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| SCOUTING magazine was started. A membership registration system was established. The Handbook for Scoutmasters was published. Boy Scout Week was held for the first time. Membership had climbed to 115,364. Many more Scout Troops were organized in Texas this year. |
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| Houston |
Troop 7 - First organized in
early 1913 and met at the YMCA with Roland Shine as
scoutmaster. CAlled themselves “The Pioneers.”
Moved to Woodcrest Presbyterian Church in the
West End in 1914. Troop 7
became inactive for awhile, sometime after 1923, and
changed sponsors a few times. Information was obtained from Jack Linn's SHAC History titled "In the Beginning: The First Scout Troops in Houston." |
| Grapevine |
In
1913, Grapevine Mayor Benjamin Richard Wall made a
trip to New York and brought back with him a Boy
Scout Troop charter for Troop 7. In 1923,
Troop 7 was chartered in Arlington. But,
moved back to Grapevine In 1931 where it remains
active today
with the continuing support of community
organizations. Grapevine Friends of
Scouting is the chartered organization since
2020. |
| Scurry County | According in information found in "West-Texas Cubs, Scouts and Explorers, " 1973, by Olan B. Draper, the first Boy Scout Troop in Scurry County was sponsored by a Sunday School Teacher, Mrs. Nancy Caton, in the First Methodist Church. She had read about the Scout organization in England, and how it came to American in 1910, and thought a Troop would be a good thing for her class of boys. She designed a little Scout pin, similar to a picture she had seen. The troop donated a stained glass window for the new church. |
| Van Alstyne | In 1913,
three Van Alstyne boys, Rowland Barnett, Otis White
and Rae Nunnallee, received a Boy Scout storybook.
Barnett made a Christmas wish and, in March 1913,
the Van Alstyne troop received its charter--one of
the first in the state. W.F. Barnett, Rowland's
father and Van Alstyne school superintendent, became
the troop's first scoutmaster. Within a few years,
Troop 1, as it was known then, helped establish
other boy scout troops in the area, beginning with
the communities of Anna and Elmont. The Van Alstyne
troop worked from its founding date to serve its
community. Now known as Troop 14.
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| WichitaFalls | According to Troop 1, Wichita Falls, their
troop was established in 1913 and has been
continuously chartered since 1916.
For
more information go to: |
| Wills Point | Dallas Morning News, April 12,
1913: "Scout Commissioner C. M. Richmond
returned last night from Wills Point, where he spent
the day looking at camp sites near that place.
"Mr. Richmond visited the high school and talked about the scout movement. all voted to join and twenty boys were sworn in after two hours of tugging at the first test with their scoutmaster, who will be Rev. E. L. Brandon, a Baptist minister. William Greer, Buck Jim Wynne and Andrew Jordan, a former Dallas scout, were elected to be patrol leaders." |
| Stamford | Dallas Morning News, June 9, 1913:
"Special to The News. Stamford, Tex., June 8 - Four
patrols of the American Boy Scouts have just been
organized in this city with Ray Rector Scout
Master.
"The non-commissioned officers are as follows; Clemmie Cooper, first sergeant; Harry Yates, second sergeant; Raymond Rosamond, third sergeant; Terrell Patterson, first corporal; Clyde Langsord, second corporal; Jno Bennett, third corporal and Fay Bourne, fourth corporal." |
| Paris | Dallas Morning News, June 11, 1913. "State Brevities: Special to The News. Paris, Tex. June 10 - Thirty-two Boy Scouts in charge of W. E. Boyd, scoutmaster, left Monday for Eubank, OK. to spend a week in camp on the Kiomatia." |
| Comanche | Dallas Morning News, June 15, 1913. "Special to The News. Comanche, Tex. June 14 - A company of the Boy Scouts of America has been organized in Comanche with more than thirty members. D. W. Slue, a graduate of a military school, is in charge as scoutmaster." |
| Fort Worth | Fort Worth Star-Telegram, June 26,
1913. "Organization of Fort Worth Boy scouts,
Troop No. 2, has been perfected by R. G. Hill,
scoutmaster of Troop 1. The new troop is
composed of forty members of the Magnolia Avenue
Christian Church and Rev. S. W. Hutton, assistant
pastor, is in charge.
"Both troops will 'hike' Saturday to Lake Erie, where they will spend the day swimming, 'hiking' and boating. Each boy will take his own provisions and prepare his meals while at the lake." |
| Texarkana | Dallas Morning News, August 24,
1913. "Special to The News. Texarkana, Tex.,
Aug. 23. - Twenty boys met at the Y.M.C.A. last
night and took preliminary steps for the
organization of a troop of Boy Scouts for
Texarkana. Will Finley, who has had
considerable experience in organizations elsewhere,
was chosen scout master. Another meeting will
be held next Friday night, by which time, it is
thought, the necessary number (twenty-four) will
have been enrolled when the organization will be
completed. The boys present were all
enthusiastic and were anxious to enroll as charter
members of the troop."
August 30, 1913. "The organization of a troop of Boy Scouts, which was begun two weeks ago, was completed at a meeting held at the Texarkana Y.M.C.A. Building. Twenty-four boys enrolled. "The officers chosen were Will Finley, scoutmaster; Patrol No. 1, Louis Marx; Patrol No. 2, Louis Munz; Patrol No. 3, Caleb Moss. The boys are all enthusiastic and drills to perfect them in the work will be held every two or three days." |
| Bonham | Dallas Morning News, August 29, 1913. "Special to The News. Bonham, Tex., Aug. 28 - A local council of Boy Scouts has been organized here with Rev. J. Everhart, Scout Commissioner." |
| San Angelo | Dallas Morning News, September 9, 1913. "Special to The News. San Angelo, Tex., Sept. 8 - Plans are now under way here for the organization of a camp of the American Boy Scouts. The organization is to be separate and distinct from one organized here several years ago. V. J. Smith, Spencer Wells and John Netherton are handling the organization." |
| Decatur | Dallas Morning News, September 16,
1913. "Special to The News. Decatur, Tex.,
Sept. 15. - Decatur's annual classical
entertainment, consisting of a six-number lyceum
contract, has been provided for by the Decatur Boy
Scouts. The Scouts are making preparations to
attend the Scout Day at the Dallas Fair on Oct. 25."
Dallas Morning News, August 26, 1914. "Special to The News, Denton, Texas, Aug. 25 - Troop No. 1 of the Decatur Boy Scouts returned this morning from a two weeks' camping trip to Elmhurst Park, near Mineral Wells. the hike of seventy miles was made under many difficulties." |
| Taylor | Dallas Morning News, October 22, 1913. "Special to The News. Taylor, Tex., Oct. 21 - The boy scouts of Taylor fully organized here at a meeting held in the Baraca rooms of the Methodist Church with a charter membership of thirty-seven and with O. C. Ankeman, scoutmaster. Herbert Patterson, president; Roy Davis, vice president; Vernon Adams, secretary; Clarence Ploeger, treasurer; Leon Bergstrom, sergeant-at-arms; Reginald A. Rodgers, reporter." |
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| Uvalde | According to "Panjandrum, A History of Concho Valley Council, Boy Scouts of America 1911-2001," 2001, by Frank T. Hilton, page 9, "A Scout troop was organized in Uvalde in 1913. Rev. B. F. Moore was Scoutmaster. The Scouts in the troop were Wade Ferguson, Arthur Evans, Charley Turk, Amos Ward, Bob Sharp, Frank Churchill, Vernon Spenser and Tom Hardin. Most of these kids graduated from high school in 1917. |
| Houston | History of Region Nine, by Minor Huffman, page 96. "A second class council was organized in Houston in 1913. David Duller, one of the earliest Scoutmasters, later became commissioner." |
| Rosenburg | History of Region Nine, by Minor Huffman, page 97. "In 1913 a second class council was organized in Rosenberg. Charles Lee was commissioner. It was short lived and no further mention of it is found." |
| A story
in the Dallas Morning News, November 1, 1913, stated
that the Texas State Fair was expecting Scout Troops
from the following towns to attend the Fair on Scout
Day. We do not have information on many of
these units in 1913, and they are marked in red.
San Antonio, Fort Worth, Austin, Denison, Hillsboro, Waxahachie, Marshall, Longview, Nacogdoches, Greenville, Italy, Leonard, Royce City, Granbury, Paris, Willis Point, Mineral Wells, Shiner, Cisco, Corsicana, Ennis, Irving, Cooper, Lancaster and Edgewood. If you
have any information on these Troops please let us
know. You can find the e-mal address at the
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