Evening star., 1924-08-24

Camp Roosevelt, the Washington
Boy Scout camp on Chesapeake Bay
closed the most successful year in its
history at the end of the first week in
August. In interest, in work ac-
complished. and in genuine good
times this year was a record break er
High points were the fact that the 355
camp letters and numerals were wor
by scouts and awarded, as compared
with a previous high water mark OF
113; the winning of 400 merits dur
ing the camp season, and the advance
of 20 scouts from second to first class
and of 40 from tenderfoot to second
class.
Five scouts reached the highest
rank in scouting, that OF Eagle. dur
ing the camp season. They were II
W. Finch and Joseph s. Eaton, TrooI
35; John b. Richardson, Troop AZ
J. Wilson Leverton, Troop 40, and Le-
land Chandler, Troop 104.
The list of medals and awards Won
include the following: Troop ad-
vancement trophy plaque went tc
Troop AZ, Unitarian Church; Troop 33
Takoma Park Presbyterian Church
was second, and Troop 40, Powell
School, third. The inspection plaque
was won by Troop SO, Brookland NJ
E. Church.
The highest individual award the
camp offers is the honor medal
granted to one scout each week. Win
ners for the six weeks were: First
week, Philip Herrick. Troop IS; Sec
ond week. George Strong, Troop 81
third week, George wales, Troop Is
fourth week, Edward Seidel, Troop
33; fifth week, Bradford Alternately
Troop 63, and sixth week, Homer
Smith, Troop 49,
The individual award. made were
Scoutcraft, gold medal. Frank Grimes
Troop SO; silver medal Ben Morgan
~; bronze medal, Philip Herrick. Is
Advancement, gold medal, Albert Nc
Pherson. "A; silver medal f. d
Smith. SO; bronze medal, Ben Morgan
~. Nature study, gold medal, Philip
Herrick, Is; silver medal. Hug
Wertz, II; bronze medal, William
Phelan, Troop /, Handicraft, gold
medal, Frank Grimes, 49, Camp nu-
merals, representing the obtaining OF
100 points in the three-year program
were won by A. Mcpherson, Troop "a
Those representing 800 points were
won by l. Phillips. As; w. Myers, 40;
p. Brightenburg, 100, and H. Child
10.
The numerals representing 7oG
points in the second-year program
were won by w. Phelan, 1: p Herrick
Is; F. Grimes. 80; H. Smith, 80: j
Boyd, 40; b. Morgan, AZ; E. D. Smith
SO. and r. Mickey, 100.
Those representing 500 points were
awarded to C. Cardwell, 81; j. Rogers
81. and ]. Randolph. 96.
Those requiring 800 points were
won by f. Roth, IS; G. Wales, Is;
O. Whipple. AZ; r. Horn. So: r. Full
ton, 81, and W. McBroom, IS.
Those in the first-year program
representing 700 points went to J.
Boswell, /; X. Chadwick, /: r. Cham
bers, l; D. Harris. s; H. Higgins. 10;
H Wertz, IL; ]. Davis, IL: s. Fluckey
Is; D. Craig, 20; J. Freeman. 20; F..
Gemeny, 20; L. Voshall, 80; S. Shaw,
80; f. Seidel, 80; J. Eaton, 35; NJ.
Collier, 80; H. Smith. 40; H. Sheerer
~: +. Murphy. AZ; F. Black, AZ: w.
OLoughlin, 46; G. Bell As; A. Hutton
40; H. Mears, So: S. Mears, So: A.
Leonard. 55; s. Chambers, 56; L. Hol-
land, 81: r. Gordon, 81; ]. Gassaway.
64; l. Paulin, 64; VI. Hudson, 81; G.
Potter 20; r. Shostick, 10: o. Bland
ford, So; G. Finegan, 90; y. Kirby, SO;
A. Beasley. SO; ]. Orme, SO: f. Burke
s6: l. Adams, 100; T. Sawtelle, 100; L.
Morsher, 1oi; T. Brown, 11o; B. Cation,
126, and D. Warburton, so.
Those boys making the numerals
representing 500 points were G. Cook,
s: W. Campbell, 10; ]. Goldberger
10; D. Huntress, Is; D. Ball, 16; e
Shuttle. 29: r. Shaw, 30; r. Shuro, SO;
*. Smith, SO; NJ dEspard, 80: J. Rich
ardson, AZ: W. Wall, 40; w. Horne
50; J. Davenport, SIS; r. Troth, 55; j
Mitchell. so; r. Policy, SIS; Klimkfe-
wicz. %: +. Robertson. 9S: W. Bass.