Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-02-08 | Page 2 | Boy Scouts Are Hosts at Troop Dinner

oY Y SCOUTS AE AT ATTA I TA UP DINNER governor Dern Addresses and Eighty- Eighty One Boys Are Given Awards of Honor In the presence of ot nearly guests including the dads Governor Governor Gov Gov- George H. H Dern and others more than awards were presented presented pre- pre to members of 01 troop 51 Boy Scouts of America the tle highest tanking troop in the United States at t t a special court of honor held following the eighth annual l Fath athers ath- ath ers rs and Sons banquet of 01 the troop at t the St St. Marks Mark's Episcopal church Saturday evening enning The distinction of being t the most efficient and the highest ranking true troop is given this organization E E. T IL Heister scoutmaster said because of its accomplishments an anthe and the large number of eagle cagle scouts in inthe inthe inthe the troop There are one eighty-one registered of which thirty-eight thirty have llave the eagle cagle award the highest distinction of There are also nineteen veteran scouts eleven star scouts eight merit badge scouts five fourteen sec sec- and five fhe tenderfoot scouts There is a total of 1498 merit badges adges held heki by the members of the organization org which is a n. record no other troop with the ame same number of It scouts can boast of AWARDS CONFERRED At the court of ot honor which was conducted under the direction of William Stor Story Jr acting ch chairman with ith S S. Q Cannon Dr Charles G G. lummer Dr J. J C. C and Wesle Wesley E. E King president of the he Salt Lake Lale council and an honorary hon hon- member assisting the awards were rere ivere presented to the boys All of ot the he tenderfoot awards were made by Dr F. F A. A Goeltz Goetz and the sec sec- r. r awards by W. W S. S Jennings district commissioner Eagle Eagie awards were presented to four scout including Arthur Sullivan Sulli- Sulli van aD Charles Kahler Baxter Murray Mur Mur- ray and Edward Parker Parler These boys OS O'S ys were also presented with rings by y the Dads club of the troop I Life and star awards were pre pre- ent d to Frederick ne Reynolds wn Wil- liam Robert Porter Ryan Ryian Ry- Ry an ian Curtis William liam McCrea Baxter Bax- Bax U ter Murray Murrax and Edward Parker c class l ss awards were given i Lester Crismon Steve Stee Hays Hay Robert Hobert Cook Sam Whitney and Tom MulI Mul- Mul I Slin un The following e eagle gle scouts scouts were given giyen additional m merit badges some thirty during h receiving as high as as 1 the evening Vincent Lowe John Hosmer Hu Hugh h Sumner McAllIster Charles Kahler Raymond Raymond Ray- Ray mond Arnold Charles Welch Buford Buford Bu- Bu ford McElroy Ed Flandro Edward Has moto Edward ard Parker Lewis Craig CraiS' Girard Meeks Baxter Muray Murty Mur- Mur ay 1 ty and Arthur Sullivan MERIT MERIT BADGES Star s scouts outs who successfully passed additional examinations rec re- re c ived varying ai numbers of merit adges They are Norton Faus Eberly Ebony William Behle I I Corron Corroll L William McCrea McI Mc- Mc Ic- Ic 1 I Crea rea R Ran R an Curtis Robert Porter Porter Porter Por- Por ter WiM am and Frederick There were ere OO scouts and andI guests a at t the dinner The scouts pf tha the troop arranged all details and nd financed the affair with m money ney he had earned parnell The meal a turey turey tur- tur I ey ev dinner with all the trimmings trimmin s kvas wag as prepared b by the mother mothers of the ors under the direction of Mrs F. F Murray IUIra and Mrs l Harry Welch Ea Eagle le Scout Roy Hurd who is isnow isow I now ow assif assistant tant scoutmaster of the ju roop was wa toastmaster while Ea Eagle le Scout cout Sumner McAllister was th the J principal speaker of the evening told of the value alue of to a boy and detailed some someI j t I the ar of the poop roop during the past year Governor Dern was called on for I brief talk He praised the work worl pf f the scouts and said that he took tool ride pride in the example the bo boys s are getting etting tin s I