Evening star., 1925-01-04
BOY SCOUTS

honors have been earned and con-
ferred than in any two previous years.
1928 alone excepted.
Thirty-two Scouts secured the high
est possible rank, that of eagle. and
65 the second highest, that of star.
Over a thousand more merit badges
were granted than in any previous
year.
Scouts assisted in two community
good turns during the holidays On
Christmas eve they were present as
ushers and guides at Washington's
community Christmas tree celebra-
tion, and last Monday they assisted
in the taking of a pedestrian traffic
census in the downtown business Sec
tion. In this connection Charles H.
Ruth of the Washington Association
Of Building Owners and Managers
highly commended the Scouts for the
manner in which they handled the
count.
At the last session of the Court of
Honor for 1924 Scout Basil Postle-
thwaite of Troop IL was granted the
rank of life and star.
Merit badges were granted to
Scouts, as follows: Ronald Brown,
10, carpentry, craftsmanship, fireman.
ship: Louis Magruder, 10, carpentry
craftsmanship, firemanship; Ray Mat
son, 33, first aid, personal health;
X. Smith, 33, craftsmanship, handi-
craft; E. Seidel, 33, conservation,
handicraft, hiking; r. Farnsworth, 40.
cooking. pioneering; II. Y. Trout 40.
cooking, pioneering; Edward Hub
bard, AZ, ifesaving; Elliott Murphy,
AZ. pathflnding; Robert Gordon, 64,
civics; L. A. Ban. 10, electricity;
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William Everard, 20. scholarship; /;
Arthur Claxton, 20, marksmanship;
Robert Praetorius, 70, photography;
Kenneth Stubs, 10, Photography;
Harry Cacalman, 73, personal health:
Robert Shostick, 49, forestry; Lewis
Silverman, 73, f1remanship; James
Wilson. 96, first aid; Robert Mickey,
100, bird study, electricity; Frimble
Sawtelle, 100. public health; Basil
Postlethwaite. IL, athletics. first aid,
pioneering; Francis Wayland. 100,
automobiling, painting; Donald Dow,
handicraft; r. Steadman, 100, automo-
billing; Ellwood L. Koch, 100. first aid
to animals. masonry, carpentry; F. NJ.
Thuney. 100: marksmanship. AUTOMOBILE
ing and swimming
During the last two weeks the
Court Of Reviews has certified to the
Advancement in rank as indicated of
the following Scouts:
First class-Paul Bust, 90; D.
Caldwell, 81; J. Williams, 70: H. Klein,
73, and Joseph RosenthaI, 73
Second class-Howard Thornett, 10:
Bernard Boyd, 16; Henry Camper, 49,;
Carl Sophies, 80; d. Trimble, s; Amel
Saul, 5; William Donegan, 4: Leroy
Lawson, 4; E. Champion, s.: Charles
Mccray' s; Henry Lethridge 8;
Henry Shaw, 8; Charles M.
Houghton, los; william Vine, los;
George Arnold, 105: William Albou,
1O6; ]. Weller, SO; r. Speich, A; d.
Moore, "A; Robert Beck. a: F. Tharfn,
Al; M Burke. 73, and T. Jones, ~.
A swimming meet, under the aus
pices OF the Colored Scoutmasters'
Round Table was held at Dunbar High
School last week, as a feature of the
community center bazaar.
The troops participating were SOL,
602, 604, sos, sos, sos and 512.
A prize plaque was awarded to
Troop 601, of the Lovejoy Community
Center, for having scored the highest
number of points.
Troop sos of st. sAugustine's Church
won second place with score of 25
points, and Troop 512 of the Metro
politan A. NJ. q. Church third place
with - psi1tA ladty1Aual 0xtzes