TOP: Don Allen, Gary Syster, Ricki Gates, David Gerrish Jr, Chris Grady and Charles Simpkins. BOTTOM: Tom Hartley, Bill Elfman, Frank Hoffman, Derry Lee Ridgeway, and Stanley Thomas Wilson.
Not to be overshadowed by the girls, thirteen boys also achieved scouting’s highest award, Eagle Scout. Pictured above are eleven that received their award at Henry E. Huntington School on November 23, 1959. My records show two more classmates also received Boy Scouting’s highest award: Tom Rook (January 26, 1959) and Nils Venge (May 23, 1960). Are there others? [Click on photo to view a slightly better image-scanned from a San Marino Tribune article]