Richfield Reaper | 1918-09-21 | Page 3 | Boy Scouts

y k T 1 a conducted by nati national tal council of 0 the th boy scouts ot america HEROISM OF SCOUT RESCUERS RESCUER S while sev several cral boys were in swimming min in the tennessee river near rn knoxville coxville oxville ox ville two of the number became imperiled and cried for help john and yule both of whom are boy scouts quickly responded to the cries john yule succeeded in reaching nr one boy and bringing him to the shore yule went to louis Has cassells sells assistance he states that they went down twice but he was able to bring the terror stricken lad ind to the surface in both instances and believed bell eved they were safe when young hassell again frightened threw his lower limbs about hla big rescuer and they went to the bottom the splendid heroism and hazarding of their own lives as exemplified by the yule brothers was commended and they did everything possible to save their friend himself a much beloved boy scout executive J T 31 gore core says that yule would undoubtedly have saved hassell if the drowning boy had not secured a scissors lock a thing never before thought possible when the rescuer had the lifesaving life saving arm lock tule is an accomplished swimmer and only ti ft week before had saved raved a boy from drowning in the tennessee river