Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-01

ing the past week as follows:
George Sheriff. Troop 80. astronomy.
Charles Hart, Troop II. handicraft.
Homer Greenfield. Troop q, fireman
ship and pathfinding.
Thomas Nikirk. Troop 10. electricity.
Chantry W. Davis, Troop 1, blacksmith
ing.
Fred L. Harries. scoutmaster, Troop q,
Friendship.
Norris Gaddess, Troop 80. pathfnding
and handicraft.
Robert Chisolm, Troop 80, poultry farm
ing.
Lawrence Prentice, Troop 40. fireman.
ship.
Thomas Cullen. Troop %. pathfinding.
John Stockard, Troop Al. handicraft
and machinery.
Reber Littlehales. Troop 80, swimming.
Edward Pardoe, Troop 81. swimming.
Arthur L. Blakeslee, Troop 81. fireman.
| ship, swimming and pathfinding.
Charles Wright, Troop 80. swimming.
Francis Watson, Troop Al. pathfinding.
| w. c. Allard, Troop 81, public health,
personal health and firemanship.
Charles s. Thurtell, Troop 80, swimming
and fermanship.
I The Boy Scout editor has received
| communications from troop scribes as
follows:
Troop No. SO.
1.-The members of Troop SO are
pleased because Karl K Locke is
their new scoutmaster. Mr.. Locke gave
his initial talk to the boys last Friday
evening. He told the boys what he
expected to do for them in the line Of
scout work, games and other interesting
scout features. which will be in full
operation in the near future.
Charles Thurtell has filed twenty-one
| applications for merit badges, and has
| passed four tests. Graeme Smallwood
has filed several applications for badges
Arthur Blakeslee has filed twenty-one
! applications and has finished five tests.
We now have five tenderfeet. twelve
second class, three nearly first class
and three full first class scouts: We
| think that this Is good showing for
a troop that has only been organized
nine months.
Edmund Hemphill, star catcher on
| tenderfoot examination Friday evening.
With him We hope to have a fine base
| ball team within two months. which
Will play any other troop team. We
who will gladly arrange for games with
other scout teams.
Tennis will be another feature of our
troop as soon as the weather will per-
| our plans for game club will work.
We have several different games which
the boys are going to play by teams or
patrols The winner will get prize
Which Is oueieo ny the tToop
Troop No. FL.
Last Monday we reported at the Pres
byterian Church at pm and decorated
the church for the George Washington
| anniversary celebration held by the Cit
liens Association Of Takoma Park. The
following scouts acted as ushers at the
entertainment: George Abrams, Percy
Miner, Russell Pettitt, Ben Davis, VIII
Knoll and Howard Galley.
The troop marched in body and gave
the following exhibition:
Bugling, Den Eggleston and Kenneth
Harries.
Flag raising, by Ben Davis and George
Abrams.
Tenderfoot examination on the flag by
our scoutmaster and Beverley Galloway.
First aid and bandaging by Assistant
Scoutmaster Gosorn and Lloyd Harrison,
Clinton Allard, Phil Mckinney, William
Kroll. Howard Galley, Harold Harrison,
Ben Davis and Beverley Galloway
Signaling by Den Eggleston, Kenneth
Harries, Donald Stewart, Beverley CAL
loway and Lloyd Gosorn.
Hand wrestling, cock fighting and indf-
vtdual tug Of war by the entire troop.
troop, and after the remainder of the pro-
gram the troop closed the exercises with
Reveille" blown by the troop buglers, as
the flag was lowered by the color guard
followed by Taps by the buglers
Thursday night patrol leaders meet
Ing was held at our new. hall.
Saturday afternoon Assistant Scout
master Gosorn took some of the boys on
hike to the old mill for practice in
| tracking, while the rest worked on our
new hall. Saturday night we held our
meeting at the parish hall