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Mother to Many
A letter recently received from a Scouter friend in Idaho is
surely worth sharing. Because enclosed in it was another letter,
one which came from a little gray-haired lady who had never
been married, but whom every kid in a little town in Idaho will
have cause to thank for years to come.
Here is her letter:
"I want to write to you about our Boy Scout Troop. You know
how hard we have tried to get some leadership, but there did not
seem to be any. Finally we got a school teacher here who said he
would take the Troop, but during the summer when he was most
needed" (— make note of that, you folks who plan on folding up
in the summer) "he would be gone. A young man in our office
agreed to help, but said he knew nothing about Scouting, so I got
out my Scout Handbook and let him read it.
"It was pretty hard for him at first, but now things are going
well. They have a camp out in the woods where they have cleaned
up the grounds and built shelters, and are getting permission to
open the creek for fishing for boys of Scout age.
"Last week they got together and cleaned up the town of trash,
bottles, etc. Most of them are earning money, too, so they can go
to summer camp.
"One of the other men in our office is on the Troop Committee.
Both of them are enthusiastic now. As one of them said, 'I'm getting
as much out of it as the kids are.'
"Well, I was so glad to have Scouting going again, I had to tell
somebody, and I knew you would be interested."
That from a lady who has no children of her own, no personal
reason to be concerned about Scouting's success or failure.
Most of the boys to whom she helped give Scouting will never
know about the part she played, but she is happy. She knows that
because of her interest they do have Scouting and they are getting
the experiences that help guarantee good citizens tomorrow.
Our hats are off to you, little lady in Idaho, and to all the others
like you who work behind the scenes, prodding consciences and
encouraging men to do the job that you know needs to be done.
The job that means so much to your community, to your America.
«
Editor.
SCOUTING is published monthly except August and bi-monthly June-July, and copyrighted 1953,
by the Boy Scouts of America, 2 Park Ave., New York 16, N. Y. Reentered as Second Class Matter,
June 13, 1946, at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. SCOUTING is
sent to Scouters as a part of their registration. Subscription to all others $1.00 a year. Edited in the
Division of Program; C. M. Heistand, Director.
Editor, Lex R. Lucas Associate Editors:
Managing Editor, Forest Witcraft Cub Scouting, Marlin Sieg, James Moise
Asst. Managing Editor, John C. Page Boy Scouting, Don Barnett, Ted Pettit
Art Director, Don Ross Exploring, Paul Moore, Ted Holstein
Production Director, George Corrado Circulation Service, Joe Williams
NATIONAL OFFICERS —BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
Honorary President, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER. Honorary Vice-Presidents, HERBERT HOOVER,
HARRY S. TRUMAN, WALTER W. HEAD, AMORY HOUGHTON, WAITE PHILLIPS. President, JOHN
M. SCHIFF. Vice-Presidents, FRANK G. HOOVER, FRANCIS W. HATCH, KENNETH K. BECHTEL,
CHERRY L. EMERSON, GALE F. JOHNSTON. Treasurer, HARRY M. ADDINSELL. International Scout
Commissioner, THOMAS J. WATSON. National Scout Commissioner, GEORGE J. FISHER. Chief Scout,
ELBERT K. FRETWELL. Chief Scout Executive, ARTHUR A. SCHUCK. Deputy Chief Scout Executive,
PLINY H. POWERS.
EDITORIAL BOARD
WHEELER McMILLEN, Chairman, EZRA TAFT BENSON, O. A. HANKE, FRANCIS W. HATCH, JOHN
A. JONES, ALBERT E. LOWNES, CHARLES McCABE, KEN McCORMICK, WADE H. NICHOLS, E. W.
PALMER, FRANK C. RAND, JR., HARRISON M. SAYRE.
JUNE-JULY, 1953, VOL. 47, No. 6
CONTENTS
^ FOR ALL SCOUTERS
This Is Preparedness 2
Jamboree Preview 4
All Alone 5
Birthday for Billy 6
Initiation Dues 7
Jamboree Dividend 8
Navajo Scouting 9
Indian Axe Handles 38
Dad's Day 40
CUB SCOUTING
Program Planning
Conference 10
Sports Carnival 12
Pack Picnic 13
Pack Round-Up 14
Cub Scout Games 15
Hobbies and Pets 16
Den Meetings 18
Pack Hobby Show 19
<£, BOY SCOUTING
Be Prepared Round-Up 20
Round-Up Check-Up Fix-Up 22
Planning for September 23
Fair Weather Troop? 24
Wanted First Class
Swimmers 25
Planning Makes it Happen! 26
Program Ideas 28
EXPLORING
Fireside Chats 29
Program Planning 30
Blue Ribbon Events 32
All Star Crew in Troop 34
White Water 36
I Married a Quartermaster 37
THIS MONTH'S COVER
Adventure is al-
ways in the air
when Cub Scouts
get together. Boy
Scouting will lead
them into larger
adventure, and
Exploring opens
the door to a
wide, wide world.
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