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SEA EXPLORING IN NEW YORK

With the greatly increased interest in Sea Exploring and the acquisition by gift of the John Ruegers Sea Ex­plorer Base at Sheepshead Bay, a new Sea Explorer Committee has been formed by the Activities Committee.

The Chairman of this committee is Capt. Clifford McGregor, who is an experienced sailor; he has participated in the Bermuda Races, the Hawaiian Races , and led his own expedition in a sailing ship to the Artie. He like­wise led his own expedition by dog sled over the Greenland ice cap.

Other members of the Sea Explorer Committee are: Rear Adm. Chester Wood, President, Mitichel College; Capt. Everett Morris, famous boating writer; Comdr. Russell Serenberg, U.S.CG. Personnel Director; James Marker, Commodore, Eastern Cruiser Association; Ronald Pringle, Frogman and skin diving instructor; Terry Jaeger, Public Relations Director Kenne cott Copper Co.; Walter Isbrandt­sen, Isbrandtsen Lines; Comdr. Thoma s Keane, Boy Scout International Bureau. This committee will be responsible for policies and procedures of Sea Ex­ploring a s we 11 as the op..eration of the Sea Explorer Base.

MAKE SCOUT WEEK COUNT! $$$$$$

A final effort by campaigners IS

being counted upon by the youth of New York City.

Plan now to take advantage of Scout Week publicity by seeing un­renewed and new prospects during Boy Scout Week February 7-13. Report your results immediately.

"H elp every boy belong this Golden Jubil ee Year".

ACT NOW TO. CONFIRM JAMBOREE SPACE

Junior Leaders of Jamboree Troop 1 look on as GNYC Camping Chairman William Zeckendorf, Jr., displays equipment for Lou Leopold (left) and Joe Feldman, ASM and SM of the Troop. Queens was the first Council to assemble a Jamboree Troop.

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EAGLE RECOGNITION POSTPONED

Date changed to Fall of 1960 (October-November) to provide an opportunity to recognize all 1959 Eagles along with the Golden Jubillee class of Eagle Scouts.

Watch for announcement zn near future. (there will be no Eagle Recognition Ceremony on February 8, 1960)

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Edward F. Thomas Chmn. GN'fC Adv ancement Comm.

GNYC Assigned

14 Units for

Colorado Event

As "The Scouter" goes to press , word has been received of the assign­ment of 14 Jamboree Troops, of 37 boys and 3 leaders each, to the Greater New York Councils. This is a pre­liminary assignment and is subject to review as of February 1 by which date full-payment of Jamboree fees are due at the National Council office.

At that time, or shortly thereafter, it is possible that additional Troop space will be assigned to Greater New York.

Scouts whose registrations were recei ved prior to the space assigned being fully utilized have been notified of their acceptance. Those whose registrations were received after that date have been notified that they have been placed on a waiting list.

It is the experience wi th past Jamborees that those with high priority on the waiting list have an excellent chance of being accepted for attend­ance.

It is urged that all now accepted or on waiting list, or new applications, get into the Greater New York Councils the full amount of $190. due as of February 1 ... on or before that date ... inasmuch as applicant's position on "accepted" or "waiting" lists is contingent upon this payment deadline being met.

The present interpretation of the situation is not that the Jamboree is "sold out", and registrations closed, but it does indicate that there is considerable urgency for the payment

of fees as scheduled, or for the filin g of any new requ'ests for attendance.

NEW SCOUT STAMP ANNOUNCED BY P. O. The U.S . Post Office Department

will issue a special commemorative Boy Scout stamp February 8 to honor the 50th Anniversary of the founding of American Scouting.

The stamp, designed by Norman Rockwell, will be a four-cent denomi­nation with the first day issue at Washington, D.C.

To secure first day covers you may send a reasonable number of self­addressed envelopes to: Postmaster, Washington, D. c., with a money order to cover the cost of the stamps to be affixed. Place in the envelope an enclosure of postal card weight and either seal or tuck in the flap. Inscribe outside envelope "First Day Cover Boy Scout Stamp."

Ihose who desl·:'r--e~s=p=e=c=ialiy prirrt~-d envelopes for their covers may secure them from the Fleetwood Cover Service, Pleasantville, New York.

Limited quantities of these enve­lopes will be sent to each Borough office and sold for 3 cents each on a first-come, first-served basis. Unit Leaders can use them as awards for deserving boys or display them on the bulletin board so that everyone can get acquainted with them.

BRIDGES OF FRIENDSHIP

What a fine demonstration of friendship our Scouting scrapbooks will be! Every unit has a great oppor­tunity to become associated with our Scouting brothers in foreign lands through this proj ect.

Postage should be included -size not to exceed 11" x 14" - loose leaf pag.es are---.SY.gg~sted - s tiff cover and not over three pounds in weight.

October issue of Scouting maga­zine has full story and details on page 18.

JAMBOREE INSURANCE

Because of the number of inquiries, we indicate herewith the insurance coverage which is paid for as part of the Jamboree fee. Loss of life, two limbs, two eyes, $2500.

Loss of one limb, $1875. Loss of one hand, one foot, one

eye, $1250. For physician, surgeon and

hospital expen ses, $1000. Note carefully that boys will be

covered only while on direct travel with the Jamboree, at the Jamboree and during return trip.

Fleetwood will completely service first day covers for 25 cents each or five for a dollar. This means they will address the envelope, affix the stamp, and mail it from Washington on the first day of issue.

"Do-it-yourself" collectors can save money by ordering envelopes from Fleetwood and sending them directly to Washington. The company will furnish four envelopes for 30 cents or twenty for a dollar under thi s plan.

Caution - In preparing first day covers place your name and address well down in the lower right hand corner of the envelope to avoid inter­ference with the cancellation.

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»> 01 C) ,.., Postmaster General Arthur E. Summer­

field -announced that this Boy Scout 50th anniversary commemorative stamp will be placed on first-day sale at Washington, D.C., on February 8. The stamp is designed by the noted artist, Norman Rockwell. The likeness of a Scout will be printed in gradations of khaki while the lettering will be in blue.

Winter is the time to prepare for the great outdoors adventures ahead in Scouting's 50th Golden Jubilee Year.

Whether it's skills and crafts to be mastered, or equipment to be prepared, your best assistant and instructor is BOYS' LIFE.

Busy Unit Leaders and Scouters will want to be sure all their boys have this great magazine and get the most out of Scouting in 1960.

By the way, when your boys are finished with their BOYS' LIFE copies (if that ever happens), why not see that they go to neighborhood boys not in Scouting, libraries, schools, com­munity centers, Y's, or other useful places, and not be thrown away?

COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP At the request of the Councils

Cabinet, Explorer Community Leader­ship Day will be held on Thursday, February 11. Each Explorer unit will choose an outstanding Explorer to participate. A letter of instruction and forms to be filled out by the Explorer chosen has been mailed to each Ex­plorer Advi sor.

The committee will endeavor as nearly as pos sible to assign an Ex­plorer to a top man in the city in a field, vocational or avocational, where the Explorer' s interest lies. The com­mittee as announced by Munson Campbell, Chairman, are as follows: Wayne Fulcher, Cabinet Chairman; Arthur Ochs Sulzberger; James Streeter, James R. Sloane, William M. Pike,

__ -=,R;;e:.;:.a r Adm. W. L. Knickerbocker, Capt. Clifford M. McGregor, ord Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton.

"GOLDEN JUBILEE GALA"!!

A ftGolden Jubilee Gala" will be held on behalf of the Greater New York Councils, Boy Scouts of America on Friday, March 18th, 1960, in the Grand Ballroom of the Hotel Astor. This Dinner-Dance, the 1st NYC Scouting, will be one of the major events marking the 50th Anniversary Year of Scouting in America.

Mrs. Anthony M. Del Balso is the Chairman of the Ball. Her husband is a member of the Executive Board of Greater New York Councils. Former President of the U.S., Herbert Hoover, Governor and Mrs. Nelson A. Rocke­feller and Mayor and Mrs. Robert F. Wagner GjIe the Honorary Chairmen. J. Kingsbury Smith and Jay H. Ross­bach, Jr., are the Men's Committee Co-Chairman.

--- Tickets will be $50. each. (-10 or more per table).

Mrs. Robert F. Wagner (left) and Mrs. Anthony M. Del Balso look over plans for the ftGolden Jubilee Gala". They are Chairman and Honorary Chairman, respec­tively, of the Ball.

BROOKLYN

ABRAHAM & STRAUS Fulton St. at Hoyt, Bklyn. TR 5-7200

"JACK'S BOY'S TOWN"-1580 Fulton Street, Brooklyn (Opposite Sumner Avenue) HY 3-4821

THE CABIN 105 Court Street, Brooklyn Near Boro Hall TR 5-2343

DAVID'S Men's & Boys' Shop 1718-20 Mermaid Ave., Brooklyn ES 2-2544

HAROLD'S Boys' & Men's Shop 1492'Pitkin Avenue, Brooklyn D16-9260

IDEAL DEPT_ STORE 1816· Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn CL 2-5090

JOHN & AL 927 Broadway, Brooklyn GL 5-5700

TRIANGLE Stores of Bay Ridge 8310 Fifth Avenue TE 9-2667 "Formerly Levinson's"

ROTHSTEIN'S Dept. Store 13th Ave. at 40th St., Brooklyn GE 8-8300

LEADING YOUTH CENTER 2067 86th Street, Brooklyn ES 2-5919

SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO. Bedford Avenue and Beverly Road, Brooklyn IN 9-8000

Here's good news! The brand new edition of. the Boy Scout Handbook is now at your Scout dis­tributor's. This basic book has been completely revised to reflect the latest Boy Scout skills and outdoor techniques. Every section is alive with the pulsing st9ry of Scouting in action - the road map of the "trail to Eagle" - with stopovers for fun and adventure. This new book is large and easy to read. Hundreds of drawings - many in sparkling full color - dramatize the text. Stop in for your personal copy soon. Tell your boys about it! 3227 •.•.•.....•...•.••..... $1.00

Your Scout Distributor Sells Quality Items! BOY SCOUT TRADING POST

42 East 33rd Street New York 16, N. Y. LE 2-3218 or MU 4·9058

STA TEN ISLAND

ARCHIE JACOBSON 252 Richmond Ave., Port Richmond GI2-7100

EGBERT'S 206 Bay Street; Tompkinsville G17-0363

FLAXMAN'S Dept. Store 7315 Amboy Road, Tottenville YU 4-2019

KATZMAN'S Dept. Store 6 Giffords Lane, Great Kills YU 4-7077

FRED MUCHE 1159 Castleton Ave., West Brighton (Corner Parker Street) G12-0186

BRONX

BOBKOFF'S Tremont at Webster Avenue TR 8-3670

JOE TUCKMAN'S Department Store 654 Allerton Ave., N. Y. 67, N.Y. OL 3-3380

FUHRMAN BROS. DEPT. STORE 190 West 231st St. K18-1200

BOBKOFF'S Fordham Road at Marion Ave. CY 8-0624

CORNELL'S Parkchester, Bronx 1571 Unionport Road TA3-2210

HARRY'S 1038 Southern Boulevard (Near Westchester Avenue) DA 9-4165

MANHATTAN

MACY'S Official Boy Scout Trading Post-5th Floor Herald Square, New York 1, N. Y. LA 4-6000

GIMBELS ~oy Scout Dep't-2nd Floor 33rd St. & B'way, New York City PE 6-5100

QUEENS

BLOOMINGDALE'S 188th St. & Horace Harding Blvd. Fresh Meadows-OL 8-5900

BOYS' CENTRE OF LAURELTON, INC. Merrick Blvd. - Cor. 231 St. Laurelton, 1. I. LA 5~9363

BERKY'S Men's & Boys' Shop 57-15 Myrtle Ave., Nr. Seneca Ave. Ridgewood (Queens), B'klyn 27, N.Y. VA 1-1156

BLUE'S MEN'S & BOYS' 113-14 Liberty Ave., Richmond Hill VI 3-1771

MEYER'S Men's-& Boys' 1046 Central Ave., Far Rockaway FA 7-3322

WILSON'S DEPARTMENT STORE 213-21 Jamaica Ave., Qns. Village HO 4-1400

BOYS' AND MOl'S SHOP 30-80 Steinway St., Astoria, L. I. RA8-5198

FIELDS 82nd St. & 37th Ave., Jackson Hts. HA 9-5700

TANENBAUM'S DEPT. STORE 43-25 Bell Blvd. at Northern Blvd. Bayside 61, N. Y.-BA 4-8800

GERTZ-Long Island, Jamaica Jamaica Avenue at 162nd Street AX 7-3150

GERTZ-Long Island, Flushing Roosevelt Avenue at South Main st. FL8-9000

UNIT FINANCING The 1960 J ubi lee Year will play

a big part in the lives of your boys with its many activities and oppor­tunities. To finance their participation , many units will plan money-raising projects. So that these projects may be in the best spirit of Scouting and benefit boys, the following is printed as a guide for unit leaders in planning.

ON UNIT .FINANCING Books have been written on the

subject; leaflets and booklets such as "Candy Bars and Character", "Who Pays for Scouting" and "Earning money for Your Unit" are available. Attention is called to them at roundtables and training courses, and yet there are many instances in which both the letter and the spirit of Scouting policy are being violated. But in every case that comes to our attention unit leaders are.... blamel e.s s so-fa·r as any intent is concerned.

The spirit of the Scouting policy which governs the raising of, or earn­ing of, money to meet wi th unit ex­penses is bound up in the ninth point of the Scout Law which states U A Scout is thrifty ... he earns money so that he may stand on his own feet ... pay his own way ... "

The letter of the policy is con­tained in this excerpt from our bylaws: UNo funds shall be raised for, or in the interest of the Boy Scouts of America by an individual pack, troop, or post, unless the plan is sanctioned by the council finance committee and approved by the executive board in advance. "

Now, of course, Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, or Explorers as individuals, and not in uniform, may sell various products on their merit, saying in effect, "I am a salesman for--- and it's

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a fine product", "You need it in your home," or uThis candy I'm selling is good to eat and won't add weight," or "This candy is so good to eat you won't care if adds weight," or "This maga­zine is designed for intelligent readers like you", or whatever else come s under the head of salesmanship. But when a boy says, in effect, "Please buy this product to help the Boy Scouts", or uses his uniform (which conveys the same idea), then he is getting a lesson how not to stand on his own feet, but how instead to lean on someone or something else.

Also, at times we are both amazed and disturbed to find that units carry over from one charter year to the next, several hundred, or even a thousand dollars or more in a unit treasury. No Scout unit should need more than a minimum balance from one program year to the next. Money earned in one year (even if it's earned through un-

_ ..<!pproved....methods) should ce.r.tainl.y.....be­spent for and by the current crop of boys who did the work. From an article by Dave Babson. Scout Executive of the Mattatuck Council.

Waterbury. Conn. P. S ...

Scout Units Planning Money­Raising Activities for Unit Funds should submit "Application for Money Raising Ventures," form through the Borough Council office for approval. Remember: 1) Give value for money received; 2) Ticket selling confined to parents and immediate friends of Scouts; 3) Free from commer­cialism; 4) Selling chances (raf­fles) or similar types of money­raising is not permitted; 5) Secure approval of Sponsor, Unit Com­mittee and Scout Council; 6) No money-raising activities during Council Campaign period.

KEITH KENTOPP EDITOR Form 3547 Requested

PRICE CHANGE - MERIT BADGE PHAMPHLETS

The National office has announced that after holding our price on Merit Badge Phamphlets for the past 18 years it becomes necessary to increase the price to 35 ¢ each effective January 1, 1960.

EXPLORING PROGRAM AIDS

The New York Telephone Company has a booklet "Programs for Clubs ana Organizations" to get a copy telephone EXchange 4-4600 Ext. 2917.

SPEAKERS - FILMS & THINGS

The Explorer Club has public lectures on FrIday evenings monthly at a cost of $l. 50 per lecture. The following are lectures scheduled until summer. January 15 - J orgen Bisch - "Accent

on Adventure" this is about the un­explored area of South America and includes his capture of a 20-foot boa constrictor bare-handed.

February 19 - Edward T. Saylor -"African Odessey" Witch Docters , Women Wrestlers, etc.

Marc h 18 - Dr. Lloyd Motz - The Future of Space Travel.

April 15 - Dr. Oshin Agathon - The Lost Arts of Tlingits of Alaska.

May 20 - Ralph Gers tile - "The Wreck Hunters"

Lectures commence promptly at 8: 30 p.m. and if you do not know where the Explorer Club is, it is in the Majestic Hotel (Ground floor - 10 West 72nd Street, Manhattan). Get your tickets at the door.

Non-Profit Ora­

U. S. POSTAGE

PAID NEW YORK. N. Y. Permit No. 9329