The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-06-15

over all Scout Troops in Washing !
ton County and nearby South Frank
lin District in Pennsylvania, are go
ing to the second National Jamboree
which will be held at historic Val
ley Forge, Pa, from June 80 to |
July g. Another thirty-six Scouts
from the South Franklin District are
going also.
The thirty-six boys from Washing
ton County have been picked by
their Scoutmasters not only for their
outstanding work in Scouting, but
also for their fine record at school and
their constant endeavor to live up
to the twelve Scout Laws.
William NJ Shipley, the oldest
Scoutmaster in point of service in
Washington County, will be the Jam
boree Scoutmaster for the Wash
ington County contingent. Mr.. Ship
ley, who holds the highest award a
Scouter can obtain-the Silver Bea-
yer - also wears the Scoutmaster's
Key, another outstanding Scouter
award. He is not only Scoutmaster
of Troop II, Williamsport, but he is
also the leader of the Explorer Post,
the Sea Scout Troop and the Squad
ron Troop of Williamsport, and last
but not least he is himself an Eagle
Scout and has record of twenty
five years continuous service as an
active Scoutmaster.
Assisting Scoutmaster Shipley
will be two Assistant Scoutmasters,
Walter NJ Morse, Scoutmaster of
Troop 8, Hagerstown; and Harvey
M. Miller, Jr., an Eagle Scout who
is now the Assistant Post Advisor
of Post 2, Hagerstown.
The Jamboree, which will be the
largest ever held (the previous one
was held in Washington, D. c., will
have forty thousand Scouts present
and thew will be housed in a 600-acre
'Tent City" All the cooking will
be done by the Scouts themselves,
and every boy is paying his own way,
most of them through their own
earnings.
One of the features of the jam
boree will be the International Sec
ton, which will house Scouts and
Leaders from some of the A Boy
Scout organizations throughout the
world. The Jamboree will be of
l fcially opened by President Tru-
l man, and a dramatic opening cere-
mony will be held on Friday eve
ming, June 80, when a pageantry
will be presented telling the story
of Valley Forge with a ragged Con
tinental Army under George Wash
ington, and when the pageant i!
over the Scouts will carry torche!
7 across the grounds to light theil
! sectional camp fires.
= In the full program that has beer
: arranged for the Jamboree, the re-
ligious life of the Scouts has no
!, been neglected Scouts of Jewish
faith will hold their services on Fri
! day evening and Saturday morning
June 30 and July 1, and on Sunday
e morning, July 2, there will be Cath
: Ollie Mass, Protestant Service anc
a Latter Day Saints Service.
The Scouts making the trip from
Washington County, their trool
number and the sponsoring institu
: tons are:
Troop l, sponsored by st. Mary
Roman Catholic Church-Robert G
: Briody and Carroll E. Keller.
g Troop 2, sponsored by St. Paul
r Evangelical United Brethren Churcl
). Don Morgan.
Troop 8, sponsored by Washing
! ton Street P-T.A-Donald L. Tur
g ner.
:: Troop 4, sponsored by ST. Paul
r. Methodist Church-James H. Hill
n Jr., Robert C. Mann, John E. Poffen
d berger, Gordon R. Spessard an
l. Thomas G. Spofford
/ Troop 5, sponsored by the Pres
byterian Church-Lewis E. Liant;
Jr.
Troop 8, sponsored by Christ
Reformed Church-Clifford Mar
y speaker.
y Troop 9, sponsored by St. John
: Lutheran Church-John M. Mile
Jr. and James E. Potterfeld.
i Troop II, sponsored by st. John
= Episcopal Church-Arthur Derr
Troop Is, sponsored by Zion Ev
angelical and Reformed Church
Fred Blevins and Ronald E. Key
ser.
10 Troop II, sponsored by the Metf
y, odist Church, Williamsport- TER