August 2007 Cub Scout Roundtable Issue |
Volume 14, Issue
1
September 2007 Theme |
Theme:
Cub Scout Express
Webelos:
Citizen & Communicator
Tiger Cub Activities |
Cubmaster’s Minutes
Stay On The Right Track
Heart of America Council
There are many
different trains—
·
Passenger trains, that carry you through this
great country,
·
Freight trains that haul goods to consumers like
you,
·
Tourist trains that show you what riding a train
was like many years ago.
All of these trains are different, yet they have something in
common--they all run on tracks. A train, as large and powerful
as it is, can go nowhere without tracks to guide it.
Like these trains, we are all different. But we all need tracks
to guide us along. These tracks are faith in God, love of family
and service to others.
This month, Cub Scouts, let’s pledge to do our best to stay on
the right track. Show your faith in God by living your religion.
Show your family how much you love and appreciate them through
your words and deeds. Give cheerful service to all you meet.
Stay on the right track and you’ll go far.
The Golden Spike
Heart of America Council
The forerunners of the modern railroad were the wagon ways built
in England as early as the 1500’s.
They were invented to haul coal, ore, and stone from the mines
and quarries.
In 1767 cast iron rails were invented. The first railroad in
America was built in 1826 in Massachusetts.
Fifty years later, during the Civil War, construction started on
the Union Pacific Railroad. The builders started the railroad
line at Omaha, Nebraska and another group started building
eastward from Sacramento, California.
The last nail, “The Golden Spike,” driven at Promontory, Utah on
May 10, 1869, connected the country from coast-to-coast.
Railroads were important to the growth of America. Each time an
inventor made an improvement, the railroads became better. Just
like the railroad inventors, we are constantly trying to improve
ourselves and we become better with each change.
Railroad Networks
Heart of America Council
If we study
maps of the United States, we see that our nation is
crisscrossed with a network of railroads. Some carry freight,
while other carry passengers from one city to the next. Stations
along the way serve as meeting places and warehouses where we
store important goods.
In Scouting,
we are like the railroad network.
Our leader are
like the rail cars, carrying important lessons and information
for our Scouts.
The Cub Scout
Program is like the railways, guiding our course and showing us
the way.
And our
Scouts? They are like the stations because they receive and hold
the knowledge and skills that help make our future.
Give Him A Day
Heart of America Council
What shall you
give to one small boy?
A glamorous
game, a tinseled toy.
A Barlow
knife, a puzzle pack,
A train that
runs on curving track?
A picture
book, a real live pet...?
No, there's
plenty of time for such things yet,
Give him a day
for his very own,
Just one small
boy and his Dad alone.
A walk in the
woods, a romp in the park.
A fishing
trip, from dawn to dark.
Give the gift
that only you can.
The
companionship of his "old man".
Games are
outgrown, and toys not much fun,
But, he'll
never forget, if you give him a day in the sun"!
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