LOCAL NEWS of TROOP ACTIVITIES of
INTEREST to SCOUTS and SCOUTERS
Scout Meeting Dates:
86, Thursday, 7:30, Gaston, Ralph
Baird, SM.
141, Wednesday, 7:30, Fifth St.,
Dorsey Neathery, SM.
' 142, Thursday, 7:30, Tenth St., R.
J. Waters, SM.
143, Tuesday, 3:30, Wm. R.
Davie School, Grady Wheeler, SM.
144, Tuesday, 7:30, Second St.,
W. H. Mincher, SM.
145, Tuesday, 7:30, Roanoke Rec
reational Hall, T. C. Jenkins, SM.
146, Tuesday, 7:30, Patterson
Mill Village, L. B. Brown, SM.
147, Thursday, 7:30, Armory,
Carl Churchill, SM.
153, Tuesday, 7:30, Union Hall,
First St., at 7 Roanoke Avenue,
Reese Welch, SM.
Pack 3, Thursday evening, 4
P. M., 142 Scout Hut, Harry Ed
wards, CM.
Pack 44, Monday evening, 4 P.
M., 144 Scout Hut, W. H. Mincher,
CM.
District Camporee:
The Halifax District Camporee
has been definitely planned for
the first week in May, to start on
May 5 and end on May 7. An in
vitation has been extended to Roa
noke-Chowan District with head
quarters located in Ahoskie to
participate in the Camporee with
Halifax and the invitation has
been accepted by the Roanoke
Chowan District Committee. The
Camporee is to be held in the ball
park in Weldon, under the leader
ship of Ben Richardson, scout
master of troop 1, Weldon, and
the District Camping and Activity
committee. It is hoped that plans
for the camporee will include a
court of honor on Saturday or
Sunday morning for all boys that
participate in the Camporee.
Scouts and their leaders are urg
ed to begin plans now for the
camporee.
Salvage:
The Scrap Paper drive that was
sponsored by the Activities com
mittee of the District proved to
be a great success. Scouts of the
various troops were assigned
zones, and asked to make a house
to house campaign for paper in
their zones. Little publicity was
given the drive due to the fact
that there has been many disap
pointments in Salvage drives in
the past, and fear of similar
events prevented the committee
giving publicity to the drive. Girl
Scouts joined the boys in the
paper collection on Saturday in
celebration of their annual Girl
Scout Week.
Cubs of Pack 26, Enfield, have
been active in the past month in
collecting scrap paper. Cubmaster
Robert Barnhill and several of
his cubs sold a portion of their
collection to Manchester Board
and Paper Co., during the past
week. The truck of paper weighing
159E> pounds and bringing the En
field Cubs a total of $12.79.
It is understood that the paper
company pays prices according to
the amount of paper. If a suffi
cient quantity is delivered to the
paper company the price can be
as much as 70c per hundred
pounds for mixed, 75c per hundred
for newspaper, 85c per hundred
for magazines and $1.15 for corru
gated boxes per hundred.
District Camp.
It is understood that Camp
Whetstone is becoming more and
more prominent. Scouts are now
using it for week-^nd camping
during the winter months, or so
it was thought by some of the
mothers of troop 145. It is un
derstood that two scouts from
troop 145 left word with their
parents that they were having a
week-end camp at Camp Wheat
stone and then started in the gen
eral direction of Florida. The
Camp was constructed for the
use of the Boy Scouts but not to
provide an opportunity of leaving
home, as scouts Price and Whiby
seemed to think.
It really was an inspiration to
see Scouts from 146 and their
little pony driving the streets ol '
the city Saturday in the collection
of Scrap paper. The question has
been raised as to who did the
most work, the boys or the pony. '
Board of Review:
The regular Board of Review
will be held on the First Wednes
day in April at 8 ip. m., at the
municipal auditorium. Scouts ex
pecting to participate in the Board
should remember that Advance
ment Chairman Crumpler has
given notice that he will not al
low Scouts to come before the
Board unless they have given the
required forty-eight hours notice
through their Scoutmasters. This
means that the advancement re
port must be in the hands of the
Advancement Chairman not later
than Monday evening at 8 p. m.
This is the last Board of Review
before the regular quarterly Court
of Honor. Plans are now to have
the Court of Honor during the
District Camporee in Weldon.
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HONORABLE CAMERON MORRISON
Congressman, and Candidate in the Democratic Primary for U. S. Senate &
To the Voters of North Carolina:
THE candidacy of Honorable Cameron Morrison for the nomination for United States .Senator
in the Democratic primary on May 27, 1944, affords the Democratic party of North Carolina an op
portunity to nominate for that high office a statesman of the highest order. And now as never be- ^
fore we need sueh a man.
The people of North Carolina know Cameron Morrison. His life has been one of brilliant, de
voted, unselfish service to the State and her people. He has filled the offices of State Senator,
Governor, United States Senator and Member of the lower house of Congress, and in each
capacity has made a reccord of which North Carolina is justly proud.
Who p«ti forget the progress made by North Carolina while he was governor, 1921-1925? We re
member how he inaugurated and carried forward during his administration a great program of
progress and began an era of prosperity that continued during the great depression and on down to
the present day. Space does not permit a recital of the many notable achievements of his adminis
tration. A few of them may be recalled. Under him the great State highway system was built, not
by political henchmen or by those who worked for political gain but by a commission selected by
him from among the best and ablest business men that could be found in North Carolina, regardless 0
of their political affiliation, who spent the millions appropriated for the purpose without extrava
gance or the misappropriation of a penny—a record probably without parallel in any state or coun
try anywhere at any time.
His contributions to the State’s educational system were notable. Greatly increased appro
priations were made to the University, the Woman’s College at Greensboro, State College at
Raleigh, Teachers Training Schools at Greensboro, Fayetteville, Winston-Salem, and other State 0
educational institutions. The whole school system, from the primary schools to the University,
was standardized and systematized, and greatly improved in efficiency and effectiveness.
During his administration the charitable institutions were improved, enlarged and brought up
to date, so as to more adequately meet the needs of the people of North Carolina.
In 1931 Mr. Morrison was appointed to fill the vacancy in the United States Senate caused by
the death of Senator Overman. In that great legislative body his ability was soon recognized. He was %
assigned to some of its most important committees, among others, the Appropriations Committee
and the Banking and Currency Committee, where he helped to shape some of the most benefi
cial legislation of the period including the Home Loan Bank Bill, which brought about the Home
Owners Loan Corporation, that saved so many homes of the people from foreclosure and loss, and
the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act, that saved thousands of businesses, larfeje and small,
from bankruptcy and destruction and stabilized business throughout the country. g
In 1942 the voters of the Tenth Congressional District of North Carolina eleccted Mr. Morrison
a member of Congress. By virtue of his forceful personality and his known record as a statesman
he immediately took rank as one of the dominant figures in that body. He was appointed to mem
bership on the Naval Affairs Committee where he has rendered signal service in matters relating
to the prosecution of the war. However, his activities have not been limited to the work of that
committee. He has taken part in the consideration of and debate upon all important matters that
have been before Congress, and it is % well-known fact that he is heard on any measure he sees <9
fit to discuss with a degree of attention rarely accorded a new member.
While he was Governor, Mr. Morrison’s policies as between capital and labor were impartial.
He was fair to both. The same is true of his record in the United States Senate and as a member
of the lower house of Congress. Mr. Morrison is not only able; he is practical, forceful and
effective.
All his life he has been a deep student, especially of government, finances, business and agri
culture, and his wide knowledge, combined with practical experience, enables him to accomplish re
sults. In Congress he has shown that he is able to debate forcefully and effectively—and from a
practical standpoint—any important question that come up.
Having known hardships himself, he has always been interested in social welfare, and has
sought to improve the conditions and protect the rights of those who labor; yet, realizing that our f
happiness and prosperity depend upon both labor and capital, he has never been unfair to either.
Mr. Morrison is a lawyer by profession, but since his retirement from the office of Governor in
1925 he has erig|aged in farming. He has developed in Mecklenburg County one of the finest farms
in the country. He has employed graduates of State College to direct his operations along scien
tific lines. He has practiced soil conservation, rotation of crops and other approved methods. His 1
farm animals are of purebred stock, and have been used to improve the breeds of animals in this •
and other states. He has set an example in modern farming that has been of untold benefit to the ♦
farmers of North Carolina.
Mr. Morrison’s devotion to the Democratic party has been a passion, yet his partisanship has
never led him to espouse a cause or promote a measure that he did not believe to be for the com
mon good.
We are asking the voters of North Carolina to support Mr. Morrison for the Democratic nomi- ^
nation for United States Senator, not only because he is a great Democrat, but because we believe
his reccognized qualifications and his ripe experience will assure his election and will give our
State and nation a wise, true and faithful servant in the critical times that lie ahead.
H. H. Baxter j
Mayor of the City of Charlotte
J. M. Scarborough
Chairman Of The Democratic
Executive Committee of Mecklenburg County