The Cub leader kept the Cubs so busy they had little time to think much about the missing money box.
In addition to soliciting funds for the church, they worked almost daily on their plans for King Arthur’s Knights of the Round Table.
Den one in Webster City also would take part in the Crusade program. At the end of the month the two dens expected to unite their efforts for a gigantic knighting ceremony. Prizes were to be awarded the Den putting on the best display of talent.
In a determined effort to beat their rivals, the boys of Den 2 assigned themselves a full schedule of work.
Aided by their mothers, the Cubs constructed armor of cardboard. The carefully cut pieces were painted with aluminum, bronze and gold.
Red and Chips decked themselves out in mesh-type trappings, fashioning garments of burlap which they painted in metallic colors.
Next, the Cubs designed shields and mounted cardboard spears on the ends of broomsticks.
“If we have time, I’ll make myself a cardboard horse,” Brad announced. “Also, we ought to have some painted banners to hang on the walls. Then this place will look like a regular knight’s hall.”
Temporarily, the Cubs were using the church study as a meeting place. When the weather turned warm again in the Spring, they planned to resume sessions in their own quarters, the cave high over the river.
Brad had made his own suit of armor by sewing small roofing discs onto burlap. The Cubs, frankly envious, acknowledged the job as the best turned out.