Some old friends just reconnected by email and I was delighted by something they slipped into the story line . With well deserved pride it was mentioned their Grandson has recently graduated High School and gone off to college … but not before making the hard earned rank of Eagle Scout . That mention reminded me happily of some people I know .
I grew up friends with four brothers who had a Father with the foresight to successfully push each of them to obtain that status of Eagle Scout . There was an article in the local newspaper about them recognizing the very rare occasion of four in the same family obtaining it . Should you ever meet these four brothers all these many years later you’ll easily note that the lessons they learned from from it were worthy of learning .
Recently the wife and I helped a couple liquidate all their possessions in order they might move into a smaller assisted living establishment . We held a couple of garage sales for them and frankly it was a bit sad to me to see them part with items that they held close for so many years . Pickers came seeking bargains for themselves or for resale profit and one stood right out… a collector of Boy Scout items .
Boy Scout manuals from 1948 and 1950 sat on a table and that collector of Boy Scout items was besides himself when he spotted them . Opening one he was delighted to see it was actually signed by its original owner in 1949 who ultimately made Eagle Scout in 1951 .
“Wow …. I wish this guy was still around ” he said
I mentioned he was in the house and that collector who purchased those books wouldn’t leave until the owner signed his name yet again under his original signature penned 73 years prior . And so he did and that book will hopefully forever have those signatures …..
J. Hensley … 1949
Dr. J Hensley ….. 2022 …. Eagle Scout
