Evening star., 1926-05-30

l. Camp Woodrow Wilson, the District
of Columbia reservation at Burnt
Mills. will open June 1. with William
D. Thompson in charge. Mr.. Thomp-
son was Washington Scout with ex'
perience in camping at Camp Roose.
| Camp Let's, the Y. M. C. A. camp.
He will be at Camp Wilson from June
! until the end Of September. The
| regular Camp Wilson program will
not be started until after school
| closes.
Scoutmasters and their assista nts
of the District of Columbia Boy Scout
Council have been invited as the
end at Camp Roosevelt Saturday
June 26. and Monday, June %.
Troop. committeeman are also invited
| to attend. their only expense being
railroad fare and nominal charge
for board.
At the court of honor held at the
Wilson Normal School Saturday eve
| ming May %. the following merit
| nedy Watkins, printing and black
smithing. Troop 20. Jack Major, life-
| saving. Troop 20. Charles Ockers-
hansen, firemanship and masonry;
Edwin Shuttle, masonry. Troop 80,
Robert Coffman, bird study. fireman
ship and personal health; Edgar
Eshelman. firemanship. plumbing and
swimming; Ray Greenfield. agricul-
ttlre; Allen Hooker, bird study. camp
ing and hiking; Russell Lampson.
bird study, public health and survey
and conservation; Ralph Shure. agri-
culture, plumbing and surveying;
Huron Smith, personal health; Rob
ert Weigel. agriculture and plumbing.
Troop 35, David Miller, safety first;
Walter Miller, handicraft. Troop AZ.
Elliott Murphy, aviation. Troop 81,
w. Blum, jr., conservation; Gaines
Cough. handicraft and public health;
Arthur Greeley. bird study; John
Hazard, scholarship. Troop So, Leon
ard Minkoff. personal health. Troop
SO, Alfred Fitch. flremanship. life-sav-
ing and swimming. Troop 20. Shorey
music: Phillip Trey. carpentry and
safety first. Troop "A, Hyman Mink
off, automobiling, basketry Crafts
manship) and swimming. Troop 100.
Arthur Cohen, pioneering: Alfred
Toombs. life-saving and swimming.
The examiners present were DR.. Paul
Bartsch. chairman; DR.. Bruce Horse
fall. DIR. T. r. Murphy. F. f. Matthes
| and Linn c. Drake.
At the court review held the same
evening and place the following Scouts
| became first class-Troop l. Ed. Du-
vail. William Nesbitt and Hamilton
Wright; Troop As, T. Sarlock; Troop
| Ga, Grayson Brunner; Troop 10. Oliver
Grant. Those who passed from tender
foot to second class were: Troop 50,
Gordan MCGOWAN; Troop 43, Charles
Clageett. Warren Clardy and Burnie
Swain: Troop A. Joseph Deal ana
William Smith; Troop 63. Watkins
Clayton; Troop "a. Marshall Matthias
r. Richardson and Harry scnarln-
kow.
AZ everv session Of the Northern
Raptist Convention, 20 Scouts were In
attendance acting as aides and ORDER
lies. The BOYS are being called upon
more and more for such purposes and
| they have proved to be very efhcient.
JIIrich Lyons, assistant scoutmaster
| of .Troop 63., deserves special credit In
the way he has directed the boys. MT.
LYONS has been present at every meet
ing taking q weeks leave or absence
! in order to do this service.
One hundred and fifty Boy SCOUTS
of the District OF COLUMBIA Cou.icn, O,,n
Yesterday placed flag on every grave
in the Arlington Cemetery. This sert'
Ice has become a time-honored GUS
tom and one of which the movement
feaIs Justly proud. The flags are pro-
| vided by the G.. A. r., also transpor-
| tation and lunch.
| Assistant Scoutmaster MniiaIl'
westlake. Donald Harris ana Waiiace
blower of Troop s. rode down 10 Sanip
| Livingstone, May 16 and May % ~
| Assistant Scoutmaster WeStiake
automobile. On the first trip the ROOF
81 tha cabin was painted and several
| minor improvements were maoe.
| Troop IT, Mr.. Simpson, scoutmaster
Instead Of the usual Friday evening
meeting an entertainment was gwen
Nv. +roon at the Western Presbyterian
| Church. ...r
/ several weeks ago Scoutmaster
Simpson distributed cleaners among
the members of the troop and SUNDAY
school, proceeds from wnlcn are "
help pay the troops contriou.ion to'
ward the church building 1unu.
| The following program was pre-.
sented: Illustration of tenderroot
tests bv the troop: demonstration OF
the use of the neckerchief, ice rescue;
| duet with banjo accompaniment Dy
logan Ratcliffe and Albert Thaden;
o1artette by William Harris, Robert
| 1amasbourne, Frank Purnen ana
Logan Ratcliffe; first aid, William
Hanback,. Dean Longfellow, Fred
Cunard, John Walker and Assistant
Scoutmaster Brown. ..
| Recitations We're given by Miss
Tucker and addresses were mace oy
Linn c. Drake, scout executive OF the
| District of Columbia Council; Rev.
tt Dunham. pastor Of the church:
| Mr.. Kinds, assistant scoutmaster ana
| Mai. Simpson, scoutmaSter.
The Mothers of the Scouts OF Troop
| 20. Worth E. Shout, scoutmaster,
gave a turkey dinner to the troop
| FRIDAY evening, May 16 in honor OF
the BOYS winning the efficiency con-
| test. The dinner was given in the
| basement Of the Epworth M. e.
| Church. the troop being sponsored by
| this church. After the dinner Rev.
DIR: TYLER. pastor of the church, pre-
| sided as chairman of the meeting;
! Barry Mohun, commissioner Of the
District of Columbia Council, pre-
sented the cup given by The Evening
Star to Mr.. Shouts. scoutmaster OF
| the troop. Following this, talks were
| given by Linn c. Drake, scout execu-
tive: C. G.. Schlaefii; deputy commits
sioner Of the First Division; DR.. VIII
liam II. Merrill, deputy Commissioners
at large and DR.. Paul Bartsch. chair
man Of the courts of honor and a
member of the executive board.
Sir Richard Baden-Powell, founder
of the British Boy Scout Association.
and sChief Scout of the World" who
recently returned to England after a
two weeks visit in this country. as
the guest Of the Boy Scouts of Amer