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Show KNOW YOUR CIH Olie itlrmlaehaai (Ala.) Julec Obambw of Commerco la doing a great teal to aM scouting by a contest known as "I Know Birmingham." Os kandred queatlons have been suggested by the different civic organisations Covering the historical, geographic, population, climatic, Industrial, traa twrtatlofl. public ntlllty, municipal, edticntIottl, financial, real estate and grflernl phases of the city. The scouts who Bnccesafnlly pass one of tha examination ex-amination which are held each quarter quar-ter receives a bronze bar, bearing th words "I Know Birmingham." Ana U soon as the scout cams this bar, kls record In civic service Is then kept B7 bis scoutmaster and when he hta rendered 100 boors of such service, a small bronza civic sarvlce modal la nspended by chains from this bari then when his record, aa certified by tfeo scoutmaster, shows he baa na dared C00 hours of 'civic service, titer modal la substituted for the bfonio; and then when his total reaches 1,000 hoars, b will receive a fold medal In place of tha silver, Tills contest la stimulating .much Interest, In-terest, not only among the scoots bst among the citizens as well. In addition addi-tion to this award, tha 10 boys who pass the highest grades during the year are taken on a truck trip over some of the old southern battlefields and points of Interest along tho way. The 10 bnyB who take this trip will liicct 10 men from tho Junior Chamber of Commerce on the night before they leave, and hold a meet along tho lines of the old-fnshloned' spelling mutch ,wJt!i tlteso questions forming the.lmsls of coilipetltlon In place of the spelling of wtmli. |