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PAGE 2, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17,1976, WHTBY FREE PRESS Whitby Boy Scouts -l -l iviemni By BRIAN WINTER Staff Writer. Growth in menîbership, a regional conference, and the continuing of their inonthiy paper drives are indications of a good year for the Boy Scouts of Canada in Whitby in 1976. The Boy Scouts are exper- iencing their biggest year ever in membership with an expec- ted increase of 20 per cent, says Bill Vaughan, assistant oersnip district commissioner ini charge of Beave rs. However, this growth is flot keeping up wîth the population growth of the town, since there are 26,000 people in Whitby and only 530 boys in Scouting, he says. According to Mr. Vaughan, the Whitby District (which includes al the amalgamna ted town of Whitby) should hiave 1,500 boys in Scouting. - - - - - M- -- -- '4,j 0 Eacli boy is gien i Hock I)f wood, foîur wlîeels and four nails anîd he and bis fatlier inake a racing car out of tliese niaterials. The cars are run-off on a 36-foot gravi ty flow\ six-lane track ountil a winner is clioscri. Prizes arc given l'or designi and speed. Upcoiinlg events fais vear iriclude a conmposite canmp at the l3atty Fari, south of Brooklin for ail scout troops, May 14 to 16. Ilere the patrols will lîold various conipetitions. Thie camp bas been i leld f'or five years, and the, Batty farni has been uiscd by Scouts for at least twice that length of ime. On May 30 aIl thie Scouts and Guides of Wlitby will hold their animal churcli parade, with a difference this year. Instcad of holding their service ini a church, iL will be an open-air event at Canîp Flood on Cochrane Street, a Scout camp for more tlîan 25 ycars. The participants ini the parade will march op Coch- rane Street froni St. John the Evangelist Cliurch, ramn or shine. On Jonc 26 tlhc annima etedien1976 growi Scotiîg is presciutly divided itito live age gruups. The youngest are Be avers, aged live to ciglît, wlîich ninet in colonies. Whitby presently hias two colonies of Becavers but will have fouir by the end of April, cuntaining 75 to 80 boys. The first Beaver colony was established by the Second Brouklin Scouts at St. Thornas Anglican Chu rch, and the second colony started Marclh 2 with the First Whitby at Palmerston School. The third coloiiy will be formied by March 30 with the Fourth Whitby at St. Mark's United Church, and the fourth colony will start April 6 with the Fifth Whitby at West Lynide School.- Whitby in 1976 lias 1 1 Cub packs containiing 300 boys aged eighit to 11I and - - - -At Don't miss this Sundae treat! two Scrumpdilîyishus DAI RY Sundaes fôr the price of one! Now get QUEEN* Boy one Sundae, any size, with your favorite topping, and get a second one FREE! Treat a friend! Buy one Sundae. get one f ree at your participating DAIRY QUEEN stores. Off er available at: 1003 Dundus St. E. 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There arc threc companies of' Venturers, of 30 boys AGE aged 14 to 17 and one crew uf six Ruvers agcd 18 tu 23. Thle Scout movement in Whitby lias 85 unifurmed leaders and is basically uperated through churches and séhools. The Brooklin Legion operates une Scout troop, as does the Salvation Anmy and the Homne and Sehuol Association of Hut- clîisun School. Scuuting in Whitby is at l'ast 60 years old, for the first Scout troop was formied in association with Offhawa in 191I6, although iL was nuL chiartered until 1921. Therc is plenty of activity available f'or Scouts in Whitby thruughout the entire year, according Lu thie District Counicil, whicli is in chiarge of operating' the various prograflis. On Saturday, Whitby's 300 Cubs finished tlie two- week-Iong Pinewood Derby, a special attraction operated Cuboree wîll bc held, prob- ably in Centennial Park, with an Olympic field day theme, each pack- representing a province of Canada. This event has been held since 1966. A special event for 1976 will be the first regional conference of Scout leaders ever held in Whitby. On May 8, about 500 uniformed and nonuniformed Scout leaders from 14 districts, covering an area bounded by Lake Ontario, Oshawa, Georgian Bay and Guelph, will assemble at Anderson Cullegiate tu discuss policies and issues of importance in Scouting. While the leaders are having their conferencç in Whitby this year, the Boys tticinselves will have a number of other projects on the go. Oce is the Jamboree on the air, where 50 Scouts spend 24 h2urs contacting other Scouts around the world on liam radio sets through the co-operation of the North Shore Amateur Radio Associ,, ion. A wintcr camp lias been held for the past tlîree years in January at Darlington Provincial Park, and a' tradition tht has lasted for more than 20 years has been the annual father and son banquet hcld by each group at the tinie of the birthday of Scoi.ting's founder Lord Baden Powell, Feb. 22.* One of the m-ost successful 1rojects of Whitby's BOY Scouts ini recent ycars was Trees lfor Canada, a national prograni which enables the local district to raise nîoney throughi sponsorships of tree plantilig. The Whitby District Scouts nmade an arrangement with the Central Lake Ontaric Conservation Authority ir 1974 Lu plant 15,000 trees in the Long Sault Conserva- tion area near Tyrone. More than 700 boys took )--trt. District Commissioner Mar- cel Brunelle hopes Lu have another Trees for Canada project in the faîl of 1976 or spri!1g of 1977. Until about two years ag< Whitby's Scouts had a hobby show every yeaf, but Mr rBronchle expects iL will coinc back again as a regular pruject. 1 Besides participating ir -.. 1 Scouts have attended world jamborees and smaller jam- borees in Canada. A patrol of boys will be going to Alberta Jamiboree July 24 to 31 this yý!:ir, and a contingent will be sent to the World Jam- boree of 1977 in Prince Edward Island. In 1975 the Whitby District sent four Scouts Lu the World'Jamboree in Nor- way and another contingent went to a j amboree in the Yukon. Although Scouting enjoys a good position in the coin- munity, it suffers froin somne of the problcms it is expericncing across Canada, says Mr. Bronchle. "We need more lraders basically Lu expand our movement", he says. "We need to seIl ourselves. Peuple don't realize how much guod work is dune and how much fun is had by Scouts. 'fhcrc is a lut of humnan development in Scouiting"-,. The aim of Scouting, hie says, "is Lu hielp boys * develop their character as resourceful and responsible - members of the comnmunity by prioviding oppurtun-Yies and guidance for their mental, physical, social and spiritual developmnent". Anyone who wants Lu know niore about Scouting in Whitby nîay contact Mr. Bronchle at 668-4663. For Beavers, contact Bill Vaughan at 668-8592; Cubs, Roy Parker, 655-4523; Scouts, Dave Dell, 668-3083; and Venturers and Rovers, Ron >McDonald, 668-5938. Seniors' ýo sfun night Saturday * An opening fun night wîi ebe held at the new senior 1citizens activity centre 6 Saturday at 7 p.rn. for all inembers of the centre. 0 Gaines, entertainnient, Y music and light refr'-lshments r. will be offered. An admission ,te fce of 50 cents per person wil .~ be charged.