The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-23
ROY SCOUTS ADD
1903 MEMBERS

DIV Scouts in the Wilmington
,. Do; of the Cape Fear Council
alv NV almost tripled in number ir
nav rsst IS months, CORTLAND w
lne .ar Scout executive, announc.
ed yesterday
rhe membership has increased
~, e73 on January /. 1913, to 1,76e
ffo nre s a gain of 1903, he said.
al total of 10 troops have been
saed during the year and halt
' sdu'N six of them being organized
w vi. c, ID Scouts. Eight of the num-
,ol beoa, activities since the first
Oh c uni released by Baker
, oU that Scouts in the city on
s SawsTv |. 1913, numbered 1888 and
'a lime l. 1914, members total 67l.
OH ;acrease of 81 cubs, which IN
Al AIDES t boys within age limits of
e! ! ard II. was reported h S
ni ar IS membership rose from 143
u coo,ters who include scoutmas-
~. assistant scoutmaster and
letT, of the troop boards, in
nie need from 116 in January to
e ,oo in June. Niaety-two cubbers
n n's reported for this date to 81
in 1913. ,,o., +roon. .na
,nr hacks for cubs was reported.
Rooms 1g rose from 81 to 20, and
aacks from six to 10.
pe Now troops since January, 1913,
:.o Ju the following: Troop Is,
castle castle Hayne; Troop 80, Maffitt
Village: Troop 10, Lake Forest;
rroon r. Wrightsboro; Troop II,
Msffitt village at the Raleigh Com
raunitv house; Troop 1S, Whining
. 4ll Troop 81, Sunset Park; Air
S cy., natrol So, Sunset Park; Sea
s Cont ship "a, Wrightsville beach;
ma Negro troops III and 113, Will
m nil, Troop 100. Leland.
Me- Now JACKS for cubs were: Troop
:, Wrightsboro; Troop II, Maffitt
Village; and Troop %, Wilmington.
Troop "a, Wrightsville beach;
Troop 80, Maffitt Village; and
TROOP 1l3, Wilmington.
Troops added since the first of
1q44 totaled five. Troop II has a
membership of 81 and is directed
hv Cecil Rankin, scoutmaster;
Charles X. Kelley, Walter G. VIM,
R. Dick, Joe L. Hester, A. G.
Alderman, and A. K. Higganboth-
am. Troop "a of the Sea Scout
ship. numbers 10 and is headed by
R c. Malone, skipper, R. A. Ash
WORTH H. S. Cathey, and E. M.
Hawkins.
A membership of nine is record
ed for new Troop 81; leaders are
W. Toler, scoutmaster, O. K.
Ingram. C. T. Lewis, and G. S.
shelhorse. Mathew Curtlaad is
scoutmaster for the 10 Scouts in
Troop III. Other directors a r e
Richard N. Hansley, Israel Gas
tcn James Haywood, and Monroe
Johnson. Twelve Scouts compose
Troop 100, led by E. 0. Candy,
Jim Hill, G. Albert Gore, Ernest
Ward and Alfred Davis.
Three new packs were a d d d
since the first of the year. They
are Troop II with IA members aid
leaders R. G. Barr, Jr., L. w.
Miller, H. E. Haymore, DR.. S. c.
MacIntyre, T. P. o. Berry and
Joe Hester; Troop "a, 20 members,
Frank ] Anneberg, w. B. Gun
ningham, Jack B. Thomas, D. G..
Bell, leaders: Troop 113, 10 mem
bers, and Paul Wallace, Andrew
Sampson, Charles King, S m u e l
Jones and Clarence Davis, lead
erS.
Baker announced that work is
progressing on the organization OF
troop at Colonial Village, Sea
Scout ship sponsored by the jun
ir Chamber of Commerce, and
cub pack at Maffitt Village.
The fall program will be devel-
oped and sponsors approached for
new troops after Scout camp n
July, it was said.
The Boy Scout council is an agen-
cy member of the local Commu-
nifty War Chest.