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Youngest Bridgeport Eagle Scout Earns Badge
Morris B. Canning thirteen year old son of Mr and Mrs Emile Canning of 824 Norman street and grandson of the late Judge Morris B Beardsley has received the Eagle Scout badge from the Boys Scouts of America He is the youngest Eagle Scout in Bridgeport and perhaps the state He weighed 75 pounds and proved life saving skills at Camp Pomperaug Lake Zoar retrieving objects from the lake bottom in deep water The presentation occurred at a regular Troop 19 meeting of the United Church with only twenty four Bridgeport Eagle badges awarded in eleven years
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Morris B. Canning
Emile C., Canning
Norman Street
Morris B. Beardsley
Boys Scouts of America
Bridgeport
Connecticut
Canning
Camp Pomperaug
Lake Zoar
Camthé
Troop 19
The
United Church