Boy Seoul Council
Moves Ahead With
1947 Program 1
The Alaska Council, Boy Scout:- j
of America, moved ahead into the
first phase of its 1947 program
with the completion of District
meetings for thfe election of offi
cers, and the completion of Scout
rallys, ski hikes and window ex
positions. Plans are now being
chorage.made for the celebration
of Scout Week. Official proclama
tions have been made by Mayor
Waino Hendrickson and Mayor
Bowden of Anchorage. Scout Week
posters are being distributed over
the entire Territory of Alaska by
Boy Scouts. Scout Week begins
February 7 and closes February
13 and will include activities in i
the school, church and troop meet- ■
ing rooms. In several places Boy i
Scouts will run the city for a day.
Since 1910, more than 13,500,000
American boys and men have been
members of the Boy Scouts of
America. Today there are 2,000,
000 Boy Scouts in the nation and
51 nations of the world as of Octo
ber 1946, total 4,413,139 Scouts and
leaders. Boy Scout Week marks 37
years of Scouting in the United
States and its theme “Scouts of
I the World Building for Tomor
| row,” is additional evidence of the
growing appreciation of the United
Nations idea.
This year a World Scout Jam
boree will be held at Moisson,
France from October 9 to 21. The
site of the Jamboree will be in the
bend of the river Seine, about 40
miles from Paris between Mantes
and Bernon. An estate of 1,850
acres has been loaned to the
French Boy Scouts Association.
Three days following the Jamboree
will be used for tours in and
around the camp site and the areas
adjacent to Paris. The trip is es
timated to cost $700.00 round trip
from New York and is limited to
first class Scouts who must be at
least 14 years of age.
The Alaska Council looks for- i
I ward to an increase in member
1 ship in Scouts for 1947 and a great
1 year for Boy Scout activity. As of
December 31, 1946, the Alaska
; Council completed the year with
jthe largest membership in its his
i tory. Membership includes 12 Cub
Packs with 266 Cubs, 32 Scout
Troops with 597 Scouts, 4 Senior
Units with 67 Seniors and 231 men
for a total of 930 boys and a grand
total of 1161 Scouts and Scouters.
February 15 will mark Alaska’s
first Planning Conference for
Scouts in the Territory. In the five
Scout districts of the Territory, all
Scouters will get together for a
full day session of discussion and
program planning for the boy in
the troop. Any interested persons
are invited to the opening session
of this Planning Conference.
Max W. Penrod Principal
Mt. Edgecumbe School
Transfer of Mrx W. Penrod to
the position of principal at the new
Mt. Edgecumbe boarding school
to be opened the latter part of
this month near Sitka, and ap
pointment of Mrs. Minna Lee
Coughlin of Juneau to succeed
him as Education Supervisor for
the Alaska Native Service, was
announced today by Don C. Fos
ter,ANS superintendent.
Both persons already have as
sumed their new duties, with Mrs
Coughlin in the headquarters of
fice in Juneau and Mr. Penrod at
the Sitka Location, supervising in
stallation of school equipment and
organizing the staff in preparation
for the first boarding school stu
dents who were due to arrive
from Eklutna about January 31.
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Selective Service Local
Alaska Boards Closed
John L. McCormick, Territorial
Director of Selective Service, an
nounced today that all Selective
Service Loard Board offices have
been closed throughout Alaska,
and that records and files from
other Boards have been moved to
Juneau where all Selective Service
business will be handled.
Mr. McCormick further advised
that men who are registered in
Alaska should now address their
correspondence to Juneau and
should keep the Juneau office in
formed of any change of status or
address.
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