The town is now covered by water, which occurred in the early 1970s when the Harry S. Truman Dam and Reservoir began filling.

One of his first jobs in San Diego was delivering milk door-to-door for Golden Arrow Dairy in a time when the milkman was part of daily life in America.

In the late 1940s, while working for the dairy, he invented the Zip Whip—a device for whipping cream, which was featured in a book, The Eggbeater Chronicles.

Upon turning 70, Scott played 70 racquetball games against 70 opponents over a 10-day period for $1 to $5 a point, raising more than $1,500 for the National Kidney Foundation.

During the 1980s he won gold, silver and bronze medals in both singles and doubles competitions for players 70 years and older in the Senior Olympics.