The Sidney herald., 1960-02-17
Court of Honor
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ond Class badges to Carl Hansen,
Barry Gray, Robert Webber, and
Steve Williamson of Troop 88. Sec
ond Class badges were awarded to
Les Espeland and Gary Pavek of
Troop 141.
At a Tenderfoot Investiture
ceremony the following Scouts
were brought into Scouting in
Troop SO. Charles Banta, Allen and
James Dschaak, Tod Gorder, John
Unwin, John Nutter, and Dennis
Phinney; into Troop 141: John
Braaten and Nolan Nicholson.
Merit badges were awarded to
the following Scouts:
Troop 81 = Louis Hoepfner,
Farm Home and It's Planning;
James Nelson, Swimming; Peter
| Olsen, Leatherwork. Troop 8S-
Bill Gall, Life Saving; Douglas
Hagen, Fishing, Home Repairs,
Citizenship in the Home, Painting,
Bookbinding, Reading; Larry
Johnson, First Aid, Corn Farming;
Charles Petersen, Stamp Collect
ing, Swimming, Life Saving, First
Aid; James Petersen, Stamp Col
lecting, Swimming, Life Saving
First Aid; Robert Petersen, First
Aid, Swimming, Life Saving.
Inasmuch as the other troops hac
, recently held Courts of Honor, al
Scouts who had earned awards il
the past year were recognized anC
! formed a Color Guard for the
, awarding of the current badges.
The Court of Honor was held il
= the Elks Hall on Monday, Februar.
! 9. The Kiwanis Club furnished anC
s served a cake honoring the 50tl
Birthday of Boy Scouts to all il
attendance following the meeting
: All troops in Sidney were re
S presented at the Court and thei
leaders introduced. Troop 81, spon
j sored by the Knights of Columbus
\ is lead by Bill Mcintosh as Scout
master, with Don Mercier as Assis
\ tant. Troop 88, sponsored by tn
q Kiwanis Club, is lead by c. F
= Hagen as Scoutmaster, wit
George H. Johnson, Emmett I
Young, and Bert Webber as Assis
- tantS. Troop 140, sponsored b
= Trinity Lutheran Church, is lea
> by Otto Peterson as Scoutmaste;
> and Ray Blomquist as Assistan
: Troop 141, sponsored by Pell
3 Lutheran Church, is lead b
l. Howard Eicholtz as Scoutnaste
/ with Harve Pavek and Bill Greer
l. wood as Assistants. Explorer Po
No. 85, sponsored by the Jaycee
is lead by Alan Keene as Advise
In addition to the four Scol
- troops and Explorer post, Il
5 Elks Club of Sidney sponsor tv
Cub Packs with the following lea
y ers working directly with Il
Y packs. Pack 142-Pete Degel, Wa
A Dasinger, John Unwin, Kay Ca
penter, and John Degn; Pack L
" Jim Rehbein, Jens Molgaard, B
< Lund, and Bob Murray.
81 Two Cub Packs, three SEQ
N Troops, and the Explorer Post d
v corated windows commemorate
A the 50th Anniversary of Scoutil
81 in the following business house
W NuOIlIdIld-O Ol1l1llCS w., Nl
I Donald, Penneys, and Yellowsto
IA Mercantile. The windows we
q judged to be of exceptionally fl
v quality with placement being Civ
A by the judging committee as fl
"a lows: 1st-Troop 88, Post IS, a
w Pack 143; End Troop 140 a
Y pack 142; 3rd-Troop 141.
A Based on the interest display
in Scouting during Scout week,
v would appear that 1860, the Colo
A jubilee of Scouting, will be
a most active Scouting year Sidr
n has ever seen; all of which will
N suit in better boys today, for b
Y ter tomorrow. We all join in p;
A ing tribute to those men who v
n UNFAIRLY serve our community
bringing this great program
boys. Their only pay comes fir
n the knowledge that they h;
never stood so tall, as when Il
StOODed to helm a child