The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-15
AMER. LEGION
 SCOUT TROOP
 WINS BANNER
Annual Rally at Douglas Brings Four Organiza-
 tions Into Line


 was won by the American Legion troop in the annual Boy Scout Ral- ly, commemorating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Boy Scout Move ment, held in the Eagles Hall in Douglas last night. Spec tors thronged the hall to watch a fine program presented under the direc- tion of Wayne Young, Juneau Scout official, which included a long list of contests between the Douglas troop, and Juneau troops sponsored by the American Legion, the Fire men, and the Norlitemen-with an exhibition by members of the Sea Scout ship sponsored by the Sons of Norway as an added attraction.
 The American Legion troop Scout master o. L. Kendall, won first place in the contests with a total of 24 points; the Firemen's troop, Scout master Sherwood Wirt, was second with 2l points; the Douglas troop, Scoutmaster Mark Jensen, was third with II points; the Norlitemens troop, Scoutmaster Gene Rhodes, was fourth with points. The Sea Scouts, commanded by Skipper Kinky Bayers, did not compete in the contests.
 Flag Ceremony
 The program opened with a Unit ed States Flag ceremony in which all the assembled Boy Scouts and Sea Scouts stood at salute before the flag-attended by Color Guards George Gullufson and Leonard Pow ell-while Bugler Mike Daniloff blew ITO the Colors." Following the bugle call the Scouts repeated the Oath of Allegiance in unison.
 1 Scoutmaster Mark Jensen, in short address of welcome, gave a brief history of the newly organized Douglas troop.
 1 The first competitive event-a knot tying contest-was won by the Fire mems troop with the Legion troop second and the Norlitemen's troop third.
 tumble Shoe Race 1 A "jumble-shoe" race was won by 1 the Douglas troop. In this event competitors removed their shoes, which were placed in a jumbled heap at the oposite end of the sal. At a starting signal, all contestants raced to the shoe pile, donned pair of shoes-regardless of ownership and returned to the starting point.
 A First Aid contest, in which patient" from e a h troop had bandages applied to his right eye, right ankle, right hand, head, left arm (sling), and right arm tsling) by six doctors" from the same troop, racing against time, was won by the Bremen, with the Legion and Nor litemen second and third.
 Tells of Sea Scouts
 Sidney V. Dennison, Superinten- dent of Construction and Mainte- nance, Forest Service, made short speech on the Sea Scout organiza- ton. which is limited to youths be- tween the ages of Is and 21 years. At the conclusion of his speech a cry of Man overboard!' startled the spectators. and Mike Daniloff hast fly tossed a life-preserver through the rear door of the hall. A rescue squad, composed of Bill Low, Robert Hamilton, Bill Ri c h hards, Claud HelgeSen and Bob Dalton, donned life jackets and plunged into body of hypothetical water, returning with the victim of the accident, Grant Ritter, apparently badly water-log- ged. Efficient first aid methods, un- der the direction of Earl Monagle, resultd in the speedy recovery of the partially drowned victim.
 An "O'Grady" drill-down, open to all scouts present, resulted in victory for the Legion, with the Norlitemen and Firemen second and third re- spctively.
 Judging Contest
 A judging contest in which four scouts from each troop agreed on an estimate of the combined age, weight and night of Scoutmasters Jensen, Rhodes, Wirt and Kendall, was won by the Legion, with the Norlitemen second and Douglas third. Many of the estimates were surprisingly close to the actual figures-combined age 128 years, combined weig ht 623 pounds, and combined height p feet and inches-although one group, through an error involved in the Iaa