Scout News

Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20498, 14 May 1938, Page 18 (Supplement)

Scout News

Well, you boys, -winter Is here again, but this does not mean that your outdoor activities are to cease. On the contrary, New Zealand has such a wonderTul climate ; that we can camp outdoors nearly all the | year round. So these fine Saturday afternoons get your pack on your back and go for a good hike. If you have not done much hiking do not attempt too great a distance the first time, as you will probably be fed up with yourseir, hiking, scouting, everything. and everybody Gradually Increase your distance and you will find that you will be able to hike quite long distances with comfort and thoroughly enjoy your hiking. So hike and camp with all your might this winter —remember 1940 is not Tar awav. See you in 1940. Cheerio. HAMUTANA

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK “ You will never leave footprints in the sands of time if you sit down.”

WELCOME CORNER Te Awamutu N. Whltehouse, L. Harding, M. Lofthouse and E. Beales. St. George’s G. Munn. Hamutana Rovers Dick Taylor, ex Ley's Rover Crew, Auck- . land. Hearty welcomes to you all, to the ■ great Brotherhood of Scouts. TE AWAMUTU TROOP Hullo: Hullo everybody! Station ROW on relay Trom the Te Awamutu Scout Hall. The meeting on Friday night was attended by a good percentage or the troop. Half the time was spent in games and the remainder at work. Four Smuts wore invested, R. Whitehouse, 1.. Harding. R. Lofthouse and E. Dealer. This brings our total up to no odd not odd Scouts, we hope:: Hamutana . So the 55 are no more. Second A. SUirtcliTc was given his Swimmer's Badge and N. Ilardv and L. Crosby were presented with the Reader's badge. Well, we are going to have another trip to Pirongia on the tf.th and we wonder or the Hamutana Rover? will be game enough to come. Now Station ROW is closing down. Good-bye, everybody. CL AUDELANDS we carried on our usual weeklv meet- ; ing on Monday evening, but owing to : school holiday- attendance was below the i usual standard. j We started oir with some keenlv conj tested -warm-up” games, and ' when | everybody was glowing. Tenderfoot and Second Class work was carried out and yet another boy passed bis signalling test. I It looks a- if id an de lands will be well re- ! presented by Second Glass smuts, if not First Glass, at the Jamboree in 1940. 1 After instructional work the patrols did i further decoration work around their ror- ! ners, which are beginning to look quite ! ‘ Scouty.” We hope that the bovs will j not rest with this effort but will improve i their corners as the year rolls on. We : then had cocoa and chatted over the warm drink until the time came to dismiss. The i i patrol banner was won this week by the ! Owls. i SCRIBE

By “Silver Wolf"

DAMIEN ROVER CREW Last Saturday evening, five members or tne crew, accompanied by live members of the Awatoitoi Rangers (we are good at this co-operation buslnessf journeyed to Cambridge to join the Robin Hood Rangers around their campllrc. We f.Pent a most enjoyable." evening with Robin Hood and bis merrte men,” and heartily thanked them Tor their Hospitality. The Robin lloods are certainly excellent hostesses. On Sunday arternoon wet set to work at lining the den or the Awatoitoi Rangers (which is, by the way, very handy to our dent, who were good enough to bring along a sumptuous afternoon tea for us “ hard working " Rovers. While at Cambridge we received some very disquletig news—that -Young” Ilendy, or the Hamutana?. Is taking up his residence at To Awamutu. Hamutana: What have we done to desene this? We never for a moment thought you would put one like that across us. Wo hope we can - take It.” Well, cheerio, for the time being—you’ll hear from us again. DAMIEN SPECIAL NOTICE Correspondents to this column are requested to refrain from using ink copying or very light pencils, as their use increases the eye-strain on the linotype-operators. ST. GEORGE'S . Despite the chilly atmosphere on Monday night we had a good attedance. although numbers were not so high a? usual owing to the school holidays. Seeing.that everyone looked eery cold new game in particular bein'-- very runny. We took it from the scout News or April T and advise you other troops to try iT. > As our S.M. was unable to be present ami as our A.S.M. had to leave early we devoted the rest or the evening to boxing, an art at which we are becoming quite efficient, and after everyone had halfmurdered each other we dismissed at 5.30. Cheerio till next week. ST. GEORGE’S. SOUTHERN CROSS TROOP Here we are again, still on the prowl Top new members. Our la.-t call for members did not meet with- the anticipated Jesuits, although we had one or two new boys roll up. Surely there are plenty of boys in Hamilton who would join up if only they were asked, so here’s the invitation. Come along to the Southern Gross Troop's meeting? on Friday night in the ball behind The r-tate Theatre. There is still alt the property that was leTt behind on the campsite after ou«- ! Faster Camp. Surely some or you Scouts I must own it. so come along and claim it: Hie cupboard resembles a second-hand j We want ail the troops in Hamilton to i meet in our hail on one night after the ' school holidays, but don't come along un- j til we let you know—we get quite a mint- j ber of shocks per night without having ' any of our lusty brothers from other ! troops piling in to defeat us in some new J Tangled rough and tumble. St. George’s Troop (or part of it) came

in last Friday night and of course we swept the floor with them a< usual. We ran through one or two items for outgames evening, about which we’ll top you next Saturday. The thing should g»o oIT all right. I see by last week’s notes mat the Te Awamutu Troup went for a little hike with the Damien Crew up Pirongia. T suppose that is pretty good Tor Te Awamutu. But look here you scouts, here's an tnvlta- , tion—just ask your S.M. if he can't ar-

range to get you through to Hamilton on# •.light after the holidays —preferably the same night we have the other troops along. We ll let you know that night. Of coui'f#, we don’t want to break the hall wide open su only bring about 150 or thereabouts. Well, cheerio, now until next week.