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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1966-02-23, Page 1511111 SIA FOS, r 23rd, MI y Scout Week, February 20To 2 as New Image In Spac�Ae Sodel I AMP he 1; extw 11ed ‘'. t. Sci vlai s and and .S Legio eek; rrang. io the was and g f wel its w. Doe, tee.. its a, • Sta. zit Eri lion and 1. intr' the ev 3sbridy his h. r years knowl. wher• to C. exte r ;e Whi ld;.also ismiss. coward mipirrmr... M .e 14.1AIwI�I!wilww to, . 'INTO *'7 W .+ f*: w - Ar!. TK -LUCKNOW SENTINEL, .LUCKNOW, ONTARIO. ` ' wn Scout Week, "February 20 to i11 not'only mark, the 58th. ersery of the'Scout Movemeflt id usher in, a new era•:for Ing in.Canada. ; more than 320,000 Canadiar, Cubs, Boy Scouts, Venturers, rand Scout leaders from' to coast will see changes in things from organization to • ties during the next few .years the time the Centennial is Spouting inCanada will be efts way towarda new look hing'the, best of past tradi.7. Akan .the .freshness of the a the Scout's image is .due faceslift, Small boys in pants selling apples andhelp- the old ladies across the will be a faded .memory' in and bey.,ond. In their' places e boys "Fit, for Service" in a -age society ---..boys more I aware of the problems ..fac- e .communities, in which . they of this will. come about • di new programs now being d by the Boy Scouts of Can- ed involving nearly every. of Scouting from national' gement methods to patrol duces. eWolf :Cubs, who arecele tg their 50th Anniversary this year, have already revised two vital areas of .their activities, in- cluding the. introduction of a new - proficiency badge scheme in 1965 and a five star scheme last month. The five star scheme, which re places the previous twc star system ' was' designed to provide more in- terest for the older Cub, yet att< ract new recruits at all levels in the;eight-ten year Cub age range, by introducing more challenge to the Wolf Cub program, By -assign- ing assign ing each"star an •equal,"rank,; it will also eliminate°the need for:i , .boy tiiprid'gress, step by; step,' through the Cub program and should therefore attract more re-. cruits at all ages. Perhaps the most 'exciting chan- ges in Scouting will come about in the Boy .'Scout section. A new program currently. being tested in the Peterborough area will. eventu . ally. affect Scout ages, badges, ,patrol;sizes, activities, and .lead= ership.and training techniques. If this pilot .project proves succ- essful, the new Scout program should be fully, approved for .genes al adoption throughout the country • by fall,. 1967.'.., It will mean the end of strict adherence to a' pre- Set prOgram beginning oi`.more "boy- centred" activities . Boyswill have more opportunity; to persue inter- ests"of their own,. - within the over. SUGAR AND SPICE by Bill Smiley all Scot* program " have closer linking with the community, and be 'encouraged to make greater use of outside resources, groups and individuals. For example, Scouts will take St, John Ambulance first aid courses, 'Red Cross Swimming courses, and Royal Lifesaving SOC• lett' lifesaving courses. , One of the major, changes will be in Scout age. Boys from four- teen to -seventeen -will g i-3rnto Venc. curer• sections, leaving the updated Scout.program for boys .eleven.to thirteen. In fact, although there isn't ani officiai Venturer,program as such, theoVenturer section has already been ,established and is .proving ex- tremely popular. It already boasts a Membership between 5,000 and 10;000 boys across the country : a growth unprecedented in the; his- tory of Scouting in Canada;' .In the two yearssince the Ven-- turer idea was first put forward; Venturer groups have: been formed to encompass such' modern activi- ties as go -carting, scuba and skin diving, ham, radio operating,, crim- inology , ` aircraft gliding and out! door -sports.. In many cases'the framework for the grouprh ve,) beep set up, by ,the boys. themselves Organized as. they are without adult interference 'or 'the restrict- ions of an established program, the Venturer groupshave under- lined the need of today's youth for more independence, responsibility and recognition.:. Boy Scout. offic ials are watching .with interest in' the hope -of using, the developing trends as a pattern:for an off- icial Venturer program The next two years will be in- teresting'and exciting ones for the Boy Scouts of Canada. The Boy Scout Week theme,, "Fit for Serv- ice" encourages boys to be ready. and willing•to help their commun ItieS; ' . . dfith ft ZD If Brings Out :The Best rhere's nothinglike an old - ;Wooed blizzard .to put that Icy creature, man, in his . . me. We're right in the' -middle a fourstar` dandy at the mo-. mt. It's been snowing and swing for 48 hours., with Bahl - 7 results..:The. world has be - me a wild; . white wilderness. id the people in it have be• me human beings. The creature man in his wis- m believes he has :tamed na- re. He will adnut, under :quiz-' ig, that he still: doesn't know eh about himself. But he is nfident that he . has brought' e natural world to heel. Normally, he thinks of nature something subdued, some- ing'to be used .for recreation, looking at and saying, "Nice, m't 'it?" • lt::takes I'rousing belch from at old trollop* Mother Nature, Nether ' it be in the 'form' of a ls, a hurricane, an earth - take or a fire,to set him right ick on his 'primitive heels.: And strangely enough, it is • ilywhen naturecomet up with one kind of 'a .spectacular that ak seems to. shed his, scaleof aterialism, , get down to his *virtues, and'.find out once Wm. What 'makes • the human lee to round in ever -diminish - 16 circles. Ordinarily, the Christian, vis• es areas easily' spotted as the eth'.fn a .hen who is drawing e old•age pension. But when ' ture gives a.' vast rumble bf ughter at the: little • fellows; d collapses the facade of crea- e comforts. which are the odern•day fetishes, the old vis% es brighten, the darkest ,cor- r.. Generosity, unselfishness, de- net', do•untaothers all the logs to which we Pay lip sere. suddenly flower when ople 'are 'getting 'a good kick the teeth frbm old Mother: When a blizzard is raging, or'. na miserable,' grouchy pro - in some of those thequail- s Pioneers are supposed have, had, People ' who wouldn't pick up 'the ` Queen s of England, even if she displayed a' sign. reading; "Buckingham Pal- ace or bust," suddenly start picking up hitch -hikers. P e op -i -e who ordinarily wouldn't give you : the time of daywill stop and shove you out of a - snowbank. People who. Wouldn't buyan apple from a Boy Scout will shovel out old: ladies' driveways. And .strangest of - all, they - smile . and grin and chortle while they're doing it. Not only: do they revert to hu 'Inanity. They return to a certain primitive pride indoing battle with the .elements. . People who will grumble for hours about a sprinkle . of rain that spoils a picnic, 'turn into giants when the big snow comes. They hump through the. drifts, They snort and stamp into work; half an hour late, as proud as • though they'd just crossed the Sahara, single-handed, without water. They die in their hundreds, frozen grins on their faces, clutchingtheir snow sho- vele. • • I speak from experience. This • morning, my neighbor, with , • whom I exchange a carefully amiable. greeting about every six' ' months, had managed' ` to. smash his. • truck through the three-foot drift" falls drive. And there he was when he mashed out, grinning 'like a gargoyle, motor running, to give us a 'drive :to work. And he. wasn't practising .one-up-manship:He, was being a good neighbor. Got to work, and 'found that one chap had' driven . through. -the' storm. for four•ant -a-half.' hours to make it on time. #Ie was slit -eyed, , unshaven, . and something of a hero, fol per. haps the, first time in his life. r hate to suggest It, in case old Mother N. is listening,_ but perhaps we• .need a few more blizzards, earthquakes, hole- . dusts ..and hurricanes. They work a lot better than nationally advertised B otherhood weeks. LOCHALSH 'AO* PlIFTiSiEN RIFUT HUR PUBLIC SPEAKING CO CONTEST IS, TO dE NOLO FRILAYI FEBRUARY Weekend visitors .with Mr. and .' Mrs. Gordon. Finlayson were Mr. and Mrs; Paul Emberlin and Mr: and Mrs: Bill. Rogerson and son, all of Toronto: 'Mr. Finlay MacLennan of Kit- chener spent the weekend with . ',Mr. and Mrs. T. A. MacLennan. Mr, and Mrs. Robert. Maclntosh and family are holidaying in Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Don :Ainsley and family' of :Toronto spent the week- end with. Mr, and Mrs, Frank Mac- Lennan. Recent visitors with Mrs:. Donald MacKenzie were Mr, and: Mrs. Glen Carter and family. of Londes- born. Mrs; -Henry 'MacKenzie was' hos-. tess:to a Tri -Chem party on Fri -- day evening when Mrs. Bill Cott- rill of Tiverton demonstrated painting.with Tri -Chem. 'Recent meetings at Ashfield . Presbyterian Churchwere the • T,- and the Board of Managers. Whitechurch' SfyleItes (Whitechurch News) Oh Monday evening Whitechurch Stylettes met at the home of Miss .Sandra Fisher. • The president, Pamela King, opened the meeting with the Pledge., • ' Diane Coultes read the minutes, The Roll Call was answered by the six members- telling of their tie dyed scarf and one exhibited hers which she had completed. The: next 'meeting will be held next Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Ezra Scholtz. . • • Discussion was held on Achieve- ment .Day; selection and careof hats and shoes. , The making.and * blocking of headsize ribbon was demonstrated and members corn- pleted.all their samples for,their Record. Book, . The hostess served lunch. IN. RIPLEY-BURON CENTRAL SCHOOL: "AUDITORIUM • . AT t O'CLOCK EVERYONE-. WELCOME Bob. McAllsster. Again Heads wuran Hog Group` Just 32 hog' prociucers'attended the annual 'meeting of Huron Coun- ty Hog Producers Association, in the Legion Hall in Clinton insharp con- trast to the :over flow crowds which attended such ;affairs a few years . ago. President Robert McAllister, of West Wawanosh, who was re=elect-` ed to this post, convened the meer •ing. Vice-president is Gordon :.Ell- iott .. Seaforth, and. Jlrner Ireland , • Wingham was re -named secretary-• treasurer... Directors at large are:. George Campbell, Seaforth;: John Semple, Bayfield; .,Mr. Ireland, Warren Zur brigg. Clifford;. Simon Hallahan Belgrave and Frank Hill, RR 1 Var na; All 16 township, directors were re-elected except in Hay Town- ship, where Lionel Wilder will re- place Ross Love. With hogs selling at $44..65 on the Toronto market that. day, .dir- ectors rectors appeared tofeel that .the ex- cellent-price.for hogs'+was'one reas on why: not many. producers attend7 ed the meeting. The following da y, price went: up to $45, in 1`oronto. Guest speaker, Howard Huctwith,, Forest,, whonis president of the onr ario Hog Producers Association. suggested that farmers should not .. be afraid of subsidy if this it nec- essary. He, noted that the CNR :is. subsidized by government to the tune of $50 Million a Year, for the purpose of paying good wages to • tht,,employees, and to subsidize industries that ship freight by train. The shipping industry" : said Hucr with;"is subsidized in the same way." He suggested that the floor price for hogs should be production cost. -and that 32 cents was a realistic figure' at the present time.(Supp- ort price now is just. $22.95): "'believe•it is only right and, reasonable that those who produce food should be subsidized also.for', the same'reason for fair -wages, and profits for the industry," said Huctwith. He explained that surveys had showrw consumers' "have `::no real de- . - sire vfor cheap food at the expense of the. farmers,;. "Consumers can 'afford the increase," he 'said,:. He urged that .government' money be used for researchinto ways ' to increase efficiency, since cheap food benefited city. folk as. much Y as the farmer. "Farmers' money would be geared to research the profit angle," he said. PLE NOME DELIVERY alesmen Wan -SALARY AND COMMISSION WILL EARN GOOD SALESMEN AN EXCELLENT IN- COME YOU MUST BE ACTIVE AND INGOOD HEALTH --WORK CONSISTS OF'�DELIVERING, SEL- LING, COLLECTING AND SECURING . -NEW CUSTOMERS. EXCELLENT ' . 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