Evening star., 1927-12-04
BOY SCOUTS

birth of Scouting in America will be
observed with a pageant under the di-
rection of Commodore w. E. Longfel
low of the American Red Cross and
presented by Boy Scouts.
The 1st Division will give "The
Brotherhood of Neckerchief and Blan-
ket.
1.-THE A. B. C's of Scouting" will be
handled by the I'd Division, 1.-The
Drums of America by the Sd Divi.
sion. The big show will wind up with
the first aid pageant, by the 4th and
5th Divisions depicting the growth Of
interest in the care of the wounded
from Biblical times to the recent dis
asters of st. Louis and in the Connec
ticut Valley and the great war.
At the local Scout headquarters in
the Vermont Building the fourth lead.
ers' training course for the year will
start tomorrow evening. The sessions
are held three nights a week for three
weeks and to those who qualify certifi-
Gates are granted by the national Boy
Scout headquarters. The course is
free to all men of Washington inter-
ested in boys work.
The executive board of the District
of Columbia Council has decided to be
host to the Scoutmasters and their
wives.
Aviation history and construction
was the subject of a talk given by
Paul CARRIER November 26 to Scouts at
the Albright Memorial Church. Mr..
CARRIER displayed several model planes
and for the benefit of his audience
built and flew a miniature plane.
November courts of honor and re-
view totaled 157 merit badges earned
by 81 Scouts, ii Scouts advanced to
first class and "a to second class.
November 5. at the Chevy Chase
Presbyterian Church, the following
passed first class: Troop 8, w.
Wheeler; Troop SO. George Frazer;
Troop 81, Thomas Tate; Troop Ill.
Chase Jones. Those passing second
class were: Troop Is, H. Riley. Henry
Merwin; Troop Is. M. Bensinger. c.
view. held at the Thomson School
November Q, merit badges were
passed, as follows: Troop IL. c.. Ed.
| wards. life saving, swimming; Troop
16, F. Willet, cooking, life saving.
pioneering; Troop SO, A. Barned, agri-
| culture; Troop AZ, +. Roop, life saw.
| ing; Troop As. o. P. Pierce, athletics;
Troop SO, H. Snow, f1remanship: Troop
81, F. Brock. first aid, scholarship;
Fl. Greeley, pioneering, swimming;
j. w. Hazard, pioneering; w. Law
| der, bookbinding, scholarship: J. Mag.
nusson, scholarship; Troop u, I.
Chandler, firemanship. first aid; Troop
| 78. r. Morrisette, swimming; Troop
SO, D. James, firemanship, personal
| health; Troop 1913, E. Church, camp
ing, civics, pathfinding. Those serv.
ing on the court were: Paul Bartsch,
chairman; E. L. Mattice, j. w. Talley
and Albert Harmed, attache. At the
court Of review G.. Edwards and c..
Kissinger Of Troop IL passed first
class.
| At the court of honor at Metropoli.
tan Baptist Church, November 10,
merit badges were passed. as follows:
Troop 3, H. knight, bugling. swim.
ming, first aid; d. Babcock. bugling,
swimming; B. Reesev, music, swim.
ming; E. Shipper, swimming; W.
Wheeler. swimming: Troop 10. H.
Beach. carpentry. craft. wood. fire.
manship; j. Brown pioneering, swim
ming; D. Magruder. carpentry, craft,
wood, firemanship; T. Stout, car.
pentry, craft, wood; Troop 20, NJ
Bernhardt, bird study; S. Walker,
bird study: Troop Is, M. Ches, ire-
manship; Troop 80, s. Wolfe, fire.
manship, first aid to animals: Troop
So. A. Colman. craft, wood; B. Ken.
| nedy, craft, wood; E. Parsons, craft
wood; Troop 43, B. Bauman, bird
| study, craft, leather, scholarship;
Troop 4s, H. Kicker, cooking; Troop
81, D. Brigham, chemistry; L. Com.
merford, camping; L. Gerard, book.
binding. scholarship. swimming; ].
Jones, camping. life saving, swim.
ming: r: Lewis; bird study; F. Mat.
tingly. bookbinding; carpentry. first
aid; j. Wilson, civics, swimming;
Troop So. G.. Frazer, craft, wood.
music, public health: H. Snow, pio-
neering; Troop 20. S. Allan. bird study;
p. Trey, bird study; Troop SO, r. Bud
deke, craft. leather. taxidermy; Ed
Cline, firemanship: J. Cochran, car.
pentry, firemanship; Troop 80; A.
Tomlin. firemanship: Troop 90, d.
James. civics; J. Keller, firemanship:
Fl. Lange. firemanship. personal
health: Troop 100, A. Toombs, canoe
ing. The members of the court were:
F.. L. Mattice. chairman: L. C. Drake,
Mr.. Harmed. B. Horsfall. j.. p. Hovey,
November 10 were: Troop 3, F. Nc
Alwee; Troop 10, G.. Emmart; Troop
%, G. Hagen; Troop 81. G. Pare;
Troop 80. Edward Cline; Troop AZ.
j. Valear. Those passing second class
were: Troop 9. j. Mullady; Troop
10, J. Harrison; Troop 20. A. Murray;
Troop %. d. Mack, F. Ludlow, r.
Frantz, s. Hagen. B. Mcmahon, I.
Perkins: Troop SO. L. Redmond; Troop
50, A. Thacker, D. Mason, B. Higgon:
Troop IS. c. Crane, e. Gordon; Troop
SO, F. Healy. Those serving on the
court were: DR.. Walter Merrill, chair
man; Thomas A. King, Edward H.
Lyles, Ralph Bartly, C. G.. Mullady.
Az ro11rf ~ roxyiovD oonoi~k1~r -
A. N. Smith, Henry P. Thomas. Mr..
Rust, Mr.. De Vaughan and William
Van Doren, held at the Christ Church,
Alexandria. Va. Troon 141 E. Myers