A Star is Born
One of the many activities that my parents had me take part in was the Cub Scouts. When you turn seven you were able to join and take part in the activities that were available. The different levels that you could achieve as a Cub started with the Bobcat badge, then the Wolf badge, then Bear and then Lion. Finally, there were a lot of different activities that you need to do at each level to be able to advance to the next rank. The final step was to receive the Arrow of Light that you were able to wear on your shirt as a Boy Scout when you entered the troop at twelve years old. As one of the Cub Scouts I went on many activities that were designed to help us do enough to receive one of the levels. One of the activities that we went to was to a television studio where we were to be on TV. In 1951 most of the programs were broadcast live. You can imagine the lectures and downright threats to life, limb, and worst of all, telling the bishop and our parents. This would have been a dou...