Scouting, Volume 24, Number 11, December 1936 Page: 4
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Christmas
Good
Turns
PRACTICALLY every Scout
Troop undertakes some special sort
of Good Turn at Christmas time.
We are passing on to you the accounts
of four Troops that may have sugges-
tions for you to consider in your own
Troop. The editor has not selected
these Troop Good Turns—fine as they
are—because they are outstanding but
rather because they are typical and
likely to prove suggestive to others,
so don't feel upset because an account
of what your own Troop did is not
here. The editor will be very glad to
hear from you as to what your Troop
undertook in 1936, and while it may
not be possible to publish your report
in full it may have suggestions that we
can make available to other Scout
Leaders.
From Cincinnati, Ohio
From the Cincinnati Council comes
an account of Troop 55 It is a Ten
Year Veteran Troop, which contrib-
uted last year over 1500 toys, repaired
and distributed them and thereby
added greatly to the success of the toy
campaign annually conducted by the
Council. Credit for this fine record is
given by the Council to the interest
and energy of the Scoutmaster, Leo
Hopkins.
From Helena, Arkansas
Troop 13 of Helena, Arkansas, with
the aid of some members of Troop 14,
cooperated with the Goodfellows in
repairing and delivering toys and food
to the less fortunate people. For three
years Troop 13 has been in charge of
this work and they have a systematic
campaign planned. Last year the work
began on December 13th, and con-
tinued until Christmas Eve. The toy
repairing department was divided into
three divisions, the gathering of the
toys, repairing the toys and painting
the toys. The Chairman of the Good-
fellows put a boy in charge of gather-
ing the toys, gave him a list of places
where he might get good results and
told him to get to work. Some toys
were brought in but most of them were
collected by the gathering committee.
As fast as the toys came in they were
sorted and the toys that needed me-
chanical attention were put into the
hands of that division, while those
that needed only painting were turned
over to the painters. When they were
through the toys looked like new
Two days before Christmas the food
collections were brought in. This food
was bought with money given to the
Goodfellows for this purpose, or con-
tributed by them. Large baskets were
placed in line and each boy went along
each row putting some article such as
candy, nuts, lard, sugar, flour, pota-
toes, etc., in each basket.
On Christmas Eve all the Scouts in
the Troop reported at their headquar-
ters bright and early. The town was
divided into divisions and a truck
and a number of Scouts were assigned
to each division. All morning and part
of the afternoon was spent in deliver-
ing the baskets and it was a joyous
occasion for the Scouts. This account
was sent by Edward Little, Scribe.
From San Francisco, Cal.
Troop 126 of San Francisco, Calif.,
also specializes in collecting and repair-
ing broken toys. Last year was their
first experience and they served 63
families with a total of 216 children
to whom they gave toys, games, dolls
and books. Scoutmaster J Franklin
Reid writes as follows:—
"At first the delivery of the toys
was just a lot of fun, but when the
mother of three small children broke
into tears and became mute with joy
the fun changed to utterances, 'Gee, 1
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Send in your Reregistrations Now if They Are Due
SCOUTS' CHRISTMAS GREETING.
As deep-toned bells from near and far
Proclaim the Savior's birth,
The Scouts are wishing joy and cheer
To all, and Peace on Earth
'Round hearth-fires bright may
laughter ring,
And hearts be light and gay,
For Scouts are wishing EVERYONE
A perfect Christmas Day
—Marguerite Flagg Anderson.
wish we could give them more.' An-
other one was so happy she cried.
'Gosh, this makes me happy, too.' The
little boy who received the engine
wagon grabbed it, let out a yell and
broke into a million dollar smile. The
little girl who waited all her life for
skates almost kissed the Scout who
finally gave them to her This Scout
will never forget making that little
eight-year-old girl happy One little
girl dressed in a ragged hand-me-down,
cried as she clutched and kissed her
new doll."
From Roswell, New Mexico
From Roswell, New Mexico, comes
the account of how Troop 46 started
a new Troop tradition last year. Scout-
master Louis E. Fay, Jr., writes that
the Scouts decided to give a Christmas
party for the younger Mexican child-
ren. This was well organized. The
Scouts approached a wholesale candy
dealer and asked for boxes of candy,
which had been damaged in shipping.
A number of boxes were donated, the
boxes damaged, but the candy in good
shape. Next they got a tree and bor-
rowed the trimmings. The day before
Christmas they divided the candy and
trimmed the tree. Over one-hundred
children from the Mexican colony
came. The Scouts had a program of
games and then marched by a table
where each child got its candy. This
was the only Christmas that many of
these youngsters had.
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