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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS, Kanab, Utah Page Four of Old Lone Scout of Enrichment Strengthening Spirit Provides STORY banquet in keen interest until Ins death la- -t year. L"gion Convention .Week has gradually become big business FMwftnns pmet-iallpirped S city hotel in New York three vears ago Times Square was renamed Elbeetian Square lor ten days, the Press (,lub Theatre was used tor Open House, and Ralph Salazars El bee TV FoRies" a rollicking amateur melodrama and variety show, acted b) I. dented members M roroNaoi" a prominent attmmv ot Iuoi'u Ilieo attended, as did WiH B'run U columnist for the Vain ouvei. Radish Columbia PKOVIV'E. (holes (award, a U S Government engineer from Cali-- I rni w as ih re sent at the New TO ALL HLS BOYS DAD Lone Scout History Thru The Years Tells History of A Fine Organization TELLER Character Harvest of the Years By Lucien W. Emerson It has never been the chief object of the Elbeetian Legion to expand as had the parent organization, the Lone Scouts of America. Indeed, not all of the oldtime Scouts unearthed at one time or another showed any enduring interest in ajumni activities In general howevef, a keen interest in cherished memories has been the criterion marking alert minds. The purpose being different, the passage of over thirty years has found the Legion still with slightly less than a thousand cream members the hard-corof the old LSA. grave-marke- cur-.rentl- y LRTian LlTIEN SON of Middletown, W. EMERNew York who wrote the Golden Years" series appearing this month in the S.U.N., will assist LBTian Perry Emerson Thompson with Eta Ilunka Pi tnitation at Annual Banquet. Pow-Wo- remaining 100 per centers," hawing attended all reunions since 1934, has produced movie sequen ees of these affairs for a mini her of years, some in color In the Legion, last years movie is al ways a prime attraction Meet When Possihle Smaller groups of those unable have to make the big continued to meet wherewr pos sible, in every corner of the conti ndnt Charles Merlins Birthday Party, in New York each year a round February 20 drawing a large attendance The Elbeetian Traveling Let tor, started earlv, snowballed until it now travels in a sturdy wood on chest, affording the receipient a full years reading The more modest but not less valuable Scrap Book, containing such treasures as the editorial letter from LONE Elmer Fisher SCOUT awarding the first Gold Quill, was never re Pow-wo- I.BTian I. ALLAN MORGAN who will be honored along with Mrs. Happy Rovce Parker, daughler of the late Chief Totem. W. D. Boyfe and other distinguished members of the Elbeetian Legion at their annual banquet Fridaj evening here in Kanab, 'I lie iilialleial ghost still raises its head periodically but thus far cesstullv exercised as has been the soilless voluntary aid goes on Joseph Zifchock, State Senator for Rhode Island and owner of a large printing establishment, furnishes letterpress wherever desired So does Jim McDougall oi the Press in San Francisco, publisher with Spud Lawless of the SUNSET NEWS, a thriving neighborhood newspaper; and main others Harry Carter, a polio vietiiiii who attended conventions and produced man) a printed envelope or other need, regrettably passed auav this spring EAGLE FEATHER ltci the ill earns were sliattei ed. Anil mingled with desert sands,, , ttei the tubes weie siatteieil. And windeitd in distant lands Kitei the eehoi s hail tailed In the mists id the gtonous past, m imlv the ghosts paraded, With thoughts that weie tailing fast I set apait horn the otheis, Id ot his vei own. i recalled his biothers To it Lone nd tin wondeilul dav s thev had known Ih sent to the Heavens his signals ot smoke, all to see. nd thev traveled-to- r Vndal! oUiis signals m .silence spoke Ot new glories tin Elbeetee. iwas then In a International Convention London, Ontaim "as the First International (munition, h isted bv Harold West, a London artist LBTian TOitKEL GUN DEL of who had drawn one of the final Chicago will conduct the Annual ( iv t rs tm LONE SCOUT. It was Business Meeting of the Elbeefollowed b the reunion in Puerto tian Legion once again as he has Rico last year, and Arne Ritan, eorhiirman at Loudon, was even done for so many years in the past. more invaluable, eftK ientl) arranga Travel Agent as air passage ing Irom his home in Sudbury, Ontar or, had once subscribed to the ori10 San Juan was the tirst extdusi ELBEETEE ginal pressprinted veh airborne corn ention Vincent Schaefer, the General E lectric Weather Scientist, and Kordel, food consultant, are HUNK PI BIG both Elbeetians A world traveler and author in his own right, Kor-del'- s latest book, Live To Enjoy The Mono) You Earn," is being nationally syndicated in current newspapers. Such names from the glittering stars in the Legions cloth of gold. Scores of one-timScouts with no hope or hunger for prominence are loyal members, their friendship as eagerly sought In the Legion. Charles Wright wrote with deep significance in the Memorv Book "all are equal in the Shared experiences early decades of the century is the unfailing touchstone. Few things thrill an Elbeetian like the late discovery of Eugene Henry, winner of the first gold medal in LONE SCOUT, in 1916, now- a radio weather reporter in North Carolina. .BTian PERRY EMERSON This was the result ol an often-- ! member beloved THOMPSON, burst of Legion activity, repeated of the Elbeetian Legion who will new however in that state, conduct honorary Eta Hunka Pi to a rebirth With the initation of the Annual Banquet appearance of stones in the local onFxid ayifyening, LBTian Joe Moore and others, Among other features at San several scores of oldtime Lonies Juan' a W- D Boyce Handicap was were unearthed The Catawba run at El Comandante Race Track, Tribe was promptly formed, and and a cup presented At the ban- - two or three Southern Rallies held Elbeetians met Don Juilo within a few months, at one of Conesa, a Puerto Rican radio pio- - which meddl winner Henry and neer, who crossed the Island from the LONE SCOUT editor who Ponce despite a heart condition, made the award, F. Allan Morgan, 43 years. Truly, Passing away a few months later, first met after but not before meeting his Lone Scout brothers. J Antonio Jarvis was another Elbeetian who braved a heart condition, flying from the Virgin Islands to attend the din- Maxwell Hold Social Events The ELBEETEE reported such social events with vigor and dash. For many years a Western Union employ in New York, Editor Merlin produced the magazine by mimeograph, monthly parties being held at his home in Hudson Heights, N. J. to collate the pages, As many Elbeetians as possible attended these gala affairs, usually ending in a hearty meal provided by Mrs. Frances Merlin; one a visiting member from Peru, Oscar C. Plenge. The magazine fell victim to the pressure of work during World War Two. Merlin was forced to Suspend. But he had builded bet- Ter' than he knew. Two" energetic members, the late Arthur Levine and Joseph Kahane,- - both originally of Bayonne, N. J. promptly jumped into the breach. As members of the Knickerbocker Tribe The of Brooklyn, they issued KNICKERBOCKER, Pinch-Hittinfor the ELBEETEE, month after month, throughout 1945 and well into the following year. . Their innovation wras to produce their paper by the offset method of printing, a process adopted by Merlin at his resumption of ELBEETEE at the end of the war, and since continued. d g Many Serve Country The record of Elbeetians in the Armed Forces during the war was truly impressive Eighty-eigh- t members saw service in every known theater. Of these, twenty nine were commissioned officers, including many captains, a major, The rank and file served in the Army and Navy, Seabeesa and Marines, and in the Air Force. Levine and Kahane were particulary industrious in keeping the boys in touch. With offset meanwhile, Merlin, like his pinch-hittineditors, was free to reproduce pictures. The magazine bloomed with old LONE SCOUT articles, headl ings and por- traits as originally printed. Artists produced an amazing variety of covers and there are dozens of artists in the Legion! g Over the years Chris Jensen, of Salt Lake City, popular chair man of the current Kanab reunion, has done a number of fine cover pictures. Conventions, the yearly opportunity to foregather, grow steadily in importance. The ELBEETEE reports them in minute detail. With the camera fans a fresh custom sprang up: the "Memory Album, from 8 to 10 pages of candid photos, each dedicated to conventions doings. Cleon Pross, advertising artist, Toledo Convention Chairman in 1954, and one of 7 G Otlev, j e of Monoga- - tians National Personalities Men prominent in public afNew members were constantly have continued to find a refairs being added, many appearing for newed interest in boyhood days al the scattered con- the first time ventions Clare Woods, of Missouri. attended the Missouri Mules Round-uin 1939, was for some time Theater Manager for Paramount in Salt Lake City Bryce Anderson, born in Grantsvillo, and editor of the SIGNAL FIRE in Lone Scout days, later became assistant citv editor for the Salt Lake City TRIBUNE Bryce, in California, has also written fiction for the professional magazines. Local Lone Scouts Other Utah Lone Scouts, not Elbeetians, were Robert Berlin, a police reporter for the TRIBUNE, and Nelden Jensen, author of articles about Southern. Utah for LONE SCOUT, later a copy reader for the Deseret NEWS; both now deceased. Cecil Richardson mb Arizona of the published a description Painted Desert, The Most Desolate Country in the World, in the last, issue of LONE SCOUT. Later running a trading post at Tonalea, he issued THE PAINTED DESERET POST, a genuinely hu monies amateur journal, published quarterly, which won him an article bv Neil M. Clark in THE SATURDAY EVENING POST, and thousands of fan letters Not until he was elected Sheriff for Coconino County did Richardson join the Elbeetian Legion; he will be found this week among those attending in Kanab. Over the years the Legion has cxpcnenced changes in form, if not m spirit. At one time a Board of Governors was named at a convention business meeting. With no visible outward result or benefit, this was later abandoned. Any of the memgeneral berships, usually from 20 to 50 in number, is sufficient to confirm the few Legion decisions required. Honor Departed Memorial sendees being a feature of each reunion, in memory of the departed, now' counting eighty-nine- , these ceremonies presently assumed an Indian motif. Perhaps most impressive of all was the Sunset Sendee at Idaho Springs, Colorado in 1947, I Am Lone Beaver," written and directed by C. Hilan Craig, of LONE SCOUT serial fame. Uncomfortably echoing Lone Scort history, dependent as it is on voluntary contributions, the ELBEETEE has occasionally presented financial problems. This came to a head in New York City in 1940, when William Burkhardt, Bill, LSXVII," made a resounding Either speech on the subject. we have a magazine and pay for it,, Burkhardt' said reasonably. "Or we dont pay for it, and skip the whole thing. This has gone down in Elbeetian history as the famous Are w'e mice or men? speech. one-tim- e cross-sectio- through the Legion Ralph Salazar of Arizona and California, now connected with United Press International in New York City, and virtual Official Photographer as well as reporter for th& - conven- h i s PACIFIC published SCOUT in the early Twenties, and gave status to Lone Scout affairs by traveling from Los Angeles by bus to attend a Chicago Rally in tions, 1925. Charles Bruce, also of Nova Scotia, poet and author of several books, following stories printed in LONE SCOUT, is at present Manager of the Canadian Press, in Toronto. Clyde Dankert, a professor of Economics at Dartmouth College, author of a texbook in world wide use, wrote Charlse Merlin of his discovery of the Elbee-- ' tian Legion on the letterhead of the Loutre Tribe of Hanover, On- Herb Manto, an accomp-ablCanadian artist also from famous Lone Scout town, still does superb artwork for the EL-- ! BEETEE. Major Harold Usher, of the Lincoln and Welland Regi-- , St. Davids, Ontario early .won fame with such articles as Lake Nipigon to Hudson Bay On Foot, printed in LONE SCOUT, Still the Legions ranks swelled with startling figures sometimes through fantastic e Warren F. Morgan, Lone Scout Number 1, through the years had cl imbed high with Federal Elec- tric- a subsidiary of International Telephone and Telegraph. In A- la.ska as supervisor of construction for the D. E. W. Line he was start- led to discover Lone Scout Tribes flourishing among the northern Indians. Returning to the States, at the Boy Scout headquarters in New Brunswick, N. J. he learned of the existence of a Lone Scout alumni body, the Elbeetian Legion. He quickly informed his father, F. Allan Morgan, of the fact and Dad," still employed by the Navy Department at 80, presently became an enthusiastic member. attending his first convention in New York City in 1956. Known As "Dad" Dad has not missed since. A dedicated Elbeetian. like his son Warren, presently Vice President of I. T. & T. in charge of customer relations, Mr. Morgan attended at London, Ontario in 57 and flew to San Juan, Pjjcrto Rico last year, to be with his boys. Shortly following the return of F. A. Morgan, as First Edttor of LONE SCOUT and the Father of Scouting as we knew it, his old assistant, Harold Hall, .turned up. Long prominent in the Boyce publishing empire, after taking elown "Dads dicated nature articles by r the typing method, Hall had gone on to become Business Manager for the New York TIMES. He joined the Legion and was pre-- 1 - two-finge- - - - vvoi Hum mountains, and valleys, and plains they lame, These tiibesmen ot all belief's, nd m leveiencc gave to Lone Beaver the name, E(;i.E EE VTHEH! Hail to the Cthet ot Chiefs' Fianklm Millet, LSW II S Le-lor- hela.. Penna . originall) of Nova Scotia and now Superintendent for Penn-Seot- t Foundries, has been lor years our efficient and uncomplaining Wampum Bearer. Being an adept magician perhaps has had something to do with Maxs uniform success Harrv (armor, another prostigitator of Lansing, Michigan will perform this week in Kanab for the mystified Elbee- -- lieutenant-colonels- . a i Friendships languish, marriages break up and nations quarrel for lack of common interest. This however the Elbeetians have been blessed with in abundance. Old dreams! times, old pleasures.-olAnd always, fresh plans. If the placid prospect seems dull, such has never been the case. Old Lone Scouts have always felt an intense interest in the fortunes of their fellows. This interest has proven merely to increase with the years. Assign Numbers It was a triumph vindicating the truth of sentiment when, in 1932 Perry Emerson Thompson, the revered artist, wrote Editor Charles Merlin of New Jersey to ask for a Legion number. As Elbeetian Number 205 Thompson presently made the design for the membership ring, pin and Another Elbeetian, Samuel Werbel, a diamond expert and jeweler of New York City andKnicChief of the Brooklyn a modern regional kerbockers, tribe, produced the rings and pins which Elbeetians have been proud to wear. Triumphs and surprises continued seeming moreover, never to end. In 1935 Rush Holt, the boy Senator from West Virginia, join two years laU ed the- Legion-a- nd er attended the convention in Boston, proving himself one of the bunch. Holt was again present at Springfield, Ohio in 1951. As Is known, he succumbed shortly thereafter to cancer. and two York 1st e Merry-Go-Roun- expressing 1956, August 27, 1959 Thursday, well never forget! Library F iles LONE Atlanta A prominent SCOUT Artist and State Archaeologist, J Rov Chapman, having passed aw a), his widow donated Chapmans complete bound hie of the old magazine tor the use of Southern Elbeetians Another such tile, long in the library of a wcll-tdo Puerto Rican family, memento ot a deceased onetime Lone Scout son, was discovered by the San Juan attorney. The membets follow such events with unfailing interest, through personal contact, or by mail, but mainly through the pages of the ELBEETEE Seldom does Editor Merlin fail to come up with some new and thrilling surprise. It all redounds to the glory and worth ot the parent organization The Lone Scout movement will not be lorgotten in our time. To this dav there is a tradition that middle aged men turn up in the lobby at 500 North Dearborn Street, in Chicago, asking for no information, but gazing about and thru BRAVE Eternity and POET AMI 4: d - o Toro-Nazari- a prenome-no- n reputedfa have made at least one reception- lst somewhat jittery! Nothing un- canny about it One and all are ol(h Lone Scouts, faithful to the ath ot an unformed Hadi Tribe revisiting the ghosts of the re- vered Long House, after more than thirty years They have not much left. Only this year comes the news v i A . .MV. LBTian FRANKLIN S. MILLER of Colorado wrote the dedicatory poems which brightened the Emerson Golden Years series. He will introduce Chief oLChiefsCharlesJLJllerlljLat the Annual PowAVow Banquet. that the Long House, the 12 story Boyce Building, with Chief Totems penthouse home on the roof, is to be demolished to make room for civic improvement. (Contiuned on Page Five) ner. At this banquet a number of prominent Puerto Rican Elbee- tians were Inducted into the Eta Hunka Pi fraternity, a hilarious banquet feature, yet a signal honor among Legion stalwarts. Eta Hunka Pi was an amusing jape originated by Perry Emerson Thompson for his bear cub Jake, in LONE SCOUT. The first laueh-tariinduction, suggested to bright-lisheen an early banquet, the presenta-tha- t tions made witlt farcical pomp by Thompson himself as Big Hunka Pi, have become a fixture. Joseph Kahane of Brooklyn, as Little ka Pi, is his assistant. Candidates receive a card-boarwedge, with indentification and the motto, Magna Cum Louder, suspended from the neck by red ribbon ir it A 0U and Welcome o d Hun-men- hand-lettere- Relatives and Friends of former members of the Lone Scouts of America at the 22nd Annual Convention of the Elbeetian Legion. t, d Value Eta Hunka Pi Another receipient at San Juan w as Ansel E. Talbert, for over twenty years Military and Avia- tion Editor of the New York HER- with a syndicat- ed column. A devotee of pioneer- ing, Talbert had been to the Ant- arctic with Byrd, and under the North Pole w ith Rickover. Lieu- tcnant-Colone- l with G2 during the war, he once mailed his annual Legion RoundUp answer to Char- les Merlin from Thule, with North Pole cancellation. Having recently received the French Legion of Honor decoration for services to the French Government, and flying to Puerto Rico in the first commercial jet plane to land there, as keynote speaker at the Legion banquet Talbert paid a beautiful comple--men- t by acknowledging his with as Pi membership much satisfaction in one red ribbon as in the other. As we gather here in the Place of the Willows let us once again rekindle the Fires of Friendship and Glory in the Memories of our Golden Youthful Years. r years have passed since W. I). Boyce became Chief Totem and originated a new adventure for lonely ancl isolated boys, with the issuance of the LONE Scout magazine. , Banded together since 1927 in the Eternal Bonds of Fellowship in the Elhhetian Legion, the Campfires of Remembrance burn brightly for hundreds of vve Lone Scouts, as we trek along the Westward Trail. Many of Our Brothers have fallen by the wayside as we continue our journey through Life, hut we shall pay them homage and keep their names ablaze in our coun-- cils for Thru Eternity Well Never Forget. This week atParry Lodge in Kanab, Utah during our Annual let us once again rededicate ourselves to Those Friendships That Took Root in the. Forty-fou- . Pow-Wo- -- Eta-Hunk- a Prominent Lone Scouts Meanwhile the search for old-tim- IIAE i e Lone Scouts goes on. One was recently unearthed in Switzerland. The U. S Ambassador John Puerifoy, who died in an automobile accident in Asia, was once a Lone Scout. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. was also. So was Frank G. Slaughter, the surgeon and religious novelist; as was the Reverend Edward Elson, pastor of the church at which President Elsenhower worships. Only a month or so past, Editor Merlin discovered that Alaska Egan, deceased broth- er of Alaskas first State Govem- - pay5ofOfffBoyhiK)dV 4i well-know- (m FUN, and your Committee sincerely hopes that will return to your homes with a lingering fondyou ness for the Elbeetian Legion and the Memories of your thrills in one of the Last Outposts of the Old West. LBTians CHARLES J. MERLIN, CHRIS JENSEN, and VERN WILLETS, BILL HOTING, WILLARD LOUGIILIN, FRANKLIN S. MILLER, also, ARNE RITARI, ELBERT SOURBY, HUBERT F. LEE, IIOLGER IIENKRIKSEN, ELMER SNIDER, JOSEPH KAHANE, HARRY TOMBAK, also. Rev. EDWARD LATIIROP, RAYMOND SPUD LAWLESS and many others assisting. , O |