Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 18, Number 39, DeMotte, Jasper County, 27 August 1948 — SCOUTS TO MEET AT BLOOMINGTON [ARTICLE]

SCOUTS TO MEET AT BLOOMINGTON

Representing the Harrison Trail* Council, Boy Scouts of America, a delegation of 16 Scouts and Scooters will take part with more than a thousand other Scouts from all parts of the nation in a meeting of the Order of the Arrow, national camp honor society, at the University of Indiana, Bloomington. Indiana, September 1, 2 and 3. The local delegates are: Wayne I‘. Gasper, Field Executive of Harrison Trails Council; Edward Richardson, Order of the Arrow Chief, George Haley, member of the Harisson Trails Council Campnig and Activities Committee; Graham Howard, Scoutmaster of Troop 34; Clifford Bowman, Assistant Scoutmaster of Troop 34 of West Lafayette; Dave Cree, Troop 35 of West Lafayette; Donald Carter, Troop 30 of Lafayette; Ronald Leaman, Troop 8 of ette; J. 11. Lefforge, Troop 34 of West Lafayette; Gary Purviance, Troop 19 of Attica; Chuck Korty and Mahlon Butz, Troop 3 of Lafayette; Malcolm Boothroyd, Troop 30 of Lafayette; Harold Ramey, Troop 34 of West Lafayette; Dale Samson, Troop 35 of West Lafayette; and Rodney Cooper, Troop 33 of Pine Village. The Order of the Arrow is a Brotherhood of nearly 40,000 experienced campers of the Boy Scouts of America, who have been selected by fellow campers as worthy examples of living the Scout Oath and Law. The Order develops and maintains camp traditions and spirit, and generally promotes camping in all Troops of the Movement. The meeting at Hhe University of Indiana will bring together members of the Order from 360 Local Councils of the Boy Scouts of America for a three-day schedule of conference and “pow wows.” The Founder of the Order of the Arrow is E. Urner Goodman, National Director of the Division of Prgram, Boy Scouts of America. He conceived the idea of a camp honor society while he was on the Executive Staff at Philadelphia in 1915 and, with his associates at Treasure Island, the Philadelphia Boy Scout Camp, established the fraternity. He will give the keynote address at the ] opening session on Wednesday, I September 1. Wes Klusmann of 1 New York, National Director of 1

Camping and Activities of the Boy Scouts of America, will attend as an advisor. * Under the leadership of National Chief Robert H. Heistand of Baltimore, the convention will get underway in the University auditorium. The opening session will feature American Indian ceremonies in full regalia and the dramatization of the Legend of Lenni Lenape. There will be displays and demonstrations in the outdoor arena. One feature will be the traditional “style show” of Indian costumes to be used in the colorful grand pageant.