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Scouting Awards Highlight Lifesaving Efforts and Camp Plans
A 1932 Congress report lists 296 Gold lifesaving medals and 988 heroism certificates nationwide, totaling 1 847 life saving awards since 1910. In Shenandoah Area Council the last five years saw 35 lives saved by local Scouts. Troops 1 and 2 held joint sessions, planned camp August 4, and organized yard party profits toward a White Rock mess hall. Troops 3 and 6 met, discussed summer camp on the Potomac July 24 to August 7, and assigned volunteers for Braddock Street church ushers and tennis court work. Middletown Troop 1 met with nine Scouts present and arranged a Strasburg baseball game, reporting a $20 yard party profit and White Rock camping July 26.
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S. A
Congress
United States
Shenandoah Area
Se. Church Annex
Eugene B. Cooper
Fort Collier
Martinsburg Pike
Camp White Rock
I. Fred Stine
Southern Methodist Church
Preston Sartelle
Jimmy Grove
Rinard Largent
Lutheran Church
William H. Brown
Frank Horton
Stewart Street
Braddock Street
M. E
Walter Dent
Potomac
Falling Waters
W. Va
A. S. M. Douglas Fisher
Noble Pierce
Middletown
Washington
Stephens City
Everly