New Britain herald., 1925-12-31
F. M. HOLMES AGAIN
 HEADS BOY SCOUTS
Four New Members Elected to.
 Executive Board


 dent of the New Britain Boy Scout council at the annual meeting held yesterday afternoon at scout head quarters MT. Holmes has headed the council for a number of years and it has made rapid progress since no took office. The other officers chosen were as follows. Vice-Presi. dents, F. L. Warren, W. W. Bullen, and A. II. Scott; secretary. Scout Executive W. o. Cook; treasurer. W. II. Judd; commissioner, c. F. Nor gan.
 Four new members Of the execu. tive board were elected. They are; Ralph L. Gould, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce; Frederic l. Fay, director of education at the South church: P. r. King, president of tho school board. and Attorney Morris n, Saxe. Louis P. Slade, Sherwood II. Raymond, Logan Page, and Leon A. Sprague were reelected to the board.
 So successful was the scoutmas- tor's school conducted under the auspices of the Everyman's Bible class last winter, Louis P. Slade re- ported for the training committee. that there will be none carried on by the local council this year. A highly successful school every two years Is considered better and more inspirational than an annual class with less success.
 The total membership of the council Is now 456. Scout Executive Cook reported. this being gain of 7s over last year: 234 boys were added but l65 dropped out during the year. There are now 20 troops, each with qualified scoutnlaster, and for the first time in the history of the local council there Is not a weakly organized troop in the city. There are 267 tendcrfoot scouts. 1os second class, six first class. and 74 merit badge scouts. The boys range in age from 12 to 20 years. An analysis of the scouts dropped shows that the majority leave the move ment when still tenderfeet and at about the age of 14.
 W. w. Bullen, chairman Of the court of honor. reported that during the year 211 tenderfoot tests, 6S sec ond class and 2S first class tests were approved. A total of 273 merit badges were won, flremanship, swim ming, first aid and personal health being the most popular and auto mobiling, conservation, craftsman ship, plumbing and seamanship won by only a single scout In each case. The star rank was awarded to 27 scouts, the life rank to seven. and the eagle, highest rank In scouting, 10 three. The board of review worked well as subcommittee of the court and will be continued in effect.
 Tho securing Of a new camp will be given early and earnest consd- eration, Chairman F.. j.. Warren Of the camping committee reported. and the committee expects to have some definite recommendations to make in the near future. The past season at Camp Keemosahbee. Jobs Pond, Portland, was very success ful and more scouts were accom- modated than ever before. The re- port of Mir. Warren as chairman or the committe, on community rela" tions and that of Commissioner Nor gan were accepted. Tho budget for 1926 is set at $5,930, an increase of s7S0 over 1925. This includes an increase to s3,000 in the salary of the executive, additional office help, more expense for camping and hikes and for training and confcr- enCes.
 President Holmes appointed the following chairmcn for the coming year: F.. l.. Warren, finance; w. w. Bullon, court of honor; A. H. Scott camping: C. E. Morgan, troop or gan!zation; Louis P. Slade, civic service; E. l.. Gould educational publicity: F. l.. Fay. training.
 Two classes Of membership in the council have been created, those representing troops and those repre- scrting religious, civic, and business institutions. The troop represnta- tivcs for 1926 are:
 Frederic l.. Fay, William A. FaN Rev. Samuel F'ske, Oscar Marsh Rev. Dr. A.. Ahlquist, Rev. G. N' Srhnnck, Walter l.. Bell, F. o' Ruck}ifr7, Rev. X. A. Ball, Harry Howard. Rev. William II. A'derson' pcy. Theodore Green. c, W. Stev- cns, Dwight skinner, John Black, Rabbi G. TlaGas, Rev. E. J. Clabby' Gcurgr MnCauicy, Ensign Earl Fred .rickaon. X. II. Petts, Joseph G' Woods. F. Allen Moore.
 'Thosr having general member ship in ,h. council are:
 Louis ?. Siada, Sherwood Il. Rays raond. Ralph L. Gould. P. r. King Morris D. Saxe, F. R. Gilpatric, 1nr,aY Page, Leon A, Sprague' E. N, rcNon. A. x. Abbe. George r. Su, sr. J. k. Andrews, I. s. Cham" h~r,,.n. ". C lungerford, William !. Nohn. F.. W. pape, Rev. Dr. I r.. Kingbrrg. A. r. CorDin' Ca~l N,umann. A. A, Mills, Rev I. ronowskr. Rev. Thomas Laden' Goy,rucr John H. Trumbul' Rev R. ". Gilman, Walter Fletcher George Christ, [. M. Harwood. Kay mord E. Catlm. George B. Taylor D.iss w. Clark. Ralph Wainwright Arthur Ans. -,o,
 N. F. s2yrrance, deputy regional scout executive of x, E. office at nos,on spoke after the business session. He spent the day studyins anrral reports, made an 'nspecuon of the office records and comph' ncntcl the council on the business cffici' ncy.
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