Evening star., 1926-03-07

older members OF the organization.
A place has been opened which
will be hard to fill. There are only
about four papers now capable Oh
doing so. One, Black Hawk News.
has indicated that It hasn't any IN
tention of doing so because of the
school work of the editor. The others
are National Scout, official organ or
Council 4: Pueblo Totem. way out
west, and Scouting News, scout
dom's only weekly. National Scout
is about the largest and appeals 10
the average Lone Scout. 1t has been
late for the last few issues. but
promises to catch UP. Pueblo Totem
is literary in its aspects. like Youth
without the pow page. Scouting
News is the newspaper.
Lionel Sandford's story, "Whose
Money!" published in the October and
November issues of National Scout,
was recently voted the best piece OF
fiction published in the authorized
Lone Scout amateur publications for
1925, and Sandford will receive the
gold medal offered by Ernest Fair OF
Oklahoma. Sandford's home Is al
Lititz, Pa, and he will be remembered
as the author of Wilson of the
Mounted.
All Scouts were eligible to vote,
although council chiefs and editors re
ceived special consideration. Whose
Money!" came out 50 points ahead OF
the nearest competitor. Fair has not
yet decided whether he Will renew
the award for 1926.
The Lone Indian Fraternity. an as
sociation for oldtime Lone Scouts. has
been organized under the leadership
of Ernst CRUDE, Ralph Hill Salazar
and Earl Watkins. Membership is
open to Lone Scouts 16 years old with
one years service in the Lone Scout
Association upon payment of 81 an
nual dues. The official organ, to be
sent free TO all members, is to be
edited by Salazar and will feature
news Of old timers and q list of mem
| bers in each issue. Ernst T. CRUDE,
I1017 North Sixteenth street. Sheboy
gan, Wis, has charge.
John Tacchino of Cuddy. Pa. who
beat out the team of Taylor Kruelle
| recently. has Just won another con
| trtbutinG contest and practically CON
pleted at the head of another. This
Council Three streak again beat
Council -Four Scout when he won -
| 40O-point contest with Earl S. Miers
| of New Jersey. Tacchino has won the
| LSB, LSD and LSQ titles and, is
| therefore, a Supreme Scout IS. 81, the
| highest honor to be acquired in the
Lone Scout Association.
1t is expected, says Scouting News
that in the near future n Lone Scou'
will be appointed to a position at Boy
Scout headquarters, somewhat similar
to that held by Torkel Gundel. The
| idea is to have an experienced and
successful older Scout as an assistant
and advisor to the Lone Scout direc.
| tor. Among the most prominent can
didates are Roy w. Mcdonald OF
Texas and J. Daniel Dunaway OF
| Florida, both old timers and both ex
perienced, having held council chief
positions.
George Ehler, director Of the troop
service department in the Boy Scout
headquarters, is now supervisor over
| the Lone Scout Association records.
At present there are $4,000 active
Lone Scouts and over 1000 local
tribes.
The Omegamme Fraternity. whose
expressed purpose is 'Just to keep the
old guard together" has elected ON
GERS for the present year. Frank
Napier F'raden), was reelected presi-
dent. L. l.. Wood. Franklin Miller.
| Charles Wright, William Battenfield
and Paul Keil were reelected, while
| Glenn De Alley and Horace Lawson
we're newly elected to the board o.
governors.