Shandon United Methodist Church is the home of the oldest continuously chartered Boy Scout troop in the Midlands. Scouts pictured above include Selby Mitchell, Hunter Griffin, Forrest Hemphill, Hagood Hemphill, James Metropol, John Mills, Sam Moorhead, Michael Morrow, Mac Stevenson, Rivers Martin, Palmer Windsor, Matt Ballance, Rion Campbell, Perry Cate, Brandon Douglass, Evans Few, Jennings Huntley, Richard Kneece, Harry Lewis, John Meadors, John Peebles, Braden Talbert, Michael Turbeville, David Baxley, Randolph Brown, Grant Fontaine, Dylan Kittrell, Kelsey Long, Sean Merritt, Will Peebles, BJ Thomas, Matthew Wright, RJ Bacon, and Ross Szendrei. Pictured at left are (l–r) Morgan Mitchell and John Metropol who received the Cross and Frame Award for their service in church ministries in the scouting program and Hunter Griffin, Scout master of Troop 37. The Boy Scouts of America will celebrate their 100th Anniversary with a parade on February 15 at 10 am. The 1000 block of Lady Street will be used as the staging area for the parade. The parade will travel west on Lady St to Huger St., north onto Huger St., west onto Williams St., and into the front parking lot of the State Museum.
Photos by Jim Covington