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Sea Scta.\t with Byrd s Makes Good, Is Given Praise by His Chief Thursday, April 24, 1930 Information to this effect was con-‘ tained in a letter received by Myron| C. Rybolt, scout executive of the North Shore Area council from the national scout offices ‘in New York. Is Eagle Scout Sea Scout Siple, who is an Eagle scout, the highest rank which a scout may obtain was selected from among thousands of Boy ‘Scouts at the inâ€" vitation of then Commander Byrd, t be his personal aid. He sailed awfi from New York on August 25, 1928, the most invied boy in America, with a manâ€"sized job to fill on one of the greatest exploration expeditions of all time. â€" On Dec. 2, 1928, Siple, with the others of the husky group comâ€" prising the expedition party said goodbye and left Dunedin, New Zeaâ€" land, the last port of call en route to the Antaretic. * When the ships of the Byrd Expeâ€" dition arrive in the United States in June, one of the most interesting members will be Sea Scout Paul A. Siple, of Erie, Pa., youngest of the party, who has won highest commenâ€" dation, from Admiral Byrd for the work he has done since the expediâ€" tion left New York nearly two years ago. . Much has come back over the radio of what the expeditign was doing as a whole, but little concerning any inâ€" dividuals, except the Jeaders. There have been only a few words, from time to time, of what the Sea scout was doing during the 14 bleak months on the ice. Such messages as did BALANCEDâ€"UNIT RADIO Do not even think of buying any radio until you see and hear these marvelous new Philcos. New Philco Console 7â€"Tube, Screen Grid, GeniWine builtâ€" in Philco Electroâ€" Dynamic Speaker; Allâ€"Electric; Singleâ€" dial control. Also Philco Scréen Grid Plus Radio, the superâ€"radio for people who want superâ€"performance . . . Lowboy Cabinet . «. « + > $149.50 Phone for FREE Demonstration Onlty $112 MOTOR CAR ELECTRIC SERVICE The Greatest Buy in Radio BU Y R. MeCLURE â€" LEN WAHL 515 Laurel Avenue Phone Highland Park 266 Easy Payments Tubes Extra come through however, were all to the effect that Siple had made good, splendidly. But it was left for Adâ€" miral Byrd to sum up the Sea scout‘s accomplishments a few days ago in a radio message to the Boy Scouts of America, as follows: Byrd‘s Message "Sea Scout Paul A. Siple took up his work in the expedition as a man among men. He stood regular deck watches on shipboard and turned himself into an able seaman on a fullâ€"rigged sailing vessel. The Local Telephone Directory THE TELEPHONE COMPANY ILLINOIS BELL ‘IELEPHONE COMPANY and give notice of any changes or corrections that should be made in their listings THE PRESS that answered many calls for odd | ing : jobs around camp. As zoologist he and has worked diligently in getting speâ€"| "°* s t h to N cimens of Antarctic bird and animal guin life spending many hours in cleaning | to t and preserving the skins. He has | rejoi also done good work in taking depth Byrd "At the base he was given a dog team to drive and soon learned to handle the dogs like a sourdough and soon went out on the trail. Paul was given the young pups to train and turned out a most useful team In the interest of good service subscribers are requested to call Goes to Press Soon soundings in the Bay of Whales and has been a keem observer on his many pup team trips on the bay ice of animal life and of ice conditions, Along with the rest he has taken his turn at menal tasks such as shovelâ€" ing snow, house duties, kitchen police and standing night watches. Paul is now on the whaler "Larsen" en route to Wellington in charge of live penâ€" guins that we are making an effort to bring back to the states and will rejoin ship in New Zealand." (Signed)