Charleroi Mail Sept 22, 1942
Part 3
TRUCKS USED IN SCRAP CAMPAIGN TO GET GAS
Washington, Sept. 22--(UP)--
The War Production Board
said today that trucks used for the collection of scrap will not suffer
because of gasoline rationing.
At the same time the board
urged al(sic) truck owners and operators in local communities to lend the
use of their vehicles for the collection of scrap.
PLAN SCOUT MEETING FOR SAMPSON SCHOOL
A meeting in the interest
of a Boy Scout movement will be held at the Sampson Star school auditorium
on Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. Charles ACHESON, assistant county
executive, announced the meeting and requests that all parents of that
district, especially fathers, be present.
ANNUAL UNIVERSITY OF SCOUTING TO BE HELD IN CHARLEROI HIGH SCHOOL
University To Begin With Initial Session Scheduled For October 6
Final plans were made last
night by Valley Scouters for the annual University of Scouting which will
be held for the Monongahela Valley districts this year at the Charleroi
High School. The University will begin with its first session on
Tuesday, October 6.
Meeting with Asst. Scout
Executive C.E. ACHESON on final arrangements were the three District Training
chairmen William McGREGOR of Monongahela; John SHAMBACH, of Donora
and Allan C. BRENTON, of Charleroi; and Course Director Hazen F. NEILL
of Monongahela, William LENHART of Monongahela, Max OTLEY of Monongahela,
George WILKINS of Donora, Paul MATTSON of Charleroi, and J.K. MILLER of
Donora.
Training opportunities this
year will be offered in Troop Management, covering policies, relationships,
dramatization and projects for Troop Committeemen and Leaders; Pack Management
for adults interested in Cubbing; Senior Scouting for older boys; Scouting
Personnel for District Committeemen and District Commissioners; and Programs
for Troops covering methods for Troop Programs and planning for more effective
Scouting in Troops and relationships of Troops with other agencies.
It is expected that more
than a hundred adult Scouters and prospective Scouters will take advantage
of this annual opportunity given by the Council for Training in Scouting
that will provide a more effective program for boys in the work they are
being called upon to do. Printed material will be mailed shortly
to all registered Scouters with details of the courses being offered.
All men interested in boy leadership and all women interested in the Cub
program are invited to register for these courses.
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CUB PACK WILL BE ORGANIZED IN TOWN FOR YOUNGER YOUTH
For the first time in several
years the Boy Scout Program will be available to younger boys--9,10 and
11 years of age, in Charleroi. C.E. ACHESON, assistant Scout Executive
for the Washington-Greene Counties Council will attend a meeting at the
First Christian Church tonight for the purpose of explaining the Cub program
to the parents of boys who are now members of a boys club in the church
and to other parents who wish to have their boys participate in the program.
All parents of boys 9, 10 and 11 years of age in Charleroi are invited
to attend this meeting.
It has been pointed out
that it is necessary for parents to attend this meeting if they desire
their boys to be registered in the new Cub Pack. The meeting will
be held at the church at 7:15 p.m. Written notices have been mailed
to the parents of the boys in the present club and to all registered Scouters
in the district. Others interested are welcome and urged to attend.
WOMEN MAY ENROLL IN INDUSTRIAL COURSES
State College, Pa., Sept 22--
Prof. C.E. BULLINGER, head
of State College's Indutsrial(sic) Engineering Department, today announced
that women, as well as men, will be permitted to enroll in tuition-free
15-week courses designed to qualify students as materials and ordnance
inspectors and staff assistants in industrial plants.
AULENBACH NAMED DISTRICT GOVERNOR OF STATE KIWANIS
J.E. EGGLESTON Represents Charleroi Club At State Meeting
Harrisburg, Sept. 22--(UP)--
Pennsylvania's 122 Kiwanis
Clubs were on record today as favoring public restraint in cashing war
bonds before they mature, as a means of curbing inflation.
J.E. EGGLESTON, president
of the Charleroi Club, represented the local organization at the meeting.
Delegates representing more
than 10,000 Pennsylvania Kiwanians adopted a resolution at their 25th annual
convention urging purchasers of war bonds to hold them until the date of
maturity if possible and voted a 75-cent assessment on the membership to
buy an ambulance for overseas use by the American Red Cross.
Three Pennsylvania district
officers were elected at the close of the convention late yesterday.
They were Henry L. AULENBACH, Allentown, as 1943 governor, succeeding Leonard
B. KECK, Greensburg; Lloyd McKEEVER, Allentown, Secretary, and Donald MATTHEWS,
Johnstown, Treasurer.
Selection of the 1943 convention
city was left to the new district governor who will take office Jan. 1.
Division governors elected were O.L. FREDERICK, Erie; W.L. Stuart HELM,
Kittanning; James MILLER, Irwin; A. Warren GRAFFAM, Pittsburgh; E. Clair
DAVIS, Clearfield; Ralph M. McMEEN, Lewistown; Frank L. LAUBENSTEIN, Ashland;
Raymond A. GAUL, Reading; Ammong ROSENBERGER, Quakertown; Frank D. CROOP,
Berwick; and Lester LORD, Stroudsburg.
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