The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-07-27
AZ SCOUTS WE'RE GUESTS
Spent One Hour in City Park in Rest
and FroIic. We're Manly Bunch
OF Boys

1t was manipulating and manly
acting bunch Of Boy Scouts from
Liberal, Kansas, who passed thru the
city Tuesday afternoon on their way
to the mountain scenic recorts of Colo
rado and to the Fronties Days celebra
ton in Cheyenne, Wyoming. They
stopped in Fowler one hour at the
special invitation of Scoutmaster Jim
Maxey, filled up on lemonade, rolled
on the grass in City Park and listened
ed to few remarks by local citizens,
then proceeded ON their way--happy
in the joys of their third annual out
ing
There were AT Scouts in the Bunch,
and they were travelling in three or
four REQ trucks. Down in Liberal,
Kansas, there is a real estate dealer
named John W. Baughman, who has
a big pocketbook-b also possessed
of bigger heart. He has the wei
fare of the boys at heart, and annual
Ay takes them on just such jaunt as
fhis. The first year they went down
on Coldwater Creek, in Oklahoma.
Last year they went to Dalhart, Tex,
thence to Ration, into the Taos Indian
country, then to Williamsburg and Pu-
eblo It was shortly after the big
June flood, and the boys saw the ter
rible wreckage left in the wake of the
high waters This year, as stated
above, Mr.. Baughman is taking the
Scouts to the Royal Gorge, Colo
rado Springs. and other mountain
resorts, thence to Cheyenne. Wyom-
ing, for the big Frontier Day cele-
Toration.
The Scouts are received nicely all
along the line, they told Tribune
reporter as we watched them in their
our of rest and frolic in City Park.
AT La Junta they enjoyed a swim in
the big swimming pool and Mr..
Baughman said he had no little
trouble in getting them to give up
the joys of that plunge-they want
ed to end the journey right there
and spend the remainder of their
vacation in the swimming pool.
Accompanying the Scouts and Mr..
Baughman are several capable lieu
tenants, including Scout Commission
er Rev. Eli Walker, pastor of the
Christian church in Liberal, Kan, and
who was a chaplin in the United
States forces in France during the
World War; Charles Buchanan, drill
master Harvey Franklin. Scout Mast
er; and Ralph Gray, assistant Scout
Master.
The boys are real Scouts. They
go into it for all it is worth. A
number of them wore merit badges
on the sleeves of their uniforms.
Robt, Baughman had twenty-seven
merit badges; Richard Zimmerman,
u; Harold Stephens. 10; Billy Mich
OILS, 8; Clifford Walker, 8; and Wade
Grinstead, 8. Others had merit bad
ges, but fewer in number Natural
ly they were proud of them, which
to them were marks of reward for
special efforts made in acquiring
a knowledge of Scoutism 1t meant
these boys had put in many days in
study and practice to become effic-
lent
The boys were met at the site of
Fowler's new swimming pool, as they
entered town, and were escorted to
the flag pole in the center of town,
where they saluted the Stars and
Stripes Then they were marched to
City Park, were the local Scouts had
prepared large jar of ice cold LEM
Onade. 1t was a sight worth seeing /
to watch those tired and thirsty boys
from Kansas ct on the outside of the
refresing lemonade. Trey surely en-
joyed it, as well as their hours stay
IN the shade of the Park. Judge H.
M. Fosdick, oldest in years and exper-
fence and youngest in pep Of the local
Roy Scout organization, told the Wis
Sting Scouts story of the early days
HI the West; Rev. R. D. Lowden, pas
tor of the Christian church, made
sort address; the Rev. Eli Walker
told us what the Boy Scouts Of Lib
eral are doing, and what the organi-
cation is teaching it's Scout members.
He spoke of what it means to be
clean in body, mind and morals and
how important it is for the men of
any community to get behind the boys
In work of this kind. One of the
visiting Scouts told of the work re-
CURED in order to be awarded a
merit badge and finally Mr.. Maxey,