About 300 Attend Scouting Exhibit In Town Armory Farmville Troops Take Over Offices To Learn Duties Boy Scouts of District VI in cludin': Farmville youth, filled the cup of National Boy Scout Week, last week, to overflowing. Interest of citizens in the area was en couraging to volunteer leaders of Boy Scout troops. About 300 citizens and Scouts visited the Farmville Armor . Fii day night, to see Scouting displays and demonstrations put on by troops fr >ni Buckingham. Cumber land. Prince Edward. Nottoway. Lunopbeig and Charlotte counties, which make up District VI Troop llti of Farmville. under the leadership of Bane y K tts and J. B Wall. Jr., had a display of ancient and modem methods of communication at the armory Fri day night. Troop 118. led by W. M. Cat ter. arranged tents to show proper and improper ways of camping out. Other displays at the armory ranged from hobbit s to first aid Farmville s new C' uu Seoul Puck, whose Cubmasur is Paul Stmip son. had a display ol methods of transportation. As a finale for Scout Week, members of Troops 110 and 113 took over town and county oiliccs. Saturday. Town and county of ficers co-operated to give the Scouts an opportunity to barn about local government Johnny Cumbey worked with Mayor W. C Fitzpatrick Other Scouts, including Jinuny I) Cox Bobby Jones. Tommy Lane. Wayne Wenger. Baxter Carter. Roy L. Pearson, and Victor Harper, met with counc.linen. Saturday morn ing at 9. Other Scouts atti u'.ed the council meeting to obsert operation. Steve Martin and Monroe R oi <Continued <>n ['age 2 1
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