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Show HONOR COURT PLANNED FOR EAGLE JC0UTS George T. Thompson and Three Sons, Who Have Broken National Record, to Be Feted Tuesday Night A record which, it is said, is the highest ever made by one family since Boy Scout work was started in the United States is that of George T. Thompson and his three sons, George Carlyle, Heber C, and Horace B., who have all attained the rank of Eagle Scouts. A point which makes the achievement particularly particu-larly outstanding is the fact that Mr. Thompson has been his own sons' Scoutmaster, and worked with them to receive his rank. Mr. Thompson first became interested in-terested in Boy Scout work as a result of hearing a sermon delivered de-livered by Oscar A. Kirkham in St. George about 12 years ago. He was then appointed committeeman commit-teeman to B. Jarvis, Jr. On May 20, 1925, he was chosen Scout master of troop 402 and has held that position since. He received re-ceived his Eagle rank on August Au-gust 16, 1926. George Carlyle Thompson and Bliss S. Jarvis, whose father, B. Jarvis, Jr., was also his Scoutmaster, Scout-master, received their Eagle ranks on June 13, 1925. They became First Class Scouts under the leadership of I. Y. Bigelow. They were the first Eagle Scouts in the Zion park council. On February 10, 1929, Carlyle was awarded the bronze Eagle palm, having been awarded 2 6 merit badges. He is a gradute of Dixie college, and has spent the last two and a half years in the California L. D. S. mission field. Heber C. Thompson received his Eagle rank on May 24, 1927, and has also been awarded the bronze, silver, and gold Eagle palms. He has 3S merit badges to his credit. Last spring he graduated from the Dixie high school. (Continued on page 2) COURT OF HONOR (Continued from page 1) Horace B. Thompson completed complet-ed merit badges for an Eagle rank on October 19, 1931, and was recommended for advancement advance-ment to the national headquarters. headquar-ters. The recommendation has been accepted and the rank will be officially awarded to him at a special court of honor for the family on Tuesday, November 10. George Thompson and his wife, Martha Baker Thompson, are parents of eight children, four sons and four daughters. Geoi'ge Carlyle is their first child, and their second, Miss Emma, is now filling a mission in California. A special court of honor for the Thompson family will be held next Tuesday evening in the tabernacle, at which the general public is invited. The three ward Mutuals will adjourn at 8:30, and the meeting will begin at that hour. Talks will be given by prominent promi-nent local Scout officials on the achievements of the family, and Horace Thompson, the youngest of the group, will officially receive re-ceive the Eagle rank. Response will be made by each of the honored guests. |