The Sidney herald., 1955-03-24
Scouts Have
Merit Badge
Show March II

show was presented by approx
matelv two hundred scouts and
sc0uters of the Te-com District,
Yellowstone Valley Council, Boy
Scouts of America. 1t was held at
the Giendive Washington school
gym Saturday, March 18th.
In the afternoon seventeen
booths displaying different merit
badges, including two cub scout
expositions. were in charge of
bows from various troops who
expertly described their booth
and requirements necessary for a
boy scout TO earn the respective
badge. Those who were not for
tunate enough to attend missed a
wonderful event Every booth in
dictated many hours of prepara-
ton.
The evening consisted of skits
by cub and boy scouts along with
awards for events of the day.
over 400 people attended the
evening show. With Don Powers
Of Station KXGN as M. c., the
program was opened by Troop As,
sponsored by the Miles City
American Legion under the lead
erShip Of Scout Master Fred Ged-
ney. with an Indian Council Fire
Ceremony" in full Indian dress.
This was followed by a skit
entitled, Driving the Golden
Spike. by Cub Pack 33 sponsor
ed by the Zion Lutheran Brother
hood under leadership of Cub
Master Orvilie HendricksOn. Troop
$50 of the Congregational Mems
Fellowship of Glendive with Ken
Johnson, assistant scout master,
presented a skit entitled, "The
Growth Machine" Den 3 Of Pack
81 under the direction of Den
Mother Mrs. Billie KnoWltOn, gave
two short skits. and Den 2, Mrs.
John BarroWs, Den Mother, gave
a skit entitled, Gold Rush" Al
Eckcs Is cub master of Pack 81
sponsored by the Glendive Lions.
Other skis were, Cancer" by
Troop 43, sponsored by the K of c
OF Miles City. John Braunbeck,
scout master. 'Joe's Fish Market
by Troop II, sponsored by the
FairvieW Lions club, Darrell
Kemmis. scout master; and Mrs.
f. ". Lcnehan's Den 1 of Pack 81
staged a style Show"
Scout Master Keith Wilson of
Miles City was awarded a camp
stove for the most man miles
Travelled. Several other prizes
we're given by drawings from the
list of registration.
Rex. Welton, Dr.. R. S. Zuroff
and Dick McMullin all of Glen
dive spent most of the afternoon
judging the booths. A point sys-
tenn was used and even with that
system it was difficult to deter
mine which were the better
booths. The booths were award
ed prizes for their fine work as
follows:
A cook kit to Troop As of Miles
City for Indian Lure. Fred Ged-
ney, scout master; pup tents to
Troop % of Baker for Aviation,
Coleman KrOkker, scout master,
and Troop II of FairvieW for
First Aid, Charles GOetzke, scout
master; chefs tools and shovels
10 Troop 46 of Miles City for
cooking, Keith Wilson, scout
master; and to Troop 80 of Glen
dive for Railroading, Ken Cor
man, scout master; axes to Troop
80 Of Glendive for Leatherwork,
Damon McKibben, scout master,
and TO Troop $50 of Glendive for
Nature, Bruce Fisher, scout mas
ter; lanterns to Troop 81 of Baker
for Conservation, Kenny Kochel,
scout master, and Troop 43 OF
Miles City for Plumbing, John
Braunbeck, scout master; first aid
kits to Troop SO of Glendive for
Rocks and Minerals, and Troop "a
Of Glendive for Agriculture, V.
JOllo, S. NJ; manila rope to
Troop 81 Of Glendive, both the
Wolf Patrol for reading and the
Flaming Arrow Patrol for Art.
axes 10 Troop 40 for Electricity
Lloyd Scoles, scout master, and
Troop 88. Automobiling, NJ. Peter
son, scout master, both of Sidney
The excellent displays Of the two
Cub Packs were not judged with
these because of the difference in
the nature of the booths.
John BarrOws with the assis-
lance Of Chuck Healy, headed the
physical arrangements committee
Nick MeisSner was in charge oil
the concession stand; music fol
the day was furnished by A.
EckeS with his Hi-Fi system; Ode
CuSker was in charge of regis
uauOn. ALI Undem was chairman
Of the judging committee; publici-
y was handled by Arnold Miller
tickets by Ray Leaf and Jim Rud-
oy assisted several committees
COOrdinating the evening show
was Field Scout Executive Car
BuStelL Chuck Healy, district-com-
missioner, conducted the planning
meetings for the affair. Because
Of the cooperation and the won.
derful Job done by the scouts anC
these and other scouters of tn,
district, the Merit Badge SHOW
was a highly successful event
Another show of this type viii
be presented next year within tn,
Te-Com District.
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