I LOCAL NEWS of TROOP ACTIVITIES of
\ INTEREST to SCOUTS and SCOUTERS
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The postponement of the Decem
ber Court Of Honor was decided
on, after attempts to locate a
suitable speaker had fallen
through. Plans had been completed
for the Court, but last minute in
teruptions forced the District Ad
vancement Chairman to postpone
it. Plans are nOw being completed
to hold the Court of Honor du
ring the middle of January. It is
the hope of the District committee
that the Court held in a down
town church during the morning
devotional hour. It has definitely
been decided that the Court will
not be held until after the next
Board of Review, scheduled to be
held the first Wednesday in Jan
uary. It is hoped that those Scouts
who have not met the require
ments for advancement will he
able to do so at the next Board
of Review. Make plans now to at
tend the Court of Honor and Jan
uary Board of Review.
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It is a real loss to scouts and
scouters of this district in having
Don P. Tillar, Vice Chairman of
Halifax District and member of
the Camping and Activity com
mittee, transferred to New York
City, on a temporary assignment.
It is understood that Vice Chair
man Tillar will be located in New
York for the next several months.
Mr. Tillar has been one of the
most active scouters of this dis
trict, and it is hoped that his du
ties in New York will be such
that he will soon be able to return
to the city.
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The City-wide scrap paper drive
scheduled for December 23, is re
ceiving city wide publicity. Roan
oke Rapids has not done as much
about the shortage of scrap paper
as it could or should. It is hoped
efforts of the Salvage Committee
will meet with success in the
scheduled drive. Plans call for
Scouts to ride the city trucks and
load paper. Trucks will leave the
Municipal building at one o’clock
and canvass the town. Scouts are
asked to assist people in tying and
placing the paper on sidewalks,
where trucks will pick it up. This
is the first of regular monthly
scrap drives which will be con
ducted in the city.
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As Christmas draws near, and
the end of another year is rap
idly drawing to a close, it is
proper that we have a message
from the Council office. Following
is a message from Scout Execu
tive Gaskins, of Wilson:
GREETINGS FROM THE
COUNCIL OFFICE
As we draw toward the close of
another year, as once again the
Christmas Star sends its message
of hope throughout a weary and
war-torn world, it is well that we
who are Scouts should pause and
think a bit on things which lie
very close to the entire body and
RETONGA ENDED MY
SEARCH FOR RELIEF
It’s A Joy To Be Able lo kat,
Sleep And Feel As Fine As
She Does Now, Declares
Durham Resident. Tells Of
Her Case.
“Retonga gave me the relief I
had been trying to find for two
years, and I don’t hesitate to give
it my heartfelt public endorse
ment,” declares Mrs. Bertha Par
ker, well known resident of 1825
Bynum St. Durham, N. C., in join
ing the hundreds of well known
Carolina men and women prais
ing this famous gastric tonic and
Vitamin B-l medicine. Discussing
her case, Mrs. Parker happily
stated:
“Food just seemed to lie in my
stomach and cause so much gas
that I often felt like my breath
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would be cut off. I became afraid
co eat, and my appetite dwindled
away to where I never felt hun
gry. My nerves were upset, and I
had to take such strong laxatives
they seemed to weaken me all
over. Everything I tried to do
seemed drudgery.
“I never dreamed any medicine
could give me the relief that Re
tonga did. I eat heartily without
distress, that tired, rundown feel
ing, contstipation, and nervousness
also are relieved, and I feel so
much better and stronger that I
enjoy every minute of the day.
Retonga is the grandest medicine
I ever saw.1’
Thousands praise Retonga. Ac
cept no substitute. Retonga may be
obtained at Rosemary Drug Co.,
‘‘The Rexall Store” [Adv.1
Spirit of Scouting.
Never before in the history of
the world have those factors of
the Scout Oath taken on so signi
ficant a meaning. Remember how
we promised, in those early Ten
derfoot days: to do our best, to
do our duty to God and our Coun
try; to help other people at all
times; to keep ourselves physically
strong, mentally awake, and mor
ally straight? And, isn’t it true
that in every Scout meeting we
renew our pledge to that Oath,
and promise to keep its truths
alive throughout our entire ex
istence?
The Scout of today is the Man
of Tomorrow, and tomorrow the
whole wide-world is going to need
men who live and practice the
ideals of the Scout Oath and Law,
and whose motto is “Be Prepared.”
Your Scout training is “prepared
ness” in its broadest sense, pre
paration to serve others and to
play your part in the great game
of life.
Saturday, we celebrate another
Christmas, the birthday of the
Prince of Peace. For many of us
who have not felt the press of
war it is a time of merriment and
laughter. For many others it is
a time of sadness, and wonder
that such things should be. Fath
ers, brothers and loved ones are.
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have given their lives, many have
been maimed for life, that we who
today are free may have that
heritage of freedom which is ours.
Today millions of Scouts and
former Scouts are in active serv
ice on many fronts. On the land,
on the sea, and in the air, they
are Doing Their Duty to God and
Their Country. Are we doing our
part? Are we keeping the Faith
with our old comrades of camp
fire and hike? We, who have not
heard the steady roar of bombers
overhead, who have not listened
for the clank of tanks, and the
tread of marching feet, who do
not know the rain and the mud
and the strench of the battle
field? Let us ask ourselves these
questions, honestly, as Scouts
should. Then let us highly resolve
to enter into the coming year
with a full determination to Play
the Game to its fullest; to enter
into whatever asks we are called
upon to do in the True Spirit of
Scouting, to back up our comrades
in the battlefield with all that is
in us.
Let us moreover, in the true
Spirit of Christmas, come to a full
realization that the World of To
morrow will be a better world in
which to live IF we use the bles
sings which are ours today to
make us fully prepared to carry
out our duties in that world.
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Barbarians from across
the seas would, if they
could, banish Christmas
forever from the earth.
But there’ll always be a
Christmas! May the
V- 1 1 ■1 —Christmas season of 1943
find you in the midst of a
good old-fashioned Yule
celebration.
Merry Christmas from
all of us to all of you.
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IE PAUSE, on the Eve of Christmas, 1943,
to contemplate how much we owe the per
ennial character of our customers. With
gratitude and pride we scan the list. Some
of these customers have been with us for
more than a quarter of a century.
To these old customers, to new ones, and
to potential ones every member of this
organization now joins in wishing “Merry
Christmas.”
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