Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-13

Scout Kenneth Harries Of Troop Il
has passed his twenty first merit oaoge
and is now an Eagle Scout. He Is
the first boy to obtain this honor since
last spring. The Takoma Park Troop
now has three Eagle Scouts on Its roll.
Tho following boys have been award
ed merit badges during the past week:
King Ridgway. swimming. life saving;
B. B. Wilson, 5r., swimming, pioneer
ing, forestry; Knute Nilsson. camping;
Homer e. Greenfield. pioneering.
Scoutmasters are now busy getting
the enrolment ready for october !.
National headquarters requires every
boy to be reenrolied at that time. and
the troops are striving to have all
their members on the lists. so that
they may get the full benefit Local
headquarters is preparing the Rules
and Regulations of the Scout Movement
in the District Of Columbia" These
when they will take effect Copies will
be sent to every troop in the Dis
trtct. The booklet, among other things.
will tell just how we'll a boy is sup
posed to be prepared for the first and
second class examinations, and a sam
pie examination paper will be shown.
The first and second class examine
tlOn8 Will De given INC OF
October at the usual time: the second
class examination takes place the first
Friday evening and Saturday morning
in the month. and the hrst-class ex-
animation takes place the second Fri
day evening and Saturday morning.
The applications should be in the office
by the first Of the month.
Troop No. 10.
Troop meets at Ninth Street Chris
tian Church every Friday night at z
o'clock Last week the organization
had its first meeting and selected Will
liam Thomasson as secretary Of troop
and Marshall Lake as librarian.
William Thomasson and Frank Smith.
having passed their eighteenth years.
have applied for assistant scoutmaster
commissions. Arnen Carpenter will be
acting assistant scoutmaster. The troop
was partially recognized. and some
of the patrols were planned for the
year.
The troop library consists Of about
thirty volumes. c. c. Guy gave the SCI
entific volumes and several Of the boys
gave story books The book rack was
made by a scout and will hold about
100 books.
The work Of the troop will be d.
vided between the assistant scoutmas-
parts they are to teach. and with the
number Of assistants, 1t is believed, the
boys will get a much better idea OF the
scout work than heretofore. We expect
to have special work for the first
class scouts by the scoutmaster. and
also will go to the Y. M. c. A. once a
month for swim.
This is registration month, and all
the boys expect to get reinstated before
ty members and three applications.
Patrol Leaders Homer Greenfield and
Kenneth Harries of Troop 81 have
passed twenty-one merit badge ex-
aminations. and are now eagle scouts.
making four members of the troop who
have attained this grade.
At the regular Saturday night meet
ing of Troop 81 final arrangements were
made for the lawn fete to be held We'd
nesday night, September 16. at the resi-
dence Of Mrs. Mckinney. at Carroll and
Elm avenues. All scouts are ordered
to report at 4 80 o'clock for the purpose
of decorating the lawn and tables In
the event of unfavorable weather the
fete will be held at the troop hall. Ice
cream, candy, grab bag and other tables