The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-12
MANDAN NEWS
Il MANDAN SCOUTS
RECEIVE AWARDS
AT HONOR court
81 Merit Badges Presented;
Eight Are Given First
Class Ranking

Class Ranking
Forty : II Mandan scouts were
Wednesday night awarded 70 badges
at the anniversary week court Of
honor of the Mandan district of the
Boy Scouts Of America. This is the
largest number Of scouts to receive
awards for scouting advancement
since the organization Of the district
three years ago.
The program was opened with the
presentation Of the colors while the
audience stood at attention and
salute. Three Scouts pictured the
court Of honor of ancient Greece,
English knighthood, and the Indian
council fire.
Charles Bugbee, deputy Scout COM
missioner, with the assistance of IL
Scouts Of Troop SO, demonstrated a
tenderfoot investiture ceremony and
administered the Scout oath to Is
new members Of the organization.
DR.. George H. Spielman c%ongratu-
lated the new Scouts and presented
them with tenderfoot badges and GER
tificates. G. j. Bakken led the crowd
in a yell for the tenderfoots.
Kennedy Speaks
John Kennedy presented the sec
ond class badges to the Scouts who
. earned them during the year, and A.
-. Weinhandl, district Scout COM
missioner, presented the first class
Scouts with their badges. The first
class Scouts were addressed by Jo-
seph Fleck.
c. j. Bakkcn presented Eddie Stein
brueck and Troop So with the Pow
Wow contest flag which they have
won for the months of December and
January. Troop SO was just one-half
8 point behind Troop So for their
January attendance rating.
Scout leaders who supervise the
Mandan groups also were presented
to the audience and made several i'm
prolnptu talks. The Scout leaders
we're: v. c. Hubbard Of Troop 81: Ed
Gle Steinbrueck of Troop So: Robert
Adam and Fred Swanson Of Troop
So; and Adam Hoffman and John
bCcnler OF o..
Give Demonstrations
In conclusion of the court of honor
each troop gave a short demonstra-
ton. Troop 81 showed some uses Of
the bandage. Troop 81 demonstrated
methods Of carrying the injured,
Troop So gave a signaling demontra~
ton and Troop 54 showed a series OF
f,~a~kc ~~I +41l ~ taAix a,cA
Announcement was made OF the
Handicraft contest to be held Feb. Is,
the treasure hunt scheduled for Sat-
urday afternoon and the talking pic
ture at the Palace Theatre. Troop
So under the direction Of Eddie Stein
brueck will demonstrate several
phases of scouting activity at the
Mandan Rotary club Thursday
T%hirty-two merit badges were pre-.
scented at the honor court. Thir-
teen scouts received tenderfoot
badges. 20 were given the second class
Scout badge. while there we're only
eight Scoits to receive the first class
badge.
Awards presented at the Mandan
anniversary week court of honor are:
Present Awards
Tcnderfoot badges - Troop 81.
George Schwant; Troop So, Donald
Mushil, Joseph F1eck and William
Muske; Troop So, Carl Edwards and
Delmar Boehm: Troop 81, Nicholas
Ferderer, John Herner, Bernard Helb-
ling. Donald Fread. James Messmer.
William r. Stumpf and Richard
knudson.
Second class badges-Iroop 81,
Raymond Friesz, Art Friesz, Sidney
Biornson, George Dewey, Leonard
Farr and Frederick Thysell: Troop So,
Henry williams, Raymond Homan,
Elmer Peterson and Benny Single
tary; Troop SO, Don Reynolds. Cliff
ford Murphy. Raymond Murphy,
Gunnar Kjol. William Carlson, Ralph
Ferderer. Stanley smeland, Palmer
Dahl. Carl Grosgebauer and Pete
Culbertson.
First class badges-Troop 81. John
Dewey, Bernard Toman and Edward
Toman; Troop So. Vernon Homan,
Frank Hoffman, Billy Broderick, Err
win Rynicek and Eugene Schultz.
Merit badges-Troop 81, John Dew
ey, pathfinding, leathercraft. person.
al health: Bernard Toman, fireman.
ship. swimming and l%ivesaving; Ed
ward Toman, swimming and ~livesav-
ing. Troop 50. Eugene Schultz, path
finding. carpentry. handicraft, con-
servation, and safety firemanship;
Frank Hoffman, swimming, fireman.
ship, leathercraft, automobiling anG
machinery; Vernon Homan, fireman.
ship; Eddie Steinbrueck, electricity
and chemistry. Troop So. Donald
Reynolds, carpentry: Bill Culbertson,
reading and bird study; Tom Culbcrt-
son reading and bird Study.