Happy Turkey And Dressing Day Boys!

In all things give thanks unto the Lord .....

He is good ALL the time!

POPCORN SELLS DUE MONDAY/TOMORROW 11-24-08

Bring all orders and monies for popcorn sells with you to the meeting Monday night!

Thanks!

The First Menu Of Thanksgiving ---- Not What You Would Expect!

We have all seen the painitings the Pilgrims and the Native Americas sitting down to a spread much like the ones we sit down to on Thanksgiving day! A table laden with all the goodies we have come to associate with the traditional Thanksgiving meal: turkey, pumpkin pie, and a variety of other scrumptious offerings. But the first Thanksgiving came after a rocky start for the Pilgrims in their new land.... Supplies and survivors were hard to come by but thanks to God and their Native American neighbors the Pilgrims had survived and pulled together a celebration feast to celebrate the end of a year long drought and the return of plentiful crops and wildlife.

The Thanksgiving meal for the Pilgrims may have consisted of roasted venison(deer); stewed or boiled fowl, lobster, and fish. The sides would have been corn and/or wheat breads, stew of dried fruits and perhaps pumpkin, one or two boiled vegetables(such as peas or beans, squash) and only water to drink. So, you can cut out roasted turkey, mashed potatoes, popcorn, pumpkin or any other kind of pies, beer, and wine from the Pilgrims' Thanksgiving feast... Their celebration of Thanksgiving was simple fare .... fare that they would have found native to the land and seas around them.

Why no potatoes you ask? Why no pies? Why no alcoholic beverages?

There were no potatoes, oils, or butter for the mashed potatoes or baking. No ovens to roast a turkey in or bake a pies or cakes... all alcohol would have been prohibited due to the strong religious beliefs of the pilgrims....

But to me the worst hardship of all .........NO FOOTBALL!

From The History Channel

The Pilgrims' Menu

Foods That May Have Been on the Menu:

Seafood: Cod, Eel, Clams, Lobster

Wild Fowl: Wild Turkey, Goose, Duck, Crane, Swan, Partridge, Eagles

Meat: Venison, Seal

Grain: Wheat Flour, Indian Corn

Vegetables: Pumpkin, Peas, Beans, Onions, Lettuce, Radishes, Carrots

Fruit: Plums, Grapes

Nuts: Walnuts, Chestnuts, Acorns

Herbs and Seasonings: Olive Oil, Liverwort, Leeks, Dried Currants, Parsnips

What Was Not on the Menu:

Surprisingly, the following foods, all considered staples of the modern Thanksgiving meal, didn't appear on the pilgrims's first feast table:

Ham: There is no evidence that the colonists had butchered a pig by this time, though they had brought pigs with them from England.

Sweet Potatoes/Potatoes: These were not common.

Corn on the Cob: Corn was kept dried out at this time of year.

Cranberry Sauce: The colonists had cranberries but no sugar at this time.

Pumpkin Pie: It's not a recipe that exists at this point, though the pilgrims had recipes for stewed pumpkin.

Chicken/Eggs: We know that the colonists brought hens with them from England, but it's unknown how many they had left at this point or whether the hens were still laying.

Milk: No cows had been aboard the Mayflower, though it's possible that the colonists used goat milk to make cheese.

Source: Kathleen Curtin, Food Historian at Plimoth Plantation.

Third Day In Clinton Concert

Third Day to perform at Mississippi College

Special to The HeraldTO LEARN MORE
For more information, call Star 93.5 at 601-925-3460, or visit http://www.star93fm.com/.

Billboard magazine rates Third Day(http://www.thirdday.com/) "not only one of the best Christian bands of the '90s, but one of the best rock bands, period."With that kind of reputation, the multi-platinum-selling band is sure to draw a huge crowd for a Nov. 23 concert at Mississippi College's A.E. Wood Coliseum.The visit to MC is part of the group's LIVE Fall Tour with special guests Needtobreathe and Revive. Winners of numerous Dove and Grammy Awards, Third Day has attracted millions of fans around the globe over their 15-year career.The visit to the Christian university follows a number of college stops this fall, including the University of Illinois on Oct. 31 and the University of Indiana Nov. 7. The group performs at First Baptist Church in Lafayette, La. on Nov. 22 before their Sunday evening stop on the Clinton campus. The concert at MC begins at 6 p.m.Tickets are now on sale at http://www.tickets.com/ <http://www.tickets.com/> , LifeWay Christian Stores on County Line Road in Jackson and in the MC Cafeteria. Tickets are $25 for general admission.Making concert plans is MC freshman Jake Cole, 18, who owns six of their albums. A resident of Star in Rankin County, he's seen the band in concert twice in Gatlinburg, Tenn. and once each in Jackson and Hattiesburg. "Third Day never does the same concert twice. Any band that can do that is incredible."A DJ on Star 93.5, MC's campus radio station, Cole is also a believer in the band's message. "All their songs have a really strong Biblical message, a strong God-center in every song."MC's college radio station is one of the concert sponsors. "I forsee a packed house at the coliseum," said Cole, a communication major with a minor in Christian Studies. Normally the home base for Choctaws basketball games, the Gold Dome seats about 5,000 fans.Third Day performers say the group's success surpassed all expectations. "Our career is like a dream I didn't even know I had," said drummer David Carr.South Carolina-based Needtobreathe and Revive, a group with roots in Australia, are also coming to Central Mississippi with a growing and enthusiastic fan base.

Are You Smarter Than An Eighth Grader --- From 1895????

Questions: What percentage of this year's seniors and last year's high school graduates could pass the following 8th grade test required in 1895, even if the few outdated questions were modernized? How many college students could pass it? For that matter, what percentage of high school teachers could pass it? And - - what percentage of today's schools have standards for promotion from 8th grade equal to or tougher than those required in 1895?

8th Grade Final Exam: Salina, Kansas - 1895

This is the eighth-grade final exam* from 1895 from Salina, Kansas. It was taken from the original document on file at the Smoky Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salina, Kansas and reprinted by the Salina Journal.

Grammar (Time, one hour)

1. Give nine rules for the use of Capital Letters.

2. Name the Parts of Speech and define those that have no modifications.

3. Define Verse, Stanza and Paragraph.

4. What are the Principal Parts of a verb? Give Principal Parts of do, lie, lay and run.

5. Define Case, Illustrate each Case.

6. What is Punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of Punctuation.

7-10. Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar.

Arithmetic (Time, 1.25 hours)

1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic.

2. A wagon box is 2 ft. deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. wide. How many bushels of wheat will it hold?3. If a load of wheat weighs 3942 lbs., what is it worth at 50cts. per bu, deducting 1050 lbs. for tare?

4. District No. 33 has a valuation of $35,000. What is the necessary levy to carry on a school seven months at $50 per month, and have $104 for incidentals?

5. Find cost of 6720 lbs. coal at $6.00 per ton.

6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7 percent.

7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft. long at $.20 per inch?

8. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent.

9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per acre, the distance around which is 640 rods? 10.Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt.

U.S. History (Time, 45 minutes)

1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided.

2. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus.

3. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War.

4. Show the territorial growth of the United States.

5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas.

6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of the Rebellion.

7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton, Bell, Lincoln, Penn, and Howe?

8. Name events connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800, 1849, and 1865?

Orthography (Time, one hour)

1. What is meant by the following: Alphabet, phonetic orthography, etymology, syllabication?

2. What are elementary sounds? How classified?

3. What are the following, and give examples of each: Trigraph, subvocals, diphthong, cognate letters, linguals?

4. Give four substitutes for caret 'u'.

5. Give two rules for spelling words with final 'e'. Name two exceptions under each rule.

6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling. Illustrate each.

7. Define the following prefixes and use in connection with a word: Bi, dis, mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono, super.

8. Mark diacritically and divide into syllables the following, and name the sign that indicates the sound: Card, ball, mercy, sir, odd, cell, rise, blood, fare, last.

9. Use the following correctly in sentences, Cite, site, sight, fane, fain, feign, vane, vain, vein, raze, raise, rays.

10.Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication.

Geography (Time, one hour)

1. What is climate? Upon what does climate depend?

2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas?

3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean?

4. Describe the mountains of N.A.

5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia, Odessa, Denver, Manitoba, Hecla, Yukon, St. Helena, Juan Fermandez, Aspinwall and Orinoco.

6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S.

7. Name all the republics of Europe and give capital of each.

8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific in the same latitude?

9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean returns to the sources of rivers.

10.Describe the movements of the earth. Give inclination of the earth.

The top of the test states > "EXAMINATION GRADUATION QUESTIONS OF SALINE COUNTY, KANSAS April 13, 1895 J.W. Armstrong, County Superintendent.Examinations at Salina, New Cambria, Gypsum City, Assaria, Falun, Bavaria, and District No. 74 (in Glendale Twp.)"

According to the Smoky Valley Genealogy Society, Salina, Kansas "this test is the original eighth-grade final exam for 1895 from Salina, KS. An interesting note is the fact that county students taking this test were allowed to take the test in the 7th grade, and if they did not pass the test at that time, they were allowed to re-take it again in the 8th grade."
*Sources - this exam information was sent to this author on February 12, 2001 by OkieVan@aol.com, a reader of this Grandfather Economic Report series. Another confirmation regarding authenticity > Sept 2003 email from Dionee Schwenke of Cape Coral, Florida (Dionees@cs.com), who is writing a book about her teaching career and researched the above exam: "I know the test reflects what was in the textbooks of that era, and that it is similar to the test my mother had to take in the 1920s before she could be certified in Nebraska. I confirmed the authenticity of the test you mentioned by the old fashioned way, picked up the phone. First to Mary McIntyre at the Smoky Valley Genealogical Society & Library, 785-825-4624 (got that info from a query to the Salina newspaper). Ms. McIntyre assured me the test was fact, not fiction, and told me it had been written by J. W. Armstrong, the superintendent of Salina County schools in 1895. They even have on record the names of students who took the test--and the answers--but they can't divulge that info because of privacy laws. Then she gave me the name of his granddaughter, Mary Laas. 785-825-5140. Mrs. Laas was fun to visit with; told me about growing up across the section from her grandfather; how the family still has the hand written notes her grandpa made as well as a typed copy; how his family once nursed Buffalo Bill back to health. . . I asked about needing permission to include the test in my book and she said go ahead, it is public property now that it has run in the newspaper. They have had a lot of calls in Salina, not just at the Laas home but at the Genealogical Society as well."
Another good reference is the Smoky Valley Genealogical Society's (Salinas, Kansas) web site > http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas/genweb/ottawa/smoky.html. You will note on that site a link "1895 School Exam" which takes you to the test shown above at > http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas/genweb/ottawa/exam.html

Here's A Link For Ya'll

This link is to the embassy's for the USA in all the countries of the world......... There are also email addresses not just snail mail addresses ............ Please write these countries (two of your choice and request that they at least write you back and tell you all about their country (the language, customs, religions etc) and who knows they might send you some stuff from the country as well but if you ask for stuff do so in a nice polite way..... Please be cordial to the folks receiving the letter or email... you are after all representing your country, state, the troop, your parents and yourself!

http://www.usembassy.gov/

Wreath Order Update

Scouters,

The wreaths are scheduled to be here the Monday or Tuesday afterThanksgiving. I believe this is December 1 or 2.

Mr. Mike

Do You Know What This Means>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Why do we say; the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month? Or why do some people call it Poppy Day or why do we wear poppies on Veteran's day?

Remembrance Day – also known as Poppy Day, Armistice Day (the event it commemorates) or Veterans Day – is a day to commemorate the sacrifices of members of the armed forces and of civilians in times of war, specifically since the First World War. It is observed on 11 November to recall the end of World War I on that date in 1918. (Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 with the German signing of the Armistice.)

In Flanders Fields

By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918) Canadian Army

In Flanders Fields the poppies grow Between the crosses row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.

The poppies field poem is why we call Veterans Day, Poppy Day and why we wear poppies on Veterans Day!

Let's Go Walkin Vicksburg

On Saturday, November 8,Mississippi is goin’ walkin’!Communities across the state will show their commitment to living healthier lives.Join Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippiand the Mississippi Main StreetAssociation as we take the first stepstoward a healthier life. Join us at 9 am at the Riverstage Plaza in downtown, Vicksburg… A FREE and fun one mile trek is a great way to start your day! Hope to see you all there!For details, contact your localMississippi Main Street office at:601-634-4527 or Vicksburg Main Street at:601-634-4527
One Day. 50 Towns. One Goal.

Honoring Our Veterans

Veterans Day November 11

This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave. ~Elmer Davis

Freedom is never free. ~Martin Luther King Jr

We the members of Troop 638 salute all of our veterans --- thank you for insuring to us the blessing of liberty ---- Thank you for your service and your families sacrifices to our great nation! Long may freedom ring!

Meet Barack Obama

Meaning of the name “Barack”: One who is blessed

Barack's nickname when he was young: Barry

Birthdate: August 4, 1961

Birthplace: Honolulu, Hawaii

Height: 6’1”

Alma Mater: Columbia University (1983); Harvard Law School (1991)

Marital Status: Married

Wife’s Name: Michelle Obama

Date of Marriage: October 18, 1992

Children: (2) Malia Ann Obama, born 1999; Natasa Obama (known as Sasha), born 2001 Residence: Chicago, Illinois

Parents: Barack Obama. Sr., from Kenya, and Ann Dunham, from Kansas (Mother and father have passed away)

Religion: Christian

Hobbies: Poker and basketball

So what kind of puppy do you think the Obama's will get --- bear in mind that one of the girls is allergic---- ????? Post your guesses under comments!

Time Is Running Out

Popcorn and wreath sale forms are due in the next couple of weeks.... That means you need to be wrapping up your attempts to make troop bucks as soon as possible! And please get your forms and all monies in on time PLEASE! Thank you so much in participating in this fund raiser for your camps (Summer as well as Mardi Gras etc etc)....