Historical September 1979 report or notice. Dates, prices, contacts and institutional claims describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Bert Bender, Assistant Scoutmaster of Troop 98, received the “Distinguished Service Award” of Scoutings Order of the Arrow at the national conference in Fort Collins,Col.
The Order of the Arrow is a servicebased branch of the Boy Scouts into which scouts and scouters are elected who have exemplified service to others.
There are 60,000 members nationally, 4,000 of whom attend the bi-annual meeting. At that conference the Distinguished Service Awd. is presented for extraordinary service on a National, Regional, or Sectional Level.
Bert is the first person from the St. Louis area to receive this award, established in 1940, and awarded to only 240 persons nationally.
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Bert Bender. The Paper, September 1979, page 7. Photographer not credited.
Originally published in The Paper, September 1979.
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