Lynx effect

The promised newspaper article

In the news....again

What would you think if you saw this billboard outside a local shop?

Would you be surprised? Would you think anything of it? Would you buy the newspaper to find out what it was all about?

Well for us it was the icing on the cake. We knew that a short article about Lynx, our new Scout Troop was to be featured this week. We did not however realise that is was such a headline article and would be posted up around town.

I will put a copy of the article on the Blog next week once the paper is no longer for sale.

In the paper again.

Local newspaper

Once again I am in the local newspaper. This time it is for helping the Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and adults plant 100 trees. The picture is of four Scouts and they very kindly let me join in. I even get a name check! Well done every one.

Several people have commented very positively on the trees after they have been enjoying this lovely sunshine in the park or on the Island.

In the news again!

Look at me in the local newspaper again. The local paper included two of our Cubs in their round up of Red Nose day activities and I was in both pictures and got a special mention! Well done Cubs.



Founder's day - Part 1

Today I went to Tolmers Scout Camp and Activity Centre to join in the District Founder's Day celebrations. Beavers, Cubs and Scouts joined together with their Leaders for a joint event. We gathered together to have fun and  to celebrate, not only the Birthday of Baden - Powell, but also 100 years of Ware and District!

During the day several people approached me and asked if I was The Gus, the monkey who had been in Headlines and The Mercury. Great bananas I am famous, that is enough to make a monkey blush!

Come back over the next couple of days and find out what some of the members of the Group say about the day. Don't forget if you are taking part in the 100 challenge and were at Tolmers today you can tick off number 3 in your booklet.

Local News

It seems I am in the news again, this time in the Local Newspaper The Hertfordshire Mercury.

Every month they dedicate a page to Scouting and Guiding news from the area and our Group usually feature in it somewhere. This month several of our centenary events were in the round up, as well as a few of our usual activities.

Look carefully at the picture and you will just be able spot me.

3rd Ware Scout Group also featured in the Mercury Memories page this week detailing part of our history including a few photographs.

Early history



100 years ago Rev. Augustus Payne, the curate at Christ Church Ware, decided that the boys of the parish needed something worthwhile to do during the week and so he set up 3rd Ware Scout Troop.

The first recorded mention of the troop was in the Hertfordshire Mercury newspaper dated 11th June 1910:

"In connection with the Christ Church Sunday School and Bible Class a troop of Boy Scouts has been formed by the Rev. A. Payne. It consists of 3 patrols of which Mr. Payne is the Scoutmaster and Assistant Scoutmasters are Messrs. J. Kinniburgh, E. Clibbon and A. Mitchell. About twenty-five have already joined and the lads are taking much interest in the preliminary drills and manoeuvres."

As of yet, it has not been possible to find an actual start date for the troop, but we assume it was in the weeks preceding this newspaper article. We also have a record from Gilwell showing that one W.Clibbon (who was an Assistant Scoutmaster) was granted his warrant in December 1910.



 

Ernest Clibbon Scoutmaster, Walter Clibbon Ass. Scoutmaster, Patrol Leader Charles Clibbon and Scout Cecil Clibbon - 1911

We know that the troop took part in the Rural Sport day held at Christ Church, in New road, on the 3rd September 1910 and they won a silver cup for Scouting skills by competing against Scouts from Hertford, Ware, St. Margaret’s and Wareside.

3^rd Ware attended several parades during 1910 and 1911 and (along with 1st Ware and 2nd Ware) were present at Kendal Hall in February 1911 where they had the honour of being inspected by Founder of Scouting and Chief Scout, Lord Baden-Powell.

In June 1911 the 3^rd Ware Scouts held an entertainment evening. The program consisted of several items including two sketches entitled 'A Couple of Scamps' and 'A Day in the Life of a Policeman' which were well performed by the boys. The Scouts gave a display of signalling, boxing and first aid and a short address was given by the Rev A Payne.

They took part in the town celebrations and parade for the coronation of King George V, where it was reported that Rev. Payne was responsible for the bonfire and pyrotechnic display (Scouts and fires – nothing changes!!) and in August 1911 H. Riddle, a 3^rd Ware Scout, was reported to have dived into the river to rescue a boy from London who had fallen in the water and was going under.

All these newspaper reports are evidence that 3rd Ware was up and running and thriving during 1910 and 1911 and the boys and their Scoutmasters were making their presence felt both in the local community and within Scouting.