Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-31
BATCH OF SCOUTS
GET MERIT BADGES
Court Of Honor on Wednesday
Best in Local Scout
History.

At the Boy Scouts Court of Honor meet
ing Wednesday night, merit badges were
awarded the following scouts for the
things stated:
Paul :. Burnham, automobiling, swim
ming. electricity, first-aid, iiremanship;
William Corhlt Spruance, signaling first
aid to animals, public health; Stanley
X Czajkowski, safety first. hremanshIp,
personal health, first aid TO animals, first
aid, public health; lsadorc Schagrin,
handicraft, craftsmanship pioneering; Her
man Grcenbaum, athletics, pioneering;
Paul * Millikcn, athletics, first and To
animals; George W. Grove, Jr, fireman
ship; Jack lIcrpol, iircmanship. swimming;
Edwin Barlow, Jr, tiremanship, personal
health: Leith Munson, iircmanship, per
sonal health, swimming. first aid, public
health: Wallace butcher. tiremnnship,
personal health, scholarship, first aid to
ar.uals. frst and bugling, craftsmanship;
S,,.nev Gale, lircmanship, swimming;
John Soritsky, tiremanship, first and, pub
lie health: &. f. Booth, firmanship,
scholarship: David Sbritsky, firemanship,
first aid. public health; John Frankfurt,
personal health. scholarship, first aid
nubIjc health f. Harold Gibbons, personal
health. first aid To animals, first aid .
Gilbert Pippin, personal health. swim
ming, scholarship, frat and to animals,
first aid Leslie MCCrca, swimming; " IT.
liam r. Howell, swimming; George Ben
nett. swimming. business, machinery /,
Fred Wardenburg, scholarship. first and
to animals, first aid; j Edwin Mortimer
electricity: r. Russell Pippin, pioneering
first aid TO animals. first aid Lewis Rum
ford, first aid To animals, public health,
T. NJ Rickcnback first aid to animals
Thomas ). Hart, first aid, Brokaw Sent
man, Civlcs.
The Court of Honor congratulated the
scouts upon their preparation Tor cx-
aTnlnations. Every member present dc
clarcd it to be the best court ever held III
the history Of local scouting There has
been great stimulation to scouting hy the
Merit Badge Faculty. which is composed
of experts IN the vari lus lines of scouting
Every first class scout IS urged 70 get m
line for merit badges
Tho members oi Troop - met at
Trinity parish house at 3O Friday even
ing and went 10 Old Swcdcs church parish
house and drilled Patrol Leader Richards
Scout pyIc and Scout Proctor were pre-
scnted with second class badges For
ncatncss AZ inspection Scout Spackman
got 10 points and Richards Moore and
Proctor got five points. Scribe lcWis
Rumford
Troop Q held its regular meeting Tues
day evening, Jan - SI< ncw mcmbCrs
were voted into the troop Other new
fellows passed their tenderfoot tcst and
expect to be second class scouts IN . short
time Some first class first aid passed. On
the hike last SATURDAY. some Of the fCl-
lows passed their signalling and cooking
tests. Scribe Lewis III. Tailcy.
Troop II held its meeting Friday even
ing with good attendance They had two
visitors Paul Spcakmsn and Irving
I.amphere, who expect TO become mem
bers of tho troop. Scouts Francis Ponscll
James Ponscll and Walter Mckaig took
the second class running test All fellows
be out next meeting IN full uniform 10
attend tho enrolment oi two new scouts
and good time. SCRIBE Walter MCkalg
Troop S was very highly honorcd at its
weekly meeting last Friday evening by
the presence Of MIR Hylc, who most
interestingly described the manner Of
scouting with the Apache Indians. at the
Scout Leaders Training School MIR
Hyle put desire for outdoor life in the
hearts and minds of each scout. The
troop was also honored by the visit Of one
al our BOYS in service, Buglcr Alfred
, Smith. Of the t. : Infantry. who Is the
proud posScsSor oi three silver service
stripes and an honorable discharge stripe.
Wallace butcher.
Troop 81 met at their headquarters
January %, but few scouts were absent.
After the regular business meeting. the
troop played games. All out next meeting
prepared TO take some tests. Scribe Earl
Horn.
Troop % met in Delaware Avenue
Baptist Church last Friday night. Dues
were collected and the registration cards
were distributed, after which the ". c.
| Tavlor trophy was shown TO the boys,
| This trophy Is silver loving cup, which Is
| to be gwen TO the best scout In the troop
at the end of each month. The scout
winning it three times wins 1t for good
/ This cup was presented to the troop by
/ W c. Taylor, q member OF the church
| and also one of the troop committee
/ Scribe Paul Burnham
| Troop 2S met last Tuesday night with
! a good attendance Mir SchagIn formed
/ new patrols and appointed q new scribe
I IaI0i IeaOefS OflIitu tIft IOcIt 1NS'
/ Sunday evening. the troop gave a very
/ successful demonstration Of its work
| Some time in March, the troop will give
I a play to celebrate its third anniversary
! Every fellow should show up next week
and try TO make troop . one of the best III
/ the city. Scribe Samuel Keil.
! Troop 80 feels real proud of the fact
! that four OF its boys qualified for merit
badges this month and the others arc
working hard TO obtain some. The meet
ing tonight Will be held as usual, but al
7 O'Clock sharp, instead Of 7.30. A short
hike will follow
The Third District is planning an 81
dav hike on Saturday. February s Thl
dav is known III the scout program q,
''Jollifcation Day and is the anniversary
dav Of the Boy Scouts Of America. Al
other scouts Of Wilmington are invited u
ioin Us in the hike and viii be shown day
of fun. Those scouts who viii find it con
venient to 20 for all day will assemble a
Rockford Tower not later than $50 or
that morning and then hike to the Alapo
cas Woods