Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-01-21
TWO HUNDRED
SCOUT LEADERS
HEAR R. MOLEY
Told That Opportunity Is By
No Means Dead In The
America Of Today
OFFICERS TO SERVE 1888
REELECTED AT MEETING

Two hundred Scout leaders of Della
ware and the Eastern Shore of Mary
land were told by Raymond Moley,
former Brain Truster, and contribut-
ing Editor of NEWS-WEEK, that OPP
portunity is by no means dead in
America today, at the Annual Meeting
of the Del-Mar-Va Boy Scout Council
held in the Hotel Dupont, Tuesday
evening, January 10. Mr.. Moley, whose
two sons are both active Boy Scouts in
a California Troop, spoke highly of
the training opportunities offered by
the Boy Scout Organization, and in
dicated that young men imbued with
the high principles of Scouting have
a greater opportunity to contribute to
American Life than had past genera
lions of youth.
The present officers of the Scout
Council were reelected at the Coun-
Gil Meeting to serve during 1888, as
follows: Chairman of the Board, Hon.
Richard C. McMullen; President, Chas.
H. Cant; Vice-Presidents, Everett G..
Ackart, William B. Tilghman, Jr.,
Salisbury; j. Thompson Brown, J. Ed
gar Roads and Wallace Woodford,
Dover; Scout Commissioner, Garrick
Mallory, Jr.; Treasurer, Robert P.
Robinson; Representative to National
Council, Walter Blackson, Edwin G..
Huber, and Lammont DUPONT, Jr.
The twenty-five year veteran a.
ward was presented by Judge Charles
M. Curtis to Garrick Mallory, Scout
Commissioner, who has served contin-
uously as Scoutmaster of Troop 2,
Old Swedes Church, since September
1911. Clarence S. P. Weber of Mid
dletown, Delaware, who has been an
active Scout and Scouter since 1912,
and is present District Commissioner,
received the twenty-year veteran a
ward. The award of Silver Beaver
for exceptional service to boyhood,
was given to Charles III. Cant, Coun-
Gil President and William ]. B. Regain,
District Commissioner of Wilmington.
Life Scout Charles G.. Shoemaker of
Troop II, Centreville, gave an inter-
esting account of his experiences as a
member of the Council delegation to
the National Boy Scout Jamboree in
Washington last summer.
High lights of the 1887 Scouting
year as reported by President Cant,
stressed the National Jamboree, the
Scout Exposition held last February
in Wilmington and College Scout Day
held at the University of Delaware
and Washington College last October,
for all Delaware and Eastern Shore
of Maryland Scouts. Outstanding COM
munity service was rendered by the
Scouts in connection with the Red
Cross Flood emergency mobilization
of last January. Tons of clothing,
foods. and other supplies were collect
ed by Scouts for the relief of flood
sufferers.
Scout membership continued to
grow during 1887, ACCORDING to Mr..
Giants report. The 276' Scouts en-
rolled on December 81, 1887 repres-
ent a fifteen percent gain over the
enrolment of the previous year. The
highly successful camp season at the
Rodney Scout Camps, attended by
more boys than ever before in camp
history, and the rapid growth of the
Cub program for boys under Scout
age were other significant achieve
ments. Eight Delaware Troops are
made up entirely Of negro boys. Five
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