Our leader said that minister Kopecký couldn’t be trusted
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Jaroslav Šikýř was born in Prague on December 17th, 1935. He graduated from Electrical Engineering College on Panská street. He joined Scouts in 1945 and through many different groups he became a member of the Fourth Prague Scout Group. By the time the Scout movement was dissolved he had managed to take part in two camps - the camp at Zemská brána in the Orlické Mountains in 1946, where he was as a Wolf Cub. The second was the camp at Padrťské Lakes, which he took part in as a Fox Group member (“Rain Camp”). In April 1948 Mr. Šikýř participated in an official demonstration against dissolving Scouting at Prague Castle. In spite of minister Kopecký’s promises the Boy Souts were dissolved just in that year. However, the Group probably went illegally on under Bonny’s leadership. In 1949 Jaroslav Šikýř became a member of the swimming club, Sparta Praha. In 1951 he took part in the Republic Championship in former Gottwaldov. He started his military service at the airport in Líně at Pilsen in 1954. In 1956, he participated in the Finals of the Basketball National Championship of the Air Force. He was employed in the VÚAP (Research Institute for Automating Technology in Prague) since 1953 and after reorganisation in 1992 he works as a building administrator.
