The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-04-14
BOY SCOUT ACTIVITIES.


IN Americas national game. baseball.
Teams have been organized in Troops
2, T. E. Howell scoutmaster: Troop
,. t. o. Heinrich. scoutmaster: Troop
81, Father Leo Gill scoutrnaster;
Troop 81, W. c. Rourk scoutmaster:
Troop SO. @. l. Satterwhite, scoutmss-
ter; Troop So. James M. Perdue.
scoutn1aster: Troop 20, W. II. Gillette,
seoutmaster, and Troop SO. Wilbur
Whitlow. scoutn aster, and teams are
in process of organization in several
other troops. The results OF the games
VIII he published in the scout bulletin.
aud IL will he suggested that the win
ming teams after each game challenge
each other. Last week Troop % de-
feated SO with a score of % to 6,
Scout Band.
Thcre is much interest IN the for
nation of n Boy Scout hand. A very
| talented leader and instructor has
promised to take charge. and applica-
tons are now ready to be received.
It ia the aim of the scout authorities
10 enroll at least fifty scouts before
undertaking the organization of a
! hand. Following is a list of the scouts
who have already turned in appica
tons: John Cray. Clarence Otto. Ew-
art Valentine. Frank Luck. william
Glenn. Herbert Nedermayer James
Clary, Cecil Hase, Lloyd Powell. Louis
Sidenberg, George Bahen. James
Reardon, Leonard A. Ross. Elwood
Fidler and Carter Glenn.
Liberty Fires.
A suggestion has Just come from
Northumberland Sir Robert S s.
Baden Powell that Boy Scouts the
world over celebrate the signing Of
| peace by appropriate ceremonies and
the burning of enormous fires to Gel
| citrate the cleansing of the nations
| which shines from land TO land and
sea to sea today. because Of the great
| victory which has just been won in
the name of liberty and democracy.
| The scoutunasters of Richmond have
unanimously adopted the idea and
| will lay plans for laying of liberty
| fires, provided permission can be Sc
| cured from the fire department per-
| hitting such cerem onies.
The Dethol company has a. large lot
and store room at Meadow and Mar
| shall streets. IT also has a lot of
| crates which 1t offers to give the Boy
Scouts for their big liberty fires as
! outlined above The building can be
used for storage for other boxes
| Troops are invited to make use OF this
Scoutmasters' Meeting
Last Tuesday night by far the jarg-
est and one OF the best scoutmasters'
club meetings was held at local head
| quarters. A buffet supper was served.
| and on roll call the officials arose,
| saluted gave their name and troop
number. told their birthplace, how
long they had been living in Rich
1 mond and hcw long in scout work.
The feature of the meeting was an
address by DIR. Douglass Freeman and
a demonstration of Knot tying by
four scouts OF Troop Is.
The next meeting OF the club will be
held Tuesday. May 6. at 6:15 P. NJ.
at scout headquarters, for supper.
Hats off TO President Howell and his
committees for making the Scoutmas-
ters' club go Interesting.
In Process of Organization.
Many local troops are in process of
organization, and several scoutmasters
are undergoing their probationary
training preparatory to taking up the
work. Jay Odell. manager Western
Electric company. has signed up for
work at St Paurs church with old
Troop 5. MIR. Odell is the SUCCESSOR
10 Howard Hall as manager OF the
Western Electric company. and will
now succeed Mr.. Hail as scoutmaster
of Troop 8.
r. S. Burlington, manager s. Galeski
| Optical company. and for many years
member of the merit badge faculty in
poultry keeping. has applied for a
commission as scoutmaster OF Troop
81. Highland Park Methodist church.
Wilbur Whitlow, OF Fulton: Taylor
Lafoon, American National bank. and
Robert Brown. American National
bank. are completing their training
and will be ready to make formal ap-
plication for commission in the next
week or ten days.
Troops are IN process of formation
at the House of Happiness, Methodist
institute, Laurel-Street NJ I h o d
church, Centenary Methodist. En-
manuel Episcopal. Brook Hill.
/ Recommendations have been re-
ceived at the local headquarters on
the strength OF which invitations hav.
been sent the following gentlemen to
, become scout officials: Kenneth Wood,
recommended bv Deputy Commission
er Stuart Ragland; II. w. Strother.
, recommended by Deputy Commits
sioner J. Binford Walford, and Mr..
Whiting, recommended by President
Z T. E. Howell
II Neidermayer Pyle and Assistant
scoutmaster Fred Jones took charge
of the ushering at the auditorium Fri
day evening, April IL, on the occasion
of the visit OF Secretary Carter Glass.
Twenty-four members of the class
in scouting at the Union Theological
seminary, Ginter Park. will hike to the
scout camp from Centralia Monday.
Scout Executive Chas. l.. Weaver will
teach these young men how to cook
their dinner in the open. This class
has been studying scouting on Monday
| evenings throue hout the past year, un-
. der the direction OF Executive Weaver
and will go to their respective fields
where they will take up ministerial
work with n good knowledge of scout
: ing and a sound appreciation Of boys
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