{"id":116243,"date":"2022-04-22T05:20:26","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T10:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snapwhole.com\/index.php\/boys-life-1925-06-lamb-stew-and-handicraft-slide-2\/"},"modified":"2023-01-17T01:05:10","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T01:05:10","slug":"boys-life-1949-12-whittlin-jims-contest","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.snapwhole.com\/index.php\/boys-life-1949-12-whittlin-jims-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Boy’s Life – 1949-12 – Whittlin Jim’s Neckerchief Slide Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Boy’s Life – 1949-12 – Whittlin Jim’s Contest<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Whittlin Jim’s Neckerchief Slide Contest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Whittlin Jim (Ben Hunt) held many Contest over the years, using the contest to generate interest in neckerchief slide and motivate boy scouts to get involved and make something<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the first Whittlin Jim Contest I could find in Boy’s Life<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This Article not only announced the contest, it have several ideas on what to make<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These articles led to a monthly column in Boy’s Life – The Slide of the Month by Whittlin Jim Column<\/p>\n\n\n\n

W Ben Hunt created the Whittlin Jim and Lone Eagle names, and published articles under all three name<\/p>\n\n\n