El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-10
HEAD
Of BOY SCOUTS
Work viii Start Out This
Year With a Clean Slate,
All Bills Paid.

II. L. Stevens was elected president
OF the Boy Scouts Of FL Paso for the
coming year, at a meeting held at
noon Wednesday in Hotel Sheldon.
Other officers elected for the year
were:
First vice president Robt. Krakauer
Second vice president, Rev. Fuller
Swift
Third vice president Claiborne
Adams.
Fourth vice president. rabbi Martin
ZieIonka.
Secretary, William H F. Judd.
Treasurer. G. A. Martin, reelected.
Besides the former members Of the
council. all Of whom hold office per-
manently, the following were added
TO the council. DR.. B. F. Jenness. DIT.
E. B. Rogers, Rev Fuller Swift. DIT.
r L Ramey. Howard Taylor, Phi D..
Donald B. Gillies. Il c. Dunbar and
rabbi Martin ZielOnka-
Council Out of Debt
Financial reports for the year
showed that when subscriptions are
collected, the retiring council VIII be
out Of debt, turning over the affairs
Of the Scouts TO the new council with
a clean slate This is due 70 re-
cent Whirlwind campaign by A G
Rowlands.
Scout executive Ivar c. Thomas re-
ported $50 boys in the seven troops
in FL Paso. and another troop. 70 be
known as the Red Cross troop. in for
nation. Dr.. Jeuness will organize
this troop and coach the boys IN flrsl
aid work
Dr.. Rogers spoke Of the splendid
work the Boy Scouts did in the clean
UP campaign Of the city and said he
accomplished much more with them
HraanH al HnHa
Had First scout Band.
Rev. Fuller swift spoke of his in
terest in the work and his early as
sociation with the -Seeton Indians,
which really preceded the Boy scouts.
After the formation OF the BOY
Scouts Of America. he said he organ
lied the first Boy scout brass band
in the world AID took the organlza-
ton on a tour.
Dr.. Jenness told Of the work he eX-
pected to do with the Red Cross troop.
he said he hoped to coach the poys
so they could be able 70 give first
aid in any catastrophe that might IN
volve FL Paso al any time
The new president said he would
call a meeting Of the executive COM
mittee, consisting Of the newly elect
ed officers, at an early date 70 plan a
campaign for next year
Funds Raised
c. J Binford, the retiring president,
started the fund for the new year
with a subscription OF SlOe Tor the
Southwestern Portland Cement COM
pany. and another 500 for himself
a subscription Of So was an
nounced for the Lesinsky company,
through S J. Prudential
Robert Krakauer and Il o. WI
sen subscribed SIS each on the pres
ent years fund and Dr.. Fuller swift
contributed 50 to the present years
fund
HoIdOver COuncflmen-
The counclImen hoIailg over for
the coming year are; o. J. Biniord
H L stevens, Robert hrakauer, JOS.
A. Wright, a E Rowlands, s ".
Daniels, G. A. Martin. Chas- Brown
Tom Lea, Henry Welsch. Rev e. l.
Overstreet, Prof. r J. Tighe, Percy
| NcGhee, J. G. McNary. Chas- stevens
W. II. +. Judd, H. L Ellis, ". H Shell
ton. Claiborne Adams, Winchester
Cooley, ". L Brown a. L HaWley
r. 3. Orndorff, Il. B. DUrkee, Leo Fer
/ let, Prof r R. Jones. DR.. J. NJ Rich
mond, +. ". Norton. Z c Davis. j.
I r SegalI, S J. Prudential. Vincent
Andreas, F. ". Berkshire, V. r
/ stiles, Ray McClintock, Ralph a
Smith.