--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Nielsen, S. M. collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 24 number: 11 published: 1921-09 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'S. M. Nielsen, "Outing of Boy Scout Troops of Mt. Pleasant," *Improvement Era* 24, no. 11 (September 1921): 1022–1023.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera24011unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera24011unse start_page: 1022 end_page: 1023 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1921-09) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera24011unse publication_year: 1921 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1921, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Outing of Boy Scout Troops of Mt. Pleasant Outing of Boy Scout Troops of Mt. Pleasant By S. M. Nielsen, Deputy Scoitt Commissioner, North Sanpete Stake The dream of a year was realized by the recent accomplish- ment of the Boy Scouts of troops one and two of the Mt. Pleas- ant, North and South wards respectively, on July 23d, when the Members of Troop 1 Exploring Bryce Canyon caravan of boy scouts accompanied by scout officials, fathers, Church officials, and civic officers set out for a trip to points of interest in southern Utah. Ever since the five-day encamp- ment in the mountains east of Mt. Pleasant, in the summer of 1920, which was a successful outing, the boys have been assured by Stake Scout Commissioner S. M. Nielsen, of a trip to Bryce Canyon, in 1921. It required work and steadfast purpose to make good the promise, but, with the cooperation of influential citizens and much activity on the part of the scoutmasters and assistants, the trip was very successful. We have 2,300 people in the two wards, and 110 registered scouts, with several boys BOY SCOUTS OF MT. PLEASANT 1023 eighteen years of age and three twenty-one. The plana were carried out perfectly and without unfavorable incident to mar the outing. The caravan was made up of thirty passenger cars and three auto trucks. One truck was donated by the Peoples' Sugar company and two by Sanpete county; the passenger cars were donated by citizens of the community, eighteen being furnished by the North ward and twelve by the South ward. There were sixty-four registered scouts from the North ward or troop one, and forty-six in troop two; with the seven scout officials, drivers, and a few guests they totalled 165 persons. One of the wards had ten per cent of its population along, and has eight per cent of the population enrolled in scout work. Bryce Canyon: Notice the natural bridge to the right In the party were the following scout officers: Stake Com- missioner, S. M. Nielsen, who is also Scoutmaster of Troop 1; Assistant S. M-, F. O. Jones, in charge of Sec. A, Troop 1, and Assistant S. M., A. R. Riley in charge of Sec. B, Troop 1, with Assistant S. M., H. W. Oliverson in charge of special activities. Scoutmaster Calvin Christensen in charge of Troop 2 with As- sistants W. M. Orrock and C. W. Sorensen. There were in the party also two members of the stake presidency of the North Sanpete stake, the bishops of the two Mt. Pleasant wards, a counselor of each ward bishopric, the mayor of the city, a