War Work Report by Troop 1 Highlights Bond Drives and Rifled Service
Troop 1 submits a detailed war work report noting a state of readiness. Scouts paraded and held patriotic services for Belgian refugees. They planted an acre war garden and supported 8 members in Army and Navy, with 3 commissions. They sold War Savings Stamps, bought bonds totaling over 15 000 dollars, and earned Treasury Department emblems. The troop achieved 100 percent Victory Bond subscriptions, organized a War Savings Bank, and supported Red Cross, Y M C A, and public information campaigns. They distributed posters and assisted in War Chest drives and other wartime activities. Respectfully submitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Washington Scout Band
Treasury Department
Opening of New Boy Scout Headquarters and Pool
The First Troop Boy Scouts at 211 213 North Main street will formally open their new building June 20 with the Washington Scout Band and visiting officials present. Capt E H Diffenderfer oversaw construction, with Capt Hunter Grimm on brickwork, G A Butler handling lighting, Edwin H Elliott supplying the pool, and Standard Engineering installing the heating plant. The facility includes a gymnasium, swimming pool, showers, lockers, a memorial tablet for Frank Janney Silver and John Joseph Evans, workshops, a second floor meeting room, a wireless station, and space for a photography club and dining quarters. Regular weekly classes and tests will be led by a government expert from Arlington, and troop use is scheduled for specific afternoons and evenings.
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North Main Street
Washington
E. H. Diffenderfer
Hunter Grimm
G. A. Butler
Edwin H. Ellet
Standard Engineering Company
J. and
R. Lamb
New York City
Frank’ Janney
John Joseph Evans
Arlington
Boy Scouts Promise and Practice From the Nation Builders
The article extols the Boy Scouts as a vast, well organized movement with eight million youths pledged to a strong code. It describes the Scout Oath and the rigorous First Class requirements spanning swimming, banking, signaling, navigation, first aid, camp cooking, map reading, woodcraft, and moral character.
Troop 72 Members Listed for Boy Scouts Group
The document presents a complete roster of the First Troop of Boy Scouts detailing officers, active scouts, associate scouts, patrol leaders and assistants. It lists Captain Robert T. Barton and Lieut W Nelson Page among officers with numerous named members and affiliations from Washington to Salem Virginia, including military and civilian organizations.
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Boy Scouts
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Rt 3
Harry J. Greene
Army
Navy
W. S.S. Campaign
Red Cross
Eea
Ordnance Department
Ford
Faeg
the Nation Builders
Stewart Wells
America
L. Marshall Baker
Paul L. Massey
Richard H. Gray
C. Eugene Aulick, Jr
C. Ross Wheat
Garland F. Potts
Maurice E. Pifer
Kenneth Crowell
Lyle Grimm
Hugh McKee
Herbert Solenberger Ernest Thomas
Lawrence Wallman
O’rourk
Wesley Pierce
Thurman Riley
Jack Ritter
James Sale
Douglas Schmidt
Walter
Shaetzer
Lester Snyder
George
Stine
Dennis Willey
Lawson Winkfield
Marshall
Robert T. Barton
U. S. Army
Walter B. Barr
D. C
Harry W. Copenhaver
8. V. N. Bank
Leon W. Crounse
Johnstown
N. Y
Arthur W. Fansler
U. S. Navy
George W. Good
Porter Military Academy
Lanier Gray
Woodberry Forest School
Leslie D. Grimm
American Express Co
Blair Hahn
Western Union
Floyd Haines
City
Lawrence C. Hollis
Walter G. Hurdle
Courtenay Carter
Salem, Va
Nathan Weiss
Frank Janney Silver
White
Vernon Eddy
B. M. Roszel
Stewart F
Capt. Robt. T. Barton
Lieut. W. Nelson Page
Harry F. Byrdwell
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