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Scouts enter a new age, hold to old traditions
Local troop inspires loyalty, teaches leadership, soon to both genders
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Wiley Hickerson, right, and Robert Terry of Boy Scouts Troop 16 join in the Pledge of Allegiance Monday, May 14, 2018 at the Cromarti Scout Lodge at Gainesville First United Methodist Church. - photo by Scott Rogers
Clad in beige uniforms, a crowd of boys sat in neat rows chatting among themselves, awaiting the start of their Court of Honor ceremony. The group was gathered Monday in a log cabin at Gainesville First United Methodist Church, the sponsor for Boy Scouts Troop 16, to receive their merit badges.