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