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Eagle Scouts ofComanche Trail Council
Eagle Scout Group FormedAnother thing that the Eagle Scouts did as a group, in the 30’s, were to have an Eagle Scout Camp every year after Christmas. The camp ran for three days and was held at Camp Billy Gibbons. They usually did service projects during the time they were there. They were responsible for building the memorial to Billy Gibbons after his death. Only Eagle Scouts could attend this special camp. The Search for EaglesAs a results of this search, the former Comanche Trail Council was one of the few councils in America that had a fairly complete listing of all the Eagle Awards presented in a council. One could access the file by unit, town, year or name. The office even had the original copies of most Eagle Applications from 1928 forward. This office is now known as the Brownwood Branch Office of the Texas Trails Council. However, the office still has all the old Eagle records. They also have a CD-ROM disk from the National Eagle Service that has a listing of all Eagle Scouts through 2001 from the former Comanche Trail Council. First EaglesRotramel moved to Commerce, Texas in 1931 to attend school there and joined Troop 25 of that community. By September 1931, his family once again moved, this time to Cumby, Texas, where his father was superintendent of schools. He was to finish high school there and attend the University of Texas in the fall of 1932. Thomas H. Foley, Assistant Scoutmaster of Troop 1, Cisco, and an adult, earned his Eagle rank on January 7, 1929, at the age of 21. Charles Rutherford, Troop 15, Rising Star, who received his Eagle in 1930, had earned the Silver and Bronze combination pin on May 2, 1932, for having earned forty-one merit badges. Oswald Daugherty was the first Eagle Scout of the Pecan Valley Council. Daugherty joined Troop 5 in October 1925. He became a First Class Scout in Troop 5 in January of 1926, two years before Pecan Valley Council was organized. His Eagle was approved on July 26, 1928, by Jack Brumberg, Scout Executive. He received his award during summer camp at Camp Ellis. He went on to get his Bronze, Gold and Silver Palms, earning the Silver on April 6, 1930. By October he received his fourth palm and had now earned 52 merit badges We know that he was appointed Junior Assistant Scoutmaster in Troop 5 in November of 1927. During 1927 and 1928, he was “Editor-in-Chief” for a “Scouting In Brownwood” column in the Brownwood Bulletin. In the summer of 1929, Daugherty attended the World Jamboree at Barkenhead, Liverpool, England, a trip of eight weeks. Daugherty suggested the name “Comanche Trail” for the new council in 1932. He later became the Sea Scout Chairman of the Council and later moved to Dallas in 1937. The last time that anyone heard from him was in November 1982 when he visited the Council office in Brownwood. At that time he was living in Ithaca, NY. Another Scout, Levie Olds, was the earliest known Eagle Scout living in this area. He earned his Eagle in the Alamo Council, San Antonio on November 6, 1926, and joined Troop 2 after moving to Brownwood. Olds was later to become a rancher, lawyer and District Judge giving distinguish service to Brownwood, Texas. Here is a list of all the Eagle Scouts that we have a record of from 1928 through 2002. We have tried to place them in the unit in which they earned their award. In 2003, the Comanche Trail Council combined with the Chisholm Trail Council to form the Texas Trails Council. Key to list: T-Troop
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Oil Belt Council EaglesMilton P. Connally T-4 Cisco
1930 Weldon Bryant
T-15 Rising Star
1931 Bill Allison T-18 Breckenridge
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Pecan Valley Council EaglesOswald Daugherty T-5 Brownwood 1929 Edward Brewer
T-5 Brownwood
1930 George W. Adams T-7 Brownwood
1931 B. Campbell T-4 Brownwood
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Comanche Trail Council EaglesTommy Blakeney T-23 Stephenville
1933 Earl Baker T-2
Brownwood
1934 Merlin F. Achor T-2
Brownwood
1935 Fred Abney T-1 Brownwood
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1935 Continued
George Gartman T-33
Lampasas
1936 George W. Adams T-7 Brownwood
1937 John Cooper T-115 Rising
Star
1938 William Jackson T-29 Carbon
1939 Charles M. Barnes T-115 Rising
Star
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1940
David Stewart Belvin T-16
Brownwood
1941 Milford Ray Baggett T-31
Breckenridge
1942 Karl Armstrong T-101
Cisco
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1942 Continued
Joe T. Poe T-49 Cisco Leon Sheinberg T-17 Breckenridge Franklin Swindel T-6 Eastland Howard Treadwell T-6 Eastland 1943 Bill Blackstock T-49
Cisco
1944 G. K. Beach T-4 Brownwood
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1945
Billy Don Baker T-7
May
1946 Neal Bullock T-18 Breckenridge
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1947
Joe Bob Bettis T-7
Brownwood
1948 Judge Dickenson T-40 Eastland
1949 Marshall V. Bittick, Jr.
S-11 Brownwood
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1950
Arlie Brown, Jr. T-39
Stephenville
1951 Murray Allman S-70
Brownwood
1952 Doug Barkley T-33 Lampasas
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1953
Doug Allen T-27 Bangs
1954 Jack Clinton Arthur
T-39 Stephenville
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1955
Russell Burwell X-50
Stephenville
1956 Bob Bain T-39 Stephenville
1957 John D. Allen, III T-1 Brownwood
1958 Bob Barnes T-32 Brownwood
1959 James V. Fox, II T-20 Breckenridge
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1959 Continued
Forrest McGregor X-36 Richland
Springs
1960 Tom Brightman T-47
Comanche
1961 Bill “Skip” Anderson T-17
Breckenridge
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1962
Michael W. Andrews X-50 Stephenville
1963 Erwin E. Addy, III T-111
Cisco
1964 Bill A. Alexander T-30 Dublin
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1964 Continued
Charles Moseley X-23 Eastland
1965 W. C. Barthelemy T-78
Brownwood
1966 Allen M. Bendorf T-17 Breckenridge
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1967
Leslie Joe Billingsley T-30
Dublin
1968 David Ballenger T-17
Breckenridge
1969 Terry R. Bennie T-27
Bangs
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1970
Robert B. Arnot T-63
Breckenridge
1971 Frank Bower T-43 Brownwood
1972 Dale Delay T-17 Breckenridge
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1973
Gregory J. Alford T-63 Breckenridge
1974 Clifford Devereaux T-34 Lampasas
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1975
John W. Allen X-50
Stephenville
1976 Johnny M. Ames T-103 Eastland
1977 Ray M. Bruce T-10 Ranger
1978 Nathan L. Allen T-22
Brownwood
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1979
Mark E. Decker T-37
DeLeon
1980 Shawn E. Beaty T-63
Breckenridge
1981 Michael Bradle T-34
Lampasas
1982 Brian D. Barker T-39
Stephenville
1983 John C. Carroll T-22
Brownwood
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1983 Continuted
Bruce C. Hass T-14 Brownwood
1984 Louis Davis T-67 Comanche
1985 James Bezner X-50 Stephenville
1986 Jay P. Boswell T-10
Ranger
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1987
Gregory J. Barberee T-17
Breckenridge
1988 William R. Black, III T-63
Breckenridge
1989 Craig Wayne Barker T-83 Stephenville
1990 Jacob R. Jenkins T-1 Brownwood
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1991
Craig S. Auldridge T-77 Goldthwaite
1992 Clay Anderson T-39
Stephenville
1993 Bart Aardal T-18 Stephenville
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1994
Stephen R. Fambrough T-39
Stephenville
1995 Landry R. Blackstock T-14
Brownwood
1996 Phillip W. Bailey T-18 Stephenville
1997 Stuart Burt T-63 Breckenridge
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1997 Contd
Timothy K. Price T-22 Brownwood
1998 Jody Cade Brooks T-77 Goldthwaite
1999 Billy C. Barmes T-30 Dublin
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2000
Robert Joe Abbot T-38 Gorman
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2001
Derrik Noel Adams T-38 Gorman
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2002
Thomas William Adams T-99
Lampasas
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2002 Contd
Don Kell Jones, III T-39
Stephenville
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From
2003 on, all Scouts who earned the Eagle Award are listed in the Texas
Trails Council Eagle List. Go to HERE
to get to the list. On January 1, 2003, the Comanche Trail Council
consolided with the Chisholm Trail Council to form the Texas Trails Council.
Last Updated: August
23, 2013
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