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| Cleburne |
Fort Worth
Star-Telegram, February 13, 1916. "Cleburne, Texas, Feb. 12. - A company
of Boy Scouts was organized last night. T. W. Lain is the captain.
Twenty-four boys took the prescribed oath. Three patrol leaders and
their assistants were elected; First patrol leader, Robert St. Germain;
Gordon Blakeney, assistant; second patrol leaders, Jim Vickers; assistant,
Harry Flood; third patrol leader, Milton Roberson; assistant, Raymond Dalton." |
| Hillsboro |
Dallas
Morning News, February 23, 1916. "Special to The News. Hillsboro,
Texas, Feb. 22 - Before a good-sized crowd this afternoon on the square
thirty Boy Scouts, commanded by E. L. Chase and Professor Leonard Power,
participated in a flag ceremony and drill. The troop flag was formally
presented by Major W. E. Jackson, following an address to the boys by Judge
Horton B. Porter. Music was furnished by the Third Infantry Band." |
| Waco |
Dallas
Morning News, March 25, 1916. "State Brevities. Special to The
News. Waco, Texas, March 24. - Nat H. Hayes, scout commissioner for the
local Boy Scouts' organizations, will go to New York next week to take
a course in scouting at the national headquarters. he will also take
a course arranged for scoutmasters at Columbia University. Mr. Hayes'
expenses will be borne by individual member so the local Boy Scouts council." |
| Staples |
Fort Worth
Star-Telegram, July 30, 1916. "In the aquatic contests scheduled for
the Presbyterian encampment (at San Marcos) there will be many Boy Scouts
under personal direction of Scout Master Lyman J. Bailey, who is in charge
of the Austin Scouts. San Antonio will also have a strong Boy scout
delegation, and Martindale, under Scout Master Robert Harper, will be present
in force, as will also troops fro Staples,
Fentress, Kyle, New Braunfels and Seguin. Rev. H. L. Paisley, in
charge of the meet, announces everything ready." |
| Kyle |
Fort Worth
Star-Telegram, July 30, 1916. "In the aquatic contests scheduled for
the Presbyterian encampment (at San Marcos) there will be many Boy Scouts
under personal direction of Scout Master Lyman J. Bailey, who is in charge
of the Austin Scouts. San Antonio will also have a strong Boy scout
delegation, and Martindale, under Scout Master Robert Harper, will be present
in force, as will also troops fro Staples,
Fentress, Kyle, New Braunfels and Seguin.
Rev. H. L. Paisley, in charge of the meet, announces everything ready." |
| New
Braunfels |
Fort Worth
Star-Telegram, July 30, 1916. "In the aquatic contests scheduled for
the Presbyterian encampment (at San Marcos) there will be many Boy Scouts
under personal direction of Scout Master Lyman J. Bailey, who is in charge
of the Austin Scouts. San Antonio will also have a strong Boy Scout
delegation, and Martindale, under Scout Master Robert Harper, will be present
in force, as will also troops fro Staples,
Fentress, Kyle, New Braunfels and Seguin.
Rev. H. L. Paisley, in charge of the meet, announces everything ready." |
| Seguin |
Fort Worth
Star-Telegram, July 30, 1916. "In the aquatic contests scheduled for
the Presbyterian encampment (at San Marcos) there will be many Boy Scouts
under personal direction of Scout Master Lyman J. Bailey, who is in charge
of the Austin Scouts. San Antonio will also have a strong Boy Scout
delegation, and Martindale, under Scout Master Robert Harper, will be present
in force, as will also troops fro Staples,
Fentress, Kyle, New Braunfels and Seguin.
Rev. H. L. Paisley, in charge of the meet, announces everything ready." |
| San
Marcos |
"A
relay race was conducted by the Austin scouts on July 28, 1916, from Austin
to San Marcos to deliver a letter from Mayor Wooldridge to Mayor Davis.
Sixty-two boys ran in half mile increments to finish the relaying three
minutes less than four hours. Upon arrival in San Marcos, Mayor Davis
and Scoutmaster Paisley met them and invited the scouts to some aquatic
contests underway by scouts from San Marcos and Fentress." Information
from "Making a Difference Every Day, Ninety Five years of Central Texas
Scouting, 1912-2007, 2007, page 33, researcher and author: Te Starr. |
| Santa
Anna |
The Brownwood
Daily Bulletin, September 24, 1916. "Invitations will be issued
to the troops of Brady, Santa Anna and Comanche to be here (for the Free
Fall Fair Boy Scout Campout), but more than likely, it is stated, the Brady
aggregation is the only one which will be able to come over in a body." |
| Brady |
A story in
The Brady Standard,
May 28, 1916, told about fifteen Scouts who went on an over-night hike
under the leadership of Scoutmaster Clarence Snider. Then again on
June 6, 1916, the paper relates that fifteen members of the troop had left
Brady the day before for the Llano River, where they were to spend several
days in camp. Scoutmaster Snider, a rancher and banker, was in charge
of the group. |
| Ozona |
A Boy Scout
troop was organized in Ozona sometime in 1916. Members of the troop were
Homer Adams, Allan Bosworth, Charles Davidson, Jr., Richard Flowers, Early
McBell, Arthur Phillips, Hillery Phillips and Sherman Taylor. The
Scoutmaster was A. J. Carson who was the local Baptist minister.
Panjandrum, A History
of Concho Valley Council, Boy Scouts of America, 1911-2001, 2001, page
11, by Frank T. Hilton |
| Giddings |
"J. Harriss
Williams, a Life Scout of Troop Three, Austin, will spend the summer of
1916 back where he started scouting in his old home of Giddings."
Information from "Making a Difference Every Day, Ninety Five years of
Central Texas Scouting, 1912-2007, 2007, page 32, researcher and author:
Te Starr. |
| Fentress |
A troop was
organized in Fentress sometime prior to 1916 but the only record we have
is for 1916. Information from "Making a Difference Every Day,
Ninety Five years of Central Texas Scouting, 1912-2007, 2007, researcher
and author: Te Starr. |
| LaGrange |
A troop was
organized in LaGrange in 1916 with John A. Logan as Scoutmaster.
Information from "Making a Difference Every Day, Ninety Five years of
Central Texas Scouting, 1912-2007, 2007, researcher and author: Te
Starr. |
| Yoakum |
A troop was
organized in Yoakum with John A . Logan serving as Scoutmaster, as he also
did for the troop in LaGrange. Information from "Making
a Difference Every Day, Ninety Five years of Central Texas Scouting, 1912-2007,
2007,
researcher and author: Te Starr. |
