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Show REGION 12 EXECUTIVE ADDRESSES SCOUTERS Harrold Alvord, Region 12 Scout executive trom Glendale, Cal., spoke to 38 Scouters of Beaver District in the Beaver L D S Seminary building Tuesday Tues-day evening. Mr. Alvord, who was a Scoutmaster Scout-master in Minersville 30 years ago, inspired the Scouters with an extraordinary enthusiasm for Scouting. He gave many ex-auip ex-auip es of how Scouting has saved boys from becoming failures fail-ures in life, and stated that every boy needs Scouting, for it will nup develop the strength of character needed in these trying times. "Get parents interested in Scouting so that they will help," he advised. Mr. Alvord also illustrated how Scouting has helped many boys develop high ideals and standards, and how thankful the parents of these boys were, in later years, that they had encouraged en-couraged their boys to take advantage ad-vantage of Scouting. Other speakers, including A. Carlos Murdock, Sherman Carter and Dwayne Christensen, Scout executive from Cedar City, emphasized em-phasized the importance of Scouting, and advised tha,t active troop committees be organized if we want active, happy groups of boys who want to become good citizens. The Boy Scout Fathers and Sons Banquet will be held January Jan-uary 22, it was announced. |
