Evening star., 1924-10-26
BOY SCOUTS

! Division ~. of which Col. l.. L.
! Mattire is deputy commissioner. won
| the Scout rodeo by Il heavy score,
| gaining either first or second place
| in II of the l. events. and finishing
! with a total of AZ points. Division l.
! G. Il. Schlaefli. deputy commissioner.
| finished second. with - L points. and
| Division III, Charles NJ Marsh. dep
| uty commissioner, third. with 20
| points.
The horse roping event was won
! by George Strong of Troop 81: arch
/ cry, by Vincent AK. Troop l3a: dia-
mond hitching contest by Robert
| Copes and Arthur ClaXton of Troop
10: fuzz stick whiting. Hale Sc
! horn. Troop 40. wood Ch"ppfnE,
Robert Troth, Troop 10: life line
throwing. Louis Barr. Troop 20; ma
! ture Identification, Albert Hochbaum,
| Troop SO: patrol life saving relay,
Troop u: fire by friction. Jacob
won first place for appearance in re-
| view and divisional singing.
Assistant Deputy Commissioner
| Fred c. Stuart. or the "Wampus- Cat" p"
/ and Scoutmaster Paul CARRIER. as the
! clown, entered every event, and kept
the Scouts hilarious by their antics.
| OF particular interest to the Scouts
/
| Barnes and Eatchford of the United
| States Forest Service, showing the
! proper procedure for packing horse
and throwing the diamond hitch. y
I The Becker Company furnished Il
pack saddle for the occasion, and the
{ boys watched with deep interest the
ski1lful manner in which Uncle Sam :
| foresters arranged IA multitude of
articles for easy transportation and
quick use in emergencies.
| Through the courtesy of Com
mander Yeandel of the United States
! Coast Guard Service, skipper" Hol-
/ brook demonstrated the use of "A
| Coast Guard life line throwing gun.
| Chief interest OF the day, however,
was the eating of the pies that were
! the prizes to every Scout of the
! winning division.
! After the contest Scout Executive
! Edward u. Shaw introduced Scout
/ Commissioner Barry Mohun, who pre-
scented l.. \. Snead, president OF the
! Washington Boy Scout Council Mr..
| Snead presented the Camp Roosevelt
! PINS to 229 Scouts who had won
Ethem at camp last Summer and Isaac
I Cans. president of the Chamber OF
Commerce, presented the Chamber OF
| Commerce gold medals to the SIX
| Camp Roosevelt honor Scouts tor
! 1924 and gold. silver and bronze
| medals to the winners of first, sec
ond and third places in. scoutcraft.
advancement, nature study and handi-
craft at camp.
/ Fifty Scouts of Division ) held u
| campfire in the woods near the DIS
| trict line and kalmia street Satur-
day night. Deputy Commissioner
Charles NJ. Marsh was in charge and
! had to assist him Assistant Scout
Executive II. B. Holbrook. James -.
Hall and Scout Leaders John Il. Cuno
and Everett Smith of Troop 4; VII
liam Il, Martin of Troop ). Capt r. T.
| NorCross. Troop 10: Dan i. Tyrreii.
Troop 100. Scouts were present from
Troops 3 4. ;. Z, Is, 81, 80. 81 and 100.
Skipper Holbrook's ghost story was
so thrilling that some of the Scouts
were for staying all night instead OF
venturing through the woods to their
homes.
Following is n list for the benefit
of Scouts of those on the records as
qualified examiners for first-aid tests:
For Scouts from any division:
Dr. W. H. Merrill. Public Health
Service. 400 Fifteenth street north
west; Tuesday and Thursday. from
1880 on.
Dr. William II. Moulden. the Mon
tanS. 1igb NJ street northwest, pnOne
| Franklin 1850.
DR. NJ. F. Woodard. 1923 Twelfth
street northwest: phone Columbia
10152.
DR.. Wallace NJ. Yater, l746 X street
northwest; phone Franklin 6940.
DR.. O. ID. Soverhill, S33 Florida
avenue northeast: phone Lincoln LOG
or Main 10000, branch 195.
Harry c. Lusby, through Col. Mat
tice; Main 10000. branch SO.
Ralph f. BARLEY, 403 Willard
Courts; any Tuesday evening.
+. Lyman Sexton, 1924 L street
northwest: phone Main 1896.
Mrs. y. Eichert, 1913 Eighth street
northeast; phone Lincoln 1861, by ap-
pointment.
Paul Robin (second class only
1925 Hiatt place; phone Columbia
3421 or Main 1881.
Mai Charles r, Ralph, Emory
NJ T. Church (Troop S3). Georgia
avenue and Rittenhouse street; Fri
day evening.
) DR. J. f. Rogers. 81 Bryant place
northwest.
division 1 only) DR.. W. 4. Neil,
1926 Twelfth street northeast (Brook- :
land Scouts only).
O. T.. Meinzer 1855 Rhode Island
lavenue northeast; phone North $685..
division only p. L. Kicker,
1910 Oliver street. Chevy Chase,