Salt Lake Telegram | 1944-01-26 | Page 11 | Salt Lake Council, Boy Scouts, Completes Year with 6419 Members Belonging to 251 Units

Sa Salt t Lake Council Boy BoyScout Scouts Completes tes' tes Year ear 1 With Members Belonging to Units The Salt Lake council Boy Scouts of America ended 1943 with boys In units In Inthe Inthe inthe the area which c covers vers Salt Salt- Lake ke Too Tooele lc Summit and south Davis counties counties according t to the annual report ma mailed led Wednesday by Dr George R R. Hill council counell president to national headquarters in New v York During 1943 merit badges were awarded to Dr Hill reported He said that there ere were 40 new eagle scouts new life Ufe scouts and new star atar awards during 1943 The rho c year ended with ended with 1346 men serving as volunteer scout leaders lead lead- era ers Dr Hill Hm c continued The Air Scout Scout unit it which began bega its ts pr program pro pro program gram in 1943 1913 had 26 members at atthe atthe the tho end of the year The Sea unit increased from 50 to 81 boys during 1943 Dr Hill reported that 2773 different different dif dlf- fere ferent t boys participated In the camping program program- giving 1 10 4 boy days in camp at the Tracy Wigwam Mill Creek canyon and Camp Steiner in the Granddaddy lake area near Kamas Salt Lake coun council ll scouts planted plant- plant ed evergreen seedlings for forthe forthe forthe the tore forest t service In 1943 and collected collected collected col col- col- col books in the victory book campaign They also participated participated participated in war bond par parades des distributed distributed distributed dis dis- ration books and gasoline gasoline gaso gaso gasoline line coupons for the office of price administration and took pa part t in other war ac activities I I