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Huge blocks of stone lie before the
gltar of a Cathedral at Ambato, Ecuador,
in which 60 children were entombed
Housing Problems
Acute In Ecuador
Government Must House 100,000 f
. Left Homeless By Violent Quake
~ BY JORGE MANTILLA - j
QUITO, Ecuador, Aug. 9. — (AP) — The government|
§aced the problem today of housing 100,000 persons made |
homeless by Friday’s earthquake which gutted 50 com—!
munities and caused thousands of deaths. f
A spokesman for President Galo Plaza Lasso said the»]
government had not yet been able to compile a death list, |
Jut estimated the toll might not exceed between 2,000 and l
4.000. Previous estimates ranged up to 6,000,
The President announced Sun
gey that in the town of Pelileo
slone some 3,200 had perished.
Plaza told newsmen that in the
pavaged city of Ambate 75 per
rent of the houses still standing
must be torn down.
He said the government had
asked the American republics to
sush tents to the area and that
the United States already was
sending emergency shipments of
ecanned foods.
Plaza said his previous estimate
s $20,000,000 property damage
might go much higher. T.e gov
ernment plans a survey to get @
gefinite figure.
Bond Issue
The president’s secretary. Miguel
#ilbornoz, said the government
plans to float a 20-year bond issue
to cet reconstruction going.
Most of the victims in the town
of Pelileo were caught in build
ings that collapsed. ILandslides
from the mountains accounted for
ofhers.
“zrmhouses were flattened
sgeinst the ground and fields
weve ripped apart by huge cre-
Vires, *
Many other Pelileo victims died |
in » flood. A landslide blocked al
drainage canal and the waters!
tapped many persons. Others
died in their homes. Not a single
house in the village remained
gi~nding.
Tungurahua Province, hardest
hit region in the area, was de
cared a security zone under mili
tary law.
8 Disaster Relief
'ne Council of State granted
the President extraordinary pow
& 1c cope with the situation. He
Wes given the right to take funds
@veady allotted for other purnoses
&t use them for disaster relief.
e entire nation grieved for the
Viiime. In Guayaquil a procession
; ¢'mdents marched through the
Blreete
_ Vitizens showered money, cloth
¢ and other articles orto huge
F'~torean flags spread out to
€at~h the gifts.
Ambato struggled to get back to
f normal pace. The regular week-
Vv fair took place as usual yes
;""“: v. Peasants brought their
'Uits and vegetables to the open
&Ir market,
Emergency Airlift
An emereency airlift is bringing
funolies into the stricken areas
#nd hauling out injured to cities
;l i'(‘* hospital facilities are avail-
WOMAN BITTEN
n .
Black Widow
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Vietim Is
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Domg Nicely
Attendants at the Athens Gen
¥'#! Hospital today reported t"'?:
Mrs. Frank Wier of Frankli
Springs is doing nicely after be._
ing bitten by g black widow spi
der Yesterday,
Mrs. Wier was admitted to the
hospital Jate yesterday and given
ireatnrent, Nurses reported that
if her condition tontinued to im-
Prove she would be released In 8
flsy or two, i
Mrs. Wier was reportedly bit
€ 7 by ihe spider while putting
fresh frugt into her car at her
home. She believes the spider
W& on the fruit, . e hdr, S
Associated Press Service
4600 PERSONS DIE IN EARTHQUAKE
Race Track Episod
Studied By S
tudied by denate
Sen. Mundt Says Gen. Vaughan Must
Testify In "Five Percenter” Hearings
BY MARVIN L. ARROWSMITH
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—(AP)—Senator Mundt (R.-
S.D) said today that developments in the five percenter
inquiry make it imperative that President Truman’s mil
itary aide, Major General Harry H. Vaughan, take the
witness stand. :
“In the remote event he doesn't request to be heard in
view of the way his name has been mentioned in this case,
1 will insist that he be called,”_MEndt“tol_d reporters.
The South Dakota lawmaker ex
pressed his views as he and other
members of the Senate’s special
investigations subcommittee made
ready to explore the Tanforan race
track episode. This is the second
day of public hearings aimed at
getting rid of “influence peddlers.”
Subcommittee investigators fam
iliar with the Tanforan case said
privately that they expect
Vaughan's name to figure in to
day’s testimony, as it did promi
nently at yesterday’s session.
Tanforan Testimony
They said thai John Maragon,
who says Vaughan is a good friend
of his, is also likely to be men
tioned in the Tanforan testimony.
To get the Tanforan story the
subcommittee arranged to hear
Housing Expediter Tighe Woods
and three of his aides (9 a. m,
EST).
The Senate group is looking in
to the activities of five percenters
—persons who charge a fee for
help in getting government con
tracts for others. Their commis
sion usually is five per cent of the
gross proceeds from the contract.
The subcommittee also is check
ing into whether any of the mid
dlemen have attempted to influ
ence government officials, and on
whether any of those officials
have been helpful to the commis
sion men in more than a routine
way.
At yesterday’s session opening
the public inquiry, the subcom
mittee heard a Massachusetts furn
iture manufacturer relate that a
man he paid SI,OOO for help in
seeking a econtract described
Vaughan as one of his closest
friends.
The testimony came from Paul
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Generally fair and continued
hot with slight chance of scat
tered afternoon thundershow
ers. High today 94, low tonight
70. High Wednesday 95. Sunset
this afternoon 7:26, sunrise
Wednesday 5:51.
GEORGIA—MostIy fair weas
ther and continued hot this aft
ernoon, fonight and Wednes
day. Few afternoon and even
ing thundershowers.
TEMPERATURE
Highest .... scot ores ss -D9
Lowest ... coss sies #e-
MERN oo seih asss soob 8o
Normal L. v vt I
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. s. &8
Total since August 1 .« .. 82
Deficit singe August 3 ... 98
Average August rainfall .. 4.62
Total since January 1 ~....82.:7
Deticit sinee Japuasy § - 84
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
when an earthquake struck the city.
They were being catechized by a priest
who was also killed.— (NEA Telephoto.)
YA TS ) L o LT T e
BOYD GRANT
IS AW ARDED
‘. 7
TO UNIVERSITY
( WASHINGTON, Aug. 99—
i (AP)—The Natisnal Institutes
. of Health awarded 217 grants,
| totaling $2,056,426, today for
. continuation of medical and
allied research projects at 94
| institutions.
' The propects include studies
| of deafness and speech defects,
! peptic ulcers, the common cold,
' and the relation of the endo
| crine glands to aging.
? Georgia: Emory University,
| Atlanta, Albert Heyman, $7.700.
] University of Georgia at Ath
| ens, George Hugh Bovd, $8,300;
at Augusta, Robert B. Green
l blati and Robert B. Dienst,
£15,600.
D. Grindle, head of a Framing
ham (Mass.) woodworking com
pany. He named James V. Hunt,
former army officer and onetime
War Assets Administration em
ploye, as the man who claimed
warm friendship with Vaughan.
Grindle also gquoted Hunt, now a
management counselor in Wash
ington, as saying: “1 have only one
l thing to sell, that is influence.”
| Hunt has said he is a good friend
of Vaughan, but he has denied that
lhe ever attempted to trade on in
i fluence. He said he knows no one
|in the government who could be
| influenced.
[ Vaughan has had no comment
on Grindle’s assertions, except to
say that he knows about 300 per
sons in Washington contract oper
ations.
| Senator Hoey (D.-N.C.), the
' subcommittee chairman, said the
' group ought to put off a decision
-on whether to eall Vaughan “until
we have finished with all these
things in which he might be men
tioned, as he has been by Grin
dle.”
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PRIBPUSIR IRV O I 10
Jimmy Stewart, Hollywood’s
Top Bachelor, To Wed Today
By 808 THOMAS .
HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 9—(AP)—
Jimmy Stewart today weds the girl
' who “used to cut out his pictures
‘as a kid.”
At five o’clock (PST) this after
noon, Hollywood’s most famous
bachelor will marry Gloria Hat
lrick McLean in Brentwood Pres
‘byterian Church. The wedding
will be small and—the shy actor
hopes—quiet.
The pair was shopping today and
winding up details for an extend
ed honeymoon. Wedding plans
were completed last weele.
The single-ring = =, 2 ok
wedding cere- %
mony Wwas Te-~ &8 %,
hearsed iast ;g; =
Wedflgdar be. F b i
fore Rev. Dean §& ¥H i
Osterberg of the {8 p ;
Brentwood ohiie b%g T
rch, which ,r near fyy e
ganhl orflc‘;.h &7
he only attend- 38
ants 8r “fln A
Grlgg B;addy, %
the bride's sister, & o
and slim- falent AMES STEWART
seout, Billv Grady, best man.
Grady PBrought Stewart to Hoi
lywood, , :
Gregg Draddy, Larchmont, N.
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
ATHENS, CA., TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1949,
Swift Compromise Is Seen
On Foreign Aid Measure
oy N e 23
Senaie And House Committee{
Y B g
Agreement Is Expected Today
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9. — (AP) — The multi-billion |
dollar foreign recovery bill sped toward final c‘ongres-!
sional action today after a stormy passage through the |
Senate. o m |
Lawmakers expected a Senate-House committee to]
reach quick agreement on the somewhat different \'er-i
sions the two branches have passed. The Senate approved '
its bill late vesterday by a top-heavy 63 to 7 vote. i
Senators ended almost two
weeks of wrangling tc shake the
measure ‘cee fron the confusion
which had blocked action on mnore
than $20,000,000,000 in money
bills in addition to other legisla
}tion marked “must” by the ad
ministration.
I When the final showdown came,
only six Republicans and - one
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AreH
Are lome
. Revolt In Slovakian
' Town |ls Reported
. Halted By Communists
‘ By The Associated Press
| America’s three top military
commanders returned from a 10-
lday European tour today, hop‘e_t'ul
| of swift action to bring the North
| Atlantic Treaty into military ef
| sect. :
] Gen. Omar N. Bradley, army
Ivhief of staff, Gen. Hoyt Vanden
| berg of the Air Force, and Admiral
| Louis E. Denfield, Naval Chief of
| Operations, flew back to Wash
- ingtgn after pre-———"v =
liminary talks .
{ with m ilitarywqud News
|leaders of all Roundup
Eloplan « MeM- oo
bers of the 12-nation treaty.
| “We hope that these frank dis
| cussions and exchanges of views
lwill help our respective govern
ments and will shorten conferences
necessary to organize under the
pact,” Bradley told reporters at the
airport in Wfihfigton.
The three ehiefs tomorrow are to
| 2
appear befbre the Senate Armed
‘ Services Gémmittee.
, The ¢ommittee is studying the
| administration’s $1,450,000,000 For
feign Arms Aid Program, designed
! (Continned On Page Two)
X Presstime Bulletins
,_,r__ms
ATLANTA, Aug. 9—(AP)-=-A Geoirgia Supreme Court Justice
was the first witness today as a Fulton county Grand Jury began
probing an alleged state bootleg liquor conspiracy.
Justice T. Gray Head was closeted with the jurors for abeut an
hour. He declined any comment when he ¢ame out,
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—(AP)—Robert A. Loveit, a former
Assistant Secretary of War for Air, told the House Armed Serv
ices Committee today absolutely no outside influence was exerted
ta get the R-368 homber on its way in 1941, .
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9— (AP) —Housing Expediter Tighe
Woods said today that Major General Harry H. Vaughan sum
moned him to the White House in 1948 and told him Vaughans’
friends were interested in a California race track construction
case.
VALDOSTA, Ga., Aug. 5. — {(AP) - Eighteen negro parents
went into Federal Court today demanding that Georgia grant
their children equai educaiionai facilities.
¥f successful, the suit would lay the groundwork for presenta
tion by negroes of a multi-million dollar education bill te Geor
gia and its 159 counties.
Y., manufacturer, gives the bride
away in the absence of her father,]
Ed Hatrick, Hearst newsreei ex
ecutive, who is ailing in Colorado
Springs, Colo. Mrs. Hatrick re
cently had an operation in New
York.
The bridegroom’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Alexander Stewart, ar
rived over the week-end from In
diana, Pa.
Siag Party
Over the weekend, Stewart said
farewe]l to his male cronies at &
stafi party which offered the only
Hollywood touch to the nuptials.
Gagsters had seven bi&ysearch
lights brightening the above
Chasen’s restaurant. A large sign
advertised: “James Stewart, actor.
Positively Jast appearance.”
Among those greeting t}g actor
at the ra dinner were Spencer
Traqs ran¥' Morgan, Jack Beg—
ny, David Niven and Stewart's
agents, who arranged the festbvi
“l‘» ir Aug. 12
ve 5
attend p&o flsk%m B!rby g
Qhroa and the Disabled Amerioan
eterans Convention in Cleveland.
They glan to be 1 Cleveland fin
Sept. 8 for the finish of the
- race, in which Joe De RBana
will fly Stewart’s plane. l
" The eouple will fly to Hawaii
‘Democrat voted against the $5.-
707,724,000 n.easure. ; "
The lene Democrat was John
ston of South Carolina. The Re
publican opponents were Capehart
izmd.Jenner of Indiana, Kem of
'Missouri. Langer of North Da
‘kota, Malone of Nevada, and Will
ivms of Delaware.
l Despite all the round and fury
| o 1 debate, the senate bill does not
differ greatly from the house ap
proved measure. The Senate re
!duced the mivney totals about 10
| per cent and added scme amend
| ments — none ¢ which is expec
‘ted to cause muc = trouble.
Here are the points in the Sen
i ate and House bills which . ust
{he ecompromised.
? Money Amount.
. (1) Money amounts: The House
L voted $3,568,470.000 for ECA, tfo
{be spent in 10 and one-half
]months if necessary The Senate
| voted $3,628,380,007- -plus $150,-
{OO,OOO loan authority — but
| spread the program over a 12-
{ menth period.
| (2) Germany industrial plants:
| The Senate voted $25.000 to fi«
{UW ce a review of dismantling
i plans for 365 German plants. A
majority of senators feel these
rlants should be kept i Germany
to aid European recovery. The
House had so such provisic . in
{ il, bill.
(3) Watchdog committge, The
Senate voted $344.000 for a con
gressional committee staff to
keep checking on foreign spend
ing. The House had decided this
ccmmittee had wound- up its job
Plan.
Foreign Students
(4) Chinese Students: The Sen
ate voted to earmark $4,000,000 in
’ unused China-aid funds for help
ing some 4,000 Chinese students
who are in this country. The stu
dents have b cut off from aid
because of gcivil war. The
House bill did not contain this
amendment.}
(5) ECA Publicity.: The Senate
voted to pefl;gjit ECA Chief Paul
Hoffman to ‘use local cuwrrency
funds as needed to publicize in
Eiuirope the work that is being done
for Europe’s recovery. This ques
tion was not raised in the House.
(6) Greece - Turkey Aid: The
Senate voted $45,000,000. The
House voted $50,000,000. ;
next month for an extended vaca
tion.
Stewart was recently asked why
he chose Mrs., McLean after 15
yvears of Hollywood dating. His
answer: “Of all the girls 1 have
gone with, she is the only one I
felt I couldn’t live without.”
As for Gloria, she said she has
been a Stewart fan “since I was a
kid.” The socialite said she “used
to cut out his pictures as a kid.”
TODAY'S BIRTHDAY
EVANS CLARK, born August 9, 1888, »t Orange, 0"l
N. 3, son of a physiolan. Director of the Twentieth i /7% it
Century Fund, .economio pesearch organization, ’
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ment ot Pringeton. Me weas gradusted from Anye w “g’ 2
herst in 1010, studied gt Marvard gnd fihfi mes- WG %
ter's degres from Columbia $n 1918, Leaving his | e &
teaching post ip 1017, Clark becsme research di- B i
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U NEE SR L oM R
FOREST FIRE TAKES LIVES OF 13
This is an aerial view of Montana’s deadliest forest
fire raging in the Gates of the Mountain wilderness 25
miles northeast of Halena. Thirteen forest service men
have perished in-the flames that have burned over
about 6.000 acres since Friday. Five hundred fire fight
ers are battling the blaze.— (AP Wirephoto.)
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Tired Fire Fighters
Gainine In Mont
Hugh Forest Fire Is Expected To Be
Under Complete Conitrol By Tomorrow
HELENA, Mont., Aug, 9. (AP) “Man was winning
his fight today against a fire that has killed -18 persons
and devastated 6,000 woodland acres.
The flames were being checked by 500 men, tired and
grimy after a four day struggle. A. D. Moir, Helena Nat
jonal Forest supervisor, said the blaze should be 100 per
cent controlled by tomorrow. 1
N/ it ;
‘Wade Rites
ill Be Held
Will Be Hel
On Wednesday
‘ Funeral services for Mrs. 'Eliza
ibeth I. Reynolds Wade, well
known civi¢ and church leader of
I Mars Hill commurnity, Bogart, will
ibe conducted tomorrow afternoon
at 3 o'clock from White Plains
Baptist Church in Jackson esunty.
~ Mrs. Wade died in a local hospi
tal last night after a brief illness.
She was 66 years old and was a
native of Jackson county. She had
lived in Bogart for the past 18
vears.
Conduciing the services will be
Rev. W. S. Pruitt, pastor es West
End ‘Baptist Church, assisted by
Rev. G. M. Spivey, pastor of Young
Harris Methodist Church, Rev.
Wiley Holland, pastor of Bogart
Baptist Church, and Rev. Otis Mc-
Neal, pastor of Winder Baptist
Church. The body will lie in state
in the church from two o’clock
until the hour for the services.
Pallbearers will be Mrs. Wade’s
grandsons. Interment will be in
White Plains cemetery. Bridges
Funeral Home is in charge of ar
rangements, :
Very active in church and civic
affairs uhtil her health began t.o?
fail, Mrs. Wade was one of the
best known women in this section
of the state. + |
Survivors include her husband,
Marion Wade, Bogart; four daugh
ters, Mrs. O. L. Venable, Jefferson,
Mrs. C. C. Williamson, Athens,!
Mrs. D. P. Lester, Gainesviile, Mrs, |
C. V. Langford, Bogart; five sons,
J. G. and W. T. Wade, Athens, H‘
D. Wade, Jefferson, Myron Wade,
Bogart, and S. J. Wade, Rock Port,
Missouri; two sisters, Mrs, Clark[
Stargel, Jersey, Ga. and Mrs. R, H, 1
Tate, Athens; 41 grandchildren and |
five great-grandchildren. |
Mr. and Mrs. Wade celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary
on November 7, 1947 and wouwld
have been married 52 years this
coming November.
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
| Final control can not be assured
| until more mop-up work is done,
;Moir said.
! A final three miles of fireline
| will be built today, Moir said.
!Mop-up work, in this case one of
| the toughest phases of the battle,
lbegan last night as crews worked
| porticne of the fire's extreme
'edges.
The fatigued Montana crews
pressed toward control of the fire
in the gates of the mountains for
est, 25 miles northeast of Helena.
Equally tired fighters battled an
explosive timber fire in the Pay
| ette National Forest on Idaho's
Salmon River,
Payette Forest Supervisor John
T. Mathews had close to 600 men
on the 3,000 to 4,000-acre fire.
Calling it a tough situation, he
said: “We're pretty well organized
but the wind and the weather con~
ditions are against us.” |
Other crews yesterday mastered
a blaze which burned over 2,400
acres of timber land in the Boise
National Forest northeast of Idaho
City. No serious injuries were re
ported in either fire.
Breaks Hand
James Giles, negro, from Win
der, was injured yesterday while
working at Snow Tire Company
in Athens.
A wheel blew from the rim on
an automobile which he was' re
pairing and struck his hand. His
employer, Mr. Snow, reported
that Giles had been admitted to
General Hospital with several
bones in his hand broken.
Local Boy Scout Troops
Busy With Camping Trips
One Boy Scout troop of the
Cherokee District is on a camping
trip now while twu troops have
| Just returned fro-x camps and
three more iroops are plannii.g o
£0 camping.
Troop 22, sponsored by the
Athens First Baptist Chureh, is
camping at Lake Nancy Town
| near Cornelia. They are camping
in the National Park at this site,
iand the doing their own coo'"ing
on the trip.
Heading the group is Scoutmas
er Ernest Boland ssisted by Hill
yer King, jr, and Baxton Cook,
Jr Nine boys are taking part in
the trin The troon will be on
camp {or two weeks. They are
camping in tents for the entire
time.
Camps Planned |
Troop 44 of Winterville plans to
camp at Lake Nancy Town dur
d.ni the week of August 20.
coutmaster Charles Lee and
bis Troop 49, lfgox.sored by the
Friendship Presbyterizcn Church,
are planning a camping trip for
next week. f
A two-day and two-night explo
ration tx;ip gi,g( planned by fljropp!
HOME
EDITION
Over-Age
nrren
Arms Stir
Confusion
Senate Group Moves
To Limit Tranfer
Of Surplus To Europe
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9—(AP)
—A group of senators moved io~
day to limit the transfer of over
age arms to Western Europe.
They say they are confused sbout
when the tank is surplus and
when it isn't.
A majority of the Senate For~
eign Relations and Armed Serv
ices Committees seemed 1o be
lining up behind the plan. R
would write into the administra
tion’s $1,450,000,000 foreign sfins
bill a $500,000,000 ceiling on Sur=
plus military supplies that might
be shipyed abroad.
Their confusicn arvose from a
disclosure by Senator Knowland
'(R.-('alif.) that military leaders
|had iold Ching twe monthe sgo
there was no surplus equipment
’ but now say supplies that origi=
nally cost $450,000,000 are availe
- able for North Atlantic Treaty
| signers.
. Secretary of Defense Johnson,
| the days’ chief witness before the
conrbined Senate commiiiees
(9:30 a. m., EST), was expected
' 10 be asked for an explanation,
' The joint chiefs of staff, sched
' uled to go before the committees
' fomorrow, alse will be asked
about the maftem
| Secretary. of State Acheson
icou!dn't supply an answer yes
terday, despite the fact members
1 said he had been tossed the same
L inquity in closed sessions lass
| week. Acheson said the military
| men would have to clarify this
| seemingly contradictory situa=-
| tßon.
Knowland told a reporter: .
“It seems that a tank wasn’s
surplus for China is surplus fer
Furope. 1 think we are entitled
! to a little frankness in this mat
- ter.”
Senator Russell (D.-Ga.) said
$500,000,000 ought to cover that
amount, & figure Senator Lyndon
Johnson (D.-Texas) also mene
tioned. n
Senator George (D.-Ga.£ went
even further, He said the sur
plus costs not only should be
spelled out but that they ougil‘n
to be included within ihe si=
450,000,000 total of aid.
That would cut back the new
arms to be purchased for ship
ment since the administration bill
doesn’t count the cost of surpl
nraterial, but only the eatimfiz
$75,000,000 needed to refurbish
and ship them. ‘
Senator Dulles (R.-N.Y.) and
Senator Vandenberg (R.-Mich.)
have been insisting that the pro=-
gran: must be kept strictly on a
stop-gap basis until treaty sign
ers can gei a committee into acs
tion to plan mutual defense,
Vandenberg and Acheson dis
agreed yesterday en whether the
administration bilt ted
such a program. Vandeng:!og‘mid
it by-passes this country’s Nerth
Atlantic allies because iiie Uswi=
States decides alone what Europe
needs.
-
Dr. Collins Speaks
.
In Chapel Tonight
Georgia’s school administrators
will near addres: ionignt i the
University of Georgia Chapel %
Dr M. D. Collins, state school su
perintendent, and Mr. Truman
Pierce, University of Tennessee
College of Education.
The two-day School Adminis~
trators’ Annual Planning Confer~
ence sponsored by the University
College of Education, the State
Department of Edueation, and the
Georgia Association of School Ad
ministrators, began this morning.
7' of Arnoldsville. The troop,
sponsored by the Arnoldsville
Baptist Men’s Brotherhood, is a
new troop, but has spent sex ral
nights on hikes” nd eamps ai
ready this summer and plan the
exploration trip frr later this
month. Main phase of the trip will
be nature study. Leader of the
troop is Hoyt Young.
Trips Complete
Troop 27, sponsored by Pince
ton Methodist Chirch, has re
turned home from a week at Vo
gel State Park. Eight boys and
three adults made the trip. Leader
was Scoutmaster Roy Parr. Also
going on the camping trip was
Assistant Scoutmaster J. Frank
luff and Holman Maddox, father
of one of the Scouts in the treop.
The Scouts camped I tents and
prepared their cwn mesals. One
of the highlights of the trip was
Curtis Griffith, 18 years old zcout,
caught a 3 1-2 pound bass.
Troop 222 of Greensboro spent
last week at Camp Stephens
Crawfordville. A total of ‘wg
ond three leaders atiended the
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