Wilson Daily Times, 10 May 1940.
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- Edna Gray Taylor, daughter of Roderick Taylor
Boy Scouts
Boy Scouts, circa early 1930s.
Lucian J. Henderson attended a jamboree in the early 1930s and, by the looks of it, he was not a happy camper.
Henderson is the first boy on the front row.
Here, he is the third boy on the back row. The building behind the boys appears to be a school.
The details of the troop’s uniforms are consistent with those worn by the Boy Scouts of American in the late 1920s and early 1930s:
- broad-brimmed, high-crowned felt campaign hats with “montana peak” indentations;
- long-sleeved shirts with two buttoned breast pockets and epaulets;
- neckerchiefs worn knotted or with woggles; and
- knickers tucked into high socks (full-length trousers became common in the 1940s)
Lucian Henderson up close. Notice the penknife hanging from his belt and the flashlight clipped to the belt of the boy behind him and the knife on the boy to his side.
Photos from personal collection.
Troop 155 meets.
Wilson Daily Times, 10 March 1948.
- Jimmie Ellis
- James Battle
- Charlie Floyd
- Chester Pope
- Willie Battle Jr.
- Charles D. James
African-American scouts attend camp.
Wilson Daily Times, 10 August 1950.
Under the supervision of John E. Dixon and W.E. Jones, 14 boys from Wilson — Eddie Sauls, Herbert Cox, James Richardson, Jimmy L. Barnes, Joseph Speight, James Baines Jr., Rudolph Lane, John McNeil, Leroy Evans, Nesby Hilton, Joseph McNeil, Timothy Autry, Fred Woodard, and James Taylor — attended a Boy Scout camp in Rocky Mount in 1950.
Scout training starts.
Dr. Barnes heads the colored division of Scouts.
Wilson Daily Times, 6 November 1936.
- Dr. Boisey Barnes
- E.M. Barnes — Edward M. Barnes
- Malcomb Williams — Malcolm D. Williams
Rev. Hart arrives.
More about Rev. Walter C. Hart, who arrived in Wilson in 1945 as the Negro field executive of the Eastern Carolina Council of the Boy Scouts.
Rocky Mount Telegram, 5 October 1945.
Negro scouts revived.
Wilson Daily Times, 16 August 1946.
- W.C. Hart — Atlanta, Georgia, native Walter Calvin Hart was a Lutheran minister as well as Negro Boy Scout executive.
- C.W. Foster — Carter W. Foster, a county extension agent.
- H.M. Fitts — Howard M. Fitts Sr., a school principal.
- Dr. G.K. Butterfield — George K. Butterfield Sr., a dentist.
- Hartford Best — Hartford E. Bess, a department store porter and choral director.
- J.M. Miller Jr. — John M. Miller Jr., a school principal.
- O.J. Hawkins — Obra J. Hawkins, a Presbyterian minister.
- Dr. B.O. Barnes — Boisey O. Barnes Sr., a physician.
- W.N. Bethel — Wilton N. Bethel, an insurance agent.
- Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church
- Calvary Presbyterian Church
- Saint John A.M.E. Zion Church
- First Baptist Church
- Rocky Branch Christian Church
- Frederick Douglass High School
Wilson Daily Times, 5 May 1949.
- Mrs. W.C. Hart — Spartanburg, South Carolina native Sophia Shelton Hart was a teacher.
- Mrs. B.O. Barnes — Flossie Howard Barnes.
- The Girl Scouts —Â Mildred Mincey, Cleo Taylor, Louise Holiday, Joyce Walker, Joan Wright, Thelma Weaver, Betty Mincey, Bella Mildred Gilchrist, Barbara Hodges, Brownie Moore, Ruth Hart, Helen Barnes, Hattie M. Henderson, Marjorie Taylor, Clara Cannon, Selma Brown, Vilma Dew, Jean Wynn, Myrtle Lynch, Mary Morris, Barbara Hodges, Evangeline Reid, Barbara Jones.
Sophia and Walter C. Hart, early 1930s.
Hill’s Wilson, N.C., City Directory (1947-1948).
Photograph courtesy of grandson Keith M. Harris.
Reading room.
In the absence of a public library that would admit African-American patrons, the Boy Scout troop affiliated with Calvary Presbyterian Church opened a reading room two days a week at the church.
Wilson Daily Times, 17 June 1933.