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Saturday, May 29, 2021

Billy McClung, Jack Houston, Speight Adams, Edward Copeland Pedaling to Ashville from Charlotte, May 29 1921

Four Boys Will Go On Bike-Hike West to Asheville

A cross country “bike-hike” to Asheville will be undertaken by four Boy Scouts, the get-away to be made Monday morning at 5 o’clock. They are Scouts Billy McClung, Jack Houston, Speight Adams and Edward Copeland.

The scouts will carry all their own equipment on their bicycles. Necessary camping outfits will be in their packs, and the boys will camp out each night on the way. They expect to make the trip to Asheville, spend a day or so in the city, and return to Charlotte the latter part of the week.

The undertaking is but one of many things planned for the coming summer. Now that the scouts have successfully put across their monstrous demonstration, at which it was estimated there were 3,000 people, all faces are turned toward the woods and to the allurement of camp life.

Troup No. 4 will leave for Camp McDonald Monday with about a dozen of their scouts to get the camp in shape for the coming season. A great deal of repairing must be done around the camp, and tents for the scouts to sleep in must be erected. A new kitchen is being built and will be in readiness for Troup No. 3 of St. Martin’s Episcopal church, which will be the first troop to take a camping trip. They will attend the camp under the direction of Rev. J.L. Jackson, scout master, and will remain in camp from June 7 to June 17.

Following this there will be a huge council camp to last from June 18 to 28. Only 35 scouts will be allowed in the camp at one time, and the first 35 to apply will be taken along on this trip. Each scout will be charged one dollar a day for food and incidentals. Several other 10-day camping trips are planned at various times throughout the summer.

Troop No. 8 of the 10th Avenue Prebyterian Church will go Balsam, this state, for a camping trip of several weeks in July. These scouts will be under the leadership of T.W. Pritchard, their scout master. Troop No. 26 will go to Lineville (Linvall?) Falls the first of July and will enjoy the cool mountain air for 10 days under the care of R.K. Babington and his assistants, R.M. Hooper and W.F. Tucker. Troop No. 29, under the direction of H.O. Bangle, will go to Crowder’s Mountain for several weeks during the latter part of June.

Memorial day all Scouts will participate in the parade and will be led by the scout band. They will assemble at the back of Latts Arcade at 1:30 o’clock Monday afternoon. An American flag will be awarded to the troop having the best average attendance. A big representative of the local scouts is expected.

According to John B. Floyd, scout executive, the season has arrived for the scouts to “put the out in outing” and the big outdoors will have the scouts for its guests during the entire summer. Every opportunity that presents itself for a sojourn in the woods will be welcomed, said Mr. Floyd.

From The Charlotte News, Sunday morning issue, May 29, 1921. It’s approximately 100 miles from Charlotte to Asheville, N.C.

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