Scouting, Volume 54, Number 10, December 1966 Page: 4
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SCOUTERGRAM
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Scouting continues to be well repre-
sented in outer-space projects. Fifteen of
the 19 most recently named astronauts were
members of the program as boys (3
achieved Eagle rank, 5 were Life Scouts).
Of the 54 astronauts named since our
manned space program began, 46 were Scouts
(3 of these men have died).
Here are the 15 new former-Scout astro-
nauts, together with their highest Scout
rank and where they did their boyhood
Scouting:
Vance D. Brand (Life Scout, Longworth,
Colo.), John S. Bull (Tenderfoot, Memphis,
Tenn.), Gerald P. Carr (Eagle Scout, Santa
Ana, Calif.), Charles M. Duke (Eagle
Scout, Lancaster, S.C.), Joe H. Engle
(First Class, Chapman, Kans.), Ronald E.
Evans (Life Scout, Topeka, Kans.), Edward
G. Givens, Jr. (Life Scout, Quanah, Tex.),
Fred W. Haise, Jr. (Star Scout, Biloxi,
Miss.), Don L. Lind (Eagle Scout, Midvale,
Utah), Jack R. Lousma (Tenderfoot, Ann
Arbor, Mich.), Thomas K. Mattingly (Life
Scout, Miami, Fla.), Edgar D. Mitchell
(Life Scout, Arkasia and Rockwell, N.
Mex.), William R. Pogue (Second Class,
Oakemah and Sand Springs, Okla.), John L.
Swigert, Jr. (Second Class, Denver,
Colo.), and Alfred M. Worden (First Class,
Jackson, Mich.)
Recently the Boy Scouts of America was
honored when the British Scout Association
presented Chief Scout Executive Joseph A.
Brunton, Jr., with the Silver Wolf Award.
Scouting rounds a guy out, the bold new
theme that gets launched during Boy Scout
Week, February 7-13, is the voluntary
creation of Benton and Bowles, one of the
nation's top advertising agencies. The
premise behind this theme is simple: The
world needs to be made better, and better
men are going to do it. Scouting builds
better boys—and where else do better men
come from? Hence the need to have boys
and men realize that Scouting rounds a guy
out.
Order of the Arrow members are reminded
that a key point in their Onward Arrow-
men Plan, developed by the boys themselves
at last year's 50 th Anniversary OA Con-
ference, was "to recruit one new boy or
adult into Scouting annually." This is a
personal quest objective for every Arrow-
man. Please provide leadership to this
special effort in your district and
council and give your OA members an oppor-
tunity to render cheerful service by
making it possible for many new boys to
experience the adventure of Scouting and
camping.
The U.S.
Guard points out that a
boatman is never without a daylight
distress signal as long as he can use his
arms. By slowly raising and lowering his
arms, outstretched to each side, a small-
craft operator can indicate to passing
vessels or searching aircraft that he is
in distress. This distinctive signal will
not be easily confused with a friendly
wave. The signal's visibility can be
improved by holding a handkerchief, towel,
or other eye-catcher in each hand.
Scouting's interest in rifle shooting
and gun safety is recognized each year in
the NRA—BSA Explorer Postal Rifle Matches.
This year's matches, for individual
Explorers and four-member Explorer teams,
got under way last October 1. The final
postmark deadline for fired targets to be
returned to the National Rifle Association
is January 15, 1967. National, regional,
and council awards are presented for
individual and team matches, and the high-
scoring 5 teams and 10 individuals fire a
shoot-off score to determine the final
national standings. Contact your council
office for additional details.
Eighteen-year-old Scout Brent M.
Haglund, Isle, Minn., is the 1966 winner
of the $500 James E. West Scholarship
awarded annually by the Ladies Auxiliary
to the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Haglund
is an Eagle Scout and holds the God and
Country emblem and the William T. Hornaday
Award for distinguished service in con-
servation. In 1965 he was Minnesota Youth
Conservationist of the Year.
This college scholarship is given to a
Scout or Explorer who excels in scholar-
ship, character, leadership, and Scout
participation. There's plenty of time to
enter competition for the 1967 award, so
contact your Scout council office for
details and an application.
Speaking of conservation, six merit
badges are directly related to that sub-
ject. One, Conservation of Natural
Resources, was launched less than a year
ago. Here are the other five, together
with the total number of badges earned
(through 1965): Forestry-433,821 ; Geology-
42,357; Nature—528,041 ; Soil and Water
Conservation-334,060 ; and Wildlife Man-
agement-207,783. □
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