See response on alt.genealogy KirGo wrote: > I apologize if this is not the appropriate place to ask this. [I have NO > clue where else I COULD.] > > My mother is in her 80s. Her brother died nearly three decades ago. In > addition to searching our family tree, she is trying to write up detailed > 'life stories' of those that she knew well. > > She recently discovered that her brother had won a free plane flight back > in 1953 for (apparently) some writing or presentation to the Boy Scouts. > > She tried contacting the Boy Scout museum in Texas only to find that the > 1953 issue of their paper that might contain the answer to her question > was the ONLY year around that time that they did not have available. > > > So... her question is: How did 13 year old Bill Monahan win the Boy Scout > Jamboree prize of an across-country flight in a jet plane in 1953? > > > She said that she would pay $25 to the first person who could > definitively get her this information (possibly with a scan of the paper > if possible, or other source), and her e-mail address for that response > is: Patmonaghan522@aol.com > > Again, if this is not an appropriate place to ask this, I sincerely > apologise. > > Thank you VERY much for any assistance with this. > > ~Kirgo