Queen's Scout Badge
Seventeen-year-old PL Charles Sargeant was awarded his Queen's Scout
badge from D.C. W.A. Stirling in 1958. He has been a member of the 1st
Bures Group since 1952. He also attended Windsor Castle for the
Queen's Scout Review and in May received the Royal Certificate from
Lord Rowalian, the Chief Scout at Gilwell Park.
In July, the Group won the Sudbury District Camping Shield held at
Polstead. Summer Camp was held at East Mersea and were visited by the
Group Scoutmaster Rev. Michael Brown, George Garrad and parents for
'Parents Day'. John Bury was awarded the Scout Chord.
Janet Spurgin has had to give up the Wolf Cubs - Mrs Hynard has
becomes Akela again, assisted by Beryl Cardy and Barbara Baxter. |
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Good performances
At the annual party in 1959 at the Victory Hall, 40 Scouts and Cubs
attended. They entertained their parents with plays and songs on the
stage specially built. Very good performances were given by Stephen
Davies and Richard Spurgin. Bob-a-Job made £39. Miss Christine
Stirling was presented a 'Thank You' badge on behalf of all the boys
who had camped at her farm in Pebmarsh during the past five years.
Leslie Saer and John Bury gained their 1st Class badges. The Group
made £73 from the Fete. Does anyone still have blue ticket no. 182
which is still unclaimed and can be collected from the Post Office!
Arthur Haywood helps out as helper, teaching the boys knots and
physical training. The following year, he becomes a Assistant Leader
and stays for 31 years!
Summer Camp at St Anton
Twenty Scouts from Bures and Sudbury departed for Austria via Southend
Airport in a chartered Viking aircraft to Basle, Switzerland, camping
near the banks of the Rosanna River. They went mountain climbing,
toured Innesbruck. Towards the end of camp, it rained for 31 hours,
stopped and rained again and the Scouts finally got flooded out. They
were luckily in finding a mountain hut empty, so nearly everybody
spent the last three nights sleeping on the wooden floors.
Scout Master Resigns
John Ineson resigns at the end of August after the Austria Camp. He
has been SM for 5 and a half years. Charlie Sargeant and Tim Underwood
have taken over the running of the Group, but need an older person to
act as Scoutmaster. David Brooks and Tim Underwood received their
Queen's Scout Awards. |
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Farewell to Leader
At a packed schoolroom for the annual meeting of the Bures Boy Scouts,
the group were saying goodbye to their Scout Master John Ineson. The
Rev. Michael Brown presented him with a cheque and a 14-inch bronze
statuette of a boy Scout. The new Scoutmaster will be Phillip
Herrington who comes from Wakes Colne.
From trek cart to Comet!
Scouts from Bures and Sudbury spent ten days in Italy for their Summer
Camp. They visited Rome and Anzio. Within six hours of leaving London
Airport, they had put up their tents and went swimming - but a
complication set in during the night when they found their tents were
on ant nests. Some slept the night on the beach and some did for the
rest of the holiday! |
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