The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-04-01
BOY SCOUTS
HONOR COURT
Court of Honor Met Tuesday
Evening and Made Awards
to Large Number.

The Court of Honor of the Ely Boy
Scouts met on Tuesday evening and
presented badges and awards to the
local troops. H. H. Prescott of st.
Paul, member of he National Boy Scout
Council was present and assisted in the
work. The presentation of awards was
made at the Washington Auditorium
and was witnessed by large audience
of friends and relatives of the members
of the several troops.
DR.. Geo. T Ayres, chairman of the
Court of Honor, presided at the cere-
monies assisted by his committeeman
and Thos j. Murn, president of the
local Scout Council, presented the
awards to the Recipients Scout
masters present with their troops were
William Jones, Troop II; Howard Hall,
Troop u; Raymond Baribeau, Troop
70; Mathew Kapsch, Troop IA.
Bugler Robert Carlson opened the
meeting after which the committee on
awards took their places. The National
as color bearer. The Pledge of Allegi-
ance and the Scout Promise followed
after which the awards were made.
After the awards Mr.. Prescott made
an address in which he told the audi
ence of the benefits of Scouting. He
made very comprehensive address on
the subjct in which he cited the bene-
fetal effects of the Scout training on
the future citizenry and the making of
better citizens as. the results of such
training. He also paid high COM
| pliment to those interested in the work,
especially the scoutmasters who put in
time and energy in the making of our
boys better men.
Awards were given to the following:
First Class.
Joe Sayovitz and John Stukel, Troop
No. 70; Robert Browne, Troop No. II.
Second Class
Troop 71-Jack Kelly, Fred Kochevar,
Charles Strachan, Earl Edwards, Jack
Gianotti, William Jones, Robert Carl
son, William Parker, Ben Richards,
Vincent DiNino, William Kelly, Morris
Peterson.
Troop 72-Clifford Bird, Robert Hall,
George Nicholas, Wesley Beel, David
Childers, Wilfred Robertson, Walter
Jones, Robert Richards.
Troop 73-Joe Kobe, Frank Petric,
Fred Petric, Matt Stukel, Bernard
Banovetz, Ralph Majerle, Joe Turk,
| Carlo Golob, Fred Gradisher, Steve
Marn, Joe Vidmar, Martin Rodich,
Bernard Svetich, Matt Mayerle, Carlo
Burck, Frank Vidmar, John Stukel.
John Varoga, John Sustarcich.
Troop 7fJoe Musich, Albert Musich,
Edward Musich, Mako Popovich, Rudy
Sever Joe Petrick, Joe Mertel, William
Rom, Joe Kalsich, Louis Tomsich, Joe
Grahek, William zupancich, Edward
Mayerle, Robert Murphy, Louis Boldine,
Steve Grahek, Anton Kuzma, Anton
tShikonya, William Lobe, John zbashnik.
Tenderfoot.
Troop 71-William Carlson.
Troop 72-Bobbie Chinn, Donald
Peterson, Clarence Robertson, Richard
Mcfarland, Alfred Peterson, Milton
Stenlund, Frank Childers, Renald
Theno.
Troop 73-Edward Pirsh, Rudolph
Gradisher, Joe Jerich, Leslie Cherne,
George Martinetti, Frank Shepol, Frank
Petric, Joe Vidmar.
Merit Badges.
Troop 7I-Robert Berg, chemistry,
woodworking, first aid, electricity;
Frank Laing, swimming, woodworking,
first aid, leatherwork, handicraft,
music, carpentry, bookbinding, cooking,
Friendship; Bennett Kantola, handi-
craft, cooking; Jack Coad, bookbinding;
Gordon Brown, woodworking and first
aid; David King, swimming and wood
working; George Sutherland, swimming,
cooking and first aid.
Troop 72-William Mcfarland, first
aid, machinery. chemistry swimming,
woodworking.
Troop 73-Robert Merhar, music, fire
manship, scholarship, woodworking,
civics; Joe Sayovitz, woodworking, car
pentry, first aid, firemanship book
binding; Louis Varoga, woodworking,
carpentry. firemanship, first aid book
binding
Troop 74@John Mantel, carpentry,
woodworking, business, gardening,
craftsmanship, handicraft; George Sla-
bodnik, carpentry woodworking, mach
inery handicraft, craftsmanship; Law
Erence Golobich, carpentry, woodwork
John Petek, carpentry swimming, mach
ing, machinery, scholarship, handicraft;
inery, woodworking, carving, marks
manship; John Paris, carpentry wood
working, swimming, machinery, wood
carving; Joe Kovach, carpentry, wood
working machinery, architecture, cook
ing, swimming, craftsmanship.