Baytown Briefs (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 02, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, November 5, 1954 Page: 3 of 6
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Two Boy Scouts Get
Meritorious Award
during the annual dinner and elec-
tion of officers of the East Harris
County district, Sam Houston Area
council of Boy Scouts of America.
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Gailen Hull & Harvey James display medals. Harvey’s father, w. R.
James, proudly congratulates both boys
J. F. LOMAX
WITH SOME
OF ANIMALS
HE STUFFED
He learned taxi-
dermy through
correspondence
course
GETS SCOUTING KEY
Del Smith, left, receives Key from
Rip Watkins, chairman of Scout
training for East Harris district
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Taxidermy
B Fifteen years ago, J. F. Lo-
max (Compound) enrolled in
Camera Club To Visit
University of Houston
Members of the Baytown
Camera Club will spend nex t
Tuesday evening as guests of the
Photography Department of the
University of Houston.
Club members will leave by bus
from the Community Building at
6:30 p.m. Tuesday. They will lour
the photography facilities at the
university and then engage in a
work session under the direclion
of Miss Martha Pyke, professor of
photography.
boat at the foot of Riverside
Drive, saw the victim’s boat cap-
size throwing its live screaming
passengers into about 30 feet of
water. The two Scouts jumped into
their boat and paddled to the
scene, shouting instructions to the
victims and encouraging them to
remain calm with the result that
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The awards were kept secret so
that the boys were completely
surprised when their names were
called.
IN ADDITION to the awards
and the usual order of business
during the evening, a Refinery em-
ployee, Del Smith of Process,
came in for an outstanding honor
when he was presented a Scout-
ing Key. Only a few East Harris
County Scout leaders have re-
ceived these keys. They are award-
ed to Scoulers who give of their
services “above and beyond the
call of duty,” and who meet other
requirements in Scouting activities.
The following officers from the
Refinery were elected at the meet-
ing: W. C. Jackson, Safely, was
re-elected chairman for East Har-
ris County district; J. F. Rhodes,
Rubber Plant, assistant chairman;
and Del Smith was named District
commissioner.
a correspondence school. He
wanted to learn taxidermy.
Today he is an accomplished
taxidermist, well known around
Baytown and Channelview for the
lifelike quality of the animals he
sluffs and mounts. Lomax has
worked on many different kinds of
animals, fish and birds while en-
gaged in his hobby.
THE FIRST animal he ever
stuffed was a squirrel, the biggest
was a deer, the smallest was a
gopher, the most difficult were fish
and birds and the easiest, a deer
head. Lomax spends more of his
time working on deer heads than
on any other trophies.
“I wanted to have something to
show for my hunting,” Lomax
says when asked why he look up
laxidermy. He is an avid sports-
man, especially fond of deer, elk
and coon hunting. “My dad was a
hunter and I followed in his foot-
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j Hull, who were working on their
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— Honor that meritorious awards be
S. /" given young James and Hull. This
Ssld I 18 award was presented last Tuesday
night at the Community House
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FFA meritorious award was
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I two Highlands Boy Scouts, one
... of them the son of a Refinery
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72A4 / j Harvey James,Eagle Scout, whose
(( ///gg father, W. R. James, is employed
.<A//F/ ), at the Rubber Plant and Gailen
A / A. ) Hull Second Class Seoul, whose
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KSL ‘ man. each received the award for
Aede { ' the part they played in rescuing
8gg ,4 ; Lwo Channelview couples and a
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MERITORIOUS AWARDS FOR TWO ALERT BOY SCOUTS
ing in his footsteps as hunters.
The oldest boy, eight years old,
has already bagged a few rabbits.
"HE WANTS me to stuff and
mount every rabbit he kills. Guess
I’ll have to teach him the trade,”
■ w Lomax says.
j seven-year-old girl when their boat
N i capsized on the San Jacinto river
'. N • last April.
J THIS HEADS-UP rescue was
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Baytown Briefs (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 02, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, November 5, 1954, newspaper, November 5, 1954; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1417476/m1/3/: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.