The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-28
PROGRAM l FOR NEW SEASON GETSUNDER WAY
Annual Fall Rally Starts
 Activity Among Mem bers Here

| With the arrival of Lawrence Sim i' cox, newly elected assistant executive
 from Pennsylvania, the program of fall f activities for local Boy Scout troops Is .l beginning with considerable enthusiasm.
 According to w. E. Mitchell, commis- tfsioner of the council, the past nine months have been the most prosperous
 In the history of the local work, due in | part to the splendid support of the | Community Chest, which provides funds for the work and leaves the exc
 eutive force for the promotion of acti- ,d tities and organization of new units. i The first major item of activity for this fall was staged Friday night, when
 each of the ten districts held their an-
 nual fall rally in charge of their respec7
 tive commissioner. Troops assembled
 in uniform with their flags, yells and
 songs. Programs were staged by spe-
 cially designated scouts. A feature of
 the program in districts four and one was the decoration of scouts who have
 received the Eagle rank during the
 summer months. In district four
 Scoutmaster William Moses, Jr., of
 Troop 3, Joe Atkins. Troop 2S. David
 Anderson, Troop 9 and Jack Lyle, t Troop 9, were awarded the Eagle badge 1 by Deputy Commissioner G. I. McDon-
 ald who had charge of an impressive oinvestiture service. Later in the eve ,i ming Mir. Mcdonald presented to Scoutmaster George k. Barnard of Troop 40 and Scouts Former Pitcher, Robert Hightower and Clyde Harris, ~Jr., of Troop 40 at the rally of district yone, their Eagle badges.
 lc Birmingham In Lead
 2. According to Mir. Mitchell. the Bir-
 mingham organization is a pier among
 scout councils of the south, ranking U first in the number of scouts and troops. It is leading cities of much
 greater size and the efficiency and ex-
 tent of its activity is known through
 out the United States. Camp An 1drews, according to Mir Mitchell, is
 one of the foremost scout camps in the ;ion from l.. l.. Mcdonald. national camp director, and Daniel Carter Beard, national scout commissioner, be- lcause of it's unique construction. The buildings have all been constructed by the scouts and their leaders.
 ! One of the forthcoming events which is looked forward to by troops in the district is the fall efficiency contest. A lovely cup has been donated by one 10 fthe local newspapers to be contested for in this event. In addition, the council has received from Mrs. J. N. Rose, a cup to be offered as a fire-by friction award to scouts who desire to icompete during the next 12 months. Perhaps the most important event of ,the year will be the celebration of Ar mistice Day, which is fostered by the l local scout organization, under the leadership of its president, Dan E. Dimick. In 1923 the scouts fostered i the celebration for the first time. X 1 successful parade was staged and a 1 ceremony followed which equalled the great celebration of war time. The scout organization is in no sense mili- l tary, but teaches patriotism, and the ! local scouts take this opportunity an ] nually of bringing to the citizens of Birmingham realization of their i patriotic responsibility. President Dim i ick, who is also chairman of the Armis- ] tice Day committee, returned to Blr-
 mingham Saturday and stated he will immediately institute plans for the ! celebration on November II.
 ! Advancement Work
 ' Advancement work among local scouts, according to l.. l.. Doty, presi- i dent of the Court of Honor, and Carson Adams, vice president, ranks we'll among the scout councils of the United States. Already this year the Court i of Honor has awarded total of 963 | badges, as compared to 279 during 1923. The popularity of this educational
 phase of scouting has so increased 1 abong local scouts that the Court of | Honor is now engaged in creating three divisions in order to handle the enormous amount of applications be ling turned in by scouts. At the pres ient time there are 465 pending cOnsid- leration by the Court of Honor.
 Scout Executive Roland l.. Shine, upon return from the biennial confer ence of scout executives, which was lheld September CHA at Estes Park, Colo, stated that Birmingham had re- iceived considerable national prominence thecause of the quality of scouting in mthe district He said that the new plan of organization of the local ac- -tivities and the addition of second
 field man would make is possible to egreatly strengthen the existing scout units now in operation and would ex-
 tent the influence of the work to an