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This 1958 photo shows members of the Ebenezer Baptist Church Boy Scout Troop 478 with scout and church officials. J. Maurice Hopkins, front row, third from right, was 11 at the time. He notes that he was wearing a Cub Scout uniform because he was too short to have a Boy Scout uniform in his size until sometime later. William “Bunny” Roane, age 13, is in the front row, second from left. Scoutmaster Linwood D. Ross is in the back row, third from right.

Photo courtesy of Marjorie Scott via J. Maurice Hopkins

September 23, 2021

This 1958 photo shows members of the Ebenezer Baptist Church Boy Scout Troop 478 with scout and church officials. J. Maurice Hopkins, front row, third from right, was 11 at the time. He notes that he was wearing a Cub Scout uniform because he was too short to have a Boy Scout uniform in his size until sometime later. William “Bunny” Roane, age 13, is in the front row, second from left. Scoutmaster Linwood D. Ross is in the back row, third from right.

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