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service I ——1 FRIDAY SPECIALS V ' ; - I* * IT. 3^^ — u «/l STi^ xpr S ST r* ! Forty Years Of Boy Scouting In United States Is Reviewed In connection with the observance last week of the 40th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America, the fol lowing history of the organization has been prepared: PAGE The Firtl D*c«d«:1910-191l President Taft became Honor ary President of the new organ ization and at his invitation the first annual meeting of the National Council was held in 1911 in the White House. His successors in the White House have served as Honorary' Presi dents, and all showed keen in terest in scouting. Colin H. Livingston of Wash ington, D. C. became the first President, an office he held until 1925. Daniel Carter Beard was National Scout Commissioner, a post in which he served until his death in 1941, shortly before his 91st birthday. * James E. West, a young at torney of Washington, D. C n accepted the invitation to be the | administrative officer of the org anization. Dr. West opened the first National Scout Office at 200 Fifth Avenue, New York, on Jan. 2, 1911, with seven employees. Sixteen years later larger quart ers were required and the Nation-" al Office was moved to its present location at 2 Park Avenue, New York. Baden-Powell made*a tour of the United States in September 1910 explaining the program wherever he went. His timely visit pave great impetus to the organization work. The first of many National “Good Turns” came in 1912 when Boy Scouts promoted a campaign for a safe and sane Fourth of July. Scouts rendered valuable at Gettysburg, Pa., in 1913, aid mg the Civil War Veterans who gathered for the 50th anniversary of the famous battle there. Although a young organization, its members gave a good account of themselves rendering aid in the spring floods in Ohio and Indiana. This and other civic ser vice Jed Congress in 1916 to grant the organization a Federal Charter which gives Special protection to the name, insignia, terminology. Another Act of Congress protects the Scout Uniform. Service In World War 1 The Boy Scouts of America placed their full resources at the services of the Government in 1917 when this country entered the first World War. Then began a tremendous demonstration of boy-power, trained and organized for service. Scouts sold 2,350,977 Liberty Loan Bonds totaling $147,876,962; War Stamps to a. value of $53,043,698; located 20, 758,660 board feet of Walnut and the equivalent of a hundred car loads of fruit pits used in gas masks. Over 30,000,000 pieces of Government literature were dis tributed. Service in other ways included food and fuel conserve tion and the growing of thousands of Boy Scout War Gardens. The active membership at the close of the first decade, Dec. 31, 1919 was 462,060 Scouts and Leaders. Tha Second Decade: 1920-1929 The first World Scout Jam boree was held in England in July 1920. It attracted scouts from 37 countries including 301 scouts and 55 adult leaders from the United States. Since then the Boy a promi- * •toe'* 6MM5 DOC RCSCMKH CMTtR mm lANGUftCC HAS ITS SHORT WOOD FDR DOCS CAN? During the ice inclu IN 55" TIMES (iN A UTTLE MORE THAN A YEAR) SHOWN IN AMERICA CM- WALSINO WINNING TRICK OP EOGER- stdunc.a seorTrstnTRRiai, WON 25 "BEST IN SHOW 'awards r/ ANEW MASSACHUSETTS LAW MAKES IT MAH0U9RV NOR MOTORISTS TO STABP -fO* EITHER A*WHITB CANE*OR' . SSee/AfC £Y£*POG • ISM, Gaines Dog Rootarek Ctntor, N. 7. C. Haiglar Theatre Cor. Broad and Rutledge Sis. CAMDEN, 8. C. COMING ATTRACTIONS Friday and SaL, Feb. 17-19 TVO BIG HITS! No. 1 Charles Starrett as “Th£ Durango Kid? in ~ “REIVEG ADUST OF TKET' SAGE" No. 2 Tex WilUegta in - THE GIRL FROM GUN- BIGHT” Also Serial , “TEX GRANGER" Mon. and Tuea* Feb. 20-11 FIRST SHOWING IN CAMDEN! Richard Conte, Valentina Cor- tesa, Lee J. Cobb—“Jack Oakie” in THIEVES' HIGHWAY" Also News Wed. and Thun. Feb. 22-29 Robert Taylor, Lana Turner and Van Heflin in “JOHNNY EAGER” Also News and Serial Scouts of America had a pi nent part in furthering world wide aspect of scouting. Scouts served as aides and as guides at the limitation of Arms Conference in 1921. Outstanding civic service included forest con servation and the assistance at the Knickerbocker Theatre dis aster at Washington, D. C, and floods at Pueblo, Colo., and San Antonio, Texas. In 1923 the Lone Scouts of America comprising mostly rural boys, merged with the Boy Scouts of America. Where there are in sufficient boys in rural areas to form a Scout unit, a boy may become a Lone Scout carrying on his program with aid of an adult friend and counselor. There are several thousand such members to-day. In 1922 the Boy Scouts Inter national Bureau was established in London. Today there are 46 Boy Scout Associations register ed by the Boy Scouts Internation al Bureau with a total member ship in 1948 of '4,306,010 boys and adult leaders. The Second World Jamboree In 1924 brought 6,000 Scouts in mark, with 56 Scouts from the United States. The Third World Jamboree marked the “Coming of Age” of Scouting m 1929. It i the larrnt encampment held to date with 50,000 Scouts at Birk enhead, England,, with 1,300 Scouts and Leaden from the United States. Service In In 1925 Scouts gave outstand ing aid in the Illinois Tornado, California Earthquake, and the Louisiana Fire, and the follow ing year in the Florida Hurricane and the Arkansas flood. President Coolidge shared in the presentation of the first of the annual Silver Buffalo Awards “for distinguished service to boy hood.” A big Scout adventure came in 1927 when eight Chicago Sea Scouts sailed with the fiorden- Field Museum Arctic Expedition, north of Bering Sea. The follow ing year Commander Byrd took a Sea Scout, Paul A Siple, of Erie, Pa^ on his first Antarctic expedition and also in 1928 three Eagle Scouts accompanied the Martin Johnsons on a safari in Africa. The Second Decade closed Dec. 31, 1929 with an active enroll ment of 833.897 Scouts and Lead ers. . • The Third Decade: 1930-1939 In March 1930 President Hoover launched a development >rogram at a dinner in Washing- on attended by Cabinet Officers, which commemorated the 20th anniversary. The Cub Scout pro gram for boys of pre-scout age was launched that year. In 1932 the Ten Year Program of growth was started, seeking to enroll at east one boy of every four, keep- i in Scouting at least vice included the distribution of Defense Bonds and Stamps Pos ters air raid posters and other Government literature; collection of aluminum, waste paper and rubber. They ment Dispatch Bearers and help ed harvest crops in addition to raising victory gardens. Sixty-nine requests by the Gov ernment from 1941 to 1945 for Boy Scout war service were re ceived. The World Friendship Fund from voluntary gifts of Scouts and leaders to help re store Scouting in the war tom nations was inaugurated. The Fund, since 1944, has made avail able funds, totalling over $180,000. In 1943 Dr. James E. West, hav ing served as Chief Scout for 32 years, became the Chief Scout and Dr. Elbert K. Fretwell be came Chief Scout Executive for fiYe and a half years, until Sept. 1948 when Dr. Arthur A. Schuck, assumed the duties of the highest administrative office in the move ment. Walter W. Head of St Louis, who served as President of the National Council from 1926 to 1946 was succeeded by Amory Houghton of Coming, N. Y. During 1947 the basic require ments were realigned; tested and authorized, putting equal empha sis on Scout spirit, participation and Scoutcraft or skills. In 1949 in line with other progressive moves, the entrance ages were lowered by one year as follows: Cub Scouting to 8 years of age; Boy Scouting to 11 years of age and Exploring for young men be- ginmni; at 14. The Sixth World Jamboree, first since 1937, brought together 32,000 Scouts from 38 countries to France in the summer at 1947 with the United States Conting ent indudiof 1,151 Scouts and Leaders. In Feb. 1948 and Feb. 1949 President Truman received twelve outstanding Boy Scouts ia the White House who present ed to him a “Report to the Na tion” of Scout service to edmmuni- tie sthroughout the nation. * It included everything from simple usher service at charity entertain ments to aiding blood banks, traffic . surveys and collecting millions of pounds of food for the hunger here and abroad. In February 1949 the organiza tion launched its two-year Crus ade to “Strengthen the Arm of Liberty” to give more boys a richer experience in Scouting through better trained adult vol unteer leaders. The climax of the Crusade is to be the second National Scout Jamboree. It will bring 40,000 Scouts and Leaders to historic Valley Forge, Pa., next June 30 to July 6 to camp togeth er with Scouts of other lands. As the fourth decade came to a close on Dec. 31, 1949, the membership exceeded 2,300,000 boys and lead ers. America now has about 3C.000,- 000 telephones; 2,000,000 were ad ded during 1949. To Relieve Misery of^ ng them in Scouting at our years. That year Mrs. Jacob 1 Schiff presented to the org anization the Mortimer L. Schiff Scout Reservation at Mendham, N. J, as its national training center in honor of her son, a national leader in the movement for over two decades, and Presi dent at the time of his death in 1931. An American contingement of 406 Scouts and leaders attended the Fourth World Scout Jam boree in Godollo, Hungary in 1933 which brought 21,000 Scouts to gether from 46 countries. Scouts rendered outstanding throughout the depression. The radio call from President Roosevelt on Feb. 10, 1934 for a “National Good household furnishings, and other supplies for and distressed. the needy In 1925 when the 25th anniver sary was observed, the member ship passed thesone million mark. The ten millionth copy of the “Handbook for Boys" was pre sented to President Roosevelt at the White House in 1935. He was the first to become President with a record as an active Scout Leader, having Served as a found er and President of the Boy Scout Foundation of Greater .New York, Troop mittee of the Warm Springs, Ga., Troop. First National Jamboree At the invitation of President Roosevelt, the Boy Scouts of America held its first National Jamboree in Washington, D. C., in the summer of 1937, with 27, 232 Scouts and Leaders camping on both banks of the Potomac River. Froth this camp, an Ameri can Contingent of 814 Scouts and leaders went to Vogelenzang, The Netherlands for the Fifth World Jamboree. While long-term and short term camping has been a feature of Scouting since its earliest days, this activity received new im petus in 1938 by the gift made by Waite Phillips of the Phibnont Scout Ranch near Cimarron, New Mexico where each summer hun dreds of seasoned Scout Campers go for nigged Rocky Mountain camping experiences. Several thousand Boy Scouts and Sea Scouts rendered valiant aid during the New England Hur ricane in Sept., 1938. In 1939 and 1940 Boy Scouts rendered notable service to of ficials at the Golden Gate Exped ition and at the New York World’s Fair. At the latter, Scouts lived in their own camp adjacent to the Federal Building. - The- Third Decade’s -close the active membership on Dec. 31, 1939 as 1,357,993 boys and leaders. Tho Fourth Decade: 1949-1949 In 1940 the Baergency Service Corps plan was adopted for older Scouts. Methods for mobilizing Senior Scouts to render aid in times of disasters, and severe storms were developed. The en tire resources of the Boy Scouts * CAP -TUN £91 7. rA AW QUIT WORKVlNfr- MV US6D CAR. OCAceR WILL FIX MI UP VMTM AMOTHIR CAR THAT te m aoooaMM* CLBAN OUSPO' LBtOM*s Assocwcrto Awn era and a member at the Com be Boy So of America were placed at the service of the Government with the declaration of war. Boy Scouts in Honolulu and Pearl Harbor rendered valiant services immediately following the Pearl Harbor attack. It is estimated that over four million men in the Armed Farces once Boy Scoots or lenders. 1947 HUDSON....... Only $745.00 t 2-Door.... Nict Car 1941 DODGE hi S57S.N 4-Door ... Radio, Heater, ate. ... excellent mcehaiiteatty. 7—~ OTHER CLEAN CARS TO CHOOSE FROM SERVICE MOTOR CO. DODGE Phone: 109 PLYMOUTH S. 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