Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-18

Charles Mainhall OF Troop II made
the greatest sales Of tags on Boy Scout
tag day, according to an announce
ment made by Scout Commissioner
Martin. Scout Mainhall sold Ss7.4S
| worth Of tags.
The troop making the greatest sales
was No. 80, which turned in $32953 to
headquarters as the result OF its tag
day activities. The troop which made
| the best showing in proportion to the
number of scouts enrolled was Troop
10. OF the thirteen members of this
troop twelve engaged in the selling of
tags. They average $16.75 each. The
ten registered scouts of Troop 20, aver
aged $15.5s each.
Kenneth Livingston of Troop 80 won
the special prize for having turned in
the greatest amount on April from
f1cials participated in the tag day ac-
tivities and twelve playground officials
assisted in the work. Nineteen troops
sold more than 500 worth of tags.
Following are the names of the six
, scouts who made the greatest sales in
! their respective selling divisions and
the amounts which they raised:
Division All. E. Grogan. Troop %.
S25.25; A. B. Cummings. Troop As. SASS;
Perrin Mangan, Troop 81. sl4;25; Ferdi-
Meculloch. Troop 2. s1o.ss.
Division B-Kenneth Livingston.
Troop 80. s62.55; H. B. Nelson, Troop
]. Muller. Troop Al. s2s: Fred Bassett.
Troop 80. s26.65; Walter Thomson,
Troop 20. s25.s5.
Division Civilian Plunkert. Troop "a.
saes9; John av crittendon Troop L. 5000
spiess. Troop I, sa225: Charles Kins MS 5,
bury, Troop 10. $3.50; Charles Amidon.
% pi ot on pMA w. Walke s9 Troop Ty 81.
Gage. Troop s.. ss2s5: Stanley Hart,
Troop 80, $29.45: E. Schlechere, Troop
$3.50.
Division E-charles Mainhall, Troop
R. Underwood. Troop AZ, s24, H Wood,
s21; Percy Neipoid. Troop Is, s2o.75.
Division F-Henry Field. Troop 10.
s50.53: Harold Van Buren,. Troop 10,
$40: Ed. Wells. Troop 8. $2s3s: Vernon
Troop 8. $23.33; Vernon Frankhauser,
Troop 10. s21.95.
Division G-Norman Hammett, Troop
20. s54; Paul Robbins. Troop 1. s4370;
l.,
Brock. Troop l, $3.50; James Mahoney,
Troop 20, $30.45, and w. c. Foster
Troop 20. $24.45.
Prizes are to be awarded to the rec
ord scouts in each division as follows:
First, wrist watch and strap; second
shelter ten: third scout ak and sheath
fourth. first aid kit or Baldwin
lamp; fifth and sixth, scout watch fob
Scouts who sold 81 worth of tags are
to have their expenses at the scout
<,or nail fn do TO yha co1<l
$40 worth will be given weeks out
ing at the camp free Of cost.
Scout Commissions Approved.
The following commissions have been
approved during the past week:
George E. Davis, assistant scoutmas-
ter, Troop 81.
Mr. Cavanaugh, assistant scoutmast-
er. Troop 4.
Mr.. Stockard, assistant scoutmaster,
Troop AZ.
L. B. Miller, scoutmaster. Troop "a.
]. L. Wilson, assistant scoutmaster.
Troop 80.
1. c. Fisk. scoutmaster. Troop 81.
H W. Kline, assistant Scoutmaster,
Troop 81.
Edward Davis. senior patrol leader.
Troop %.
L. r. Morris. scoutmaster. Troop 81.
L. ii. SllVeTUeT6, dSSiSldhl SSoutIHdS-
ter, Troop 81.
George F. Cross, assistant scoutmas-
ter. Troop IL.
George f. Lavalley, assistant scout
master. Troop %.
G. W. Jex, assistant scoutmaster.
Troop %.
Spend Vacation Camping.
During the recent Easter vacation
Of
at the mouth of Difficult run, on the
Virginia side of the Potomac river.
The week was devoted to signaling,
trapping. exploring. fire fighting and
other scout activities. The scouts
slept in shelter tents and cooked their
own meals. All the tentage, cooking
apparatus and supplies were carried to
the camp site on the backs of the
boys
Every morning after breakfast there
was a close inspection of each tent.
Occupants of tents not in the proper
order were given dement's. while the
occupants of tents which came up to
the required standard were given mer-
IT'S To be in good standing a scout
must have more merits to his credit
than dement's.
Hikes were taken to Black lake.
where fishing was done with a trap
line. Each afternoon was devoted to
preparation for merit badge examina-
lions. Every night there was a coun-
Gil fire, around which the scouts gath
cred and discussed the activities of the
day and plans for the next day. These
council fires were held in a tepee
which afforded protection against the
wind.
While on their way home Friday aft.
ernoon the scouts discovered a forest
fire which was gaining considerable
Roadway. They unslung their equip
ment from their backs and soon were
hard at work fighting 1t with pieces of
brush After an hour or more the
flames were extin~uished. BY the time
the task was completed every member
of the party was streaked with smoke
and wood ashes After good nights
rest at their homes the scouts were up
early the following day to participate
in the selling of tags.
Scoutmaster Vernon Bailey of Troop
80 accompanied the boys on their trip.
Seattle Scoutmaster Here.
John C. Lehman, scoutmaster of Troop
II of Seattle. Wash. was the guest of
Troop At last week. Friday night he
attended the meeting of the troop at
it's headquarters on U street between
18th and 18th streets northwest, and
lectured on a trip which he took with