https://www.kiakimamuseum.org/files/original/22935f5ab544d14dbc4e569fffc8ddcb.pdf 8f0dd0770000c344e8161e78725eea65 PDF Text Text » .'r' «rf CLARKSDALE, (MISS.) DAILY REGISTER AND DAILY NEWS -^EI^ESOAY, FEBRUARY 9 , 19491. i it Boy Scouts Are Marking 39th Anniversary _____ * ____ National President A Distinguished Background over Mississippi's Delta Area Council. They are ileft to right) A r t h u r A Schuck, Chief Scout Executive. Boy Scouts of America, with headquarters in New York City. Harley E. Erb, Regional Scout Executive of Region No. 5, with headquarters In-Memphis, Tennessee, and Charles E Hudson Delta Area Council Scout Executive, with headquarters in Clarksdale T h e s e three work under t h e national, regional, nnri council presidents but are the paid professionals who give their entire time to t h e Scout program and who more Lhnu anyone else, are directly responsible for t h e success of the program. l i on Past Two Has A r t h u r A Schuck. Chler Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America, has had a long and d i s ­ tinguished career in the service of t h e boyhood of t h e nation. F o r more t h a n 35 years h e h a s been active in Scouting, both a s volunteer a n d a s a professional leader. I n May 1948 the National Executive Board unanimously a p ­ pointed him as t h e highest a d m i n i ­ strative officer of the- Movement. He took office on Sept. 1, 1948. Mr Schuck was b o r n Jn Brook­ lyn. N Y , on J u n e 20. 1895. After For three more days these two mighty m e n fought all around the hilb. and woods where C a m p Talla­ ha now stands Finally White Horse overcame Tallaha a n d left the Chickasaw chieftain mortally In­ ured, a gaping wound in his side, u t then, seeing his masters' d a n er, the white p a n t h e r turned on ihe victorious White Horse and de­ stroyed him The wounded T a l l a h a and the p a n t h e r started back to their peo­ ple, but on the side of the hill where Tallahn spring Is found, the .Chief fell and perished from his wound. T h e blood flowing from Tallaha's side mingled with the water flowing from the spring and lent a scarlet tinge to the running water l "'IS _4i_|-k&£| The' nation's 2,200,000 rrt< trs of the pof Sco«$|p|l A m e r i c a this week are marJd the 30th *irtivers4ry'"ojc!-| the organization. Boy Scott; lOttiuWeek $r*ni£d Sunday. closes F e b r u a r y 12. • J • _ , _•_> ___„* T h e a n i n v e r s a r y is being observed in every cit^r stick t o w n and most villages and hamlets throughout theS*? tion i Charles Hudson Serves Council In Executive Duty $ -4.:-' Twelve outstanding - Boy 0 e o u i s > | | representing e a c h ' u f ~ t h e hatforrVr Boy Scout Regions; -will TtptmenXt America's 2#0jm Scontf j^f*^ leaders i n ceremonies a t W i s h i n g ^ . ton, D.O- a n d New Y o r k City dUc« lng the week. ; 1 [engaging in Institutional work h e Today, t h e entaie Me*N"#P& Charles E. Hudson came to the entered t h e Boy Scout Movement will i t c o w m l t Wimiftt*. &3| f | Delta Area Council o n March 19, as a Scoutmaster a t Newark, N J . As a volnteer leader he also served 1946, a n d Immediately assumed his Scout O a t h o r Prom>|ie at'i:Ii.^]K> toe Tjje ixfcrXas a District Commissioner, Scout new dtules as Scout Executive. He m . i n t h e four Commissioner, T r o o p Committee­ lived in Shelby, Miss., for a short oration i s t h e ^ r i e ^ | W r » d « j r ^ ; m a n , member of a Local Scout time, later moved t o Lyon, Miss., Then the tribe was forced to flee where he has m a d e his home for aenranee of gouac Ai|ertca.; -t £0ymi Council and m e m b e r of Its Execu­ eastward to t h e hills of t h e Choc* t h e p a s t few years. A married man, tive Board. taws for safety, and the two tribes ltt^^pnm^tmmM he h a s four children, two boys a n d scout But t h e Choctaws never u n d e r ­ In 1917 Mr. Schuck entered Scout two girls. stood why Chief Tallaha and his ing professionally as a Scout E x e ­ T h e head of the council's p r o ­ 4 were forced to use the same h u n t ­ they IffiiyffM cutive of the Lancaster, Pa., C o u n ­ fessional staff Is a n a t i v e of M a n ­ ing grounds cil He served in a like capacity a t chester, Oa., later moved to Etowah Chester County. Pa., and Reading, people were forced to seek shelter Term., where he finished school. Pa. After a successful experience In in the hills, a n d so they resented Mr. Hudson attended college a t this local work h e was selected R e ­ the violation of their homes a n d Berea College in t h e {Kentucky yesterday. T h e r e tfae'**e«*its1»i^^,i gional Scout Executive of Region hunting grounds. Battles between town of t h e same n a m e . He g r a d ­ Three, responsible for the o r g a n ­ the two always ensued, and • m a n y uated there in May, 193S, and t h e ization a n d supervision of Scouting braves were lost by both sides. next fall started a teaching career in Pennsylvania, Deleware, M a r y ­ in the Junior High School at J e n ­ boy. to- Saoutiac a One year great floods—greater , land, Virginia and the District of kins, Ky. t h a n h a d ever been seen before— Most people say t h a t the blood Columbia. covered t h e Delta homes of t h e from Tallaha's side still feeds the Ju,st a year later, Mr. Hudson en*,, mm, i0m*imw>P>w*&$i I n 1922 h e became a member of bowed out of the teaching profes­ Chickasaws, arid as before T a l l a h a spring, for the water still runs red. the National Staff serving-in t h e sion w h e n h e was offered the_joh. e * n j t * ^ ^J ; * # . « t J » f , j W | # l i ^ and his w h i t e p a n t h e r led t h e peo­ m a d e a. ^^^^M^^kmi^t As for the white panther, legend Field D e p a r t m e n t a s a specialist in of field executive in_ t h e Haxard u_*ful]«_« tf4h» ? nai06h;i ple up into t h e hills a n d to safety: says t h a t it never stirred from its t h e ^ e ^ t ' ^ d i 9 i , a J L i | ocfc**-*ottiii1f* ri^^|Mr?Jil end of .Mt;*nfftttak in District of the Lonesome Pine Coun For m a n y m o o n v j t h e Chickasaws master's side, but t h a t it lay down finance a n d organization and summing u_T the"yeaiv service, pro>seS§f 40th aaruTyrsfry T 3*^' waited in t h e h u l l , but t h e : flood beside the dead chieftain and gave t h e capacity of a Director and C o n ­ oil a t Hazard, K y . H e took t h e a n d r aotiTltka- of Arc-rfca'ji T t ^ f e W m k at'il>ilngtoo. the s u l t a n t . waters did. n o t return to t h e UP its life, too. B u t If the white lob a n d held onto it u n t i l 1942 when s c o u t - u n i t t , f N ; , l j|gi W i t h the inception of t h e Divi­ h e wait elevated to t h e job of Scout streams. M e a n t i m e , with b o t h of p a n t h e r died, his spirit still h a u n t s After their., stay to; W a a b i n s j t bn^ the tribes roaming the hills a n d t h e T a l l a h a woods, for on quiet sional P l a n of Operation In J a n ­ executive with t h e s a m e council. t h e Scouts will t ^ ' t o K e w Tort;;»:^ uary 1931, h e became Director of woods, g a m e became h a r d e r a n d nights his padded t r e a d may still i n . 1943, the future Delta~Ar*«* like*-United, M t k m f < ^ { s k ^ a a _ - ^ harder to find, and so, as before, be heard in the darkness of the the Division of Operations of the Council Scout Executive entered a c ­ t h e . C h o c t a w s determined to drive forest, a n d a t times his mournful National Council a n d for 13 years tive d u t y in t h e U. S . N a v a l ' R e ­ the visiting tribe from its h u n t i n g wails rise above t h e other night gave general supervision and direc­ serve. He finished h i s indoctrinagrounds. Aolses to send spin-tingling chills tion to the operating program of tfown t h e backs of wfcary campers. t h e .movement throughout, the- n a ­ pook CbmmunfcafIons T r s f o l n g a t J ^ U r t of t l » iw$*yeW I n - t h e c a m p s of. both tribes, t h e Lv__s*-*{3' tion. Harvard^ University. Eventually a s peaceful c a m p - f i r e songs gave way -In- May- 1944 ' h e was appointed to bold w a r chants, and t h e war­ slgne to the Garrison Beach P a r ­ t h e S t a t u t e of I i b e r t r rtllhtSu^m TWO IN ONE Scout Executive of t h e Los Angeles riors donned their war paints and The Delta Area Council of the Area Council a n d there conduote£ ty, h e saw active fighting as a N a ­ United l o t i o n s Bey Bcout tTiw^p. prepared for battle. Then one day Boy Scouts of America has a double a demonstration of organized s e r ­ val officer in the Pacific Theater. comprising sons of U.*tf. p e m i i s j e l . ^ Chief T a l l a h a , his white panther, cause for celebration this month, vice to youth through Upon his release from the Navy, of m a n y l a n d s , a n d s o m e New TorfcWt Scouting and the whole Chickasaw tribe j February 28 is the national a n n l - t h a t became recognized nationally Mr. Hudson attended the Second Scouts whose p a r e n t s a r e of &x~M descended on the Choctaws White iversary, February 24 Is the a n n l - for its outstanding accomplish­ Advanced Training School for Scout elan origin. T h e entire f r c ^ ^ U . % Horse summoned every one of his versary of the council Executives at Mendham, ^ . . p r e ­ then .go t o t h e G r e a t e r mifTt&tp^ ments. braves to meet the attack .and a p It was almost exactly 25 years Mr Schuck Is co-author of a a r a t o r y to re-entering Boy Scout Scout C a m p m a r Alpine, K ^ n S e ^ great battle followed ago this month t h a t a group from book on "Financing Social W o r k " work. He was soon steered into t h e miles n o r t h of t h e George Wwhtog-. After t h r e e days of furious con­ t h e Clarksdale Rotary Club sum­ |sgnd h a s written m a n y pamphlets Delta Area Council a n d has been ton Bridge. Here on t h e W-acre^snwai^enn. flict, dead or dying warriors cover­ moned youth leaders from the sur­ and articles on organization a n d a t t h e Job since. launched finance for social service organiza­ campsite d o n a t e d toy J o h n D . R o c k e d ed the ground, and only the two rounding territory and feler J r . , a n d Thomas. W. i k m o n t , f chiefs a n d Tallaha's white p a n t h e r t h e move t h a t was to bring about tions. with funds for buildings coritffcuP remained to continue the fight. t h e birth of the council He h a s long b e e n active in civic ed by t h e C h a r l e s H a y t k n - $ b n a * * _ work on a national and local basis. tion. t h e Scoots will' cxmp. overHe Is a past President of the New night i n t h e shadow of t h e ' n a - ^ York City Lions Club. He has ser­ 3' . tion's largest city. ved as a Vice C h a i r m a n of the T h e p r o g r a m s of Scouting, lead-. i National Education Recreation ers in t h e organlsstion, say, j«»P*|* Council and is a member of t h e Scouts to face t h e future, helping' ,|Rotary Club, t h e Masons, American to build a - n e w world w i t h < o n > * y Legion, the Elks a n d a member of struction, n6t d t s t r u c t i o n .fcs|the_J£ the board of the Goodwill I n d u s goal* Scouting to thef"*? nalkm* a strles. recognised' b y t h e B ^ ' " S c o u i I n Mr Schuck served as Deputy ternattonsl Bureau has. a n .enrollAmerican C a m p Executive at the m e n t of 4,40f,7ft> Scouts a n d leadT h i r d World Scout Jamboree in t h e s u m m e r of 1929 when 1,300 Ameri­ ers. c a n Scouts a n d Leaders camped They are striving, Scout kailors with Scouts and leaders of 72 other say. for a future of peaceful . . U v j o p ^ lands Over 50,000 attended the where every man is a brother to J a m b o r e e which was held a t B i r k ­ every ..other man, regardlmTof^his;^ e n h e a d , England to m a r k tho "com" ra.ce._Jreed o r cj___$_! r M . ^ j lng of a g e " of Scouting. Wendell F s n t , as negro Scout I n 1937. M r Schuck was Execu­ tive Director of t h e First National FIELD EXECUTIVE—C. 8. "Chuck' Executive, Is conducting t h e wja_fc___ CUB P A C K 2—Piotured above tho members of Clarksdale's Cub Pack professional among Negro youth to t h e Delta 2, headed by Yerger Robinson. Cubmaster. T h e 30 or more members are Scout Jamboree, a t t e n d e d by 27,232 T h o m a s joined t h e The inter-racial v Scouts and Leaders a t Washington, staff in 1948. He lives In Winona. Area Council. shown seated in the foreground, while'Mr. Robinson, the den mothers, Scouting program is growing D.C. Miss., a t present b u t serves the and m a n y interested parents are shown- s t a n d i n g in the background. In 1939, he a t t e n d e d the Rover western p a r t of t h e council, work stsntly, according to t councU^auThe pack h a s Just completed a successful year's work a n d is now be­ thoriUes. > lng out of Greenville. Moot held in Scotland. ginning a n o t h e r which they hope will be even more successful. Legends of Camp Tallaha Grow Out of Camp fires Harley E. Erb, Regional Scout Executive of- Region Five, compris­ ing Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee a n d North­ west Florida, is a n a t i v e of Roan­ Editor's Note: Camp Tallaha, oke, Va., where he received his pub­ located near Charleston, Miss- is lic school education a n d entered is the official summer camp of the Delta Area Council «The camp scouting as a Scout i n 1912. Mr. fires held each night during t h e E r b is a graduate of Roanoke Col­ summer camp periods are among lege. Salem, Va. the highlights of the camp week, Immediately after graduation ho and the following legend is o n e entered upon a business career in of t h e many that have grown out Cleveland, Ohio, a n d l a t e r in Bris­ of the yarns spun around t h e tol, Tennessee-Virginia. He was for blazing logs of a Tallaha camp12 years so engaged a n d during the fire. period was active In civic affairs, serving as Club P r e s i d e n t and Lt. T H E WHITE PANTHER Governor of Kiwanis international, M a n y years ago, before the w h i t e President of the R e t a i l Merchants Association, Director of t h e Cham­ men c a m e to America, t h e woods ber of Commerce, a n d a member and hills of Tallaha were inhabited of t h e American Legion a n d the by a strong but peace-loving t r i b e Forty-and-Eight. of I n d i a n s called Choctaws. Led Mr. Erb obtained t h e rank of by t h e noble warrior, White Horse, Eagle Scout. I n 1923 h e organized t h e Choctaws set u p camps b y ~ t h e a Troop In Bristol, Tenn.,-Va., serv­ ing a s Scoutmaster a n d earning his s t r e a m s and in the fields, a n d t h e y Scoutmaster's Key. H e led in the stalked t h e steep hills a n d t h e d e n s e movement t o organize t h e Chief forests In search of t h e game w h i c h Genge Scout Council (now the provided them with food and c l o t h ­ Sequovah Council) a t Bristol, and ingserved in succeeding y e a r s as Scout T h e r e was a n abundance of wild Commissioner, Council President -twe—irr-the hills arid* woods", 'so * n d a c o a t Executive. I n 1932 h e became t h e Assistant White Horse and his bronze-skin­ Director of I n t e r r a c i a l Activities ned braves always returned from promoting the Boy S c o u t Move­ the h u n t laden with meat a n d fine m e n t for the Negro B o y in the Clark-dale boasts five Scout Scout Councils of t h e South. skins for the women and children. Troops a n d two Cub Packs. T h e A year and a half l a t e r he was T h e Choctaws were happy people, Scout Troops meet weekly on transferred to Memphis, Tenn., as and t h e songs they chanted a b o u t ' T h u r s d a y nights and the Cub Deputy Regional Executive of Re­ their camp-fires were the peaceful Packs meets monthly. Each ur.lt is gion Five where h i s duties were headed by a capable staff of lead­ songs of a peaceful tribe. primarily concerned w i t h Council ers. Occasionally, though, White re-organization a n d financing. Mr. Horse and his people were t hreat­ Erb became Assistant National Dir­ ector of the C a m p i n g Service, B. ened b y the neighboring C h t c k a S-A., on May 1, 1935, a n d then Ad­ saws. T h i s tribe, equally as s t r o n g ministrative Assistant t o the Dir­ and equally as brave as the C h o c ­ ector of the Division of Operations taws, was led by the mighty Chief on J a n . 1, 1936. O n J a n . 1, 1937, T a l l a h a . This great chieftain was h e became Regional S c o u t Execu­ known throughout ihe hills as t h r u tive of Region Five w i t h headquar­ out t h e Delta, no less famed was the great white panther which ters a t Memphis, T e n n . Mr. Erb Is a g r a d u a t e of t h e 35th stayed a t Tallaha's side Raised National Training S c h o o l for Scout from a tiny panther kitten by t h e Executives, the Second National Chickasaw chief, the white p a n t h e r Cubbing School, a n d t h e Camp had come to love Its master, a n d it followed tamely wherever the Director's Course. He is a member of t h e Memphis chief led., Even when Tallaha went i n t o Rotary Club. He is m a r r i e d and has battle, t h e magnificent beast fol­ two boys. lowed faithfully at his side, b u t big Over the United S t a t e s , more in t h e clamor of battle the t h a n 2,200,000 boys a n d their adult white c a t showed all the fierceness leaders are observing Boy Scout of its wild brothers in defending t h e Week a t present. H i g h l i g h t s of the life of Chief Tallaha J u s t as the Choctaws were a -{nationwide- observance- will be In Washington, D.C., a n d New York friendly tribe, so the Chickasaws also respected the rights and h u n t ­ F I E L D EXECUT_VK-W»lter C. City. B o g ' e t s ^ r r - j o m e d - H r « ' p r o f ^ c n ^ _ _ A _ e p o r t to .the G o v e r n o r is be­ ing grounds of other tribes. B u t today by sometimes In the spring, rain fell staff of the Delta Area-Council i n ing made in Jackson S t a t e of for m a n y days and the swelling 1947 a n d h a s served in t h a t c a ­ Scouts from over t h e p a c i t y - s i n c e : Mr.-*Bc*erjr^s from Mississippi. The D e l t a A r e a Coun­ streams broke from t h e i r b a n k s Shelby a n d now makes his. h e a d ­ cil is represented a t t h e meeting; In and flooded the low-lying D e l t a quarters in Greenwood... -L land ' w h e r e t h e Chickasaws lived". Jackson. ; : Harley E. Erb Is Scout Executive In This Region ikM ' : M I T O fchuck, Chief S'co*|t'Executive of t h e Boy i p a , has a n n o u n c e d t h a t the " S t r e n g t h e n ($U8a<de§jviU bfe a m a j o r activity of i r g a n i z a t i ^ H s yiear a n ¥ in 1950. "The p r o p e r t r a i n i n g of y o u t h takes on a d d e d import­ ance in view of today's domestic and w o r l d - w i d e prob­ lems," says Mr. Schuck. ,'It is obvious t h a t t h e boys of "tTOBy-^re trolMirto^herttrar w o r l d - - g i t u a t i ^ n ^ w h i c h - w t 5 ^ } ^ t a x their ability and their c h a r a c t e r to the u t m o s t CHAIN OF COMMAND—Pictured above are t h e three Scout Executives who have administrative authority "There could be no more appro prlate celebration of our 40th a n ­ niversary in 1950 t h a n to show A m ­ erica a Scout Movement surpassing in expansion a n d program a n y t h i n g we have previously rfached," Mr. Schuck: said in a message t o t h e n a t l q n ' r 643 Local Scout Counfcife on trie* eve of Boy Scout Week. Calling the "Strengthen the A r m of Liberty*' program a "crusade," t h e Chief Scout Executive said its objectives were three-fold. T h e first goal seeks a h i g h e r quality i n e a c h of its three a g e level programs ;(;Oub Scouting for boys 9, 10 and'*Jb years of age, Boy Scouting for those 12 and over, a n d Senior Scouting for young men 15 and older. Better programs, said Mr, Schuck, will provide for fun and adventure. Boys will stay longer in the o r g a n ­ ization, h e said, acquiring more "know how" to face the problems '•of manhood. T h e Boy Scouts of America seeks to m a k e its programs available t o all boys who need) a n d want it. T h e second goal of more membership wilLbe -accomplished a s the quality of the programs Improve, M r . , Schuck says.- • T h e third goal of t h e crusade Is more volunteer leaders with p r o p ­ ter training i n Scouting techniques so t h a t they c a n furnish necessary leadership t o meet the first two major objectives. • D u r i n g Boy Scout Week m a n y of the nation's Local Scout Councils which administer t h e programs of , S a u t i n g i n sp»cjfife_a/ea*^>rlU- a n ­ nounce .their objectives in p r o g r a m ' etu*k*jne"ht, membership g r o w t h an<T Increased trained leadership. ThiswWm SCOUT LEADER Organization Founded On IN LONG CAREER U ^ L O i q i n . r » ^ i im SERVING BOYS * ' 'Strengthen Liberty' Is ctivity Scouts H This Year 'life. ....... : 5 A ! ; fi ! : w The Delta Area For The Past 43 Years ware & Implement Delta Grocer^ & Cotton Co. • m > orting The Boy Smms For The Past � 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 Camps Description An account of the resource Contains documents relating to other camps of the Chickasaw Council besides Kia Kima. Contains a subcollection for Camp Currier. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document i -^EI^ESOAY, FEBRUARY 9, 19491. CLARKSDALE, (MISS.) DAILY REGISTER AND DAILY NEWS » .'r' «rf ....... i t Boy Scouts Are Marking 39th Anniversary ThiswWm _____ * ' : ikM 'Strengthen Liberty' Is ctivity Scouts ' l i f e . ____ H This Year fchuck, Chief S'co*|t'Executive of the Boy ipa, has announced that the "Strengthen ($U8a<de§jviU bfe a major activity of i r g a n i z a t i ^ H s yiear a n ¥ in 1950. "The propertraining of youth takes on added importance in view of today's domestic and world-wide problems," says Mr. Schuck. ,'It is obvious that the boys of "tTOBy-^re trolMirto^herttrar world- -gituati^n^which-wt5^}^ tax their ability and their character to the utmost "There could be no more appro prlate celebration of our 40th anniversary in 1950 than to show America a Scout Movement surpassing in expansion and program anything we have previously rfached," Mr. Schuck: said in a message to the natlqn'r 643 Local Scout Counfcife on trie* eve of Boy Scout Week. Calling the "Strengthen the Arm of Liberty*' program a "crusade," the Chief Scout Executive said its objectives were three-fold. The first goal seeks a higher quality in each of its three age level programs ;(;Oub Scouting for boys 9, 10 and'*Jb years of age, Boy Scouting for those 12 and over, and Senior Scouting for young men 15 and older. Better programs, said Mr, Schuck, will provide for fun and adventure. Boys will stay longer in the organization, he said, acquiring more "know how" to face the problems '•of manhood. The Boy Scouts of America seeks to make its programs available to all boys who need) and want it. The second goal of more membership wilLbe -accomplished as the quality of the programs Improve, Mr. , Schuck says.- • The third goal of the crusade Is more volunteer leaders with propter training in Scouting techniques so that they can furnish necessary leadership to meet the first two major objectives. • During; Boy Scout Week many of the nation's Local Scout Councils which administer the programs of , S a u t i n g i n sp»cjfife_a/ea*^>rlU- a n nounce .their objectives in program ' etu*k*jne"ht, membership growth : an<T Increased trained leadership. Clark-dale boasts five Scout Troops and two Cub Packs. The Scout Troops meet weekly on 'Thursday nights and the Cub Packs meets monthly. Each ur.lt is headed by a capable staff of leaders. FIELD EXECUT_VK-W»lter C. B o g ' e t s ^ r r - j o m e d - H r « ' l i p r o f ^ c n^ staff of the Delta Area-Council in 1947 and has served in that capacity- since: Mr.-*Bc*erjr^s from Shelby and now makes his. headquarters in Greenwood... -L Harley E. Erb Is Scout Executive In This Region Harley E. Erb, Regional Scout Executive of- Region Five, comprising Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and Northwest Florida, is a native of Roanoke, Va., where he received his public school education and entered scouting as a Scout in 1912. Mr. Erb is a graduate of Roanoke College. Salem, Va. Immediately after graduation ho entered upon a business career in Cleveland, Ohio, and later in Bristol, Tennessee-Virginia. He was for 12 years so engaged and during the period was active In civic affairs, serving as Club President and Lt. Governor of Kiwanis international, President of the Retail Merchants Association, Director of the Chamber of Commerce, and a member of the American Legion and the Forty-and-Eight. Mr. Erb obtained the rank of Eagle Scout. In 1923 he organized a Troop In Bristol, Tenn.,-Va., serving a s Scoutmaster and earning his Scoutmaster's Key. He led in the movement to organize the Chief Genge Scout Council (now the Sequovah Council) at Bristol, and served in succeeding years as Scout Commissioner, Council President *nd acoat Executive. I n 1932 he became the Assistant Director of Interracial Activities promoting the Boy Scout Movement for the Negro Boy in the Scout Councils of the South. A year and a half later he was transferred to Memphis, Tenn., as Deputy Regional Executive of Region Five where his duties were primarily concerned with Council re-organization and financing. Mr. Erb became Assistant National Director of the Camping Service, B. S-A., on May 1, 1935, and then Administrative Assistant to the Director of the Division of Operations on Jan. 1, 1936. On Jan. 1, 1937, he became Regional Scout Executive of Region Five with headquarters at Memphis, Tenn. Mr. Erb Is a graduate of the 35th National Training School for Scout Executives, the Second National Cubbing School, and the Camp Director's Course. He is a member of the Memphis Rotary Club. He is married and has two boys. CHAIN OF COMMAND—Pictured above are the three Scout Executives who have administrative authority over Mississippi's Delta Area Council. They are ileft to right) Arthur A Schuck, Chief Scout Executive. Boy Scouts of America, with headquarters in New York City. Harley E. Erb, Regional Scout Executive of Region No. 5, with headquarters In-Memphis, Tennessee, and Charles E Hudson Delta Area Council Scout Executive, with headquarters in Clarksdale These three work under the national, regional, nnri council presidents but are the paid professionals who give their entire time to the Scout program and who more Lhnu anyone else, are directly responsible for the success of the program. Legends of Camp Tallaha Grow Out of Camp fires Editor's Note: Camp Tallaha, located near Charleston, Miss- is is the official summer camp of the Delta Area Council «The camp fires held each night during the summer camp periods are among the highlights of the camp week, and the following legend is one of the many that have grown out of the yarns spun around the blazing logs of a Tallaha campfire. Over the United States, more than 2,200,000 boys and their adult leaders are observing Boy Scout Week at present. Highlights of the -{nationwide- observance- will be In Washington, D.C., and New York City. __A_eport to .the Governor is being made in Jackson today by Scouts from over the State of Mississippi. The Delta Area Council is represented at the meeting; In Jackson. THE WHITE PANTHER Many years ago, before the white men came to America, the woods and hills of Tallaha were inhabited by a strong but peace-loving tribe of Indians called Choctaws. Led by the noble warrior, White Horse, the Choctaws set up camps by~the streams and in the fields, and they stalked the steep hills and the dense forests In search of the game which provided them with food and clothing- There was an abundance of wild -twe—irr-the hills arid* woods", 'so White Horse and his bronze-skinned braves always returned from the hunt laden with meat and fine skins for the women and children. The Choctaws were happy people, and the songs they chanted about their camp-fires were the peaceful songs of a peaceful tribe. Occasionally, though, White Horse and his people were threatened by the neighboring Chtckasaws. This tribe, equally as strong and equally as brave as the Choctaws, was led by the mighty Chief Tallaha. This great chieftain was known throughout ihe hills as thru out the Delta, no less famed was the great white panther which stayed at Tallaha's side Raised from a tiny panther kitten by the Chickasaw chief, the white panther had come to love Its master, and it followed tamely wherever the chief led., Even when Tallaha went into battle, the magnificent beast followed faithfully at his side, but in the clamor of battle the big white cat showed all the fierceness of its wild brothers in defending the life of Chief Tallaha Just as the Choctaws were a friendly tribe, so the Chickasaws also respected the rights and h u n t ing grounds of other tribes. But sometimes In the spring, rain fell for many days and the swelling streams broke from their banks and flooded the low-lying Delta land 'where the Chickasaws lived". Then the tribe was forced to flee eastward to the hills of the Choc* taws for safety, and the two tribes But the Choctaws never understood why Chief Tallaha and his were forced to use the same hunting grounds people were forced to seek shelter in the hills, and so they resented the violation of their homes and hunting grounds. Battles between the two always ensued, and • many braves were lost by both sides. One year great floods—greater than had ever been seen before— covered the Delta homes of the Chickasaws, arid as before Tallaha and his white panther led t h e people up into the hills and to safety: For many moonvjthe Chickasaws waited in the hull, but the : flood waters did. not return to the streams. Meantime, with both of the tribes roaming the hills and woods, game became harder and harder to find, and so, as before, the.Choctaws determined to drive the visiting tribe from its hunting grounds. In-the camps of. both tribes, the peaceful camp-fire songs gave way to bold war chants, and the warriors donned their war paints and prepared for battle. Then one day Chief Tallaha, his white panther, and the whole Chickasaw SCOUT LEADER Organization Founded On IN LONG CAREER U ^ L O i q i n . r » M I T O ^ l i i SERVING BOYS * ' National Pres ident Has Past Two A Distinguished Background Arthur A Schuck. Chler Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America, has had a long and distinguished career in the service of the boyhood of the nation. For more than 35 years he has been active in Scouting, both as volunteer and as a professional leader. In May 1948 the National Executive Board unanimously appointed him as the highest administrative officer of the- Movement. He took office on Sept. 1, 1948. Mr Schuck was born Jn Brooklyn. N Y , on June 20. 1895. After For three more days these two [engaging in Institutional work he mighty men fought all around the hilb. and woods where Camp Tallaha now stands Finally White Horse overcame Tallaha and left the Chickasaw chieftain mortally Inured, a gaping wound in his side, ut then, seeing his masters' daner, the white panther turned on ihe victorious White Horse and destroyed him The wounded Tallaha and the panther started back to their people, but on the side of the hill where Tallahn spring Is found, the .Chief fell and perished from his wound. The blood flowing from Tallaha's side mingled with the water flowing from the spring and lent a scarlet tinge to the running water Most people say that the blood from Tallaha's side still feeds the spring, for the water still runs red. As for the white panther, legend says that it never stirred from its master's side, but that it lay down beside the dead chieftain and gave UP its life, too. But If the white panther died, his spirit still haunts the Tallaha woods, for on quiet nights his padded tread may still be heard in the darkness of the forest, and at times his mournful wails rise above the other night Aolses to send spin-tingling chills tfown t h e backs of wfcary campers. TWO IN ONE The Delta Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America has a double cause for celebration this month, tribe j February 28 is the national annldescended on the Choctaws White iversary, February 24 Is the annl- Horse summoned every one of his ! braves to meet the attack .and a great battle followed After three days of furious conflict, dead or dying warriors covered the ground, and only the two chiefs and Tallaha's white panther remained to continue the fight. versary of the council It was almost exactly 25 years ago this month that a group from the Clarksdale Rotary Club summoned youth leaders from the surrounding territory and launched the move that was to bring about the birth of the council CUB PACK 2—Piotured above tho members of Clarksdale's Cub Pack 2, headed by Yerger Robinson. Cubmaster. The 30 or more members are shown seated in the foreground, while'Mr. Robinson, the den mothers, and many interested parents are shown- standing in the background. The pack has Just completed a successful year's work and is now beginning another which they hope will be even more successful. entered the Boy Scout Movement as a Scoutmaster at Newark, NJ. As a volnteer leader he also served as a District Commissioner, Scout Commissioner, Troop Committeeman, member of a Local Scout Council and member of Its Executive Board. In 1917 Mr. Schuck entered Scout ing professionally as a Scout Executive of the Lancaster, Pa., Council He served in a like capacity at Chester County. Pa., and Reading, Pa. After a successful experience In this local work he was selected Regional Scout Executive of Region Three, responsible for the organization and supervision of Scouting in Pennsylvania, Deleware, Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. In 1922 he became a member of the National Staff serving-in the Field Department as a specialist in finance and organization and in the capacity of a Director and Consultant. With the inception of the Divisional Plan of Operation In January 1931, he became Director of the Division of Operations of the National Council and for 13 years gave general supervision and direction to the operating program of the .movement throughout, the- n a tion. -In- May- 1944 'he was appointed Scout Executive of the Los Angeles Area Council and there conduote£ a demonstration of organized service to youth through Scouting that became recognized nationally for its outstanding accomplishments. Mr Schuck Is co-author of a book on "Financing Social Work" |sgnd has written many pamphlets and articles on organization and finance for social service organizations. He has long been active in civic work on a national and local basis. He Is a past President of the New York City Lions Club. He has served as a Vice Chairman of the National Education Recreation Council and is a member of the Rotary Club, the Masons, American Legion, the Elks and a member of the board of the Goodwill Indusstrles. Mr Schuck served as Deputy American Camp Executive at the Third World Scout Jamboree in the summer of 1929 when 1,300 American Scouts and Leaders camped with Scouts and leaders of 72 other lands Over 50,000 attended the Jamboree which was held at Birkenhead, England to mark tho "com" lng of age" of Scouting. In 1937. Mr Schuck was Executive Director of the First National Scout Jamboree, attended by 27,232 Scouts and Leaders at Washington, D.C. In 1939, he attended the Rover Moot held in Scotland. m "'IS on _4i_|-k&£| trs of the pof Sco«$|p|l the 30th *irtivers4ry'"ojc!-| The' nation's 2,200,000 rrt< America this week are marJd the organization. Boy Scott; closes February 12. The aninversary is being observed in every cit^r stick town and most villages and hamlets throughout theS*? tion lOttiuWeek $r*ni£d Sunday. • J • _ , _•_> ___„* Charles Hudson Serves Council In Executive Duty Charles E. Hudson came to the Delta Area Council on March 19, 1946, and Immediately assumed his new dtules as Scout Executive. He lived in Shelby, Miss., for a short time, later moved to Lyon, Miss., where he has made his home for the past few years. A married man, he has four children, two boys and two girls. The head of the council's professional staff Is a native of Manchester, Oa., later moved to Etowah Term., where he finished school. Mr. Hudson attended college at Berea College in the {Kentucky town of the same name. He graduated there in May, 193S, and the next fall started a teaching career in the Junior High School at Jenkins, Ky. Ju,st a year later, Mr. Hudson bowed out of the teaching profession when he was offered the_joh. of field executive in_ the Haxard District of the Lonesome Pine Coun oil at Hazard, Ky. He took the lob and held onto it until 1942 when he wait elevated to the job of Scout executive with the same council. i n . 1943, the future Delta~Ar*«* Council Scout Executive entered active duty in the U. S. Naval'Reserve. He finished his indoctrina- $ -4.:-' i Twelve outstanding; - Boy 0eouis>|| representing each' uf~the hatforrVr Boy Scout Regions; -will TtptmenXt America's 2#0jm Scontf j^f*^ leaders i n ceremonies a t W i s h i n g ^ . ton, D.O- and New York City dUc« - 1 they IffiiyffM yesterday. There tfae'**e«*its1»i^^,i boy. to- Saoutiac a , en*,, mm, i0m*imw>P>w*&$i e * n j t * ^ ^ ; * # . « t J » f , j W | # l i^ u_*ful]«_«J tf4h»?nai06h;i end of .Mt;*nfft- ttak cfc**-*ottiii1f* 40th aaruTyrsfry yeaiv T 3 * ^ ' Wmk a t ' i l > i l n g t o o . the pook CbmmunfcafIons Trsfolngat J ^ U r t of tl» iw$*yeW Harvard^ University. Eventually asslgne to the Garrison Beach Party, he saw active fighting as a Naval officer in the Pacific Theater. Upon his release from the Navy, Mr. Hudson attended the Second Advanced Training School for Scout Executives at Mendham, ^ . . p r e paratory to re-entering Boy Scout work. He was soon steered into the Delta Area Council and has been at the Job since. FIELD EXECUTIVE—C. 8. "Chuck' Thomas joined the professional staff in 1948. He lives In Winona. Miss., at present but serves the western part of the council, work lng out of Greenville. lng the week. Today, t h e entaie Me*N"#P& will i t cowml t Wimiftt*. & 3| f | Scout Oath or :Prom>|ie at'i:Ii.^]K> m. in the four toe Tjje ixfcrXoration is the ^ r i e ^ | W r » d « j r ^; aenranee of gouac Ai|ertca.; -t £50 y mi scout ltt^^pnm^tmmM 4 made a. ^^^^M^^kmi^t t h e ^ e ^ t ' ^ d i 9 i , a J L i | o r i ^ ^ | M r ? J i l summing u_T the" service, pro>seS§f andr aotiTltka- of Arc-rfca'ji T t ^ f e s c o u t - u n i t t , f N ; , l j|gi After their., stay to; Waabinsjtbn^ the Scouts will t ^ ' t o K e w Tort;;»:^ like*-United, MtkmA f < ^ { s k ^ a a _ -^ Lv__s*-*{3' the Statute of I i b e r t r rtllhtSu^m United l o t i o n s Bey Bcout tTiw^p. comprising sons of U.*tf. p e m i i s j e l .^ of many lands, and some New TorfcWt Scouts whose parents are of &x~M elan origin. The entire f r c ^ ^ U .% then .go t o the Greater mifTt&tp^ Scout Camp m a r Alpine, K ^ n S e ^ miles n o r t h of the George Wwhtog-. ton Bridge. ; fi Here on the W-acre^snwai^enn. campsite donated toy J o h n D.Rocked feler Jr., and Thomas. W. ikmont, f with funds for buildings coritffcuP 3' . ed by t h e Charles Haytkn-$bna**_ tion. the Scoots will' cxmp. overnight in the shadow of t h e ' n a - ^ tion's largest city. The programs of Scouting, lead-. i ! ers in the organlsstion, say, j«»P*|* Scouts to face the future, helping' ,|- to build a - n ew world with <on>*y struction, n6t dtstruction .fcs|the_J£ goal* Scouting to thef"*? nalkm* a recognised' by the B^'"Scoui Internattonsl Bureau has. an .enrollment of 4,40f,7ft> Scouts and leaders. They are striving, Scout kailors say. for a future of peaceful . . U v j o p^ where every man is a brother to every ..other man, regardlmTof^his;^ ra.ce._Jreed or cj___$_! r M . ^j Wendell Fsnt, as negro Scout Executive, Is conducting t h e wja_fc___ among Negro youth to the Delta Area Council. The inter-racial v: Scouting program is growing stsntly, according tot councU^authoriUes. > w The Delta Area For The Past 43 Years ware & Implement Delta Grocer^ & Cotton Co. • m > orting The Boy Smms For The Past Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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