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By joe McCullough
Rappahannock News Special Writer
If Norman Rockwell were still alive, he would paint Skip Giles Jr.
Skip is photogenic, a handsome, easy smiler with chiseled features and piercing eyes. But most important from the perspective of a painter of Americana, the 17year-old Washington resident is All-American — resplendent in the scores of badges and awards he’s won for just about everything a Boy Scout can possibly do.
He is one step away from becoming an Eagle Scout, the highest honor for a Boy Scout, and even though his eighteenth birthday is less than two months off, he has no intentions of leaving Troop 123.
“I’ll probably become an assistant scoutmaster and help my dad,” Skip said. His dad, C.E. Giles, known also to everyone as “Skippy,” is the scoutmaster of Troop 123 in Washington, and has been actively involved with Boy Scouts since he was a member of Rappahannock’s Troop 64 in the early 1960’s.
A lot has changed though, since Skip Sr. first put on the khaki and olive green uniform. Not all the changes have been for the better, he says.
Youngsters no longer take pride in donning the uniform Skip Sr. and his pals wore to parade down the halls of school. Not even his sons, Skip Jr. and Kenny, are willing to risk the taunts of their peers by wearing their khaki shirts and olive shorts to class. But both boys insist they are proud to be Boy Scouts.
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