The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-11-28
Successful
Honor Court
Monday Eve
Several Scouts Invested With
Higher Ranks and
Merit Badges
7OBOY SCOUTS PRESENT
Splendid Talks By Leaders
Belgrade Troop Attend
ed In Body

seventy boy scouts, 1llteeH
Scouters and thirty-five adults at
tended the Boy Scout Court OF
Honor held in the Senior High
School Assembly Monday evening
November 25th. A number Of boys
from Belgrade and from this city
were invested with the Tenderfoot
rank, and several others were pre-.
scented with merit badges fol
achievement attained during the
year.
The meeting was opened with the
presentation of several selections
by the Junior Boys and Girls band
under the direction of DR.. P. w
Hanson. The Scouts were then call
ed to attention by Commissioners
p. ]. Jansen, who led them in re-
peating the Scout oath and laws.
G. s. Thomas, chairman, in stat
ing the purpose of the Court OF
Honor, said that in former years
these meetings had been held for
Sank Centre Scouts alone, but that
during the past year, through the
organization of the Sank Valley
District, they had been changed to
a district court. This being the
first District Court of Honor, all
troops of surrounding communities
were invited. Belgrade having the
only active troop outside the city
of Sank Centre, co-operated with
the three local troops in offering
several boys for advancement. He
further stated that r. B. Kowalke
of the local public schools, had
been elected chairman Of the Sank
Valley District. The members of
the Court of Honor were: c. s.
Thomas, chairman; "A. ]. Borgerd-
ing, of Belgrade; DR.. R. B. Kettle
well, Andrew G. Nelson, and r. B.
Kowalke, of this city. Among the
visitors and speakers were: Mr.
Virgins, Scout Executive, Of St
Cloud; Msgr. Mahowald, st. Cloud
Mr.. Jenkins of Minneapolis; Alfred
Ronness, Scout Master, H. P. Hay
wood and Walter Welts, of Bel
grade.
Twenty-Five Tenderfoot Scouts
presented themselves for advance
ment and were given splendid ad-
vice and invested with their badges
by Scout Commissioner P. J. jan
sen. George Conkey was advanced
to the rank of Second Glass Scout
and Robert Markson and Russell
Larson, who successfully passed the
Board of Review, were invested
with the First Class Scout insignia.
Merit Badges were awarded to
Dudley Morse, Franklin Vandes-
teeg, Warren Peglow, Lester
Wruck, Lloyd Wruck and Jarvis
Hansen.
Mr.. Virgins, Area Scout Execu-
tive, Of st. Cloud, was introduced
and stated that he had a message
from the Boy Scouts Of America,
composed Of one million boys and
264 900 men, in the matter of health
and safety. He stated that the
Scout organization has worked dir
ectly and indirectly on a program
of safety and health for years. In
view of the great slaughter of hui
mans in automobile accidents he
recommended that all, especially
the Scouts, as potential drivers,
read the recent articles published
in the Readers Digest. These arti-
cles give a vivid description Of auto
accidents, and terrible and grue-
some cold facts of the sufferings of
the victims. He also warned of &C
cidents in the homes, stating that
$4,000 died Of the results Of such
accidents during the past year, and
also included the dangers of rub
Der ice, in his talk. Merit badges
are given for safety, and he advised
the boys to practice and study arti-
ficial respiration for cases OF
drowning and monoxide gas.
r. B. Kowalke introduced Msgr.
Mahowald, of st. Cloud, who is
greatly interested in the Scout
movement, and who gave the boys
a splendid talk. His topic to the
Scouts was that growing up right
was a big job. He advised them to
live up to the code of morals and
ethics which has as it's fundamen-
tails the principles of Christianity,
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