This Day in History: 1927-06-04
Boy Scout Troop 50 completed a three month patrol contest with the newest patrol winning. The Rattlesnake Patrol under Arthur Eakins scored 829 points. The Beaver Patrol was second at 767 points, and the Flying Eagles had 444 points. Points were awarded for attendance, payment of dues, work on gardens, patrol good turns, baseball, advancement tests passed and the collection of tent caterpillar nests. In all over 3,000 caterpillar nests were destroyed during the patrol contest. The prize was an all day trip through the Brooklyn Navy Yard. In the contest for individual honors Eakins scored 224 points and won a scout knife. The second and third place winners, Scouts Rousch and Cisnek, got to accompany the winning patrol to Brooklyn. (Bristow)