| Show I Earns j 50 y Year ea A Award ward J One of the best things a ayoung ayoung ayoung young boy could involve himself in is the scouting program I Ican Ican Ican can think of no greater opportunity opportunity opportunity for service to others and for developing leadership characteristics char char- I TillS THIS IS THE advice of Joseph G Gill ll S. S W. W Bountiful who ought to know a little something about scouting Mr G Gill ll has been honored by bythe bythe bythe the Great Salt Lake Council Boy Scouts of America for serving 50 consecutive years in inthe inthe inthe the scouting program He is isnow isnow isnow now well along in his year FRO FROM 1 THE FILE time he joined I Ithe the first scout troop organized in Lehi back in 1917 until the present Mr Gill has been actively engaged either as a scout or as a I III remember how the scouting scouting scouting scout scout- ing program appealed to me right from the start he rem rem- I liked to observe wildlife I liked the outdoors and scouting was a challenge to me THE VETERAN recalled recalled recalled re re- re- re called moving to Salt Lake City in n 1921 and at the age of 18 becoming an assistant scoutmaster scout scout- master In 1928 he became scoutmaster of Troop 72 in the Highland Park Ward Some of the boys who were in my troops he recalled in eluded Dr Homer Warner now nowa a very prominent physician ian and heart surgeon Marvin J J. J Ashton Ashton Ash Ash- Ash i ton who is first assistant to tol the General Superintendent of the Young Mens Men's Mutual Improvement Improvement Im- Im R Im-R j provement of the Church and Gen Murray Bywater Bywater By By- f water who is n now commanding officer of an air base in the south J WHEN MR GILL first to Salt Lake one of his moved scoutmasters scout scout- scout 1 I masters was an Englishman named Arthur Sadler who was Was Was' a member of the first scout troop organized by the scouting founder Sir Robert Baden Pow Baden ell in England 1 Mr Gill h has as been in m addition 4 to scoutmaster an Explorer leader district commissioner member of Council training camping and advancement com com committees and now is on his local troop committee HE HAS liAS EARNED the Scoutmaster Scout Scout- master Ke Key a training award from the National Council and a Silver Beaver fa for l' l outstanding service He has attained the rank of Eagle A veteran employee of Utah Power and Light Company Mr Air Gill has been a right way agent for the firm since 1947 1917 HE IS MARRIED to the former former for for- Pr mer Leonora Miller and has five daughters He has several ar I grandsons in the cub and scouting scout scout- ing ng program I |
