Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I te 1 o Hepetema, 1945, ka whakanui a Lem rāua ko Vida i te rā whānau o Hughes mā te whakarongo ki a Harry S. Truman e whakapuaki ana i te mutunga o te pakanga
mā te reo irirangi. Ko Whitey, i noho hei rangatira i roto i te ope taua, ka hoki ki Hickory ki te whakauru i a Lem me Vida ki tana wahine, a Nora, he kaitiaki hoia. I te tau 1950, ka mate a Hughes, ka waiho te toa ki a Lem raua ko Vida. I taua wa, na te hauora o Lem, ka akiaki te komiti Scout i a Lem ki te reti hei Kaiwhakahaere Scout. Hei whakanui i ana tau e rua tekau tau, ka whakawhiwhia e te taone katoa ki a Lem he whakanui ohorere i te Oketopa 2, 1950, me nga mema o mua me nga mema o mua o Troop 1 i tae atu ki te whakatapunga o te whenua o Hetty hei Camp Siddons hei whakanui i a Lem.