Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-06-23 | Page 2 | Scout Activities Are Praised as Governor Inspects Camporal on Capitol Grounds

SCOUT ACTIVITIES ARE PRAISED AS GOVERNOR INSPECTS INSPECTS' ON CAPITOL GROUNDS GROUND r 4 r P r f 1 The in inspection party which viewed activities at the Boy Scout Saturday morning left to right Oscar A Kirkham re Te- Te gional assistant executive and camp director Governor Henry H. H Blood George George- Albert Smith member executive committee of national national na na- na- na scout organization Malcolm A. A Keyser president Salt Lake council S. S L. L Mendenhall member executive committee council L. L John Nuttall Jr superintendent Salt Lake City school and member Salt Lake council executive committee Executive Preston Pres Pres- Preston ton Pond Cache council Executive D. D D E. E Hammond Salt Lake council IOne One Idaho and Five Utah Councils ParticiPate Participate Participate pate in First Wide State-Wide Affair With praises from Governor Henry H. H Blood ringing in their ears cars 80 patrols patroL of ot Boy Scouts from one Idaho and five Utah councils broke brok camp Saturday afternoon at the capitol grounds ending the first statewide statewIde state state- wide c ever held In Utah Governor Blood inspected the camp Saturday morning morning- in company compan r with rith Oscar A. A Kirkham assistant tant regional scout executive and general genera I director of the camp Others Other in the inspection party part included in in- eluded George Albert Smith a member mem memo ber bem of the executive committee of the national scout organization and of the council of ot twelve apostles of the L L. D. D S. S church Malcolm A. A Keyser president of the Salt Lake council Dr L L. John Nuttall Jr superintendent I of the Salt Lake City schools and a member of the executive committee committee com corn of the Salt Lake council S S. L. L L. L Mendenhall a member of the executive ex committee of the council of Utah county The governor following folIo a close inspection inspection in in- of ot the scouts and the activities activities I Ithe ties ies they were carrying out during the hour 24 camping period was high In a his praise of the work We are delighted to have the boys on n the capitol grounds he told Executive Ex- Ex Ex Kirkham It will do a great deal toward making them conscious of the state All 0 of of the activities I have witnessed have been very fine inc Particularly outstanding is 15 the fine line discipline of the camp and yet the perfect freedom and ease the boys bos enjoy Saturdays Saturday's program before the camp broke up at 2 p. p m. m included breakfast in the morning the governors governor's governors governor's gover gover- governors governor's nors nor's inspection cUn scout games and recreation rec rec- leat on dinner and arid a final linal inspection The patrols all of which earned A rating in council entered camp Frida Friday marching from the federal building to the capitol grounds Each patrol camped as a separate separate sep sep- arate unit cooking its own meals and I carrying on Its own activities The I youths camped overnight on the grounds in small pup tents most of them made by the scouts According to John D. D Giles a mem mem- ber of the committee in charge this is the first state slate wide held in Utah although have been held in the districts in years ears past It is planned to make the state gathering an annual affair Councils participating included the Salt Lake Ogden Gateway Gateway Gate Gate- wa way Cache and Bryce councils of Utah and Teton council of Idaho