Evening star., 1924-12-07

Troop 80 of St. Martins Catholic
Church Is again in the lead at the
close of the second month of the
annual Scout advancement contest
Its standing is the highest any troop
has attained in n similar period dur
ing the six years this contest mas
been held Geort:e Lowry Is Scout
master and has the largest troop in
the. city with a membership at pres
dnt of SO Scouts. Size. however, has
been no handicap to progress, as is
indicated by the leadership the troop
is maintaining against all competi-
tion. During the past month six
Scouts passed from tenderfoot to
second class and three from second
class to first, while 43 merit badges
were granted members of the troop.
Troop 100 of the boys "Y' is still
in second place with a score that
shows them to be dangerous COM
petitors.
This month Troop 10, winner of
last years contest. has advanced from
u. somewhere below fortieth place to
+hird place and will have to be
reckoned with by any troop that
hopes to acquire the cup this year.
Standing of the 90 leading troops
is now as follows: I. Troop 80. $4,000;
., Troop 100. 44.374: 8, Troop 10,
23.7s7; 4. Troop SO, 23.750; 5, Troop
20. 1891; 6. Troop 81, 1909; &.
Troop lIo, 1852; s. Troop Is. 1s.625;
.. Troop 40, 1871; 10. Troop SO,
I7499; II, Troop 20, 1870; IL. Troop
80, 1896; 13, Troop 81, 1889; IA,
Troop l2s. 1895; Is, Troop 90, 13.145;
Is, Troop SO. 1929; Il. Troop 4.
1916; IS, Troop AZ, 1904; 10. Troop
T3. 1921; 20, Troop 10l, 1925.
In the divisional competition for
snaCia1 IiyriS awards 81
ing December was: Division II, 1 O..
227S7: Q 90. 1881: 3, 110, 1862: 4,
80, 1915: 5, 50, 1929. Division Il
:, 90, 23.750; =, IS, 11.321; 3, So, 9.S75;
4, "a, $500; ., 16, 9.l36 Division III
l, 100. 44,S74; ., Is. 1S.625; 8, ST.
1899: 4, 4, 1915; 3, 55, S.s61. Divi-
sion VI, 90, $4,000; >, 81, 19.029; g.,
Division Vi, 12S, 1885; 2, 101,
1925.
Typical of the spirit of scouting are
the following Thanksgiving Good
Turns" that have come to notice since
that day. among the many that were
performed by Washington troops:
Troop So, Rhode Island Avenue NJ.
p. Church, took flowers to a sick
woman In a hospital. and ushered in
special services at the church.
Troop 2, McKendrie NJ. Z. Church,
contributed to Salvation Army
Thanksgiving dinner.
Troop S. John O. Evans, scoutmas-
ter, and Troop AZ, at All Souls Uni
tartan Church, both installed radio
sets for shut-ins.
Troop 81, Mt. Pleasant Congrega-
tional Church, bought fruit and dis
tributed doughnuts made by Mrs.
Renfro, wife of the scoutmaster, to
the boys and girls of the German
Orphan Asylum.
Troop 73. Y. NJ. H. A. provided good
things to eat and a scout entertain
nent for the youngsters of the Jewish
Foster Home.
Troop 85 of the Washington Boys
Club provided a basket of food and
dainties TO a needy family.
Troop SO of the Brookland NJ. E.
Church, Harry w. Scott, scoutmaster,
vas "at home to parents and friends
on Friday evening, November 2s. In
addition to the large gathering Of
non scout guests, the troop was host
to about 100 scouts from troops u,
I9, 90, "A and 50.
Among the features of the evening
were demonstrations of signaling,
frst aid and other scout work by
members of troop ~ of the Washing
ton Heights Presbyterian Church. The
:roop. with the scoutmaster, Z. NJ.
Perkins, demonstrated a typical
troop meeting and entertained with
other activities.
Scoutmaster Scott is one of the vet
eran Scouts of the District, and under
his leadership much progress has
been made by Troop 50. A feature
of the program was the presentation
Of the eagle badge to Frank Men
nen, who is the first Scout in Troop
SO to obtain this much coveted award.
During the evening Field Executives
J. ?. HoYey, Charles A Bell and
Deputy Commissioner G. G.. Schlaefii
addressed the parents on the value
and purposes of the Scout movement
ScoutmasterS and assistants Of di-
vision 2 Will meet at the Metropolt-
tan Presbyterian Church, Fourth and
3 streets southeast, on Thursday eve
ming. December II, at 1880 o'clock.
At the November meeting Of the
Court of Honor at Berywn, Md, the
following merit badges were granted
10 members of Troop ia: Walter G.
Behrens, ia. cycling. electricity, gar
denIng: Mark W. Woods. ia. cycling,
Hiremanship; Paul B. Wooster. ia.
camping, handicraft and insect life.
Saturday evening. November 2s, the
oourt met at Powell School and @nade
rhe following awards; Ronald Brown,
10, pioneering; Alex Hulse, 10, pio-
neering; Lewis Magruder, 10, pioneer
ing: Harold Rhind, 10, carpentry, pub
IIc health: Ralph w. Watt, 10, pto-
neering; Ferguson Gemeny, 20, gar
dening: Charles LIE Mat, 90, bird
study; Marvin Solomon. ,32, personal
health; Jesse StimsoD, 35. scholarship,
carpentry; Ray Matson, 80. scholar
ship; Sydney Smith, 40 music: Harold
Caul, A.. pathfinding; Minter Dial, ~.
art, masonry; Leslie Robertson, ~,
firemanship; Robert Gordon, 81 car
,;l
craftsmanship; Louis a. Barr, 10,
handicraft, camping, first aid; Ma
thaniel Everard, 20, scholarship: Cor
don Potter, 10. electricity, first aid to
animals; Kenneth Stubbs, 20, scholar
ship; Gerald Cush, 90, pioneering,
public health: James Van Horn, 90,
first aid to animals; Donald Pitts, 100,
personal health, public health, swim
ming: Thomas Baxter, "a, leather
working: Frederick Marshall, II. first
aid; Harold Boss, 81, firemanship,
personal health, public health; Rams
dell Heath, 81, personal health, public
health; John Randolph, s6, camping,
cooking. personal health; Donald g.
Dow, 100, bird study: Blaine Harrell,
100, pathfinding; Robert McMillen.
100, camping; Robert l.. Mickey, 100,
handicraft, pioneering; Edward Van
derlip 100, safety first; Royal Stead
man, 100, safety first, swimming;
Donald Dudley, 1913. electricity: Allen
D. Mockabee, Is, first aid; Ed L.
Reeves, 16. first aid; Robert Ellis
worth, 6, athletics, music, pathfind-
ing.
The court of reviews Saturday eve
ainK granted advancement to the fol-
lowing Scouts as indicated:
To first class-James Davis, 81;
Thomas Davis. 81; Erick Durand, Is;
Harry Kritt. 10; Richmond Chambers,