Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-02-15
FATHER SON BANQUET IS
BOY SCOUT WEEK CLIMAX

Yesterday marked the end of National Scout Week,
celebrated by Greenbelt's II boy scouts with nmer-
meetings, recordbreaking acquisition of ranks,
honors, and merit badges, the arranging of H splay
windows in the Center, attendance of church services
Sunday and bang-up turkey banquet in the auditor
i,m Monday evening.
The l65 banqueteers, including the scouts, their
dads, and guests, addressed by william A. Murphy
from the FBI, Kent Mu1lin, representing the Honor
able Lansda1e Sasscer, George Harmon, State vice.
chairman of the American Legion, Jack Carney, Sea
Scout couui ssioner for the District area william F.
Mul1igan, president of the Prince Georges County
Boy Scouts, Wallace F. Aabee, and Mary Lloyd Willis,
who gave two readings. MIR. Travis", Joinerv
The latter especially applicable to Greenbelt,
and brought down the house. Mrs. willis pre-
sented with engraving of Lincoln behalf of the
scouts and cubs Robert Dove, former master
was remembered with gift from the Troop. o. Kline
Fulmer acted POSTMASTER. Entertainment, consist
ing of dancing and singing, furnished by the Peck
Studio. The IL year old directress, een, has been
great favorite with the scouts ever since she per-
formed at a recent cub entertainment.
The ten scouts and ten cubs who had made the most
advancement since the beginning of the year
presented at the banquet with free tickets to the
Fort Myers Horse Show the 23rd. Earl Morgan and
Douglas Warner made first scouts. Sixteen
scouts and ed ght cubs, In all, received badges and
honors recently earned. Two weeks ago the Troop set
a County record at the Hyattsvine Board of Review
by earning 22 merit badges in session. Most II
the honors presented by Scoutmaster Brittle in
safety, pathfinding, and firenanship, although
scout received merit badge in cooking, and another
in metal work. Six boys stars (for five merit
badges) and two boys the life honor (for ten merit
badges. Several att enhance medals and for
church attendance also presented. Cub honors
given out by Rock Kirknm, Capitol Area Cub Connie
stoner, took the form of gold award, two
lion badges, four bear badges, and wolf badge
Gladys Porter, who has managed this father
and banquet for the third year In succession,
gave out for publ cation the following statds
tics: fruit cocktail, six gallons; peas, five GAL
longs, potatoes, 100 pounds; turkey, 100 pounds;
cranberry four ga1ons cole s1aw, bushel,
celery hearts, two dozen; olives, gallons; Park
er House rolls, 1905 ice cream, six gallons; hone
made caes 22 milk, 3o quartsj coffee, 10 gallons.
Mrs. Porter said she especially appreciated the
operation Of Rus sell Ke1lms, through whom she
dered supplies, of Vernon Iseli, who carved the tu
key, and of the Head landscape Gardener McGregor
furn1sie the green's used In decorating. She also
praised the scout and cub mothers who made the
cakes, roasted the turkeys, took charge Of the
decorating, serving, and clearing up, and generally
made the affair a success
The displays Of camping scenes arranged by the
scouts and cubs in the Shopping Center display win
dows we're entered In a contest open to all scout
troops in the "capttal Area", lee, the territory
served by the Capital Transit Company. Last year
the Greenbe1t Troop took FIRST prize in the con-
best. The boys this year had choice Of naldng
displays around the subjects of handicraft, camping
or citizenship.