HE EARNED SCOUTING’S HIGHEST HONOR – The ranks of Eagle Scout award recipients – which includes some of the nation’s most decorated military heroes, astronauts, business executives and community leaders – grew by one Sunday (Jan. 23, 2011), as Pottstown resident Alan James “AJ” Ebersole III received the honor during ceremonies conducted at St. Aloysius Catholic Church’s Begley Hall in the borough. Leaders of Scout Troop 249, left at top, and his father, Alan, at right, watched as his mother, Rita, pinned the red, white and blue-ribboned medal to Ebersole’s uniform in the mid-afternoon event. Ebersole, bottom left, of Third Street, Pottstown, is a senior at Pope John Paul II High School in Royersford PA. He reciprocated in turn, bottom right, by presenting both his parents with mementos of the occasion. In addition, state Rep. Tom Quigley, and Pottsgrove American Legion Post 244 Commander Ed Clark and Adjutant Billy Worrell, attended to offer their congratulations and commendations from the community, the post, and Pottstown Chapter 656 of the Vietnam Veterans of America.

Photos from Billy Worrell