From: Alan Houser (troop24@EMF.NET)
Date: Sun Jan 02 2000 - 17:17:43 CST
Last week, one of my boyhood heros -- the Lone Ranger, aka Clayton
Moore -- died at age 85.
Among the obituaries, one reporter referred to the Lone Ranger
Creed, written by Moore, and excerpted a few lines. Impressed,
I went to the web to find the full creed. There are likely
several Scoutmaster minutes there:
The Lone Ranger Creed
I believe
That to have a friend, a man must be one.
That all men are created equal and that everyone has
within himself the power to make this a better world.
That God put the firewood there but that every man
must gather and light it himself.
In being prepared physically, mentally, and morally
to fight when necessary for that which is right.
That a man should make the most of what equipment he has.
That 'This government, of the people, by the people and
for the people' shall live always.
That men should live by the rule of what is
best for the greatest number.
That sooner or later... somewhere...somehow... we must settle
with the world and make payment for what we have taken.
That all things change but truth,
and that truth alone, lives on forever.
In my Creator, my country, my fellow man.
-- Clayton Moore, 1914-1999
Here are some web sites with the creed.
http://www.geocities.com/~christianna/Cowboys/loneranger.html
http://users.ticnet.com/mlargent/ranger/creed.html
http://members.aol.com/agwheels/loneranger.html
YiS,
Alan R. Houser ** troop24@emf.net
** Scoutmaster, Troop 24, Berkeley, California **
** Committee Member, Crew 24, Berkeley, California **
** Boy Scout Roundtable Commissioner, Herms District **
** WWW page ** http://www.emf.net/~troop24/t24.html **
