Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-03-12
CubScOut News
QUADRUPLETS BORN

GU ADRUPLETS BORN
In the words of Herb wilkins,
Montgomery District Scout Exec
utive, in inducing four new Cub
masters and seven Assistant Cub
masters for the Rockville Area, a
unique event in Scouting history
took place Saturday night, Feb.
28, when Rockville's old Cub Pack
208 vanished in giving simultane-
Gus birth to four complete Cub
Scout Packs.
This event took place as the
main feature of the Annual Blue
and Gold Banquet, held this year
in celebration of the 43rd birthday
of Scouting in America.
Guests of honor at the banquet
were: Mrs. William Steinberg,
President of the Rockville Ele-
mentary PTA, sponsors of Pack
POS; Mrs. Lillian Klein, Principal
of Lone Oak School, and Mr..
Klein; Mr.. Donald Hunt, Presi-
dent of Lone Oak PTA, sponsors
of Pack 482; DR.. Thomas Pape,
President of Twinbrook School
PTA, sponsors of Pack 483 and
Mrs. Pape; The Gaithersburg PTA,
sponsors of Pack asa was repre-
scented by Mr.. George Osterwise,
Principal of Gathersburg High
School and Mr.. L. Clark McCut-
cheon, Institutional Representa-
tive.
The Scouting movement was rep
resented by Mr.. Herbert Wilkins,
District Scout Executive, and Mrs.
Wilkins. Mr.. Nelson Oliver, Neigh
borhood Cub Scout Commissioner
represented the Clubbing Move
ment, while the higher age groups
were represented by Mr.. Ira Wal
ters, Scoutmaster of Troop 447,
Mr.. Elwood Havener, Scoutmaster
of Troop 448, and Mr.. Gibson
Davis, Explorer Advisor to the
Gaithersburg Post, who also SER
yes as Chairman of Pack 4S4.
Akela's charge to the incoming
Cubmasters and their Assistants
was read by retiring Cubmaster
Moore, as he invested each with
the symbolic feathered Headdress
of Leadership, after which the
Leaders badges were presented
by Mr.. Wilkins. The Rev. Howard
C. Cobbs, Institutional Represen-
tative for Pack POS, expressed the
thanks of the group to DR.. and
Mrs. George A. Moore, retiring as
Cubmaster and Chief Den Mother,
respectively, and presented a
symbolic lamp bearing the greet
ings of all of the Cub Scouts pre-
sent.
New leaders and honors won
during the month in the four new
Packs are:
PACK 2OS
Institutional Representative, the
Rev. Howard C. Cobbs; Chairman
Stanton Keith; Cubmaster, Albert
H. Lane; Assistants, Ernest Fl
Burt, Jr., Harry E. Pontius, Fay
cite E. Rogers. The Wolf advance
ment was awarded to: Thomas
Slater, Stephen Burt, George KEEP
hart and Samuel Hopkins; the
Bear Rank to Douglas King; and
the Lion Rank to Truman Burn
and Donald Coleman.
Arrow point awards were made
to Thomas Brown, Truman Burn
(2), Robert Muller, Vernon Rog-
ers, Charles Stevenson, Thomas
King, Donald Coleman CO.., Thomas
Slater (2), Billy Brooks, Victor
Davis, George Kephart (2), Doug
las King (2), Tommy Van Dyke,
and Freddy Moore. Scoutmaster
Walters and a detail of Scouts
from Troop 447 received by grad
uation Webelos Cub Freddy Moore
and Lion Cub Stanley Miller as
Tenderfoot and Candidate men,
bers, respectively, of Troop 447.
100 per cent slides for the
month were won by: Tommy
Brown, Truman Burn, Tommy
King, Robert Muller, Vernon Rog-
ers and Charles Stevenson of Den
8; Tommy Buffers, Buddy Cobbs,
Norman Pennington and Will
Stackhouse of Den 8; Bryan Lane,
Donald Coleman and Tommy Stat
er of Den 10; Billy Brooks, Steve
Burt, Victor Davis, Sam Hopkins,
George Kephart, Douglas King and
Tommy Van Dyke of Den IS; and
by Timothy Atwell, Brian Keith
and Robert Pontius of Den 49,. The
honor pennant for the month was
won by Den 3.