Thomas Receives
Eagle Scout Award
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Anthony Lee Thomas
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uuring an impressive cere
mony held Nov. 14 at
Lanier's Chaoel Free Will
Baptist Church, the "Voice
of the Eagle'' spoke to
Anthony Lee Thomas, who
received the coveted Eagle
Scout award. Anthony is a
member of BSA Troop 53. at
Lyman. He is the 13-year-old
son of Dr. and Mrs. Walter J.
Thomas Jr. of the Cedar Fork
community. He is the grand
son of Mrs. Lottie Thomas of
Beulaville and the late Jay
Thomas Sr. and of Mrs.
Lucretia Bosticof Cedar Fork
and the late Rushin Bostic.
He is an eighth grader at
Beulaville Jr. High School
and a member of the Beula
ville intermediate band
where he plays the clarinet
and is a member of the color
guard of the East Duplin
High School marching band.
He attends the Cedar Fork
Baptist Church.
The Eagle award is the
highest award a boy can earn
in the Boy Scout program. To
earn the Eagle award, a bov
must first pass his Tender
foot. Second Class, First
Class, Star and Life require
ments. The requirements in
clude learning how to care
for one's self, then caring for
one's friend, then serving
others.
This training is brought
out by tests and a specific
merit badge program which
includes badges such as first
aid, citizenship in the com
munity, nation and world,
camping, safety, communi
cations. etc. in addition,
there are leadership and
character requirements
which must be shown in
one's daily life.
Leading citizens sit on
boards of review for the
purpose of guiding,
reviewing and challenging
the boy as he moves up the
rank ladder of the Scouting
program. Only two percent of
all Scouts nationally receive
the Eagle rank.
Anthony joined Cub Scout
Pack 47. Beulaville. in Nov.
1977 and earned all of the
Cub Scout ranks including
the Arrow of Light. He has
earned 34 merit badges. He
is the recipient of the BSA
World Conservation award
and is a brotherhood member
of the Order of the Arrow (a
national brotherhood of
Scout honor campers).
He has shown fine
character and leadership in
the Scouting program by
having served as patrol
leader and senior patrol
leader of Troop 53, spon
sored by the Lanier's Chapel
Free Will Baptist Church. He
has attended camp at Camp
Tuscarora three summers as
a regular member. He has
worked on the staff of the
Cub day camp during the
summer of 1981. served as a
counselor-in-training and as
a senior patrol leader for a
provisional troop during the
summer of 1982. He visited
the National Jamboree at
Fort A.P. Hill. Va.. during _
the summer of 1981. He has
participated in all Scout
functions of his troop in
cluding encampments at the
World's Fair. Carowinds and
the Autumn Walk sponsored
by UNC-Asheville. He has
completed Cub den chief
training and anticipates at
tending junior leadership
training in the spring of
1983. He will receive the first
Tuscarora Council Youth
Leadership in America award
on Dec. 10. 1982.
Included in his varied acti
vities is the pursuit of art in
the medium of painting. He
enjoys many other activities
such as swimming, camping,
sports.and hiking. He has
earned seven hiking medals.
His Eagle Scout project
was to build a children's
playground for the sponsor
ing institution, which in
cluded swings, sandbox, see
saw. etc.
After the Eagle Scout
ceremony. Roy A. Sandlin. a
national trustee of the
National Society of the Sons
of the American Revolution,
on behalf of the Lower Cape
Fear chapter, presented
Anthony with a Certificate of
Recognition. The certificate
was awarded "for
outstanding achievement
and exceptional leadership
and citizenship evidenced by
attainment of the rank of
Eagle Scout.Sandlin noted
that to the best of his
knowledge." this is the first
such certificate presented in
the State of North Carolina."
Carolina."
Anthony stated: "I would
like to take this opportunity
to thank all the individuals
who hclDcd mc alonp the
Eagle Trail, including my
troop leaders, troop com
mittee. the many merit
badge counselors who
worked with mc. the summer
camp staffs, both profes
sional and non-professional,
and especially my parents
and my brother. Eagle Scout
Steven Thomas, who served
as my Eagle Escort. A spe
cial "thanks" to the troop
members and the Cub Scouts
of Pack 43 who participated
in the ceremony."
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