Eagle Scout: September 8, 1998
“New Eagle Scout”
(Image via Spartanburg Herald-Journal, 12 Jan 1999, p.C4)
James Cameron Saleeby, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude A. Saleeby, was a ninth-grader at McCracken Junior High School when he earned the rank of Eagle Scout on September 8, 1998. He was also a Brotherhood member of the Order of the Arrow, Scouting’s national honor society.
For his Eagle project, he planned, coordinated, and helped carry out the refinishing and painting of the wrought-iron fences at the Magnolia Street Cemetery as part of its restoration.
Sources: Spartanburg Herald-Journal, “New Eagle Scout,” January 12, 1999, page C4; Troop 1 archives.
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