Troop 98, St. Roch’s held it’s fall Court of Honor on Sept. 8th. Progress awards presented were:
Life-George Starks
Star-Virgil Wright, Brian Goldsby
1st Class-Lewis Starks, Kurt Hoefel , and Marvin Malone.
2nd Class-Tony Starks
Tenderfoot-Fred McKisseck
At this Court of Honor, Kurt Hoefel and Marvin Malone were installed as Patrol Leaders and Lewis Starks became Senior Patrol Leader.
Virgil Wright, Lewis Starks, and Marvin Malone became members of the Order of the Arrow at the fall reunion of this organization of honor campers and Steve Santen was elected as West Chapter Secretary.
On Sept 17-19, the troop went to Camp Staley or a weekend and on October [day not printed] attended the Westworld Fall Encampment. Future plans call for a Hike on Oct. 23 and a November weekend Campout.
Troop 98 meets on Wed. at 7:30 at St. Roch’s Scariot hall. Anyone interested in joining the troop may visit the [word missing in source] or call Rick Bender, Scoutmaster at 725-2933.
Andy Bender, Asst. Scoutmaster
Originally published in The Paper, October 1976.
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Archival transcription note: October encampment day and a word in final invitation absent in source; explicit markers retained. Printed “Camp Staley or a weekend” retained.
Original source: SD_Times1976_10.pdf, printed page(s) 6; PDF page(s) 6.
