The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-11
BUY SCOUT UNIT. AT SYLACAUGA ONE.
 IF STATES BEST.
Avondale Mills Helps Boys Along By Erecting Fine Cabin-SCout AnniVer-
 sary Celebrated

SYLACAUGA, Ala, Feb. 10.-(Spe- cial.r-Boy Scouts of Mignon and sylacauga who form one of the strongest camps in the state have been busy this week celebrating na- tional scout anniversary week. The week will be concluded Sunday with a final program at the Mignon Opera House at 8 o'clock, when a scout pageant will be presented The court of honor will award seven badges to Newton Canterberry, Jim Stanton, Leonard Stockdales and Clarence Kitchen, pr. Purcell of the First Methodist church of Talladega, will make a talk on scouting.
 The Boy Scout organization had It's beginning here on May l. 1921 when 50 boys of Mignon gathered at the Kindergarten and organized. On the fourth of the following July, the people of the town first realized that the Boy Scouts had become part of their life; as the youngsters made their first appearance in uniform and took part In the barbecue exer- cises of the day. The boys earned the money to purchase these uni forms by cleaning the streets of the town.
 In August the troop had fifty three members, who had become more or less seasoned to their duties and in body they made trip to Birmingham where they spent week at Camp Andrews. Shortly after their return home they made their second camping trip and this time 1t was held at Griffiths fish traps on the Coosa river.
 Build Own Cabin
 On January l, 1922, there were many first and second-c1ass scouts in the troop, and the fast develop due largely to the assistance of their leader, Lawrence Simcox. During the first few months of the year, the troop was visited several times by Roland Shine and MT. McCulley. of the Birmingham Scout organiza- tions, and they did much to in struct the scouts In their work. When the weather warmed up, the Avondale Mills granted the troop plot of ground at Oden's mill about three miles from. town where the 
 and built a scout cabin and spent many hours in its confines there after.
 Later in the summer the Avondale Mills became more interested Tn the scout work, which resulted in, first, the building and equipping of model scout meeting hall in the new gymnasium. Hardly had this been completed before they erected per haps the most attractive scout cabin in tho state. It is rustic log structure with foundations of stone being about 30 by 75 feet in size.
 By September the troop had out grown its rating as a troop and the scouts were reorganized into the Mignon District No. 2, under the Choccoloco Council. It was then that three troops appeared in Mig non.
 Nineteen hundred and twenty three found the scout organization in Mignon consisting of an executive board. court of honor, troop com mitteemen, examiner and three troops of 75 members. There are now F first-class scouts, 22 second-class scouts, and the re- mainder are tenderfoot scouts. Four teen merit badges have been award ed by the court of honor at its two settings.
 The scout work Is Tn charge of l.. R. Simpson, who devotes his entire time to the work.
 The leaders of the work may be considered in groups as follows: H. H. Hill Is scout master, and Luther Mizzell is assistant of Troop No. 1. Ray Burris is scout master, and Henry Moncrief Is the assistant of Troop No. 2. E. w. Brown Is scout master and Chick Moore Is the as- sistant of Troop No. 8.