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Show Boy Scouts Mark 47th Birthday I For Gad and lily Country . prf. OFFICIAL BOY SCOUT WEEK POSTER More than 4,500.000 Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Explorer., and adult leaders throughout the nation will observe ' Doy Scout Week, February 6 to 12. marking the 47th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America. 1 Since 1910, Scouting has served over 26,000,000 boys and adult leaders. i Through its Four-Year Pro-gram, Pro-gram, "Onward for God and My Country," the organization seeks to train more boys in patriotism and -character so that they will become intelligent citizens with an appreciation of the free way of life and a dedication to high spiritual ideals. Boy Scout Week observances will feature preparation for the Fourth National Jamboree, which will find 50,000 Scouts and leaders camping where Washington camped at historic Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, next July 12 to 18. The nation's 111.000 Scout units will feature rededication ceremonies on February Feb-ruary 8. the actual birti.day of Scouting in America. |