Alonzo W. Stedman

Alonzo Walrath Stedman was born in Annsville, New York on October 5, 1884. He came to Camden in 1905 to accept a management position with the Standard Tank and Seat Company, which was located at 314 North Front Street. By 1914 he had been made president and treasurer of the company.

Alonzo W. Stedman was very active in community affairs as president of the Camden County Boy Scouts, as a member of Camden Rotary Club, with the Y.M.C.A., and at one time served as President of the Camden Home for Children. He was director of the Broadway Trust Bank, a member of the Chamber of Commerce and a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Camden. He was also quite active in Masonic affairs.

118 Youths Receive Awards at Exercises Tonight in Gloucester

The semi-annual Court of Honor of the Camden County Council, Boy Scouts of America, will be held in the Gloucester High School at 8.30 p. m. today.

One hundred and eighteen scouts will be awarded various badges for advancement in Scouting. Hundreds of others will be present with their parents and friends.

Four Scouts will receive the badge of Eagle Scout, the highest rank a Scout can attain by his own efforts. Others will receive the Star and Life badges and several Scout and Scouters who have served faithfully for five or more years will be presented with Veteran pins and certificates of membership in the Veteran Scout Association.

The program wil [sic] consist of songs, music, short addresses and moving pictures of Scouts in camp. Leroy A. Goodwin will make the principal address. Herman Hensgen will talk about camp life. A. W. Stedman, president of the council, will make the awards.

Patrol Award Planned

An additional award will be made to the winning patrol in the recent patrol camping contest. This is a silver placque [sic] engraved with the name of the winning patrol and troop. The Fox Patrol of Troop No. 105, Collingswood, was the winning patrol with 822 points out of a possible 1000.

Scout Commissioner Joshua C. Haines is chairman of the Court of Honor and will preside.

Awards will be made as follows:

Veteran Scouts

Five Years—Robert B. Rich, Jr., Troop No. 4 (Sea Scout Ship Farragut); Earl Kirby, Troop No. 88, Audubon; Charles W. Pemberton, Troop No. 88, Audubon; Thomas W. Hillegas, S. M. Troop 112, West Collingswood; Harry W. Hewitt, S. M. Troop No. 1, Camden; Ten Years—A. W. Stedman; Fifteen Years—Frank Lawrence.

Star Scouts

Edgar Anderson, Barrington 87; Robert L. Bergstresser, Troop 12, Camden; James M. Chemi, Troop 87, Barrington; Lawrence Corn, Troop 2, Camden; Gus Copoulas, Troop 21, Camden; Harry F. Dolmetsch, Troop 21, Camden; Rawlins Eastwick, Troop 64, Haddonfield; George L. Garver, Troop 2, Camden; Lemuel Gilbert, Troop 88, Audubon; Robert E. Hamilton, Troop 98, Gibbsboro; Harry O. Jones, Troop 55, Berlin; Darwin Keil, Troop 87, Barrington; William R. Long, Troop 56, Brooklawn; Alfred Milask, Troop 64, Haddonfield; Geo. M. Minter, Troop 110, Merchantville; John B. Price, Troop 112, West Collingswood; Norman Sanger, Troop 87, Barrington; Howard A. Walker, Troop 4, SS. Farragut; Francis E. Weatherby, Troop 110, Merchantville; Willett, Troop 21, Camden.

Life Scouts

Daniel Batezel, Troop 73, Gloucester; Elmer Batezel, Troop 73, Gloucester; Robert L. Bergatresser [sic], Troop 78, West Collingswood; Edmund Buczkowski, Troop 25, Camden; Russell Carr, Troop 1, Camden; Quentin P. Harring, Troop 17, Camden; Hartley Pike, Troop 17, Camden; Harold Ruther, Troop 1, Camden; Robert Schoelkopf, Troop 21, Camden; Raymond Scholow, Troop 21, Camden; George Smith, Troop 21, Camden; Howard Sparks, Troop 1, Camden; Aaron Spiegel, Troop 4, S. S. S. Farragut; Norman Steinberg, Troop 21, Camden.

Eagle Palms

James E. Eckenhoff, Troop 112, West Collingswood; Robert B. Rich, Jr., mate, S. S. S. Farragut; Lester H. Daniels, S. S. S. Farragut; George W. Fiddler, Troop 113, Oaklyn; Earl R. Kirby, Troop 88, Audubon; William Whitehead, Jr., Troop 88, Audubon.

Eagle Scouts

Daniel Batezel, Gloucester No. 73; Jack Cox, Westmont No. 79; Joseph P. Hamilton, No. 4 (Sea Scout Ship Farragut); David S. McCoy, Oaklyn No. 113.

Court of Honor Held in Haddon Heights High School; Badges Given by Stedman; Haines Presides at Event

Boy Scouts of Camden county participated last night in impressive ceremonies at the semi-annual Court of Honor of the Camden County Council when awards for proficiency in scouting were made.

The court was held in Haddon Heights High School Auditorium. Joshua C. Haines, county scout commissioner, presided and the Eagle Scout badges, highest award, were presented by A. W. Stedman, president of the council.

The awards follow:

Eagle Badge — Edward Buczkowski and Alexander Foster of Troop 21, Camden.

Life Scout Badge — Conrad W Deuter, Edwin A. Forbes and Charles J. J. Meyer of Troop 5, Camden; George Copoulas, Troop 21, Camden; Harold W. Shallcross, W. E. Hayes and Kirk Cramer, of Troop 55, Berlin; Rawlins Eastwick, Troop 64, Haddonfield; E. W. Roberts, Troop 105, Collingswood; Francis Weatherby, Troop 110, Merchantville.

Silver Quartermaster’s Badge — Thomas L. Rich, mate of the Sea Scout Ship Farragut.

Star Scout Badge — H. Robert Lind, Joseph W. Martin and Harry Martin, Sea Scout Ship Farragut; Walter B. Everett. L. H. Gehr, Jr., Michael Melka and Edward S. Hunt, Troop 5, Camden; David King, Troop 2, Camden; K. Borman, Troop 14, Camden; William Neale, Troop 10, Camden; Albert Pape, Edward Watson and Taylor Kellogg, Troop 21, Camden; J. Frank Sweeney and Rainsford Darling, Troop 59, Collingswood; William E. Hales and Richard Groo, Troop 78, West Collingswood; S. Joseph Burns, Edward Taylor and Nelson Ulrich, Troop 80, Gloucester; Lloyd Van Horn, Troop 90, Atco; Eric Crowe, Richard McKinney and Kenneth Price, Troop 109, Gloucester; Charles Breme and Kenneth Litzinger, Troop 105, Collingswood; Charles Arentzen, Troop 111, Stratford; Charles David Smith, Troop 110, Merchantville; Edward C. Barnett, Jr., Conrad V. Kanuf, Robert D. Sayrs and William C. Stevenson, Troop 112, West Collingswood; Willard Schaeffer, Robert Fiddler, Robert B. Riddle, R. Proctor. Jr., J. Laing Jr., and G. Cook, Troop 113, Oaklyn; Erik Hemmingsen, Troop 118, Gibbsboro.

Merit Badges — David King, Leo Ocroombout, Lawrence Corn, Troop 2, Camden; Lester Daniels, H. Robert Lind, Patrick Brady, Howard Walker, Andrew Weatherby, Edward Trummel, Joseph E. West, Alvah Veit, Joseph Martin. Harry Martin, Warren Weber, James A. Keenan, Leslie Smith, Russell Walls, Marvin Lequer, Paul Thompson, Elmer Hamilton, Thomas B. Rich, Jr., Robert Rich, Troop 4, S. S. S. Farragut; Walter B. Everett Michael Melko, William Walston, Roy A. Voll, Robert Trace, Robert Stephens, Carl Seifling, Oliver Rinear, Charles Meyers, Edward S. Hunt, Philip Tice. L. H. Gehr Jr., E. Forbes, Fred Brooke, Conrad W. Deuter, Troop 5, Camden.

A. Braun. Troop 9, Camden; Wilbur Powell, William Brenton, Troop 11, Camden; K. Borman, Troop 14, Camden; Norman Steinberg, Joseph Foster, Edmund Buczkowski, Alex Foster, Franklin Kinsky, Albert Pape, B. F. Mercer, George Copoulas, Scott Hilton, Edward Watson, Harry Dolmetsch, Taylor Kellogg, James Capoulas, Albert Baker, Loy Zorger, Troop 21, Camden; Howard Todt and W. Albinson, Troop 52.

Lloyd Van Horn, Harold W. Shallcross, W. Edgar Hayes, Benjamin Toy, Kirk Cramer, Claude Rowand, Lewis Orchard, William Straub, Troop 55; Joseph Hittorff, Raymond Giron, Edward Schultz, Frank Sweeney, Troop 59; Theodore Fox, Alfred Benson, Arthur Ruby, Charles Cox, Thomas Gibson, Robert Carpenter, Alfred Milash, Rawlins Eastwick, Troop 64; Wayne Garrigues, William E. Hales, Virgil Groo, Elmer Groo, Richard Groo, Robert Reck, Fred Miller, Paul Bennett, Ronald Ferguson, William Hales. Stewart Smith, Jr., John Scarborough, Robert Bergstresser, Troop 78;

J. Burns, Edward Taylor, Nelson Ulrich, Troop 80; Walter Angelo, Jr., Harvey Hartzelt, Joseph E. Kirk, Jack Lotz, Troop, 85; James Chemi, Charles Weaver, George Sanger, Norman Sanger, William Farr, Troop 87; John R. Hohn and Robert Pierce, Troop 102; Harry Rainey, Carl Miller, Jr., Charles Breme, E. W. Roberts, Raymond Krawczk, James Moncrief, Kenneth Litzinger, Troop 105; Eric Crowe, Kenneth Rice, Richard McKinney, Troop 109; Charles Smith, Francis Weatherby, C. Hammond, Fred Shouds, Troop 110.