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Local B S Troop earns high marks at Pied Council camp
Forest City Boy Scout troop one under Scoutmaster C P Parks and assistant W I Stallings returned from a week at the Pied Council camp near Tryon with a strong showing. Members: Kenneth Bostic Padgett Jimmie Stainback Anie s Price Lewis Doggett Carl Promas Forrest Barber William s Billy Magness Billy Me i Cecil Daniel Roy Lynch and two Harris. They placed in field day events with five troops from Tryon Saluda Gastonia and Cairo. The troop won first in fire by flint and steel and tied for first in knot tying. They earned seconds in canoe race and tent pitching. Individual results included Stainback winning the 50 and 100 yard dashes, Price in standing broad jump, and Doggett in 100 yards dash plus other places in jumps and throws.
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Forest City
Boy
Pied Council
Lake Lanier
Tryon
C. P. Parks
W. I. Stallings
Kenneth Bostic
Jis Padgett
Jimmie Stainback
Aneis Price
Lewis Doggett
Carl Promas
Forrest Barber
Williams
Billy Magness
Billy Mei
Cecil Daniel Roy Lynch
Harris
Council
Saluda
Gastonia
Cairo
Shel
Troop
Francis Price