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BOY SCOUTS
Charters and Awards
In a simple ceremony during morn- ing chapel Sunday, H. F. Cotey, ex- ecutive of Piedmont Area Council, presented charters to Troop No. 7 and Air Squadron No. 7-A. Boy Scouts of America, and conferred high scout honors upon two boys.
The recipients of honors were Sears Harris and Beverly Barge. Harris re- ceived the Bronze Palm award for five merit badges over Eagle Scout rank;
Borge, the Eagle rank itself.
Mrs. Barge pinned the badge on the vestments of her son, a member of the school choir. Mr. Barge was a witness.
Before leading 1111 the scouts in the congregation in a renewal of their scout oath, Mr. Cotey pointed out th11t Troop 7, now entering its fourth year of service, enables boys from other troops to continue their scout activity while they are at V. E. S. The air proqram for older boys, Mr. Co- tey added, is indirectly sponsored by the U. S. Army Air Force and offers unlimited opportunities for interested boys. Squ11dron No. 7-A is t h e first such organization in Lynchburg, the second in the Piedmont area.
Troop No. 7 continues to be led by Mr. Follett, who is l!ssisted by Charles G. Weaver.
The new l!ir squadron is led by Rev. Morshllll M. Milton, school chaplain. Mr. Milton hils h11d over 2,300 flying hours, many of them as First Officer
{C!!ptain). Air Transport Auxiliary, Royal Flying Corps, in which he served 34 months. He returned to this country in April, 1944. He was formerly the owner of a flying school
at Hopewell, Va.
Mr. Milton's assistant is Scout Squadron Pilot Lewis A. Bristow. Bristow trained at West Point (Va.J Municipal Airport. He has 47 flying hours t o his c r e d i t , which h e is in- creasing by regular flights at the Lynchburg Airport. He is a member
of Aircraft Owners and Pilots Asso- ciation, Virginil! Pilots Association, and the Civil Air Patrol. He was· former assistant flight teacher at West Point High School.
In the congregation Sunday were D. P. Ottinger, scoutmaster of Troop No. 12, Lynchburg, and four of his six sons, 1!11 in scout uniform.
Aeronautics Organization
The newly-formed Aeronautics Or- ganization in connection with the Senior Scouts, has begun its pre- flight courses under the direction of Mr. Milton. The members this spring expect to receive actual flying expe- rience with parental permission.
The organizl!.tion has received from the school a room in the basement of West dormitory to be used in their activities. This room has been re- stricted to members and is be- ing redecorated. Mrs. Milton has given the boys 1l rug, and is now making curtains to help furnish the room. It is hoped that the club will be able to acquire additional fur- nishings in the near future.
Equipment bought from the gov- ernment will be used for instruction by Mr. Milton. This will give the stu- dents experience in the handling of actual flying equipment.
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The arrival this week o f Randolph Ruffin of Oranqe has round- ed out the teaching staff of Virginia Episcopal School. He will teach math- ematics.
Mr. Ruffin is a graduate of Epis- copal High School and of the Uni- versity of Virginia in 1935. Before the war he was a public accountant in Lou isville, Ky.
Entering the United States Army in 1942, he took part in the invasion of Attu in May, 1943, the first am- phibious landing undertaken by the Army. He spent 20 months on that island as a staff serge11nt in a coast artillery anti-llircraft battery.
"Attu isn't I!S cold as most people think," Mr. Ruffin said, "but the wil- lawows ore a horse of another color, so bad sometimes it is impossible to walk against the wind. Frequently this steady wind will last two or three days without any break. Willawaws occur in summer l!nd in winter."
Mr. Ruffin r e t u r n e d t o t h e main- land i-n December, 1944, was trans- ferred to the field artillery at Fort Sill, Oklo., and was discharged last month.
The new appointment brings the teaching staff of the school to nine in addition to the hel!dmaster and the chaplain, approximately one academ- ic instructor for every ten boys.
Mr. Ruffin will now have to endure the willawaws of Third West.
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