Evening star., 1922-02-19
Troop 40 Win. In,pect,on.

Troop 40. Thomas A. King scout
master. won the final inspection for
The Star trophy last Saturday night
at the Y. NJ c. A.. by the narrow mar
gin OF fifteen one-hundredths of a
point. The cup was awarded by
Deputy Commissioner James I. Lee Of
Division ~, to which Troop 40 be-
longs. The standing of the winning
tlr troop was 1886: Troop l. Division vi.
Troop SO. Division III. finished third:
Troop 40, Division v, fourth: Troon
101, Division VII, fifth, and Troop 29,
Division I, sixth. A feature Of the
evening was the excellent playing Of
4s. under the leadership Of sergt.
Henry Lovelace and Scoutmaster Cole.
Troop 40 celebrated it's victory with
a banquet rendered to the entire troop
az AZ me En.,o city Club last Tuesday night
low. Deputy. Commissioner James I.
Lee and Assistant Executive Linn c,
Drake were guests Of honor. The
silver cup. decorated with the motto
OF the troop. 1T Can't Be Done. But
tion. Following the banquet, the
scouts had full swing in the gym
naslum for games and activities.
Sea Scouts.
Under the direction of Portmaster
Adrian Sizer and Sea Scoutmaster
ma,Igr MI aEir the 1s Sea Scout Troop is now
gram Of meeting and activities for
| the balance Of the winter and early
spring Is being mapped out that will
lead directly to great times on the
water next summer. The troop had
big feed" at it's meeting last Tues
| day evening at the Capital Yacht
club. There was a large attendance
| and considerable enthusiasm.
Troop 20 at Church.
| Troop 20 was addressed at the
| Fourth Presbyterian Church last Sum
| aay 1y conn II. Livingston, national
| president of the Boy Scouts Of Amer
! lea. at which time he spoke Of the
| growth and progress Of scouting as
only he knows it, showing that it is
really a movement" and not merely
an organization. The troop was es-
pecially pleased to have Mr.. Living
| ston present, and now calls itself the
| presidents own" After this short
| address Or; Joseph T. Kelly delivered
special Boy Scout sermon to the
| ing. Thirty-four boys out Of a pos
sible thirty-eight were present. A
rcusing meeting was held last Friday
night at the troop headquarters, at
! voted in and four new members added
their names to the roll, making the
total now forty-two. The new rotata-
Bile program was put into effect with
Scout.
| master David Stevens having charge
of the second-class instruction and
Assistant Scoutmaster Myers Chaires
the frst-class group, Scoutmaster
Ellis s. Middleton being in charge.
Scout Conion of the Moose Patrol and
Senior Patrol Leader Hayes won out
for the Eagles. A hike Sunday after
noon is scheduled for the purpose Of
that the troop may acquire.
TakOma Park Event,
The greatest event so far in the life
Of Troop 33. Yakoma Park, Mai.
Frank Moorman, scoutmaster, was the
| ia ther and son banquet held in the
basement Of the Presbyterian Church.
| combination of the excellent dinner
served by the scout mothers and the
short. spicy addresses of eight scouts
Richardson, Simons, Rulapaugh,, Mills,
Hobart, H. Seamen, Linton and Plum
ly. Others from the church, scout
headquarters, the neighboring troops
| and the fathers spoke. but the palm
goes to the scouts. Last Sunday this
! troop from the Presbyterian Church.
and Troop II. from the Episcopal
| Church, attended a service in the Ad-
ventist Church, addressed by DR.. La
| Rue of the Baptist Church.
Troop 81. Mr.. J. N. Baker. scoutmas.
| ter, observed the scout birthday by
| anu participating IN the
! service at the Georgetown Presby-
| terian Church. Part of the service
was the presentation to the troop Of
an American flag by the Senior Gov
Welles Society, Children of the Amer.
| lean Revolution.
| Troop IS. William A. Smell, scout-
; master, attended service at the Gar
! den Memorial Presbyterian Church.
! Anacostia, Sunday.
| The old scout cabin, formerly the
| property and meeting place of Troop
IS, Annacostia. was destroyed by Are
last week.
| Thanked by Mayor.
Troop 103, Mount Rainier, distin.
guished itself by f1se piece of ser
vice in cleaning snow from the
streets in the recent storm, and
Scoutmaster Charles H. Pryor has re-
ceived the following commendation:
| "The mayor and council take this
means of expressing their apprecia-
ton for the work done on our streets
| by members of your troop son Satur-
| day, the 18th instant, and also COM
mend you, as scoutmaster, for the
ability to infuse the spirit Of unself-
iishness in the fine bunch of boys un-
| der your care. Your troop did piece
of work which the town has ne fund