Evening star., 1926-01-24
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wii1ia II Saunders. Troop 1886. and
Joseph Fox. Troop 1876.
coltE y Mstficsien ariaisea thg
Wa -afsn. Sc fenee' or the Pe-.tn-Ks
Shap.S. At, .4th. Division, headpuar
ters. i aa;SSiatsss and 9piessure .,joined
banas. Those PRESENT. weres John
r. Boyd Ben Dyer. Jim Douglas.
John Fisher Guy Glassford Eli
Gordon, Cal. Hines, J. Wilson Lever
ton. Charles. Ianman.. Ben Morgan,
Elliot Murphy, Basil Postelwaitt
Erevard Russell, Kenneth StubhS
kerfool' Smith. Richard Sargeant
Morton Silherberc.. DIR. Paul Bartsch
chairman "f the Pc -ke shaw
Council. and Cant. Charles A. Fell,
chief OF star Of the 4th Division
dronDed in for y short while.
There was Il business meeting from
& 10 10 o'clock. Hat which officers wer"
eiected for the ensuing year. Tic
election. was warmly contested with
the following reS'IltS, John L. Boyd
president. j. Wilson Leverton vice
pEesideHt, Kenneth Stubbs secretary,
Sasu Postelwaite treasurer. Ben
Dyer sergeant at arms. Kenneth
Stubbs was ilso elected chief justice
Of the court, j.. Wilson Leverton.
John z. BoNd, Cal. Hipes. Guy Glass
ford. Jim Douglas and Basil Postel
waite associate justices.
The .desi-n tor Il Pe-Anke Shaw
Nag and Wa -Tan-Ke Tepee witfl
pennant, which will be given them
bv the Pen Ankle Shaw Council
fDr. Paul Bartsch. Maj. Lester T.
Wilson, DIR. +. l.. Matthes) was
adopted, After adjournment refresh
meht+. music and games were the
order of the day.
On Sunday, January 10. the Scouts
and former Scouts Of Troop t5 paid
their respects to the memory o., their
little Comrade. Edwin Schaffer. who
passed away one wear ago on that
date. after an Illness of several
weeks. His parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest Schaffer. reside al IA Tenth
street southeast.
The Scouts We're carried 10 Cedar
Hill Cemetery in the cars. of Mr.
Scha fter and r. \. Policy. At the
cemetery. led by Assistant Scout :
master Earl Brohl they marched 10
the grave and formed silently. Taps
was blown by Scout Lake Swain.
after which Il wreath furnished by
the members Of the troop was placed
by two older Scouts. Frank Brown
and James PolIey. the troop then
al salute repeated the Scout oath and
laws and filed away.
Before leaving for the cemetery an
enlargement of a picture of Edwin
was presented 10 his mother by the
troop and q copy will be placed on
the walls of tho troop meeting room.
In life. Edwin had happy rollick-
Ing disposition. and was much loved
by his fellow Scouts and the Others
with whom he was associated. His
cheery. sunny smile is missed by those
who were close 10 him and his memory
will eyer be held sacred by the mem.
bers of Troop s..
On the occasion of his funeral a year
ago, six Scouts of the troop We're his
nslIhearers and other Scouts formed
an honor guard.
Troop A.? q. l.. Whipp'e. scout
nlastsr: WiIlK m f.. .Brqur., Roland s,
81. liver Enf sIo,V1ra 1i5smer, tn,sb
e"ntmitteemer had IAN Sventful eve
nirg when Dana Dawes. son OF Vice
rrs Sidcnf Dawes. Joined the troop.
Col. +. Mattice deputy commission
or of the 4th Division. visited the
troop for the purpose of welcoming
Scout Dawes and introducing him TO
the troop. After tho introduction the
troop -avc. Amelics, With Cen. Dawes
and son on the end. lie became a
member Of the Beaver Patrol. Of
which Elliot Murphy is patrol leader.
Col. Mattice. upon behalf of the
:ronp. presented 100 per cent duty
pinS To scouts Zen Morgan. r. Jones.
l.. i. trIlSon, T.. Rourse NJ Havder
u. Wilton. T. Worthincton. Elliot
Murphy and A. Posner. In fhe
patrol contest the Tiger Pa
troll. with Thaddeus- Jones as pa
troi lcadcr. walked off, with the hon
ors. T.. .. Camp of the Army En-.
cinecr Corps. cave the troop very
instructive talk on contourinC.
Troop -. John $ Cole. scoutmaster,
j.. w. Levertcp. j. L. Andrews and
Willian p. Wall. troop committee, did
veal good turn when.t they gave com
fort to poor. family by furnishing
il j ton of COAL -
Wesley. NJ. Newer. scoutn7aster of
Troop So, meeting at the Fountain
Memorial Church in E3n,lle High.
lands. has resigned his commission as
scoCtra aster.. Mr.. Newer entered the
movement. about 10 years ago as
Scsutma:5Ler of > troop in the state
of Maine. and has been active in
Troop go for the. UaS st two years, He
leaves the city to accept the appoint
nrent Of Judge Of the Trial Court
of the County of York. in Maine. and
will hr at Old Orchard. Me. Tho
best wishes Of the. members of Troop
50 and his MANY Scout friends 60
with him into his now field. whore
he will he even better fitted 10 further
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-At the recent rcorSa nization nf
Troop ~ Richard Schmidtmap and
Thomas Baxter were appointed to the
executive, board to assist the assist
ant. Scoutmaster. The other troop
officers retained the rank already held.
The troop has been run on tho com
mittee basis for. the last two months
with much success. The chair'men of
the boatreom and financial commit:
tees reported that their respective
committees had successfully completed
the work assigned to them.
The Troop Council has appointed
Richard Schmidtman and Thomas
Baxter as producers of the annual
play or exhibition given by Troop A.
These members have thought of a
novel idea which they hope will he re-
ceived with approval They have not
announced the program as yet, but
have set the tentative date for pro-
ductions as the first week of March.
With the near approach of March
the crew of Troop a is planning on
ref1tting the boat throughout This
boat was christened Colonel Mat
tice.',. after the deputy commissioner
of the fourth division.
Troop 44 has always liked to roam,
as the trips to New York and other
nearby. cities have attested and as the
new year. rnfolds they plan trips by
train. automobile and foot TO many
points Of. patriotic. and natural in
terest..