Evening journal., 1922-09-16
BOY SCOUTS in
CONVENTION
Wilmington Represented at
Blue Ridge, N. c., by
Frank A. Greenhawk
HONOR COURT TO
MEET OCTOBER 4

Frank A. Greenhawk, executive OF
the Boy Scouts. left on Monday foi
Blue Ridge. N. c., to attend the Sec
ond biennial conference OF Scout
Executives. He will be gone two
weeks. over four hundred Scout
Executives are expected TO attend
this big conference from all over the
United States, and there will also be
foreign representatives present. A
wonderful program is laid out and
every executive will bring back new
methods, new organization plans
and all the latest information on all
phases of scouting. Big men of this
country and ahsoad will be the
speakers; experts of national fame
in campcraft and scoutlore have
been secured 10 act as instructors
among whom are the famous old
Scout Commissioner Dan Beard, and
Ralph Hubbard, who is an authority
N Indian dances. This conference
b undoubtedly the biggest and most
important OF its kind that has ever
been staged in this or any ether
country.
Scout Commissioner Garrick Maj
lory, Jr., judged the exhibits
Brought TO headquarters last Satur-
DAY morning to pick the five candi-
dates from Delaware TO the Eastern
States Exposition to be held at
Springfield. Mass. September II TO
25 The boys picked by their ex-
hibits are: Scout Laurence Wad-
man. Troop No. 2e; Scout william
{ gorge, Troop No. 2s: Earl Hearn.
Troop No. 26; Ernest Solway, Troop
No. 81; Francis Harrington. Troop
No. 81. The scouts will leave for
the Mohawk Indian village and will
sbond a week at this wonderful ex-
D .sition, all expenses paid. There
vfll be scouts from ten Eastern
States who will camp at the village
aNd give demonstrations and ex-
hibits OF scout work and all be Of
service TO the exposition.
Don't forget the first fall meet
ing OF the Court OF Honor-October
4. There are several applications
for life and star and eagle scouts to
come before this court. A great
r'any merit badges were passed at
camp this summer and we want the
scouts 10 continue along this line.
Surely you can find time to get in
three applications a month. There
~ omises to be a strong competition
between troops this fall and winter
es 20 which troop will have the most
merit badges. Get in on this and
don't let your troop be a back num-
Der. Remember all applications for
the Court OF Honor must be at
headquarters five days before the
court convenes.
Troop No. Is working hard on
their seascout work and 16 boys
have passed their cabin boy tests in
the last week and some are working
n sioop tests, so they will be eligible
for a boat soon. The troop expects
TO have a good football time this
season.
Trop No. 81 had 40 members
present at the first fall meeting OF
this troop last Friday night and a
brand new idea for troop organiza-
tion was tried out. A 100 per cent.
meeting is expected this Friday
night. The troop sent two delegates
10 the Eastern States Exposition,
they being Ernest Solway and Fran
els Harrington.
Troup No. 26 had hike out to the
cabin on Saturday and worked on
the cabin and practiced for the
Penn's Grove field meet which they
expect to enter on September 2s
any other troops wishing to enter or
to go over as spectators are well
come. John Quinn and Nelson Fritz
viii act as Judges at the meet, which
will be at 1.sO p. m.