The Archive · 1923

Annual Meeting The local Council of the Baden

Powell Boy Scouts Association held their annual meeting last Friday afternoon at H.B.M. Consulate-General, Mr. Sidney Barton, o.M.a., presiding. There were present Col. W. F. t. Gordon, ¢.M.G., D.S.0., the Very Rev. Dean Symons, Mrs. Bichard and Mr. F. C. Millington, District Commissioner, as well as the officers of the association, the Scout leaders and their assistants. The agenda of the meeting included the reports of all officers and leaders and the election of officers and a discussion of the proposed new Headquarters.

In the annual report fir. Noel Jacobs, secretary, emphasized the outstanding features of the year and in review commented on the success of the summer camp at Kuling which was attended by 23 scouts, the jamboree and the concert, both of which proved highly successful. He mentioned the departure of Col. Marr Johnson ¢™.c., p.s.0., and Mr. Perey Fowler and said that Col. W. F.-L. Gordon, and Sir Edward Pearce had been selected to fill their places. He thanked Mr. Fowler for the use of the property where they hold their camp, Dr. O'Hara for his first aid lectures, as well as the many other friends of the Scouts for their assistance. That there were enrolled 13 Scout

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