Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-09-07
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Two troops, NOS. L anu a. HeetinB Ii
Joint session in the little nursery
building on Tabernacle grounds
which filled the little building to its
capacity. The meeting was called to
order by Assistant Scout Master
Geo. r. Black, following which Scout
McMahan was directed to proceed
with the roll call and collection of
dues, when the scouts came to a ris-
ing attention to their master and
Joined in the repeating of the scout
oath, following which their guests
OF honor consisting of President Geo.
r. Hilty and Postmaster N. A.
Stumpe, treasurer of the Osceola dis
trict council, Boy Scouts of America,
embracing six Florida counties, were
received by all scouts coming to at
tention to their feet with the usual
scout salute of welcome to their
guests.
President Hiity took the floor in
shert address. telling his scouts he
was indeed pleased to be back with
them; that he often thought of them
while away on his northern vacation
tour, but that he and his boys,
daughter and others, came very near
going down and losing their lives in
Chesapeake bay, which he wanted to
lecture to them on in the very near
future at one of the regular meeting
nights. 4
The question was raised by the !
scouts in reference to an encampment
trip for the week, and inasmuch as |
the Palatka schools open next Mon
day morning it was deemed advisable |
and in order by President Hilty,
Treasurer Stumpe and Mr.. Lew S.
Barstow, chairman of the camp COM
rnittee, that this pleasure be allowed
the scouts as a whole, in order that |
they might return refreshed and
ready to enter their school work. So !
it was unanimously acquiesced by
all scouts that the encampment be
had at the famous Silver Springs |
near Ocala beginning Tuesday after
noon, September S. Treasurer Stumpe |
made nice short talk on the ar
engagements, what it meant to all |
scouts, and that the business men
stood ready to help the Boy Scouts
in all things of right and honor. The
meeting was then adjourned until
their next regular meeting night
Monday night, September IL, when a
very interesting meeting will be
pulled off.
All arrangements were set in or
der for the departure of the scouts
headed by their scout master, George
r. Black, in charge last evening,
transportation arrangements having
been made and furnished by the bust
ness men over the Ocklawaha rail
road, which train left the Union sta
ton at $3.50 p. m. 1t was an inter
esting scene to see the scouts board
their train, each with his luggage
across his back; another feature, the
loading of ration provisions in good
quantities, the scouts, consisting as
follows:
Walter Minton, William Howard
Hilty, Raleigh Pert, Robert Powell
more, Charles Whitlock, Ernest Pow
ell, Buster (Robert) Rogers, Louie
Merryday, Ralph Morten, Jack Hedg- ,
ers, Ellsworth eagle, Harry Rogers,
Nathan Harris, W. D. Wright, Alfred
Coddington, Ed. Morgan, Brantley ;
6rannon, Charles Stallings, Louis
Stricklin, j. W. Perry, Charles
Milton Comick, EBAY Hill 7
y, Archie Black, Billie Carswell,
Teddy Perrin, Walburgh Steen, Madi- 8
ION Pound, Manuel Rogers.
To those consisting of some 35-odd
II more, who could not avail them :
selves of this pleasure but for stick
ng to their jobs, we will see to it 9
nat you, too, have a treat of some ,
sind. Many Of our scouts have been {
Town hard at work during the sum-
ner accommodating funds to aid them =
n their school work in obtaining an n
and we want to say to all
# you scouts, you are mighty fine +
md promising set of boys, credit
o our town, and we feel that you are +
going to accomplish many more great $
Kings in the general welfare of your {
own. A few words may also be ap- I
said in this connection of =
he splendid work put over by Pres f
dent Hilty in scout activities. Too q
much cannot be said of the untiring :
fforts of President Hilty in bring t
ng the Boy Scouts organization S
where it stands today; even though /
le has labored among acute trying /
he has mastered them; q
e has had the best interest, father t
nd mother, of your boy at heart as I
luch so as though his own, and when r
re render such service to our chill c
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