Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-18
BOY SCOUTS

The community c. istmas tree cele
5ration will be held, with Presiden,
Coolidge turning on the lights, at e
4 pm, at which time flares win be sent
up and Scout buglers all over the city
at their homes or wherever they may
he have been requested 10 sound the
Scout call Arrangements are being
made for every scoutmasteT to assign
a bugler from his troop to watch tor
the flare and sound the call.
Invitations have been issued all
! sCoutmasters, deputy commissioners
and assistant deputy commissioners
and their wives to be the guests OF
members of the executive board of the
District Council at a banquet at the
/ La Fayette Hotel tomorrow at $50
O'Clock.
The Camp Roosevelt honor tribe
will have its banquet December 2S at
. pm. at the Burlington Hotel.
/ Sachem i. =. CTubby) Smith will
/ lad a party of c. NJ. .. members to
+ Camp Roosevelt during Christmas
week for the purpose of developing an
understudy for his part in the initi-
alton ceremony. All c. NJ. O. mem
bers interested in a tryout for this inn
/ pOrtant part should report to head
quarters at once and get further de
tails.
Scoutmasters and assistants in the
! ID Division are urged to attend a
meeting of the division council to be
/ held at Scout headquarters next Tues
/ day at pm. SCoutmasters may Sc
/ lect their parts in the pageant at that
time and Commodore LongfelloW is
expected to be there and explain as
! Signments
Five new troops have been charter
ed in the District Council since No
vembcr /. Troop 10, at the EldbrOoke
| NJ. f.. Church. George L. Skirm scout
master: Troop "a at Epiphany Chapel
| John L. Atkins, scoutmaster: Troop
| 10. Albright Memorial Church, Ken
meth A. FoOte, scoutmaSter; Troop 81
at the Christ Child Society. George
| Palmer, scOutmaster; Troop 12f. at
! Quantico, Va, Arthur l.. Files, scout
| master.
Other troops organized and about to
| be chartered are: Troop 3d. at the
| Brightwood School, William II. Nc
Closky, scoutmaster: Troop AZ, at
American University Park. j. NJ.
Smith, scoutmaster; Troop "a, at the
| Church of Our Savior. William II.
! StimsOn, scoutmaster, and Troop 127,
| at Seat Pleasant, Md, George Heath,
| Scoutmaster.
With the above troops and scout
masters Scouting also welcomes many
new scoutmasters: Zachary It, Wo-
| bensmith, Troop ]; William Westlake,
| Troop s; Thomas r. Pirtle, Troop 10;
/ James f. Brown. Troop IS; Edward
| Reed. Troop 40; Frank Young, Troop
! So: Carl Bernhard. Troop SO; Joseph
! Pacyna, Troop Ga; Earl Rulapaugh,
! Troop 70; Simon Broder, Troop rs;
Ross ]. Woodward, Troop 81; Henry
| Alden, Troop 109; Joseph Rideout,
! Troop f46.
DIR. Merrill is at the Boys ~ each
! Saturday from 2 to pm. for first
| and second class first aid and merit
! badges. Fred Stewart is usually there
/ also for signaling.
There will be- no courts at Wilson
| Normal School December "a. and no
class in mapping lat headquarters on
| that date. ..+...
Classes in first aid, mapping and
/ signaling are being held every first
and third Monday evening at Wilson
! Normal School, Eleventh and Harvard
streets. This work is under the gen.
! eral direction of Assistant Deputy
! Commissioner Thomas A King, as
! sisted by Assistant Deputy Commits
! sioner Paul Cockerille, Scoutmasters
! Herman r. Hunt, Edward II. Lyles,
/ Philip G. Cronan and Joseph Pacyna,
! and Troop Committeeman Charles 3.
/ 1illyard The classes are open to
! Scouts from all troops of the District
of Columbia Council The class to-
morrow is postponed until Tuesday.