Troop 98, St. Roch’s attended summer camp at Famous Eagle, July 13-19. John Flynn’s patrol won the camp inter-patrol competition, and George Starks and Hugh Bender won the mile canoe race. George and Hugh were also on the Cub Adventure Camp Staff in June and spent several weeks as Junior Leaders at Camp May along with Tim Flynn.
During the week of August 10-18 Barry Thomas, John Flynn and Lewis Starks attended Junior Leader Training Camp and George Starks attended Troop Leader Development Camp. Bert and Andy Bender were on staffs of those training programs. During the camping season, Andy was Business Mgr. for Camp May and Bert was Nature Counselor at Camp Famous Eagle. Meanwhile, Rick and Hugh Bender spent two weeks backpacking at Philmont Scout Reservation in New Mexico.
The newly elected St. Patrol Leader for Troop 98 is George Starks; Barry Thomas and Lewis Starks are the new patrol leaders. Bob Hagood and Virgil Wright are their assistants. Patrol quartermasters are Kurt Hoeful and Damon Cross. Hugh Bender was elected West District Order of the Arrow Chapter Chief while Bert Bender has been elected Chief of the Shawnee Lodge, St. Louis Area Council, Order of the Arrow. St. Roch’s is honored to have one of its Scouts in the highest Scout office in the Council.
Meetings are Wednesdays, 7:30 in Scariot Hall.
Originally published in The Paper, October 1975.
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