The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1962-02-22, Page 13Caves, a collection of :tunnels out there was some plare to
And passages formed by enor, go. It was a bit cool end a
Matte limestone rock which bit clamp: 41 times but all was
piled .up from the ,slide back of taken in stride by the .e.n.thu.-
a ;lacier thousands of years s,astic Rovers.
ago, Now a full year has pficri
Op October 21 and 22, Doug around and the First At:mil/et'',
Hodgson and ,John .MaeNaugh , sary of the itixeter Rover Crew
ton attended the First Ontario is here
Royer Conference at St, Ca, Members of the Exeter crow
Owlet's, Here the Revere took ere Jim Sweitzer, Doug tioelg•
part in the discussion group KM, Barry Grainger, Gary
of activities and problems of Wedlake, Fred SeRies and John
a Hover Drew, A fine report MacNaughton, Three Re, w
was brought back by our two Squires are Ted Wilson, Brian
delege tee. Wediake and Jerry Drysdale,
Slime part of the Rom duty Hensell,
is service, this winter the New that Exeter' has a Rover
yore are shoveling snow for Crew the Boy Scout movement
elderly citizem of town. in Exeter is complete — Cubs
In. January of this year the Scouts and Ravers, With two
camping, whether it .15 silii a fine group of men and elti-
mer or winter there is fun to zells should h c developed
be bad in the great outdoors , through the organization.
The Rovers built a shelter in S y supposting the Boy
the fen and mend it with Scout movement, you ton are
evergreen and later snow. Then helping to build the youth of
when it came time to camp our community.
Rover cr e w spent the weekend Scout troops to supply the crew
SCOUTS LEARN KNOTS—Patrol Leader George Hinton
teaches knotwork during Scout training period. From
left, Brian MacLean, Brian Sweitzer; P14 Hinton, Bill
Beaver's and Jim Parsons,
"TO DO HIS BEST"
GUIDES LEARN KNOTS TOO—These Guides practice
up on their knots. From left, Patrol Seconds Terri Laugh-
ton and Lana Keller; Patrol Leaders Shirley Genttncr
and. Helen Campbell; Patrol Second Cai'olynne Simmons.
BROWNIES HAVE FUN!
ItRST AID TEST—Cub Norman Hovey ties' large sling
On Jim Hackney while Jim Parker, centre, approves.
This is part of test for first aid proficiency badge„
WOLF CUB INVESTITURE—New Chum Thorny Stover
is presented with his group neckerchief by Akela Harold
Sissons after taking his Wolf Cob promise during in,
vestiture ceremony February 7.
LEARN TO SEW, DARN--These Brownies are learning
to sew on buttons and darn by making hand puppets,
Back row, from left, Ruth Whiting, Cathy Catm, Sherry
Ford, Marian Hem front, Catherine Bentley, Libby
Bell & Laughton
Phone 235.0440 Exetet
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14.0V.ER CREW ONE YEAR OLD GUIDES TRY TO 'BE .HAPPY
•deNliP. MisS. Marion WOWS
and Mrs, .Gordon Koch 'n 2030.
The first registered company
in 4Neter was !under the' gui-
danee of Iisa. Mary canton its
1046. These meetings were
held in the Old Legion build-
ing, presently occupied by
Jake's. Plumbing,
(raiding has epreed to all ten
provinces of the Dominion and
as far north as the Arctic
Circle. There are 28 full mem-
ber countries of the World As-
sociation of Guides.
The World, Association main-
tains three hostels for all
members of the movement:
our Ark in London, England;
Oer C:li a le I, in. Adelbodena
Switzerland; and Our Cabana
located in Cuernavaca, MeNl•
co,
Our aim is to help girls to
prepare themselves for happy,
useful lives, They develop ha-
bits of observation, obedience,
self-reliance; become in o r e
thoughtful, useful and handy;
and above all else realize
what they owe to their God,
to their Queen and to Canada.
1.1 is open to every girl who
wishes to join irrespective of
race, creed or colour.
CUB PACKS ARE ACTIVE
February 22 is the joint birth-
day of The Founder and his
wife Olave, our World Chief
Guide. It has been called
"Thinking Day" and it is set
aside by all the movement to When a girl becomes II, she
think of their sisters and bra- joins a Guide Company a n
thers in other countries, who becomes a member of a patrol
have made the same promise of six. or eight. This is her
as we did and still do, little gang, where she will
The first company in Exe- find something constructive to
ter was formed under the lea- interest her.
By RA014 4!istgiTZ..gg
Rover Skipper
One year ago this month the
let Leeter Neutseneiptit ..flover
Crew MO formed,
FPI' these that don't know
'that 'Items .Are, let lee
born to
Rovers ,are group of boys
between the age of 16 to 21.
Who are interested in staying
with the Boy Scout Movement
and widening their seope of
knewiedge in order to become
better citizens and better men
who can be of greater service
to their ceminunity,, it is the
period of a boy's life when his
view s change from those of a
boY to those of a men.
In FebritarY of 1901, with the
aid of the 40 Ciederich Rover
Crew', the Exeter Crew was
formed, Jim Sweitzer was
elected "mate" and Doug
DocigsoM secretary • treasurer,
M rOn 4961 the first .lin-
ron District Rover Rally was
held in Coderich and an enjoy-
able weekend was had touring
the salt mines, lake boats
and grain elevators.
June brought good weather
and the camping spirit, On
Line weekend a "serviee pro-
ject" was organized and the
"Crew" did a weekend repair
job on ,the swing bridge on the
farm of Orville Ford near
varna.
Labor Day weekend was the
time of the Ontario Provincial
Rover Moot et Turkey Point;
on Lake Erie. This was our
first Rover Moot and a com-
bined camp with. Godcrich Rot
viers made for a pleasant week-
end, There we met the crews
from as far away as Kapasha•
sing,
The Rover moot is where yott
can exchange plans and ideas
'A' Pack
Here are the highlights of
the activities of "A' "Pack
Cubs during the past year:
January '61 — Cubmaster
Harold Sissons received his
Wood Badge; ACMs Jim Glahb,
Mrs Harold .1-linton and Mrs.
Sissons received their basic
training certificates,
February '61 — In addition
to the Father and Son banquet
and the church parade on Ba-
den-Powell Sunday, a window
display competition was held
for Boy Scout Week, The best
projects displayed were made
by Claude Pratte, Randy We-
ber, Allen Green, Barry Witte,
Ricky Weber, David Frayne.
March '61 Winners in a
conservation contest were Red
Six, who compiled the best
scrap book, and David Hin-
ton of Grey Six who submitted
the best essay. These articles
were awarded a plaque for
meritorious entry from the Cub
Conservation Contest. During
Easter Week the Cubs again
colored eggs and sent them to
the hospital for patients'
breakfast trays.
May '61 — Sixteen Cubs
from the pack attended week-
end camp at Holmesville. The
pack was host to Exeter
Guides and their leaders at a
campfire program.
June '61 — The pack enter-
tained Zurich Cubs to an eve-
ning of games and a campfire.
Parents' night was somewhat
disappointing because 'of the
small attendance of adults,
September '61 — At the
pack's first meeting, they had
a surprise visit from an old
Scouter from England, He was
presented with a memento, the
pack's pennant, which con-
tained the colors of the sixes
and other insignia including the
Exeter shoulder flash. The
pack welcomed new Chums
Paul Armstrong, Glen Cock-
will, Bobby R e a d, John
Kramp, Jamie Fuleher, John
Sturrock. Akela welcomed Da-
vid Ashley, who comes to us
from Heiman, and Keith Diller
from Cold Lake,
October '61 — The pack was
host to the }Jensen. Cubs and
their leaders. Winners of the
woggle competition, which pro-
duced a great variety of wog-
gles, was F.rankie De Vries.
November '61 — A toy a boy
drive
December '61 — Instead of a
Christmas party, the Cubs dis-
tributed toys to needy children
in the district.
'B' Pack
"B" Pack Wolf Cubs started
in the fall with 25 boys, Five
boys went up to Scouts, which
meant that four New Chums
(Bill King, David Keating, Ro-
nald VanAmerongen and Peter
Mason) and one transfer (Dos
nald Thompson) could he taken
in. The sixes were re-organ-
ized and Keith Perrott, Barry
B ayn h a m Toni Viekerm an and
Jeff Carroll made Sixers,
The boys took part in the
Remembrance Day Parade and
sold Christmas cards on which
they made a net profit of
$19.50. At the Christmas meet-
ing, lunch was served and
gifts exchanged.
Keith Perrott has recently
moved from town which neces-
sitates the re-organization of
one Six, Jim Parker will be
the new Sixer.
Cubmaster Jean Taylor has
recently passed a St, lohn
Ambulance Course in First
Aid and five boys have now
completed the work necessary
to earn their First Aid Badge.
They are Tom \letterman, Nor-
man Howey, Jim Parker, Bar-
ry Bonham and Jim Hack-
ney.
Assistant Cubmaster of the
pack is Maxine Reeder, and
Scout Instructors are Greg
Harness and Ricky Schroeder,
CUB INVESTITURE
After A new chum has been
told the story of the Zulu boy,
and given his white coat of
paint (a white neckerchief), he
must pass his tenderpad re-
quirements and maintain good
attendance and keen interest.
'Phis period takes approximate•
ly three months. Ile is now
ready to be invested,
After the investiture, the
new tendorpad has the thrilling
eeelizatioti that he is now, et
last, a fully fledged Cub and
is entitled to take part In all
pack activities, Ms first duty
is to be able to take part in
the "grand howl".
THg scour PROMISg
"On my honour I ..promise
that will do my best
To do my duty to God and
the. Queen
To help other people at. all
times
To obey the Scout Law"
The Scout Promise is made
ay every Seoul, at his investi-
,ure and by ail Seauters when
accepting responsibilities a f
,eader.bip,
A Scouts's Honour is to be
thusted. A person's honour is
one of the most sacred pos-
sessions he has. It is 90r1 of
a good character yet it can
he destroyed in a single care-
less second. it is much better
to admit right away that you
cannot accept an obligation
than to accept it lightly, know-
ing you may not fulfil it,
A Scout promises to do his
best — he does not just pro-
mise to he something but to
do something — to do his
best. By promising to do his
best he is promising to do
something humanly possible.
Each boy's "best" must be
progressive, just as we ex-
pect him to progress in his un-
derstanding and application of
the promise.
Duty to God — A movement
v hi.ch is guiding boys a nd
helping to develop them into
good citizens would fail in its
Leaders
Rovers — Skipper Ralph
Swei'zer.
Scouts — "A" Troop, SM
Hal Hinton, ASH Bill Loucks,
TL George Godbolt; "B" Troop,
SM Dave Thompson, ASH
Larry Carter.
Cubs — -A" Pack, Akela
Harold Sissons, Jean Sissons
and Sheila Hinton; "B" Pack,
Akela Jean Taylor, Maxine
Reeder.
Guides — Captain, Mrs, B,
D, Sturreek, Lt. Mrs Gordon
Diller, CL.s Linda Johnston and
Joan Dettmer.
Brownies — First Pack,
Brown Owl, Diane Wooden,
June and Joan Dettmer; Sec-
ond Pack, Brown Owl, Barb
Harrison, Carelynne Simmons.
Shirley Genttner,
purpose unless it brought its
members to a knowledge of
— It is expected that
every member shall belong to
a religious denomination and
faithfully carry out his reli-
gious duties. Scouting is inter-
denominational, thus the spe-
cific interpretotion. of "Duty
to God" depends on each boy's
religious guidance,
Duty to Queen — The Queen
is the constitutional head of
the British Commonwealth and
is represented in Canada by
Ills Excellency, the Governor
General, — Duty to dye Queen
means respect for all the
laws of our country and a
strong desire to see it rise
stotroltiivge, and healthy and en-
suring it remain a beautiful
and wonderful place in which
To help other people — as
well as learning, to do things
for himself, a Seoul, must learn
In give by doing things for
other people, To be helpful to
others a Scout has to be
thoughtful and boys are very
often thoughtless, so quite a
lot of training goes into devel-
oping a boy's attitude to the
point where he is consciously
aware of a desire to help
others, In order to help others
a Seoul, must "Be Prepared"
to obey the Scout Law.
THE SCOUT LAW
1, A Scout's honour is to be
trusted
2. A Scout is loyal to the
Queen, his country, his scout-
ems, his parents, his employ-
ers, and to those under him.
3. A Scout's duty is to he
useful and to help others,
ant. S
a b
croottit botis tao f
every
riend.toothaelit
scout.
.5. A Scout is courteous
6. A Scout is a friend to ani-
mals.
7, A Scout obeys orders of
his parents, patrol leader, or
Scoutmaster, without question.
8. A Scout smiles and whist-
les under all difficulties.
.9„k Scout is thrifty,
10. A Scout, is clean. in
thought, word and dee,
If a Scout does his hest to
keep this promise at all times
he will certainly grow into a
citizen of whom we might all
be proud.
Have you ever thought about
Mae movement of Guiding and
whet 'steeled- Lord .0aden-Pow-
elt. with such a wonderful idea,
that has spread to thousaqds
of individuals the world ever?
Girl Guides are on offshoot
of Boy Scouts end have the
some founder. To a small.
Pamphlet, which lie wrote
when Scouting was first
started, he added a final state-
meet "A similar scheme might
he started for girls and they
might he called. Guides." This
brief suggestion was all the
girls needed,
The name Guides was aptly
chosen. On the north-west fron-
tier of India there was a fa ,
mous corps of soldiers known
as Guides who were trained to
he able to go anywhere, win-
ter or summer, and turn their
heads to any kind of job. They
were true handymen. and true
patriots. The best way to de-
fine Guiding is that it is a
game, an education, a fellow-
ship and a faith.
First Pack
By DIANE WOODEN
Brown Owl
Brownies have been in exist-
ence in Exeter over 10 years
and have grown from one un-
complete pack to two full
packs of 50 Brownies.
A girl begins Brownies when
she is eight, preferably, and
for the first three months until
her enrolment she is called a
Weenie, During this time she
learns the meaning of the pro-
mise, law and motto and other
Brownie customs such as the
salute, sign, handshake, Fairy
Ring, Grand Howl, and such
practical items as braiding,
washing dishes and brushing
and. parting her own hair.
After enrolment, which is
when she is first allowed to
wear her uniform. and pin, a
taro-mile spends approximately
a year and a half earning her
Golden Bar. in the Intelligence
field, she studies the composi•
Oen of the Union jack, local
traric rules and nature study.
In Handicrafts, three types of
knots, sewing various types of
buttons and darning are per-
fected. In Health, personal
cleanliness, balancing, skip
ping and proper ball throwing
are studied. Service consists
of keeping a Brownie's room
tidy, applying a bandage and
?roper table setting.
The last year of Brownic
raining is involved with earn
rig a Golden Hand. Bull
flenting, study of the compasi.
and the semaphore come under
the category of intelligence:
properly tying a parcel, safe.
fire lighting, cooking, puddings
and vegetables and knitting a
garment all are included.
At this time a Brownie
learns to properly prepare tea
and toast, realizes the import-
ance of carine for clothes and
their. room , and applies the
use of courtesy In the pack and
to other's. During this 'time site
may earn two preficieecy bad-
After a -aulde has vvr,..
Plated her tenderfoot tests, she.
takes her promise and is. tn•
rolled into the sisterhood of
Ciiides. She proiMses to do,
her hest, to do her ,duty to
Cod and the Queen, to kelp
other people at all, times, and
to obey the Guide' laa w.
The Guide law is tenfold'. A
Guide's honour is to be trus-
ted; a Guide is loyal; a
Guide's duty is to he useful and
h to e 1p others; a Guide i s e
friend to all; a Guide is cour-
teous; .a Guide IS a friend to
nimalse a Guide obeys or-
tier's; a Guide smiles and sings
under all difficulties; a Guide
is thrifty; a Guide :is pure in
thought, word and deed.
The Guides run their own
company. This develops a
sense of responsibility and
leaches them in the truest
sense hew a democracy should
work. This is all act:amp•
lished through. what is called
the patrol system,
Each patrol chooses a patrol
leacher; she in turn cheeses a
patrol second who helps her
with the management of their
parol. Patrol leaders are
members of a Court of Honour
of which the captain is chair-
man. Everything to do with
the work .and. welfare of the
company is laid down. before
this Court of Honour, so that
the Guides really feel that the
responsibility of the company's
program. rests on them.
Camping is a very import-
ant part of our program and
nearly all our tests lead up to
a greater appreciation of the
out-el-doors. Camp Keewaydin,
30 miles north of Goderich, is
a borne to many Guides for 10
days during the summer,
Church parades are arranged
to which attendance is purely
voluntary. Guides have their
awn services, known as
"Guides Own," which are very
simple with the worship and
the renewal of the Promise
as its basis,
Every Guide tries to make
her home a happier and bet-
ler place to live. By doing
this she carries out Lard Ba-
den-Powell's last message:
"It is your business in life
to be happy, and to make
others happy — by making
happy homes "
in carrying out such a pro-
ject we accept Lord Baden-
Powell's challenge: "Try to
leave this world a little better
titan you found it,"
hut rather lo give them oppor-
tunities to develop their cha'
rectors, so thal they will be-
come happy, well-balanced, in•
tegrated citizens of the future,
willing and capable of taking
responsibility.
Our training is done through
play and tests. Play is the
first great educator, so we
offer games which are attrac-
tive and will encourage men-
tal, physical and or devel-
opment.
Our tests are a means to en
end, never an end in them-
selves, and the Brownies need
to be reminded very often
that they learn thesethings to
make them useful little peo-
ple, so that they can more
fully carry out their motto,
"Lend a Hand", wherever and,
whenever possible,
ges and upon completion of
lie,: Golden Hand she may earn
as many badges as she wishes.
Of course just plain fun is a
great part of . Brownies, too
with all kinds of games played,
and special activities during
each Brownie year such as the
Christmas enrolment, with pa-
rents welcome, hikes, Thinking
Day ceremonies and the an-
nual Revel celebrated with
packs from Hensall, Zurich,
and Centralia,
Second Pack
By BARB HARRISON
Brown Owl
Brownie Packs are not run
simply to amuse the children
with other Rovers .and learn
how, or bow net to deal with
your problems,
The next outing was our
camping trip to Peterborough,
Plans had been made well in
advance for Thanksgiving
weekend to camp around Lahr-
field near the home of our for-
mer Ass't Rover Leader Hal
Hooke, A most enjoyable trip ROVERS AT WINTER CAMP—Even though the mercury
wa s spent ca noeing and hiking was near zero, these Rovers enjoyed a weekend out-
around the many colorful is-
lands, doors, Back row, from left, Doug Hodgson, Barry
An interesting part of the Grainger, Jim Sweitzer; front, Brian N.'S edlake, Ted. Wil- t
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