Scouting, Volume 60, Number 1, January-February 1972 Page: 11
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Colorado State University, Fort Collins,
Colo., June 23-30. To be eligible your
post must be among the top three win-
ning units in local council Olympics.
Contact your council for details.
will create American power, and
the cries in the streets will
change from 'burn, baby, burn'
to 'build, brother, build'."
ECOLOGY TRAINING. A new
wology workshop for Srhiff Scout
Reservation near Mendluim.
is scheduled lor .Scouts—14 and
above—and Explorers. Dates are
.Inly 2-14, July 10-22, July 2: -
August 4, August t>-12, August 111-
15* and August 20-26.
• The annual l*hilinont Conserva-
tion Training Camp for older
Scouts—14 and above—will be
held at Philniont Scout Itanch and
Explorer Rase near Cimarron, N.
Mex. Dates are June 1 1-22, June
25-July <>, July !)-20, July 211-
August 3 anil August ( -1 7.
SILVER BUFFALO. Reverend Leon
H. Sullivan, pastor of the Zion
Baptist Church in Philadelphia,
Pa., has received the Silver
Buffalo, Scouting's highest na-
tional award, at special Septem-
ber ceremonies in Philadelphia.
The recognition is for distin-
guished service to boyhood on a
national or international scale.
Reverend Sullivan is the first
man to receive the Silver Buf-
falo at other than an annual
meeting of the Boy Scouts of
America. He was unable to re-
ceive the award as scheduled at
the BSA's annual meeting in
Atlanta, Ga., last May. Respond-
ing to the presentation, he said,
"I hope the volunteer spirit of
Scouting will seep into every
crevice of the city and the
nation. Then black power and
white power working together
WORTH NOTING. The second an-
nual Philmont workshop on Scouting
for the handicapped is set for July
19-25. Reservations must be made
through local councils by May 1.
• Commissioner Brantley Blue, a
member of the Indian Claims Com-
mission in Washington, D.C., is chair-
man of the 15th American Indian Tri-
bal Leaders' Conference set for August
in Flagstaff, Ariz. A Lumbee Indian, he
is a Life Scout and a veteran Scouter.
He succeeds Spencer Queton, a Kiowa
from Lawton, Okla., as conference
chairman.
• Help broaden Scouting's influence
by remembering the Boy Scouts of
America in your will. The suggested
bequeath form is: "I hereby give, de-
vise, and bequeath to the National
Council, Boy Scouts of America (or
your local council), in the City of
North Brunswick, New Jersey, the
sum of dollars (or otherwise
describe the gift) to be used for the
general purpose of the National (or
local) council."
• Ken Humphreys, veteran Memphis,
Tenn., Scoutmaster, has been ap-
pointed to the Tennessee Historical
Commission. Scoutmaster Humphreys
is best known as the founder of the
Shiloh Military Trails which have been
hiked by more than 175,000 young peo-
ple during the past 11 years.
• Woodsy Owl, wearing a Robin Hood
hat and forest green pants, is the U.S.
Forest Service's nationwide symbol
for fighting pollution and improving
our environment. With the theme,
"Give a Hoot! Don't Pollute!" Woodsy
Owl's story is told through posters,
decals, bumper stickers and coloring
sheets available from U.S. Forest Serv-
ice offices.
WORLD SCOUTING. The XIV
World Jamboree will be held
near Oslo, Norway, in 1975.
Attendance will be limited
to 15,000; quota for the
Boy Scouts of America is
1,500 boys and leaders.
• Irving Feist, immediate
past president of the BSA,
has been elected to a 6-
year term on the Boy Scouts
World Committee, replacing
Thomas J. Watson, Jr.,
of the U.S.A. The World
Committee governs the
operation of the World
Bureau of Scouting, includ-
ing finances, personnel,
program and promotion.
• American Scouters John
S. Lott, a member of the
training committee for the
World Bureau, and Gilbert
R. Pirrung, International
Commissioner for the BSA,
have received the Bronze
Wolf from the World Scout-
ing Conference. The award
is given for distinguished
service to World Scouting.
OFF THE RECORD. "Scouting
Rreaks the Song Barrier" is o 11
new LP stereo album with up-
dated oldies and lively new tunes
—with printed words for all
songs included. A morale builder
for training courses, parents'
nights, roundtables and other
Scouting events. Ask for BSA No.
3045, $2.69, at your local Scout
distributor.
BOOK BROWSING. Woods and
Lakes of Maine by Lucius L. Hubbard,
New Hampshire Publishing Company,
Dept. SM, 1 Market Street, Somers-
wortb, N.H. 03878, 223 pages, $6.95.
A reprinted classic of the author's canoe
trip with Indians through the lakes of
northern Maine and down the Penobscot
and Allagash Rivers almost 100 years
ago. Includes origins of Indian names
and legends in that area. Top back-
ground reading for Scout and Explorer
groups headed for the BSA's new
Maine-Matagamon National Wilderness
Base near Patten, Maine.
What Bothers Us About Grownups,
edited by Russel Hamilton and Steph-
anie Greene, Stephen Green Press, Dept.
SM, Brattleboro, Vt. 05301, 184 pages,
$5.95. Kids sound off about adults,
big brothers, teachers, relatives and such
things as drugs, smoking, swearing.
Their views, expressed in questionnaires
to 9 to 12-year-olds, are always candid,
often funny, surprising.
People Helping People, U.S. Volun-
teers in Action, write to U.S. News and
World Report, Dept. SM, 2300 N Street
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