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Show CCOUTSM (Crowded out last week) Pt(' By Grant Mace e i! Paul Murphy received the Sil-aV!' Sil-aV!' or Beaver Award at the an-nual an-nual Scout Fellowship. This is is J Taward of the National Coun-H Coun-H JS of the BSA given to a liming lim-ing ft"d number of individuals for S outstanding service to boys on i . local council level. " Paul has completed 15 years a'f nf registered service with the l1"1' Bov Scouts of America, during which time his influence has veen felt in the lives of hun-At hun-At dreds of boys. A number of ) those years was spent as Scout- master of a troop in Roosevelt, ""4 " hiCh was one of the most outstanding out-standing troops that has ever i , ten in the Uintah Basin. The W() w several years, he has been acting as Scout Commissioner for the Roosevelt District. ,T This is a position he is par-Vp par-Vp ticularly well qualified in, be-cause be-cause his vast experience has Ulj made bim one of the best tech- nical advisors in the Scouting program that can be found anywhere. any-where. It is with much pride on our part that Paul has been rn-ognized rn-ognized by the National Council Coun-cil as worthy to receive the Silver Beaver Award. At the same Fellowship meeting. meet-ing. Scout Executive Rulon W. Doman was honored for his many years of outstanding ser-i ser-i vice to our Utah National Parks Council. During his administration administra-tion he has seen the Council grow from 3269 registered Scouts in 1943 to 7849 at the end of 1951. The unit increase has risen from 223 to 490. He has known Scouting and has been able to pass it on 1o others. He .spent 19 years as a volunteer Scout and Scoutev, serving in most of the offices of the troop and receiving his bronze. Gold and Silver, awards in addition to his Eagle badge. While serving as Scout Commissioner, Commis-sioner, he was awarded the coveted cov-eted Silver Beaver. This year he will receive his 35-year Veteran Vet-eran Award. He will be greatly missed in our Council, and we extend to him our hearty thanks for a job well done as he leaves us to assume the duties of Scout Executive Ex-ecutive of the Great Salt Lake Council. Our new executive, who assumed as-sumed his duties April 1, comes back to us after 2V2 years absence ab-sence in Pomona, California, where he acted as district executive. ex-ecutive. Floyd Loveridge is just "coming home" to his many friends in the Council who I learned of his fine qualities when he served as field executive execu-tive and assistant Scout execu-' tive in this Council for several years. He comes to this new position not only with new ideas and Scout training, but witn the, highest of recommendations from those who have been directing di-recting his work. All members of the Council welcome him and his family 1 back to Utah and to the Utah National Parks Council, and pledge themselves to a cooperative cooper-ative effort that will no doubt bring continued success to the program that has been launched by Scouts and leaders alike. Announcement has recently come from the National Council of the selection of the site for the next National Jamboree, which will be at the Irvine Ranch near Santa Ana in South-1 ern California July 10-16, 1953. inclusive. This announcement will be received with much enthusiasm en-thusiasm by Jamboree prospects as many more of our Western Scouts and Scouters will be able to attend than heretofore because of the shorter travel distance involved. The last National Jamboree held at Valley Forge accommodated accom-modated 47,000 Scouts and Scouters. The Jamboree in '53 will, of necessity, have to be limited to 50,000 a sizeable city to erect for six day's duration. |