 32, 61, 200, 69, 216, 66~, 9, 205, 229, 90, 248, 78, 158, 168, 199, 50, 253, 66, 83, 93, 16, 227, 346, 221, and 343. 2 Star Units Packs 2ll, 266, 3, 67, 80, 209, 48, 96, 2?7, 390, 250, 159, 124, 146, 57, 240, 258, 340, 220, 223, 79, 29, 281, 300, 10, 37, 248, 401, 41, and 265. . Troops 200, 2, 40; 220, 324, 351, 352, 45, 205, 230, 19, 33, 37, 249, 444, 31, 41, 347, 182, 144, 124, 87, 256, 276, 278, 343, 365, 4, 86, 83, 262, 257, 53, 69, 81, 85, 275, 16, 46, 54, 74, 400, 185, 136, 64, 221, 330. Posts 262, 209, 366 and 249. 3 Star Units Packs 61, 92, 81, 13, 45, 47, I, 251, 255, 259, 35, 2, 275, 352, 301, 302, 449, 130 and 238. Troops 92, 93, 234, 241, 9, 17, 28, 38, 49, 300, 304, 10, 345, 259, 240, 27, 202, 21, 15, 286, 90, 248, 344, 18, 500, 56, 219, 258. Posts 20 and 400. 4 Star Units Packs 32, 75, 252, 234, 54, 230, 286, 29, and 65. Troops 12, 61, 24, 246, 274, 2?3, 35, 66, 225, 42, 82, 247, 70, 281, 301, 30, 48, 198, 265 and 366. 5 Star Units Pack 262. Troops 32, 94, 97, 227, 75, 238 and 340. EARN THE NATIONAL SUMMERTIME PACK AWARD Thompson, Ketchum Campaign Director, said that $170,000 was the most ever raised by this division in Boy Scout drives headed by his firm. The amounts raised by the other divisions are as follows: Major Gifts, $35,- 815; Advanced Gifts, $51,115; Official Family, $43,810; Special Gifts, $15,158; Corporate Gifts, $80, 300. Everyone of the more than two thousand committeemen who participated in this drive 'should be proud of having reached our goal. Howe ver, every outstanding c a r d should be worked 4 rtc! cltc results reported. Recruit Of The Month IBIS BEAUTIFUL wal!'.·~: 1 plaque will be presented to all units that recruit new boys in each of five months. uUGH HENDRICKS, ... Scoutmaster of Troop 32, sponsored by Macon Road Presbyterian · Church, is shown z:eceiving his Recruit of the Month plaque from Bob Blee· ken, Northeast Dist rict Organization and Extension Chairman. Troop 32 is one of eight units that have earned . ~his award. ... SMOKE SIGNALS - SMOKE SIGNALS PUBLISHfD BY CHICKASAW COUNCIL BOY scours OF AMERA'.CA 198 SOlJI'H MAIN, MEMPHIS, TENN. Paul Borda, President Sam Mays, Commissioner Ed Eslick, Public Relations Chairman JONES HUSKEY, SCOlJf EXEClJfIVE WAL TI-!ALL PETERS. ASSIST ANT SCOlJf EXEClJfIVE RALPH YOUNG, FIELD DIRECTOR CECIL WELLER, FIELD DIRECTOR Published monthly to all Scouters registered in the council • BAX!ER FISHER,~roop 80, the winner of the 1966 Harvey S: Firestone, _Jr. A ard, receives a Certificate of Merit, a Silver Medallion, d a $100 U.S. Savings Bond from R,O Dedm~ (right), cha rman of the program. On the left ar~ Baxter s parents, M . and Mrs. J.B. Fisher, Sr. Firestone Award Presentation Thirty-eight Scouts Explorers in the ·North est District have been awar ed 1966 Firestone Certificat s of Merit. The announcemen of the winners was made J. H. McCune, Firestone General Factory Manager. Baxter Fisher, Troop 80, _Wl!S namedthewinnerof the Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Award. All 38 Scouts earning Certificates received a week at Kia Kima with fees paid. In addition to a Certificate, Baxter received an engraved silver medallion and a $100 U.S. Savings Bond. I Northeast I Dist!!'ict Chai".'man Manley Cox Dist".'ict Commissione!' F!!'ed V. Scott DisP.ict Executive Ge".'al d St".'ai n AUGUST 20, 1%6 Schedule this now inyour calendar - it is important - 1966-67 Program Schedule date - district fish fry and fellowship. At this time your district committee will schedule with you all of the 1966-67 dates for district, council, and national events. Complete plans will be in August Smoke Signals. JULY MEETINGS: . 7 - District Meeting, St. Stephens Methodist. 8-9 - O. A. Ordeal at Kia Kima. 12 - Cub Roundtable - St. Michaels Catholic. 14 - Explorer Cabinet Meeting - St. Stephens Methodist. 19 - Scout Roundtable - St. Michaels Catholic. 30 - Explorer Activity - Sardis Lake. APPRECIATION NOTES A special ''well done" to the training committee for a job well done i'.1 training in June. Many leaders will understand more about the whole Scout' program and purpose because of Joe, Herb, Marian, Bill. Bob, Tom, Manley, and so many more. Congratulations to those units who have earned the 5 star unit award. DISTRICT MEETING Institution Rep re sentative Night - All institutional representatives plan to give a report on: I. Cub Summer Program 2. Scout long term plans 3. Explorer activities 4. New Members The Institutional Representative film strip will be shown. CUB ROUNDT ABLE Scouts receiving Firestone Certificates of Merit for 1966 are Wes Barrett, Bill Brabson, and Ben Tutt, Troop 9; Terence Reilly, ROBER".l\.S. BAKER, Eastern Dist r i c.; 't-- Commissioner, served as 'One of the instructors at the Volunteer Training Center l\! Philmont Scout Ranch for ·me Boy Scouting Conferi::nce held JunE! 22 _ 28. A special program on --- --------- Emergency Preparedness will be featured. · Ken Robbins, Martin Rosenberg, and Bob Shannon, Sheriff's . EXPLORER CABINET Department Tour ·Troop 13; Rion Choate and Roddy Moore, Troop 16; Pat- During the summer rick Clements and Patric months, the Shelby County Gallaher, Troop 29. Sheriff's Department will be Others earning Certifi- sponsoring a tour which cates are Sumner Baker, would be of great interest Thomas Coughlan, David to Explorer Posts. Mithcell, Daniel Albright, This tour will be conand Randy Kuss, Troop 46; ducted on Friday and SaturRobert Casey, Ralph Gabb, day evenings from 8:00 P.M. Joseph Garbarini, Henry until midnight and will be Little ton, Dale Ralph, Da- open to all Explorer Posts vid Schmitt, Jerry Schmitt, of Me mp his and Shelby Danny Trudell, ~d Mike County. The boys who parTaube, Troop 47; Andy ticipate will be given an Graves, Troop 59. opportunity to tour the Shelby Also receiving Certifi- County Sheriff's Departcates are Baxter Fisher and ment, Memphis Juvenile James Fisher, Troop 8; Bar- Court and John Gaston Hosry Cunningham, Troop 230; pita! Emergency Room. In Hubbard Wooten and Charles addition, they will hear a Askey, Troop 286; Mac Todd, talk on laws, primarily conTroop 301; Rex Hickman, ·· cerning juveniles and will be Clifford Morrison, Mike shown a film. Also, these Morrison, Karl Schledwitz, Explorers will be given a Robert Stauffer, Troop 303· tour of Shelby County in ra- . -md John Burnett, Troop 309'. dio equipped cars for a view of law enforcement in ac- Plans for the July 30 Explorer activity will be made. Each Post must have its cabinet representatives present. LAPSED UNITS Post 223 - Macon Road Church of Christ; Post 225 - Raleigh Christian Church. DROPPED UNITS Pack 93 - Highland ; Heights Methodist Church· ! Troop 2ll - First Baptist Church. ROLL CALLS DUE: Troop 12 and 92. tion. Any Post interested in this tour, please contact Lt. A.C. Gilless at telephone 525-7531, extension 20. I Southeast I Dis t!'i ct Chari man Andrew M. Wray District Commissioner M.L ... L .. w" Blair Di strict Executive Wayne A. D"own JULY 12 - Order of Arrow Chapter meeting, Rebecca Memorial Methodist Church, 7:30 p.m. JULY 28 - District Fellowship. Rebecca Memorial Methodist Churc::h. 7:00 p.m. The district meeting, commissioners meeting, Cub Scout roundtable and Boy Scout roundtable will be joint meetings this month as the district fellowship. Every unit leader, commissioner; district committeeman and unit committeemen are urged to attend this annual program planning and fellowship meeting. LAPSED UNITS Pack 55, Second Presbyterian Church (willdropJuly I, 1966); Post 55, Second Presbyterian Church, Pack 243, Southeast Lions Club; Pack 53, Oakville Booster Club. WELCOME James Shearin is Cubmaster of Pack 246, sponsored by Eastminister Presbyterian Church. Cherry Road Baptist Church will have a new troop by the time you read this. We extend the hand offellowship to these new leaders and units andwelcomethem into the Scouting family. SPRING CAMPOREE The Southeast District Spring Camporee was held at Camp Currier May 20-22. Over 500 boys took part in the activities and over 900 people attended the campfire. Everyone has reported · it a complete success. The top troop was 241 and the best patrol was Headquarters Patrol of Troop 55. Good time was had by all (do-nuts next time). RECRUIT OF TI-!E MONTI-!: l· Star - Packs 40, 82, 243, 277, 350 and 245. Troops 79, 89, 271, 323, 334 and 243. Posts 69, 216, and 665. 2 Star - Packs 3, 67, 79, 220; Troops 2, 4, 40, 53, 69, 81, 85, 86, 220, 275, 324, 351 and 352. 3 Star - Packs 2, 81, 275, and 352; Troops 21, 234 and 241. 4 Star - Pack 234; Troops 24, 246, and 241. Where does your unit stand on recruiting? A growing unit ia a good unit. Every boy deserves an invitiation to join a unit - are you doing your part? BOYS' LIFE Is your unit using the best program tool available? Are you a hundred percent" Boys' Life? If your answer to these questions is no, then you are m1~sing a bet and should get on the bandwagon. Give your boys the best. July, 1966 Southwest II _ N_o_rt_hw_e_st___.] Dist".'ict Chai".'man By".'on Ca!!'son Dist!!'ict Commissione".' C.A ... Paul" Paulson Di st".'i ct Executive Cy Thompson JULY CALENDAR 14 - Cub Leaders Roundtable, 7:00 p.m., Gracewood Presbyterian Church on Millbranch. 14 - Scout Leaders Roundtable, 7:00 p.m. Gracewood Pre sbyt e ri an Church on Millbranch. 18 - Commissioner Staff Meeting, 7:00 p.m. 25 - District Committee Meeting, 7:00 p.m., Whitehaven Presbyterian Church. Program Planning Conference. 28 - District Explorer Cabinet Meeting. 1WO MONTI-!S LEFT!! We are proud of our units who have qualified for the 5 star unit award in the re.cruit of the month program but we want each unit to be recognized for the job they are doing in recruiting. The following units can still earn the plaque or certificate by registering new boys in July ai:id August. rLAQUE: Pack l; Troops 10, 30, 48, 227, 248, 344, 345; Post 20, 400. CERTIFICATE: Packs 10, 37, 48, 96, 2?7, 449, 248, 344, 390, 401; Troops 19, 33, 37, 90, 249, 400. PROGRAM PLANNING The district program and calendar of events has been planned and will be presented to all Scouters during July at the district committee meeting at Whitehaven Presbyterian Church on Monday the 25th. Every Scouter should be at this meeting in order to better prepare to help his or her unit plan the next years program during August. At this meeting each unit will be given the 1966-67 program materials. ITEMS TO BE DONE TI-!IS MONTI-I ( Check as completed and mail to Scout office) REGISTER ALL NEW CUBS, SCOUTS OR EXPLORERS. HA VE AN OlJfDOOR ACTIVI'IY. FLY TI-!E FLAG SEE TI-!AT EACH BOY IS GETTING BOYS' LIFE. WEAR THE SCOlJf UNIFORM. ATTEND ROUNDTABLE. GO SWIMMING ATTEND DISTRICT PROGRAM PLANNING CONFERENCE. POST ATTEND CABINET MEETING. VISIT YOUR SCOlJf DISTRIBlJfOR. Di strict Chairman Bob Heft Di strict Commissioner Jesse Barr Dis tri c:t Executive James McKinney DISTRICT MEETING July 18, 1966, 3rd Monday, 7:30 p.m., Holiday Inn, Highway 51 North. Every Institutional Re present a tive and member-at-large is urged to attend as we make plans to support the units as they start the new program year. COMMISSIONEK MEETING Because of July 4 holiday the Northwest District Commissioner meeting will be held Tuesday, July 5. The meeting will be held at Union Planters Bank Building, 2188 Frayser Blvd. at 7:30 p.m. Jesse Barr is the District Commissioner, CUB SCOlJf ROUNDTABLE July ll, 2nd Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the Cafeteria of Our Lady of Sorrow Catholic Church, Highway 51 N. Neil Lawrence is roundtable commissioner. The council record shows that the better Cub Packs always attend roundtables. See you there. BOY SCOUT ROUNDT ABLE Third Tuesday, July 19 at 7:30 p.m. The place will be announced. Mr. Gil Baron is our roundtable commissioner. Every boy deserves a good quality program. See that your Boy Scouts get a good program by attending the Boy Scout Roundtable. NEW DISTRICT EXEClJfIVE ON JOB Jim McKinney, the new Great Northwest District. Scout Executive, is now on ~e job. Mr. McKinney said, I am looking forward to meeting and working with all the fine Scouters in our district. My main goal will be to work with and through volunteers to see that all boys get a good quality program." DROPPED UNITS Pack 7 - McLean Baptist · Church; Pack 17 - Frayser Presbyterian Church; Pack 308 - Scenic Hill Baptist Church; Pack 3 2 2 - St. Theresa Catholic Church· Post 231 - Naval Air Re.: serve Training Center and Post 304 - Schoolfield Methodist Church. LAPSED UNITS Pack 30 - Springdale Methodist Church; Troop 44- . McLean Baptist Church; Troop 63 - Knights of Columbus - Council #616; Pack 280 - Church ofjesusChri st of Latter Day Saints (Millington Branch); Troop 280- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Millington Branch); Troop 322 - Little Flower Catholic Church; Troop 17 - Frayser Lions Club; Post 45 - International Harvester Company; Post 1 - U. T. Medical Units. ·,, luly, 1966 SMOKE SIGNALS PAGE 3 ...__cr_it_te_nd_en___.l l.__M_is_sis_s_iPP_i___.11 ...... __ N_o_rt_h __ I .... I __ so_ut_h __ ll .... __ c_en_tr_a1_ ... ll ___ Ea_s_te_rn_ ... I District Chairman Don Foster District Executive Bob Wiener DISTRICT MEETING This meeting will be held at the Woods Civic Center Conference Room on July 26. We will begin at 7:30 p.m. All Institutional Representatives and Membersat- large should attend this fellowship experience. Be a part of a growing programattend your district committee meetings and become involved in bringing Scouting to more boys. BOY SCOUT ROUNDT ABLE Mr. Jim Peters, Roundtable Commissioner, will present the July Roundtable at the City Swimming Pool on July 19. The highlight of this event will be water safety. All Scoutmasters and assistants are invited to participate. This one should be a real ball, so bring your swimming trunks and come over. We'll begin at 7:30 p.m. An attendance prize will be given to the unit having the most people present. ORDER OF THE ARROW The Crittenden chapter of Chickasaw Council Lodge is being formed. Mr. Bob Bentley has been recruited to act as chapter advisor. While small in number, the group is high in spirit. Theirchief goal during the summer will be to encourage those boys who have been tapped out to complete their Ordeal. He is at present forming a dance team which will perform at the Fall Camporee. During September, the OA Election Team will meet with all Scout Troops and conduct the elections. They will also explain the National Camping Award in an effort aimed at encouraging more unit campingduringtheyear. We extend to Mr. Bentley our best wishes in this undertaking. NEW UNITS We take this opportunity to welcome Troop 232 to our Scouting family. Mr. Ted Williams is serving as Scoutmaster of this unit which is sponsored by the Church of God, West Memphis. They are a fine group of Scouts and we're confident that they will grow and soon be one of the best troops in West Memphis. BOYS' LIFE Is your unit 100% Boys' Life? Have you ever stopped to think about how many hours a week a boy has free? One or two hours is spent in Troop Meetings, but he can get so much more out of Scouting if he is supplied with our full program. Boys' Life is designed to appeal to all Scoutings' ideals in the boy's mind and heart. Actually the magazine supplements his other Scouting experiences. For this reason alone it is important that he receive it on a regular basis. Include Boys' Life in your plans for this year's budget. You won't regret it. District Chairman Jim Brooks Di strict Commissioner Andy Snider District Executive Bob Wiener COMMISSIONER STAFF MEETING Mr. Snider has scheduled this meeting for Tuesday, July 5. Individual commissioners will be notified of the time and place. He wishes to express his thanks to those of you who are continuing in the work which you accepted for this year. Thanks to your efforts our unit picture is showing a definite improvement in the areas of ..:amping and advancement. WOOD BADGE Mr. Lee Meredith, Scoutmaster of Troop 41, Hernando, will be attending Wood Badge Training July 9 - 16. Mr. Bill Lawrence, Director of Volunteer Training will beincharge. Thisweeklong training experiencewill be held at Camp Currier. The group lives Scouting for a week. The men, who come from all over Region Five, will be divided into two troops of four patrols each. Scouting skills are taught in addition to Troop organization. Teamwork plays a vital role in its presentation. We mention this in the hope that several leaders will become interested in attending next summer. BOY SCOUT ROUNDTABLE Mr. Blackwell has scheduled the July Roundtable for the evening of the 25 at the recreation area of First Baptist Church, Senatobia. A mode! campsite will be erected and some new events will be presented. On the same program some campfire stunts are scheduled. He extends to all Scoutmasters an invitation to attend. CAMPING Al\![) ACTIVITIES Troops 347 and 235 have decided to combine their resources and attend Kia Kima together this year. Mr. Charles Thomas and Mr. Hugh Pierce will be in charge of the group. Troop 41, Hernando, will be in camp under Mr. Lee Meredith, Scoutmaster and will be assisted by Mr . Leo Carroll. NEW UNITS North Panola Vocational High School, Como is sponsoring Troopl84. Mr. James Jackson is the new Scoutmaster. The Eudora Lion's Club has chartered Troop 214. Mr. Albert S. White is Scoutmaster. JUNIOR LEADER INSTRUCTOR Scoutmasters Note - September 24 is the date set for a training session for your Junior Leaders. Start making plans now to have your boys attend. All Patrol Leaders, their assistants, and Senior Patrol Leaders should attend. You'll learn a lot from it. Dist!'ict Chai"'man F!'ank J. Lewis Dist!'ict Commissione!' Hosea B!'idges Dist!'ict Executive Cu!'ti s J. G!'ay DISTRICT COMMITTEE MEETING Monday 18, 1966 at Oates Manor Housing Project, 1157 N. Manassas, 7:00 p.m. All Institutional Representatives and members-atlarge should attend. COMMISSIONER STAFF Monday, July 25, 1966 at Oates Manor Housing Project, 1157 N. Manassas, 7:00 p.m. The Commissioner Staff is no stronger than its weakest member. ROUNDT ABLES (CUB AND SCOlJI') Tuesday, July 12, 1966 at the Binghampton First Baptist Church, 2849 Broad Avenue, 7:00 p.m. Send at least one representative from your unit. LAPSED UNITS: Pack 105, Friendship M. B. Church DROPPED UNITS: Pack 135, Hillis Chapel Baptist Church, Pack 183, Shannon Elementary School. CANOE TRIP July I - 5, 1966, 22 Explorers and 4 leaders will participate in a canoe trip lasting for 3 glorious days. Come along and join the fun in fishing, swimming, camping and exploring. The trip will originate at Bull Shoals Reservoir in northern Arkansas and will terminate at Batesville, Arkansas. For additional information, contact N. B. Powell or Curtis T. Gray at the Scout office, 525- 2351. A NOTE TO UNIT LEADERS We are only reaching a very small percent of the many boys in our communities with the Scouting program. Encourage more boys to join your units. BOYS' LIFE Is your unit 100% Boys' Life? If not, now is the time to subscribe. Here is a method to use - "Just ask them", $1.50peryear-121/2 cents per issue. Di strict Membership Northeast 1264 Southeast 1810 Northwest 1670 Southwest 1655 Crittenden 306 Mississippi 488 Central 900 North 732 South 1125 Ea stem 1906 Council 11,856 District Chairman N.J. Ford District Cammissioner Paul B!'andon District Executive No~val Powell DISTRICT MEETING July 12, 7:30 p.m. - N. J. Ford and Son's Funeral Home. COMMISSIONERS' MEETING July 18, 7:30 p.m .• 4907 Peace Road. ROUNDTABLES Cub and Scout Round· tables will be held at Martin Temple C.M.E. Church on July 19, 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. CANOE TREK Our canoe trek on the White River will begin on Saturday, July 2. CUB SCOUT OLYMPICS Saturday, July 23. (Time and place will be announced) DUE TO RE-REGISTER JULY: Pack 146, Cane Creek Missionary Baptist Church, Pack and Troop 188, Zion HilI M. B. Church. AUGUST: Troop and Post 167, Martin Temple Church. LAPSED UNITS MARCH: Packl57, Riverview School P.T.A. APRIL: Pack 133, Parkway Garden Presbyterian Church. MAY: Pack 175, St. Peter M. B. Church. Troop 166, New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church. DROPPED UNITS Troop 193-Geeter School, Troop 196 - Pillow Street C.M.E. Church. ~Ufda'I YOUR FLAG FOURTH of JULY Boys' Life 962 1330 1223 1187 134 300 48 12 59 1416 . 6721 Percentage 76.1 76.2 73.2 71.1 43.7 61.4 5.3 1.6 5.2 74.2 56.6 Disf!.'ict Chai~an Joseph Westb!'ook Disf"'ict Commissione!' Eugene Hagle!' Disf"'ict Executive Cha!'les G!'ego"'y DISTRICT MEETING July 12, 7:30 p.m. St. Paul Baptist Church located at Greenwood and McLemore. DISTRICT ROUNDTABLE Julyl, 7:30 p.m., St. Paul Baptist Church located at Greenwood and McLemore. DISTRICT ACTIVITIES 1. Cub Scout Olympics- July 23. · 2. Den Chief TrainingAugust 6. 3. School Night for Scouting - September 20. 4. Cub Scout Basic - October 8. 5. Goodwill Bags - October 8. 6. Jr. Leaders TrainingOctober 29. 7. Showando - November 26. THREE DEN MOTHERS QUALIFY FOR THE "DEN" MOTHER'S TRAINING AWARD." Mr. Ernest Abron, district vice chairman, and Mr. James Stokes, leadership training chairman, presented Den Mother's Training Awards to the following Den Mothers: Mrs. Lucille B. Norman, Pack 145, Mt. Pisgah C.M. E. Church; Mrs. Millie Scott, Pack 162, Castalia Missionary Baptist Church and Mrs. Marie J. Smith, Pack 139, Olivet Baptist. "EVERY BOY IN SCOUTING DESERVES A TRAINED LEADER." Requirements for the awards are: Cub Scoat Orientation, Den Mother's Training, Den Mother-Den Chief Relationship, Cub Scout Leaders Pow Wow, two consecutive years as a registered Den Mother and performance in leadership responsibility. EIGHT PACKS PARTICIPATE IN SHILOH EXPEDITION One hundred and thirtyfive Cub Scouts boarded buses destined for Shiloh Military Natonal Park located in Shiloh, Tennessee. The pl an ni ng committee consisted of: Mr. Eugene Hagler, Mrs. Verna Jones and Mrs. Millie Scott. The Cub Scouts were shown a move on the "Battle of Shiloh" and also visited the National Cemetery. Disf"'ict Chai!'man Ha!'Old Steinkamp Dist!'lct Commluione!' Bob Bake!' Oistt'ict Executive Billy Gamble NO LAPSED -NODROPPED Congratulations to all of our units and district personnel on this outstanding record of reregistering or. time. scour LEADERS ROUNDTABLE July 21. 1966, 7:30 p.m. Host for this monthly occasion wilI be Troop 336, Jack Foules, SM. The meeting place will be the All Saints Episcopal Church, White Station at Quince. DISTR !CT COMMITTEE MEETING July 28, 1966, 7:30 p.m. Mullins Methodist Church. District Chairman Harold Steinkamp reminds all institutional representatives, operating committee chairmen and district members at large to be present at this important meeting as the district calendar of events will be discussed and approved. DISTRICT EAGLE BOARD July 20, 1966, 7:30 p.m. East Gate Branch of Union Planters Bank. Contact Eagle Boa.rd Chairman Cecil Harris - 682- 5230 for conformativn or questions. CALLING ALL EASTERN DISTRICT EXPLORERS Your district explorer cabinet has scheduled two interesting, fun filled district activities for this summer. On July 11 - 12 and July 18 19, 1966 there will be a course taught by the U. S. Coast Guard on Basic Seamanship and Safe Boat Handling. A certificate will be presented to Explorers and adults completing the four night course. District Explorers Field Sports Tournament will be held in the month of August. A notice will be mailed to each advisor giving details about these activities. Make your post plans to participate. AUGUST UNIT DUE Troop 238 - Bethany Lutheran Church DISTRICT EXPLORER CABINET MEETING July 26, 1966, Carousel Restaurant on Mendenhall. This is an important meeting as final plans for the field sports tournamentwill be discussed and plans for fall activities will be made. Each of us in the Chickasaw Council express our deepest sympathy to Harold and Trudie Steinkamp in the loss of their son Glenn, as a result of a boating accident on Pickwick Lake. Glenn will always be remembered by each of us. A tip of the hat to Ellis Johnson, neighborhood commissioner, who was so instrumental in re-organizing Post 259 at Grimes Memorial MetliodistChurch. PAGE 4 FOR ALL YOUR BOY SCOUT CUB SCOUT EXPLORER SCOUT CLOTHING AND EQUIPME_NT SHOP AT FOR THE MOST COMPLETE STOCKS IN · MEMPHIS Scout Section 2nd Floor DOWNTC7NN and OAK COURT Coca-Cola Welcomes All Scouts To Kamp Kia Kima things go b~~th Coke TRADE · MARK~ ~ Bc·ttling Co., Memphis, Tenn. """···· SMOKE SIGN~LS July JW Ke(p you.rae(/. .. yoar ftmilff . .. your C'ommunitg I British Scouting Study (C.-.ntin.u =d Fror:i P ~ge l) tlon for their constant search for improvement and for completing the two and a half year study. The Boy Scouts of America continually conducts studies to keep Scouting an evolving program in tune with today' s boy and today's society. Since the study deals solely with British society, culture and semantics, we are in no position to comment on specific proposals .,reported, but can point out related familiar elements in American Scouting. In 1959, for example, after thorough research, the_ new Exploring program for high school age boys was launched. It i ncludes an active co - ed social program of dances, outings and other normal teen - age activities. It· also includes optional modern uniform with a blue blaze r , gray slacks and maroon tie. tD ~ iM-~ 1966 Shelby United Neighbnrs Campaign Call 525-5602 DO\\'NTOU"X •• • EAST •• _. SOUTH Three Scout Shops To Serve You Better COMPLETE· STOCKS OF * CUB SCOUT * BOY SCOUT * EXPLORER SCOUT · * CLOTHING AND EOUI PMENT Available at ALL THREE LOWENSTEIN'S STORES Downtown .. East .. South The famous merit badge program is constantly revised and updated, with such recent additional subjects as ·space exploration, oceanography, metallurgy. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Short pants, one should remember, have been the traditional British Scout uniform year - 'round. American Scouts have had long pants for over 25 years for . winter use, with the optional summer shorts being most practical for war weather · use. Continuing cooperative research studies by such groups as Opinion Research Corporation of Princeton and the University of Michigan indicates that the Boy Scouts of America has quite a good Chickasaw Councl1 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 198 S. Main St Memphis, Tenn. 38103 . H undeliverable, Do Not Return Non ~ Pro fit Or9anizatior: U.S. Postaqe Paid Memphis, Ten n. P e rmit No. 435 E Tr 343 SM ............................................................. ..,. ..... image. Mr. · H. Kenneth Humphreys 751 s. Goodlett .Memphi s, Tennessee 381.ll Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1968 Title A name given to the resource 1968 (Feb) Chickasaw Council <em>Smoke Signals</em> Newsletter Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Chickasaw Council, BSA Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Chuck Schadrack Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Ken Humphreys Chickasaw Council Newsletter Newsletter https://www.kiakimamuseum.org/files/original/f70b51d57ca9299bc8a7ab07f92bb375.pdf aa9548a84295e7ddfa59ba6ed72a0548 PDF Text Text SM _DKE ·. VOL. 5 NO. 7 Chickasaw Council, B.S.A., Memphis, Tenne1Me . JULY 1969 SUMMERTIME ·National Summertime Pack Award NATIONAL SUMMER· TIME ....... ac...~ .. PACK ._<.a ... _.... .,. ...... OUTDOOR SUMMUtTIM! fll'tltOG"AM AWARD PACK DEN BUil (!,AMPI-NC tOC NATIONA .L CAMPING AWARD This recognition is made available annually through the local council to troops and Explorer posts. REQUIREMENTS EVERYBODY SAYS "OK" FOR I. Pla·n an outdoor program a year ahead that will make it possible for tl!e membership of the unit to meet the national camping objec\ive; Have 50 percent or more of your troop membership at the beginning of the charter year spend at least IO days and nights camping - for Explorers 5 days and nights of camping. _ _ _ __ __ _ _ _ No. 2. Review and do your :iest to follow A Guide to Good Camping, No. 3691, (camping standards of the Boy Scouts of America) and Campways BSA- Tours and Expeditions and Road Atlas, No. 3733, for extended trips. • I am all for our unit's camping program as planned and !"ill do my best to give it leadership. 3. Maintain in this log a record of your outdoor activities and submit the application to the local council camping and activities committee. Troop o r Post • We will assume our responsibility for unit camping as outlined above. Signed-·--·---·---------·---··-~ Committee Choirman s;gned ...•....·-·····--········..·····-·-···-·--··:.....................................- ......._ •. Scourmoster or Advisor Raymond 1. Plan and conduct three pack activities-one each.in Ju~e, July, and August.. 2. Dens averaging at least 50 percent or more of their Cub Scouts in attendance at the three pack activities qualify for the den award. . Signed-...- - · - - - · · -·- - - - - · - · - · - -··- · · Senior Petrol leader or Post Pre sident 3. Maintain a record of your summer activities on this application. poree, and summer camp experience (5 days and 5 nights away from home for Explorers) with adequate facilities and supervision. E. Terry Joins Chickusaw REQUIREMENTS • Our patrols (or Explorers) are behind the camping program of our unit I 00 pe:-cent. CHARTERED INSTITUTIONS ARE OBLIGATED . .. To provide Boy Scouts with the opportunity to have a year-round outdoor program totaling at least JO days and. nights of hike, overnight camp, cam- You can ensure a year-round pack program and qualify for the National Summertime Pack Award by planning pack activities for the summer months. You'll find that there will be plenty of boys and parents around to make your monthly pack out,ings successful. _ _Boys ~ eager for summertime fun and the adventure of Cub Scouting when "they hav~ the most free time and greatest need for Cub Scouting. A quick check of the parents of your pack will show that all boys and families will not be on vacation or away at the same time. Regardless of the number of boys and f amilies who participate, summertime pack activities should be planned. If only 50 percent of the pack attends, you can still have a worthwhile pack activity. An attractive, full-color certificate wilI be awarded to your pack for planning and carrying out an outdoor summer program that will make it possible for your Cub Scouts to have a good summertime Cub Scouting experience. This calls for holding pack aetivities in June, July, and August. Richard M. Grimm Raymond E. Terry h a s accepted a position of executive tramee on the Chickasaw Council staff in t h e month of June ar..d will be given the assignment ofDis- . trict Scout Executive of the Southeast District when he completes h i s required training. A native of Memphis. Raymond was active in Scouting as a boy and graduated from Memphis State in 1966.Since h1s graduation he has been in sales work and t h e teaching profession. He lives with his wife and one daughter at 6082 0 1 d Brownsville Road. To Serve Crittenden · THE PACK COMMITI'EE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OPERA-'l'l'ONOF ACK IN SUCH A WAY ~ ENSURE ITS P ENCY Richard M. Grimm jo ed t h e profess.Iona! s aff of Chickasaw Council June 1 and is serving as an executive trainee. He is working in the Crittenden District and will be assigned a s District Scout Executive of this district when his ~rientation period is com-. pleted this summer. Richard is a native o f Iowa a n d se~ed almost t wenty years in the Marines before his retirement from · this service. He graduated from Memphis State Uni'fers ity in May and has beerr preparing for a car~r i n Scouting for many months. Mr. and Mrs. Grimm have four c hildren and live at 3598 Me r ryville in t h e Raleigh area . Troop 343 Receives Award · coutmoster Bob Irwin Honor~d Robert L. (Buddy) Irwin, A special Freedoms . Scoutmaster of Troop 97, Broadway Baptist Church. Foundation award was preh~ been honored by being sented to representatives in ited to -a special Scoutof Troop 343, Kingsway m ~ter's Workshop at PhilChristian Church, at a mo~ Scout Ranch in August. F r e e doms Foundation 3p Scoutmasters w ere luncheon on May 30. The selected from outstanding troop earned the award as trob,PS across·. the nation to a result of its development attend this conference where of historic trails. the total Boy Scout program The foundation presents and the needs of Scout age a wards annually to in bo;is will be discussed. dividuals and organiza Buddy has been Scouttions for excellence in the master 97 for ;:10 promotion o f patriotism. years andofisTroop most deserving Scoutmaster Ken Hum- of t his honor. His s uccessphreys and all the Scouts fjll experience through the and leaders to Troop 343 years qualifi~ him to well are to be congratulated for represent our Scoutmasters· this acc&mplishment. at this important meeting. �JULY 1969 SMOt<E SIGNALS PAGE·2 Help Wanted \ ! ( Suth Ceatral I DETRICT CHAIRMAN Newton J. Ford I( Northwest I DETRICT CHAIRMAN Larry Hilbun COMMESIONER DETRICT COMMESIONER "REPOIIT TO THE NA- DETRICT Peterson aac ls c: W. Mills to tion'' delegate wanted represent Region V durDETRICT EXECurlVE ing the Annual CongresPUBLISHED BY Wendell L. Fant DETRICT EXECurIVE sion$11 Report in Washing-"OFF CALENDAR January JULY during C. D. ton, Osborne Bobby AMER(CA OF scours BOY COUNCIL, CHICKASAW WITH A BANGI'' (cartoon) 31 - February 7, 1970. 171 sourn HOLLYWOOD ST., M~MPHIS, TENNESSEE "The Birth of A New DisApplicant must b e a registered Boy Scout and trict.'' COMING EVENI'S MEEI'ING3•· have received the Eade. Harold L. Steinkamp, President '!'he Great Northwest An8 -KEYTHREEMEETIN G, award or be a registered nual Conclave is coming AuR. Sherwood Baker, Sr., Commissioner Life Universal Luncheon, re have and Explorer ,,.. gust 19, 1969. All Scouters ceived the Eage award or Ins. Co.'s. Cafeteria. JONES HlJSKEY, scour EXECUTIVE in the district are urged to COMMEDETRICT 17 rendered outstandingservattend. A time of fellowship ice to his church. school, or S IONERS MEEI'ING, 7:30 · and inspiration. A time to BILLY GAMBLE, ASSET ANI' scour EXECurlVE Bartist Tennessee p.m., applying Those community. SHANNON PITNER, PROGRAM DIRECTOR pick up from summer and must be an active member Book Store (C.M. Lee Bldg.), go for our boys. More on RALPH YOUNG, FIELD DIRECTOR Ave. McLemore East 481 of a troop or post, and be JIM MCKINNEY, FIELD DIRECTOR 22 - KEY THREE MEE'I'- this next month. 15, but not yet 18 by Feb· Fall Camporee is October ing, Luncheon, Universal ruary 13, 1970. Applica10, 11, 12 at Pinecrest. 'l'be . Cafeteria. Co's, Ins. Life tion formS are available Presbyterian Church Camp. at the Scout Service Cen'Published _monthly to all Scouters registered in the Council your plans now to atStart TO WELCOME HEAIITY ter. Letters of recom- "A tend. . mendation may be included THE FOLLOWING IN>TITU- . JULY 1 - BOY scour TIONS AND THEIR scour with the nomination form. theme: TO THE sourH ROUNDT ABLE. TheP.M., at There may be no more UNITS, 7:30 Skills, Water Whitney Young Says !JETRICT:'' CENI'RAL than four letters. Most United Methodist. Mallory Heights Schools, Schoolfield appropriately, these would and Help us Come Church. Pack ll & Troop 91. Reeent i1ft1 were received for the· Boy Scout· Memfrom . religious, come to help you. Church. Baptist Beulah the of honor Councll··in r o hickasaw C . school, community, orial ·P.Wld Of the JULY 4 - Independence Pack 109 & Troop 109. Scouting leaders. Regional fo11°"1ini··6epa"rted friends and relatives. Whereever you go on Day. Mt. PisgahC. M. E. Church. representatives will· parweekend please holiday this BUCKERIDGE A. ticipate in Boy Scout Week · Pack 145 & Troop 145. go with care and returns afe. BY: Chm-ch. Baptist Gilliam Mt. City activities in New York Take your time, not your Pack 159 & Troop 159. , and Washington, D. C. All life. John W. Seay Church. Castali;i Baptist travel and living expenses, JULY 8 - C u b Scout Tennessee Retail Furniture Association Pack 162 & Troop 162, except personal items, will Roundtable -Theme: Family National the by paid be LEONARD E. HANSEN "A FOND FAREWELL AND Adventure. Our Lady oonf Council, Boy Scouts o f BY: A scour SALurE TO THE Sorrow Catholic Church America. A p p lications lots Troop 238 IN>Tm.JrlONS AND UNITS Thomas. There will be must be submitted through of fun and lots to learn, Everett E. Ferguson, Scoutmaster THE JOIN WILL THAT Center, Service Scout the sourHWEST AND sourH- See you there. and be in the Regional OfJULY 9 - 0 A Chapter MERVIN Ra5ENBl.SH EA5T DETRICIS. WE WILL fice no later than Wed- Frayser Branch Meeting The program of the Boy nesday, September 24. BY: YOUR TO ·LOOK FORWARD Library, 3712 Argonne. SUCCESSES. " Scouts of America is one that Dr. and Mrs. Robert Popper JULY 14 -T h e contingent Mr. and Mrs. John R. Walker, Ill strengthens the present as it JUNIOR for the National Jamboree "SUCCEssFUL Walker Russell and Gordon LEADER I N STRUCTOR leaves, and will return the builds for the future. The Mrs. A. T. Manning Scout Show Profits COURSE May 23 of July. We wish our TRAINING boys of today in their forma· 30 - 31 and June 1st." young men a CAPTAIN THOMA5 McGUIRE, IV tive and impressionable years The 1969 Council Scout "A scour SALurETOTHE leaders and tdp and lots of ' BY: the attitudes and Show was a financial suc- DIRECTOR, Wllllam Henry, wonderfUl develop fun. Mrs. Doris Lincoln and Cheryl values that are essential to cess according t o reports . Sr.; Advisors, John H. CumJULY 15 - District Comoffireceived from show responsible manhood through cials. More tickets were sold mings, Willie Dodson and missioners Meeting. Baker MRS. FRANK MUND, SR. t h e junior leader staff . BY: the fellowship and activities by units than ever before headed by Walter Middle - Community Center, 7:30 P.M. We need men who want of the Boy Scouts. resulting in a net profit of brook Jr. Troops parttci- to work with units as NeighTroop 343, expenses all after -$12,875 Ken Humphreys, Scoutmaster ·pattng were: 198, 159, 130 borhood Commissioners. If were paid. Mr. and Mrs. Harold L. Steinkamp and 550. 24 Scouts received you will help or know o f These funds earned by the c_e rtificates. someone who wants to help Scout show are now being Whitney M. Young used in camp development. NOTICE OF IMPORTANCE call 327-4193 and ask for FOR AUGl.ST I Bobby. Executive Director A special Cub picnic area is JULY 22 - District Com"PROWIDE, National Urban League to be completed at Camp DETRICT mtttee Meeting at Frayser Currier this summer as well· GRAM PLANNING CON. Presbyterian Church a t as activity shelters at Camp FERENCE" (Aug. 28). This . 7:30 P. M. All IR's, Mem- . Currier and Kamp K i a meeting will take the place bers at Large and any new K ima. All the show profit · of o ur regular monthly people who want to serve will be spent on these pro- Roundtable meeting;> for cub are asked to attend. jects and as many shelters and boy scout leaders. All Camp Energy is a group camp designed to provide Mr. Scoutmaster, Cubwill be constructed as avail- unit and district scouters master and Post Advisor: convenient, pra9tical accommodations for organized in share and attend to are able funds permit. groups ranging in number from 4 to 400. The yearAre you in the dark as to Council officials a r e program planning for 1969- what goes on in the Northround facility has been programmed specifically for use set are . Goa Unit Also 1970. to a 1 1 units grateful by Scout groups, ornithological societies, nature study west District. Maybe your at this time. participating in the show as A and camping clubs, church associations, and ether kindred IR is not an active part of sent be will notice special this participation is result- to all scouters stating the · his district and yours. See organized groups with an interest in outdoor activities. ing in much needed camp time and place. TH:S WILL him and ask him to be your The surrounding area abounds with deer, turkey, and improvement. many other species of animal and plant 'life and offers BE A FELLO'r\'SHIP A ND IR at these meeting;> each an excellent opportunity for outdoor activity and study. GET ACQUAINTED TIME month. Located on a thickly wooded hillside overlooking · To the units who have been TOO.I . Energy Lake, a constant-level subimpounded bay of a part of the Great Norththe campground is arranged so that several groups can A scour SALUTE TO west District, we want to use the area at the same time in privacy. SCOurMA5TER, Jim Bar- say to you, if you give of nett of Troop SU, who was. your services, talents, and The camping area consists of four sections with 12 individual campsites in each section. Eight people can released from the hospital Scouting Skills to your. new after being confined for eight districts as you ha'fle in the be accommodated in each individual camping unit. No unit is more than 300 feet from toilets and s bowers. months from an automobile Northwest, you andyourdisFacilities available include heated shower-toilet buildaccident in October, 1968. trict will be success f 0 r ing;> with hot and cold water, drinking fountains, graveled Jim supervised the opera- "BOYS,,, The best of eyerytent paids, swimming beach and recreation field, picnic tlons of his troop from the thing to')you on your new D O . hospital to whJch he w a s tables and cooking grills.Shelter buildin~ with electrical confined, with the able asist- adventure. outlets are provided for group gathering;> and other 'fEo · O To the units coming into ance of his Assistant Scoutorganized activities. Wood-chipped trails give easy ac- - ":. <() O Northwest District, we the Shinstock. W. john master, °o cess between camping units and various facilities within an invitation to be extend . Shinstock to salute scout "A o the campground. a part of us and welcome. too." Camp Energy is one of several group camps planned within the greater 9,500-acre Bald Knob Camporee Area. In addition to Camp Energy the camporee area ~as a pioneer area where 200 to 500 people will be able camp. Facilities in this more primitive area will inSALO ICNO& CAMPOREE LEGEND c:!lude chemical toilets, road access, parking spaces, ENERGY AREA CAMP camp. making for .open fields 0 C.amp ll>ctTo1ltl- sho111·t r bu1k11n1_ T<> arrange for reservations in Camp Energy or for bt111d1n1--- D Shtller information about Land Between the1..~ write Land "' "' Wtll ai t c· -- -- O Between the Lakes, Tenness~e Valley.Authority. Golden "ife went that-a-way." Pond, Kentucky 42231. Bay···.Scout Memorial Fund B: Camp Energy Opens ~ ""~'°'nu .. i . , ' ' ~. �JU.LY 1969 .PAGE 3 SMOKE SIGNALS _ll__N_or_th_ea_s_t___.l,_l_cr_it_te_nd_e_n._I I... ..___tas_t_e_rn_... _s_ou_th_eas_t ,_I DETRICT CHAIRMAN Vaughn Dow DETRICT CHAIRMAN Clay Shelton D5TRICT COMMfiSIONER Jean Ulmer DETIRCT COMMESIONER Matthew Lewis Blair DETRICT CHAIRMAN Manley Cox DETRICT COMMESIONER Vince Joyce · DETRICT CHAIRMAN Mike Brownlee DETRICT COMMESIONER John Hardin, Jr. DETRICT EXECurIVE DETRICT EXECUTIVE DETRICT EXECurIVE DETRICT EXECurIVE Bill Leslie ' Hart Green Ray Terry CUB AND Scour ROUND- Richard Grimm ROUNDT ABLE SOCIAL WELCOME TO NEW T ABbE A combined Cub and Scout SCOurERS MACK MCLELLAN Tuesday, July 8 - 7:30 The Eastern District has' SCHOOL. NIGH!' CHAIRMAN P.M., St. Michaels Catholic Roundtable was held June 9 some new units to join its Church, 3863 Summer f_ve- at the Hospital Board Room. Scouting family. These Units nue. A 11 Committeemen, Thirty Scouters enjoyed the are due to the council reCubmasters, AssistantCub- get-together over coffee and alignment and we welcome masters, Den Mothers, As- donuts and met the new disthem: Troop 21 -HenryNall, sistant Den Mothers,Scout- trict executive. Although it was primarily Scoutmaster - Independent masters and Assistant Presbyterian Church; Troop Scoutmasters plan on anend- a social event, one business . 138 - William Tlllman, ing. You can pick up valu- item was discussed, A fishScoutmaster - Eads Ele able program helps for your ing rodeo and picnic for all Cubs, leaders and parents, mentary School; Troop 158 unit. Eugne Pugh, Scoutmaster COMMfiSIONERS STAFF is scheduled for July 26. Please keep this date free. MEETING S h a dowlawn Elementary School; Troop 165 - Lynn Monday, July 28th, 7:30 A complete notice wlll be Garrison, Scoutmaster -Mt. P.M., Scout Servpce Center,· sent later. Pisgah High School - Cor171 South Hollywood. All . dova; Troop 177 - Louis commissioners plan on at- NEW EAGLE TRIES WINC:S Troop 92 is sporting anew Alexander, Scoutmaster tending. A special welcome . New Philadelphia Bai:tist for all new commissioners Eagle Scout. Andy Fair, son Church; Troop 190 - Ely coming to the ENE from the .-of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Fair Flemings, Scoutmaster - And here we go again! The Northwest and Southwest, of Marion, was recentlypre· Neshoba Elementary School Southeast winning team is North and Central Districts. s ented his Eagle Award at a - Germantown; Troop 191- once again led by Mack Mc- Looking forward to seeing Court o f Honor. Andy is presently in Crittenden S. M. Marshall, Scoutmaster Lellan,. the man who showed you on attendance. Hospital, but we hope to see - Coll1erville Elementary the way last year. Plans . him back in the troop very School~ Troop 516 - Wllliam are already being hatched DETRICT COMMIITEE : ·soon. Bell, Scoutmaster -Hickory by Mack to make this the · MEEflNG . Hlll BaJ:tistChurch;Packl32 most successfulSchoolNight Thursday, July 24, 7:30 OLD FASHIONED POT - James Clark, Cubmaster- ever. P .M., St. Stephens Methodist LUCK Belmont Baptist Church Church, 3981 Macon. Manley Arlington; Pack 138 - James DETRICT COMMIITEE Cox, District Chalrman exRobert Von Boeckman held Edinborough, Cubmaster MEEI'ING tends a special welcome to . a very successful pot-luck Eads Elementary School; S e c ond Presbyterian the Institutional Representa- supper and court of honor Pack 165 -Walter Windham, ·Church, Room 414, on July tives joining our ENE from on June ll. Cubmaster -Mt. PisgahHigh 15, at 7:30, Initial planning the new district alignme.nt. ' REGIONAL REPRESENSchool -Cordova; Packl77- for the Fall programs, and PROGRAM EMPHASE FOR TIVE Wlllie Bonner, Sr., Cub- reports of current events JULY . Jan Thomas, Advisor for master - New Philadelphia will make this an essential Cub Theme - Cub Scout Explorers in Post 72, has Baptist Church; Pack 190 - meeting for all. · Chefs (Plan pack outdoor been selected bythe regional cooking) staff to represent them at Alonzo Barber, Cubmaster - New Bethel Baptist Church - DETRICT COMMESIONER5 · Webelos Activity Badge - the National Jamboree t o Pack 191 - Robert Jones, The fourth Thursday, July Outdoors man. be held at F arrogut State Cubmaster - C o l lierville 24, at the Scout Service Boy Scout Theme - The Park, Utah during July. Elementary School; Post Center. Commissioner Blair Big Adventure. 170 - Roger Dean, Explorer will be holding forth from WELCOME TO ENE MEETINCS Advisor - Barrett's Chapel 7:30 until 9:00. Be prepared Institutions and Units. ROUNDTABLE School; Post 190 - Omie to get information on the Idle w i 1 d Presbyterian Will not b e held until Harding, Explorer Advisor- coming Fall Gamporee, the .. Church - Pl, T-20 and E- ·August, Neshoba ElementaryScheol; ADC areas, andSchoolNight. ·20;' Evergreen Presbyterian Post 158 - Lonnie Neely, Church - •-9, T-9, E-9; COMMfiSIONER STAFF Jr.,Shadowlawn Elementary ROUNDTABLES . Temple Baptist Cliirch 7:30 P.M., July 19 - Fi.School. . NO CUB ROUNDTABLE P -10, T-lO; Trinity Metho- delity Bank Board Room• . THE MONTH. HAPPY JULY dist Church - P-13, T-13; PROGRI:SS REPORT (Does TO ALL. Union Ave. Baptist Church DETRICT COMMITTEE not include new assigned The Scout J{oundtable will - P -19, T-19; Bellevue Bap- · 7:30 P.M., J uly 26 _Hosunits) be at St. Lukes on July 1 tist Church - T-15; Sister- pita! Board Room. Monthly Goal at 7:30'. Bob Rosenbush will hood of Temple Israel Packs ••••••• · . 33 31 conduct this discussion o f P-25; Temple Israel -T-25; Troops • . • • • • • 27 32 Fall programming, a n d McLean Baptist Church -P- T-195; St. Paul Baptist P osts . . . . . . ... 21 17 Summer events. Don Beard 62; Gr ace St, Lukes Epis- Church -T-ll8. Cubs •••••.••. 1001 1000 will be on hand to discuss copal - T-34; Knights of UNIT STATLS S Couts , • , • • ••. 1018 900 . the Fall Camporee. Make Columbus - P-63, T-63; DROPPED UNITS -P-224, First Baptist Church-Broad · T-211, T-260, E-93. E-223, Explorers • • . ••• 208 155 a point to be' there, - P-ll4, T-114; Thomas . LAPSED UNITS - P 269, LAPSED UNITS PROGRAM IDEA FOR SUM Chapel Baptist - P -120; T - T -269, P - 260, T-263. Pack 340, Post 50, Post ·MER 120; Tillman Cove Good340, Post 253, P ost 219, Post Stlll some room in the fellows - P -128, T-128;Scen- J ULY THOUGHT 253, Post 255~ Gun Safety Classes spon- ic Hills United Methodist - · The met hods of Scouting sored by the Popl ar East Op-· P - 303, T -303; Rozell Ele- , are t he Scout uniform, outtimist Club. The Rifle and mentary School - P - 541; Im- door progr am, advancement, CUBS AND S C 0 UT S Shotgun Merit Badge curri- maculate Conception Catho- patrol method, personal re• culum has now been included lic - T -36; Park Avenue sponsibility, strong mascuCHANCE FOR SUMMER in the course. For $2.00 Mas onic Lodge - T-74, E- line leadership. If we use per boy, the experience of 74; Spiinghill Elementary each of the methods in our ACTIVITY. Coll1ervllle. Watermelon NRA instructors and the use School - T -123; New Tyler own program we can't help Fest ival - August l, 2, 3. of t he Shelby ·County Rifle AME Church - T -160; Mag- but succeed in influencing Parade, wa;ermelon eating Range is for all our Scouts nolia First Baotist Church- boys lives. contest, midway. free pony and Explorers . CiJ.l Tom r ides, Call Tom Toomey, Earl at 458-8541 and set~ Sr. Cubmaster of .Pack 50, your unit up for a great :· at 853-8280 after 5 P.M. Summer Program, EAGLE BOARD 3rd Wednesday night -Union Planters Bank, Eastgate Branch - 7 P.M. NotifyCecil Harris of your Eagles. MY PROMEE TO YOU I have spent many hours riding the district withS bannon meeting many Scouters of the Eastern District, and have been impressed with its wonderful and dedicated Scouters. It is my sincere promise and hope that we c an build our Eastern Dis- _I l. . _ ,s_ou_th_w__.es._t.......I N_o_rt_h_c_en_tr_a1 t rict t o an even better dis· trict, so that we may be even more effective in t he lives of boys. This is my total committment to you, please feel free to call on me to be _ of service, Hart Green, Jr. · ·l"'\r ' DETRICT CHAIRMAN Earnest Abron DETRICT CHAIRMAN Frank Novitzki DETRICT EXECUI'IVE5 Curtis Gray Alfred Thomas DETRICT MEETING Tuesday, July 22, 1969 at Lorraine Motel, 1060Mulberry. All Institutional Representatives and Members at - large should be in attendance. This meeting will . start at 8 P.M. COMMfiSIONERS MEETING Tuesday, July 15, 1969 at . Oates Manor Housing Project Community Center -1157 N. Manassas at 8 P.M. All Commissioners, old and new should be in attendance. ROUNDTABLE scour) (CUB AND Tuesday, July 8, 1969. The pl ace and time will be announced at a later date. DROPPED UNIT • Pack 135 - Hill's Chapel Baptist Church; Pack 179 Leath School; Troop 142 Bethlehem Baptist Church; Troop 148 -St.James A.M.E. Church. DETRICT CHAIRMA."1 Byron Carson DETRICT COMMESlONER Paul Rodgers DETRICT EXECurIVE M. E. ''Bud'' Trigleth HAPPY VACATIONTIMEI .BOY sco ur ROUNDT ABl,,E COME! Thursday, July 3 7:30 P.M., Gracewood Presbyterian Church - Mill branch at Timothy• INDEPENDENCE DAY July 4 - Fly your U. S. Flag with pride. EXPLORER COMMIITEE MEETING Every Explorer Chalrman in the Chickasaw Council is urged to attend. Place Service Center, 171 South Hollywood. JAMBOREE BOUND ldalio. here comes eighty of Chickasaw's finest Scouts and leaders. Flight leaves 8:00 A.M. - July 14. Contingent returns July 23,10:40 P.M. COMMfiSIONER MEEI'ING No district commissioner meeting will be held i n July. Each assistant district commissioner is urged t o meet or make contact with his neighborhood commissioner during the month. Work on dropped units in each respective service area, Hit'um hard! Boys can't get Scouting without a unit! LAPS ED UNITS Pack and Troop 106 -Hyde Park School; Pack 112 Hopewell Baptist Church; Pack 105 and Troop 136 Friendship Baptist Church; Pack and Troop 108 - Caldwell School; Pack 139 - Olivet Baptist Church; Pack 512 - Georgia Ave. School; Troop 100 - Centenary C. COMMIITEE M. E. Church and Troop DETRICT 119 - Progressive M. B. .MEE!' ING To reconvene on August Church. 25. s ·UMMER CAMP BOYS LIFE MAG.AZINEKamp K1a K1ma - £:;et'S Now is the time for all units to plus up and sub- gol If you desire to attend scribe for Boys' L 1 f e summer camp call BudTrigMagazine. Let every boy in leth, 327-4193. your unit enjoy this wonderful tool. ADVANCEMENT The Advancement Committee is asking all units to make sure that all boys continue to advance in rank. D :STRICT FALL CAM POREE October 10 - ll - 12, 1969 at Camp Currier, Eudora, Miss. All Scout Troops i n the district should participate, The event will b e announced at a later date. TRAINING Cub Leaders Training October 2, 9, 12, 16, 1969• . Scout Leaders Training September 27, 1969. Scout Leaders Showando September 13, 1969 Junior Leaders Training November 8, 1961. "Wont to race?" �PAGE 4 SMOKE SIGNALS JULY 1969 ·F-OR ALL YOUR _BOY SCOUT . D0""1'TO\\"X· • • • EAST ••• ,SOIJTll CUB SCOUT EXPLORER SCOUT n.... Scowt Sllops To Setvo v.. 8etter COMPLETE STOCKS OF •CUB SCOUT •BOY SCOUT • EXPLORER SCOUT C~OTHING AND .EQU1PMENT SH.OP AT • CLOTHING and EQUIPMENT I FOR THE MOST COMPLEiE STOCKS IN Available at MEMPHIS ALL THREE DOWNTOWR,OAKCOURT LOWENSTEIN'S STORES Downtown ... East .. South and . SOUTRL.:A ND MALL For A Refreshing Pause On Th·e "Rugged Road" Drink Coke ....oc ...... .\.\. . Hey, guys! Some crazy bear with a bat and a shovel is jumpin' op and down on our campfire!" Explorer , .................................... ...............i ........................." ................................... ................................... Boy Scout things go Cub Soout b~~th . Chlcbuw ~ncD IOT !KOGfi's Of Allfl!(.l. 171 So. Hollywood Non-Profit Ortanis.UtP.O u.s. Poatq• Pad U.mphiS, T-n. Petmit No. US S~••l Memphis, Tenn. 38112 I! undeh••rable, o6 ·Not fl•turn Coke ........... lil'Q' • letd••• c............... r .... • · >. Fr Tr 343 Mr. Edward Foster Williams Ill 767 Brookhaven Circle Memphis , Tn 38117 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chickasaw Council Newsletter Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document SM ·. _DKE VOL. 5 NO. 7 Chickasaw Council, B.S.A., Memphis, Tenne1Me . JULY 1969 SUMMERTIME BUil (!,AMPI-NC tOC NATIONA.L CAMPING AWARD This recognition is made available annually through the local council to troops and Explorer posts. REQUIREMENTS EVERYBODY SAYS "OK" FOR I. Pla·n an outdoor program a year ahead that will make it possible for tl!e membership of the unit to meet the national camping objec\ive; __________ No. Troop or Post Have 50 percent or more of your troop membership at the beginning of the charter year spend at least IO days and nights camping - for Explorers 5 days and nights of camping. • We will assume our responsibility for unit camping as outlined above. Signed-·--·---·---------·---··-~ Committee Choirman 2. Review and do your :iest to follow A Guide to Good Camping, No. 3691, (camping standards of the Boy Scouts of America) and Campways BSA- Tours and Expeditions and Road Atlas, No. 3733, for extended trips. • I am all for our unit's camping program as planned and !"ill do my best to give it leadership. s;gned ...•.... ·-·····--········ .. ·····-·-···-·--··:.. ................................... - ....... _ •. Scourmoster or Advisor • Our patrols (or Explorers) are behind the camping program of our unit I 00 pe:-cent. 3. Maintain in this log a record of your outdoor activities and submit the application to the local council camping and activities committee. Signed-... --·---··-·-----·-·-·--··-··- Senior Petrol leader or Post Pre sident CHARTERED INSTITUTIONS ARE OBLIGATED . .. To provide Boy Scouts with the opportunity to have a year-round outdoor program totaling at least JO days and. nights of hike, overnight camp, camporee, and summer camp experience (5 days and 5 nights away from home for Explorers) with adequate facilities and supervision. Raymond E. Terry Joins Chickusaw Raymond E. Terry h a s accepted a position of executive tramee on the Chickasaw Council staff in t h e month of June ar..d will be given the assignment ofDis-. trict Scout Executive of the Southeast District when he completes h i s required training. A native of Memphis. Raymond was active in Scouting as a boy and graduated from Memphis State in 1966.Since h1s graduation he has been in sales work and t h e teaching profession. He lives with his wife and one daughter at 6082 0 1 d Brownsville Road. Richard M. Grimm To Serve Crittenden ·National Summertime Pack Award ....... ac...~ .. ._<.a ... _.....,. ...... OUTDOOR SUMMUtTIM! fll'tltOG"AM NATIONAL SUMMER· TIME PACK AWARD PACK DEN You can ensure a year-round pack program and qualify for the National Summertime Pack Award by planning pack activities for the summer months. You'll find that there will be plenty of boys and parents around to make your monthly pack out,ings successful. _ _Boys ~ eager for summertime fun and the adventure of Cub Scouting when "they hav~ the most free time and greatest need for Cub Scouting. A quick check of the parents of your pack will show that all boys and families will not be on vacation or away at the same time. Regardless of the number of boys and families who participate, summertime pack activities should be planned. If only 50 percent of the pack attends, you can still have a worthwhile pack activity. An attractive, full-color certificate wilI be awarded to your pack for planning and carrying out an outdoor summer program that will make it possible for your Cub Scouts to have a good summertime Cub Scouting experience. This calls for holding pack aetivities in June, July, and August. REQUIREMENTS 1. Plan and conduct three pack activities-one each.in Ju~e, July, and August.. 2. Dens averaging at least 50 percent or more of their Cub Scouts in attendance at the three pack activities qualify for the den award. . 3. Maintain a record of your summer activities on this application. · THE PACK COMMITI'EE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OPERA-'l'l'ONOF ACK IN SUCH A WAY ~ ENSURE ITS P ENCY Richard M. Grimm jo ed t h e profess.Iona! s aff of Chickasaw Council June 1 and is serving as an executive trainee. He is working in the Crittenden District and will be assigned a s District Scout Executive of this district when his ~rientation period is com-. pleted this summer. Richard is a native o f Iowa a n d se~ed almost twenty years in the Marines before his retirement from · this service. He graduated from Memphis State Uni'fers ity in May and has beerr preparing for a car~r i n Scouting for many months. Mr. and Mrs. Grimm have four c hildren and live at 3598 Me r ryville in t h e Raleigh area. Troop 343 Receives Award A special Freedoms Foundation award was presented to representatives of Troop 343, Kingsway Christian Church, at a F r e e doms Foundation luncheon on May 30. The troop earned the award as a result of its development of historic trails. The foundation presents awards annually to in - dividuals and organiza - tions for excellence in the promotion o f patriotism. Scoutmaster Ken Humphreys and all the Scouts and leaders to Troop 343 are to be congratulated for this acc&mplishment. · coutmoster Bob Irwin Honor~d Robert L. (Buddy) Irwin, . Scoutmaster of Troop 97, Broadway Baptist Church. h~ been honored by being in ited to -a special Scoutm ~ter' s Workshop at Philmo~ Scout Ranch in August. 3p Scoutmasters w ere selected from outstanding trob,PS across·. the nation to attend this conference where the total Boy Scout program and the needs of Scout age bo;is will be discussed. Buddy has been Scoutmaster of Troop 97 for ;:10 years and is most deserving of this honor. His s uccessfjll experience through the years qualifi~ him to well represent our Scoutmasters· at this important meeting. , ' PAGE·2 SMOt<E SIGNALS \ ! PUBLISHED BY CHICKASAW COUNCIL, BOY scours OF AMER(CA 171 sourn HOLLYWOOD ST., M~MPHIS, TENNESSEE Harold L. Steinkamp, President R. Sherwood Baker, Sr., Commissioner ,,.. JONES HlJSKEY, scour EXECUTIVE BILLY GAMBLE, ASSET ANI' scour EXECurlVE SHANNON PITNER, PROGRAM DIRECTOR RALPH YOUNG, FIELD DIRECTOR JIM MCKINNEY, FIELD DIRECTOR 'Published _monthly to all Scouters registered in the Council Bay···.Scout Memorial Fund Reeent i1ft1 were received for the· Boy Scout· Memorial ·P.Wld Of the .Chickasaw Councll··in honor of the fo11°"1ini··6epa"rted friends and relatives. A. B: BUCKERIDGE BY: John W. Seay Tennessee Retail Furniture Association LEONARD E. HANSEN BY: Troop 238 Everett E. Ferguson, Scoutmaster MERVIN Ra5ENBl.SH BY: Dr. and Mrs. Robert Popper Mr. and Mrs. John R. Walker, Ill Russell and Gordon Walker Mrs. A. T. Manning CAPTAIN THOMA5 McGUIRE, IV BY: Mrs. Doris Lincoln and Cheryl MRS. FRANK MUND, SR. BY: Troop 343, Ken Humphreys, Scoutmaster Mr. and Mrs. Harold L. Steinkamp Camp Energy Opens Camp Energy is a group camp designed to provide convenient, pra9tical accommodations for organized groups ranging in number from 4 to 400. The yearround facility has been programmed specifically for use by Scout groups, ornithological societies, nature study and camping clubs, church associations, and ether kindred organized groups with an interest in outdoor activities. The surrounding area abounds with deer, turkey, and many other species of animal and plant 'life and offers an excellent opportunity for outdoor activity and study. Located on a thickly wooded hillside overlooking Energy Lake, a constant-level subimpounded bay of the campground is arranged so that several groups can use the area at the same time in privacy. The camping area consists of four sections with 12 individual campsites in each section. Eight people can be accommodated in each individual camping unit. No unit is more than 300 feet from toilets and s bowers. Whitney Young Says The program of the Boy Scouts of America is one that strengthens the present as it builds for the future. The boys of today in their forma· tive and impressionable years develop the attitudes and values that are essential to responsible manhood through the fellowship and activities of the Boy Scouts. Whitney M. Young Executive Director National Urban League Facilities available include heated shower-toilet building;> with hot and cold water, drinking fountains, graveled tent paids, swimming beach and recreation field, picnic tables and cooking grills.Shelter buildin~ with electrical D O outlets are provided for group gathering;> and other 'fEo · O organized activities. Wood-chipped trails give easy ac- - ":. <() O cess between camping units and various facilities within °o the campground. o SALO ICNO& CAMPOREE Camp Energy is one of several group camps planned within the greater 9,500-acre Bald Knob Camporee Area. In addition to Camp Energy the camporee area ~as a pioneer area where 200 to 500 people will be able camp. Facilities in this more primitive area will inc:! lude chemical toilets, road access, parking spaces, .open fields for making camp. CAMP ENERGY AREA T<> arrange for reservations in Camp Energy or for information about Land Between the 1..~ write Land Between the Lakes, Tenness~e Valley.Authority. Golden Pond, Kentucky 42231. ""~'°'nu "' "' ~. Help Wanted "REPOIIT TO THE NAtion'' delegate wanted to represent Region V during the Annual Congression$ 11 Report in Washington, D. C. during January 31 - February 7, 1970. Applicant must b e a registered Boy Scout and have received the Eade. award or be a registered Explorer and have re - ceived the Eage award or rendered outstandingservice to his church. school, or community. Those applying must be an active member of a troop or post, and be 15, but not yet 18 by February 13, 1970. Application formS are available at the Scout Service Center. Letters of recom- . mendation may be included with the nomination form. There may be no more than four letters. Most appropriately, these would come from . religious, school, community, o r Scouting leaders. Regional representatives will· participate in Boy Scout Week activities in New York City , and Washington, D. C. All travel and living expenses, except personal items, will be paid by the National Council, Boy Scouts o f America. A p p lications must be submitted through the Scout Service Center, and be in the Regional Office no later than Wednesday, September 24. Scout Show Profits The 1969 Council Scout Show was a financial success according t o reports . received from show officials. More tickets were sold by units than ever before resulting in a net profit of -$12,875 after all expenses were paid. These funds earned by the Scout show are now being used in camp development. A special Cub picnic area is to be completed at Camp Currier this summer as well· as activity shelters at Camp Currier and Kamp K i a K ima. All the show profit · will be spent on these projects and as many shelters will be constructed as available funds permit. Council officials a r e grateful to a 1 1 units participating in the show as this participation is resulting in much needed camp improvement. i . . ' . LEGEND C.amp ll>ct- 0 To1ltl- sho111·t r bu1k11n1_ ~ Shtller bt111d1n1---D Wtll ai tc·---- O JULY 1969 ( Suth Ceatral I DETRICT CHAIRMAN Newton J. Ford I ( Northwest I DETRICT COMMESIONER ls aac Peterson DETRICT EXECurlVE Wendell L. Fant JULY CALENDAR -"OFF WITH A BANGI'' (cartoon) "The Birth of A New District.'' MEEI'ING3•· 8 -KEYTHREEMEETING, Luncheon, Universal Life Ins. Co.'s. Cafeteria. 17 - DETRICT COMMES IONERS MEEI'ING, 7:30 p.m., Tennessee Bartist Book Store (C.M. Lee Bldg.), 481 East McLemore Ave. 22 - KEY THREE MEE'I'ing, Luncheon, Universal Life Ins. Co's, Cafeteria. . "A HEAIITY WELCOME TO THE FOLLOWING IN>TITUTIONS AND THEIR scour UNITS, TO THE sourH CENI'RAL !JETRICT:'' Mallory Heights Schools, Pack ll & Troop 91. Beulah Baptist Church. Pack 109 & Troop 109. Mt. PisgahC. M. E. Church. · Pack 145 & Troop 145. Mt. Gilliam Baptist Chm-ch. Pack 159 & Troop 159. Castali;i Baptist Church. Pack 162 & Troop 162, "A FOND FAREWELL AND A scour SALurE TO THE IN>Tm.JrlONS AND UNITS THAT WILL JOIN THE sourHWEST AND sourHEA5T DETRICIS. WE WILL ·LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR SUCCESSES." "SUCCEssFUL JUNIOR LEADER I N STRUCTOR TRAINING COURSE May 30 - 31 and June 1st." "A scour SALurETOTHE DIRECTOR, Wllllam Henry, Sr.; Advisors, John H. Cummings, Willie Dodson and t h e junior leader staff . headed by Walter Middle - brook Jr. Troops parttci ·pattng were: 198, 159, 130 and 550. 24 Scouts received c_ertificates. NOTICE OF IMPORTANCE FOR AUGl.ST I DETRICT WIDE, "PROGRAM PLANNING CON. FERENCE" (Aug. 28). This meeting will take the place of o ur regular monthly Roundtable meeting;> for cub and boy scout leaders. All unit and district scouters are to attend and share in program planning for 1969- 1970. Also Unit Goa . are set at this time. DETRICT CHAIRMAN Larry Hilbun DETRICT COMMESIONER c: W. Mills DETRICT EXECurIVE Bobby Osborne COMING EVENI'S '!'he Great Northwest Annual Conclave is coming August 19, 1969. All Scouters in the district are urged to attend. A time of fellowship · and inspiration. A time to pick up from summer and go for our boys. More on this next month. · Fall Camporee is October 10, 11, 12 at Pinecrest. 'l'be Presbyterian Church Camp. Start your plans now to attend. . JULY 1 - BOY scour ROUNDT ABLE. The theme: Water Skills, 7:30 P.M., at Schoolfield United Methodist. Church. Come and Help us to help you. JULY 4 - Independence Day. Whereever you go on this holiday weekend please go with care and returns afe. Take your time, not your life. JULY 8 - C u b Scout Roundtable -Theme: Family Adventure. Our Lady o f Sorrow Catholic Church on Thomas. There will be lots of fun and lots to learn, See you there. JULY 9 - 0 A Chapter Meeting - Frayser Branch Library, 3712 Argonne. JULY 14 -T h e contingent for the National Jamboree leaves, and will return the 23 of July. We wish our leaders and young men a wonderfUl tdp and lots of ' fun. JULY 15 - District Commissioners Meeting. Baker Community Center, 7:30 P.M. We need men who want to work with units as Neighborhood Commissioners. If you will help or know o f someone who wants to help call 327-4193 and ask for Bobby. JULY 22 - District Commtttee Meeting at Frayser Presbyterian Church a t . 7:30 P. M. All IR's, Mem- . bers at Large and any new people who want to serve are asked to attend. Mr. Scoutmaster, Cubmaster and Post Advisor: Are you in the dark as to what goes on in the Northwest District. Maybe your IR is not an active part of his district and yours. See him and ask him to be your IR at these meeting;> each month. · To the units who have been a part of the Great NorthA scour SALUTE TO west District, we want to SCOurMA5TER, Jim Bar- say to you, if you give of nett of Troop SU, who was. your services, talents, and released from the hospital Scouting Skills to your. new after being confined for eight districts as you ha'fle in the months from an automobile Northwest, you andyourdisaccident in October, 1968. trict will be success f 0 r A special notice will be sent to all scouters stating the · time and place. TH:S WILL BE A FELLO'r\'SHIP A ND GET ACQUAINTED TIME TOO.I . Jim supervised the opera- "BOYS,,, The best of eyerytlons of his troop from the thing to')you on your new . hospital to whJch he w a s confined, with the able asist- adventure. ance of his Assistant Scout- To the units coming into master, john W. Shinstock. the Northwest District, we "A scout salute to Shinstock . extend an invitation to be too." a part of us and welcome. "ife went that-a-way." JU.LY 1969 SMOKE SIGNALS .PAGE 3 ..___tas_t_e_rn_. .. ,_I_ s_ou_th_eas_t _ll_ _N_ or_th_ea_s_t_ __.l,_l cr_it_te_nd_e_n. _I I..... N _o_rt_h c_en_tr_a1 _I l.... _ ,s_ou_th_w__.es._t. ......I DETRICT CHAIRMAN Vaughn Dow DETRICT CHAIRMAN Clay Shelton D5TRICT COMMfiSIONER DETIRCT COMMESIONER Jean Ulmer Matthew Lewis Blair DETRICT CHAIRMAN Manley Cox DETRICT COMMESIONER Vince Joyce · DETRICT EXECurIVE DETRICT EXECurIVE DETRICT EXECurIVE Bill Leslie ' Hart Green Ray Terry CUB AND Scour ROUNDWELCOME TO NEW T ABbE SCOurERS MACK MCLELLAN Tuesday, July 8 - 7:30 The Eastern District has' SCHOOL. NIGH!' CHAIRMAN P.M., St. Michaels Catholic some new units to join its Church, 3863 Summer f_ve- Scouting family. These Units nue. A 11 Committeemen, are due to the council re- Cubmasters, AssistantCubalignment and we welcome masters, Den Mothers, Asthem: Troop 21 -HenryNall, sistant Den Mothers,Scout- Scoutmaster - Independent masters and Assistant Presbyterian Church; Troop Scoutmasters plan on anend- 138 - William Tlllman, ing. You can pick up valu- Scoutmaster - Eads Ele - able program helps for your mentary School; Troop 158 - unit. Eugne Pugh, Scoutmaster - COMMfiSIONERS STAFF S h a dowlawn Elementary MEETING School; Troop 165 - Lynn Monday, July 28th, 7:30 Garrison, Scoutmaster -Mt. P.M., Scout Servpce Center,· Pisgah High School - Cor- 171 South Hollywood. All . dova; Troop 177 - Louis commissioners plan on at- Alexander, Scoutmaster - tending. A special welcome . New Philadelphia Bai:tist for all new commissioners Church; Troop 190 - Ely coming to the ENE from the Flemings, Scoutmaster - - And here we go again! The Northwest and Southwest, · Neshoba Elementary School Southeast winning team is North and Central Districts. - Germantown; Troop 191- once again led by Mack Mc- Looking forward to seeing S. M. Marshall, Scoutmaster Lellan,. the man who showed you on attendance. - Coll1erville Elementary the way last year. Plans . School~ Troop 516 - Wllliam are already being hatched DETRICT COMMIITEE : DETRICT CHAIRMAN Mike Brownlee DETRICT COMMESIONER John Hardin, Jr. DETRICT EXECUTIVE Richard Grimm ROUNDT ABLE SOCIAL A combined Cub and Scout Roundtable was held June 9 at the Hospital Board Room. Thirty Scouters enjoyed the get-together over coffee and donuts and met the new district executive. Although it was primarily a social event, one business . item was discussed, A fishing rodeo and picnic for all Cubs, leaders and parents, is scheduled for July 26. Please keep this date free. A complete notice wlll be sent later. NEW EAGLE TRIES WINC:S Troop 92 is sporting anew Eagle Scout. Andy Fair, son .-of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Fair of Marion, was recentlypres ented his Eagle Award at a Court o f Honor. Andy is presently in Crittenden Hospital, but we hope to see him back in the troop very Bell, Scoutmaster -Hickory by Mack to make this the · MEEflNG ·soon. . Hlll BaJ:tistChurch;Packl32 most successfulSchoolNight Thursday, July 24, 7:30 OLD FASHIONED POT - James Clark, Cubmaster- ever. P .M., St. Stephens Methodist LUCK Belmont Baptist Church - Church, 3981 Macon. Manley Arlington; Pack 138 - James DETRICT COMMIITEE Cox, District Chalrman ex- Robert Von Boeckman held Edinborough, Cubmaster - MEEI'ING tends a special welcome to . a very successful pot-luck Eads Elementary School; S e c ond Presbyterian the Institutional Representa- supper and court of honor Pack 165 -Walter Windham, ·Church, Room 414, on July tives joining our ENE from on June ll. Cubmaster -Mt. PisgahHigh 15, at 7:30, Initial planning the new district alignme.nt. 'REGIONAL REPRESENSchool -Cordova; Packl77- for the Fall programs, and PROGRAM EMPHASE FOR TIVE Wlllie Bonner, Sr., Cub- reports of current events JULY . Jan Thomas, Advisor for master - New Philadelphia will make this an essential Cub Theme - Cub Scout Explorers in Post 72, has Baptist Church; Pack 190 - meeting for all. · Chefs (Plan pack outdoor been selected bythe regional Alonzo Barber, Cubmaster cooking) staff to represent them at - New Bethel Baptist Church - DETRICT COMMESIONER5 · Webelos Activity Badge - the National Jamboree t o Pack 191 - Robert Jones, The fourth Thursday, July Outdoors man. be held at F arrogut State Cubmaster - C o l lierville 24, at the Scout Service Boy Scout Theme - The Park, Utah during July. Elementary School; Post Center. Commissioner Blair Big Adventure. 170 - Roger Dean, Explorer will be holding forth from WELCOME TO ENE Advisor - Barrett's Chapel 7:30 until 9:00. Be prepared Institutions and Units. School; Post 190 - Omie to get information on the Idle w i 1 d Presbyterian Harding, Explorer Advisor- coming Fall Gamporee, the .. Church - Pl, T-20 and ENeshoba ElementaryScheol; ADC areas, andSchoolNight. ·20;' Evergreen Presbyterian Post 158 - Lonnie Neely, Church - •-9, T-9, E-9; Jr.,Shadowlawn Elementary ROUNDTABLES . Temple Baptist Cliirch - School. . NO CUB ROUNDTABLE P -10, T-lO; Trinity MethoMEETINCS ROUNDTABLE Will not b e ·August, held until COMMfiSIONER STAFF 7:30 P.M., July 19 - Fi.delity Bank Board Room • PROGRI:SS REPORT (Does not include new assigned units) . THE MONTH. HAPPY JULY dist Church - P-13, T-13; TO ALL. Union Ave. Baptist Church DETRICT COMMITTEE The Scout J{oundtable will - P -19, T-19; Bellevue Bap- · 7:30 P.M., J uly 26 _Hosbe at St. Lukes on July 1 tist Church - T-15; Sister- pita! Board Room. Monthly Goal at 7:30'. Bob Rosenbush will hood of Temple Israel - Packs ••••••• · .33 31 Troops • . • • • • • 27 32 P osts ... . .. ... 21 17 Cubs •••••.••. 1001 1000 S Couts , • , • • ••. 1018 900 . Explorers • • . ••• 208 155 conduct this discussion o f P-25; Temple Israel -T-25; Fall programming, a n d McLean Baptist Church -P- T-195; St. Paul Baptist Summer events. Don Beard 62; Gr ace St, Lukes Epis- Church -T-ll8. will be on hand to discuss copal - T-34; Knights of UNIT STATLS the Fall Camporee. Make Columbus - P-63, T-63; DROPPED UNITS -P-224, a point to be' there, First Baptist Church-Broad · T-211, T-260, E-93. E-223, LAPSED UNITS - P-ll4, T-114; Thomas . LAPSED UNITS - P 269, Chapel Baptist - P-120; T - T -269, P -260, T-263. Pack 340, Post 50, Post 340, Post 253, Post 219, Post 253, Post 255~ CUBS AND S C 0 UT S CHANCE FOR SUMMER ACTIVITY. Coll1ervllle. Watermelon Fest ival - August l, 2, 3. Parade, wa;ermelon eating contest, midway. free pony r ides, Call Tom Toomey, Sr. Cubmaster of .Pack 50, at 853-8280 after 5 P.M. EAGLE BOARD 3rd Wednesday night -Union Planters Bank, Eastgate Branch - 7 P.M. NotifyCecil Harris of your Eagles. MY PROMEE TO YOU I have spent many hours PROGRAM IDEA FOR SUM ·MER Stlll some room in the Gun Safety Classes sponsored by the Poplar East Op-· timist Club. The Rifle and Shotgun Merit Badge curriculum has now been included in the course. For $2.00 per boy, the experience of NRA instructors and the use of the Shelby ·County Rifle Range is for all our Scouts and Explorers . CiJ.l Tom Earl at 458-8541 and set~ your unit up for a great :· Summer Program, 120; Tillman Cove Goodfellows - P-128, T-128;Scenic Hills United Methodist - P - 303, T -303; Rozell Elementary School - P- 541; Immaculate Conception Catholic - T -36; Park Avenue Masonic Lodge - T-74, E- 74; Spiinghill Elementary School - T -123; New Tyler AME Church - T -160; Magnolia First Baotist Churchriding the district withS ban- t rict to an even better dis· non meeting many Scouters trict, so that we may be of the Eastern District, and even more effective in the have been impressed with lives of boys. This is my total its wonderful and dedicated committment to you, please Scouters. It is my sincere feel free to call on me to be _ promise and hope that we of service, can build our Eastern Dis- Hart Green, Jr. · ·l"'\r J ULY THOUGHT · The methods of Scouting , are the Scout uniform, outdoor progr am, advancement, patrol method, personal re• sponsibility, strong masculine leadership. If we use each of the methods in our own program we can't help but succeed in influencing boys lives. ' DETRICT CHAIRMAN Earnest Abron DETRICT CHAIRMAN Frank Novitzki DETRICT EXECUI'IVE5 - Curtis Gray Alfred Thomas DETRICT MEETING Tuesday, July 22, 1969 - at Lorraine Motel, 1060Mulberry. All Institutional Representatives and Members - at - large should be in attendance. This meeting will . start at 8 P.M. COMMfiSIONERS MEETING Tuesday, July 15, 1969 at . Oates Manor Housing Project Community Center -1157 N. Manassas at 8 P.M. All Commissioners, old and new should be in attendance. ROUNDTABLE (CUB AND scour) Tuesday, July 8, 1969. The pl ace and time will be announced at a later date. DROPPED UNIT • Pack 135 - Hill's Chapel Baptist Church; Pack 179 - Leath School; Troop 142 - Bethlehem Baptist Church; Troop 148 -St.James A.M.E . Church. LAPS ED UNITS Pack and Troop 106 -Hyde Park School; Pack 112 - Hopewell Baptist Church; Pack 105 and Troop 136 - Friendship Baptist Church; Pack and Troop 108 - Caldwell School; Pack 139 - Olivet Baptist Church; Pack 512 - Georgia Ave. School; Troop 100 - Centenary C. M. E. Church and Troop 119 - Progressive M. B. Church. BOYS LIFE MAG.AZINENow is the time for all units to plus up and subscribe for Boys' L 1 f e Magazine. Let every boy in your unit enjoy this wonderful tool. ADVANCEMENT The Advancement Committee is asking all units to make sure that all boys continue to advance in rank. D :STRICT FALL CAM POREE October 10 - ll - 12, 1969 at Camp Currier, Eudora, Miss. All Scout Troops i n the district should participate, The event will b e announced at a later date. TRAINING Cub Leaders Training - October 2, 9, 12, 16, 1969 • . Scout Leaders Training - September 27, 1969. Scout Leaders Showando - September 13, 1969 Junior Leaders Training - November 8, 1961. DETRICT CHAIRMA."1 Byron Carson DETRICT COMMESlONER Paul Rodgers DETRICT EXECurIVE M. E. ''Bud'' Trigleth HAPPY VACATIONTIMEI .BOY sco ur ROUNDT ABl,,E COME! Thursday, July 3 7:30 P.M., Gracewood Presbyterian Church - Mill - branch at Timothy • INDEPENDENCE DAY July 4 - Fly your U. S. Flag with pride. EXPLORER COMMIITEE MEETING Every Explorer Chalrman in the Chickasaw Council is urged to attend. Place - Service Center, 171 South Hollywood. JAMBOREE BOUND ldalio. here comes eighty of Chickasaw's finest Scouts and leaders. Flight leaves 8:00 A.M. - July 14. Contingent returns July 23,10:40 P.M. COMMfiSIONER MEEI'ING No district commissioner meeting will be held i n July. Each assistant district commissioner is urged t o meet or make contact with his neighborhood commissioner during the month. Work on dropped units in each respective service area, Hit'um hard! Boys can't get Scouting without a unit! DETRICT .MEE!' ING COMMIITEE To reconvene on August 25. s ·UMMER CAMP Kamp K1a K1ma - £:;et'S gol If you desire to attend summer camp call Bud Trigleth, 327-4193. "Wont to race?" PAGE 4 I Explorer • · >. SMOKE SIGNALS JULY 1969 ·F-OR ALL YOUR _BOY SCOUT . CUB SCOUT EXPLORER SCOUT C~OTHING AND .EQU1PMENT SH.OP AT FOR THE MOST COMPLEiE STOCKS IN MEMPHIS DOWNTOWR,OAKCOURT and . SOUTRL.:A ND MALL For A Refreshing Pause On Th·e "Rugged Road" Drink Coke .... oc ...... Boy Scout Cub Soout things go b~~th . Coke ............ lil'Q' letd••• c. .............. r .... • D0""1'TO\\"X· • • • EAST ••• ,SOIJTll n. ... Scowt Sllops To Setvo v .. 8etter COMPLETE STOCKS OF •CUB SCOUT •BOY SCOUT • EXPLORER SCOUT • CLOTHING and EQUIPMENT \.\. . Available at ALL THREE LOWENSTEIN'S STORES Downtown ... East .. South .. Hey, guys! Some crazy bear with a bat and a shovel is jumpin' op and down on our campfire!" , ................................................... i ......................... " .................................................................... .. Chlcbuw ~ncD IOT !KOGfi's Of Allfl!(.l. 171 So. Hollywood S~••l Memphis, Tenn. 38112 Non-Profit Ortanis.UtP.O u.s. Poatq• Pad U.mphiS, T-n. Petmit No. US I! undeh••rable, o6·Not fl•turn Fr Tr 343 Mr. Edward Foster Williams Ill 767 Brookhaven Circle Memphis, Tn 38117 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1969 Title A name given to the resource 1969 (July) Chickasaw Council <em>Smoke Signals</em> Newsletter Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Chickasaw Council, BSA Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Chuck Schadrack Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Ken Humphreys Chickasaw Council Newsletter Newsletter