speaker was Dr. Paul Cudmore, the Provincial Commissioner. This year a highlight of the training program for the Scouts was an Easter week-end two-day tour of places of interest in Moncton, New Brunswick. While there they were guests of the Canadian National Railway and the YMCA. During their stay the group was taken on a tour of Lane’s Bakery, the Moncton Airport, the CNR’s new hump yard and the Centralised Traffic Control Centre, where they were able to view the remote control operation of railroad equipment. They were also taken on a short train journey to Sackville, and they visited Fort Beausej our National Historic Park at Aulac.

On April 18, 1964 the Stanhope Beach Development Association presented a Canadian Ensign to the North Shore Scouts and Cubs during the annual concert sponsored by the Stanhope Women’s Institute at the lStanhope-Covehead Community Hall. Harry MacLauchlan presented the flag on behalf of the Association to Scoutmaster Sheldon Jay. Also presented at the concert was a Charter by District Commissioner, Hugh Lowry, to Mrs. Bruce Ellis who received it on behalf of the Scout and Cub sponsoring committee.

In 1966 Bob Storring was the Scoutmaster, assisted by Malcolm Campbell and Sterling Younker; later the Cub and Beaver leaders included Judi Wamboldt, Fred MacCann, Wade MacMillan, Paul MacMillan, Blair MacMillan, Francis Fryters and John Palmer.

In 1966-67 there was a fund-raising campaign to enable members of the First North Shore Scouts and Cubs to visit Expo 67 in Montreal. The three sponsoring Women’s Institutes, and indeed the whole community, worked hard to raise funds. The main part of the fund- raising drive was a play and a variety concert held at the hall, with a host of local talent; the three-act play was directed by Herb Baxter. The show went “on tour” to Rustico, where it played to a “standing room only” crowd. Dances were held through the winter, and in all, a sum of about $2000 was raised, which enabled twenty boys and two leaders from the North Shore group to make the trip, the travel cost being $75 per person.

At 6:15 am. on July 10, 1967, after much preparation and planning, seven school bus loads of Scouts and one truck load of baggage left Charlottetown for Montreal. A total of 268 persons, including drivers, leaders and boys went from all over P.E.I. Twenty boys and two leaders went from the First North Shore Group, as follows:

LEADERS: Malcolm Campbell and David MacKinnon BOYS

Lorne Misener Michael Reardon Carl Myers Allison Ellis

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