William Edward Vaughan-Lloyd was born on this day in 1892, in Virginia, to William C. and Catherine Lewis Vaughan-Lloyd.
He attended public schools in Richmond, the YMCA night school, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
He came to Winston-Salem in 1919 to establish the city’s parks and playground program. He was the first professional playground director in North Carolina. He hit the ground running when he began his job, as evidenced from a report he prepared three months after he began his job. The report began with a survey of conditions when he came to the job, and included the progress that had occurred since that time, and what he hoped to accomplish in the near future.
Vaughan-Lloyd resigned in 1923 to become scout executive for the Tar Heel Council at Rocky Mount. But he returned to Winston-Salem the following year to become scout executive in the Old Hickory Council.
Vaughan-Lloyd first got into scouting in 1915, just five years after it began in 1910. The council in Winston-Salem was formed in 1912, and had about five active troops and 100 scouts when he took over. He was instrumental in establishing the Order of the Arrow at Camp Lasater, where he was camp director. In 1961 he was awarded the Silver Beaver medal for distinguished volunteer service.
Vaughan-Lloyd was sent to Washington, D.C. by the Winston-Salem Automobile Club to investigate the school boy safety patrol. When he returned, he organized the first safety patrol in Winston-Salem and supervised it for the first year.
He was also active in the American Red Cross water safety programs. He worked as a faculty member of the Red Cross Institute in swimming, lifesaving, boating and first aid.
Vaughan-Lloyd retired in 1952 after 28 years as a Boy Scout executive. During his lifetime he had 54 years of scout service.
He was married first to Elizabeth Chinn Clingman, and second to Lucille Butler Taliaferro.
He passed away in 1970.
Vaughan-Lloyd is shown in the photo above at a scrap metal parade in 1952.
Photo courtesy of Forsyth County Public Library Photograph Collection.
