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BOY SCOUTS
New District
Further to the recent visit of
Mr. H. .MacAllister to Goullhlur, ar
'ranlged llunder the altsl)ices of the
Liberty League, an association h11i
been formedt1 to help the mlovemllent
in "his district.
The district executive hasf been
appoilnted and ai:. AMr. A. Gpodhew.
president; )r. IR. O. Wllianlts, vice
prealdent; All. J. H. r. Lloyd, chair.
nianl; Mr. C. McBlenthl;; treasurer;
tI'. R. E. Cooper, secretary; Mr.
D. A. Fowler, district cotntisseioner;
Alr. C. hntls, distrlict. scoutmaslter
lRev. Catlon Ki]ng, Messrs. S. P. Pllln
F. Lockwood, F. J. iiuggett, It. 11.
lHancock.
The boundaries of this dlsltric
lknown os the Central Southern Dis
trict, will include the city of Goul
hburn andl towtns of (ltttGunning, YIisY,
lturrinjtuck, Dlnalong, Ilownling,
Iloorown, Crookwell, Taraig.a \V\'i
cello., .Marulan antld 1tratdwood. Scout
Troops ore not functioning ii all of
thcee ,towns, and it Is the aimt of the
executive colmmlittee to fortll theml as
soonl as possible. T'ihere Is a great
call on the younger mnen to-day to
loin the forces and tihe nlovelent.
is losing its available scouters to
stlch an exstent that some of the
trootps have been clarri ed otn by the
patrol leaders in tan endeattvotur to
keep tile lmoveenett alive. It is aons'
ntrable thait tilhe boys have sonic
iperson to take chllarge of theml 1ta11
give thllem the Itraining so necesary
for building ill citizens for to
Illorrow.
The dl!strict colnnltssioner or dis
trict secretary woutl bie ploeed to
leanr from anyone who feels Ihe ctlldt
be of service by becomling it scouter.
The training of scoutters can be
•trranged, and onle does tnot IhavVo to
be lan old scott 'to fulfill tile ruall
flcatlolns asked for.
WHIIAT IIT M1EANS
The boy of ,to-day is tile man of
to-thorrow,', oy Scoutoa? tire trained
to le ' f Abrvice to' tile 'co lntttnity
and tauglit''t'o' takh 'cale of them
selves. In the' etlib 'rootl'e'alitd out
doors, games and outings are it t
dulged in with the underlying'prin-
tipal, that of sel'-reliance, adtiptab
lilty, physical ft tiness, fI'at lne , toLtl
spirit tand( the eassentials of real
character uiltllding. They are lauglit
handlicrafts ,to fit tthemnselves for
trades, how to read good litera
ture, first aid to the injured, cleran
liness and its mleaning to themllselves
and the whole commnunity.
There are 80 badges covering
such a. wide field that any boy Is
ahle to follow contaln lines of his
ntutral calling. Thle nmovement ito
teaching tihe boy to take his place
In life,
Scouts in all parts of thte world
are helping int the war effort by co
opterating with A.tt.P. and N.E.S.,
anld generally maitlng themselveso
useful. In London, at £3/10/ na -ton,
thie 3i,000 tone of waste pa)per col
lected tby scouts in the first .twelve
moants t of the wtar replreslented a sutll
of nore than £100,000, mlost of
which has been icontributed 'to Red
Cross and other warl' charitles.
l'The tloy Scouts have proved tlhem
solves, btuit thOdy" ito 'need all' the
suppll)ort they cton get. Catl yn' lleljl?
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