Evening journal., 1922-04-08
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At the regular meeting of the
Court Of Honor. held at headquar-
ters. 22S West Ninth street. We'd
nesday, the following Scouts were
awarded badges:
]. Curtis Sinclair, Russell Weiss,
Lawrence A. Deverell, George Fink,
Edgar Hare, Jr.. Vaughn Whitesall,
Grantland Bennett, Hugh G.. Carter
(scoutmaster), Howard r. Whitta-
wer, Ellwood Stayton, william
George, School Geisbert, James NJ.
Shorts (scoutmaster), ID. William
Wade, Ernest J. solway, Jr., Went
worth Deverell, Edwin Limberger,
Franklin G. Ainsworth.
The Court OF Honor approved a
district Court OF Honor, located at
Smyrna and Clayton. Del. c. w. W.
schantz. superintendent OF public
schools: c. Leland Harmonson, r.
F. Corley and Howard r. Jones
we're named as the committee OF the
court. with power to pass on tests
and awards.
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Scoutmaster James NJ. Shorts,
scoutmaster Of Troop 26, refused a
position in Pittsburgh so that he
might stay with the Scouts in Will
mlngton. Mr.. Shorts is now en-
ployed at the Edge Moor Iron
Works.
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Scout Executive Greenhawk has
been very busy with his bird lecture
since giving It at Troops 2S and 81
last Friday night. He presented his
lecture, Birds and Their Native
Haunts," in the auditorium OF School
No. on Thursday afternoon at 1
o'clock; in School No. 2s at 2
o'clock. and at No. 2 School today.
Next Monday afternoon. at 2 o'clock,
he will give It at No. 9 School. This
lecture is very interesting and Is IL
iustrated by many colored photo
graphs and deals with most OF the
common birds OF Delaware. Many
OF the pictures are from life.
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Lorne ". Barclay. director OF the
educational department national
headquarters. has again been re-
! leased for two months to go to
France with the American commit
tee for devastated France.
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Troop 2s had 30 Scouts out last
Friday night alnd were busy as bees
working on merit badges (as shown
\ by the above reporD. and also for
/ the field meet. The troop reregis-
tered this week with forty Scouts
and splendid report OF last years
work. There were thirteen boys Of
the troop working on merit badges,
with s3' merit badges passed, and
the troop won second place in three
field meets.
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troop No. 81 reregistered this
week for their second year OF scout
ing with an increase OF 2S Scouts.
They report two life and star Scouts
and ten merit badge Scouts. These
Scouts have done very crediable
work considering the fact that Mr..
Carter, their scoutmaster. Is a new
man in scouting and the facilities
the troop had for carrying on scout
craft in its proper sense. Neverthe-
less. we must all admit that the
scoutmaster and troop have certain
ly made good" and we will all say.
More power TO them"
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Let's get right down to brass
tacks about Boys Life What Is II
that really counts? When you ask
your straight from the shoulder
. question: What does Boys Life dc
to make more and better Scouts?"
!. The chaps whose answers you want
, are the boys-the Scouts-the bet
ter Scouts. Attention. please. Sc
D nior Patrol Leader G.. Stewart
/ Brown, Arizona. leads or and tells
you how the whole Scout movement
3 in his town is due TO an accidental
p reading of the stray copy OF Boys
: Life. II became a Boy Scout enthusi.
q ast through chance reading of 9