Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-08-14 | Page 4 | Ninth Ward Boy Scouts on Hike

IDIN IRO BOY SCOUTS 01 HIKE Twenty-four members of tho Ninth Ward Boy Scout battalion, under the command of Scout Master Robert Wilson, Wil-son, departed this morning over tho Oregon Short Line for Logan, Utah, on the first stacc of a Journey to Bear Lake. In addition to Scoutmaster Wilson, the boys wore chaperoned bv Bishop W. 0. Ridges of tho Ninth ward, Alma Lindsay of the Weber stake Y. M M. I. A. stake presidency, and Gordon Croft, assistant scoutmaster. scoutmas-ter. The party was joined at Ogden by several boy Scouts from Salt Lake City and a number of Logan Scouta, chaperoned by Dr. Ray of that city and two professors from the Utah Agricultural college will be met at Logan. The Ninth ward Scouts, who formed the main body of the party, are as follows: fol-lows: Beaver patrol Richard Van den Berg, leader; Clement Koldewyn, assistant as-sistant leader; Frank Douglass, Eugene Eu-gene Barnes, William Koldewyn, Ivan Jensen, Harris Ridges, Edwin Garner, George Fowler Eagles patrol Leland Richards, William Jarman, Ezra Steele, Earl Co- rey, Byron Halveraon, Sidney Wilcox. Ellsworth Wilcox, John McCune. Russell Rus-sell Petty and Thomas "Norton buglers, bu-glers, William Crawford and Lowell Ridges color bearer. Delbert Wright. A large crowd of friends and relatives rela-tives of tho boys went to the depot to bid them goodbye and the scene both in the waiting room at the station sta-tion and in he coach where they arranged ar-ranged their traveling impedimenta was one of much interest From Logan tho Scouts will hike to Ideal Beach on Bear lake to establish estab-lish their main camp and for the next two weeks will enjoy themselves In the wilds, with the additional educational educa-tional advantage of campfire lectures from Dr- Ray,, tho college men and Scoutmaster Wilson. President L. W. Shurtllff of the Weber stake, and Bishop's Counselor D. F. Steele of the Ninth ward will depart for Ideal Beach in an automobile early next week and will join the boy Scouts at Ideal Beach. oo