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SCOUTERGRAM
Dates and places of the 1965 Re-
gional Explorer Delegate Conferences
are: I, June 14-16, University of
Connecticut, Storrs, Conn.; II, June
21-23, Syracuse University, Syracuse,
N.Y. ; III, June 24-26, Penn State Uni-
versity, University Park, Pa. ; IV,
May 3-5, Fort Knox, Ky. ; V, May 3-5,
Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla. ;
VI, June 7-9, Rock Eagle Camp, Eaton-
ton, Ga. ; VII, May 3-5, Great Lakes
Naval Training Station, 111.; VIII,
April 26-28, Continental Hotel, Kansas
City, Mo. ; IX, June 6-9, Baylor Uni-
versity, Waco, Texas; X, June 21-23
Carleton College, Northfield, Minn.;
XI, June 13-15, Lewis and Clark Col-
lege, Portland, Ore.; XII, June 28-30,
University of California, Davis, Calif.
First ever to reach 100 per cent of
members subscribing to BOYS' LIFE was
Lebanon County Council, Pa., in De-
cember, 1962. In fact, they also had
some adults subscribing and went 1.4
over the 100 per cent mark.
Teams in the third annual Explorer
National Bowling Tournament will com-
pete on their home lanes between April
20 and May 4. Entries closed March
31, and the American Junior Bowling
Congress is sending out official score
sheets with handicaps assigned. Tro-
phies will be awarded national and
regional champions.
These all-time highs in membership
were recorded on December 31, 1962,
thanks to the efforts of Scouters in
bringing the program to more boys:
Cub Scouts 1,892,797, Boy Scouts
1,708,707, Explorers 307,981, total
boys 3,909,485, adults 1,412,682, to-
tal boys and men 5,322,167, packs
50,106, troops 63,314, Explorer units
21,969, total units 135,389. The Ex-
plorers' gain of 7.5 per cent over the
previous year was the highest of all
categories.
As many as 100 international camp
counselors from European countries
will be available to Boy Scout camps
in the U.S.A. this summer. Forty-five
councils have indicated an interest
in having them. Other councils should
write the Camping Service at once if
interested. All counselors are at
least 18, have Scout training, speak
English, and work for a fee of $250
plus board and lodging from June 27 to
approximately August 22. Camp direc-
tors rated the 35 in the 1962 group
as excellent.
April observances that Scouting
groups might wish to support are Na-
tional Sunday School Week April 8-14,
National Library Week April 21-27,
Bike Safety Week April 22-27, Teach-
ing Career Month April 1-30.
A new, simplified Health and Medical
Record, No. 4410, is fresh off the
press. It replaces all others used by
the Boy Scouts of America for Cub
Scouts, Boy Scouts, Explorers, and
Scouters (adults) in connection with
camp, jamboree, and our fitness
program.
Six more merit badge pamphlets have
been recorded for blind Scouts: Ath-
letics, Citizenship. First Aid, Home
Repairs, Music and Bugling, Nature
Study. Previously recorded were Book-
binding, Camping, Firemanship. All may
be borrowed from Recordings for the
Blind, 121 E. 58th St., New York 22,
N.Y.
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Awards of bronze medals and $500
each were presented in January by the
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission to three
16-year-old boys who had also re-
ceived honor medals from our National
Court of Honor for heroism in life
saving. They are Larry D. Hoppe, Troop
48, Winnebago, Minn. ; Everett P.
Evenson, Post 175, Eugene, Oregon;
and Charles S. Brashears, Ship 540,
Bremerton, Wash.
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