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Negro Boy Scout Troop Formed at Tams Raleigh District
Raleigh county district forms its first Negro troop at Tams with 17 scouts enrolled. Sorrells named scoutmaster. others listed as Hackley Goldston Anderson, with meetings at the Colored community building. Training courses for scout leadership begin Thursday at the Montreal Y M C A with no enrollment costs. Next sessions, troop programs, and patrol activities outlined for ongoing district expansion.
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Raleigh County
Tams
S. J. Sorrells
B. B. Hackley
G. W. Goldston
Timothy Anderson
Maceo Bentley
Melvin Bentley
James Christian
Warren Christian
Floyd Clark
William Dotson
Burton Gregory
Vernon Goldston
James McCoy
Jethro McCoy
Charles Ward
James Wylie
Willie H. Wylie
Joe Fountain
Clarence Valentine
Sarhuel Valentine
Theword Wilson
Montreal Y. M.C. A
National Council of the Boy Scouts of America
Skelton School
Skelton
D. C. Wood
Bob White
Beaver
Arnie Richmond
Richmond