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f "t ij:', Scout Building Dedicated) In Ceremony On Sunday A "Stan" Gibson Commissioner of newly-formed Fruit l Belt District, presents awards. Limit-Col. L. H. e Millen, D.S.0., V.D., Provincial Commissioner, 6 addresses large gathering. Scouts; Guides, Cribs and Brownies parade through town, _ Formal dedication of the Beamsville Scout Building took place on Sunday afternoon in a brilliant sunshine with a ceremony in which the religious element shared prominence with congratulatory speeches and an address by the Provincial Commissioner of the Boy Scouts Assoeiation. An interesting and unscheduled item on the program was the introduc- tion of Stanley L. Gibson, Beainsville, as the newly appointed Commissioner of the Fruitbelt District of the Boy Scouts Association. "Stan" was called to the platform in front of the new building by Lieut.-Col. L. H. Millen, D.S.O., V.D., Provincial Commissioner, of Toronto, when the Colonel caught sight of him at one side and not taking part in the ceremonies, As his first official act "Stan" was pressed into service to present Bronze Ar, rowhead certificates to 23 boys of this district who won them tecenly. one of the highlights of the cere- _-.--'----"----" 'dle'y5,' [was presentation by-the PTO-l“. A: u... panned". 4a,: rum-m _ _ ,,_..-.. .,, ...- “um vincial Commissioner of King's Scout badges and Bushmerr's Thongs to two Scouts, Bill Dawe and Jack Hodges, both oi Beamsvilie. Moment bf Silence V In memory of those Scouts who fell in World War II, a few moments of silence was observed. The Scouts came to attention during the reading R: t... P - - - _ of Presented With Thumb-Stick Following his address, Col. Millen was presented with a thumb-stick by the Beamsville Scouts. In thanking them for the present, the Commis, sioner stated that nothing the Scouts could have given him would bt more appreciated. "I will use it as a sup- port when my knees sag and my legs ache," he said, adding that he would bring it back sometime and ask the Scouts to inscribe his name and the date on it. __ - . . . Certificates Awarded Field Commissioner A. S. "Scotty" Fleming, Hamilton, read out the lmes of 23 Scouts who passed the tests for the Bonze Arrowhead, first step towards Patrol Leader rank. Those who received the certificates from the hands of Commissioner Stan Gibson were Robert Millikin, George Munro, William Harris, Clay- ton Moffatt, Ronald Costen, Douglas Hambrook, Howard Walters and Hugh Peel, all of Winona; Allan Baisley, Cliff Schwab, Robert Fisher and Merritt Anderson, Grimsby; High Trevor, Jack McMullen, James Redford and John Garbella, Fruit- land; and William Gable, Norman Geddes, Douglas Humphries, Frank Mikoloch, Douglas Wilds, Bill Ston- _ -TE» _... ,www of the names of Graham Bolton, Stanley H. Cotterill, Arthur Geddes, Harry R. Hamilton, Tommy Page, Herbert Wright’and John B. Stall- wood. Parade from High School l Shortly after 2.00 o'clock nearly 300 Scouts, Cubs, Girl Guides and Brown- ies, from Beafnsville, Grimsby, Grims, by Beach, Winona, Fruitland and Hamilton formed up or; the playing' field back of the High School under the direction of Scoutmaster, A. J. Hayward of the Beamsville Troop. Guides from Beamsville, Grimsby and Grimsby Beach were headed by Dis, trict Guide Commissioner Nina Creet. Led by the Beamsville Citizen's Band, under Bandmaster C. L. Tallman, and preceded by the white car of the Pro- vincial Police bearing Constables Hope and Bayes, the parade marched through town via Ontario St., King St. and East Avenue back to the new Scout Building' where a crowd num- bering several hundred awaited the ceremonies. _ "iiirriiiiaup in front of the building the Scouts heard Frank B. Suther- land, chairman of the Group Commit- 2;";315 Eddie Hildebrand, all of the Beamsville Troup. The last iour named are from Vineland where they will become first patrol leaders of a new troup to be established there with Norman J. WNs as Scoutmasf- tee of the Beamsville and District Lions Club, presént the building for dedication. To the strains of the Na- tional Anthem played by the band, the Union Jack was broken from atop the high flag pole. Attending the pole were the two King's Scouts, Dawe and Hodges. Cuts Ribbon lieut.-Col. Millen then cut the green, red and yellow ribbons in the doorway of the new building and de- elated it officially open. "I officially state that this building is now open for the Scouts and Cubs of Beams- iville,” were his words as the ribbons (fell. _ . Dedication of the Scouts' new' home was made by Rev. E. F. Maunsell, St. Alban's Church, and the' scripture |Iesson was read by Rev. F. G. Bals- don, of First Baptist Church. As one of this two passages oi scripture, iMr. Balsdon chose the story of The Good Samaritan. After the hymn, :“Onward Boy Scouts, Onward," to gthe tune of Onward Christian Sold- hers, Rev. w. C. Almack, minister of 'Trinity United Churelt, 'offered a prayer. "Fight the Good Fight" was sung. accompanied by the band, after which Col Milieu addressed the gath- ering. was one of the most colourful cere- monies seen here in some time. Scouts Addreued l The Provincial Commissioner con- gratulated the Lions Club and the citizens of Beamsville for the work and expense they had gone to in pro- viding such a fine meeting place for \the local troop. He made' particular jeference to Mr. Almack's prayer as especially appropriate for the occa- sion and stated he had asked Mr. Al- mack to send a copy to Scout Head- quarters for use on other similar oc- cas'ions. Rev. Dr. L L. Young, of St. An- drew's Presbyterian Church, pro- nounced the benediction, closing what Speaking to the Scouts he explain- ed the significance of the Scout pledge and told his hearers that the) Scouts of today are the leaders', among citizenry of tomorrow. "Mis- takes are wonderful things," said the Colonel, "for with every mistake comes that experience through which everyone benefits." In a word to the grown-ups, he referred to the valu- able work they were doing in foster- ing and sponsoring such projects as the Scouts' Building. Only insofar as the younger generation is brought up with high ideals and soundness in body and mind will this country be a better place when they are the rul- ing generation. T Col. Millen described a recent meeting with Lady Baden-Powell, widow of the founder of Scouting. She had an abundance of confidence in the future which will be in the hands of boys such as were present at this gathering. In visiting the 'vgr-torn countries of Europe, Lady Baden-Powell had been amazed at the strides scouting had taken since the close of hostilities. BEAMSVILLE TROOP t NO, 1 BOY SCOUTS Scoutmaster - A. J. Hayward Ass't Scoutmaster - T. M. Potter Rover Scouts Bill Dawe, Jack Hodges, Ted Boughner Troop Leader - Bill Gable Patrol Leaders John Micrau, Neil MacGregor, Doug Burton Scouts / Doug Wilds, Bill Stoner, Frank Mickalick, Rodger Hoffman, Jack Keamura, Bruce Sutherland, Glen Mewhiney, Don MacGregor, Doug Humphrey, Jim Nation, David A-mori, Eddie Hildebrand, Tom Moore, Rus- sell Burton, Eric Bradbury, Norm Geddes, Leo Weise, Fred Short- Jrouse, Don Archer, David Thomson. Cubs M. M. Carthew - Cub Master Mrs. M. M. Carthesr-Ass't. C. M. Geo. Humphrey, Barry Humphrey, Norm McKenna, Henry Mierau, Ernie Micrau, Murray Howard, David Roebuck, Herby Roebuck, Ro- land Davis, David Cummings, Doug FalbY. David Cornelius, Johnny Bur. ton, Douglas Juniper, Fred Borne, Allan Parker,, Norman Wright, Bill ILipischak, Dale MacGregor, Frank lThomson, Ralph Spaetzel, Jimmy iJohnson, Mervin Lumley. cum"""ifiiu:i;‘si.u;i""““““"""""" te""" ____r__' New District Commissioner Stanley E, "Stan" Gibson and King's Scouts Jack Hodges (left) and Bill Dawe (right) at the official opening and dedication of the Scout Building on Sunday. Stan was appointed to head the new Fruit Belt Scout district DOROTHY SAUNDERS GIVEN HIGH HONOUR a/W'L --. " if? Clholen as one of the 16 Girl Guides from all Canada to act as aides during the Western Hemisphere Conference Camp of the Girl Guides, Dorothy Saund- erl, Beamsville, will attend the important meeting in New York during August. Dorothy's name was sent in by the local Guide group and she was chosen as one of Canada's repres- entatives. She has been to Guide camp: for five years and holds her All Round Cord and First Class Badge. Recently she took her tests for the Gold Cord, high- est Guide award. Every country of the Western Hemisphere will be represented at the Camp, which will be held at Cookstown, "Tr New York City. sioner,' took a leading part at a meeting held in Winona Friday (see page 7). Lower photo shows new Scout Building as it looked after the impressive ceremonies in which Lieut..Col, Lionel H. Millen, D.S.O., V.D., Provincial Commis-