Evening star., 1922-01-29

Elaborate Preparations are being
made for the celebration Of the
twelfth anniversary of the incorpora-
tion of the Boy Scouts Of America to
be held At the Central High School
Auditorium Friday evening February
10, when Col. Theodore Roosevelt, as
sistant secretary Of the Navy, will be
the guest Of honor.
The Scouts are looking forward to
the big rally and it is predicted that
all of the $500 Scouts Of the District
will attend the mass meeting. Mr..
Roosevelt is more to Boy Scouts than
| the son of an illustrious father tor
peake Bay was named. He is Scout
himself personally interested in the
movement, a member of the national
| council and bound by the same oath
and laws that unite all Scouts to-
gether. =
Observance Nationwide.
At the same time the anniversary is
| being observed here, $4,000 Scouts
throughout the rest OF the country
will hold similar exercises.
In addition to the address by Col.
Roosevelt there will take place the
presentation of the Eagle Scout
! badge, the highest award a Scout can
earn, 10 HNe new EdSie ScOuIS' oil v,
the other Eagle Scouts being seated
! on the platform. Huston Thompson,
president of the District of Columbia
| Council of the Boy Scouts. will. pre-
| side. and Colin H. Livingstone. presi.
dent of the National Council, Will
present awards.
In the annual inspection competi-
| ton for The Evening Star trophy the
following troops won places: Divl-
sion III, Deputy Commissioner F. r
Matthes in charge: First, Troop SO
Scoutmaster .R. K. Hall. 1920; second
Troop, 20. DIR. Walter Merrill. scout
master 1S.47.
Division vi, Deputy Commissioner
Henry Tryon: First, Troop /. L. G
| Wilson, scoutmaster, 96.53; second
| Troop So. c. NJ Marsh, scoutmaster
s6.16; third, Troop 81. r. H. Sargent
u. w. Tal1ey. scoutmaster. S0.19.
| Division VII, Maj. II. E. King. dep
uty commissioner: First. Troop 101
| Frank Sherwood. scoutmaster. 6S.S5
second troop, 104, r. NJ. Thomas
scoutmaster, 6244. The final inspec-
ton to determine the holder OF, OF ine NJ
Star trophy for the next year Will be
| a feature of the anniversary week
program and will take place at the
Central Y. NJ. c. A. on Saturday even
ling, February IL.
Three New Eagle Scouts.
| At the court of honor last Tuesday
evening three scouts were added to
| the growing list of Eagle Scouts in
Washington. They are Scouts Dun
can Bradley, Troop /; John Raby
| Troop 1, and Henry Barlow, Troop
40 This makes a total of twenty
eight Eagle Scouts in Washington
and is the largest number to have at
tanned Eagle Scout rank since May
l192O, when four scouts received that
distinction. Troop l now has eleven
eagles and Troop 40 has three.
| At the same court, Edgar Eagles
ton. Troop 9. became Life and Star
Scout, and there were three new Merit
Badge Scouts: William Bradford
Troop 80; Ray Abbaticchio. Troop SO
and Ray Gable, Troop "A.
| Twenty-eight merit badges were
granted to the following scouts: S
D. Bradley. No. 1; r. c. Hunt. No.
Harry Lamberton, No. i; H. G. Min
| nergerode. No. !: H. D. Nicholson, No
IL: John Raby. No. 1 r. Abbaticchio
Ray Gable. No. "A; E. F. Eagleston
No. 9; Gerald Munson. No. 40; Will
liam Bradford, No. 80.
! Scoutmaster Bowman of Troop IL
has registered two new assistant