Show MORGAN SCOUT WILL CALL ON PRESIDENT robert sherwood chosen to represent region 12 at washington fete E explorer scout robert P sherwood g of explorer troop cho of mor morgan a n son of mrs zina sherwood has been selected by leaders in the ogden area council to represent region twelve in the annual report of the boy scouts of america to the nation according to david J wilson council president the report to the nation which is made annually by the boy scouts of america is made directly to the president of the united states at the white house each year du during ting annual scout week which always occurs to include february 8 and 12 twelve selected scouts one from each of the twelve regions in america will go to the white house on february 8 and will carry with them reports from their respective regions on the good turns se service vice projects camping and activities advancement and membership reports for the year of 1019 1010 robert sherwood in representing region twelve carries the report for the 54 councils in the region and covers california arizona nevada hawaii utah and southwestern wyoming in the 54 councils in region twelve there are about scouts and leaders the report which explorer sherwood will make to president truman will be the report of activities tivi ties of all these scouts and leaders for 1049 in the large area in the southwestern part of the united states the ogden area council was designated by the regional committee from region twelve to make the selection of the scout from tha ogden area council to represent the region in making the selection each district in the council was asked to select their best allaround scout to bo be a candidate for this great honor the districts did this and in the last day or so council leaders carefully examined the records of these scouts and interviewed ter each of them personally in order to make the selection explorer scout sherwood has been a scout since he was twelve ile he has been active in the boy scout program achieving the rank of life scout in the explorer program he has completed the re for the ranger rank which is the top rank in exploring ile he has served as patrol leader senior patrol leader and junior assistant scoutmaster in the scout troop and has served as crew leader and senior crew leader and at present is chairman of the outdoor program committee in the explorer pot post ile he was recommended highly to the council officers by morgan district scout officials and by his church leaders ile he is a member of the morgan high school basketball team is a two letter man in football lie he has been a leading member in both and opera at morgan high school lie he has also played in the school band for five years said mr IT wilson wilon council president explorer scout sherwood although only one of many of our high grade scouts was selected and we are ure sure that he will be ba an excellent representative both for his community for the ogden area council and for region twelve we feel highly honored to have a scout selected from our council to make this report to president truman and feel that it is a great privilege to have explorer sherwood pate in the ceremony he will depart for washington D C on february 5 by plane and be there to participate with the other eleven scouts on february 8 at the white house from there they will proceed to philadelphia and valley forge where further ceremonies will occur following which they will go to new york where they will participate in ceremonies in connection with Sc outings anniversary crusade which has ax as its slogan strengthen the arm or of liberty all council officers and the scouts of the ogden area council are enthusiastically rooting for explorer sherwood in his great adventure in honoring young sherwood morgan stake II 11 1 I A will sponsor a special program at the stake tabernacle sunday january 2 2 29 at 8 p m rock kirkam scout executive of utah will be the principal speaker and a well planned program has been arranged the pub lie is invited |