Bob-a-Job week
For fifty-one weeks of the year a Scout is expected to do at least one
'Good Turn' every day. Only during 'Bob-a-Job' Week in April does he
ask for payment for services rendered. The week raised over £33. Of
this total £8.8s was sent the London Headquarters, B.P. House.
Bures says goodbye to a beloved vicar
The Rev. Cyril Sharp left the Scout Group to take up a new appointment
in Germany. A farewell gathering was held in the W.I. Hall, The Croft
(now a dwelling called Pettitts Hall). A presentation was made by Wolf
Cub Dennis Ambrose. John Ineson, Assistant Scout Master, spoke in
appreciation of Mr Sharp's work for the Scouts, mentioning how the Cub
Pack and Scout Troop were formed by the vicar with a handful of lads
in 1952.
At the end of the year, a rummage sale organised by the Parents
Committee in the W.I. Hall, raised the sum of £18 for group funds.
New Warrants
Brigadier Stirling, the D.C. presented Captain Peacock and John Ineson
with new warrants in 1956. Captain Peacock has taken charge of the
Senior Scouts and John Ineson has been promoted to being Scout Master
of the Troop. Roger Stevens joins the troop from Romford. The new
vicar the Rev. Michael Brown has consented to be Group Scout Master,
the position held by his predecessor. Charlie Sargeant was promoted to
Troop Leader and presented with his First Class Badge and the Scout
Cord.
The first camp of the year, five members of the troop spent Easter at
Gilwell Park near Chingford. The Senior Scouts went to the Ardennes
mountains in France in June. The camp was right on top of a mountain -
a wonderful view, but a terrible climb every time they wanted water.
We entered into the County Shield Competition at Shrublands Park. The
team was: Patrol Leader: Tim Underwood, Ken Baxter, Roger Stevens,
Colin Webber, Les Saer and John Stuck.
'Good Turn'
This year's annual summer camp in 1956 was held at Dunwich, with the
worst possible weather for camping was experienced. The site was
situated near the cliffs and was surrounded by trees, this proved a
great help when the gale's came and only one tent was torn.
The arrival of over thirty Polish Guides camping close by gave the
Bures lads an opportunity to do a 'good turn'. The tents arrived
safely by train, but the pegs had been mislaid on the railway. The
Bures boys got to work and cut nearly a hundred pegs out of the bushes
in a very short time.
Troop Leader Charlie Sargeant has been chosen as one of the Scouts to
represent Suffolk and Great Britain at the forthcoming World Jamboree
at Sutton Coldfield next August.
New Cub Leader
Mrs Mary Hynard retires at the end of the year in 1957 from the Cub
Pack due to family reasons. Roger Stevens has been selected to attend
the World Jamboree.
It was announced at the Christmas Party that Rosemary Fordham will
take charge of the Wolf Cubs on a temporarily charge. The Rev. Michael
Brown presented Mrs Mary Hynard with two gifts from the Cub and Scout
sections for her hard work during the past five years.
A thanksgiving service for the life and work of the founder of the
Scout Movement, Robert Baden-Powell was held in the Parish Church. On
the following Sunday 14 members of the Troop went to Ipswich for the
County Service where over 1,500 Scouts were on parade.
An Easter camp was held at Buckmore Park near Chatham, Kent. The boys
enjoyed the new indoor pool - built at a cost of £17,000.
Rosemary Fordham and Janet Spurgin attended a training course for Cub
Scouters at Ipswich.
After this year's Remembrance Service, Cubs and Scouts stayed behind
in the churchyard for the planting of a cherry tree to commemorate the
50th anniversary of the founding of the movement. |
