Show I Rulon D. Skinner will I take Provo scout job l I After nearly six-years of ervice in the Uintah Basin as District Scout Executive of tin Utah National Parks Scouts of merica Rulon Dean Skinner is being transferred effective September GETS TRANSFER paving Roosevelt for a new assignment in the Provo area H l Rulon Dean Boy Executive in the Basin for th- past si i His guidance has brought era to to the Council Office at according to official announcement of the move made today by Lloyd Scout A NEW DISTRICT scout executive be named in the near future to serve the Uintah Basin section of the Skinner wiP continue tOj serve the Basin on part-time basis from Provo until a new man is The Utah National Parks Council has stationed a scout executive in the Uintah Basin area since 1951 Grant Mace was the first to serve on a full-time basis He served for one Carl Hoi ley followed Mace for two Skinner came to the Basin in December of 1954 and has served since that time DURING the administration of Mr Skinner as District Executive in the Uintah outstanding growth in scouting has been noted in the fields of leadership training advant ement and district stated In the field of the past six years have seen a growth of in boy mem-See page 10 Skinner From Fage The number of boys n has from in 1054 to 1430 on December 1959 The percent of total boys reached has jumped from to of all available Uintah Boys S through 16 years of age OVER 44 NEW scouting units have been organized Of the 44 new 34 continue to re-register and serve Of the 22 units that have been 14 were dropped due to the combination of Greatest membership growth has been in the field of Cub Membership has jumped from 71 Cubs in 1954 to in In 1954 there were three cub packs today there are 22 in the Basin DI KING THE past several I the Magic Five plan of I collecting the scout finance has I been established in most local The Basin led the way I in the Utah National Parks Council in the establishment of I leadership gifts and of sustaining memberships in scout In the mean-k time the administrative cost per boy has declined from i in 1954 to in 1960 Great activity has taken place in Basin Scouting m the field of camping Six outstanding High Uintah Boy Scout Camps have been three Explorer I High Uintah Wilderness Treks to Kings Peak rep- have participated in two National Jamborees and three World The number of nights of camping j has increased from in 1954 to over in 1960 LEADERSHIP training of adult and boy leaders in scouting has been a most important part of every district's program each year In 1954 only 16 training certificates Were in 1959 received So far in 1960 training certificates have been issued with four months of activity left to Universities of Scouting and additional braining courses are part of the scout program in the Uintah Basin Lover-idge Advancement in rank has increased in In 1954 there were advancements m rank as with in 1959 and the all time high of in In fifty years of a total of E igie Badges have tx en pinned on boys the Uintah Basin and 67 of the were earned during the past six FOR TWO years the monthly UINTAH B A S I N bulletin i. been I and distributed at Round tallies and District Committee meetings to adult For approximately the same period of time the RATING has on a quarterly rated every scouting unit in the The quality program in th- units has more than doubled since the establishment of this WHEN ASKED regarding the accomplishments of scouting in the Mr Skinner the quality of adult leadership on the district and unit level that makes the program effective in the lives of boys It's because of them we have been successful on a council |