Evening star., 1927-05-15
BOY SCOUTS.

The final inspections for the troop
efficiency contest will be held Friday
evening, May 81, at the boys
gym. All troops that made an average
OF IS per cent or more in the divi-
siona1 inspections will be eligible to
compete.
In the divisional field meets May
Z. Troop 20 on in the 1st Division
with Troops 20 and 10S in second and
third places. The I'd Division held
no meet and did not compete in the
finals yesterday.
Troop 100 won in the Sd Division
with Troop II close enough to make
1t a real contest and Troop IS in third
place Troop 40 had no opposition
In the 4th Division. But in the 5th
Division competition was strong with
seven troops competing. Troop l06
won the meet and Troops 123 and 104
obtained second and third places, re
spectively.
At the meeting of the present train
ing course last Monday evening at
the Wilson Normal School, moving
pictures and lantern slides of the
camps were featured. DR.. Bartsch
and o,.er members of the camp com
mit;ee made addresses. Two more
meetings are scheduled for the course,
one at Wilson Normal tomorrow eve
ming and the final an overnight trip
to Camp Roosevelt.
Registrations are now being re-
ceived for both camps. Camp Wilson
opens June l with Harrison A Brann
as camp director. Camp Roosevelt
will open June 81 for it's ninth season
with Scout Executive i. c. Drake in
charge. The camp committee met
last week and adopted a number of i'm
provements for Camp Roosevelt and
discussed its enlargement to accom-
modate the increasing number Of
Scouts who apply for admission. Look
for the camp circular next week.
More than 200 Scouts will be needed
to place flags on the soldiers graves
at Arlington this year. IT will take
most Of the day, beginning at S:45 am
At court of review at Thomson
School May 10, Scouts Thomas Walsh.
Troop 6. and Herbert Siaussat, Troop
25, became firSt-class Scouts, while
Carleton Edwards, Troop j.; John
Clements, Troop 81: Garnet Lee. Troop
81; John Ridlebaugh, Troop 40, and
Vernon Richardson, Troop 81, passed
the necessary tests to become second
class Scouts.
At the court of honor at Thomson
School. the same night, organized by
e, l.. Mattice, DIR. Paul Bartsch, as
chairman, and NJ. H. Thomlinson,
Louis P. Judson, Thomas King and
j. w. Talley, as judges. the following
Scouts passed the badges Indicated
Troop 1. r. Lutz, civics. Troop .,
K. {. Watkins, ciYics, pathfinding.
swimming. Troop Is. Jack Kerby,
camping, personal health, public
health; John Mahoney. camping, per-
sonal health, public health; F. A. VIII
lett, camping. horsemanship, printing.
Troop 25, Cass Chesley, craft. in
leather; Conyers Fite, carpentry,
craft. leather, first aid to animals
Troop 33. James Duncan, conserva-
tfon. masonry; Albert Harmed, wealth
er; Frank w. Moorman. crafts. book
binding, crafts. woodcarving; Huron
Smith, crafts. bookbinding, crafts.
woodcarving, cycling. Troop 35. Da-
vid Miller, crafts. metal weather.
Troop 43. c. T. Clagett, carpentry,
crafts. bookbinding, handicraft; p.
Lutting, carpentry. Troop 45, War
rem Hayes. first aid to animals. Troop
4S, H. Kicker; firemanship, forestry.
Troop 81. Paul Dulaney, first aid TO
animals; Edward Gillett. craft. leather,
first aid to animals, pioneering. Troop
5s, George T. Corden, bookbinding.
Troop 40, Lamont Saxton, civics, fire.
IuditslliPs SCAOidI snip AiOOp oos III
bert Snow, public health. Troop SO,
d. Boughton, crafts. wood, masonry,
plumbing: Binder Giller, camping,
crafts. wood, handicraft: HI. Ticer,
camping, craft. leather, plumbing: r.
Williams, masonry. Troop Ill, Ham
ilton Sears, lifesaving, personal
health. public health: Francis Strong,
firemanship, first aid to animals
Troop 119, Clinton Skidmore, carpen-
try, electricity.