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OFFICERS .wl Dr. J. C• .A;yres A. D. McWh.orter J. W. Gates J. E. Dilworth Walter L. Smith M. E. Finch June D. Allen Ross A. Mathews L. R. Taylor W. Gordon Morris H. C. Itrers .. * .. * .. President Vice-President Vice-President Vice-President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Commissioner Field Commissioner Scout Executive Asst. Executive NATIONAL COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVZS Dr. J. c. Ross A. Ma.them Ayres .. * .. .. * CHAIRMEN STANDING COMMITTEES :~ Chairmen Committees Ross A. Mathews John T. Morgan John E. Roberts C. T. McCabe Walter L. Smith Dr. L. M. Graves Bolton Smith R. G. Ramsay George P. Phillips Allen Hughes, Jr. Jesse Cunningham E. A. Harrold Activities Camp Currier Civic Relations Court of Honor Finance Health & Safety Inter-Racial Ka~ Kia Kima Outfitters Publicity Reading Rural Scouting, Shelby County Rural Scouting, DeSoto County Sea Scouting Training Troop Organization S. B. Dean Ray H. Boaz L. R. Taylor J. W. Gates ..__----------------------------------~' I: •1,• �" CMMCKASA\W OOUNCllL l®l'tr ~C®~T$ @~ A~~IE,~~{ft/A ¥.1 ~~~ ~.@ 14 u~ ~tlU~ Page ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE REPORT , CAN~ 1 .. CURRI:i!fil COMMITTEE REPORT • 2 CIVIC RELATIONS COMMITTEZ REPORT COURT OF HONOR REPORT • • • • FilWJCE COMMITT:@Z REPORT ', 5 . ... . 7 .. , • . HEALTH & SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT INTER-RACIAL COMMITTEE REPORT , ' ' . ...... . .. ... 9 12 14 KAMP KIA KIMA COMMITTEE REPORT 15 od.rFITTERS COMMITTEE REPORT • • 18 ... Pu:BLICITY COMMITTEE REPORT .... RURAL SCOUTING REPORT • . . . ... SBA SCOUTING COlvll\U TTEE . . . . . . . ... READING COMMITTEE REPORT 19 ... 21 28 22 TRAINING COMMITTEE REPORT • 23 TROOP ORGANIZATION COMMITTEZ RE.PORT 25 SCOUT EXECUTIVE rs REPORT .. • • • , ... TROOPS, SCOUTN"lAST:JllRS AND SPONSORING INSTITUTIONS ... 26 30 �CHICKASiW COUNCIL. B. S. A. ANNUAL MEZTI1'1'J., DECEMB.E.TI 10, 1931 * "' * * REPORT OF ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE The Activities Committee has succeeded this year in organizing itself to uhere it could function with a marked degree of effi._ciency in that we divided the Scouting area into eight divisions.and assigned one member of the Committee to each Division. Over half of these divisions the Deputy Scout Commissioner has had charge and the Commissioner has had charge of the other four divisions~ This has worked for better cooperation and has to m.Y mind increased the efficiency of the various troops and has made it possible for the Scout office to know at all times the condition and strength of each troop in the Council and has thus enabled the Scout Executive to concentrate his efforts to building up and increasing the morale of t~oops that needed a helping hand. I am extremely pleased to report to you that every member of the Activities Committee has been very active and has given unselfishly of his time and energy toward the building up of a Scout organization that will be second to none. The Activities Committee has formed a luncheon club which meets every Friday at Lowenstein's dining room for a round. table discussion and this in itself has been a great help not only to your Commissioner but to the Executive and his Assistant and has developed a very clo.se personal relation between all of the members of this committee. The Activities Committee also promoted with a. vien of better fellowship a Golf Tournament for all Scouters which considering this was the first year of an activity of this kind has been highly successful and we hope to make this a yearly event. This year we have had some very fine Inter-Troop Rallies which terminated with the best Final Rally in the history of the Council. The finals 11ere held at the Fair Grounds uith about 2,000 people in attendance. The Jamboree held at Camp Currie1· was the largest activity ever undertaken by the Council as 825 Scouts representing 44 troops were in camp for three days. The Activities of last year were so nearly parallel to this with the exception of the above that I will not attempt to go into tnem specifically except to say that this year I believe has marked the finest year that the Scout organization of this city has ever seen and I want to take this opportunity of thanking each and every member of my committee who has been so loyal and so pain-staking. Respectfully submitted, ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE :Sy d 'l{J' a.1~ , ~/;:/ Chairman Page 1. �CHICKASAW COUNCIL, B. S. A. ANNUAL ?&JETING. DECEMBER 10, 1931 **** REPORT 0 F CAMP CURRIER COMMITTEE Your Corrnnittee is happy to report another splendid year at this, our all-yGar camp. In point of troop cabin construction, and in Scout attendance as r1ell as outside attendance, this has been our best year. \Ve have haa_ visitors from many states besides our own and they all express much admiration and interest in what is being accomplished there. The chief activity at camp this year ·\7as the Jamboree held on May 24th. There i7ere 825 Scouts in attendance and they and their parents and friends made a total of some 2,000 people. The Scouts went into camp in cabins and tents on Friday afternoon, May 23rd. The rally started early Saturday morning with cam.fl inspection. After that throughout the day one Scout event folloved another without intermission and with clock;_like precision. Saturday afternoon some troops returned home. Others elected to stay over Saturday night and returned home Sunday afternoon. Those who stayed over and many visitors from Memphis and surrounding country were inspired by a most delightful address delivered on Sunday afternoon by Dr. T. K. Young of Memphis. The tent in which Dr. Young spoke 11as loaned us by :or. J. Mack Jenkins. Rev, J. H. Shea held mass for the Catholic Scouts on Sunday morning. Your Committee feels the Jamboree should be an annual affair at Camp cw.~rier. The attendance this year and the interest shown indicate that no other place available is so nell suited for such an event. There is ample space for the running off of numerous events simultaneously, and there is adequate parking space for visitors~ cars. Lack of running water is a drauback but that 1,7as solved most satisfactorily by our Scout Executive and his assistants. The chief objective of your committee this year has been the building of a dam to impound nater for a lake to give the boys swimming, boating and fishing. This has been in contemplation since the purchase of the carrrp site some five years ago. Camp Cm~rier ts best friend, rv:rs. Elizabeth Currier, had seen ho11 vital the need 'Uas. Several years ago she sent the Council an initial gift of $100.00, to be kept apart and used for this purpose only. From time to time she had added to that fund until in the early surrmer it amounted to $700. 00. The time seemed so propitious for getting the dam built cheaply that we decided to see just ho\7 far 11e could go 'iii th the fund rJe had. Mr. Marlnrell of our Committee m:i.de a survey of the site and reported that a dam 25 feet in height would impound about 25 acres of ~ater. The cost of such a dam rms prohibitive so he ;ms requested to find out just hm1 much dam could be built for the money ue had, keeping in mind the thought that we could raise the dam higher whenever we could get additional funds for that purpose. After considerable dickering rrith contractors and dirt movers, big and little, i7e found ~1e could build. a dam 14 feet high that would impound some 12 acres for something over :1hat our fimd amounted to. So \7e decided to go al'lead with this project. It has nm1 been completed to a height of 14 feet. The valleys leading to it have been cleared of trees and debris of all.sorts. An overflow has been provided both at bottom of dam as well as 0 Page 2. �fu."""PORT OF CAMP C'tJRRIER COMMITTEE (Continue d) at top. It has been built according to S})ecifica tions prepared by our J!ln,gineer Me;nber, Mr. t!ia.rlnwll, and has been so planned that it can be added to. It is fully paid for. We offer it for your approval. Should some friend ·;iant to give us more funds ·;1e can enlarge the dam at any time to a height of 25 feet. Last year the Isaac Walton League gave us 175 Black Bass Fingerlings for our small Si7irrrming pool. This pool '.7ill nor1 become a part of the nerr lake. This summer the League gave us another lot of 125 Fingerlin gs. As soon as ti1e lake fills up 11e 1;1ill get from the "Department of Fisheries of the National Government enough Bass, Crappie, Bream and Gogle ~ye Perch to stock it completel y. In a fe'\7 years "ire \7ill have excellent fishing for the boys. In the meantime they \7ill have boating and Si7imrning. The building of troop cabins at carrrp has kept pace ~ith other developmen ts. La.st year at this time your Comrni ttee reported 15. complete troop cabins as follovIS: Troops 5, 8, 15, 16, 19, 25, 27, 29, 33, 34, 40, 41, 49, 50, and 68. This year -r.1e report 20 complete cabins, the 15 listed above and the follouing : Troops 24, 26, 32, 38, arid 69, i1hich nere built this year. 8 others are nearly complete, i.e., Troops 7, 9, 11, 13, 27, 43, 48 and 67, and logs are hauled for 2 more. As time goes on the cabins being built are better and better. By that ~e do not mean that they a~e oore costly or more elaborate . But they are more attractiv e, better built and arranged and better suited to the requireme nts of troops. We hope that every troop in Chick.a.sari Council not no~ having a cabin at Camp Currier ~ill begin plans for such a cabin. Nothing a troop committee can do uill make for better Scouting than such a cabin where the Scoutmas ter and his boys can spend r:eek-ends and holidays in comfort out in the woods. The problem of transport ation to and from camp has about solved itself. When a troop gets a cabin built on a site of its own selection it seems alilays to manage some way to get dm1n t11ere and back. We rarely have the matter discussed any more. The road to Currier is excellent . With so much activity in camp we rarely hear of poaching any more. The Scouts police it as no one else could. They protect the wild life themselves and are equally zealous to see that no outsider c~isturbs it. Lack of an adequate ·.1ater supply is still a drauback. Our ';l'ell at headquar ters is fine and the pressure tank a success. But it is still necessary that the boys carry water to the cabins for drinking and cooking. We have had tentative surveys m.de for a i;vater supply but for the present its cost is beyond our capacity to meet. Based on a survey made by the Shelby County Departmen t of Health under the direction of Dr. Graves, latrines are being built at strategic points about the camp for the convenien ce of the campers. The troops are, as far as possible, grouped in such a uay that several can build cooperati ve latrines at small cost to each. We urge that Scoutmas ters get in touch uith our Ca.op Director and help solve this problem to the end that camp ~7ill meet the strictest requireme nts of sanitatio n. We recommend as the chief objective at camp next year the building of a tight fence around the entire cai:i!p property. At present ue are uorried Page 3. �REPORT OF C.A11P CURRIER COMMITTEE (Continued) constantly by stray stock. This stock must be kept away from the lake and its draining area. Mr. i'lalter Lane S:r.ii th advises us this uill cost about $425. 00 for a fence built 'i7i th 2611 hog nire at the bottom and 2 strands of barbed ~ire above. T.here have been during the year 7,160 Scout days spent at ca:ip as cor.tpared to 3,564 last year, an increase of 3,596 days or 100.9%. There rave been 3,046 visitors as compared to 1,327 last year, an increase of 1,719 Visitors or 129%. The number of visitors is increasing all the time. We encourage them and Mr. and ~~s. ~wers I!Bke them ~elcorne. ~e keep a register · of these visitors. At Camp The collection is relics or sinilar to the donor in a Headquarters ~e are developing a museur:i. and trophy room. already of considerable interest. If ahy one has Indian objects ue uill be glad to have them and uill give credit register kept for that purpose. During the Jamboree the cornerstone of the Block Lodge was laid and dedicated to Rabbi Harcy \7. Ettelson. The lodge nas started by Senator Dean and is being built in memory of Ike Block Hhose liberal contribution made the ?urchase of Cal!!P Currier possible. It is for the purpose of furnishing a place for Scouters to rr.eet and to stay overnight. Kitchen arrangements nill be provided. We are going to need help on this from all Scouters who can handle an axe or saw. We feel ~e rrould be remiss if we did not, in the report, mention the splendid cooperation v1e have had at all times frol:l Camp Director Harry Myers. He has carried out our instructions in a spirit of good Scouting. He is endeavoring to make the camp a refuge for wild life, a place to study the trees and plants native to this section and so far as it is possible to do so he is instructing the Scouts in these things. It has been a pleasure to Hork With him. It is useless to tell you that Executive Gordon Morris has cooperated ~ith us fully at all times. He has been untiring in his efforts to carry out our plans at camp. But for his cheerful help our job would not have been the pleasant one ~e have found it. In conclusion your camp chairman wants to thank his fella~ committeemen for their excellent cooperation. They have been ready at all times to do any job assigned them. And they have done their jobs uell. Charlie McCabe has contacted the .troops in their activities. Kenneth Mark:;rell has engineored the dam. Senator Dean has seen to roads, bridges and cabins. Mr. Cox has graded the camp roads excellently, Dr. Wallace has seen to camp sanitation and kindred problems. Your chairman has assigned the work and has had little to do himself. It has been a delight to work with these gentlemen. Respectfully submitted, CAMP CURRIER COMMITTEE f) Page 4. �CHICKASAW COUNCIL, B. S. A. ANNUAL MEETING. DECEMBER 10, 1931 "' "' "' REPORT OF CIVIC ... RELATIONS COMMITTEE As in the past the Civic Relations Corrmittee can take pride in the wey the Scouts of Chickasaw Council have rallied to every demand for their services in connection with civic activity. A large portion of the activity of this Civic Relations Committee is to decide in which activities the Scouts will be permitted to take part. This is necessary in order to prevent the movement from being exploited for private or selfish motives. Many requests for service of Scouts are refused each year, and many good turns are done which uould make too long a list for this report. Among the principal services rendered are the follouing: 1. Forty troops distributed 25,000 blotters for the Shelby County Tuberculosis Society in the residential section of Memphis. Also placed p·os ters in the uindows of the dovm-town section regarding the Annual Sale of Ohristma.s Seals. 2. Eight Scouts served as pages at the Convention of the Tennessee Manufacturers Association. 3. Served as pages at meeting of the dealers of the Oakland Motor Car Company. 4. Boy Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps took part in the parade during the Cotton Carnival. 5. Acted ushers at Memorial Exercises for heroes of World War held in 01rerton Park and sponsored by the American Legion. 6. .Acted as ushers at the circus put on by the Memphis Park Commission at the Fair Grounds. 7. Distributed sixty thousand cards giving directions for the control of mosquito breeding for the Department of Health. This is the third year the Scouts of Memphis have rendered this service to the Health Department. 8. Thirty Scouts acted as pages at the Peabody Hotel during the National Convention of the National Exchange Club. Sixty-five Scouts served as ushers and messengers at the .Auditorium during 11 .Aviation Night in Dixie" which ~as sponsored by the National Exchange Club. 9. Twenty-five Scouts held the crowd back during the Southern .Archery Tournament. 10. Distributed posters for Memphis Community Fund, One hundred Scouts distributed 10,000 envelopes of literature during the drive. 11, Distributed posters and Eagle Scouts served as personal guides to the National Staff during the National Convention of the Boy Scouts of Page 5 �REPORT OF CIVIC RELATIONS Cm!1MITTEE (Continued) America. 12. sorti~g Packed and delivere.d baskets for the Good.fellows. 13. Aided the Mayor's Relief Committee by working in the depot clothes. 14 •. Put on Flag Demonstration at the Oi--pheum Theater on the Foui·th of J:uly. 15. Served as pages during the Rotary International Convention. 16. Led Armistice Day Parade with approximately 500 Scouts in line. 17. Again served as messengers for the Community Fund, distributing thousands of pieces of literature. Distributed posters for Junior Chamber of Conmerce for charity football game between Southwestern and Spring Hill. 18. 19. :Boy Scout Drum and Bugle Corps marched in Spirit of Christmas Parade. The boys are more than anxious to render service of any kind regardless of inconvenience to themselves, and we can only recommend to our successors that they use their efforts toward finding work of the proper kind for the boys to do. Respectfuily submitted, CIVIC BZLATIONS COMMITTEE ~~. Page 6 Chairman �CHICKASAW COUNCIL, B. S. A. ANNUAL MEETING, DECEMBER 10, 1931. **** REPORT COURT OF OF HONOR For the fiscal year ending December 1, 1931 1 the Court of Honor has aHarded to Scouts of Chickasaw Council the f ollm1ing Merit Badges as compared to the year ending December 1, 1930. 1930 Angling Agl' i culture .:~rchi tecture Art .,1.stronomy ii..thletics A1l tomobi ling ..:~v i~i.tion Eeo Koeping Bi:::-d Study B1igling Business Camping Canoeing Carpentry Chemistry Civics Cooking Basketry Bookbinding Cement Lea the rcraft Metabrnrk Joodwork Joodcarving Cycling I:airying Electricity Firema.nship First Aid First Aid to Animals Forestry Gardening Hiking Handicraft Horsemanship Interpreting Journalism Lea theri-:rork Life Saving Machinery Marksmanship 0 0 0 1 0 34 8 10 0 10 3 1 19 2 25 7 23 34 17 15 1 67 53 39 17 55 0 4 98 34 30 0 2 8 80 2 1 4 2 25 0 27 1930 1931 1 l· 3 2 1 54 .. 13. 4 l 30 5 6 32 9 6$ 5 45 57 13 11 l 76 79 78 60 64 5 11 161 59 42 4 14 5 78 5 1 3 3 2 Masonry Mining Music Painting Pathfinding Personal Rea.1th Photography Physical Development Pioneering Plumbing Poultry Keeping Printing Pub lie Health Radio Reptiles Safety Salesmanship Scholarship Sculpture Signaling Surveying Swimming Textiles ifoather Animal Industry Beef Production~ Farm Home Farm Layout Farm Mechanics Hog & Pork Production Reading Stamp Collecting Indian Lore Wood Turning Cotton Farming TOTAL - 1931 0 7 14 22 65 7 2 32 11 5 2 46 7 1 18 3 39 110 7 17 43 16 14 4 75 1 0 5 8 8 5 2 0 26 2 31 0 6 21 2 0 57 0 1 11 0 5 101 1 3 2 3 37 1 3 1 28 0 0 8 1 0 0 2 1,150 4 31 1 11 1 1,780 **** 45 3 10 Total No. Subjects (Increase 14 or 22.2%) 77, 63 Pa:;e 7. �REPORT OF COURT OF HONOR (Continued) Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total l'Jo • First Class No. Hc.'ri t :Oadges i~o. Star Badges No. Life Badges No. Tu.gle Badges lfo. Bronze Palms No. Gold Palms ·r ,l'.,O. Silver Palms 1930 ·1931 114 1150 54 19 12 3 3 217 1780 80 37 20 14 4 2 4 (Increase 103 or 90.3%) (Increase 630 or 54.8%) (Increase 26 or 32.5%) (Increase 16 or 94.7%) (Increase 8 or 66.7%) (Increase 11 or 366.6%) (Increase l or 33.3Jh) (Increase 2 or 100%) The Court of Honor in s J.bmi tting to you the above report for the year ending recember l, 1931, as compared to a year ago, is very proud of tnis record. It is by far the best year from a Merit Badge standpoint that ue nave ever had in this Council and the Scouts have done a much better ~1ob in learning these Merit Badges ;1~1ich is entirely due to the splendid work of our Scoutmasters, Assistant Scoutmasters and those who have done the examining of these Scouts to the point where the Court has been able to pass them. This outstanding uork of these men is wonderful and we cannot give r.co much praise to them. · The work that was cl.one by the Court of Honor at Kamp Kia Kima this summer also comes in for a great deal of praise. 1 The Court of Honor nishes that all those connected with the various troops \7ould just analyze the different Merit Badges that have been passed and then figure out ho\7 much better they are going to do this next year, Uc believe that they can and ue assure them that any assistance that can be rendered by the Court of Honor we will gladly do. Call on us at any time. Respectfully submitted, COURT OF HONOR By . ro rD'l fl (fhJ<, X /I .·;-).·\.f~\.::z.-~-0l lb-c_ C::/ <.~> .Chairman �CHICKASAW. COUNCIL. B. S. A. ANNUAL MEETING' DEC]}IIBER 10 1931 I **** REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE Your committee is pleased to report that Chickasaw Coun~il is within its budget during this year of general business depression. The financial statement below shows the position. as of December 1st. At that time there were miscellaneous accounts payable of $254.94, but the Community Fund. owed Chickasaw Council a balance of $1,717.50 for November and December. The statement of the Camp Currier Lake Fund shows that although the a.8m is complete, all the expenses are paid and nothing is still due. The statement of the Improvement and Development Fund shows a decrease in receipts over recent years, but there is enough money to take care of the very necessary fence around the camp and other incidental needs. We are indeed grateful to our good friends for their splendid support in this matter. • Memphis Community Fund 3-1-31 / 12-1-31 :BUDGET . 6,150.00 Salaries 175.00 Tel & Tel. ?5.00 Traveling Exi;>ense 400.00 Postage 600.00 Automobile Upkeep 25.00 Freight & Express 52.91 iv:iscellaneoug 500.00 Rent Taxes, :Bonds, Audi ts 425.00 National Dues 75.00 S.L. Tr. & Conf. 50.oo L.S.L. Tr. School 50.00 Field Day &. Dem. 100.00 Negro Scouting 300.00 Office Supplies 25.00 Farm 75.00 Office Equipment K.K.K. Improvements 300.00 25.00 Publicity 400.00 Camp Currier 300.00 Kamp Kia Kima: $ 10,102.91 Cash on Hand DI SBURSEMENT S 6,160.00 152.45 5.86 314.83 540.00 REFUND 750.00 17.67 53.48 :BALANCE 740.00 40.22 69.14 138.65 60.00 25.00 -44.78 97.69 450.00 15.00 350.00 22.68 43.30 28.25 50.00 -15.00 75.00 52.32 6.70 21.75 10.00 56.29 119~75 274. 73 - 9.75 81.56 25.00 -29.75 104.75 300.00 37.86 231.48 -12.86 2.70 171.22 . 300.00 $9~248.63 . 26. 92 $9,275.55 OVERDRAWN $890.14 $1,856.56 Aniount OverdraWn. Cash on Hand Balance tQ ·be received from the Community Fund Amount already received from th,e Community Ftlnd Total amount allowe4 by the Community Fund Miscellaneous accounts payable $254.94 -$ 112.14 -$ 112.14 -$139.06 $1,717.50 $8.385.41 $10,102.91 ... $ 26.92 139.06 Page 9. �REPO!fJ;' OF FINANCE COMMITT:i~E .·(Continued) **** CAMP CURRIER LAKE FUND RECEIPTS Donations Donations Interest' Chickasaw Ohickasai;r Refund on from Mrs. Elizabeth B. Currier 1930 from Mrs. Elizabeth B. Currier 19.31 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Council,. Miscellaneous Account - Council, Boy Scouts Special Fund . ..: Dynamite - - - - - - - - - - - - - .. 300.00 450.00 8.76 144.51 184. 53 - - - - - ..:. 9. 62 - .:.. - - - - - - - - ..:. - ,... - - - - - - - - - - - - - :... - - $1,097.42 EXPENDITUBES Dynamite for Dam U:i.bor - - - - Clearing - - - Miscellaneous Ba.lance on B:and - - - - - - -· - - - - - ·- - - - - - - .,.. - 65.08 983.00 48.10 -- - ~ -- --- .70 .54 $1,097.42 **** : .·. IMPROVEMa:NT AND·DEVli:LOPMENT FUND 12-1-30 ta 12-1-31 RECEIPTS Contributio:q:!3 - Improvement & Development Fund - - - - - - - - ·· Balance due on Pledges - - - - - - - Loan on Refund Chickasan Council's Balance from. 12-1-1930 ... - 605. 00 75.00 75.00 -1;108.58 $1,863.58 EXPENDITURES . Kelly Cabin at Camp Currier - - - - - - - - - - - "'.'" - - - - - · 4. QO Assistant to Executive.ts Salary - - - - - - - - - - ..,. - - - -1, 125. 00 734.58 Cash on Hand (Pledges $75.00) - - - - - - - - :_ - - - - . $1,863.58 · ,Pa.l?;e l O. �REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE (Continued) The following contributions to the IMPROVEMd:NT AND D:ZVELOPM:8NT FUND were made from December l, 1930 to December l, 1931. L. :r. Thompson. M. :m. Finch $50.00 50.00 100.00 Martin J. Condon 10.00 M. H. Ros en thal, Jr. 25.00 C. D. Smith 25.00 J. D. Allen 20.00 Hardwig Peres 50.00 J. E. Maury 30.00 :a. H. Crump 25.00 M. M. Bosworth 10.00 Jim Rawlings 25.00 W. C. Johnson 10.00 Hubert K. Reese 25.00 A. D. MciVhorter l00.00 American Snuff Co. Mrs. Walter Lane Smith 100.00 25. 00. \1. L; Smith $680.00 We feel that Chickasaw Council has done remarkably well on its present budget, and wish that it were possible to increase this budget in proportion to the increase in activities. We recommend, however, that the Council be particularly careful cif expenses during the coming year and that the Council maintains its present policy of incurring no obligations for · whioh the money is· not already in the treasury. Respectfully submitted, FINANCE COMMITTEE By2tt!:~ dhairmari Page ll. �CHICKASAW COUNCIL, B. S. A. ANNUAL MEETING, DECEMBER.10, 1931 **** REPORT OF REALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTE E The Health and Safety Committee is pleased to report a good year, not only insofar as the health of Scouts themselves is concerned but also as regards the activities of Scouts in helping to promote the health of the public generally. There were no serious injuries and no serious cases of illness at Camp Currier, Kamp Xia Kima or Camp Daniels. Your Committee was instrumental in havibg a genel'al sanitary survey made of Kamp Kia Kima. by a trained inspector from the Memphis Health '.pepartmenf, No serious defects were found in the.sanitation of the camp and a favorable report was made by' the inspector. Also a survey was made at the Health Department and a plan is the loci:+~.ion and arrangement of new tion of convenient and safe water tre camp €,TOWS. a Camp Currier by the Sanitary Engineer of being worked out to be recommended. for cabins, which will facilitate the adopsupply and sewerage disposal system as . : ' The Scouts have cooperated in safety work and health promotion activities as in,previous years. Cooperating with the Health Department, a card v;as placed in practically every home in Memphis bearing instructions on the prevention of mosquito breeding. The card also has a detachable post card addressed to the Health Depa~tment on which the Health Department can be notified by people who are troubled with mosquitoes which they cannot con.t.rol. These post cards enable the Health Department to dispatch a trained inspector immediately to the site of trouble. The cards came in all through the mos qui to season and contribut.ed muqp to th~ success of the seasons control activities •. In connection with this work the Scouts also assisted in programs . in the city schools where educational work in mosquito and malaria control r,neasures nere featured. In cooperation with the Shelby County Tuberculosis Society Scouts 4istributed throughout the city25,,.000 health blotters and 1, 100 health posters. This literature contained information relative to the prevention of tuberculosis, The Secretary of the Tuberculosis Society was warm in her praise of the . ~ffective way in which this work was done. For 1932 1. we recommend: That Scouts continue the good wor~ of former years. 2, That Scouts be urged to be imnru.n~~ed a,gp.inst smallpox and tYPhoid fever before going to camp each year~ untesi;i this matter has already ~een attended to. })!lge ,, 12• �REPORT OF HEALTH .AND SAFETY COMMITTEE (Continued) 3. That consicleration be· given to the pr-ovision of health programs at general or troop meetings at least once a year. Respectfully submitted, HEALTH .AND SAFETY COMMI:rrEE tj!_, m. lf..:v~. m . £>. Chairman page 13. �CHICKA.SAW OOUNCIL. B. S. A, ANNU.4.L MICETING, DECEMBER 10, 1931 **** REPORT AND 'OTHER OF CAMP DANIELS INTER-RACI~L ACTIVITIES Camp Daniels opened August 22nd and lasted for one week, which ~as two days longer than last year. There were 38 Scouts in attendance, which was 20 more than last year. The Council purchased 43 folding cots costi:q.g $91.38, so that every Scout had a comfortable bed. Last year the boys slept on the ground. Exclusive of this expense the camp made a net profit of $1.21 although the boys paid only $4.00 each. · The first Court of Honor for colored boys was held at this camp with Mr. C. T. McCabe serving as Chairman. Seven Scouts were advanced to First Class and five Scouts to Second Class. Mr. McCabe declared himself well pleased ~ith the intelligence and Scoutlike appearance of those comi~g before the Court. J. A. Hays, Principal of :M9.nassas High School, served ~s Camp Director with J. A. Beauchamp as assistant. C. C, Brown, Ben B. Coffey, Jr., and W. Gordon Morris served as instructors, During 1931 the following badges were awarded: Second Class and 44 Merit Badges. 9 First Class, 16 We now have 12 troops. The number which the Council has authorized is 15. We recommend that all limitations on the number of troops be withdrawn, being fully convinced that Gordon Morris and the Committee on Inter&9.cial Activities may be trusted not to go too fast. · Respectfully submitted, INTER-RACIAL ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE page 14, �CHICKASAW COUNCIL, B. S. A. ANNUAL MEETING, DECEMBER 10, 1931 **** REPORT OF KAMP KIA KIMA COMMITTEE Your Camp Co~ittee wishes to submit the following report for the 1931 camp season at Kamp Kia Kirn.a.. We had one of the best camps we have ever had, due largely to the fact that we had such an excellent staff of young men. From the Chief down, every man was deeply interested in camp and did his full duty to make it a success. We did not have a$ many boys as last year. ison shows the decre~~e.: Year Attendance Weekly Average Boy Weeks 1930 1931 269 232 64 639 73 736 The following compar- In spite of this decrease, by conservative buying and good management on the part of the staff, we were able to show a net profit of $23.66 for the year. The Mess Hall was well managed and the boys were served three well-balanced meals a day. The St. Francis Valley and Crowley Ridge Councils were invited to camp with us agai~ this year. Thirty-eight boys from these Councils attended. All Scoutmasters of Chickasaw Council were invited to spend one week in camp free of charge. Fourteen accepted and reported a good time, We believe these visits will be of great benefit in influencing them to urge the boys of their troops to attend camp next season. We spent $1,132.09 for equipment. However, $343.73 of this amount was spent in putting good composition shingle roofs on the lodges. These roofs will last for years. The sanitation and health were excellent. Regular inspections were made. to see that there w~re no breeding places for mosquitoes. There were no .serious accidents. All camp programs were carefully planned for each day and week so that every boy entering had an opportunity to ~ke part in the activities. We feel that special mention should be made of the excellent manner in which this was done, The Advancement Program was better than last year. The following awards were made: 260 Merit Badges, 148 Emblems, 2 Senior Red Cross Certificates, 6 J'linior Red Cross Certificates, and 7 Life Saving Merit Badges. 9 Scouts were advanced to First Class, 8 to Second Class, 9 to Star, 1 to Eagle, and 4 to Palms. 9 boys were taught to swim, page 15, �P..EPORT OF Yi.AMP KIA 'KIMa. COMMITfl.1E:rll (Continued) The camp library was much en,joyed by the boys, iVe owe our thanks to Mr. J. F. Myles, who made us a second donation this year, and to Cassi tt Library for sending 350 books. Your Committee owes its thanks to Dr. Wm. Johnston and Mr. Herbert Dangherty of Hardy who rendered valuable assistance to camp. Too, we think mention should be made of the faithful work of Bill Sneed, the care-taker, from year to year. For 1932 we have the following recommendations; 1. That every effort be made to increase the attencance. 2. That we have regular visiting days for ladies. 3, That we plan definitely to repair the Mess Hall aµd all screens on the lodges before camp opens. 4. Tnat the fencing be repaired to prevent stock roaming about the 5. That the Handicraft Shop be repaired and more benches installed. grounds. We submit Profit and Loss Statement from the auditors, Messrs. G. A, Watson & Company showing the disbursements for the season. The Chairman of this Conmittee would like to thank every member of the Committee and the Chief Executive 1 Gordon Morris, for their splendid and helpful cooperation during the camp season. Respectfully submitted, KAMP KIA KIMA. COMMITT.EE By Page 15. -'~--·"'-'---, ('bt,u~,~·-· ----Chairman .48-'=-' �PROFIT & LOSS STATEMENT KAMP KIA KIMA CAM? SEA.SON - 1931 5,216. 65 Camp Fees DIRECT COST OF OPERATIONS: Food Butter Meats Milk Ice Fuel Freight Hauling 1,749.44 47.66 351.59 263.60 121.10 62.47 280.98 . 208. 00 3,084.84 357.74 5?.90 808.06 l,223_. 70 13.45 3.75 71.62 111.76 46.40 58.72 13,06 200.19 61.62 1,097.50 204,93 17.?6 1, 900. 76 MA.INTEN"ANCE: Repairs Labor Equipment GENERAL & ADMINISTRATIVE: Advertising Camp Catalogue Hospital Supplies Hikes Off ice Supplies Prizes & Awards Postage Traveling Expense Telephone & Telegraph Salaries General A::x:pense Laundry 61209.30 992.65 OTHER INCOM:E; Chickasaw Council Contributions Handicraft Commissary Visitors Discount Miscellaneous 797.24 2.00 1.03 64.62 164.70 5.00 6,98 1,041.57 48.92 OTHER DEDUCTIONS: Refunds Loss from Stealage Net Profit 5.26 20.00 25.26 23.66 Page 17. �CHICKASAii COUNCIL, B, S. A, ANNUAL MEETING, DECEMBER 10, 1931 **** R EP 0 RT 0F OU T F I T T E R S COMMIT TEE ' The va?"ious members of the Cammi ttee have inspected the stock of 1 Scout supplies carried by the three Scout Outfi:tters;· namely, The New Bry s, J. Goldsmith and Sonsi and Phil .A. Halle, and. found that they were adequate. Also., the members of the Committee hav.e found that Scout equipis 'being displayed by the Outfitters to be·tter advantage :than in the past· and that the three stores are coope:rating by giving publicity in their windows and in the stores by di.splaying Scout equipment. Respectfull y submitted, 'OUTFITTERS COMMITTEE By _,_·.-_...,.. -~-·_·r._.-~____....-·, _.,· Chairman Page 18, �CHICKASAW COUNCIL, B4 Si A• .ANNUAL MmilTING, DECEMi3ER 16, 1931 **** REPORT OF PUBLICITY COMMITTEE Chickasaw Council has received more publicity in 1931 than in any other year of its existence. One af the finest pieces of publicity the Council has ever enjoyed the distribution by the Forest Hill tairy through its President, Mr. Raymond Skinner, of 1,500 Boy Scout Calendars, 45 x 22 inches. These calendars were placed in every school room in Mem:yhis so that the boys are constantly reminded of Scouting whenever they look for the date in school. We feel the Council is deeply indebted to Mr. Skinner for his wonderful contribution and to Prof. R. L. Jones for permission to place the calendars in the school rooms. This is the only calendar which Prof. Jones permitted to be placed in the schools. Unquestionably this will furnish throughout the year some of the best publicity nhich could be attained. i78.S In May the National Council, Boy Scouts of America, met in Memphis. This was the largest meeting of the Uational Council in some years and from reports ~hich we have received, the splendid hospitality extended by the mem. bers of Chickasaw Council served as some of the best publicity which we could have gotten.. Scout Leaders from all over the country i;vere in Memphis for this meeting and they uere deeply impressed uith the spirit of the men and boys i7ho se:rrved as their hosts. 1'b.e Council publication knoiln as "The Council Fire" has been sent regularly to all the troop leaders and Council Members. This has been a very effective publication in advising troops of proposed activities of the Council, advising the Scoutmasters of changes, etc. The negro troops have oeen kept advised by another publication of the Council knoun as 11 The Chieftain" ~hich has been carried on largely through the efforts of Mr. Bolton Smith and to Hhom we are deeply indebted for help in making this paper possible. We are deeply indebted to "The Press Scimitar 11 which has given excellent cooperation by publishing a quarter page knmm as "The. Scout Press Sci~i tar 11 once each week. This page is vlidely read by Scouts and Scouters and is of tremendous help to the Council in keeping troops informed of ac:.. tivi ties. tt The Evening Appeal" and "The Commercial Appeal" have also cooperated splendidly by giving neas stories and ~e are especially indebted to "The Eve11ing A:Jpeal 11 for its splendid cooperation during the National Council Meeting. · We are indebted to Mr. C. C. Brown, Jr., who has rendered valuable service in i7l'iting news articles for the various papers. The thanks of this Committee are here given to the Executive, Mr. Gordon Morris, and to Mr. Willard Hays, Assistant to the Ex~cutive, for their Page 19. �REPORT OF PUBLICITY COMMITTEE (Continu ed) valuable aid in effectin g all of the publici ty fqr the Council this year. Your Chairman thanks the members of his Conunittee for their service. Respect fully submitte d, PUBLICITY COMMITTEE Page 20, �CHICKASAW COUNCIL. B. S. A. ANNOAL MEETING, D~CEMBER 10, 1931 * * ...... REPORT OF READIN G CO.MMIT TEE Your Committee on Reading reports that there has been an increased interest in the reading of better books by the Scouts of various troops and it is a pleasure to report that the number of boys seeking the Merit Badge in Reading is showing a gradual increase. One of the requirement s to pass the Reading N~rit Badge Tests is that the Scout be a subscriber to a magazine for Scouts and a strict adherence to this requirement shows that the boys have an interest in "Boys 1 Life" and "Scouting." The Cossi tt Library followed its usual custom of loaning a collection of books for use at Kamp Kia Kima during the season and the use of these books thoroughly demonstrate s the value of good books in the camp. There is a noticeable improvement in the respect the Scouts have for books and the expense resulting from damage to books used at the·camp is gradually being reduced each year. The Cossitt Library loan collection supplements the regular permanent library of Kamp Kia Kima started through the efforts of Mr. Edward M. Salomon while P1~esident of Chickasaw Council. Your Committee recommends:l. That the Reading Committee of 1932 compile a reading list of for Scout reading, this list to serve espe·cially as a basis books approved the Merit _Badge. for of reading 2. That Scoutmaster s encourage reading from such a list. That Scouts be encouraged to build permanent collections of books at both Kamp Kia Kima and Camp Currier. 3. That the Reading Committee be given supervision of the organization of the permanent libraries at these camps. 4. Respectfull y submitted, READING COMMITTEE Page 21. �CHICKASAW COUNCIL, B. _S. A. ANNUAL MEETING, DECEM:aER 10, 1931 **** REPORT OF SEA SCOUT COMMITTEE Your committee is still enthusiastic over the possibilities offered the older boys in remaining under the beneficial direction and leadership after the youthful days have passed. Sea Scouting is built for older boys. Our committee is still hopelessly drifting as a ship without a rudder for the lack of funds - no money ever having been allotted in the budget to finance our activities. As water sports and interest increase it is a mistake to pass the opportunity this branch of Scouting offers to serve. So it is urgently requested that due consideration be given to availing this committee at least $500.00 to function. The interest is so keen that the crew of the S.S.S. Bonita sponsored by the Galloway Memorial Methodist Church under the direction of Skipper c. B. Kennedy has found ~ way and has obtained a 30-f oot cutter from the Navy Department at Nia.re Island, California. This initiative and d.eterminattxm should be appreciated by the Council to the point of supporting finanqially this interest. For 1932 we recommend: 1. That at least $500.00 be provided in the Council budget for Sea Scouting. 2, That other boats at least 30 feet long be secured for the use of Sea Scouts under the direction and control of the Council and Sea Scout Committee. 3. That additional Sea Scout troops be organized wherever practical and that the Sea Scout program be m::i.de available to as many of our older Scouts as possible. Respectfully submitted. Page 22 •. �CHICKASAW COUNCIL, B. S. A. ANNUAL MEETING, DECEMBER 10, · 1931 **** REPORT OF TRAINING COMMITTEE We are pleased to report that the splendid work of last year 1 s Training Committee and their co-workers is evident in the marked improvement in the general leadership of Scout troops. It is our privilege to assist in the realization of some of the recommendations of the 1930 Committee in that we were able to offer a Saoutmster ts Specialization Course in First Aid to a class of 32 men, 18 of 'l'ihom received certificates, In July a Troop Camping Specialization Course was held at Camp Currier with a membership of 18 and all were awarded certificates. Both of these courses count in the Five Year Program ~lan. Immediately following the Camping Course, a Patrol Leaders Training Course was held at Camp Currier with an attendance of ten Patrol Leaders from five troops of the Council. Ue are indebted to the Scout Leaders and Council Members both National and Local, who gave their time and experience in serving as instructors and officors for these schools and training courses. Mr. Charles F. · Smith, of the National Council, conducted the Troop Camping Specialization Course at Camp Currier with MT. Ross A. M9.thews, Commissioner, as Assistant Scoutmaster. Nil'. Ben Coffey, Jr., District Commissioner, served as Patrol Leader of one Patrol, assisted by Mr. E. K. Leach, Scoutmaster of Troop 14, and Mr. R. Von Steinen, Scoutmaster of Troop 68 •. Mr. C. C. Brown, Scoutmaster of Troop 38, served as Patrol Leader of the second Patrol, assisted by Mr. P. A. Clayton, Scoutmaster of Troop 32. The First Aid School was held under the Leadership of Mr. W. Gordon Morris, Scout Executive, and Mr. Ben Coffey, Jr., District Commissioner, with the very able assistance of Dr. Robert Paine, Chairman of the Troop Committee of Troop 26. Mr. Ben Coffey, Jr., served as instructor for the Patrol Leaders Training School held at Camp Currier. The Y. M. c. A. has been very generous in their cooperation, and furnished the room in which we held our indoor schools. They ca.me through this year as always and their assistance is gratefully appreciated. While this Committee deserves no credit for the very commendable work accomplished in the following schools it does feel that such effort on the part of the Scoutmasters should be brought to the attention of the Council at large; that the Scoutmasters be applauded and their efforts wherever possible encouraged. Mr. W. J. Barfield, Scoutmaster of Troop 27, conducted a Troop First Aid School and 11 boys from the troop completed the course. Mr. J, W. Brust, Scoutmaster of Troop 21, recently opened a similar school to his troop on November 7th and this school is still in session. For 1932 we recommend that special attention be given both the Page 23, �REPORT OF TRAINING COMMITTEE (Continued) Minimum and Approved Scoutmaster's Training Course,. that another First Aid Course be offered for the benefit of the new Scoutmasters and such of the older Scoutmasters as feel they will derive good from the courses, We would also like to recommend, if suf'ficiant membership can be enrolled to justify it, a Standard Training Course for Scoutnasters, as this portion of the Five Year Program Plan has never been offered in Chickasaw Council. Respectfully submitted, TRAINING COMMITTEE Page 24, �CHICKASAfv COUNCIL, B. S. A. li.IDTUAL MEETING, DECEMBER 10, 1931 ~EP0:1T OF T :;1 0 0 P 0 * a ** * GA N I Z A T I 0 N COMMITTEE Your Committee reports that during the year ending Deeember 1, 1931, there were 7 troops of white Scouts and 4 troops of negro Scouts organized. The Council ~ow has 61 troops of white Scouts and 12 troops of negro Scouts, a total of 73 troops.· ~e 7 white troopS organized this year and their sponsors are as follows: Troop Troop ·Troop Troop '!Toop Troop Troop 18 - A Group of Ci tiz.ens 22 - Lions Club 24 - Wes tmin$ ter Presbyterian Church 28 - St, John's Methodist Church 46 - A Group of Citizens 72 - Bartlett Baptist Church 73 - Lake Cormorant Consolidated School The 4 negro troops and.their sponsors are as follows: ,. 108 - Manassas High School Troop 109 - Congregational Church Troop 110 - Greater Gilfield Baptist Church Troop 111 - St. Jude Baptist Church Tl"'oop Eight troops failed to reJ~egister this year so they were dropped from the Council's record. They were Troops 39, 42, 43, 44, 60, 62, 63 and 66. Some of these troops are in process of reorganization and we hope to have them again in good standing in the near future. We have seven live prosp~cti:i now under able to close up in the next few mont~s. w~y that we ought to be We have found more difficulty in reregistering troops this year than ever before, as many boys have been unable to pay their registration fee of 50~. While the Council shows a net growth of only three troops this year as cor~ared to last year we feel that this is a good showing under the existing circumstances and we are not the least bit discouraged. For 1932 we recommend that we get as many new troops to be organized as foe Executive Board thinks it wise for us to do. We further recommend that the Troop Organization Comnittee, as well as members of the Executive Board, visit all of the troops as often as possible during the coming year and that more attention be given to our troops that are already organized than ever before, Respectfully submitted, TROOP ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE e-ffl1r:Chairman ~at4 Page 25. �CHICKASAW COUNCIL, B. S. A. ANNUAL MEETING, DECEMBER 10, 1931 **** REP ORT 0 F "'S C 0 U T E XE C UT I V E It is my pleasure to report that Chickasaw Council has had the best year of its history during 1931. This is particularly true in the wonderful record of advancement as shown by the Court of Honor report. 1,780 Merit Badges were awarded as compared to 1,150 in 1930 or an increase of 54.8%, In 1929 only 746 Merit :Badges were awarded; the number of badges awarded this year is more than double that awarded in 1929. In fact, the Court this year awarded almost as many badges as were awarded in both 1929 and 1930. Last year 114 Scouts were advanced to First Class rank as compared to 217 this year 1 an increase of 90.3~. Throughout the various ranks and awards made by the Cou:;.·t of Honor, there is a marked increase with the smallest percentage of increase being 32.5%. The won&erful work of the Scouts without any stimulation from efficiency contests or other means is proof that the Scouting done t~is year is the best in the Council's history. The Council now .has 73 troops as compared to 70 last year and 1,530 boys as co1rrpared to 1,504 last year. Insofar as numerical gain is concerned not a g~eat deal of progress has been made, but I believe we have done very well considering tho fact that throughout the south practically every council shows a loss in membership as compared to last year due largely, I think, to conditions which have made it very difficult for many boys to secure their registration fee of 50¢. We have a number of troops in process of organization anQ I am confident 1932 will shown a real gain in number of troops and Scouts, Our camp program this year has been especially fine as will be noted from the figures below: Dec. 1, 1930 Camp Currier Ka.mp Kia ICima Camp Daniels 3,564 Scout Days 736 Scout Weeks 108 Scout Days Doc. 1, 1931 7,160 Scout Days - Gain 3,596 Days, 100.9% 639 Scout Weeks - Loss 97 Weeks or 10.4% 304 Scout Days - Gain 196 Days, 182.4% The remarkable growth in attendance at Camp Currier and the real use to n'hich this camp is being put by our boys is something everyone interested in Scouting can be proud of. Even though Kamp Kia Kim.a showed a loss in attendance this year, it was one of the best years we have ever had as the camp had a wonderful program and for the first time finished the season 1:7ith a profit ($23. 66). Camp Daniels for the colored Scouts showed a remark.able increase in attendance and I feel that next year th6.,s camp will be on an even better basis and uill have a greater increase over the record attendance of this y0ar. One of the biggest forward steps the Council has ever taken v1as the building of the dam at Camp Currier. For years our Scouts and Scouters have looked foruard to the building of the dam which would make boating, swimming Page 26, �Z (Continu ed) ~XECUTIV REPORT OF... SCOU~ ..-. .. \ and fishing availab le at this camp. Through the generos ity .of Mrs. JJlizabe th B. Currier of Geneva.', $\dtzerl and, it nas possible to build this dam. It is no\1 complete d and has already impounded about two acres of ~7ater. It will be a question of only a few mont~s until there should be apJroxir nately ten or tTielve acres of '\later in the la:~e. The uater no\7 in the lake has been impounded within the past t~o months. Undoubt edly Mrs. Currier 's wonderf ul gift to the boys of this Council ~ill mean the enlargem ent of the activiti es of the ca1l'p and afford pleasur e of the finest kind to our Scouts as well as the generati o'myet to come. Mrs. Currier has done many wonderf ul things for the camp but none has been of greater service to the .Council than the gift of funds for this dam. We are all indebted to her for it. At Camp Currier there are now 20 complete cabins, 5 of which were bu.ilt this year. There are 10 others in course of constru ction and Which will doubtles s be finished during 1932. I feel this is especia lly good work on the :9art of the troops when the economic situatio n is consider ed, There is no doubt that when the basin of the lake has been complet ely filled a great roo.ny more troops will build cabins ~t the camp, as the lack of swimming, boatin3 a~d fishing has been one of the ~eatest drawbac ks to Camp Currier in the past. This year the first Camp Currier Jambore e was held. It was such a wonderf ul success that it will doubtles s become an annual event. 825 boys from 44 troops were in camp during tbis Jamboree which started on Friday afternoo n and ended on Sund.B.y afternoo n. We are especia lly indebted to Mr. Noah Henline who conceive d the idea for this Jambore e and to the many firms in Memp:':1is who so generou sly donated the trucks to transpo rt the boys to carrrp. There we:i. e 105 vehicle s required to move the 825 boys. They carried out the Jambore a proi:;ram with enthusia sm and precisio n and I believe every boy who attended is looking forward to the next Jambore e. 1 C:1icf-.asaw Council was signally honored this year by the Nationa l Council of the Boy Scouts 6f America holding its Annual Meeting in Memphis on May 5th and 6th. This was one of the most outstand ing events in the history of Scouting , as it cormnemoratBd the 21st Anniver sary of the Scout Movement in Ame"-·ica. Scoiiters from all over the United States were in attendan ce and there uore 517 Sctmter s register ed as co!I!Pared to 363 Scouters who we;.·e register ed at the meeting in New York last year. We have had many letters of commendation for the wa:y w~icn our Council did its part in making this meeting a success and many letters of thanks for the courtesy and hospita lity extended . An especia lly fine complim ent was paid to the Scouts who were on duty as pages by Mr. G. Barrett Rich, Chairman of the Nationa l Committee on Badges, AWa.rds and Scout Requirem ents. Mr. Rich inspecte d our boys very carefully, praised them highly, and stated that he could not find anything wrong with their appearan ce and that they were a distinc t credit to our Council . The Scouters of Chickasaw Council certainl y did a fine job in entertai ning the delegate s to this meeting and I want to take this occasion to express to them my thanks for their wonderf ul coopera tion. Through the courtesy of Mr. Raymond Skinner , Preside nt of the Forest Hill Dairy, a Boy Scout Calenda r, 45 by 22 inches in size, has been placed in all the school rooms in Memphis. This is by long odds the finest publicity the Council has ever receive~ and we are deeply indebted to Mr. Skinner for it. Page 27. �REPORT OF SCOUT 3XECUTIVE (Continued) It is a policy of the National Council to extend the area of strong city Co"tL•cils to include the city's trado area. Through the efforts of the Regional :Jxecutive, Mr. Harold W. Lewman, Chickasaw Council's Executive Boai·d after a long and careful consideration has passed a resolution whereby it will extend the p~esent Council territory to take in 15 counties in Western Arkansas, 2 in Southeastern Missouri, and 8 in Western Tennessee, a total of 25 counties. Vihen this extension is completed it wil 1 afford the present Council the o~portunity to give leadership to Scouts throughout the trade terri. tory and ue look forward to the consW!lrr'.ation of t11is plan during 1932. Tnis year has seen a marked improvement in the Scout Leaders Round Table \1::licl1 is doing a fine piece of work in helping our Scouters. The Council is indebted to Mr. :7alter Gray who has so splendidly cooperated throughout the year by preparing and serving uithout cost to the Council the meals for the Round Table once each month. Mr. Gray donates the tremendous amount of work necessary to malte the Round Table a success and we certainly appreciate it. Our Scouts have done the largest aroo1lnt that they have ever done and I want especially to good turns they have rendered to the community as Civic Relations Committee. Training of this kind future citizens. of civic service this year call your attention to the shown by the report of the is of great benefit to our As a part of a very ambitious program our Council planned to or~an­ ize rUl·al Scout troops in the Council teri~i tory adjacent to Memghis. With t11is in mind two conmittees were ap·pointed, one for Shelby County, Tenn., Mr. L::. A, Harrold, Chair:m9.n, and one for DeSoto County, Miss., Mr. S. E. Dean, Chairman. On account of adverse economic conditions, only two troops ~ere organized by this department, Troop 72 at Bartlett in Shelby County and Troop 73 at Lake Cormorant in DeSoto County. For the above reason no detailed reports will be made by these committees. For a number of years our Council has been tremendously handicapped by the lack of sufficient funa.s. This yeo:r our budget is $10, 102. 91 to cover the ope~·ations of 73 troops. Ten years ago the budget Has $12,052.00 with only 18 troops in the Council. The lack of aJ!l9le finances retards development but in view of existing financial conditions throughout the country I feel ~e have made splendid pro~ress. Our National Officials tell me that at least $20,000.00 should be available each year for the proper operation of ~ the Council. Sea Scouting is a program for the older boys and marked progress has been made in it this year. Dr. Louis Leroy has generously taken the members of the s. S. S. Bonita on many cruises during the year and it is his fine generosity in carrying the boys on his boat on the Mississippi River that has helped to make our Sea Scouting \1hat it is today. I deeply appreciate the work Dr. Leroy nas done and the assistance he has given. A 30 foot ~hale boat has been secured from the Navy Department at the Mare Island, Calif,, Navy Yard. Tnis boat was shipped ~ithout cost of transportation from Mare Island, Calif., by steamer tbrough the Panama Canal to New Orleans and then through the courtesy of the Federal Barge Line was transported up the river to Memphis. Mr. Glen Holloway of Natchez, Miss., arranged for this transpor. tation ~hich ue all deeplY appreciate. Page 28. �REPORT OF SCOUT EXllCUTIVE (Continued) Chickasaw Council could not have made the splendid record it has for this year had not the Officers and Members of the Executive Board, the Council Members, the Membe:i:s of the various committees, Merit Badge Counselors, and Sco1,ltmasters and Assistant Scoutmaster s cooperated at all times. Many demands for time have been made on some of our Scouters that they could ill afford to give but they have helped whenever and wherever they could. I want to take this opportunity to thank them for the time tbey have given, the sacrifices they have made and the real work that has been done that our Council might give to our boys every opportunity to become better citizens through the manifold advantages of Scouting. Without the help and cooperation of these gentlemen we could not have made the splendid record as evidenced by the reports of our standing commit tees and the achievement s of the troops. I also want to thank Mr. Harold W. Lewman, Regional Executive, and Mr. J. V. Dabbs, Deputy Regional Executive, for their help during the year. In planning the work of the Council .for 1932 I recommend: 1. That especial emphasis be placed on the training of leaders of troops. 2. That plans be laid to increale the number of troops and Scouts whenever funds are available to take care of the expense. 3. That another Jamboree be held at Camp Currier. 4. That the Sea Scout program be enlarged and more ships organized. 5. That evefy troop not now having a cabin at Camp Currier be encouraged to build one~ 6. That we maintain our high standards in all events involved in Scouting technique and especially in the award of the Merit :Badges. 7. That we have another Merit Badge Exposition similar to the one held in 1928 whenever financial conditions will permit. 8. That we give the advantages of Scouting to negro boys whenever and wherever troops can be org;anized ni th proper leadership and supervision . 9. That every effort be made through additional publicity and other means to educate the public at large and especially the heads of eh1;p;'ches and other institution s as to the value of Scout training. Scouting is a vital force in our community • . lt sup-plements the ;10!'1...c of the home, of the church and of the school. It is a character building and citizenship training program and is of prime importance in times of financial stress as well as in times of prosperity. Our boys need this training and with the continued support of our Council Members and the other Scout Leaders there is no doubt but what Chickasap Council will continue to progress in 1932. I earnestly ask your continued loyal cooperation and help to make Scouting available to all boys in the Council area. Respectfull y submitted, Yf.~kvhl(~. Scout Executive Page 29, �CHICKASAW COUNCIL, B. S. A. ANNUAL MEETING, DECEMBER 10. 1931 • *** TROOPS, SOOUTl:.ASTERS AND SPONSORING INSTITUTIONS AS OF DECEMBER 1, 1931 TROOP l 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 3l 32 33 34 36 37 38 40 41. 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 SCOUTViASTER SPONSORING INSTITUTION H. L. DeLaney First hethodist Church LaBelle Baptist Chur.ch McLemore Ave. Christian Church Madison Heights Methodist Church St. John•s Methodist Church Baron Hirsch Synagogue Union Ave. Y.ethodist Church Buntyn Presbyterian Church Evergreen Presbyterian Church Galloway Memorial Methodist Church Glenview Home Improvement Club First Unitarian Church Trinity Methodist Church Greenwood Civic Club Bellevue Baptist Church Group of Citizens Group of Citizens Union Ave. Baptist Church Idlewild Presbyterian Church St. Mary's Cathedral Lions Club Central Cumberland Presbyterian Church Westminster Presbyterian Church Congregation Children of Israel Lions Club · Northeast Memphis Civic Club St. John's Methodist Church Evergreen Presbyterian Church Whitehaven Civic Club Epworth Methodist Church Epworth Methodist Church Civitan Club Calvary Episcopal Church Highland Heights Methodist Church Springdale Methodist Church Lamar Heights Presbyterian Church Buntyn Methodist Church Hernando Parent-Teacher Association Idlewild Presbyterian Church Group of Citizens !dlewild Presbyterian Church r~cLemore Ave. Presbyterian Church Sacred Heart Church Collierville Parent-Teacher Assn. . Yale Baptist Church .Ave. Cbristian Church ·.• .',.,:.\"' ·Linden ' ' •... , • '. ).,; ··,ot...• Norman E. Harris Joe Flanagan Wilfred Byan Garner Watson Ralph E. Cohen Guy Boyer ?v:iller C. Johnson Thomas J. Turner George W. Bell A. S. Fry Joe Hopper Fraser Estes E.K. Leach H.T. Butler Dr. Chas. Scherer Dr. J, Murry Davis Gerald Capers . Russell Wilkinson J.W. Brust Wm. F. Wise Curtis Luck James Duke kood.y J.D. Marks, Jr. H.R. Schwarzkopf W.J. :Barfield McKay Rice Wesley Patton l~i l ton P. Kearney J. Beeves Stanfield P.A. Clayton L.E. Thomas Perry Pipkin Dr. Eugene.Finley Fred L. Christenbury c.c. Brown, Jr. Harry Madison Roy R. Counts Russell Ford ll.il ton Russ Conway Ford C.H. Church Rev. John H. Shea Arnold Houston W.O. Byler . ' ~ ·~"·!. • ',.• Page 30. : �TROOPS. SCOUTMASTERS .AND SPONSORING IJ:lSTITUTIONS AS··oF DECEMBER 11. 1931 TROOP 53 54 56 57 59 61 64 65 67 69 69 70 71 72 73 SCOLJTriLA.STER SPONSORING INSTITUTION Frank H. Stamps F.K. Beeson E.W. Clinton W.F. Turman J.Vl. Stone .Richard ii£. Lowry Elbern McGonagill C.B. Kennedy J.B. Harris R. Von Steinen Irby L. O'Brien Chas. I. Diehl Alf red T. k~oye Ernest Tapp C.L. Riggan North of Macon Ci vie Club Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church Eudora Baptist Church Horn Lake Parent-Teacher Assn. Capleville Baptist Church Missouri-Pacific West Side Civic Club Galloway Methodist Church Lindsay Memorial Presbyterian Church Anieri can Legion St. Alban 1 s Chapel Millington Methodist Church Hollywood Baptist Church Bartlett Baptist Church Lake Cormorant Con~olidated School * ***** * * ~ * '* * * * * * * * ********** ******* *********** *******• ******************** COLORED Tf\OOPS. TROOP 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 SCOUTr;:ASTER Claud R. Be 11 W.O. Woodruff Emmett L, Rice, Sr. Booker T. Banks Theodore Davis J.W. Hu,nter Leon Dewey Foster Geo. W. horrow E.W., Weed Fr.ederic .R. Hills "Nill James Fogg L.W. Grayson SPONSORING INSTITUTION t Centenary Methodist Church Central Baptist Church Metropolitan Baptist Church Mt. Olive C.E.E. Church Mt. Pisgah C.K.E. Church Gospe.l Tem.:ple Baptist Church First Baptist Church St. Stephen• s Baptist Church lfonassas High School Congregational.Church Greater Gilfield Baptist Church St. Jude's Baptist ~nurch * * * * * ** * * * * ** * ** **** ** *** * * * ** * *** * * * * * * * ** * * ** * * *** ** * * * * * * ** * * ** ***** * * * Page 31. �11~~~-~~~~~~~- lr - - - - - - - - 1 THE SCOUTMASTER There isn't any pay for you, you serve without reward, The boys who tramp the fields rri th you but little could afford, And yet your pay is richer far than those who toil for gold, For in a dozen different ways your service shall be told. You' 11 read it in the faces of a troop of growinz; boys, You'll read it in the pleasure of a dozen manly joys. And doi:m the distant future---y0 1.1 will surely read it then, Emblazone d through the service of a band of loyal men. Five years of willing labor and of brotherin g a troop, Five 3rears of trudging hi(;hways·, with the Indian cry and whoop, Five years of camp fires burning, not alone for pleasure 1 s sake, But the future generatio n w:1ich the boys are soon to rmke. They have no gold to give you, but when age comes on to you They' 11 give you back the splendid things you taught them how to do, They'll give you rich contentme nt and a thrill of honest pride And you' 11 see your nation prosper, and you 1 11 be satisfied . - Edgar A. Guest J i �NOMINATIONS FOR OFFICERS .Al."'ID COUNCIL MEMBERS ·1 •******* President Vice-President Vice-President Vice-President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Commissioner Deputy Commissioner Dr. J. c. .Ayres Walter Lane Smith A. D. McWhorter J. W. Gates J • E. Dilworth M. E. Finch June D. Allen Ross A. Ma thews L~ R• Taylor COUNCIL MEMBERS AT LARGE \ c. Carruthers Roscoe C. Clark Martin J. Condon W. \V. Cox Jesse Cunningham w. L. Acroyd James Seddon Allen June D. .Allen Judge Harry B. Anderson Dr. J. C. .Ayres J. Judge H. H. Barker Dr. W. R. Bethea Lloyd T. Binford Dr. c. F. Blaisdell I. D. Block Dr. W. R. Blue Ray H. Boaz H. W. Brennan c. A. Bruce. R. G. Bruce Joe Buchignani H. T. Bunn E. E. Buxton Clifford Davis Senator s. B. Dean J. E. Dilworth R. M. Dozier John Q.. F.a ton Mark :Eldredge Dr. H. W. Ettelson M. E. Finch John T. Fisher Earl French �COUNCIL MEMBERS AT LARGE (Continued) Bishop Thorras F. Gailor Dr. George Ga.rtly J. W. Gates C. A. Gerber George W. Gleaves Fred Goldsmith Dr . Max Go 1 tman Dr. J. N. C. Moffatt John T. Morgan A. M. Murray ,J. M. Murray W. J. 0 13rien D. T. Griffith William Orgill Watkins Overton E. W. Hale Robert W. Hall Ben S. Parker :?.:. P. Peacock Arthur Halle E. A. Harrold Robert Haverty P. G. Hedges Hard'iVig Peres George P. Phillips A. E. Pipl<:in Perry Pipkin Abe Plough. R. :a. Prest Howard Pritchard Dr. L. M. GrA-ves A. L. Heiskell Prof. J. L. Highsaw Allen Hughes , Jr. Horace Hull Dr. Orren W. Hyman Dr. John L. Jelks W. C. ,Johnson Paul T. Jones Prof. R. L. Jones H. P. Jordan R. L. Jordan S. El. Ragland Robert G. Ramsay John E. Roberts John Ross June Rudisell F. l~. Dyan z. Edward M. Salomon Merrill Schwartz Raymond Skinner Bolton Smith Douglas Smith Vial ter Lane Smith Ricks Strong George A. Lawo Robert E. Lee M. A. Lightman H. D. Love William Loeb Kenon Taylor L. R. Taylor Bill Terry Geo. M. :Klepper A. Knoth O. I. Kruger W. D. Kyser L. IC. Thompson J. H. Townshend W. \I. Mallory Kenneth I'fiark:well T. H. Tutwiler Ross A. Ma thews Dr. W. n. Wallace Robert G. Walls A. P. Walsh Harry Webb J. E. Maury C. T. McCabe Jolm McClure J. E. McCormack Ii • F. McElroy E. L. McGee A. D. MciVhorter Vl. W. Wessell George Wood Dr. ?ercy Wood �CIL4..!RMEN OF TROOP COMMITTEES MEMBERS OJf CHICK.AS.AW COUNCIL FOR 193 l Troop 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 19 20 21 23 25 26 27 29 30 31 32 33 34 36. 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 4± 45 47 48 49 50 L. R. Forsdic k A. L. Hansar d George H. Schultz Kennet.h E. McRae Dr. Geo. Livermore Rev. Elijah Di Stampf er C. J. Reid Cary Kelly Dr. Howard Curl Albert M. Traylo r Joe F. Tenney Rev. John C. Petrie A. H. Young E. Dalstro m J. W. Montgomery Walter L. Gray w. Jack Gates Frazer Young R. B. Wilker son, Sr. Rev. C. R. Matloc k Dr. Sidney S. Friedm an Dr. Robert Paine W. D. Burk John A. Stephen son J. O. Goshorn Jack Gardne r F. G. Boehme D. T. Griffit h Fred Morriso n P. E. Callis A. L. Hensle y L. R. Hawley Rev. Victor D. Derric k John Stock J. R. Tipton, Sr. Taylor D. Morse J. w. Higg'd.SOU W. T. Woods E. R. Caldwe ll E. A. Rivers Charles H. Church John D. Reddick W. H. Rutledg e w. Y. M. C. A. 609 Lucy 534 Lucy 1284 S. Willet t liiedica l Arts Bldg, 1031 Poplar Ave. 518 S"c1rri.mi t Ave. 580 Presco tt St. 709 N. Belved ere 881 s. Cooper 1621 Netherwood 12·oa Vance 1663 Lawrence 11 Nettle ton 1890 Vinton Ave. 148 N. Evergr een 1254 Vinton 1901 Peabody 470 N. McNeil l 1639 Vance Ave. 809 Medical Arts Bldg. 805 Medica l Arts Bldg. 985 Park St. 1255 Snowden Ave. Mallory Branch 1722 Carrut hers 1252 N. Parkway 1746 Carrut hers 61 S •.Rembert 1002 N. Willet t 621 Eva Quaker Oats Co. 1548 Jackso n 3621 Spottsw ood Hernando, Miss. 3550 Forres t 120 Mallory Olive Branch , Miss, 908 Derman Bldg. 1898 Madison 1165 S. Wellin gton 695 S. :Barksd ale Collie rville, Tenn. �CHA1R1£N OF TROOP COivl!·:IITTEES (Continued) Troop 51 52 53 54 56 57 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 Rev. i. L. Smith Dr. ~m. ~ritt Ju:rns A. A. Head Douglas F. Heuer Chas. P. Dockery C. P. Winn Wm. Van Hersh R. E. Harrison· R. K Dozier Hugh Ellis A. B. Davis F. M. Lane Albert M. Traylor Herman C. Hawkes Brice p, Moffatt William A. Crenshaw J. H. A.lters C• P • Mangu."Il Albert P. Cornell Route 5, Buntyn, Tenn. 1458 Vinton Baleigh Road, R. 3 201 Buena Vis ta R. 1, Hernando, Miss. Ho1~n Lake, Miss. Capleville, Tenn. Gerrna,,~town, Tenn. 210 Union Station Bldg. R. 3; Memphis, Tenn. B. 1048, ~!.emphis, Tenn. 91 Illinois 881 S. Cooper 160 Cedar 765 Stonewall 1736- Peach Ave. 7 Norwood w. Mi.llington, Tenn. 1343 :Oryan St • � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chickasaw Council Executive Board Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Chickasaw Council, BSA Description An account of the resource Contains Reports of Committees, Annual Reports, Recharters, and Minutes Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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'_"\: r * * * * * * * * * * .* * * * * * * * * * * * * .* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * FOREWORD - - As fine as are the work and achievements described in this booklet,. they are no measure of the real service rendered by our Scouters to the boyhood of this ~omnronity. ~ne pleasure in the * * * * * * * * * * * * preparation of these reports in no sense describes ** ** the real joy these committeemen received in render- ** ** ing the * service~ We reach the heart of the boy by * ** bringing to his senses the wonders and glory of ** * * * * * * * * * * * * creation and contact with youth warms our hearts and quickens and rejuvenates our senses to a greater appreciation of the myriads of blessings surrounding us. J. C. A. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * " ..... •1,• .-----------------------------------··---~-.-·------- -------------------------------·-----.. --... -... ·- CHICKASAW COUNCIL, B. S. A. Dr. J. C • .A;yres A. D. McWh.orter J. W. Gates J. E. Dilworth Walter L. Smith M. E. Finch June D. Allen Ross A. Mathews L. R. Taylor W. Gordon Morris H. C. Itrers MJlMPHIS, TENN. * • * * ... OFFICERS .wl ... * ... * ... President Vice-President Vice-President Vice-President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Commissioner Field Commissioner Scout Executive Asst. Executive NATIONAL COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVZS Dr. J. c. Ayres Ross A. Ma.them ... * ... ... * CHAIRMEN STANDING COMMITTEES :~ Chairmen Ross A. Mathews John T. Morgan John E. Roberts C. T. McCabe Walter L. Smith Dr. L. M. Graves Bolton Smith R. G. Ramsay George P. Phillips Allen Hughes, Jr. Jesse Cunningham E. A. Harrold S. B. Dean Ray H. Boaz L. R. Taylor J. W. Gates Committees Activities Camp Currier Civic Relations Court of Honor Finance Health & Safety Inter-Racial Ka~ Kia Kima Outfitters Publicity Reading Rural Scouting, Shelby County Rural Scouting, DeSoto County Sea Scouting Training Troop Organization ..__----------------------------------~' I : CMMCKASA\W OOUNCllL l®l'tr ~C®~T$ @~ A~~IE,~~{ft/A ¥.1 ~~~ ~.@ 14 u~ ~tlU~ ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE REPORT , CAN~ CURRI:i!fil COMMITTEE REPORT • CIVIC RELATIONS COMMITTEZ REPORT COURT OF HONOR REPORT • • • • . . . . . ' FilWJCE COMMITT:@Z REPORT , , • . . . . HEALTH & SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT . ' . . . . . . . . INTER-RACIAL COMMITTEE REPORT , KAMP KIA KIMA COMMITTEE REPORT od.rFITTERS COMMITTEE REPORT • • Pu:BLICITY COMMITTEE REPORT ' . . READING COMMITTEE REPORT . . . . RURAL SCOUTING REPORT • . . . SBA SCOUTING COlvll\U TTEE . . . . . . . TRAINING COMMITTEE REPORT • TROOP ORGANIZATION COMMITTEZ RE.PORT . . . . . . . . . . . . SCOUT EXECUTIVE rs REPORT .. • • • , . . . TROOPS, SCOUTN"lAST:JllRS AND SPONSORING INSTITUTIONS . . . . . . " Page 1 2 5 7 9 12 14 15 18 19 21 28 22 23 25 26 30 CHICKASiW COUNCIL. B. S. A. ANNUAL MEZTI1'1'J., DECEMB.E.TI 10, 1931 * "' * * REPORT OF ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE The Activities Committee has succeeded this year in organizing itself to uhere it could function with a marked degree of effi._ciency in that we divided the Scouting area into eight divisions.and assigned one member of the Committee to each Division. Over half of these divisions the Deputy Scout Commissioner has had charge and the Commissioner has had charge of the other four divisions~ This has worked for better cooperation and has to m.Y mind increased the efficiency of the various troops and has made it possible for the Scout office to know at all times the condition and strength of each troop in the Council and has thus enabled the Scout Executive to concentrate his efforts to building up and increasing the morale of t~oops that needed a helping hand. I am extremely pleased to report to you that every member of the Activities Committee has been very active and has given unselfishly of his time and energy toward the building up of a Scout organization that will be second to none. The Activities Committee has formed a luncheon club which meets every Friday at Lowenstein's dining room for a round. table discussion and this in itself has been a great help not only to your Commissioner but to the Executive and his Assistant and has developed a very clo.se personal relation between all of the members of this committee. The Activities Committee also promoted with a. vien of better fellowship a Golf Tournament for all Scouters which considering this was the first year of an activity of this kind has been highly successful and we hope to make this a yearly event. This year we have had some very fine Inter-Troop Rallies which terminated with the best Final Rally in the history of the Council. The finals 11ere held at the Fair Grounds uith about 2,000 people in attendance. The Jamboree held at Camp Currie1· was the largest activity ever undertaken by the Council as 825 Scouts representing 44 troops were in camp for three days. The Activities of last year were so nearly parallel to this with the exception of the above that I will not attempt to go into tnem specifically except to say that this year I believe has marked the finest year that the Scout organization of this city has ever seen and I want to take this opportunity of thanking each and every member of my committee who has been so loyal and so pain-staking. Respectfully submitted, ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE :Sy d 1~ 'l{J' a. , ~/;:/ Chairman Page 1. CHICKASAW COUNCIL, B. S. A. ANNUAL ?&JETING. DECEMBER 10, 1931 * * * * REPORT 0 F CAMP CURRIER COMMITTEE Your Corrnnittee is happy to report another splendid year at this, our all-yGar camp. In point of troop cabin construction, and in Scout attendance as r1ell as outside attendance, this has been our best year. \Ve have haa_ visitors from many states besides our own and they all express much admiration and interest in what is being accomplished there. The chief activity at camp this year ·\7as the Jamboree held on May 24th. There i7ere 825 Scouts in attendance and they and their parents and friends made a total of some 2,000 people. The Scouts went into camp in cabins and tents on Friday afternoon, May 23rd. The rally started early Saturday morning with cam.fl inspection. After that throughout the day one Scout event folloved another without intermission and with clock;_like precision. Saturday afternoon some troops returned home. Others elected to stay over Saturday night and returned home Sunday afternoon. Those who stayed over and many visitors from Memphis and surrounding country were inspired by a most delightful address delivered on Sunday afternoon by Dr. T. K. Young of Memphis. The tent in which Dr. Young spoke 11as loaned us by :or. J. Mack Jenkins. Rev, J. H. Shea held mass for the Catholic Scouts on Sunday morning. Your Committee feels the Jamboree should be an annual affair at Camp cw.~rier. The attendance this year and the interest shown indicate that no other place available is so nell suited for such an event. There is ample space for the running off of numerous events simultaneously, and there is adequate parking space for visitors~ cars. Lack of running water is a drauback but that 1,7as solved most satisfactorily by our Scout Executive and his assistants. The chief objective of your committee this year has been the building of a dam to impound nater for a lake to give the boys swimming, boating and fishing. This has been in contemplation since the purchase of the carrrp site some five years ago. Camp Cm~rier ts best friend, rv:rs. Elizabeth Currier, had seen ho11 vital the need 'Uas. Several years ago she sent the Council an initial gift of $100.00, to be kept apart and used for this purpose only. From time to time she had added to that fund until in the early surrmer it amounted to $700. 00. The time seemed so propitious for getting the dam built cheaply that we decided to see just ho\7 far 11e could go 'iii th the fund rJe had. Mr. Marlnrell of our Committee m:i.de a survey of the site and reported that a dam 25 feet in height would impound about 25 acres of ~ater. The cost of such a dam rms prohibitive so he ;ms requested to find out just hm1 much dam could be built for the money ue had, keeping in mind the thought that we could raise the dam higher whenever we could get additional funds for that purpose. After considerable dickering rrith contractors and dirt movers, big and little, i7e found ~1e could build. a dam 14 feet high that would impound some 12 acres for something over 0:1hat our fimd amounted to. So \7e decided to go al'lead with this project. It has nm1 been completed to a height of 14 feet. The valleys leading to it have been cleared of trees and debris of all.sorts. An overflow has been provided both at bottom of dam as well as Page 2. fu."""PORT OF CAMP C'tJRRIER COMMITTEE (Continued) at top. It has been built according to S})ecifications prepared by our J!ln, gineer Me;nber, Mr. t!ia.rlnwll, and has been so planned that it can be added to. It is fully paid for. We offer it for your approval. Should some friend ·;iant to give us more funds ·;1e can enlarge the dam at any time to a height of 25 feet. Last year the Isaac Walton League gave us 175 Black Bass Fingerlings for our small Si7irrrming pool. This pool '.7ill nor1 become a part of the nerr lake. This summer the League gave us another lot of 125 Fingerlings. As soon as ti1e lake fills up 11e 1;1ill get from the "Department of Fisheries of the National Government enough Bass, Crappie, Bream and Gogle ~ye Perch to stock it completely. In a fe'\7 years "ire \7ill have excellent fishing for the boys. In the meantime they \7ill have boating and Si7imrning. The building of troop cabins at carrrp has kept pace ~ith other developments. La.st year at this time your Comrni ttee reported 15. complete troop cabins as follovIS: Troops 5, 8, 15, 16, 19, 25, 27, 29, 33, 34, 40, 41, 49, 50, and 68. This year -r.1e report 20 complete cabins, the 15 listed above and the follouing: Troops 24, 26, 32, 38, arid 69, i1hich nere built this year. 8 others are nearly complete, i.e., Troops 7, 9, 11, 13, 27, 43, 48 and 67, and logs are hauled for 2 more. As time goes on the cabins being built are better and better. By that ~e do not mean that they a~e oore costly or more elaborate. But they are more attractive, better built and arranged and better suited to the requirements of troops. We hope that every troop in Chick.a.sari Council not no~ having a cabin at Camp Currier ~ill begin plans for such a cabin. Nothing a troop committee can do uill make for better Scouting than such a cabin where the Scoutmaster and his boys can spend r:eek-ends and holidays in comfort out in the woods. The problem of transportation to and from camp has about solved itself. When a troop gets a cabin built on a site of its own selection it seems alilays to manage some way to get dm1n t11ere and back. We rarely have the matter discussed any more. The road to Currier is excellent. With so much activity in camp we rarely hear of poaching any more. The Scouts police it as no one else could. They protect the wild life themselves and are equally zealous to see that no outsider c~isturbs it. Lack of an adequate ·.1ater supply is still a drauback. Our ';l'ell at headquarters is fine and the pressure tank a success. But it is still necessary that the boys carry water to the cabins for drinking and cooking. We have had tentative surveys m.de for a i;vater supply but for the present its cost is beyond our capacity to meet. Based on a survey made by the Shelby County Department of Health under the direction of Dr. Graves, latrines are being built at strategic points about the camp for the convenience of the campers. The troops are, as far as possible, grouped in such a uay that several can build cooperative latrines at small cost to each. We urge that Scoutmasters get in touch uith our Ca.op Director and help solve this problem to the end that camp ~7ill meet the strictest requirements of sanitation. We recommend as the chief objective at camp next year the building of a tight fence around the entire cai:i!p property. At present ue are uorried Page 3. REPORT OF C.A11P CURRIER COMMITTEE (Continued) constantly by stray stock. This stock must be kept away from the lake and its draining area. Mr. i'lalter Lane S:r.ii th advises us this uill cost about $425. 00 for a fence built 'i7i th 2611 hog nire at the bottom and 2 strands of barbed ~ire above. T.here have been during the year 7,160 Scout days spent at ca:ip as cor.tpared to 3,564 last year, an increase of 3,596 days or 100.9%. There rave been 3,046 visitors as compared to 1,327 last year, an increase of 1,719 Visitors or 129%. The number of visitors is increasing all the time. We encourage them and Mr. and ~~s. ~wers I!Bke them ~elcorne. ~e keep a register of these visitors. · At Camp Headquarters ~e are developing a museur:i. and trophy room. The collection is already of considerable interest. If ahy one has Indian relics or sinilar objects ue uill be glad to have them and uill give credit to the donor in a register kept for that purpose. During the Jamboree the cornerstone of the Block Lodge was laid and dedicated to Rabbi Harcy \7. Ettelson. The lodge nas started by Senator Dean and is being built in memory of Ike Block Hhose liberal contribution made the ?urchase of Cal!!P Currier possible. It is for the purpose of furnishing a place for Scouters to rr.eet and to stay overnight. Kitchen arrangements nill be provided. We are going to need help on this from all Scouters who can handle an axe or saw. We feel ~e rrould be remiss if we did not, in the report, mention the splendid cooperation v1e have had at all times frol:l Camp Director Harry Myers. He has carried out our instructions in a spirit of good Scouting. He is endeavoring to make the camp a refuge for wild life, a place to study the trees and plants native to this section and so far as it is possible to do so he is instructing the Scouts in these things. It has been a pleasure to Hork With him. It is useless to tell you that Executive Gordon Morris has cooperated ~ith us fully at all times. He has been untiring in his efforts to carry out our plans at camp. But for his cheerful help our job would not have been the pleasant one ~e have found it. In conclusion your camp chairman wants to thank his fella~ committeemen for their excellent cooperation. They have been ready at all times to do any job assigned them. And they have done their jobs uell. Charlie McCabe has contacted the . troops in their activities. Kenneth Mark:;rell has engineored the dam. Senator Dean has seen to roads, bridges and cabins. Mr. Cox has graded the camp roads excellently, Dr. Wallace has seen to camp sanitation and kindred problems. Your chairman has assigned the work and has had little to do himself. It has been a delight to work with these gentlemen. Respectfully submitted, CAMP CURRIER COMMITTEE f) Page 4. CHICKASAW COUNCIL, B. S. A. ANNUAL MEETING. DECEMBER 10, 1931 "' "' "' ... REPORT OF CIVIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE As in the past the Civic Relations Corrmittee can take pride in the wey the Scouts of Chickasaw Council have rallied to every demand for their services in connection with civic activity. A large portion of the activity of this Civic Relations Committee is to decide in which activities the Scouts will be permitted to take part. This is necessary in order to prevent the movement from being exploited for private or selfish motives. Many requests for service of Scouts are refused each year, and many good turns are done which uould make too long a list for this report. Among the principal services rendered are the follouing: 1. Forty troops distributed 25,000 blotters for the Shelby County Tuberculosis Society in the residential section of Memphis. Also placed p·os ters in the uindows of the dovm-town section regarding the Annual Sale of Ohristma.s Seals. 2. Eight Scouts served as pages at the Convention of the Tennessee Manufacturers Association. 3. Served as pages at meeting of the dealers of the Oakland Motor Car Company. 4. Boy Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps took part in the parade during the Cotton Carnival. 5. Acted ushers at Memorial Exercises for heroes of World War held in 01rerton Park and sponsored by the American Legion. 6. .Acted as ushers at the circus put on by the Memphis Park Commission at the Fair Grounds. 7. Distributed sixty thousand cards giving directions for the control of mosquito breeding for the Department of Health. This is the third year the Scouts of Memphis have rendered this service to the Health Department. 8. Thirty Scouts acted as pages at the Peabody Hotel during the National Convention of the National Exchange Club. Sixty-five Scouts served as ushers and messengers at the .Auditorium during 11.Aviation Night in Dixie" which ~as sponsored by the National Exchange Club. 9. Twenty-five Scouts held the crowd back during the Southern .Archery Tournament. 10. Distributed posters for Memphis Community Fund, One hundred Scouts distributed 10,000 envelopes of literature during the drive. 11, Distributed posters and Eagle Scouts served as personal guides to the National Staff during the National Convention of the Boy Scouts of Page 5 REPORT OF CIVIC RELATIONS Cm!1MITTEE (Continued) America. 12. Packed and delivere.d baskets for the Good.fellows. 13. Aided the Mayor's Relief Committee by working in the depot sorti~g clothes. 14 •. Put on Flag Demonstration at the Oi--pheum Theater on the Foui·th of J:uly. 15. Served as pages during the Rotary International Convention. 16. Led Armistice Day Parade with approximately 500 Scouts in line. 17. Again served as messengers for the Community Fund, distributing thousands of pieces of literature. 18. Distributed posters for Junior Chamber of Conmerce for charity football game between Southwestern and Spring Hill. 19. :Boy Scout Drum and Bugle Corps marched in Spirit of Christmas Parade. The boys are more than anxious to render service of any kind regardless of inconvenience to themselves, and we can only recommend to our successors that they use their efforts toward finding work of the proper kind for the boys to do. Respectfuily submitted, CIVIC BZLATIONS COMMITTEE ~~-. Chairman Page 6 CHICKASAW COUNCIL, B. S. A. ANNUAL MEETING, DECEMBER 10, 1931. * * * * REPORT OF COURT OF HONOR For the fiscal year ending December 1, 1931 1 the Court of Honor has aHarded to Scouts of Chickasaw Council the f ollm1ing Merit Badges as compared to the year ending December 1, 1930. 1930 1931 1930 1931 Angling 0 1 Masonry 2 7 Agl' i culture 0 l· Mining 0 1 .:~rchi tecture 0 3 Music 7 18 Art 1 2 Painting 14 3 .,1.stronomy 0 1 Pathfinding 22 39 ii..thletics 34 54 Personal Rea.1th 65 110 A1l tomobi ling 8 .. 13. Photography 7 7 ..:~v i~i.tion 10 4 Physical Development 2 17 Eeo Koeping 0 l Pioneering 32 43 Bi:::-d Study 10 30 Plumbing 11 16 B1igling 3 5 Poultry Keeping 5 14 Business 1 6 Printing 2 4 Camping 19 32 Pub lie Health 46 75 Canoeing 2 9 Radio 0 1 Carpentry 25 6$ Reptiles 5 8 Chemistry 7 5 Safety 8 5 Civics 23 45 Salesmanship 0 2 Cooking 34 57 Scholarship 31 26 Basketry 17 13 Sculpture 0 2 Bookbinding 15 11 Signaling 6 21 Cement 1 l Surveying 0 2 Lea the rcraft 67 76 Swimming 57 101 Metabrnrk 53 79 Textiles 0 1 Joodwork 39 78 ifoather 1 4 Joodcarving 17 60 Animal Industry 11 31 Cycling 55 64 Beef Production~ 0 1 I:airying 0 5 Farm Home 5 11 Electricity 4 11 Farm Layout 3 1 Firema.nship 98 161 Farm Mechanics 2 3 First Aid 34 59 Hog & Pork Production 3 1 First Aid to Animals 30 42 Reading 37 28 Forestry 0 4 Stamp Collecting 0 8 Gardening 2 14 Indian Lore 0 1 Hiking 8 5 Wood Turning 0 2 Handicraft 80 78 Cotton Farming 0 1 Horsemanship 2 5 TOTAL - 1,150 1,780 Interpreting 1 1 Journalism 4 3 * * * * Lea theri-:rork 2 3 Life Saving 25 45 Machinery 0 3 Total No. Subjects 63 77, Marksmanship 27 10 (Increase 14 or 22.2%) Pa:;e 7. REPORT OF COURT OF HONOR (Continued) 1930 ·1931 Total l'Jo • First Class 114 217 (Increase 103 or 90.3%) Total No. Hc.'ri t :Oadges 1150 1780 (Increase 630 or 54.8%) Total i~o. Star Badges 54 80 (Increase 26 or 32.5%) Total No. Life Badges 19 37 (Increase 16 or 94.7%) Total No. Tu.gle Badges 12 20 (Increase 8 or 66.7%) Total lfo. Bronze Palms 3 14 (Increase 11 or 366.6%) Total No. Gold Palms 3 4 (Increase l or 33.3Jh) Total ·r Silver Palms 2 4 (Increase 2 or 100%) ,l'.,O. The Court of Honor in s 1J.bmi tting to you the above report for the year ending recember l, 1931, as compared to a year ago, is very proud of tnis record. It is by far the best year from a Merit Badge standpoint that ue nave ever had in this Council and the Scouts have done a much better ~1ob in learning these Merit Badges ;1~1ich is entirely due to the splendid work of our Scoutmasters, Assistant Scoutmasters and those who have done the examining of these Scouts to the point where the Court has been able to pass them. This outstanding uork of these men is wonderful and we cannot give r.co much praise to them. · The work that was cl.one by the Court of Honor at Kamp Kia Kima this summer also comes in for a great deal of praise. The Court of Honor nishes that all those connected with the various troops \7ould just analyze the different Merit Badges that have been passed and then figure out ho\7 much better they are going to do this next year, Uc believe that they can and ue assure them that any assistance that can be rendered by the Court of Honor we will gladly do. Call on us at any time. Respectfully submitted, COURT OF HONOR (fhJ<, . ;-) ·\. ro rD'l fl By . X /I · . f~\.::z.-~-0l lb-c_ C::/ <.~> .Chairman CHICKASAW. COUNCIL. B. S. A. ANNUAL MEETING' DEC]}IIBER 10 I 1931 * * * * REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE Your committee is pleased to report that Chickasaw Coun~il is within its budget during this year of general business depression. The financial statement below shows the position. as of December 1st. At that time there were miscellaneous accounts payable of $254.94, but the Community Fund. owed Chickasaw Council a balance of $1,717.50 for November and December. The statement of the Camp Currier Lake Fund shows that although the a.8m is complete, all the expenses are paid and nothing is still due. The statement of the Improvement and Development Fund shows a decrease in receipts over recent years, but there is enough money to take care of the very necessary fence around the camp and other incidental needs. We are indeed grateful to our good friends for their splendid support in this matter. • Memphis Community Fund 3-1-31 / 12-1-31 :BUDGET . DI SBURSEMENT S REFUND Salaries Tel & Tel. Traveling Exi;>ense Postage Automobile Upkeep Freight & Express iv:iscellaneoug Rent 6,150.00 175.00 ?5.00 400.00 600.00 25.00 52.91 500.00 Taxes, :Bonds, Audi ts National Dues 425.00 S.L. Tr. & Conf. 75.00 L.S.L. Tr. School 50.oo Field Day &. Dem. 50.00 Negro Scouting 100.00 Office Supplies 300.00 Farm 25.00 Office Equipment 75.00 K.K.K. Improvements 300.00 Publicity 25.00 6,160.00 152.45 5.86 314.83 540.00 97.69 450.00 15.00 350.00 22.68 43.30 28.25 119~75 274. 73 750.00 17.67 53.48 10.00 56.29 :BALANCE 740.00 40.22 69.14 138.65 60.00 25.00 50.00 75.00 52.32 6.70 21.75 81.56 25.00 Camp Currier 400.00 104.75 300.00 37.86 231.48 2.70 171.22 Kamp Kia Kima: 300.00 $ 10,102.91 $9~248.63 . 26. 92 . 300.00 $890.14 $1,856.56 Cash on Hand Aniount OverdraWn. Cash on Hand $9,275.55 Balance tQ ·be received from the Community Fund Amount already received from th,e Community Ftlnd Total amount allowe4 by the Community Fund Miscellaneous accounts payable $254.94 -$139.06 $1,717.50 $8.385.41 $10,102.91 OVERDRAWN -44.78 -15.00 - 9.75 -29.75 -12.86 -$ 112.14 -$ 112.14 26.92 ... $ 139.06 Page 9. REPO!fJ;' OF FINANCE COMMITT:i~E .·(Continued) * * * * CAMP CURRIER LAKE FUND RECEIPTS Donations from Mrs. Elizabeth B. Currier 1930 - - - - - - - - Donations from Mrs. Elizabeth B. Currier 19.31 - - - - - ..:. - ,... Interest' - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Chickasaw Council,. Miscellaneous Account - - - .:.. - - - - - - Ohickasai;r Council, Boy Scouts Special Fund . ..: - - :... - - .. Refund on Dynamite - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ..:. EXPENDITUBES Dynamite for Dam - - - - - - U:i.bor - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Clearing - - - - - - - - - - Miscellaneous - - - - - - - - -· - - - ·- 300.00 450.00 8.76 144.51 184. 53 9. 62 $1,097.42 Ba.lance on B:and - - - - - - - - - - - - .,.. - - - - ~ - - - - - 65.08 983.00 48.10 .70 .54 * * * * IMPROVEMa:NT AND·DEVli:LOPMENT FUND 12-1-30 ta 12-1-31 RECEIPTS $1,097.42 : .·. Contributio:q:!3 - Improvement & Development Fund - - - - - - - - 605. 00 Balance due on Pledges - - - - - - - · · - - - ... 75.00 Chickasan Council's Refund on Loan - - - - - - - - - - 75.00 Balance from. 12-1-1930 - - - - - - -1;108.58 $1,863.58 EXPENDITURES .. Kelly Cabin at Camp Currier - - - - - - - - - - - "'.'" - - - - - · 4. QO Assistant to Executive.ts Salary - - - - - - - - - - ..,. - - - -1, 125. 00 Cash on Hand (Pledges $75.00) - - - - - - - - :_ - - - - . 734.58 $1,863.58 · ,Pa.l?;e l O. REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE (Continued) The following contributions to the IMPROVEMd:NT AND D:ZVELOPM:8NT FUND were made from December l, 1930 to December l, 1931. L. :r. Thompson. M. :m. Finch Martin J. Condon M. H. Ros en thal, Jr. C. D. Smith J. D. Allen Hardwig Peres J. E. Maury :a. H. Crump M. M. Bosworth Jim Rawlings W. C. Johnson Hubert K. Reese A. D. MciVhorter American Snuff Co. Mrs. Walter Lane Smith \1. L; Smith $50.00 50.00 100.00 10.00 25.00 25.00 20.00 50.00 30.00 25.00 10.00 25.00 10.00 25.00 l00.00 100.00 25. 00. $680.00 We feel that Chickasaw Council has done remarkably well on its present budget, and wish that it were possible to increase this budget in proportion to the increase in activities. We recommend, however, that the Council be particularly careful cif expenses during the coming year and that the Council maintains its present policy of incurring no obligations for whioh the money is· not already in the treasury. · Respectfully submitted, FINANCE COMMITTEE By2tt!:~ dhairmari Page ll. CHICKASAW COUNCIL, B. S. A. ANNUAL MEETING, DECEMBER.10, 1931 * * * * REPORT OF REALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE The Health and Safety Committee is pleased to report a good year, not only insofar as the health of Scouts themselves is concerned but also as regards the activities of Scouts in helping to promote the health of the public generally. There were no serious injuries and no serious cases of illness at Camp Currier, Kamp Xia Kima or Camp Daniels. Your Committee was instrumental in havibg a genel'al sanitary survey made of Kamp Kia Kima. by a trained inspector from the Memphis Health '.pepartmenf, No serious defects were found in the.sanitation of the camp and a favorable report was made by' the inspector. Also a survey was made at Camp Currier by the Sanitary Engineer of the Health Department and a plan is being worked out to be recommended. for the loci:+~.ion and arrangement of new cabins, which will facilitate the adoption of a convenient and safe water supply and sewerage disposal system as tre camp €,TOWS. . : ' The Scouts have cooperated in safety work and health promotion activities as in,previous years. Cooperating with the Health Department, a card v;as placed in practically every home in Memphis bearing instructions on the prevention of mosquito breeding. The card also has a detachable post card addressed to the Health Depa~tment on which the Health Department can be notified by people who are troubled with mosquitoes which they cannot con. t.rol. These post cards enable the Health Department to dispatch a trained inspector immediately to the site of trouble. The cards came in all through the mos qui to season and contribut.ed muqp to th~ success of the seasons control activities •. In connection with this work the Scouts also assisted in programs . in the city schools where educational work in mosquito and malaria control r,neasures nere featured. In cooperation with the Shelby County Tuberculosis Society Scouts 4istributed throughout the city25,,.000 health blotters and 1, 100 health posters. This literature contained information relative to the prevention of tuberculosis, The Secretary of the Tuberculosis Society was warm in her praise of the .. ~ffective way in which this work was done. For 1932 we recommend: 1. That Scouts continue the good wor~ of former years. 2, That Scouts be urged to be imnru.n~~ed a,gp.inst smallpox and tYPhoid fever before going to camp each year~ untesi;i this matter has already ~een attended to. })!lge 12• ,, REPORT OF HEALTH .AND SAFETY COMMITTEE (Continued) 3. That consicleration be· given to the pr-ovision of health programs at general or troop meetings at least once a year. Respectfully submitted, HEALTH .AND SAFETY COMMI:rrEE tj!_, m. lf..:v~. m . £>. Chairman page 13. CHICKA.SAW OOUNCIL. B. S. A, ANNU.4.L MICETING, DECEMBER 10, 1931 * * * * REPORT OF CAMP DANIELS AND 'OTHER INTER-RACI~L ACTIVITIES Camp Daniels opened August 22nd and lasted for one week, which ~as two days longer than last year. There were 38 Scouts in attendance, which was 20 more than last year. The Council purchased 43 folding cots costi:q.g $91.38, so that every Scout had a comfortable bed. Last year the boys slept on the ground. Exclusive of this expense the camp made a net profit of $1.21 although the boys paid only $4.00 each. · The first Court of Honor for colored boys was held at this camp with Mr. C. T. McCabe serving as Chairman. Seven Scouts were advanced to First Class and five Scouts to Second Class. Mr. McCabe declared himself well pleased ~ith the intelligence and Scoutlike appearance of those comi~g before the Court. J. A. Hays, Principal of :M9.nassas High School, served ~s Camp Director with J. A. Beauchamp as assistant. C. C, Brown, Ben B. Coffey, Jr., and W. Gordon Morris served as instructors, During 1931 the following badges were awarded: 9 First Class, 16 Second Class and 44 Merit Badges. We now have 12 troops. The number which the Council has authorized is 15. We recommend that all limitations on the number of troops be withdrawn, being fully convinced that Gordon Morris and the Committee on Inter& 9.cial Activities may be trusted not to go too fast. · Respectfully submitted, INTER-RACIAL ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE page 14, CHICKASAW COUNCIL, B. S. A. ANNUAL MEETING, DECEMBER 10, 1931 * * * * REPORT OF KAMP KIA KIMA COMMITTEE Your Camp Co~ittee wishes to submit the following report for the 1931 camp season at Kamp Kia Kirn.a.. We had one of the best camps we have ever had, due largely to the fact that we had such an excellent staff of young men. From the Chief down, every man was deeply interested in camp and did his full duty to make it a success. We did not have a$ many boys as last year. The following comparison shows the decre~~e.: Year Attendance Weekly Average Boy Weeks 1930 269 73 736 1931 232 64 639 In spite of this decrease, by conservative buying and good management on the part of the staff, we were able to show a net profit of $23.66 for the year. The Mess Hall was well managed and the boys were served three well-balanced meals a day. The St. Francis Valley and Crowley Ridge Councils were invited to camp with us agai~ this year. Thirty-eight boys from these Councils attended. All Scoutmasters of Chickasaw Council were invited to spend one week in camp free of charge. Fourteen accepted and reported a good time, We believe these visits will be of great benefit in influencing them to urge the boys of their troops to attend camp next season. We spent $1,132.09 for equipment. However, $343.73 of this amount was spent in putting good composition shingle roofs on the lodges. These roofs will last for years. The sanitation and health were excellent. Regular inspections were made. to see that there w~re no breeding places for mosquitoes. There were no .serious accidents. All camp programs were carefully planned for each day and week so that every boy entering had an opportunity to ~ke part in the activities. We feel that special mention should be made of the excellent manner in which this was done, The Advancement Program was better than last year. The following awards were made: 260 Merit Badges, 148 Emblems, 2 Senior Red Cross Certificates, 6 J'linior Red Cross Certificates, and 7 Life Saving Merit Badges. 9 Scouts were advanced to First Class, 8 to Second Class, 9 to Star, 1 to Eagle, and 4 to Palms. 9 boys were taught to swim, page 15, P..EPORT OF Yi.AMP KIA 'KIMa. COMMITfl.1E:rll (Continued) The camp library was much en,joyed by the boys, iVe owe our thanks to Mr. J. F. Myles, who made us a second donation this year, and to Cassi tt Library for sending 350 books. Your Committee owes its thanks to Dr. Wm. Johnston and Mr. Herbert Dangherty of Hardy who rendered valuable assistance to camp. Too, we think mention should be made of the faithful work of Bill Sneed, the care-taker, from year to year. For 1932 we have the following recommendations; 1. That every effort be made to increase the attencance. 2. That we have regular visiting days for ladies. 3, That we plan definitely to repair the Mess Hall aμd all screens on the lodges before camp opens. 4. Tnat the fencing be repaired to prevent stock roaming about the grounds. 5. That the Handicraft Shop be repaired and more benches installed. We submit Profit and Loss Statement from the auditors, Messrs. G. A, Watson & Company showing the disbursements for the season. The Chairman of this Conmittee would like to thank every member of the Committee and the Chief Executive 1 Gordon Morris, for their splendid and helpful cooperation during the camp season. Respectfully submitted, KAMP KIA KIMA. COMMITT.EE By -'~--·"'-'---, .48-'=-' ('bt,u~,~·-· ----- Chairman Page 15. PROFIT & LOSS STATEMENT KAMP KIA KIMA CAM? SEA.SON - 1931 Camp Fees 5,216. 65 DIRECT COST OF OPERATIONS: Food 1,749.44 Butter 47.66 Meats 351.59 Milk 263.60 Ice 121.10 Fuel 62.47 Freight 280.98 Hauling . 208. 00 3,084.84 MA.INTEN"ANCE: Repairs 357.74 Labor 5?.90 Equipment 808.06 l,223_. 70 GENERAL & ADMINISTRATIVE: Advertising 13.45 Camp Catalogue 3.75 Hospital Supplies 71.62 Hikes 111.76 Off ice Supplies 46.40 Prizes & Awards 58.72 Postage 13,06 Traveling Expense 200.19 Telephone & Telegraph 61.62 Salaries 1,097.50 General A::x:pense 204,93 Laundry 17.?6 1, 900. 76 61209.30 992.65 OTHER INCOM:E; Chickasaw Council 797.24 Contributions 2.00 Handicraft 1.03 Commissary 64.62 Visitors 164.70 Discount 5.00 Miscellaneous 6,98 1,041.57 48.92 OTHER DEDUCTIONS: Refunds 5.26 Loss from Stealage 20.00 25.26 Net Profit 23.66 Page 17. CHICKASAii COUNCIL, B, S. A, ANNUAL MEETING, DECEMBER 10, 1931 * * * * R E P 0 R T 0 F O U T F I T T E R S COMMITTEE ' The va?"ious members of the Cammi ttee have inspected the stock of Scout supplies carried by the three Scout Outfi:tters;· namely, The New Bry 1 s, J. Goldsmith and Sonsi and Phil .A. Halle, and. found that they were adequate. Also., the members of the Committee hav.e found that Scout equipis 'being displayed by the Outfitters to be·tter advantage :than in the past· and that the three stores are coope:rating by giving publicity in their windows and in the stores by di.splaying Scout equipment. Respectfully submitted, 'OUTFITTERS COMMITTEE By -~-· _·r._. -~____.....,· -·,,__,_·. -_...,.. Chairman Page 18, REPORT CHICKASAW COUNCIL, B4 Si A • .ANNUAL MmilTING, DECEMi3ER 16, 1931 * * * * OF PUBLICITY COMMITTEE Chickasaw Council has received more publicity in 1931 than in any other year of its existence. One af the finest pieces of publicity the Council has ever enjoyed i78.S the distribution by the Forest Hill tairy through its President, Mr. Raymond Skinner, of 1,500 Boy Scout Calendars, 45 x 22 inches. These calendars were placed in every school room in Mem:yhis so that the boys are constantly reminded of Scouting whenever they look for the date in school. We feel the Council is deeply indebted to Mr. Skinner for his wonderful contribution and to Prof. R. L. Jones for permission to place the calendars in the school rooms. This is the only calendar which Prof. Jones permitted to be placed in the schools. Unquestionably this will furnish throughout the year some of the best publicity nhich could be attained. In May the National Council, Boy Scouts of America, met in Memphis. This was the largest meeting of the Uational Council in some years and from reports ~hich we have received, the splendid hospitality extended by the mem- . bers of Chickasaw Council served as some of the best publicity which we could have gotten.. Scout Leaders from all over the country i;vere in Memphis for this meeting and they uere deeply impressed uith the spirit of the men and boys i7ho se:rrved as their hosts. 1'b.e Council publication knoiln as "The Council Fire" has been sent regularly to all the troop leaders and Council Members. This has been a very effective publication in advising troops of proposed activities of the Council, advising the Scoutmasters of changes, etc. The negro troops have oeen kept advised by another publication of the Council knoun as 11 The Chieftain" ~hich has been carried on largely through the efforts of Mr. Bolton Smith and to Hhom we are deeply indebted for help in making this paper possible. We are deeply indebted to "The Press Scimitar11 which has given excellent cooperation by publishing a quarter page knmm as "The. Scout Press Sci~i tar11 once each week. This page is vlidely read by Scouts and Scouters and is of tremendous help to the Council in keeping troops informed of ac:.. ti vi ties. tt The Evening Appeal" and "The Commercial Appeal" have also cooperated splendidly by giving neas stories and ~e are especially indebted to "The Eve11ing A:Jpeal11 for its splendid cooperation during the National Council Meeting. · We are indebted to Mr. C. C. Brown, Jr., who has rendered valuable service in i7l'iting news articles for the various papers. The thanks of this Committee are here given to the Executive, Mr. Gordon Morris, and to Mr. Willard Hays, Assistant to the Ex~cutive, for their Page 19. REPORT OF PUBLICITY COMMITTEE (Continued) valuable aid in effecting all of the publicity fqr the Council this year. ice. Page 20, Your Chairman thanks the members of his Conunittee for their serv- Respectfully submitted, PUBLICITY COMMITTEE CHICKASAW COUNCIL. B. S. A. ANNOAL MEETING, D~CEMBER 10, 1931 * * ...... REPORT OF READING CO.MMITTEE Your Committee on Reading reports that there has been an increased interest in the reading of better books by the Scouts of various troops and it is a pleasure to report that the number of boys seeking the Merit Badge in Reading is showing a gradual increase. One of the requirements to pass the Reading N~rit Badge Tests is that the Scout be a subscriber to a magazine for Scouts and a strict adherence to this requirement shows that the boys have an interest in "Boys 1 Life" and "Scouting." The Cossi tt Library followed its usual custom of loaning a collection of books for use at Kamp Kia Kima during the season and the use of these books thoroughly demonstrates the value of good books in the camp. There is a noticeable improvement in the respect the Scouts have for books and the expense resulting from damage to books used at the·camp is gradually being reduced each year. The Cossitt Library loan collection supplements the regular permanent library of Kamp Kia Kima started through the efforts of Mr. Edward M. Salomon while P1~esident of Chickasaw Council. Your Committee recommends:- l. That the Reading Committee of 1932 compile a reading list of approved books for Scout reading, this list to serve espe·cially as a basis of reading for the Merit _Badge. 2. That Scoutmasters encourage reading from such a list. 3. That Scouts be encouraged to build permanent collections of books at both Kamp Kia Kima and Camp Currier. 4. That the Reading Committee be given supervision of the organization of the permanent libraries at these camps. Respectfully submitted, READING COMMITTEE Page 21. CHICKASAW COUNCIL, B. _S. A. ANNUAL MEETING, DECEM:aER 10, 1931 * * * * REPORT OF SEA SCOUT COMMITTEE Your committee is still enthusiastic over the possibilities offered the older boys in remaining under the beneficial direction and leadership after the youthful days have passed. Sea Scouting is built for older boys. Our committee is still hopelessly drifting as a ship without a rudder for the lack of funds - no money ever having been allotted in the budget to finance our activities. As water sports and interest increase it is a mistake to pass the opportunity this branch of Scouting offers to serve. So it is urgently requested that due consideration be given to availing this committee at least $500.00 to function. The interest is so keen that the crew of the S.S.S. Bonita sponsored by the Galloway Memorial Methodist Church under the direction of Skipper c. B. Kennedy has found ~ way and has obtained a 30-f oot cutter from the Navy Department at Nia.re Island, California. This initiative and d.eterminattxm should be appreciated by the Council to the point of supporting finanqially this interest. For 1932 we recommend: 1. That at least $500.00 be provided in the Council budget for Sea Scouting. 2, That other boats at least 30 feet long be secured for the use of Sea Scouts under the direction and control of the Council and Sea Scout Committee. 3. That additional Sea Scout troops be organized wherever practical and that the Sea Scout program be m::i.de available to as many of our older Scouts as possible. Respectfully submitted. Page 22 •. CHICKASAW COUNCIL, B. S. A. ANNUAL MEETING, DECEMBER 10, · 1931 * * * * REPORT OF TRAINING COMMITTEE We are pleased to report that the splendid work of last year 1 s Training Committee and their co-workers is evident in the marked improvement in the general leadership of Scout troops. It is our privilege to assist in the realization of some of the recommendations of the 1930 Committee in that we were able to offer a Saoutmster ts Specialization Course in First Aid to a class of 32 men, 18 of 'l'ihom received certificates, In July a Troop Camping Specialization Course was held at Camp Currier with a membership of 18 and all were awarded certificates. Both of these courses count in the Five Year Program ~lan. Immediately following the Camping Course, a Patrol Leaders Training Course was held at Camp Currier with an attendance of ten Patrol Leaders from five troops of the Council. Ue are indebted to the Scout Leaders and Council Members both National and Local, who gave their time and experience in serving as instructors and officors for these schools and training courses. Mr. Charles F. · Smith, of the National Council, conducted the Troop Camping Specialization Course at Camp Currier with MT. Ross A. M9.thews, Commissioner, as Assistant Scoutmaster. Nil'. Ben Coffey, Jr., District Commissioner, served as Patrol Leader of one Patrol, assisted by Mr. E. K. Leach, Scoutmaster of Troop 14, and Mr. R. Von Steinen, Scoutmaster of Troop 68 •. Mr. C. C. Brown, Scoutmaster of Troop 38, served as Patrol Leader of the second Patrol, assisted by Mr. P. A. Clayton, Scoutmaster of Troop 32. The First Aid School was held under the Leadership of Mr. W. Gordon Morris, Scout Executive, and Mr. Ben Coffey, Jr., District Commissioner, with the very able assistance of Dr. Robert Paine, Chairman of the Troop Committee of Troop 26. Mr. Ben Coffey, Jr., served as instructor for the Patrol Leaders Training School held at Camp Currier. The Y. M. c. A. has been very generous in their cooperation, and furnished the room in which we held our indoor schools. They ca.me through this year as always and their assistance is gratefully appreciated. While this Committee deserves no credit for the very commendable work accomplished in the following schools it does feel that such effort on the part of the Scoutmasters should be brought to the attention of the Council at large; that the Scoutmasters be applauded and their efforts wherever possible encouraged. Mr. W. J. Barfield, Scoutmaster of Troop 27, conducted a Troop First Aid School and 11 boys from the troop completed the course. Mr. J, W. Brust, Scoutmaster of Troop 21, recently opened a similar school to his troop on November 7th and this school is still in session. For 1932 we recommend that special attention be given both the Page 23, REPORT OF TRAINING COMMITTEE (Continued) Minimum and Approved Scoutmaster's Training Course,. that another First Aid Course be offered for the benefit of the new Scoutmasters and such of the older Scoutmasters as feel they will derive good from the courses, We would also like to recommend, if suf'ficiant membership can be enrolled to justify it, a Standard Training Course for Scoutnasters, as this portion of the Five Year Program Plan has never been offered in Chickasaw Council. Respectfully submitted, TRAINING COMMITTEE Page 24, CHICKASAfv COUNCIL, B. S. A. li.IDTUAL MEETING, DECEMBER 10, 1931 * * * * ~EP0:1T OF T :;1 0 0 P 0 a G A N I Z A T I 0 N COMMITTEE Your Committee reports that during the year ending Deeember 1, 1931, there were 7 troops of white Scouts and 4 troops of negro Scouts organized. The Council ~ow has 61 troops of white Scouts and 12 troops of negro Scouts, a total of 73 troops.· ~e 7 white troopS organized this year and their sponsors are as follows: from 66. have Troop 18 - A Group of Ci tiz.ens Troop 22 - Lions Club ·Troop 24 - Wes tmin$ ter Presbyterian Church Troop 28 - St, John's Methodist Church '!Toop 46 - A Group of Citizens Troop 72 - Bartlett Baptist Church Troop 73 - Lake Cormorant Consolidated School The 4 negro troops and.their sponsors are as follows: ,. Tl"'oop 108 - Manassas High School Troop 109 - Congregational Church Troop 110 - Greater Gilfield Baptist Church Troop 111 - St. Jude Baptist Church Eight troops failed to reJ~egister this year so they were dropped the Council's record. They were Troops 39, 42, 43, 44, 60, 62, 63 and Some of these troops are in process of reorganization and we hope to them again in good standing in the near future. We have seven live prosp~cti:i now under w~y that we ought to be able to close up in the next few mont~s. We have found more difficulty in reregistering troops this year than ever before, as many boys have been unable to pay their registration fee of 50~. While the Council shows a net growth of only three troops this year as cor~ared to last year we feel that this is a good showing under the existing circumstances and we are not the least bit discouraged. For 1932 we recommend that we get as many new troops to be organized as foe Executive Board thinks it wise for us to do. We further recommend that the Troop Organization Comnittee, as well as members of the Executive Board, visit all of the troops as often as possible during the coming year and that more attention be given to our troops that are already organized than ever before, Respectfully submitted, TROOP ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE e-ffl1r: ~ at4 Chairman Page 25. CHICKASAW COUNCIL, B. S. A. ANNUAL MEETING, DECEMBER 10, 1931 * * * * REP ORT 0 F "'S C 0 U T E X E C U T I V E It is my pleasure to report that Chickasaw Council has had the best year of its history during 1931. This is particularly true in the wonderful record of advancement as shown by the Court of Honor report. 1,780 Merit Badges were awarded as compared to 1,150 in 1930 or an increase of 54.8%, In 1929 only 746 Merit :Badges were awarded; the number of badges awarded this year is more than double that awarded in 1929. In fact, the Court this year awarded almost as many badges as were awarded in both 1929 and 1930. Last year 114 Scouts were advanced to First Class rank as compared to 217 this year 1 an increase of 90.3~. Throughout the various ranks and awards made by the Cou:;.·t of Honor, there is a marked increase with the smallest percentage of increase being 32.5%. The won&erful work of the Scouts without any stimulation from efficiency contests or other means is proof that the Scouting done t~is year is the best in the Council's history. The Council now .has 73 troops as compared to 70 last year and 1,530 boys as co1rrpared to 1,504 last year. Insofar as numerical gain is concerned not a g~eat deal of progress has been made, but I believe we have done very well considering tho fact that throughout the south practically every council shows a loss in membership as compared to last year due largely, I think, to conditions which have made it very difficult for many boys to secure their registration fee of 50¢. We have a number of troops in process of organization anQ I am confident 1932 will shown a real gain in number of troops and Scouts, Our camp program this year has been especially fine as will be noted from the figures below: Camp Currier Ka.mp Kia ICima Camp Daniels Dec. 1, 1930 3,564 Scout Days 736 Scout Weeks 108 Scout Days Doc. 1, 1931 7,160 Scout Days - Gain 3,596 Days, 100.9% 639 Scout Weeks - Loss 97 Weeks or 10.4% 304 Scout Days - Gain 196 Days, 182.4% The remarkable growth in attendance at Camp Currier and the real use to n'hich this camp is being put by our boys is something everyone interested in Scouting can be proud of. Even though Kamp Kia Kim.a showed a loss in attendance this year, it was one of the best years we have ever had as the camp had a wonderful program and for the first time finished the season 1:7ith a profit ($23. 66). Camp Daniels for the colored Scouts showed a remark.able increase in attendance and I feel that next year th6.,s camp will be on an even better basis and uill have a greater increase over the record attendance of this y0ar. One of the biggest forward steps the Council has ever taken v1as the building of the dam at Camp Currier. For years our Scouts and Scouters have looked foruard to the building of the dam which would make boating, swimming Page 26, REPORT OF SCOU~ ~XECUTIVZ (Continued) ... .. ..-. \ and fishing available at this camp. Through the generosity .of Mrs. JJlizabeth B. Currier of Geneva.', $\dtzerland, it nas possible to build this dam. It is no\1 completed and has already impounded about two acres of ~7ater. It will be a question of only a few mont~s until there should be apJroxirnately ten or tTielve acres of '\later in the la:~e. The uater no\7 in the lake has been impounded within the past t~o months. Undoubtedly Mrs. Currier's wonderful gift to the boys of this Council ~ill mean the enlargement of the activities of the ca1l'p and afford pleasure of the finest kind to our Scouts as well as the generatio'myet to come. Mrs. Currier has done many wonderful things for the camp but none has been of greater service to the .Council than the gift of funds for this dam. We are all indebted to her for it. At Camp Currier there are now 20 complete cabins, 5 of which were bu.ilt this year. There are 10 others in course of construction and Which will doubtless be finished during 1932. I feel this is especially good work on the :9art of the troops when the economic situation is considered, There is no doubt that when the basin of the lake has been completely filled a great roo.ny more troops will build cabins ~t the camp, as the lack of swimming, boatin3 a~d fishing has been one of the ~eatest drawbacks to Camp Currier in the past. This year the first Camp Currier Jamboree was held. It was such a wonderful success that it will doubtless become an annual event. 825 boys from 44 troops were in camp during tbis Jamboree which started on Friday afternoon and ended on Sund.B.y afternoon. We are especially indebted to Mr. Noah Henline who conceived the idea for this Jamboree and to the many firms in Memp:':1is who so generously donated the trucks to transport the boys to carrrp. There we:i.1 e 105 vehicles required to move the 825 boys. They carried out the Jamborea proi:;ram with enthusiasm and precision and I believe every boy who attended is looking forward to the next Jamboree. C:1icf-.asaw Council was signally honored this year by the National Council of the Boy Scouts 6f America holding its Annual Meeting in Memphis on May 5th and 6th. This was one of the most outstanding events in the history of Scouting, as it cormnemoratBd the 21st Anniversary of the Scout Movement in Ame"-·ica. Scoiiters from all over the United States were in attendance and there uore 517 Sctmters registered as co!I!Pared to 363 Scouters who we;.·e registered at the meeting in New York last year. We have had many letters of commendation for the wa:y w~icn our Council did its part in making this meeting a success and many letters of thanks for the courtesy and hospitality extended. An especially fine compliment was paid to the Scouts who were on duty as pages by Mr. G. Barrett Rich, Chairman of the National Committee on Badges, AWa.rds and Scout Requirements. Mr. Rich inspected our boys very carefully, praised them highly, and stated that he could not find anything wrong with their appearance and that they were a distinct credit to our Council. The Scouters of Chickasaw Council certainly did a fine job in entertaining the delegates to this meeting and I want to take this occasion to express to them my thanks for their wonderful cooperation. Through the courtesy of Mr. Raymond Skinner, President of the Forest Hill Dairy, a Boy Scout Calendar, 45 by 22 inches in size, has been placed in all the school rooms in Memphis. This is by long odds the finest publicity the Council has ever receive~ and we are deeply indebted to Mr. Skinner for it. Page 27. REPORT OF SCOUT 3XECUTIVE (Continued) It is a policy of the National Council to extend the area of strong city Co"tL•cils to include the city's trado area. Through the efforts of the Regional :Jxecutive, Mr. Harold W. Lewman, Chickasaw Council's Executive Boai·d after a long and careful consideration has passed a resolution whereby it will extend the p~esent Council territory to take in 15 counties in Western Arkansas, 2 in Southeastern Missouri, and 8 in Western Tennessee, a total of 25 counties. Vihen this extension is completed it wil 1 afford the present Council the o~portunity to give leadership to Scouts throughout the trade terri- . tory and ue look forward to the consW!lrr'.ation of t11is plan during 1932. Tnis year has seen a marked improvement in the Scout Leaders Round Table \1::licl1 is doing a fine piece of work in helping our Scouters. The Council is indebted to Mr. :7alter Gray who has so splendidly cooperated throughout the year by preparing and serving uithout cost to the Council the meals for the Round Table once each month. Mr. Gray donates the tremendous amount of work necessary to malte the Round Table a success and we certainly appreciate it. Our Scouts have done the largest aroo1lnt of civic service this year that they have ever done and I want especially to call your attention to the good turns they have rendered to the community as shown by the report of the Civic Relations Committee. Training of this kind is of great benefit to our future citizens. As a part of a very ambitious program our Council planned to or~anize rUl·al Scout troops in the Council teri~i tory adjacent to Memghis. With t11is in mind two conmittees were ap·pointed, one for Shelby County, Tenn., Mr. L::. A, Harrold, Chair:m9.n, and one for DeSoto County, Miss., Mr. S. E. Dean, Chairman. On account of adverse economic conditions, only two troops ~ere organized by this department, Troop 72 at Bartlett in Shelby County and Troop 73 at Lake Cormorant in DeSoto County. For the above reason no detailed reports will be made by these committees. For a number of years our Council has been tremendously handicapped by the lack of sufficient funa.s. This yeo:r our budget is $10, 102. 91 to cover the ope~·ations of 73 troops. Ten years ago the budget Has $12,052.00 with only 18 troops in the Council. The lack of aJ!l9le finances retards development but in view of existing financial conditions throughout the country I feel ~e have made splendid pro~ress. Our National Officials tell me that at least $20,000.00 should be available each year for the proper operation of the Council. ~ Sea Scouting is a program for the older boys and marked progress has been made in it this year. Dr. Louis Leroy has generously taken the members of the s. S. S. Bonita on many cruises during the year and it is his fine generosity in carrying the boys on his boat on the Mississippi River that has helped to make our Sea Scouting \1hat it is today. I deeply appreciate the work Dr. Leroy nas done and the assistance he has given. A 30 foot ~hale boat has been secured from the Navy Department at the Mare Island, Calif,, Navy Yard. Tnis boat was shipped ~ithout cost of transportation from Mare Island, Calif., by steamer tbrough the Panama Canal to New Orleans and then through the courtesy of the Federal Barge Line was transported up the river to Memphis. Mr. Glen Holloway of Natchez, Miss., arranged for this transpor- . tation ~hich ue all deeplY appreciate. Page 28. REPORT OF SCOUT EXllCUTIVE (Continued) Chickasaw Council could not have made the splendid record it has for this year had not the Officers and Members of the Executive Board, the Council Members, the Membe:i:s of the various committees, Merit Badge Counselors, and Sco1,ltmasters and Assistant Scoutmasters cooperated at all times. Many demands for time have been made on some of our Scouters that they could ill afford to give but they have helped whenever and wherever they could. I want to take this opportunity to thank them for the time tbey have given, the sacrifices they have made and the real work that has been done that our Council might give to our boys every opportunity to become better citizens through the manifold advantages of Scouting. Without the help and cooperation of these gentlemen we could not have made the splendid record as evidenced by the reports of our standing commit tees and the achievements of the troops. I also want to thank Mr. Harold W. Lewman, Regional Executive, and Mr. J. V. Dabbs, Deputy Regional Executive, for their help during the year. In planning the work of the Council .for 1932 I recommend: 1. That especial emphasis be placed on the training of leaders of troops. 2. That plans be laid to increale the number of troops and Scouts whenever funds are available to take care of the expense. 3. That another Jamboree be held at Camp Currier. 4. That the Sea Scout program be enlarged and more ships organized. 5. That evefy troop not now having a cabin at Camp Currier be encouraged to build one~ 6. That we maintain our high standards in all events involved in Scouting technique and especially in the award of the Merit :Badges. 7. That we have another Merit Badge Exposition similar to the one held in 1928 whenever financial conditions will permit. 8. That we give the advantages of Scouting to negro boys whenever and wherever troops can be org;anized ni th proper leadership and supervision. 9. That every effort be made through additional publicity and other means to educate the public at large and especially the heads of eh1;p;'ches and other institutions as to the value of Scout training. Scouting is a vital force in our community •. lt sup-plements the ;10!'1...c of the home, of the church and of the school. It is a character building and citizenship training program and is of prime importance in times of financial stress as well as in times of prosperity. Our boys need this training and with the continued support of our Council Members and the other Scout Leaders there is no doubt but what Chickasap Council will continue to progress in 1932. I earnestly ask your continued loyal cooperation and help to make Scouting available to all boys in the Council area. Respectfully submitted, Yf.~kvhl(~. Scout Executive Page 29, CHICKASAW COUNCIL, B. S. A. ANNUAL MEETING, DECEMBER 10. 1931 • * * * TROOPS, SOOUTl:.ASTERS AND SPONSORING INSTITUTIONS AS OF DECEMBER 1, 1931 TROOP l 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 3l 32 33 34 36 37 38 40 41. 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 Page 30. SCOUTViASTER H. L. DeLaney Norman E. Harris Joe Flanagan Wilfred Byan Garner Watson Ralph E. Cohen Guy Boyer ?v:iller C. Johnson Thomas J. Turner George W. Bell A. S. Fry Joe Hopper Fraser Estes E.K. Leach H.T. Butler Dr. Chas. Scherer Dr. J, Murry Davis Gerald Capers . Russell Wilkinson J.W. Brust Wm. F. Wise Curtis Luck James Duke kood.y J.D. Marks, Jr. H.R. Schwarzkopf W. J. :Ba r f i e ld McKay Rice Wesley Patton l~i l ton P. Kearney J. Beeves Stanfield P.A. Clayton L.E. Thomas Perry Pipkin Dr. Eugene.Finley Fred L. Christenbury c.c. Brown, Jr. Harry Madison Roy R. Counts Russell Ford ll.il ton Russ Conway Ford C.H. Church Rev. John H. Shea Arnold Houston SPONSORING INSTITUTION First hethodist Church LaBelle Baptist Chur.ch McLemore Ave. Christian Church Madison Heights Methodist Church St. John•s Methodist Church Baron Hirsch Synagogue Union Ave. Y.ethodist Church Buntyn Presbyterian Church Evergreen Presbyterian Church Galloway Memorial Methodist Church Glenview Home Improvement Club First Unitarian Church Trinity Methodist Church Greenwood Civic Club Bellevue Baptist Church Group of Citizens Group of Citizens Union Ave. Baptist Church Idlewild Presbyterian Church St. Mary's Cathedral Lions Club Central Cumberland Presbyterian Church Westminster Presbyterian Church Congregation Children of Israel Lions Club · Northeast Memphis Civic Club St. John's Methodist Church Evergreen Presbyterian Church Whitehaven Civic Club Epworth Methodist Church Epworth Methodist Church Civitan Club Calvary Episcopal Church Highland Heights Methodist Church Springdale Methodist Church Lamar Heights Presbyterian Church Buntyn Methodist Church Hernando Parent-Teacher Association Idlewild Presbyterian Church Group of Citizens !dlewild Presbyterian Church r~cLemore Ave. Presbyterian Church Sacred Heart Church W.O. Byler Collierville Parent-Teacher Assn. . Yale Baptist Church · .',.,:.\"' ·Linden .Ave. Cbristian Church . ' ~ .• ' ' • . . . , • '. ).,; ··,ot.. .• ·~"·!. • : ',.• TROOPS. SCOUTMASTERS .AND SPONSORING IJ:lSTITUTIONS AS··oF DECEMBER 11. 1931 TROOP 53 54 56 57 59 61 64 65 67 69 69 70 71 72 73 SCOLJTriLA.STER Frank H. Stamps F.K. Beeson E.W. Clinton W.F. Turman J.Vl. Stone .Richard ii£. Lowry Elbern McGonagill C.B. Kennedy J.B. Harris R. Von Steinen Irby L. O'Brien Chas. I. Diehl Alf red T. k~oye Ernest Tapp C.L. Riggan SPONSORING INSTITUTION North of Macon Ci vie Club Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church Eudora Baptist Church Horn Lake Parent-Teacher Assn. Capleville Baptist Church Missouri-Pacific West Side Civic Club Galloway Methodist Church Lindsay Memorial Presbyterian Church Anieri can Legion St. Alban 1 s Chapel Millington Methodist Church Hollywood Baptist Church Bartlett Baptist Church Lake Cormorant Con~olidated School * * * * * * * * ~ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * '* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TROOP 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 SCOUTr;:ASTER Claud R. Be 11 W.O. Woodruff Emmett L, Rice, Sr. Booker T. Banks Theodore Davis J.W. Hu,nter Leon Dewey Foster Geo. W. horrow E.W., Weed Fr.ederic .R. Hills "Nill James Fogg L.W. Grayson COLORED Tf\OOPS. SPONSORING INSTITUTION t Centenary Methodist Church Central Baptist Church Metropolitan Baptist Church Mt. Olive C.E.E. Church Mt. Pisgah C.K.E. Church Gospe.l Tem.:ple Baptist Church First Baptist Church St. Stephen• s Baptist Church lfonassas High School Congregational.Church Greater Gilfield Baptist Church St. Jude's Baptist ~nurch * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Page 31. 11~~~-~~~~~~~- l r--------1 THE SCOUTMASTER There isn't any pay for you, you serve without reward, The boys who tramp the fields rri th you but little could afford, And yet your pay is richer far than those who toil for gold, For in a dozen different ways your service shall be told. You' 11 read it in the faces of a troop of growinz; boys, You'll read it in the pleasure of a dozen manly joys. And doi:m the distant future---y01.1 will surely read it then, Emblazoned through the service of a band of loyal men. Five years of willing labor and of brothering a troop, Five 3rears of trudging hi(;hways·, with the Indian cry and whoop, Five years of camp fires burning, not alone for pleasure 1 s sake, But the future generation w:1ich the boys are soon to rmke. They have no gold to give you, but when age comes on to you They' 11 give you back the splendid things you taught them how to do, They'll give you rich contentment and a thrill of honest pride And you' 11 see your nation prosper, and you 1 11 be satisfied. - Edgar A. Guest J i ·1 \ NOMINATIONS FOR OFFICERS .Al."'ID COUNCIL MEMBERS • * * * * * * * President Vice-President Vice-President Vice-President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Commissioner Deputy Commissioner Dr. J. c. .Ayres Walter Lane Smith A. D. McWhorter J. W. Gates J • E. Dilworth M. E. Finch June D. Allen Ross A. Ma thews L~ R• Taylor COUNCIL MEMBERS AT LARGE w. L. Acroyd James Seddon Allen June D . .Allen Judge Harry B. Anderson Dr. J. C . .Ayres Judge H. H. Barker Dr. W. R. Bethea Lloyd T. Binford Dr. c. F. Blaisdell I. D. Block Dr. W. R. Blue Ray H. Boaz H. W. Brennan c. A. Bruce. R. G. Bruce Joe Buchignani H. T. Bunn E. E. Buxton J. c. Carruthers Roscoe C. Clark Martin J. Condon W. \V. Cox Jesse Cunningham Clifford Davis Senator s. B. Dean J. E. Dilworth R. M. Dozier John Q.. F.a ton Mark :Eldredge Dr. H. W. Ettelson M. E. Finch John T. Fisher Earl French COUNCIL MEMBERS AT LARGE (Continued) Bishop Thorras F. Gailor Dr. George Ga.rtly J. W. Gates C. A. Gerber George W. Gleaves Fred Goldsmith Dr . Max Go 1 tman Dr. L. M. GrA-ves D. T. Griffith E. W. Hale Robert W. Hall Arthur Halle E. A. Harrold Robert Haverty P. G. Hedges A. L. Heiskell Prof. J. L. Highsaw Allen Hughes , Jr. Horace Hull Dr. Orren W. Hyman Dr. John L. Jelks W. C. ,Johnson Paul T. Jones Prof. R. L. Jones H. P. Jordan R. L. Jordan Geo. M. :Klepper z. A. Knoth O. I. Kruger W. D. Kyser George A. Lawo Robert E. Lee M. A. Lightman H. D. Love William Loeb W. \I. Mallory Kenneth I'fiark:well Ross A. Ma thews J. E. Maury C. T. McCabe Jolm McClure J. E. McCormack Ii • F. McElroy E. L. McGee A. D. MciVhorter Dr. J. N. C. Moffatt John T. Morgan A. M. Murray ,J. M. Murray W. J. 0 13rien William Orgill Watkins Overton Ben S. Parker :?.:. P. Peacock Hard'iVig Peres George P. Phillips A. E. Pipl<:in Perry Pipkin Abe Plough. R. :a. Prest Howard Pritchard S. El. Ragland Robert G. Ramsay John E. Roberts John Ross June Rudisell F. l~. Dyan Edward M. Salomon Merrill Schwartz Raymond Skinner Bolton Smith Douglas Smith Vial ter Lane Smith Ricks Strong Kenon Taylor L. R. Taylor Bill Terry L. IC. Thompson J. H. Townshend T. H. Tutwiler Dr. W. n. Wallace Robert G. Walls A. P. Walsh Harry Webb Vl. W. Wessell George Wood Dr. ?ercy Wood Troop 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 19 20 21 23 25 26 27 29 30 31 32 33 34 36. 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 4± 45 47 48 49 50 CIL4..!RMEN OF TROOP COMMITTEES MEMBERS OJf CHICK.AS.AW COUNCIL FOR 193 l L. R. Forsdick A. L. Hansard George H. Schultz Kennet.h E. McRae Dr. Geo. Livermore Rev. Elijah Di Stampfer C. J. Reid Cary Kelly Dr. Howard Curl Albert M. Traylor Joe F. Tenney Rev. John C. Petrie A. H. Young E. Dalstrom J. W. Montgomery Walter L. Gray Jack w. Gates Frazer Young R. B. Wilkerson, Sr. Rev. C. R. Matlock Dr. Sidney S. Friedman Dr. Robert Paine W. D. Burk John A. Stephenson J. O. Goshorn Jack Gardner F. G. Boehme D. T. Griffith Fred w. Morrison P. E. Callis A. L. Hensley L. R. Hawley Rev. Victor D. Derrick John Stock J. R. Tipton, Sr. Taylor D. Morse J. w. Higg'd.SOU W. T. Woods E. R. Caldwell E. A. Rivers Charles H. Church John D. Reddick W. H. Rutledge Y. M. C. A. 609 Lucy 534 Lucy 1284 S. Willett liiedical Arts Bldg, 1031 Poplar Ave. 518 S"c1rri.mi t Ave. 580 Prescott St. 709 N. Belvedere 881 s. Cooper 1621 Netherwood 12·oa Vance 1663 Lawrence 11 Nettleton 1890 Vinton Ave. 148 N. Evergreen 1254 Vinton 1901 Peabody 470 N. McNeill 1639 Vance Ave. 809 Medical Arts Bldg. 805 Medical Arts Bldg. 985 Park St. 1255 Snowden Ave. Mallory Branch 1722 Carruthers 1252 N. Parkway 1746 Carruthers 61 S •. Rembert 1002 N. Willett 621 Eva Quaker Oats Co. 1548 Jackson 3621 Spottswood Hernando, Miss. 3550 Forrest 120 Mallory Olive Branch, Miss, 908 Derman Bldg. 1898 Madison 1165 S. Wellington 695 S. :Barksdale Collierville, Tenn. Troop 51 52 53 54 56 57 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 CHA1R1£N OF TROOP COivl!·:IITTEES (Continued) Rev. i. L. Smith Dr. ~m. ~ritt Ju:rns A. A. Head Douglas F. Heuer Chas. P. Dockery C. P. Winn Wm. Van Hersh R. E. Harrison· R. K Dozier Hugh Ellis A. B. Davis F. M. Lane Albert M. Traylor Herman C. Hawkes Brice p, Moffatt William A. Crenshaw J. H. A.lters C • P • Mangu."Il Albert P. Cornell Route 5, Buntyn, Tenn. 1458 Vinton Baleigh Road, R. 3 201 Buena Vis ta R. 1, Hernando, Miss. Ho1~n Lake, Miss. Capleville, Tenn. Gerrna,,~town, Tenn. 210 Union Station Bldg. R. 3; Memphis, Tenn. 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