Evening star., 1934-02-04
SCOUTS AWARDED
e MERIT BADGES
important Prince Georges
Court of Honor and
Review Held.
spec1al Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HYATTSVILLE Md, February g.
Fifty-two merit badges were awarded.
two scouts were advanced to first class
and l3 to second class in one OF the
largest courts Of honor and reviews
ever held by the Boy Scouts in Prince
Georges County. Scouts from several
Montgomery County towns and one
from Washington were honored along
with the Prince Georges County
scouts.
Three merit badges each went to
five scouts They were William Bow
man. Troop 2l2. Silver Spring. for
scholarship, machinery and reading;
Robert Baldwin and George Dueuld,
Troop 22l. Riverdale, for public health,
metal work and wood work; William
Rimmer, Troop 22l. for safety, path
finding and metal work. and Jean
Shroyer, Troop 43, Washington, Tor
mechanical drawing, public health
and personal health.
Wins Two Badges.
Two badges each were won by II
scouts. They we're Paul Jackson,
Troop 201, Hyattsville, for firemanship
and handicraft; John Ellis, Troop 200.
Mount Rainier, for wood work and
wood carving; Robert Green. Troop
208, for leather craft and wood carv-
ing; Page Hopkins, Troop 209, Silver
Spring. for swimming and wood carv-
ing: Robert Pratt and Charles Hop
kins. Troop 203, for machinery and
handicraft: F. S. klock, Troop 209, for
wood work and first aid; Rodney
Senseman, Troop 209, for wood carving
and metal work; Roy Dean, Troop 235,
Bladensburg, for gardening and sheep
farming; Julian Wells, Troop 23S.
Beltsville, for cooking and personal
health, and Henry T. Converse, Jr.,
Troop 238. for cooking and civics.
Single honor insignia went to FL
wood Ogle, Troop 2Ol, for handicraft;
Arthur Horn, Troop pol. for pathtind-
ing; Charles Shinn, Francis Glaze. Jr.,
Donald Davis and James Keister, TrcCp
2O1, for flremanship, Robert Felser
and Ira White. Troop 20l, tor personal
health; Douglas Dozier, Troop 209, for
swimming; Bruce Hopkins, Troop 209,
for wood carving; Robert Arentson,
Troop 212 for reading; Robert Kneessl,
Troop 221, for metal work; Harold
Young. Troop 20l, for personal health,
and Kirby Smith and Milton l..
Whip, jr, Troop 238, for personal
health
Several Scouts Advance.
Robert Green, in addition to recelv-
ing two merit badges, was given two
advarcements in grade. from tender
foot to second class and from second
to first class. Quentine Groves, Troop
PIP, was advanced for second to first
class scout These raised from tender
foot to second class were Walker
Meredith, Troop 20l, Robert Miller,
Troop 200, College Park; George kop-
pal, Troop 208; Shelby Trappey. David
Compton and Harry Elins, Troop 209
William McKenna, Troop 212, Francis
Martin. Troop 214, Mount Rainier:
Renard Theron and James Dumpkey,
Troop 218, Glenn Dale, and Charles
Eckloff. Troop 221.
H. T. Converse was chairman of the
Board of Examiners, other members
of which were F. S. Taylor, district
commissioner, Mount Rainier; w. F.
Sampselle, Mount Rainier; Prof. K. j.
Norris and John w. Camp. Hyatts-
vile; L. w Garter and John P. VII
lians, Rlverdale Dr., William A.
Turner, University Fark; DR.. George
M DarroW, Glenn Da4e; H. Thonp-
son, Silver Spring, and Milton L..
Whipp, Beltsville.