Scouting and Gelding Aim 0000i $0 Oeselaa 3:11am and Girl uidee are week observing Boy Icout- l Guide Week. One of zhe pur- pesesottbeweekisto vldeaa for the Iublc to learn m about whet lcoutlng and 81m is, what it stand: for, snd why it has become the largest yo h movement in all the world. you were to see a Boy Scout os- fil Guide‘ on the street, you wold no doubt recognise them by sfietr infirm, lor their respective un ess you sse denti- :15» the Movement through ‘bay who ls a Scout or a girl who a Guide, or are serving Scout- or Guidhsg in some other , it is unlikely that you Juat whet these Move- “Siaflii” at Scouting and Guiding are de- ned to cultivate character, ‘rough Imu- well delaed even. ‘ ' are: Muenster 1a the iss- preealee of per el health UI he incest“ craft an efficiency, and A sense of duty to one’: neigh- ' and the comniunlt . d laden-Powell, wlyio aud- Boy Scout and Girl ide en . was a man who devoted himself to line irl o! service: service to hi: , service to hi: oountrv, d service to his fellow man. mllflfllllt be said to be the aim the meat religions. I I O ‘Ills a man who understood ymsihfiperhetrs better than anyone hi ay, he knew that the d oet-and-dried standard: just would not do. ‘fhey had failed in the pant and would fall again. He washed on the princi le that you can never lot a boy aterested in we just by telling him about R. . ou have to get out and show him what a glorious place this world ie, and what indescribable Ides: it contains. And so it is t t a Scout and a Guide know filers not from books, but ough hiking camping, climb- iag, studying t e stars, making oests of animal tracks, watching birds and animals and insects at their work and in their play. Then and then only a boy or girl really tpreciate what the great editor, ancis P. Church, once described l: the "su ernal beauty and glory of the wor d" in which we live. O l O But nature study is only a part of Scouting or Guiding. Boys and girls must learn to live happily with their neighbours to be able to face up to the difflcultles and dd intments of life with a st upper 11g, to be thoughtful oi others, to e helpful to those in need. And since Scouting and Guiding came into being, millions of boys and girls have learned these fundamentals of good living —-have learned to live closer to gel divine order of the Golden u e. Since the first‘ ‘camp ln 1W7, when Lord Baden-Powell took n i2”? 'é”°%i’..?.£;€§l‘ é‘..".%."°°é.‘i.‘1.’.° ing ead uiding has spread to every part oi‘ the world, and that Scouts and Guides have perform- ed for humanity in general, ser- vices of the highest order. And one of the finest things a- Rotg Scouting and Gtliiidlng lslthat no a rvi ego exper ence for the WBGIFDY, nor for the ‘ sifiallyilstxiongth Rfilch and poor on app y n e no experen- ces of Scouting and Guiding. The blind and deaf, the halt and the the lame, all can be Scouts and Guides, anfili lsjomtedertyr Vgmgidgfkl] series cou e o o w a cse movements have done to give new 3pc, and a segue fofb being dwslnlt- , to thousan s o oys an izrs who might otherwise have little 0o be thankful for. O O O Scouting and Guiding is sgame. At least Liord Baden-Powell al- ways erred to it in that term And yet through this great game, boys and gizrl: learn to become e!- lident, honourable citizens. Have you aoticed how often your newe- mer tell: the stories of Scouts Guide: who have saved others ton drowning from tres, from tlonll 1 don't s use of these Scout: and Gu den a: they learn by game: how useful their Scout and Ge knowledge is going to be to orousht ovoi- fiollend, with one leg lot off, and that he would be te seve his own ii b fm.:i.:.".:lz s: eld his own life in Boy, SCUUI-Gllili‘. Week FEBRUARY 17th -- 24th 1946 SUNDAY: All leoaie, Cube, Guides and Brownies will attend their respective churches as arranged by their a leaders. Boy Seoat-Girl Guide Week will be officially open- ed by His Honour Lieutenant Governor Bernard at a Meeting in P. W. C. Hall at 4 PM. to be presided ever by a Boy Scout. Lieutenant Colonel Reid will give a short address at this Meeting. 6:03 P.M.: Radio addresses by Lord Rowallan and Lady Baden-Powell over CBA. MONDAY: ' Rotary Club and other Service Clubs will be ad- dressed by Scouts and Guides. n l, gal? tghfz; £32,; idlicliilrélilfézsiizdio talk by R. S. P. Jardlne, Prov- Q O El‘ rfloalfia °‘,,i§,‘g"- Joint Patrol Leaders Rally, Debate and Supper at a but ualessuthefle dWlll a wflll- Zion Church Hall. some fi§itllizeetgtiif “chi; TUESDAY: - asimvosreewfvrlgge c2111," o: 6:10 P.M.: Radio talk by Miss Lilian Ducheniin, District Commissioner. 6:30 to 6:45 P.M.: Radio addresses by Mrs. Y. Reay and Miss Iphigenle Areenault. WIDNESDAY: 6:10 P.M.: Radio talk by Dr. J. A. McMillan. 4-6 P.M.: Presentation of Lad? Bflsbflrollith Shield, Display of Sewing and Aflernlwfl T98 31- Notre Dame Convent. THURSDAY: 6:10 P.M.: Radio talk by Mrs. J. D. McGuifllmv Queen’: County Commissioner. 6:30 to 6:45: Scout Radio Play. 8:30 P.M.: Radio addresses from Ottawa over CBA. Supper Meeting of Gulders and Scouters. FRIDAY: 6.10 P.M.: Radio talk by K. M. Mnrtllb Provincial Commissioner. \ _ 6:30 - 6:45 P.M.: Guide Radio play _ 7:15 P.M.: Joint Scout ~ Guides Convert III P- w- C‘ Hall. SATURDAY: _ 630 p,M_; Radio talk by Mrs. Mnnnlng Bagnall, District Commissioner. v P.M.: Films will be shown at Queen Scum School. (The above program is merits of S. A. McDONALD, and Girl Guide movements). terrible theatre tire tn Brandon. Manitoba, some year: alfl. m9 Boy Scouts were able to shepherd hundreds to safety because they were prepared. That ls how every summer, Scouts and Guide: can dive into dangerous waters to save the lives of boy: and girl: and adults who get into difficult- ies. . Do you know that many of the more modern innovations in edu- cational system were taken from the ScoutandGulde pro rammes? These movements are e ucationsi to a high decree. Indeed, Dr. E. G. Malherbe, Director of the Nat- ional Bureau of Educational and Social Research in the Union of OUR FUTURE IS OUR YUUTII NO ORGANIZATION IS DOING MORE IN THEIR INTERESTS § i THAN THE BOY SUUUTS lillil. GUIDES Let a: back then A. KENNEDY asn co. LD. published with the compli- on behalf of the Boy Scout BouthAhic: hutbietossy of 10nd Baden-Powell. _ "Most of the tributes ‘Dani to Baden-Powell have dwelt on his achievement: as a soldier. Ai- though these may be Brest, it is nevertheless strange that very few people seem to realize that iii Baden-Powell, we had one of the greatest educators of all time. and one whose name will live in the-history of education long ai- ter people nave forgotten him as a mlitary man. Baden-Powell has succeeded ln devising an organi- zation which gives bo s and girls : new interest in ll e at a time when most of them lose gri on their envlr oment and on t em- selves." Is it any wonder that in this week in February each year, trib- ute is id to the memory Lord den-Powell, whose birth- day falls on February 22nd, and who gave to the youth of the world. two great Movements which have iven to boys and girls a new might into life and into the world in which they livc. Not only Canada, but ovei couh where Scouting and Gui - lng ex It, owe a debt of gratitude to this great man, who as the ear: dimmed his vi our, never ost the heart and mnd of the boy, and who gave us in the Scout and Guide Movements, an outlet for youthful energies which have played a noble role in tho im rovemcnt oi the human race. _ Boy Scout and a Girl Guide does a Good Turn every day. It would be impossible to ’ to the magnitude of the good that rho: halal]: done! ‘in tigo world by e m on: o y utl an Girl Guides who have tried to t t simple pledge, in years. Q bout Boy Scouts In Dominion There are approximately 100.000 W01! Cubs, Boy Scouts Bea Scouts, Rgver Scouts and Leader: in Can- a. The started in Canada in 1908, t e [IMO year s: the Movement got under Walyhin Great Britain. ere are 1660 Wolf Cub Packs. 1784 Boy Scout ‘Troops, d2 Rover Scout Crews, 37 Sea Scout Troops and 10 Rover Sea Scout Crews n Canada. The Boy Scouts Association was incorporated by Act of Parliament on June 12th, 1914. His Ma esty, the King, is Patron of the oy Scouts Association throughout the Empire and as a boy, was himself-an enthusiastic t. fills Excellen , the Governor- General is Chie Scout for Canada, and presides at the annual meeting of the Association. He approves and - signs all warrants of appointment for Scout Leaders. The President of the Boy Scouts Association is Dr. H. J. Cody, C . . D. D., LLD. Chancellor of the ‘University of oronto, and the Dominion Commissioner is J, F. M. Stewart, Toronto. Through the Chins-U Fund, Cu- nadian Scouts have re sed nearly $00,000 for the relief of suirerlng among Scouts in Britain and Eur- 0P0. They have provided 56,000 Boy Scout Handbooks for the former occupied countries. Last spring, and again this year. Canadian Boy Scouts are sending hundreds of pounds of garden seeds to the Boy Scouts of Britain f0; their Victory Gardens. The Dominion Medal Board is- sued during the past year, one Cornwall Scout Badge, for pre- eminently high character and en- durance under suffering; two sli- ver crosses for gallantry: l1 gilt crosses for gallantry. Nearly 350 Scout Leaders were presented with long service medals for 10 years or more service in the Movement. Canadian Scouts in the Armed Forces earned two Victoria Crosses. three D. S. O.'s. two Viilltary Croe- ses, one Military Medal, 15 Distin- guished Flylns Crosses. seven Dis- tinguished Flying Medals, and many other decorations. There are Scout Troops in grovlnce of Canada and in ukon. Churches in Canada sponsoring Boy Scout Groups include 407 Ang- lican, 63 Baptist, l6 Hebrew, 2d Latter Day Saints. 11 Lutheran, 0'7 Presbyterian, M0 Roman Catholic. and 317 United Church. There are 592 community groups; service clubs operate 104, and the Canad- ian Lesion 20. Some Facts on liuideMovement In Dominion There are 04,000 Brownies, Guides and Rangers in the Girl Guides Association in Canada; more than half a million in Great Britain and over 2,000,000 throughout the world. The Girl Guides Association was formed in 1900 in Great Britain, and the same year s cad to Can- ada, Suomi-Finland, ustraile. and South Africa. - The first Canadian Guide Com- pany was organized ln St. Cath- erincs, Ontario, in 1909. Mrs. John S. Corbett of Mon- treal is Chief Commissioner of the Girl Guides of Canada. The Lady Baden-Powell n, World Chief Guide of widow of the Founder of the Boy Scout and Girl Guide Movements, will visit Canada this spring for the first time since 1935. There are 2,747 registered Girl Guide training units in Canada‘ of which the moat northerly is at Aklavik, N. W. T., and l: comprised of Eskimo children. 1.000 leaders are needed now for Canadian girls who are waiting to become Girl Guides. Any girl who is willing to abide by the Guide Promise of duty to every t e .God and nelghbourlines: may join th Girl Guides Association. irl Guiding take: its pro ram of citizenship training out-of- oors an nature quests, hike: and to camp. The Ranger program for teen- agers in the Gri Guides Associa- tion offers many opportunities for community service. Girl Guiding i: Through the petrol system the girl: elect ir leader: and plan their own ac ivities. The adult lead- er i: merel s “Golder” democratic. The Wor Association of Girl AIMID T0 BITTER CITIZENSHIP WE COMMEND T0 THE PUBLIC ‘lie m scour m elm aims . MOVEMENTS WORLD-WIDE YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS PROMOTE first Boy Scout ‘rroo s were . GIRL GUIDES GIRL GUIDES Vice-President: Mrs. Secretary-Treasurer: Provincial Officers Boy Scouts Patron: Hi: Honour LL-Governor Bernard. Hoe. President: Hon. J. Walter Jones. President: R. l. P. Jardlne. Vice-Presidents: Judge H. L. Palmer, Arnett, Roy C. MaeLean. Commissioner: K. M. Martin. Assistant Commissioners: Costello, J. W. Dixon. Hon. Secretary-Treasurer: Major Alex Knox. Field Commissioner: Rev. S. J. Davies. QUEENS COUNTY DISTRICT OFFICERS President: P. R. McConnsck. Vice-President: J. W. Dixon. Commissioner: Edwin Johnstone. Secretary-Treasurer: H. L. Sear. - Provincial Gounoll of the Girl Guides Honorary President: Mrs. J. A. Bernard. Provincial Commissioner: Mrs. J. Y. Rosy, Secretary-Treasurer: Mrs. Louise Sadler. QUEENS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE Divisional Commissioner: Mrs. J. D. McGulgan. District Commissioner; Mrs. E. M. Bagnall. District Commissioner: Miss Lillian Duchemln. CHARLOTTETOWN LOCAL ASSOCIATION 0F THE President: Miss Lillian Duchemin. J. J. Morris. Mrs. Gordon Avard. J. Frank W. A. Carrie, Freak through Scouting and Golding. Boys, Girls Growl up But Only Once ASSURE THEM OF AN ADVENTUROUS YOUTH. I Give Them SCOUTING and GUIDINI CARVELL BROS. Guides and Girl Scout: was form- ed in Hungary in 1828 to promote international friendship amo girl: of all races, creed: and co- ours. The Canadian Girl Guides Asso- elation l: affiliated with fourteen other national organizations for youth and adult education, seven of which sponsor Girl Guide Com- sov scou ' G. 3.3 ponies and Brownie Packs as part of their youth traininsmrograms. During the past year, the Can- adian Girl Guides Association has made eleven awards to Brown-es. Guides and Rangers and Leaders for gallantry in lite-saving. Nine awards were for saving eople from drowning one from eectrocution and one n connection with a ser- ious horse-back riding accident, A "Inna" Guide. who took most of her training by LsurESPOIldEflCP wlilie living in the northern bush country chopped 81 cords of wood to earn money to go to Guide cam’. E monton Ran er: (senior Girl Guides) staff a y camp for chil- dren in the packing-house district each summer. The children, boys as well as girls, have all rhe fun and interest of real camping but ~ lo home at nights to sleep. The 0mm. B. o. cm (miller maintain the nursery in the local ' iiéilspltal by money they earn them- ves. Girl Guides of St. Catherine-s, ' Ontario, take regular shift: help- ing at the local government day nursery. . The Girl Guide Canteen. non- profit service to Red Cross woi-k- "! l" lmlllieg recently cele- brated lt: fifth anniversary. .000 members of the Women's Servlbce: durlni the war ivero mam er f th Guide: ‘Aszoclatlonéanadiln Gm IRL GUIDE WEEK noon: a unto» no. SCOUTING and GUIDING - is more than s Youth Movr ment. It l: an institution worthy of the support oi ‘u: n. I. il0lMlll no. -__4-a~_¢ During this Boy Scout-Girl Guide Week the public is asked to see Scouting and Gliding In lotion. to lesra am fally its purposes, and la the knowledge gained to give it the moral support that the Movement deserves. The thousand: of you; nee and women who are today giv- lag voluntary lesdersklpfle Scout and Guide Groups, are rendering a l service to Canada, which if not publicly applauded, aiust give these a l‘ g f tremendous snout of satisfaction. I