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B rookings, and th« Scout o rg an
ization, *hich o p e ra te s on a n a t
ional le v e l.
V.« are printing a le tte r from
Guv P . Mill« r , S< out • xecutive
to Mike Pagt in its en tirety as a
effort to explain the policies of
and philosophies of Scouting and
to give the re a d e rs an explanation
of the fight between Mik- and tht
Scout p rogram
M r. C .A . Pag«
B rookings, Oregon
I> a r Mike:
Your le tte r of July. 8 was
awaiting me upon my retu rn
from the National Jam boree a
day o r two ago.
Mike, I’ve known e v e r since
1 bee am t Scout Executive of this
Council five y e a rs ago, of your
keen In terest in the boys and the
Scouting p ro g ra m . E ducators
and people working with young
s te r s have agreed for y ea rs that
th* best way to tra in youth is to
set a positive p erso n al exam ple.
T h e re fo re , if w e’re going to
teach boys to play the gam e
according to the ru le s, w ea r
adults m ust follow th«- sam e
p a tte rn .
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an izatio n s and
and
e n te r p ris e s , has a se t of ru les
to folio a in th« form of its con
stitution and b y -1 a * s . These
apply u niversally to th e p ro g rarr
w hether in Brookings o r New
York C ity, and all of us *ho are
a p art of the Scouting p ro g ra n
m ust be governed by these ru le s,
p a rtic u la rly if we a re to set a
positive exam ple fo r the boys
w hocom e u n d e ro u r lead ersh ip .
T 'o o f these ru les o r policies
are involved in the situation now
existent in Brookings:
1. It is the policy of the Boy
Scouts of A m erica that lunds
raised for the m aintenance, p ro -
m o t i o n , and t xtension of the
Scouting p rogram shall be raised
through the public su b scrip tio n
of individuals and b u sin ess firm s.
Such su b scrip tio n s to be made
because of a rea liza tio n on the
p art of the donor of the value of
the Scouting p ro g ram to boys, to
the com m unity,’ and to the nation
and not as a by-product from the
sale of m e rch an d ise, rec re atio n
s sa ’and
ing
plan.- v e r e
n d in
g that th« plans
dropped
ropped In in lav
lav o o r r of of tbi
th«. norm al
Scout Finance campaign.
WELL CHILD CLINIC FRIDAY
A A Brooking?
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Brookings Well
Well Child
Child C Clinic
will be held on Friday, August
16, betw een 9:30 a .m . and 11:30
a .m . at the Brookings G r a d e
School. D r. David Brown a ill
give P hysical Exam inations and
Im m unizations for D P T , a n d
Small Pox V accinations assiste d
by D orothea M iller, Public Health
N urse.
IHUKSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1951
DR. SAMUELS MOVES OFFICE
Dr. Ed Sam uels has moved his
office to the re a r of his building
in North Brookings.
The front p a rt of the building
will be leased out. Also S a l l y
Swanson is now' working as a r e
ceptionist at the office.
It is my understanding that a
week o r ten days p r io r to the
d in n er M r. K e rr d isco v ered that
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the plans had been revived and at
Mr. and M rs. Robert R e ttk e ,
that tim e pointed out again that
and family attended the E l k s
the Council could not p a rtic ip a te
picnic in Ashland on Sunday.
in that type of a financing activ ity .
We sin c erely re g re t the m isu n d er
standing that ap p ears to have d e
SOCLYL SECURITY MAN
veloped. Scouting has had a won
TO VISIT HERE ON AUGUST 20
derful growth in the C u rry D istric t
C a rlo s L. H unsinger, m anager
the p ast th re e o r four y e a rs ,
of
the E ureka D istric t office of
d esp ite the fact that the lack of
the Social Security A d m in istrat-
funds and thus the n e c e s sa ry p r o
tion
fessional p erso n n el has hindered
ion, announced today that a re
the p ro g ram m a te ria lly .
p rese n tativ e of that office will
I think you will be in te re ste d to
m aintain office housr
know that during the p ast eight
THUR. FRI
SAT.
months one of the m ajo r points of m aintain o f f i c e hours at the
Aug. 15-16-17
of discu ssio n of the Counc il E xe Brookings City Hall, August 20,
from 1:00 to 3:00 p. m .
" THE AFRICAN QUEEN"
cutive Board has been ways and
Individuals wishing inform ation
. also
m eans of making it p o ssib le to
Burt L an caster in
p u t o n a n additional D i s t r i c t about the F ed eral old-age and
su rv iv o rs insu ran ce p ro g ram ma;
"APACHE"
Scout E xecutive to se rv e the C urry
contact the rep rese n tativ e at that
D istric t on a full tifne b a s is . The
adequate train in g of volu n teer
SUN. MON. TUES.
ff^ B T rn a n ^ ^ ^ p ^ io ^ o H im te
le a d e rs , organ izatio n of n e w
Aug. 18-19-20
I sin c e re ly hope that this will
u n its, and the prom otion of the
MA and PA KETTLE
give you a d eeper insight into the
2. It is the policy of the Boy Scouting p ro g ra m is depend«-nt functioning of the Boy Scouts of
on VACATION"
upon
such
an
addition.
In
1956
for
Scouts of A m erica that sponsoring
A
m
erica
and
that
you
will
chan
also
the f irs t tim e in many y e a rs ,
institutions of local Scout units
nel your splendid enthusiasm and
"TAKE
ME
TO TOWN"
shall provide adequate m eeting the C u rry D istric t c a r rie d its
weight financially in the ope ration ability into the p ro g ram as it has
p laces for th«- units they sponsor
of the C ouncil. If the d is tric t can b< en d e s i g n e d and operated
That no unit o r local Council of
throughout A m erica for the past
$ N IT E
$
continue to do so again th is y e a r,
the Boy Scouts of A m erica shall
W ednesday, Aug. 21
it is e n tire ly p o ssib le that the 48 y e a rs .
ow nor m aintain any building other
B est W ishes,
board will authorize the em ploy
"REUNION IN RENO"
than designated Council cam ps.
S incerely y o u rs,
m ent of an additional D istric t
also
I’ll not attem pt to go into the
Executive in that a re a even though
"AGAINST ALL FLAGS"
reaso n s why these p o lic ie s a re so
Guy P . M iller
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o th e r a re a s of the Council will
sound except to point out that the
Scout Executive
have to b e a r the financial burden
stren g th , v irility , and constant
growth of th«- Scouting p rogram
o ver the past 48 y e a rs b e a r te s ti
mony to the soundness of these
p o lic ie s.
M r. H e n r y K e r r , D istrict
Scouting C hairm an for the C u rry
D istric t and V ice-p resid en t o f
th«-Oregon T rail C ouncil, has had
a thorough understanding of the
second policy m entioned for a
num ber of y e a rs and th«- firs t
policy m entioned since .April of
this y e a r when the m a tte r was
thoroughly discu ssed at a m eeting
of the Council Finance C om m ittee
As has been pointed out on many
occasions over th«- p ast few y ea rs
drive for economical highway travel.
the cre atio n of a Brookings Com
Rugged ’Jeep’ vehicles save you time
With power take-off, these work
munity Youth C en ter is a splendid
and money on job-after-job.
horse
vehicles operate a wide variety of
p ro je c t.
Many Com m unities
They have the extra traction of’Jeep*
throughout A m erica utilize such
special
equipment. And their rugged
4-whccl drive to maneuver easily where
a Youth C enter for many o rg a n
stamina
stands up under the toughest
ordinary trucks can’t go—through mud,
izations and a c tiv itie s, including
use
365
days a year. Today!—make a
sand, soft earth or over rough, rocky
Scouting, but this is not a Scout
date to see and drive the Jeep’ vehicle
country,
in
go«nl weather or had. 1 hey
building o r used exclusively for
that’s right for jo u r jobs.
shift easily into conventional 2-wheel
Scouting ac tiv itie s. Such a b u ild
ing then becom es a com m unity
p ro je c t and not a Scout p ro jec t,
with the raisin g of funds co n flict
ing se rio u sly with the funds so
se rio u sly needed for the p e rs o n
nel, se rv ic e s and facilities that
form the foundation of a su c ce ss -
ful Scouting p ro g ra m .
The plan for the d inner and
auction that you folks recently
c a r rie d out was d isc u sse d as
early as la st April by the Finance
Com m ittee and M r. K err and it
was recognized by all concerned
that such a p ro ject was in d irec t
conflict with the above mentioned
Scouting policy. Following a d is
cussion with the local members
of the D istric t Finance C om m
ittee, it was M r. K e r r's under-
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