The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-10-17
BOY SCOUTS CAMPAIGN To RAISE
$4,000 LAuNCC|IIEEDAT BANQUET
ACTIVE WORK WILL EE STARTED
THIS ICRNINCt-SCoJTS PR
SCENTED WITH MEDALS.
Eloquent Speech Delivered by Justice
Aston Dayton 10 Enthusiastic
Gathering OF l2O Men.


Inn r,vrrS.utntiNc business men. III"
,.rur,algu L. raise So ~" -: thu dc.
y, i,,irirnt IT tn" Boy Scout m"v"H"n'
in Whe..linr was formally ialnch"d ana
from tho enthusiasm displayed 10y IL"
gentlemen present. til" fund desired w'Il
easily he raised In Ia" three days which
will be devoted Ia IN" campaign.
G.. T.. House was appointed chairman
IF tn, ur""tiu.: by IN" Rotary club. which
Is talhrrlnG III" mnvtm"nt. AMI h" pre-
sided 1T tn" gathering.
Afr"r III" banquet had hcen served
and III" Ci.:ar:. passed around Ia" char
nan introduced ". /. stewart. master
scout. and in 81 thr"c-minu;r talk II" '"ih
or some ~ tho thing accomplished by
the Eoy Scouts IL this city. Mr.. Stew
ar, said in part:
Mr.. Stewards Talk.
The question has been asked. w nat
has Scouting done for IN" Wheeling
boys 1t can best b. answered 10y tell
ing what tn" Roy Scouts havc done for
Wheeling.
The hrs, community good turn tho
bows were called on for was Ia furnish
information during tn. l'r. parrhn"Ss Pa
radc and also help tn, police in the lin"
ct march, For this about forty Scouts
turned out in uniform and CAV" the
greater par; Of the day.
"Durin. this summer tho Scouts
planted Il largc garden in tn" backyard
Of ,h.> Kings daughters day nursery
and wen, down one afternoon each week
and hrrd the garden. They took car" or
II until the crops were ready 10 ne
gathered.
During the nrst Liberty Loan cam
paign in tn. last three days Of tn" cam
paign the Sr0uts secured 81 Subscribers
to the Liberty Bonds. During this same
week they assisted the Rcd cross nj the
Wheeling park by distributing literature
and running crran.lS. During tn" same
week distributed 10000 circulars for ih"
Tinted States Marine corps In Wheel
ing and vicinity On several occasions
they have acted as escorts to the Grand
Army and acted as us!"rs at NIL pubic
rnn,iiucs held Mt the Market auditorium
within the last year.
They were called on by the Rotary
club 10 assist In hocing three acres or
no,atnes for the Ohio Valley General
hosrital. They also picked the peas al tn"
View Point Sanitarium. which We're
brought In and canned by the domestic
science class Of the Wheeling high school
and nrc now on the shelves OF the Nlew
Point sanItarium.
The Scouts assisted al the W menus
ChautaUQua. dlStripu'"u car "<"NS i't
me NneetlhS N"ni!''' Ia. ,,,,,,
ana assisted inc NtS' ST. ,,'
Board OF lttri'SH III Inv -,
cnt given a; the Wheeling park. They
distributed suckers 'iiu
the Liberty Loan c"'''Hit''ee !" 80
h"Ed caA!paISh anu "'' ''''[' '"P
their DIT III III" last ,'"' "'H Va NV
second Liberty Lean N''hP"'E"'
Boys Get Medals
Az ,hc Cnnc,urion Of tho master
scour.s address, Mr.. House introduced
i.,r,sir NJ H. Butter Ut the National
tiIcd Scnu, committees, who presented
oi,b, Wheeling BOYS with mrdqlS
awarded tN th, treasury department.
,r washinpton. 50 tn. scouts who sold
,.n or more Liberty Bonds Of the Iirst
loor
,r,n,s,n Ru,lar called Harold Wllkln-
son. Louis Tibbens. Thomas Cotton.
Harold Elack. William Evans. Charles
Wheeler Donald Harper and Alb"r;
E'ns,.r, and pinned the medals on their
hlnusrs while each OF the boys WAS
lustilv chcered BY ~ nSscmb bleed gath
erinr.