The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-12-17
WILSON PRAISES SO SCOUTS

President Wilson has sent personal
letters of congratulation and common
dalton to fifty-three Boy Scouts Of
America one in each state, territory
and possession and In the District OF
Columbia. They are the scouts who
made the best records in the sale of
Thrift and War Savings stamps in
their various states during the 1918
savings campaign. These tokens of
personal recognition of the services Of
the youngsters were delayed first by
the Presidents trip TO France, and
later by his serious illness. However,
he never forgot his agreement with
the boy scouts.
The conclusion of each letter reads
thus:
II thank you In the name of the
whole country. and l wish to convey
to your parents, your community and
your Boy Scout organization. my ap-
probation of the training that has de-
veloped In you such a fine spirit of
wholesome and loyal citizenship"
Over s45,000O00 worth of Thrift
and War Savings stamps were sold by
boy scouts in the 1918 campaign. The
best record was made by G. Schuyler
Tarbell of Ithaca, New York, who dis
posed Of stamps aggregating ST.
215.25. James Campbell, of Lorain.
Ohio, was second with sales of 49,
1926. and Edward Stevenson Of
Newark, n. j., third with S41 .551.75.
The boys to whom the letters were
directed are:
Cooper Wadsworth, Gadsden, Ala;
Ted B. Miller, Clarksdale, Ariz.; NJ.
E. Newbern, Mariana, Ark; Shep-
Laurence Black. Pueblo, Col. ); Carl t.
Chadsey, Stanford, Conn; Frank D.
Laekey, Wilmington, Del; S. G.
Lichtenberg, Washington, D. c.; v.
Grant Bernard. Tampa, Fla; w. FL.
Young. Jr.; Columbus, Ca; Joseph
Mccarthy, Wallace, Idaho; Robert
Clover, La Grange. H.; Rudolph
Stempfel. Indianapolis, Ind; Francis
Hobart, Rockwell City, Iowa; George
| D. Hanna. Clay Center, Kans. Crau-
| man Marks. Georgetown. KY; Don
/ Norman, Patterson, La; 0rland
Sweeter. South Windham, Me-; Ho-
well c. Lowell, New Windsor, Md
Harold White, Lowell, Mass: John
Carlisle. Detroit, Mich; Bernard Sill
verstein. Duluth, Mimi; W. L. Brown,
Poplarville, Miss; Robert Martin.
Craig, Mo-; Ellis Dutton. Butte. Mon
tana; Edgar Mathers, Falls City,
Neb.; Edward Maxwell, East Ely,
New; C. Danforth, Warner, n H.;
Edward Stevenson, Newark, N. j.;
Clarence Home, Carlsbad, N. Mex;
G. Schuyler TarbelI. Ithaca, n. Y;
John F. Blair, Winston-Salem, N. c.;
Gordon Reeder. Wahpeton, N. D.;
James Campbell. Lorain, o.; L. l.
Atkins. Muskogee, Okla; r. Otterheim-
er, Portland, Ore; Ralph William
Stanley, Lewisburg Pa; Harry Weth-
erald, Providence. R. l.; Milton Lit
tlejohn, Bolton, S. c.; Clarence Mo
ran, Armour. S. D.; Eugene Eager,
Knoxville, Tenn; Erwin Speckels, La
Grange, Tex: Lawrence Dunkley,
Salt Lake City, Utah; Charles E.
4 S1hs o4OIttJCA4Cl, w. StdAChNC
nett. Saltville, Va; Willie Bridges,
Hoquian, Wash; Sam Hanauer.
Wheeling, W. Va, Arthur Gruhl, Mil
waukee, Wis; Kenneth McKenna,
Lander. Wyo.; Raymond Hunter, Bal
boa, Canal Zone; Philip Zane. Homo
lulu. Hawaii; Charles Harding. San
Juan, Porto Rico; Norman Russell.
Fairbanks, Alaska.
Each of these boy scouts has al
ready received from the treasury de-
partment a gold palm for his achieve
ment. Other scouts who made such
records in sales as to deserve very
high recognition were also awarded
these gold palms, AIT in all, but only
the scouts who stood highest in each
state received President Wilson's let
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