Mil and Art
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CLOVIS REMEMBERED: BOY SCOUT TROOP #14
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In the years 1946, 1947, and 1948 the boys of Clovis Boy Scout Troop # 14 met each Tuesday night, 7:00 p.m. at the Central Baptist Church, then located at 6th and Mitchell. Art Snipes, a good friend of mine and I lived out near theClovis Memorial Hospital
We met in the "Junior" Sunday School Department, located in the basement. We usually cleared away the chairs to make room for any physical game or activity. The classrooms all around the main room were used for study groups---boys who were working on knot-tying practice, or more serious things, such as attaining the next rank.
There were usually twenty-five or thirty boys there, and the room could get quite busy and a bit noisy. Most of us had uniforms, or partial ones anyway. As Scouts, in addition to learning in order to advance in ranks, I'm sure we had some benevolent functions,though they escape my memory now.
A friend and I did the famous required fourteen mile hike to the Ranchvale area and back.
Might have become an Eagle Scout eventually, except for the fact that I couldn't swim well enough to pass the "life-saving" water rescue required for first class rank.
Our Clovis Troop # 14 did an overnight camp out one spring---west of Grady. Other Troops fromEastern New Mexico joined us. We traveled there in trucks and slept in pup tents.
In the past few weeks, several people (including the preacher on Sunday), have commented that we need to remember and pay tribute to teachers, leaders, and others who have been so helpful to us along life's way. So I want to tell you:
Our Scoutmaster was Leon Williams! A stadium is named for him there inClovis
Here's the Boy Scout salute to you Mr. Williams. Thank you for working with us boys and know that: WE REMEMBER YOU WITH DEEP APPRECIATION!
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BY MIL
7/23/12
Sent from my iPad
CLOVIS REMEMBERED: BOY SCOUT TROOP #14
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In the years 1946, 1947, and 1948 the boys of Clovis Boy Scout Troop # 14 met each Tuesday night, 7:00 p.m. at the Central Baptist Church, then located at 6th and Mitchell. Art Snipes, a good friend of mine and I lived out near the
We met in the "Junior" Sunday School Department, located in the basement. We usually cleared away the chairs to make room for any physical game or activity. The classrooms all around the main room were used for study groups---boys who were working on knot-tying practice, or more serious things, such as attaining the next rank.
There were usually twenty-five or thirty boys there, and the room could get quite busy and a bit noisy. Most of us had uniforms, or partial ones anyway. As Scouts, in addition to learning in order to advance in ranks, I'm sure we had some benevolent functions,though they escape my memory now.
A friend and I did the famous required fourteen mile hike to the Ranchvale area and back.
Might have become an Eagle Scout eventually, except for the fact that I couldn't swim well enough to pass the "life-saving" water rescue required for first class rank.
Our Clovis Troop # 14 did an overnight camp out one spring---west of Grady. Other Troops from
In the past few weeks, several people (including the preacher on Sunday), have commented that we need to remember and pay tribute to teachers, leaders, and others who have been so helpful to us along life's way. So I want to tell you:
Our Scoutmaster was Leon Williams! A stadium is named for him there in
Here's the Boy Scout salute to you Mr. Williams. Thank you for working with us boys and know that: WE REMEMBER YOU WITH DEEP APPRECIATION!
********30********
BY MIL
7/23/12
Sent from my iPad
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