El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-17

the flag and. after marching his troop
about the room IN review before the
councilmen, he drew the boys up In 4
3 salute to the flag and had them re-
peat the scout oath
Mr.. Erdnan rendered another song
and then the following scoutmaslecs
were introduced by Scout executive
Thomas Scoutmaster Leo Miller. as
sistant s N Leo Hiseler. troop /;
scoutmaster Charles Z Weaver, as
sistant :. n Lee +. Nichols, assistant
) N. O. W Allwine, troop >: scout
master Z. Ray Davis, assistant :. NJ
Harry OdelI assistant s. NJ z. NJ. Rix,
troop 3. scOutmaster Don Hartman
troop 3: scoutmaster EGw. +. Witte,
assistant :. N ". kellogg, assistant )
NJ L Gilbert Perry, troop . scout
master Nathan H Huffman, troop
Pins TO Scouts.
Scout Blaine Cosgrove, OF troop .,
told the audience of Our Aims. and
this was followed by the presentation
of pins by Mr. Thomas ano Lieut. Lamb
TO scoutmaster Leo Miller. Of troop
and scoutnlaster Charles F. Weaver. of
troop ..
Second class pins were presented TO
senior patrol leader Richard stevens,
Of trooD ! patrol leader Thomas Han
son. Of troop 1. and assistant patrol
leader David Mcknight, OF troop I.
Two boys were awarded tenderfoot
scout pins They were Hinton McIn-
tosh. OF Troop =. and George Mccoy,
Superintendent r. J. Tighe. OF the
public schools, told the boys ne had no
ticed q great improvement in the disci-
pline in the schools since the scout
movement had started here and he sad
his principals had told him the same
thing He said he wished every school
boy IL El Paso could become scout
Presentations Are Made.
q. \ Martin in behalf Of Dr. r. l.
Ramey. president OF the Rotary club.
the organization fathering the Boy
scout movement in e Paso. told the
bows Inc history OF its organization fin
E Paso- Dr. Ramey had been up All
nigh. Thursday night and all day Fri
day attending to those injured in the
G Il. wreck, and was so exhausted from
his labors that he was unavoidably
absent from the meeting. though he
sent mis- well wishes for the boys and
assured them OF his hearty interest In
their work
NJ. Martin then called senior patrol
leader Richard Stevens 10 the front
and on behalf OF the council, presented
him with an order on Scout headquar-
ters, signed by president o. J. BinfOrd,
for pair OF Scout cuff buttons and a
tie pin. in appreciation OF his Work-
When the Scouts were first organized
IN Fl Paso IL was young stevens tSOn
Of II. l. Stevens, vice president OF the
scout movemerJ), who did much 10 keep
il alive, and IL was he who interested
Lieut.. Lamb, who in turn interested the
Rotary club IN the work. Lieut. Lamb
being one Of the national officers OF
the Scout organization.
Lieut.. Lamb Given Watch.
Following this presentation. Mr.. Mar
lin paid tribute 10 the work Mr. Lamb
has done in helping TO put the Scout
movement on its feet in Fl Paso and,
in behalf OF the Scouts themselves. pre-
scented him with a gold wrist wa Itch.
10 the purchase Of which every boy in
the scout organization contributed
MONEY he had earned himself
Nj. Lamb responded by saying that
il was going To ne life work viii
he could 20 into the regular army or
he could 80 into business. but he saw
the opportunity to do the greatest good
5y forming boys into Scout organiza- 4
tons and that on his return home he J
would Begin this work in earnest.
The honor roll OF Scouts was then +
read by Scout executive Thomas. These {
boys were Senior patrol leaders Louis {
Waugh, troop .. and Richard Stevens, J.
troop I: and patrol leaders Harold Han, /
troop 5, and June butcher, troop 3.
The first two received their mention
for aiding a fainting man on san ia I
cinto plaza during the recent Red /
Cross compaign. and the latter two /
were praised for giving first aid" 10 I
Col. 'Idaho Bill" at the cowboy enter /
tainment at Rio Grande park recently, :
when he was injured.
The affair was brought TO q close BY (
all the boys singing several Scout Sc !
lections, led by Mr.. Erdman.
Boys Direct the Affair. !
The boys had charge Of all the de-
tails OF the dinner and different scout
details had charge of various arrange :
nents for entertaining the guests. The
following were the assig nments:
Chez -cN~1 "A tant ScOutmaster
Perry and six scouts.
Dining room Ent- ance-Scou t-naster
Weaver and SIX scouts 20 direct all 10
tables
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