Washington County News | 1926-05-27 | Page 4 | Eagle Badge is Won by Youth in Less than Year

KAGLE I5APGE IS WOX BY YOUTH IX LESS THAN Smithfield, May 16. A marked achievement in the realm of Boy Scouts was attained by Scout Lewis Gutke, son of Mr. and Mrs . j. Gutke, at the May court of honor held in Newton. Ralph at that time became an eagle scout, one of the highest ranks to which a Boy Scout may aspire, after having been in the organization but one year and being only 13 years of age. Eagle Scout Gutke is a member of troop 54 of the Logan council of scouts. Just one year ago he was a tenderfoot scout. Today he has earned twenty-one merit badges twelve of which are required. These merit badges signify that he has attained proficiency in first aid, life saving, swimming, personal health, cooking, camping, pathfind-ing, pathfind-ing, pioneering, civics, bird study and athletics or physical development, develop-ment, among the elective merit badges which he earned were those in agriculture, scholarship, poultry raising, craftmanship and cycling. Ralph is in the seventh grade of school and is an able student, as his merit badge in scholarship indicates. indi-cates. Salt Lake Tribune.