The Saranac Lake Boy Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps was directed by Francis L. Stearns.
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, February 21, 1957
Dear Sir:
It is always a pleasure to pass on nice remarks about the Winter Carnival from out-of-towners. Red Stearns and his Drum and Bugle Corps drew warm praise from three Air Force officers who happened to be standing with us on the Hotel Saranac balcony watching the parade.
They were high in their praise of the drill master and the snap and precision with which the maneuvers were executed.
Further inquiry revealed that the Corps is without financial backing and that Red Stearns donates his services. It is a heartwarming (and unusual thing today) to see a group of boys pioneering against odds and refusing to be discouraged.
As one of the Air Force officers put it, "Those boys are there because they want to be there!"
Mercedes L. Herold Marjorie M. Smith Saranac Lake
