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Show ! I Springville man 1 heads National ' Scout Council 1 Wilford W. Clyde, Spring- ' ville contracting firm head and j ardent supporter of Scout activity, ac-tivity, was re-elected presi- j dent of the Utah National Parks Council, Boy Scouts of , , America, for the tenth con- secutive year, at a meeting ; I Friday evening in Provo. , Since he took over the posi- I tion nine years ago, the mem- i bership in the council has more ' than doubled from 11,103 in I 1952 to its present 23,883 members. Scouting units have ; increased from 528 to 927. His administration has seen ' erection of the Scout office in Provo; the W. W. Clyde Lodge I I at Maple Dell, a gift from him j and his wife and the improve- I ment in camping facilities of . the Council. ' He is the holder of the Sil- ,i ver Beaver and Silver Ante- ' lope awards in Scouting. Among other Springville j men elected at the annual 1 meeting are: Paul Boman, pub- j lie relations; Ernest A. Strong. W. W. Clyde, Springville rep- j resentatives to the Nationaii ! . Council; Vernon Cook, mem- ! ' ber of the Council executive I board; Leonard Harris, to rep- . resent interest of the commun- j I ity as member-at-large. |