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____wv UfaM VWiUUUlCUTo the dismay of many educators. - *»t 49 percent took the exam.Scouts Revitalize Parklt;FROM PAGE ONE)preserving posterity.I Some 18 hours later, the task was accomplished and the cement star■5lt;; W'**1 4*«several coats of fresh white paint The open circle in the center of thestar and the oase of uie granue monument above it were bedecked with a variety of beautiful flowers donated through the courtesy of Mrs. Sylvia Spadafore“Over the yeans, the site was not taken care of and with the passage of lime, it was forgotten,” offered Feldman as his theory as to why the memorial plot had not been properly taken care of.“We discovered it and we thought we d clean it up as one of our community service projects,*’ explained Mike Muccino, scoutmaster of Troop No. 1510Working on the monument project, in addition to Muccino, were Danny Yatchyshyn, a TenderfootDouble transplantLONDON (AP) - A 2*4-month-nl^ A fl/in pfScout; Chris Schwab, a Tenderfoot Scout; Frank Stanisz, a Lite Scout; Eugene Spadafore, a Star Scout;master; David Alberts, a Tenderfoot Scout; Tom Chucuddy. an Eagle ;cout, lira Santoro, a acout, and Joe Sabolchick. a First Class Scout,The members of Monessen Boy Scout Troop No 1510 have also undertaken another clean-up project in Monessen City Park. They plan to give a needed face-lifting to the massive Sherman Tank which sits impressively on the crown of a hill near the entrance to the park.The Scouts plan first to give the tank an overall sanding to nd its exterior surface of rest scales built up over the years and then plan to give it as many coats of black paint as is needed to restore it to its original luster.The tank, which held a crew of five or six men, is about 15 tons lighter than the larger Patton Tank which was introduced later into the military.
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Monessen Valley Independent

Monessen, Pennsylvania, US

Mon, Sep 22, 1986

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