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Show Pinewood Derby Held Friday by Cubs Cub Scouts of Pack 3317 ' pitted design skils at the annual an-nual Pinewood Derby Friday evening. Each year . uniform blocks of wood are distributed distribut-ed to .the Scouts; from these blocks they whittle car chassis, chas-sis, adding weights and wheels according to specifications, specifi-cations, and on Derby day they race their cars down a ramp. Awards are given for Speed, beauty, and orginality of design. Winners this year were: Speed: Scott Johnson, 1st; Rory Fleming, 2nd; Kenneth Roberts, 3rd. Beauty; Danny Axtel, 1st; Vance Fleming, 2nd; Norman Boyd, 3rd. Orginality; Org-inality; Joe West, 1st; Jim Nelson, 2nd; Tommy Medlin, 3rd. The Derby was held in con junction with the monthly Pack Meet. Den 10 was in charge of the Flag Ceremony; Den 6 Prayer; Den 5, Tom-Tom Tom-Tom Ceremony; Webelos, Chair-up; Den 9, Chair-down; Shot-gun, Den 3. - A special vote of thanks was extended to James Yoakum Yoa-kum for constructing the Pinewood Derby track; also to Harold Jacobs for use of his public Address system during the race. Thanks was also extended to Mrs. Dorothy Doro-thy Stover for writing the Cub Scout News Letter, which was passed out to participants in the Pack Meet. Mrs. Kathy Hixon, Den Mother for a new Cub Scout Den 9, was intro duced. Awards given at the meet included: Bobcat Advancement Advance-ment award, Kelly Johnson; Wolf, Robert Rockwell and Danny Axtell; Bear, Bruce Ankrum; and Webelos Ribbons, Rib-bons, Shane Narans, Gene Ashburn and Steve Zimmerman. Zimmer-man. Webelos awards went to Stanley Yoakum, Patrick Casey and Monte Porter. Webelos Activity Badges were presented to: Shane Narans, Aquanaut, Artist, Athlete, Engineer, Sportsman and Outdoorsman; Robert Rockwell, Aquanaut, Athlete, Engineer and Sportsman; Kenneth Roberts, Artist, Engineer En-gineer and Outdoorsman; Stan Yoakum, Aquanaut and Artist; Pat Casey, Artist and Outdoorsman; Gene Ashburn, Athlete and Sportsman; Donald Don-ald Knowles, Athlete and Sportsman; Steve Zimmerman, Zimmer-man, Athlete; George Patterson, Patter-son, Aquanaut; and Mike Ad-kinson, Ad-kinson, Outdoorsman. Denner bars went to Norman, Nor-man, Boyd; Assistant Denner Den-ner Bars to Ronnie Higgins. Kevin Nelson was awarded a gold and 2 silver arrows; Danny Axtel, a gold and silver; sil-ver; Robert Rockwell, gold and silver, and Bruce Ankrum, An-krum, gold. Pat Casey was awarded a 3-year Service Star, and 3-year 3-year perfect attendance a-ward. a-ward. Tying for Parents Attendance At-tendance awards were Den 3, under direction of Mrs. Joy Medlin, and Webelos, under direction of James Yoakum. Den 6 conducted the closing clos-ing prayer for the meet; Den 10 Retired The Colors. |