, 1935-05-05
GOOD RECORD

rule in these events IN Tucker Field
Saturday. In Signaling five Of the
Is teams entered got the maximum
rating Of excellent and three ach-
ieved the second rank Of efficient"
The events staged here Saturday
included: Grand march (required)
troop inspection Crequired), first aid
(required), knot tying. signaling.
flint and steel, water boiling, signal
tower. troop drill, wall scaling,
Scout pace, bugling, distance judy
ing, artificial respiration, rope
climbing and rigging Of q jury mast.
The last three named events were
for the Valleys three Sea Scout
Ships. These are 30 Of Brownsville,
u Of Harrington and 70 Of Mission
Campfire Program
Troop IS Of Sharyland drew the
oDmmendation CT Scout officials
through its excellent attendance
record. 1t has 100 per cent atten-
dance Of all registered Scouts and
the Scoutmaster, w. Z. McElroy and
five members Of the troop commit
tee also we're on hand. This troop
IS sponsored by the Sharyland school.
The compcree got under way Fri
day night on Tucker Field under
the dictatorship Of r. M. Eubanks
OF Harrington. A campfire program
was staged Friday night with the
bulk OF the program being furnish
ed by Troop 20 Of Brownsville. This
included singing, troop stunts, dem
opstraticnS Of the human signal
tower and instrument music.
The grand march through ii
business district Saturday morning
was led by Glenn Schuepbach, lead
er of Weslaco Troop IL. The parade,
which was reviewed from the post
office steps. by scout and local Off
Gals, was headed by the police de-
partment. The Harlingen Ameri-
can Legion bugle and drum corps,
which is made up Of Boy Scouts,
also assisted In the parade.
The field meet got under way i'm
mediately after the parade.
Sea Scouts Work
Valley Scout Executive John Les
lie expresses himself as well pleas
ed with the results Of the annual
camporee. we stressed accuracy
above speed this year" he said, land
the boys turned out a much better
job than has been the case in the
past. Each event had a fair time
limit, and the boys were encour-
aged to strive for accuracy above
speed"
The Sea Scout events proved OF
unusual interest to spectators. These
events were handled under the d.
Tection Of Leo Baumfelder of Mis-
sion.
The committee on local arrange
ments was made up Of w. 0. Wash
ington. chairman; Dave DeKorte
and DR.. L. r. Olmsted.
The Is troops which achieved the
top ranking Of standard" are
Troop Of Donna, Troop 8 Of Har-
lingen, Troop 1 CT McAllen, Troop
10 Of Mission, Troop ~ Of Mission.
Troop % Of Harrington, Troop q OF
San Benito, Troop % Of Browns
vile, Sea Scout Ship 80 Of Browns
vile, Troop 80 OF Brownsville
Troop "a Of Weslaco, Troop 40 OF
Mercedes, Troop Al OF Weslaco
Troop IS of Sharyland. Troop So Of
McAllen. Sea Scout Ship 70 OF Har-
lingen, Troop rs of Harlingen and
Sea Scout Ship rs Of Mission.
Second Place Rank
The six troops which achieved the
second-to-top ranking Of star
are: Troop 5 Of Brownsville, Troop
IA Of Mercedes. Troop 80 Of Harlin-
gen. Troop 81 of Brownsville. Troop
So Of Harlingen and Troop SO OF
San Benito.
The Troops and their leaders here
include: Donna No. . Glenn White;
Donna No. 4. Glenn White; Browns
vile No. s, Dave DeKorte; 1arlin-
gen No. 9. T.. e. Lewis and ". s. Lid
dell: McAllen No. I. Charles Z. r
Cameron: Mercedes No. IA. Shannon
Booth: Mission No. 10. Rev. Pau
Hanna Mission No. 2. VIII Mack
Shane: Harlingen No. %, Amadc
Martinez; San Benito No. q, Johr
Prentiss and Adolph Thomle;
Townsville %, DR.. l.. r. Olmstc 4
and Bob Sylvester: Brownsville No
30. Wilbur washington; Harlingen
No. 80. Ross Arnold: Brownsville No
70. Wilbur washington: Weslaco No
"A. John Wood: Mercedes 40. Guada-
lupe Cara, Weslaco IL. Glenn
Schuepbach; Sharlyand S.. NIGEL
roy: McAllen So. DR.. r. Z. McRill
and Gordon Baxter: Brownsville
"a. j. T. Towle: Harrington So. II. L,
Evan; Harrington 70. r. M. Eubanks;
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