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