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Show I Rulon D. Skinner Earned S lew Boy Scout Executive SO; Pr, .' ; t- ' . ? ' '?i mm m-'-y : ' H m: r' ,4 ' V, S , " V-v.; 5ilif i RULON DEAN SKINNER who arrived in Roosevelt this week to become the Basin's Ba-sin's new Field Scout Executive. Execu-tive. A BYU graduate, he was a misisonary in Uruguay. Rulon Dean Skinner, new Field Scout Executive for the Uintah Basin, arrived in Roosevelt Roose-velt last Monday to replace Carl Holley, who has been transferred to Richfield. A graduate of the National Training School for scout executives ex-ecutives near Menidham, New Jersey, on Nov. 11, he previously previous-ly was scoutmaster in Provo 9th ward while completing his studies at Brigham Young University. Uni-versity. Mr. Skinner comes from Saf-ford, Saf-ford, Arizona, where he was a Scout and Explorer, and served for three years as assistant camp director of the council camp. . From 1950-53 he filled a mission mis-sion for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Uruguay. During the early part of his mission he worked closely close-ly under the direction and authority au-thority of the International Bureau in London, laying some of the foundations for Scouting in the country of Paraguay. He was later transferred back to Uruguay where he served for a year and a half as director of LDS Scouting. He was a regional officer, and helped with the establishment of the Boy Scouts of Uruguay. Under his leadership, the LDS group in Montevideo, Uruguay, was the first group to officially get a charter from the National Nation-al Council of the Boy Scouts of Uruguay. In March, 1953 he represented represent-ed the country of Uruguay as its sole representative to the III International Scout Conference Confer-ence held in Havana, Cuba, for the purpose of directing Scouting Scout-ing in all Latin-American countries. coun-tries. During the 1953 National Jamboree at Irvine Ranch, California, Cal-ifornia, he was a member of the national staff working with the national supply service. He will live in Roosevelt while serving Scouting in the Uintah Basin. |