These are some of the Fieldcresters who are active as scout
masters or members of the district organization of the Boy Scouts
of America. Left to right, front row, Joe Brumbeloe, Non-Woven;
Rufus Ray, Engineering; Tom Robinson, Accounts Receivable; Cliff
Dowell, Accounts Receivable; Autry Moore, Bedspread; R. O. Van-
dergriff. Business Information; second row, Lee Lofton, Business
Information; Frank Jordan, Draper Sheeting Mill Accounting; Dick
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Rutland, Blanket; Ray Endicott, Industrial Engineering’
fit
Aheron, Bedspread Finishing; back row, Jim Marchmah
Mill Accounting; John West, Bedspread; Jim O’Neal. ^
Relations; Jim Stutts, Blanket Information Services;
Ed
thal, Non-Woven; Bob Wilkerson, Engineering;
Karastan Information Services.
Good Citizens: Large Number Of Fh
“A man never stands so tall as when he stoops to
help a boy.”
There’s a slogan that goes something like that and,
if it is true, a lot of Fieldcresters are tall-standing
men.
render a service to the community. In some
adult leaders accept Scouting responsibilities
cas®
of their church. The church sponsors a
A large percentage, if not a majority, of the dis
trict officials and unit leaders in the Boy Scout pro
gram in Eden are Fieldcrest men. They, along with
other men from the community, are deeply involved
in Scouting.
Several of the Fieldcrest men who serve as adult
leaders do not even have sons of Scout age. Some of
them serve because they were once Scouts themselves
and have a firm belief in the ideals of Scouting.
The basic reason for devoting time to the Boy
Scouts is because of the men’s desire to help boys and
member becomes a Scoutmaster as a form of
boys and to the church.
Regardless of the motivation to accept a t
Scouting, it requires sacrifices. It means miss'';
ball game on television the night of the trooP,
ing. It means giving up a golf match on Sat^f'
order to take the Scouts on a hike or overnig*'^
ing trip.
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So involved have some men become in theF"
ing activities and so great is the demand on the^
that some of their wives refer to themselves aS
masters’ widows.”
Whatever the cost in time or sacrifice of
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Large group of Scouts from Dan River District attending fall camporee engage in varied program of activities-
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