[1] Neal was a Unit and District Level Volunteer with the Pine Tree Council.
The company made a large series of bakelite neckerchief slides.
The "®" on the last style, the most prevalent, is actually a circled r stands for registered trademark.
[2] The Scout Museum at the Pine Tree Council offices has a display on these nationally popular plastic slides.
Some came pre-painted but most scouts bought the plain ones and painted them themselves.