Re: surgical alteration of Cub Scout Belt Loops
Neal Johnson (american_kestrel@JUNO.COM)
Fri, 29 Aug 1997 17:36:06 PST
On Thu, 28 Aug 1997 19:16:13 -0500 Jim Peterson <jpeterson@TZNET.COM>
writes:
>At 12:36 PM 8/28/97 -0700, Gary wrote:
>>Susan et al:
>>
>>On page 137 of the Weblos handbook, a 1st Class Den Cheif is wearing
>his
>>belt loops but on what color belt,???. My son asked about it and I
>gave by
>>best SMly "I dunno"
>>
>
>Gary,
>
> I checked it out and those are "Skill Award" Belt loops he's
>wearing.
>Skill Awards were brought into the Boy Scout advancement program in
>the mid
>1970's and were eliminated some time ago (I don't know exactly when.
>As a
>youth, I earned the complete set, although they were misplaced over
>the
>years that followed. I was fortunate enought to have had the
>opportunity to
>purchase a complete set last year at our District Awards Banquet. The
>loops
>seem a little bigger than the Cub Scout Loops, though they were a snug
>fit
>on my vintage 1971 khaki web belt.
>
>YiS,
>
Jim,
The Skill Awards you are talking about were done away with about the time
Nationals changed the requirements for advancements in Boy Scouts.
YIS,
Neal R. Johnson
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