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Show Monday Banquet Is Much Enjoyed By Large Crowd A complete and colorful success suc-cess and this despite the fact that it was the first of its kind attempted for Milford was the unanimous expression of those attending the boys, girls and parents par-ents banquet, program and dance, given Monday night under the sponsorship of Milford's new Boy Scout orariization. Though lacking lack-ing in the impressive feature afforded af-forded by the nearly 500 boys and men alone gathered at the county coun-ty fathers and sons banquet last year at Beaver, the Monday night affair was an inspiring sight of itself. Working under the leadership of Mrs. George Fernley, a group of local women, most of them mothers . of Scouts or former Scouts, prepared and served a delicious de-licious banquet to some 240 persons per-sons in the L. D. S. recreation hall, part of the large crowd finding find-ing it necessary, however, to sit at second tables, due to the fact that it was not possible to get an exact check on the tickets sold. The program consisted of musical musi-cal numbers, dance skits and a clever original reading by Mrs. La Mar Outzen. Principal E. R. Moody officiated as master of ceremonies and greetings were extended by Scout officials, with responses from Town Board President Presi-dent H. M. Hearn and others who spoke for the fathers, the mothers mo-thers and the boys and girls. At the conclusion of the program, J. C. Jeffers, who has been a stalwart stal-wart supporter of the Scout movement, move-ment, -attempted to get a report from the fathers present as to how many of them had kept their solemn pledge, given at the Beaver Bea-ver banquet last year, to make at least one overnight camp alone with his son; but the question was never put to the audience and only an informal report was forthcoming. forth-coming. It was not very unanimous, unani-mous, however, a large number of daJs having, apparently, forgotten forgot-ten that pledge. Also, Mr. Jeffers expressed his keen disappointment at the absence from the banquet of Owen W. Stoker, who as Scoutmaster Scout-master and assistant Scoutmaster for nearly two years and a half, had much to do with the longest consecutive period of Scout activity acti-vity in the history of Milford. Through the kindness of Al Kirk, manager of the Arion hall, and the members of the Milford orchestra, a free dance was given in the Arion hall following the banquet and program. |