Smyrna times., 1922-02-08
nIII+ILAYIDN BOY scouts
Nj TWELFTH ANNUAL JUBILEE

AtLfIH ANNOHL OOU'LlL
a SCOUTS OF AVER ANERlcA a, ARE ARE
" .r X 4rENDERFo0T CLASS"
.,i.,s Anniversary of the Order
~. celebrated by Smyrna Troop
1P Program for Ensuing Week
- Twelve years ago to-day, Feb
~ stb the Boy Scouts we're grant
ny FEDERAL ssi Charter and became an
'.,rsted body. The Boy Scout
iPoI'tee 4. 5o1 been developed by Sir Robert
I R IBsaden-POwell into a movement
.;,.ry ouerating in England, and to
w. :. svtent in other countries, with
y ss,,ntaIly but not exactly the same
a and law. The law, however, con-
= - If only ten points, the other
nth and 18th, being purely
'r,fesn. The program of activities
y also largely the same. All this
IN = to 1910, while in various parts
ais country the work had been
.,%pd independently with the use of
/ English Handbook. In the mean
y Nj. William D. Boyce, of Chicago
slUme back from a trip TO England
1rcy impressed with the great
uus and possibilities of chis move
v,t for the boys of America. He Sc
nu he cooperation of some friends
! Washington, D. c., and proceeded
incorporate and organize under the
NJ Of the District of Columbia. This
n effected on February 8, 1910.
lSut the same time, if not following
Il organization of the Boy Scouts of
Gnsics, other organizations for work
wmg boys began to assume national
as; and the first big job the Boy
suut leaders had on their hands was
hH to unite, as far as possible
ase various agencies. Soon all we've
merged except the American Boy
SUts, who continued operation as Z
spsrste organization until 1919. Ii
Bls new Charter was secured by
b Boy Scouts of America, which So
ulch further protected the use of tn,
zane, insignia, uniform, ETC., that tn,
lntican Boy Scouts began to die ;
EErsl death.
iuyna Troop Organized March I91,
Twelve years ago the Boy Scou
nFenent was new here in the Unite,
Sziss, but by the end of the first yea
iadreds Of thousands of ooys wer
Ng enrolled, and several thousan
n1 mad offered themselves as Scout
laiters. In March 1913 Smyrn
mop No. l was organized and by tn
y q July of that same year 16 boy
I passed the Tenderfoot tests an
loOp was formally registered g
.'a'na Headquarters. Since thu
.ne almost 100 boys have passe
-'0gh various stages of Scout Pre-
!is@ At the present time there al
~ rSSs0alnaster, the Revd. Thomas Get
a l assistant scoutmaster. M
@PAen L. Cloud, 4 merit bade
a4S' first class scout, 7 secont
= scouts and 6 tenderfoot sco,,
sSngma; together with 5 mer
1ge scouts, 2 secOnd-class scouts al
xnGenoot scouts in Claytor; CO
.a'sa with the Troop. Sometime la
,-liief \ at a Scout demonstration
~ slaly' New York, Governor Miller
= i0k was officially enrolled as
se'laFy tenderfoOt, and this plan h
NC0me definite principle of t
I Iaal ,a. organization. In markiI
'ln anniversary, therefore. the
U''p plan the following activitie
'''si'n Outlined for Ensuing We
M s,Sugnt' Wednesday, at the clo
I,l..l NJ prayer meeting in Asbury NJ.
E5.;. %nOol room, Rev. Ransom
m II, = rev. }. NJ. L. Eckard and \
y, ..ls rnse Will be signed up as he
s,.,' 'snuei1oot scouts with a reguI
s,tsJ y: Inc public generally ;
n s !. 70 attend this ceremony a
S,,. V give the Scouts more mo
ssn... M. 'lan in the past. Cn Frid
1,g lcaugt at the Clayton school, Mr..
II bs,or,a bi'S Will be signed up and
Saj,n ~e an honorary renderfoot.
Isr,. ! morning at II o'clock
'aa y. boys will attend service
4, ,sts ], ! ;. Church, and the CLAW
Cation '1V ~ p m. in Trinity Chur
ss,t l II Is further planned to
sp,t, meeting Of the boys and h
as IN !. Or ,, guardians on next Mon,
1 ssltS...n !, me Scout headquarters. =,
\ a S'sf gsJ sa and the Troop commi,
\ tssf IN \. % take this opportunity
II Sasssi regular subscribers for Ii
\ ,,.1.. ~. support, and to ask them
|0 b Is25 '. very shortly to respond
san !. W COllections. A cordial il
I'd II ,:.' extended to every one in
A Gaia~v VISIT VISIT Scout headquarters
\ d ssa Sght q between the hours
N y PETERS CHURCH NOTE