Conover Scouts Respond to War Effort

Boy Scouts of Troop One, Conover, shown above with their leaders,
are collecting waste paper in a drive that will last through March,
as one of their contributions to the war effort. Last Fall, the Troop
gathered more than nineteen-thousand pounds.

In the picture are, L. to R., front row, Gene Hunsucker, Jerry Schell, Clyde Stearns, Jr., Herman Graef, Sammy Ward and Keith Moretz; second row, John Barkley, Billy Fisher, Lee Moritz, John Barger, Jerome Bolick and Donald Stakemiller; back row, Scoutmaster Fred Barkley, Committeemen Marshal Travis, Jack Faw and R.T. Boatright, and Assistant Scoutmaster Tom W. Ward.

[This photograph was made in the troop's hut during the
celebration of National Boy Scout Week, February, 1945.
Undated Hickory Daily Record, ca Feb, 1945]

All photos courtesy of Don Barker

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