https://kiakimamuseum.org/files/original/0e31939209fecc726aad69e69b12c30a.pdf d40ff38f1fefc0f8cafd6d655f5ee417 PDF Text Text OHIOKASAW OOI]ITOIL BOY SCOUTS OB'AIIEBICA INCORPORATEI' J. A. ANGUS. A. K. EURROW, PRESIDENT ORAN L. COX. VICE-PRE6IDENT W. L. SHARPE, \,ICE.PRESIDENT H. W. SLAVICK, VICE.PRESIDENT EDMUND ORGILL, VICE.PRESIDENT T. ROBERT ACKLEN" VICE.PRESIDENT W. GORDON MORRIS, EIcouT EXECUTIvE PHoNE 5-2351 5O1.5O7 CoLUMBIAN MUTUAL TOWER MEMPHIS B, TENN. l,e.r. il: l-' ,+'i " li'T. Edrf - iPa 3{ i"xy'" -a.l- ,he;r: ?gr',.ry' Cf . f45 f" Fe^vlt It." s Mennhi.s" Tenn, ir'rsT^ Fll: v'q get r ii.+-tle pubi"ic*iinn t,he e;el,Led fr*rn the Fi*,m* "Fadxle* Et:eru Ehie-l".j qj\'rys eii *q-:fess1ona.} lf fiai{ ne.rls e+mln4 fivents? are*npilsi...e,f tite Tw,+,cc. +"3.e1;: ne'?it,h nffj"*e r.rn{< o n{a u1L.tr EEGRETARY EMILE A. BIZOT, TREAaURER DR. B. E. JACOBS, GoMMIEaIONEE e}n t ,!'q 1t?-:ciItpe"1 .i t q ,::t:,ro ,.f t " r' j.'g;qr,,7n|;;:-r: I llt l' -i gr;1r -' th;:ll1ir, l,ti; rr'{'ilii'i t,,.,: :.nl*:-,'sbeci if; +;h" nifrF; rtl'':.ltflr''i1: ::,::.i F.'lr fhrr.ff,:l 1"*,66 i,rEi+d ":h:i.cl F-, ;ih*'q1'-: f Rl 'j1e.{ j} '' L,:lCr-r * '." lr': r:, ".-,t i +l $r,r trilftii!1il."i x.nt +rJ?fl BFE$$,5 p*,t"Ii|,Fr, { -1 *r-R{6 l America's Future lies in its Youth! �t i/\;k \\.-r \\ *r,,$cniitrr i ij', i'ili) \J ;, . :,i. {,}*e'frarl l{etrs'ls ill:,i"elmxmri' fl*u&ar[3. ],i].&" u,lia:fulu: rlnttir*. :.,.riil]r ib*x,i,hir, !l' :l$i: + i:,x Lir* ijcrx, *r:r&*ttX #1S" &s#r* r?*rk, i;1[*c*r*]g i,li,inln'te',lr*,; $bW 3ii:i:]:s *h*t-i:"ti �VoI. I, No. I December L2, 19/+6 THE NATIONAI STAFF CONFERINCE There should. have been televlsion and rrtolehearingrt sets beamed toward all of you men last week out of Bear Mountaln, the site of the National Staff Conference. Your Reglonal men were alJ. there along with al.l. Home Offlce men. rrHow to Get the Program of Scouting to the Boytt was not only the theme of the Conference - it was the life of the Conference. From the time that Dr. Fretwell gave the rrState of the Unionrr on Saturday night r:rrtil Drtght Ramsay, Conference Chai:man, banged the gavel for adjourzlnent the following Frlday noon, it was all trHow.tr It was my first Conference. Itn sold on th:is gang. They know their stuff. Everyone of them has had Local Council oxperlenee. Better than 90% of them have been Scoutmasters and they lnclude more fo:mer Scouts than non-Scouts. Out of the Conference will cone a Program of Action. There is a deteminatlon, too, to nake 1t work. It wlL1 be concise. It will definltlze all of our Jobs. Yourll be hearing from the Chief about 1t soon. THE SCOUT TRAIT TO CITIZE{SHIP The prenler showlng of the new rrscout Trail to Citizenshiprt in kodachrome was held at Bear Mountain. on Sundaf nlght. Itt s rea11y a picturel Irv Mll1gate and his gang have created the best ever i-n Scouting fi1m, As stated before in the SADDLE BAG, it w111 be ready for dlstrlbutlon on January 1. The cost will be $100,00 for: black and white snd $200.00 for kodachrome. Between you and me, the oolor ls the thing. While the Hone 0fflce'Staff rere at Bear Morurtain, the Hone 0ffice girls were seelng the plcture at 2 Park Avenue. Ono of the newer girls remarked that lf all girls in the Local CormciL Offlces could see the picture, they would be able to do their work so mueh better and like lt Eor6. Itr s an idea. FAnM BOYS trK.E'SCOUpTNG TOO Al1en S. Klng, Presldent of the Red River llalley Councll ln and aror:nd Fargo, N.D. nade a speech at the Natlonal Council Annr.ral Meetlng. Dr. Fretwell places it up near the top of a Scout &recutlver s readlng 1lst. In case you nlssed lt, a copy is included ln the nKITtt to Scout trIcecuti-ves. Read lt and pass it on to your f1eld men. More than'haLf of .Anerlcats boys &re, on fa:ms and ln sna1l vlI}ages, says Rural Scouter 0. B. Evenson, and they want Scouting as much as any other boy. He te11s of the tonn of Cooperstown, Pennsylvanla - Populatlon 100, lncluding cows. It has a Cub Pack, a Scout Troop snd a Senlor Outfit under sponsorship of the loca1 Grange. Your big field of opportr:nlty ls ln nral areas. MARSH AIIMENMA}I ITANTS I EI{ BACK L9/+6'100tr BOISI LIFE Banners. Marsh Amneruan has been cleaned out of them. He Just hateg'to say trnotr when some Troops wrlte that they want their banne4s. He rtIl have to do so however, unless you glve hi-m he1p. Marsh has been generouo w'ith Itf s those you. Hunt through that nlseellaneous fl1e or plIe, depending on your fiIlng and salvage at least one barrner, or more lf possible, to send to him. Donr t a Chrlsteas presont - do lt now! systen, ma-ke lt �-tPUBLIC RTLATIONS SCOUT ITEtr( KIT Les Stratton reports that the Publlc ReLatLons Klt for use prior to and ln connectlon vi'ith Boy Scout lleek, w111 be nailed durlng the Christoas ho119ays, or Eooner if posslbJ-e. You cen plan on it. A copy of the kit riI1 be malled to each nenber of the professlonal staff. Thls nateriaL has a two-foId hportance. ft nay be used rras isrf or preferably, it nay be used with adaptations to ftt 1ocal needs. ft w111 be ln a letter slze jacket, handy for flIing, but should be fIled only after the fullest use has been nade of lt. IIA THOUSAND rOR ONEI' MOVES FOBWARD A. J. Taylor, Asslstant to the Dlrector of Interraclal Service, reported et the National Staff Conference tha.t the project of-has a thousard new Negro Scouts for eaoh of the thlrty ye&rs durlng whlch Stan Harrls been Director of Interracial Service 1s c3-ipplng ,a1ong. The first report domss out of Menphis whloh ghows a net jncrease of 300 Seouts ln the Semlnole Dlvlslon since 0ctober 1. Top nan tn the Seninole Dfulslon ts J. A. Beauchamp, the flrst Negro to enter professlonal- servlce of the Boy Scoutg of .Anerlca. Thls lncrease came ln the right way, followlng all of the steps, lnc1udlng Conmlssloner Staff, Tralnlng of Leaders, and xdolnt what coneg natchrally.ll VOII]NTEER TRAINING GROUP UNDENOO TRT,INING ilIf the l-earner hasntt learned, the teacher hasnrt taughtttt Volunteer Tralnlng Service men talce that serlously. Prlor to the Natlonal Staff Conference, trenty men nho hgve been conductlng ilIn-Servlce Field Tralningtt Courses and Vol-unteer Leader Tralnlng Courses around the cowrtry during L946t held a tralnlng course of' thelr ovrn' For three days wlth Bll-1 Laurence as leader, they were trainees ln the sa.ne courses that they had been conducting. Ner nethods rere presented and unsatisfactory ones dl-scard.ed. When they had flnlshed, they could consclentlously saXr ttThis ls lt.u l9l+7 tralnlng wiIL be based on e:rperlence. III{ERE SM{IOR S G REAILY WORKS Oscar Kirkhamr o blg boy, Rock Klrkham, ls responslble for tro Lnportant publloations. He has submltted coples, hoping they would be nentioned ln the SADDLE BAG. They are the ttSenior Scout Guldetr and rrsupplement to Scoutlng ln the Church, tt lgsued by the Yor.mg Menf s Mutual Inprovement Assoclatlon of the Church of Jesus Christ of the latter-Day Salnts. A copy of eaeh free to any Scout Brecutlve or Beglonal Executlve (1 set to each Courcll) rvho asks for them. You had better send for both becau$e they are good. They are based on successful orperlence, 5 of the 6 Corrncllg on record as havlng a Senlor Scout Index oner 10, are located ln llo:mon country. 40% of a].l young men of Senior Scout age ln the Moraon Church are Senlor ScoutE. Rock, besldes belng Dlrector of the UI{MfA, is NatlonaJ. Dlrector of the L.D.S. Church Servlce of the Dlvlsion of Relatlonships, B.S.A. Hls address ls 50 North Maln Street, SaI.t Lake Clty, Utah. GIFTS IIITH A SCOUTING FLAVOR Ilhen you are trylng to plan Christroas glfts vrith a Boy Scout flavor, conslder three Scouting books whlch are handled by Supply Servlce. Bemeuber - therets a 20f, dlscount on these to Loca-l Cor:ncl1s. These books were nalled to eaeh Cor:ncll on the blanket order plan several nonths ago. You can stl11 get then. #31164z YoUR C.ABIN IN THE W0ODS, by Conrad trBuffaLon Meinecke. . . . . . $2.75 3/+662 tEf, THE COYOTES HOIIL, by Samuel D. ttNev Haventr Bogsn . . . . . . 2.50 3/16* LITTLE SCoUTS IN ACTION, by Roland Co6 . . . . . . . r . . . . . 1.OO �-3BOY SCOUT WETK POSTER will be a two-color job, carrylng out the thene, ' of the llorld - Bulldlng for Tonorrow.It The artist, Ren Schuyler, hae presented an Lmerlcan Scout head, flanked by a nr:mber of Scouts of other nations rlth a gLoba1 nap 1n the background. The thene ls shonn at the top, vrlth ttBoy Scout f,eek, tr'ebrrrary 7-L3, L947tt in bold type appearing at the botton. A folder, showlng a plcture of the new poster along with dlsplay articles which nay be used ln connectlon wlth the Boy Scout l[eek, ls jr:cluddd ln the SADDLE BAG ItKIT.rr Generous dlstrlbutlon of thlE poster throughout the Councll territory w"111 do mueh to call attentlon to Boy Scout lleek actlvltles. Supply Servlce wl1l- be ready to shlp then by Decenber L5r at l+i each ln quantltles of a hundred; Jg each for 25 or norei and 10/ slngly. Order now - let Supply Servlce do thelr Chrlstnas shipplng earlyl I.na L9/fi Boy Scout lleek posters I rrScoutg BOY SCOUT SUNDAY Boy Scout Sunday is Febnra.W 9t L9/+7. Its closeness to Lincolnts blrthday on the L2th nakeo a good tle-up. It ls the best Sr:nday of the year to denonstrate the Lnterdependence of Scouting and the Church. Our Church ReLatlonshlp Serrrlees are on the Job. Ken Cook of Cathol-io Relatlons Servlce has prepared son6 suggestlons to be gent to all Chaplalns for dlstrlbutlon to Leadere of UnitE 1n Ronan Catho].lc Churches. A copy ls ln the eurrent ItKIT.n A1 Iverson of protestent Belatlons Servlce has prepared a set of suggestlons for Protestant Churches. A eopy ls lncluded 1n the lrKIT.rr Beoauge of the nany denonlnations, no distrlbutlon rriIl be made to churches fron thLs offlce. Harry Lasker of Jewlsh Relatlons Service wiIL nall a set of suggestlons to every nabbi in the coir:rtry early ln January. There ril-I be a copy of thls ln the December 25 rKIT.tr The Synagogue Cowrcll of Anerlca has proclalned Saturday, Febnrary 8, as Boy Scout Sabbath. Harry ca]ls your attentlon to a pamptrl.et rfSuggestlong for Boy Scout Sabbathrtt f,ree for the asklng ln any quantity. 25.OOO churches observlng Boy Scout Srxrday would make a great lmpact on the Boy Scout lfovenent. 9tart rorklng on it noro - Benenber, churches .have to plan ahead too. TINDING A TOST CHILD TECHNIQUE 1lttle lc.rrltten about the technique of finding lost persons. Most people rould ba satLsfJ.ed wlth the four pages of lnfornatlon ln the October lssue of IIEAITH IND SAF$IY. Not Fred M111s. He wants more facts. Ilhen a chlld ls Iost, authorities Just naturalJ.y turn to Scouts. Fred feels that lt ls the Job of each Scouter to hror hor to act nost effectlvely rhen the energency comes. You ean help nor. A copy of Oetober HEAL1SI.AllD SAFEIY 1E ln each Scout Dcecutlvets ItKIT.rr Bead lt carefully. Iake lt to yorrr nu:elo1pa1, county, or state pollce authorlttes, or to forest rangers. Dlscucs ltrrlth then. Get thelr ldeas and experlenceg. Write to Fred what you find out. If tho publlc expect us to do this type of a Job, letrE do lt re1I. TIhen you Very bave done refercnoe. thla blt of research, fi.Ie thls F.OrgL LIFE pno.p{IoqroN rAcTs you sHourp KNoIy copy of HEAITH IND SAtr'EIY aray for qu5-ck ' A rooent etudy of effectlve progran helps for Scoutnagters placed BOISI LIFE and the coordlnated progran hlgh on the 1lst. Your nagazine 1g- rea3.Iy cIloklng. It ls rlght that you should hros s@e of lts problems. Deliverles are often geveral reekg late. There 8re reagong. Our prlnter le Cuneo Press - operatlng af,125fr capaclty. Many ner magazlneE are belng produced. Advertislng voh:me demands large issues. BOYST LIFE rae prlnted on an rr11r000 coplas per hourrr oapaclty preeer It was damaged by flre and our present press rrurs off 31000 per hour. It takes a fi:IL month - L5O hourg to do the Job. "Large publlshers such as LIff orn their orn presses., Mal1lng delays atre coruoon. Cross your flngers - relief is i.t: si.ght. A ner press 1s pronised for March 1, re hope next year. Your Job ls to keep selIlng the ldea to Scoutmasters that the eoordtnated progran ls the th5.ng. Gear your Couneil plogram to this plan. It rr11 not only na^ka boys llke Scouting but w111 fatton your fndex. �-l+PROMoTE THE ART OF GADGETNY Has your Coqncll developed any unusual Canplng flcraftlesrrr those lngeniou.s Ca.mplng gaaglts whlch add color to Patrol kltchens and interest to the whole gane of Canpi-"gi Have some of then been so good that you have even mlmeographed speclfications for use by your Lead.ers? If so, send a good descriptlon of the $adget to Ji-n Engllsh can get the benefit fron lt. A1so, of B0YSI LIFE so that boys aIL over the countryruptr on creatlng such gadgets, send his if.you 1rrow of soneone ln your Council who is naml and ad.dress to Jln. Such a person need not have writing abillty; merelY lhe abillty to d.escribe how the gadgel ls nader whX particular adaptatlons are used 8nd what it d.oes. BOYS! LIFE is preparlng to meet thLs neu emphasis on prograrl. ERRATA, ADDm{DA. ET CETERA That man Lawrence warng agaln that Cour:.cl1 Quotag are due Decenber 31. . . .Supply Serviee |s lncludlng ln the trKITtr a series of five px6 poster display cards, catalog nnnber l+029 at 15C net. They can do nueh to dress up a Scout exhlblt durlng Boy Scout l[oek . . . . Decenber bCOUtfUG has three more of those ncut ten out arrd flIe I emrr gaJues on page 2{. . o . .Acorn Award AppJ.leations were sent to "11 Counclls last you the factE. . . r . have week by Registiaiion Servlce. Send yourg in as soon &9 ApoJ-ogies to Lord Rowallan. Ilie put too nany clothes on hl-u 1n the October 31 lssue of SADDLE BAG. A Scot never wears trklltsrtr Bays our forelgn correspondent J. S. fflIson. It shouLd have been nkl1tn. . . . .Gene Krapf ls now on the job 1n Gue.n. His address ls Guam Cor.:ncil, B.S.A., Box 65, Aguta, Guan. Thatrs a long dlstance. A letter f:ron arry of you nould keep hfu 1n touch with all of us. Try a J$ aLr noall letter to hlm. . . . . nDLbblerr Dobson has hlnted aror:nd that the reason the humlcane whlch threatened Florlda last nonth blew out to etea, was that he and his staff were ln the state at that tlme. . . . .The prloe of the new Boy Scout MedlcaL Eranlnatlon fom #ttZ5 ts 2S each or $1.25 per hr:ndred. 0rder from Supply Servlce. A sanple was sent out ln the gctober 3d ttKltr. . . . .Through an oversight, the Novenber 28th Iszue of SADDTE B.di was not lncluded ln the nKfTStr:of sone Fleld &cecutlvets. A Llttle sleuthlng on our part shor:I-d. lnfo:m uE what Reglons were lnvoIved. If you donrt get yours ln the next trKITrt d.rop us a card. . . r .Todayrs bon not by the Chief, -. rrl an a part of aIL that I have met.ll lgNTmTS Otr' SADDLE BAG ttKITtr (Mal1ed Decenber 12 CathoLic Relatlons Servlce. . Health & Safety Servlce . . Proteatant Relatlons Seri4ce. Rural Scouting Servlce . . . - one only to each Cor:noIL) . Suggestlons for Scout Swrday . 0otober HEALTH AIID SAfgiY . Suggestions for Scout Sutday A1len S. Klng Speech . Folddr on posters and dleplay naterLal . . . SupplyServlce. . .. . . Supfly Serrrj-ce. . . . . i . . . . . . . . . SBt of poSter dlsplay tyt) *-.=------ Nrx(T rssuE oF SADDLE BAG AtMcI(:LML - DECEIAER -3 CAfdg. a-J*;-r* ,-/r1- --:-::- {- 26, L946 Slncerely yours ,Crffu./f-^^.^,1 � 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 Publications and Papers Description An account of the resource Contains miscellaneous publications and papers by and about the Chickasaw Council. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document BOY SCOUTS OB'AIIEBICA INCORPORATEI' A. K. EURROW, PRESIDENT ORAN L. COX. VICE-PRE6IDENT W. L. SHARPE, \,ICE.PRESIDENT H. W. SLAVICK, VICE.PRESIDENT EDMUND ORGILL, VICE.PRESIDENT T. ROBERT ACKLEN" VICE.PRESIDENT J. A. ANGUS. EEGRETARY EMILE A. BIZOT, TREAaURER DR. B. E. JACOBS, GoMMIEaIONEE W. GORDON MORRIS, EIcouT EXECUTIvE l,e.r. il: l-' ,+'i " li'T. Edrf - iPa 3{ i"xy'" -a.l- ,he;r: ?gr',.ry' Cf . s f45 f" Fe^vlt It." Mennhi.s" Tenn, ir'rsT^ Fll: Tw,+,cc. +"3.e1;: ne'?it,h v'q get r ii.+-tle pubi"ic*iinn fr*rn the Fi*,m* nffj"*e e;el,Led t,he "Fadxle* Et:eru Ehie-l".j qj\'rys eii e,f tite *q-:fess1ona.} fiai{ ne.rls lf e+mln4 fivents? are*npilsi...- r.rn{< n{a e}n o u1L.tr t ,!'q 1t?-:ciItpe"1 .i t q ,::t:,ro ,.f t " r' j.'g;qr,,7n|;;:-r: I llt l' -i gr;1r -' th;:ll1ir, l,ti; rr'{'ilii'i t,,.,: :.nl*:-,'sbeci if; +;h" nifrF; rtl'':.ltflr''i1: ::,::.i F.'lr fhrr.ff,:l 1"*,66 i,rEi+d ":h:i.cl -1 F-, ;ih*'q1'-: f Rl 'j1e.{ j} '' L,:lCr-r * '." lr': r:, ".-,t i +l $r,r trilftii!1il."i x.nt +rJ?fl BFE$$,5 p*,t"Ii|,Fr, { *r-R{6 l America's Future lies in its Youth! OHIOKASAW OOI]ITOIL PHoNE 5-2351 5O1.5O7 CoLUMBIAN MUTUAL TOWER MEMPHIS B, TENN. *r,,$cniitrr ij', i'ili) ;, . :,i. {,}*e'frarl l{etrs'ls ill:,i"elmxmri' fl*u&ar[3. ],i].&" u,lia:fulu: rlnttir*. :.,.riil]r ib*x,i,hir, !l' :l$i: + i:,x Lir* ijcrx, *r:r&*ttX i,li,inln'te',lr*,; $bW &s#r* r?*rk, #1S" *h*t-i:"ti i;1[*c*r*]g 3ii:i:]:s t ;k i i/\ \\.-r \\ \J VoI. I, No. I THE NATIONAI STAFF CONFERINCE December L2, 19/+6 There should. have been televlsion and rrtolehearingrt sets beamed toward all of you men last week out of Bear Mountaln, the site of the National Staff Conference. Your Reglonal men were alJ. there along with al.l. Home Offlce men. rrHow to Get the Program of Scouting to the Boytt was not only the theme of the Conference - it was the life of the Conference. From the time that Dr. Fretwell gave the rrState of the Unionrr on Saturday night r:rrtil Drtght Ramsay, Conference Chai:man, banged the gavel for adjourzlnent the following Frlday noon, it was all trHow.tr It was my first Conference. Itn sold on th:is gang. They know their stuff. Everyone of them has had Local Council oxperlenee. Better than 90% of them have been Scoutmasters and they lnclude more fo:mer Scouts than non-Scouts. Out of the Conference will cone a Program of Action. There is a deteminatlon, too, to nake 1t work. It wlL1 be concise. It will definltlze all of our Jobs. Yourll be hearing from the Chief about 1t soon. THE SCOUT TRAIT TO CITIZE{SHIP The prenler showlng of the new rrscout Trail to Citizenshiprt in kodachrome was held at Bear Mountain. on Sundaf nlght. Itt s rea11y a picturel Irv Mll1gate and his gang have created the best ever i-n Scouting fi1m, As stated before in the SADDLE BAG, it w111 be ready for dlstrlbutlon on January 1. The cost will be $100,00 for: black and white snd $200.00 for kodachrome. Between you and me, the oolor ls the thing. While the Hone 0fflce'Staff rere at Bear Morurtain, the Hone 0ffice girls were seelng the plcture at 2 Park Avenue. Ono of the newer girls remarked that lf all girls in the Local CormciL Offlces could see the picture, they would be able to do their work so mueh better and like lt Eor6. Itr s an idea. FAnM BOYS trK.E'SCOUpTNG TOO MARSH AIIMENMA}I ITANTS I EI{ BACK Itf s those L9/+6'100tr BOISI LIFE Banners. Marsh Amneruan has been cleaned out of them. He Just hateg'to say trnotr when some Troops wrlte that they want their banne4s. He rtIl have to do so however, unless you glve hi-m he1p. Marsh has been generouo w'ith you. Hunt through that nlseellaneous fl1e or plIe, depending on your fiIlng systen, and salvage at least one barrner, or more lf possible, to send to him. Donr t ma-ke lt a Chrlsteas presont - do lt now! Al1en S. Klng, Presldent of the Red River llalley Councll ln and aror:nd Fargo, N.D. nade a speech at the Natlonal Council Annr.ral Meetlng. Dr. Fretwell places it up near the top of a Scout &recutlver s readlng 1lst. In case you nlssed lt, a copy is included ln the nKITtt to Scout trIcecuti-ves. Read lt and pass it on to your f1eld men. More than'haLf of .Anerlcats boys &re, on fa:ms and ln sna1l vlI}ages, says Rural Scouter 0. B. Evenson, and they want Scouting as much as any other boy. He te11s of the tonn of Cooperstown, Pennsylvanla - Populatlon 100, lncluding cows. It has a Cub Pack, a Scout Troop snd a Senlor Outfit under sponsorship of the loca1 Grange. Your big field of opportr:nlty ls ln nral areas. -t- PUBLIC RTLATIONS SCOUT ITEtr( KIT Les Stratton reports that the Publlc ReLatLons Klt for use prior to and ln connectlon vi'ith Boy Scout lleek, w111 be nailed durlng the Christoas ho119ays, or Eooner if posslbJ-e. You cen plan on it. A copy of the kit riI1 be malled to each nenber of the professlonal staff. Thls nateriaL has a two-foId hportance. ft nay be used rras isrf or preferably, it nay be used with adaptations to ftt 1ocal needs. ft w111 be ln a letter slze jacket, handy for flIing, but should be fIled only after the fullest use has been nade of lt. IIA THOUSAND rOR ONEI' MOVES FOBWARD A. J. Taylor, Asslstant to the Dlrector of Interraclal Service, reported et the National Staff Conference tha.t the project of a thousard new Negro Scouts for eaoh of the thlrty ye&rs durlng whlch Stan Harrls -has been Director of Interracial Service 1s c3-ipplng ,a1ong. The first report domss out of Menphis whloh ghows a net jncrease of 300 Seouts ln the Semlnole Dlvlslon since 0ctober 1. Top nan tn the Seninole Dfulslon ts J. A. Beauchamp, the flrst Negro to enter professlonal- servlce of the Boy Scoutg of .Anerlca. Thls lncrease came ln the right way, followlng all of the steps, lnc1udlng Conmlssloner Staff, Tralnlng of Leaders, and xdolnt what coneg natchrally.ll VOII]NTEER TRAINING GROUP UNDENOO TRT,INING ilIf the l-earner hasntt learned, the teacher hasnrt taughtttt Volunteer Tralnlng Service men talce that serlously. Prlor to the Natlonal Staff Conference, trenty men nho hgve been conductlng ilIn-Servlce Field Tralningtt Courses and Vol-unteer Leader Tralnlng Courses around the cowrtry during L946t held a tralnlng course of' thelr ovrn' For three days wlth Bll-1 Laurence as leader, they were trainees ln the sa.ne courses that they had been conducting. Ner nethods rere presented and unsatisfactory ones dl-scard.ed. When they had flnlshed, they could consclentlously saXr ttThis ls lt.u l9l+7 tralnlng wiIL be based on e:rperlence. III{ERE SM{IOR S G REAILY WORKS Oscar Kirkhamr o blg boy, Rock Klrkham, ls responslble for tro Lnportant publloations. He has submltted coples, hoping they would be nentioned ln the SADDLE BAG. They are the ttSenior Scout Guldetr and rrsupplement to Scoutlng ln the Church, tt lgsued by the Yor.mg Menf s Mutual Inprovement Assoclatlon of the Church of Jesus Christ of the latter-Day Salnts. A copy of eaeh free to any Scout Brecutlve or Beglonal Executlve (1 set to each Courcll) rvho asks for them. You had better send for both becau$e they are good. They are based on successful orperlence, 5 of the 6 Corrncllg on record as havlng a Senlor Scout Index oner 10, are located ln llo:mon country. 40% of a].l young men of Senior Scout age ln the Moraon Church are Senlor ScoutE. Rock, besldes belng Dlrector of the UI{MfA, is NatlonaJ. Dlrector of the L.D.S. Church Servlce of the Dlvlsion of Relatlonships, B.S.A. Hls address ls 50 North Maln Street, SaI.t Lake Clty, Utah. GIFTS IIITH A SCOUTING FLAVOR Ilhen you are trylng to plan Christroas glfts vrith a Boy Scout flavor, conslder three Scouting books whlch are handled by Supply Servlce. Bemeuber - therets a 20f, dlscount on these to Loca-l Cor:ncl1s. These books were nalled to eaeh Cor:ncll on the blanket order plan several nonths ago. You can stl11 get then. #31164z YoUR C.ABIN IN THE W0ODS, by Conrad trBuffaLon Meinecke. . . . . . 3/+662 tEf, THE COYOTES HOIIL, by Samuel D. ttNev Haventr Bogsn . . . . . . $2.75 2.50 3/16* LITTLE SCoUTS IN ACTION, by Roland Co6 . . . . . . . r . . . . . 1.OO -3- BOY SCOUT WETK POSTER I.na L9/fi Boy Scout lleek posters will be a two-color job, carrylng out the thene, ' rrScoutg of the llorld - Bulldlng for Tonorrow.It The artist, Ren Schuyler, hae presented an Lmerlcan Scout head, flanked by a nr:mber of Scouts of other nations rlth a gLoba1 nap 1n the background. The thene ls shonn at the top, vrlth ttBoy Scout f,eek, tr'ebrrrary 7-L3, L947tt in bold type appearing at the botton. A folder, showlng a plcture of the new poster along with dlsplay articles which nay be used ln connectlon wlth the Boy Scout l[eek, ls jr:cluddd ln the SADDLE BAG ItKIT.rr Generous dlstrlbutlon of thlE poster throughout the Councll territory w"111 do mueh to call attentlon to Boy Scout lleek actlvltles. Supply Servlce wl1l- be ready to shlp then by Decenber L5r at l+i each ln quantltles of a hundred; Jg each for 25 or norei and 10/ slngly. Order now - let Supply Servlce do thelr Chrlstnas shipplng earlyl BOY SCOUT SUNDAY Boy Scout Sunday is Febnra.W 9t L9/+7. Its closeness to Lincolnts blrthday on the L2th nakeo a good tle-up. It ls the best Sr:nday of the year to denonstrate the Lnterdependence of Scouting and the Church. Our Church ReLatlonshlp Serrrlees are on the Job. Ken Cook of Cathol-io Relatlons Servlce has prepared son6 suggestlons to be gent to all Chaplalns for dlstrlbutlon to Leadere of UnitE 1n Ronan Catho].lc Churches. A copy ls ln the eurrent ItKIT.n A1 Iverson of protestent Belatlons Servlce has prepared a set of suggestlons for Protestant Churches. A eopy ls lncluded 1n the lrKIT.rr Beoauge of the nany denonlnations, no distrlbutlon rriIl be made to churches fron thLs offlce. Harry Lasker of Jewlsh Relatlons Service wiIL nall a set of suggestlons to every nabbi in the coir:rtry early ln January. There ril-I be a copy of thls ln the December 25 rKIT.tr The Synagogue Cowrcll of Anerlca has proclalned Saturday, Febnrary 8, as Boy Scout Sabbath. Harry ca]ls your attentlon to a pamptrl.et rfSuggestlong for Boy Scout Sabbathrtt f,ree for the asklng ln any quantity. 25.OOO churches observlng Boy Scout Srxrday would make a great lmpact on the Boy Scout lfovenent. 9tart rorklng on it noro - Benenber, churches .have to plan ahead too. TINDING A TOST CHILD TECHNIQUE Very 1lttle lc.rrltten about the technique of finding lost persons. Most people rould ba satLsfJ.ed wlth the four pages of lnfornatlon ln the October lssue of IIEAITH IND SAF$IY. Not Fred M111s. He wants more facts. Ilhen a chlld ls Iost, authorities Just naturalJ.y turn to Scouts. Fred feels that lt ls the Job of each Scouter to hror hor to act nost effectlvely rhen the energency comes. You ean help nor. A copy of Oetober HEAL1SI.AllD SAFEIY 1E ln each Scout Dcecutlvets ItKIT.rr Bead lt carefully. Iake lt to yorrr nu:elo1pa1, county, or state pollce authorlttes, or to forest rangers. Dlscucs ltrrlth then. Get thelr ldeas and experlenceg. Write to Fred what you find out. If tho publlc expect us to do this type of a Job, letrE do lt re1I. TIhen you bave done thla blt of research, fi.Ie thls copy of HEAITH IND SAtr'EIY aray for qu5-ck refercnoe. F.OrgL LIFE pno.p{IoqroN rAcTs you sHourp KNoIy ' A rooent etudy of effectlve progran helps for Scoutnagters placed BOISI LIFE and the coordlnated progran hlgh on the 1lst. Your nagazine 1g- rea3.Iy cIloklng. It ls rlght that you should hros s@e of lts problems. Deliverles are often geveral reekg late. There 8re reagong. Our prlnter le Cuneo Press - operatlng af,125fr capaclty. Many ner magazlneE are belng produced. Advertislng voh:me demands large issues. BOYST LIFE rae prlnted on an rr11r000 coplas per hourrr oapaclty preeer It was damaged by flre and our present press rrurs off 31000 per hour. It takes a fi:IL month - L5O hourg to do the Job. "Large publlshers such as LIff orn their orn presses., Mal1lng delays atre coruoon. Cross your flngers - relief is i.t: si.ght. A ner press 1s pronised for March 1, re hope next year. Your Job ls to keep selIlng the ldea to Scoutmasters that the eoordtnated progran ls the th5.ng. Gear your Couneil plogram to this plan. It rr11 not only na^ka boys llke Scouting but w111 fatton your fndex. I -l+- PROMoTE THE ART OF GADGETNY CathoLic Relatlons Servlce. . . Health & Safety Servlce . . Proteatant Relatlons Seri4ce. . Rural Scouting Servlce . . . . SupplyServlce. . .. . . *-.=------ . Suggestlons for Scout Swrday . 0otober HEALTH AIID SAfgiY . Suggestions for Scout Sutday Slncerely yours Has your Coqncll developed any unusual Canplng flcraftlesrrr those lngeniou.s Ca.mplng gaaglts whlch add color to Patrol kltchens and interest to the whole gane of Canpi-" gi Have some of then been so good that you have even mlmeographed speclfications for use by your Lead.ers? If so, send a good descriptlon of the $adget to Ji-n Engllsh of B0YSI LIFE so that boys aIL over the country can get the benefit fron lt. A1so, if.you 1rrow of soneone ln your Council who is ruptr on creatlng such gadgets, send his naml and ad.dress to Jln. Such a person need not have writing abillty; merelY lhe abillty to d.escribe how the gadgel ls nader whX particular adaptatlons are used 8nd what it d.oes. BOYS! LIFE is preparlng to meet thLs neu emphasis on prograrl. A1len S. Klng Speech . Folddr on posters and dleplay naterLal Supfly Serrrj-ce. . . . . i . . . . . . . . . SBt of poSter dlsplay CAfdg. tyt) -3 --:-::- {- Nrx(T rssuE oF SADDLE BAG - DECEIAER 26, L946 AtMcI(:LML ,Crffu./f-^^.^,1 ERRATA, ADDm{DA. ET CETERA That man Lawrence warng agaln that Cour:.cl1 Quotag are due Decenber 31. . . .Supply Serviee |s lncludlng ln the trKITtr a series of five px6 poster display cards, catalog nnnber l+029 at 15C net. They can do nueh to dress up a Scout exhlblt durlng Boy Scout l[oek . . . . Decenber bCOUtfUG has three more of those ncut ten out arrd flIe I emrr gaJues on page 2{. . o . .Acorn Award AppJ.leations were sent to "11 Counclls last week by Registiaiion Servlce. Send yourg in as soon &9 you have the factE. . . r . ApoJ-ogies to Lord Rowallan. Ilie put too nany clothes on hl-u 1n the October 31 lssue of SADDLE BAG. A Scot never wears trklltsrtr Bays our forelgn correspondent J. S. fflIson. It shouLd have been nkl1tn. . . . .Gene Krapf ls now on the job 1n Gue.n. His address ls Guam Cor.:ncil, B.S.A., Box 65, Aguta, Guan. Thatrs a long dlstance. A letter f:ron arry of you nould keep hfu 1n touch with all of us. Try a J$ aLr noall letter to hlm. . . . . nDLbblerr Dobson has hlnted aror:nd that the reason the humlcane whlch threatened Florlda last nonth blew out to etea, was that he and his staff were ln the state at that tlme. . . . .The prloe of the new Boy Scout MedlcaL Eranlnatlon fom #ttZ5 ts 2S each or $1.25 per hr:ndred. 0rder from Supply Servlce. A sanple was sent out ln the gctober 3d ttKltr. . . . .Through an oversight, the Novenber 28th Iszue of SADDTE B.di was not lncluded ln the nKfTStr:of sone Fleld &cecutlvets. A Llttle sleuthlng on our part shor:I-d. lnfo:m uE what Reglons were lnvoIved. If you donrt get yours ln the next trKITrt d.rop us a card. . . r .Todayrs bon not by the Chief, -. rrl an a part of aIL that I have met.ll lgNTmTS Otr' SADDLE BAG ttKITtr (Mal1ed Decenber 12 - one only to each Cor:noIL) a-J*;-r* ,-/r1- Note Note for historical disclaimer <small><i>Please note that these documents are presented as they existed in their original form for historical accuracy. This document may contain racial or culturally insensitive language. Since the beginning in 1916, Scouting in Memphis has been regarded as a pioneer in interracial Scouting and equality; however, it still existed within the context of a segregated South. 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Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1946 Title A name given to the resource 1946 (12/12/1946) <em>Saddle Bag</em> Newsletter: A Thousand for One Moves Forward Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Boy Scouts of America Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Andrew Schrack Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Dalstrom Papers, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Licensed for use by the Kia Kima Alumni Association in this historical display. https://www.memphis.edu/libraries/special-collections/ Beauchamp Letters Newsletter Seminole Division