El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-11
SC0UTSRECEIVE
MERIT BADGES
Awarded Boys Who
Have Won Honor by
Their SerVice-

I The ceremony Of conferring awards
/ earned by Boy Scouts in the recent
tests and bestowed for services in the
Z sale Of Liberty bonds was observed
at the meeting Of the Court OF Honor
held in Cleveland square Tuesday
night by the local council OF Boy
Scouts Of America.
Scout commissioner Rev. Fuller
Swift acted as master Of ceremonies
I Introducing each scout and an
nouncing the hOnors won by him As
| their names were called. the lads
I stepped forward, saiuted, and then
I shook hands with the Scout commits
! siOner- The Fifth cavalry band gave
( n concert preceding the opening Of
I the court
Merit badges were awarded as fol-
Z lows. William Bulger. agriculture.
I first aid to animals, athletics. first
Z aid; John Rolphe Pratt. Interpreting
David ~ Roberts. signaling, path
finding. cooking, agriculture; Nor
man man Ferguson signaling; Harold
nan, cooking, public health. agricul-
ture. pathfinding. life saving. first
aid TO animals, athletics; Thomas
Hansen. cycling, carpentry. agricul-
ture, first aid to animals, public
I health; Maurice Sackett. agriculture.
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Loan Medals Awarded.
Victory loan medals were awarded
to the following: Jack Kennedy.
Z troop /, sold II bonds. value $500.
Wilson Esterly, troop 2, sold is bonds.
value $3.50; Jack Camp sold Is bonds.
value $500; Barton Hutchins. troop
Z. sold u bonds, value 1890; Frank
Stansel. troop 5. sold u bonds. value
$3.50; Carl Wyler, troop 6, sold is
bonds, value $780, Billie Clayton.
troop 6, sold is bonds. value $780,
Thomas Mariner, troop z, sold So
bonds ~alue $780, Norman Fergu-
son. i---0 s. sold Is bonds. value
SlO5O. cameron Wells, troop II. sold
L bonds, value S1050. Andrew Paquet,
troop q, sold Is bonds, value $500;
Thomas Mariner. troop 16. sold IS
bonds, value 1880 James TVallworI<.
troop II. sold four bonds. value $500.
Troop was awarded the German
helmet presented by the Liberty loan
committee for selling the largest
number OF bonds Of any Scout TROOP.
Thomas Mariner. troop z, sold more
Liberty bonds during all the drives
than any other scout in FL Paso,
though he has been working during
all the time from eight to ten hours
day. He sold 1s4 bonds for a total
Of S14,s0o.
Scout Harold Hall was introduced
as the first boy in FL Paso TO reach
the rank OF Star scout the first rank
below that OF Eagle Scout, which is
the highest in scouting.
Tests for the different grades OF
Scouts were passed by the following:
Troop I. Otto c. A5ecker. scoutmaster.
Scouts. Jack Kennedy, first class;
Dave Hatfield. tenderfoot: Carl Dom
nell. tenderfoot
Troop s. Walter Clayton, scout
master Scouts. Richard Lewis. Mar
vim Lowe, Harry Sanchez, Dudley
Springer, Joe AmadOr, second class.
Jasper Thompson. first class: Richard
IA Ell. tenderf0ot; Former Fleming,
second class
Troop s. Charles KIink. scout
master. Scouts. Glenn Curtiss,
tenderfoot; Lonis Ferguson. second
class George Howard second class
Gerald Levy. first class
Troop IS, J. NJ Buchanan. scout
master. Scouts. Newell Greer. second
class; Joseph Buchanan. tenderfoot
Troop Il, A W Mordel. scout
Spence, Edward Barton, James Well
work. tenderfoot
Appeals For support.
Announcement OF tag day 20 be
held Thursday was made by Scout
commissioner Rev. Fuller Swift "On
that day all persons in the city viii
be expected TO wear tag showing
they have Joined the Boy Scouts as
an associate member" he said. You
can all put at least 81 in the move
ment There is a whole lot in putting
a dollar Into something. I was the
organizer. leader and director OF the
first Scout band We needed quite a
lot OF money for equipment. instru-
ments and uniforms There was one
fellow I had known as a boy, and he
was what you might call a tight
wad-' worked and worked with
= D.
81 towards the expense OF that band
I never saw anybody get as much out
OF a dollar before Whenever the
band played he was there. and when
ever we went on trip. he was at
the train TO see us off and see US
back You see he had put money into
" Where your treasure IS, there
Will your heart be also We have had
some attention and some interest. /
but what We want now is the hearts
OF $4,000 people OF FL Paso inter-
ested in the Boy Scouts II we get
your dollar, we are sure We viii get
your hearts. also
Gen. Erwin Speaks.
Cen James B. Erwin. commanding
the FL Paso military district. made
the boys short address He said:
Il came on invitation to speak to
my friends. the Boy Scouts. and ] am
going to do it I am more afraid 10
speak to boys than to anyone else.
You boys hold In your hands the
power Of running this country In the
future. therefore men should be care
ful what they tell you Judge Lind
sey said II the Boy Scouts had been
organized ten years earlier. there
would be no need OF the juvenile
court I say. II the Boy Scouth had
been organized 90 years ago. Il is
more than probable we would not
have had war with Germany.
TO be able 10 handle this country.
you have got to live Il and be loyal
TO it. as you would be to some par
ticular boy friend When you see him
in trouble. you jump in and help him
IL your country is in trouble. do not
stop and waste time inQuiring
wheather she is right or wrong.
Jump in and help her first. and II
she is wrong, then do your part in ]
setting her right That is loyalty to
your country.
"A man or boy who thinks clean. /
viii always do the clean thing When l
thoughts come TO you which should /
not be in your mind. put them away. l
Be neat and trim all the time II at
any time you want 20 come and see
me and talk 10 me, I viii be glad TO
see you"
Need Time And Money.
Mat Richard f Burgess chairman !