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Show Boy Scouts Plan To Re-pledge February 5 to 12 Every Boy Scout of the Utah Nat ional Parks Council will be expected expect-ed to repledge himself to the Scout Oath and Law during Boy Scout week, Feb. 5-12, Rulon W. Doman, Scout executive at the council headquarters in Provo said today. He urged that the troops dedicate dedi-cate themselves to the following Declaration of Purpose, developed by the Philadelphia Council and sent out for use by all councils, districts and units. "We believe in a free America based on the American tradition of individual freedom; and that we must help to maintain that freedom free-dom for generations to come. "We believe that true liberty is rooted in a belief in God and in the brotherhood of man. "We believe that love of country coun-try is born and fostered through the spirit of service. "We believe that our promise to do our best is a solemn obligation, and that as young citizens we are helping to shape our nation and our world by what we do now. ',We do therefore make our declaration dec-laration of purpose in this 40th an niversary . crusade year ,to Strengthen Streng-then the Arm of Liberty - - - by strengthening ourselves through the practice of the Scout Oath - -by strengthening our community and nation through good turns and faithful performance of religious obligations and contribution to good citizenship - - and by strengthening streng-thening our world brotherhood thr ough extension of world-wide brotherhood bro-therhood of Scouting with the high purpose to keep the torch of liberty lib-erty ever burning. "' To start Boy Scout week off a Court of Honor will be held at the Delta Third ward Sunday night Feb. 5. At this Court of honor the Scouts will commence the observing observ-ing of Boy Scout Week by making a record number of awards in the various divisions of scouting. The drive to raise $1400 in funds for the Deseret District has resulted result-ed in $1100 to date which has been sent to the head office. It is expected ex-pected that this drive will be concluded con-cluded within a short time. |