Scouts
rendered nationwide service in the influenza
epidemic. The first service club sponsorship
of troops was inaugurated by Rotary
International. National standards were
established for Boy Scout camps. By the end of
1918 there were 418,984 Scouts and Scouters.
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Community
Details
Houston
Troop 18 began in 1915 as an
‘independent’ troop.Active
for
many years but dropped probably because people moved
out of the downtown district.Re-organized
in March 932 at the Oaklawn Evangelical Church.Moved
in 1940 to the Central Methodist Church.Moved
to the Parker Memorial Church in 1948.The
troop was dropped in 1951; re-organized in 1952 by
the Presbyterian Church of the Covenant, where it
was still active in 1964. Information taken from Troop
11 History by Forrest Davis.
Houston
Troop 20 first met at the
Harrisburg High School in 1918, with SM Frank
Gossett.Known as ‘The Indians.”Later
taken over by the First Presbyterian Church of
Harrisburg.Had many sponsors, the last of which
was the Eastwood Baptist Church.Became
inactive in 1952. Information taken from Troop
11 History by Forrest Davis.
Marble Falls
A troop existed in Marble Falls in
1918. They collected peach pits for use in
World War I. Information from "Making
a Difference Every Day, Ninety Five Years of
Central Texas Scouting, 1912-2007, 2007,
researcher and author: Te Starr.
Rice
Earnest E. Tennon served as Assistant
Scoutmaster of Cisco Troop 1 that was organized in
1921. He had been a Lone Scout for nine years
and had been a Scout in Troop
1 of Rice, Texas in 1918 and Alma, Texas,
in 1919. Information from "Ninety Years of
Service, A History of Comanche Trail Council, Boy
Scouts of America, 1910-1999," 1999, page 7,
by Frank T. Hilton.
Kingsville
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, March 31,
1918. "Kingsville, Texas, March 30 -
Kingsville is planning a big patriotic celebration
on Saturday, April 6. Hon. R. E. L. Knight of
Dallas will be the speaker of the occasion.
The Red Cross, Boy Scouts,
schools, societies and other organizations will take
part in the big parade. The meeting will be in
Milloer's Park. Invitations have been sent to
adjoining counties."
Plainview
Dallas Morning News, November 7,
1918. "The distinction of ranking fourteenth
in the United States in the sale of war savings
stamps by troops is held by Boy scout Troop No. 1 of
Plainview. It was announced yesterday by Louis
Lipsitz, State director of war savings. The
Plainview scouts were certified by the Boy Scouts of
America among the fifteen troops in the country
making the highest sales records....The troop has
thirty-eight members and they have won sixty
achievement buttons, aces, and palms for their war
savings work."
Georgetown
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, November
25, 1918. "Georgetown, Nov. 25 - A meeting was
called here this afternoon for the purpose of
organizing the boys of Georgetown into a Boy Scout
unit. The meeting was presided over by Dr. C.
A. Nichols and the movement is backed by the pastors
of the city, business men, the Young Men's Business
League and the Y.M.C.A. Secretary Taylor of S.A.T.C.
at Southwestern University, will devote some time to
assisting in the organization."
Port Arthur
History of Region Nine, by Minor
Huffman, page 95. "The Port Arthur Rotary Club
organized the Port Arthur Council in 1918 and the
Port Arthur School District supplied the salary and
office space for its first executive, Harold A.
Taylor."
