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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1930
Page
7
From the annual Boy Scout report to Congress comes a tale of heroism. Down Angle, 15, first class in Troop 44, Shippensburg, saved Evelyn Grove, 12, from drowning in a lake where water stood 12 to TS feet deep. The Scout swam across the lake three times to reach the girl, then faced fear to pull her to shore and calm her before leading her to safety.
Troop No 2 lacked Scoutmaster Stine so Assistant John Taylor led a short meeting. Richard Rush assigned to manage a newly arrived basketball from Mr. Cooper until the next meeting. Troop No 3 met without Scoutmaster Brown with Assistant Haines presiding and collected monthly dues then discussed basketball plans. Troop No 5 did not meet due to Cross’s schedule. two members attended a sale and then performed poster distribution for the Red Cross, ending with lunch. Troop No 6 met at the post Church with plans to donate baskets of food and finalize dues, then arranged basketball practice. Troop No 8 opened with pledge and oath. Charles Lillis earned the best good turn as a boy saved another from fainting.
Edwin Har Loe, Scri notes an injury to a boy, discusses forming a bow and arrow squad, organizing bugle and drum corps, then closes with Scout laws benediction and motto.
Jephen Forberger of New Jersey died when he jumped from an army test plane over the Washington area after motor trouble. Pilot Lt. Morrison G. Crocker landed the damaged craft in a field. The parachute failed to save Forberger, whose body was found about a mile away.
The excerpt contrasts ideas on growth through exercise and discipline with views on natural laws and practical application. It cites Hubbard on robust mind training, discusses laws of nature versus engineering, and notes Mill’s critique of custom hindering advancement. It also mentions Nyubia’s rapid plant growth and tarweed as forage plus an aside on white eagles and a Tieck line about love as spring.
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