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OE, PEKIN, INDIANA:/~£zscoursGOLDEN BOOK OF BOY SCOUTSBuy scouts of Philadelphia are to have a unique record of their achievements. The local council, at the sug-Rest ion of Dr. Charles I. Hart..have-had a hook made, of jjoMen parchment. Id which are to he recorded .the names, and deeds of hoy ,scouts who'have dune particularly heroic service. The book contains first of all. the mitiiex of”Oft* t9 of the 407 Philadelphia scqutvw,|b paid the sup rente sacrilice for their country In the IVorhl wur. .Vest fol-. lows a penmmeiit record of the names and iIihhIs of nil those boy scouts of Philadelphia who, having risked their lives for others, have earned the medals of liunor granted by the National court of honor. So far, there art* sis mimes in this secoud group, as follows :Bronze medal—Scout Lex Newnittri. who oil June, 1S)1G, saved d comrade from drowning in n slum* quarry.Bronze medal—Scout Fred Lange, who, in l-'elininry, 19120, saved u fmir-ypitr-ohl child from hunting to deiilli.Bronze tnedul—Scout William .1. t'sis-sells. who, in June, Will, saved a fellow sen tit from dentil by drowning.Bronze medal—Scout Thomas Murray, June, lli'JO. for striking water rescue at scout camp.Sllrcr medu!—Scoot Waller Frick, June. 11)120, for saving another boy from drowning.Silver medal—Scout Albert Grow. June, lt):2t. for reaming another hoy from drowning In the Mnnsiyunk can at, the second feat of Die kind performed by him in the same canal.An impressive service of Investiture took pliici' In .connection with the dedication of the Golden Book, in which the sis living young heroes purtlcl-putcd. All seouis present stood nt attention while the names of the recipients of (lie honor were read off, with the official recital of the deed of enur-nge, for which eiteli was to receive recognition. Knch scout, so honored was summoned • by bugle blast and stood wlille his name was being enrolled in the Book of Heroes, and received his medal from the cliufnmin of Die council. After this ceremony wns completed, each scout, in liirn. after three blnsts of yu* bugle, retraced his steps thruugh the archway of colors. The ceremonial followed is similar to that of the bestowal of the Victoria Cross or the Crof.v rlt;le Guerre.A TOWER OF. SCOUTS.To Show Strength and Stability, theTower is Carrying Approximately12,500 Pounds.REMEMBER TO PLANT TREES.’“The scout is a lover of I be out-of-doors,” says A. 0. Wessel. writing of oresiry for Scouts.” In Bovs’ Life, ivs. singly or In large groups, offer him many attractions and plens-4. He must hot lose sight of I In* fuel that to help plum mid conserve uttr trees and to rate the forest which yields him fruit, fuel and timber for slid ter, us a living perpetual resource Is a patriotic service and duty.NEW WAY TO RAISE WRECKS.Still another method Is being tried fur raising wrecks from great depths. The latest thing In this work Is hypodermic salvage, ft Is fault'd that in vessels Loaded with bugs of rice, grain and malt It Is possible to give them, so to speak, ti hypodermic Injection of compressed air. A sufficient quantity of this air is retained In the mass to make It buoyant It Is then possible !o shift the grain from one part to another without Its losing Its quality.— Boys* Life.
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Pekin Advance
Pekin, Indiana, US
Thu, May 12, 1921
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