The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-04
STANCZAK GETS
SCOUT MEDAL
AWARDED AT ANNUAL SEES
SION OF ORGANIZATION
ON FRIDAY NIGHT
(Contributed)

Adam Stanczak, Jr., 13-year
old Boy Scout of local Troop. 50
: won a high honor at the Annua
" District Meeting of Scouts Frida,
might.
Young Stanczak, who has onl,
been in the Scouts for sever
months, was awarded the Honor
Award Medal of the Boy Scout:
OF America. Wilbert Moehrke
Chairman of the Court of Honor
made the presentation.
Young Stanczak is the son Of
Ensign and Mrs. Adam Stanczak
Sr., USGC. He came to Kew
West with his family about a year
and half ago. It was May 81
1912, when he became a Boy
Scout by passing his Tenderfoot
tests. 1t was little over a month
before he acquired the rank of
Second Glass which is very
good record for any Scout. He
now needs only a few require
ments to achieve First Glass
rank.
Adam lived in Fort Pierce,
Fla, for several years. There he
first became interested in Scout
ing, joining a Cub Pack in that
city at the age of nine. He is
now Den Chief in the local Cub
Pack Is and was given credit for
its organization in the last year
by the Lions Club.
George HOLDEN, Senior Patrol
Leader and First Glass Scout,
won second place in the Honor
Scout contest. He received an
orange ribbon bar pin.
HOLDEN has been in the Boy
Scouts for three years.
The other three runners-up in
the contest were Adolph Lastres,
Leroy Sawyer and Buddy Will
liams. Each received a Scout
emblem pin.
Honorable mention went to
Harry Williams, Albert PARA,
Everett FELTON,, Billy Brandt and
Billy Robinson.
Attendance at the meeting was
very good. Ten Scouters and
rs Scouts were present.
The Scouters present were
Isadore Weintraub, Awarding
Chairman; Wilbert Moehrke,
Court of Honor Chairman; Chief
Harrison Reed, USN; M. Birch;
Charles Ketchum, Cub Pack
Committeeman; Archie Potter,
Assistant Scoutmaster, Troop So;
Mr.. Clark, Scoutmaster, Troop
SO; John Edwins, Assistant
Scoutmaster, Troop SO, and a
Troop Committeeman, Troop So
The annual report of district
scouting activities was given by
Scouter Archie Potter. The local
Scouts did many fine things for
the good of their community and
country during the past year, the
record showed. Outside of the
loss of many Scouters to the
armed services, the year was a
great improvement in Scouting.
1t is with a great deal of regret,
but admiration, that we gave to
the armed forces of our country
the following Scouters: Ernest
John Avila, Albert E. Peirce,
Frank Miles and Earl Adams, Jr.
The loss of District Chairman M.
z. Berkowitz was also another
important and regretted event
during the year.
Each district officer was intro
duced after a few songs were
sung. Refreshments were serv-
ed. -'-.'o --|.''0 ~
After the annual meeting was
adjourned. a district officers SEES
sion was held. "A discussion of
election of district officers came
up before the group. 1t was
finally decided that more men
should be brought into the move
ment. A busy man is the type
of person that scout work is for.
It offers relaxation for the
business-weary man. Any man
who would like to take up this
work is urged to contact one of
the men that have already been
named during the next week.
A meeting has been set for We'd
nesday night in Chief Reeds of
flee in the Post Office Building.