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t Thursday, February 15, 1962 : 11,000 Wolf Cub Packs » Boy Scout Troops And Rover Crews On Parade Jamboreeâ€"onâ€"theâ€" Air Plans for 1962 Sponsored by the Boy Scouts World Bureau, which is in Otâ€" tawa, the 5th Jamboreeâ€"onâ€"theâ€" Air will be held this year from 0001 hours on Saturday, Octoâ€" ber 20 to 2359 hours, Sunday, October 21. Both times are Greenwich Mean Times. Once each year Boy Scouts throughout the world hold an unusual getâ€"together. It is callâ€" ed the Jamboreeâ€"onâ€"theâ€"Air and uses short wave radio as the means of communication. lilustrated here is the special symbol designed by the World _The film, which has just reâ€" cently _ become _ available, . is 16mm sound on colour with a running time of 15 minutes. "Nor will the outdoor aspects of Scouting be reglected. Many groups will carry out special winter camping projects, overâ€" night hikes, adventure hikes, skiâ€" ing, tobogganing and other typiâ€" cal Scouting events. For weeks now, Cubs, Scouts and Rovers, across Canada, workâ€" ing closely with Group Commitâ€" tees, Ladies Auxiliaries and local Scout Councils have been preparing for Boy Scout Week, one of the highlights of the Scouting year. â€" "Scouting "Roundâ€"Up" time will soon be here. During Boy %gul Week, a nationâ€"wide observance from February 18 to 25, some 9.000 Canadian Scouts and Leaders hope to corral the interest of parents, other relatives and friends by holding "Open House" reetings of over 11,000 Cub Packs, Scout Troops and Rover Crews. Special programmes will be presented to show what Scouting is and ig doing for boys from sea to sea. â€"Other highlights of Boy Scout The purpose of Boy Scout Weew will be displays of equip Week is to focus public attenâ€" ment, photographs and crafts in _ tion on the Boy Scouts of Canâ€" store windows and in lobbies of public buildings. Many groups wda ‘as it ‘helps ‘boys develop will _ feature _ parents _ nights, character and gain an underâ€" father and son, or mother and _ ‘"tanding of citizenship. son _ banquets, hobby _ shows, group reâ€"unions, interâ€"pack troop and crew visits and other indoor 4EE activities. Some farâ€"sighted Scout Groups, who booked it weeks ago, will see the flim "Jamboree Diary", ilm record of one Scout‘s imâ€" ;’essions of the 3rd Canadian Jamboree held last summer near Ottawa. . GLIDDEN PRODUCTS FREE HOME DECORATING from the GLIDDEN COLOR STUDIO ACROSS FROM WATERLOO SQUARE Phone 744â€"4362 Your PONTIAC, BUICK, VAUXALL, ACADIAN, AND GMC TRUCK DEALER. FORBES MOTORS NAYLOR‘S COLOR SHOP CARLING BREWERIES LTD. MANUFACTURING KITCHENER, ONT. ONWARD COMPLETE LINE OF Courtesy of LTD. With the help of amateur radio station operators, Scouts across Canada have been taking an increasingly active role in Jamboreeâ€"onâ€"theâ€"Air. The World Bureau with the help of the Canadian Army and the Amaâ€" teur Radio Club, has operated a short wave radio station at Conâ€" naught Ranges, near Ottawa, and The observance of Boy Scout Week seeks to bring new levels of understanding for the Boy Scout Movement, so that more boys will join, more volunteer leaders will serve and more adults will support it. Bureau for use by member counâ€" tries on their publ{shed materâ€" ial dealing with the Jamboreeâ€" onâ€"theâ€"Air and especially, on acknowledgement cards, known in the short wave radio, or "ham radio" field, as "QSL Cards." The purpose of Boy Scout Week is to focus public attenâ€" tion on the Boy Scouts of Canâ€" ada as it helps boys develop character and gain an underâ€" ‘tanding of citizenship. ‘Badenâ€"Powell Sunda: February 25, 1962 100 ERB ST. E. 30 FRANCIS ST. E., NORTH WATERLOO FARMER‘S MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. WALTERâ€"FEDY AND ASSOCIATES LTD. Mechanical and Electrical Consultant Engineers this station has been the focal point for participating Scouts throughout the world. The call sign "VE3JAM" has been used for the past four years, but in 1962 the World Bureau station will have new call letters "VE3WSB". In recent weeks some 25 trainees at the Adult Training Centre have proved their ability to work on such projects as stuffing envelopes with printed material, collating forms, makâ€" ing totem pole kits from plyâ€" wood and leaders‘ hat presses from hardboard for the Boy Scouts of Canada. As a result the director of the centre, S.K. Verma,. has expanded the actiâ€" vities of the training centre. ly observed. Participants may use any authorized amateur freâ€" quency and join in by calling "CQ Jamboree" or answering this call. National Scout Headquarters in Ottawa has helped a newlyâ€" established Adult Training Centre of the Ottawa and Disâ€" trict Association for Retarded Children to train a number of handicapped people to become wage earners. President A. .E. Ginsberg of the Retarded Childâ€" ren‘s Association, recently wrote Boy Scouts of Canada "It was your organization which gave us the first moral and psycholoâ€" gical support to get our~ conâ€" tract work started. The Training Centre is provâ€" ing so successful that arrangeâ€" Jamboreeâ€"onâ€"theâ€"Air is not a contest, the World Bureau points out. No prizes are given and liâ€" cence regulations must be strictâ€" In almost every community in Canada, you will find this man. "~WESTON‘S FRESH BREAD" Man With A Mission Eastern Arctic Committee He is engaged in one of the most exciting tasks known, he works with boys â€" and in case you haven‘t worked with youngâ€" sters lately, they are still the most energetic. imaginative, enâ€" thusiastic animals ever to grace the earth. He is a man who gives freely of his leisure time to open many doors for many boys through his knowledge of resources. NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS COMMITTEE ASSISTS TRAINING CENTRE FOR RETARDED Compliments of THE THIS PUBLIC SERVICE MESSAGE ISs BROUGHT TO YOU THROUGH THE COURTESY OF THESE FIRMS WATERLOO KITCHENER FEB. 18â€" 25 And at the recent meeting was one of the Scouts who bought the original kit, and worked at the hospital for three months in the tragic winter days 44 years ago. is now a member of the Halifax Regional Council, Boy Scouts of Canada â€" He told the boys of the "3rd" what it was like in the winter of 1917 â€" and how he had directed trucks through snow and ruins in downtown Halifax. Fortyâ€"one Cubs and Scouts were present at the meeting in Oxford Street United Church hall, where a party was organizâ€" ed by the Troop‘s Ladies Auxâ€" iliary. It replaced a kit that played an important part after the 1917 explosion, when the Scouts gave all their first aid equipâ€" ment to the hospital which was seriously short. They had paid for it themselves with hardâ€" earned nickels. Dr. C. M. Bethune, adminisâ€" trator of the V. G. Hospiptal, presented the new cabinet to Russell Gough, chairman of the Group Committee. Fiftyâ€"eightâ€"yearâ€"old Harry Floâ€" wers, who was only 14 in 1917, Halifax Disaster Story Recalled A 44â€"year old debt was paid off in Halifax recently when the Victoria General Hospital preâ€" sented the 3rd Halifax Boy Scout Troop with a shining, new first aid cabinet. ideals, tents, cooking kits, and fervor and guides them into adâ€" ventures to help prepare therg for life ahead. He leads boys by arousing their enthusiasm ‘till they run ahead of him to do the job. He develops in boys the qualâ€" ities of initiative, seif reliance and resourcefulness by providâ€" He comforts them in perilous times with his presence and staâ€" bility. ments are now being made to expand the training class to fifty. It is open to both sexes from 15 upwards and is making occupational training for gainâ€" ful employment available to an increasing number of mentally handicapped persons. ~TRE*WATERLOO (Ontario) CHRONICLE Corner,BRIDGEPORT RD. AT WEBER â€" Waterloo MILK FOUNDATION BREITHAUPT LEATHER CO. LTD. Compliments of GIBEL SUNOCO SERVICE © This year the Red Patch Re gion plays host for all joint activities of the Overseas Re gions and is now preparing for The Boy Scouts is an internaâ€" tional Movement and many Canâ€" adian boys living outside their native land enjoy the fun and adventure the programme offers from their host country. Howâ€" ever, the sons of Canadian serâ€" vicemen with NATO forces in France, Germany and Sardinia are able to continue their Scouting under Canadian leaderâ€" ship and guidance. Two Overâ€" seas Regions have been set up to service the programme for these boys. The Red Patch Reâ€" gion â€" comprising sons of Army personnel stationed at Soest, Werl and Hemer in Germany is under the chairmanship of Col. L. H. Edwards and Capt. H. H. Johnston, the Regional Commisâ€" sioner. First Class Scout In A Wheel Chair Scouting Serves Canadian Boys On N. A.T.O0. Bases ' Lionel, a member of St. Paul‘s Troop since 1957, has carried out every Scout test satisfactorily without special allowances being given for his disability. Another handicapped Scout, Bill Fayle, has recently completed his Seâ€" cond Class tests with St. Paul‘s Troop. his only pay will be the deep personal satisfaction of knowing that he has contributed towards developing responsible and ma ture adults.â€" A man with a mission and an extremely popular man in the eyes of the boys he serves â€" this is the Scoutmaster. Stricken with polio since he was seven, Lionel Hope, 17, of Peterborough, Ontario, recently became the first Peterborough Scout confined to a wheel chair to gain his First Class Scout‘s badge. If he quits, moves away, or dies, his is one of the most difficult jobs to fill Yet, if he does his job well, ing opportunities for camping SH 2â€"8231 T. 0. HOWALD SMILES‘N CHUCKLES â€" L. W/C L. A. Hall is Chairman of the Maple Leaf Region which services Canadian Scouting for those connected with the RCAF stationed in France, Germany andâ€"Sardinia. This Region sponâ€" sored a Wood Badge course for 21 Troop Scouters in the St. Avold Forest in May. Sâ€"L F. I. Stephens, the Regional Comâ€" missioner, also conducted the first Conference for Commis sioners, Chairmen and Commitâ€" tee men held at No. 3 (F) Wing near Zweibrucken. Commissioner L. H. Nicholson, RCMP (Retired) of Ottawa, Deâ€" puty Chief Scout for Capada, headed the course. The Conference was attended by 44 members of both the Guide and â€" Scout Movement from both Regions and was conâ€" Expands Northern Wood Badge training courses for the adult leaders of Cub Packs and Scout Troops. Another development is the "twinning" of troops in the Eastern Arctic with troops in southern _ Quebec. Scouts of Great Whale River are now twinned with those of Dunrae Gardens, Town of Mount Royal; Pond Inlet and Sherbrooke Dis trict; Frobisher Bay patrols with Pine Beach of Montreal and Lakeside Heights; Fort Chimo place under the direction of Air Commodore J. B. Harvey, RCAF, ASC, CD, St. Hubert, chairman of a special Quebec Provincial Scout Council Committee to develop this project. Contacts have been made with such communities as Cambridge Bay, Cape Dorset, Fort Chimo, Fort George, Frobisher Bay, Great Whale, Igloolik, Pangnirâ€" tang. Pavungnatuk, Pond Inlet, Port Harrison and Sugluk. In several of these communities Scout groups have now been formed and more are being organized. Scouting in the Eastern Arctic ALUMINUM DOORS AND WINDOWS Compliments of FRIEND OF THE SCOUTS Courtesy of KITCHENER Through these and less formâ€" al occasions the youth of diffeâ€" rent nationalities, backgrounds, and customs, learn a greater resâ€" pect for, and understanding of each other. Today this underâ€" standing born in youth and developed in adulthood is vital to the survival of mankind. Scouting is a World Wide Brotherhood _ and _ Canadians Overseas are taking advantage of this perhaps once in uâ€"life time opportunity to meet with Scouts of other countries and learn to understand their ways of life. cerned primarily with ways and means of providing even better service to our youth in Scoutâ€" ing, overseas. Canadian Scouts have proved to be popular guests at interâ€" national functions in Europe and their participation in _ these events continues to grow. patrols with Ste. Adele and Eastern Lakeshore District. The latest development is the establishment of a 65â€"watt radio transmitter at Quebec Provinâ€" cial _ Scout Headquarters in Montreal so that amateur radio operators may get in touch, at regular intervals with Arctic Now the Eastern Arctic is serviced by a regular weekly radio broadcast by the C.B.C. titled "ScoutGuide Magazine" and is doing much to bridge the lonely miles of the area. Just prior to Christmas the Scouts of Quebec sponsored an "air drop" for the Cubs and Scouts of Pond Inlet, with the help of the R.C.A.F. Ineluded were a number of Christmas gifts from the Sherâ€" brooke District for the Cubs and Scouts of Pond Inlet A short time Jater an Eskimo Scout, _ Alex â€" Kokiapic _ from Great Whale visited Montreal and was «+ guest of Scouts of Dunrae _ Gardens â€" in _ Mount Royal. REPRESENTING IMPERIAL LIFE ‘ ASSURANCE COMPANY CONTRACTORS LTD. ERB and ERB INSURANCE DIAL SH 3â€"1867 Hâ€"K TILE "We All Hand It To The Scouts" 173 BINSCARTH KITCHENER DOON TWINES KITCHENER JOE STRUB LTD. Expect 1,000 Rovers At National Meet Saint Rochâ€"deâ€"Mekinac is 30 miles north of Three Rivers and about half way between Monâ€" treal and Quebec City. It is hopâ€" ed to have Rovers present from all ten provinces. Preparations for 1,000 camp ers are being made by La Federâ€" ation des Scouts Catholiques de la Province de Quebec, hosts for the 4th Canadian Rover Moot (gathering of older Soputs in the 16 to 23 years group), at Camp Scout Mekinac,Saintâ€"Rochâ€" deâ€"Mekinac, Comte de Laviolette, Quebec, from August 27th to September 4th, 1962. Highlights of the Moot proâ€" gramme will be a visit to Queâ€" bec City to view the Parliament Buildings, the Citadel, City Hall, Beaupre Hill, Cap Tourmente and He d‘Orieans, 24hour ramâ€" bles and sports events. the Canadian General Counâ€" ch of the Boy Scouts Assocâ€" yeer as Deputy Chieft Scout for Canada, having succeedâ€" ed Mr. Jakson Dodds in this post last May. Former Comâ€" missioner of the Royal Can cilt‘s PAGE THREER