Scouting, Volume 63, Number 4, September 1975 Page: 27
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(Left to right, below) Red beret Scouts await uniform inspection.
Others reassemble bike in time race. Scout puffs fire to burst
water-filled balloon in Zuni Fire Surprise event. Atomic
Pioneering Scouts with ropes try to manipulate "atomic" bucket
from one place to another in a minute, without
jarring it and setting off alarm buzzer.
immattsit
Block long beef barbecue (above left) went over big with about
2,000 hungry Scouts after their days' action events.
(Above right) Scouts walked along a marked trail in the Electronic
Forest, identifying tape recorded sounds of nature — reliving words
from the diary of mountain man Elisha Stevens back in 1843.
when and where the troops would be registering, safety measures to keep
them free from humps and bruises, tent site locations, etc. — the meeting
took an odd turn.
"When do we set the house on fire, doc?" asked a corporal.
"Saturday, 8:45 a.m. Or should I say 0845?"
Then a Scouter's query: "And when's the bank robbery coming off?"
"Right after the fire," said the good doctor.
For a moment the slogan "Scouting Today's a Lot More Than You
Think" came to mind. But bank hoists and arson? What in heck was going
on here?
Dr. Gellert read my thoughts. "The bank robbery's an arena event. Re-
member the old Kim's
game? Well, we're going to
tell the kids that a rob-
bery S (continued on page S6)
Colonel Norman D. Harms, post
director of personnel,
congratulates the Golden
Knights of Troop 10, from
the San Mateo County Council.
Scouts carried home a carload
of gifts, plus 12-foot Campex-
West Thundi .bird *~>tem.
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Boy Scouts of America. Scouting, Volume 63, Number 4, September 1975, periodical, September 1975; New Brunswick, New Jersey. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth353698/m1/27/: accessed May 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Boy Scouts of America National Scouting Museum.