Monday, December 30, 2013

Tenderfoot Boy Scout

Boy Scouts of America was a pretty new group when James H. Woodside signed up July 1918. He qualified as a Tenderfoot and apparently didn't earn any merit badges that year.


Sunday, December 29, 2013

Buy War Bonds...for Peace

Take a moment to appreciate the irony.

Greenville News - December 1943

Friday, December 27, 2013

Manly Christmas Gifts

Apparently the question of what gift to buy a man for Christmas hasn't been answered fully in over 100 years. Nothing says "Merry Christmas" quite like reefer and a monogrammed umbrella!

Greenville News - 10 December 1909