Scouting, Volume 31, Number 5, May 1943 Page: 12
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The new Air Scout program was officially launched
in 1942. Hundreds of Air Scout Squadrons and
Patrols have registered. More are coming in. The new
Air Scout Manual and four new Aviation Merit Badge
pamphlets were published. The Air Scout Program
makes it possible for any Scout to cover thoroughly a
preliminary training program, which will add to his
equipment if he should, when he reaches the proper
age, wish to enter a recognized school of flying. It
does not involve actual flying.
Boys who are fifteen years of age and over can
become Air Scouts as members of an Air Scout
Squadron or an Air Scout Patrol in a Troop. A
Squadron is organized just like a Scout Troop or
Sea Scout Ship. The Air Scout advances in rank
until he becomes an Air Scout Ace, the highest rank
in Air Scouting.
Scouts of any age, however, who are interested
in Aviation may meet further requirements and earn
certain Merit Badges, becoming Air Scout Candi-
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Rural Scouts rendered a major war service. They
not only served in emergency crop rescue work on
farms but helped in work camps, and gave leader-
ship to many city boys who were seeking work on
farms as a part of their war service. They took part
in the scrap harvest, too, in a very creditable way,
and in other service projects.
There was an increase in the district organization
in rural areas, making it possible for more farm boys
to come into Scouting as Lone Scouts or as members
of Neighborhood Patrols.
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The membership increase in 1942 established a
record, not only in the total number of Negro Scouts
recruited but in the percentage of growth as well.
The reports in Region 6 indicate a total increase of
57%, in Region 9 of 27.6%. The high spot was the
award made by the General Education Board of
$17,500 to assist Local Councils in providing a Field
Man for their Negro program, provided each Council
to whom a grant was made shall match the sum.
Thirty-six Councils adopted the project and secured
the money. $500.00 was to be secured from white
people and $500.00 from Negroes and $500.00 from
the Fund. Stimulus to Scouting from the Fund, par-
ticularly in the Southeast, was a big factor in the
46 % growth in Regions 5 and 6.
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