Historical April 1993 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Cub Scout Pack 31, along with their guests, Cub Scout Pack 53 of New City School, held its annual Blue and Gold Banquet, which is a yearly celebration of the birthday of Boy Scouting–83 years old this year.
The banquet, originally scheduled for scout month in February, had to be postponed because of the snowstorm that occurred on our original date of February 25.
This year it was held on March I I, 1993, at Grace Fellowship Hall.
The Blue and Gold Banquet celebrates also the founding of Cub Scouting in 1930. Pack 31 annually has a potluck dinner contributed by the Scouts and their parents. Over 120 Scouts, leaders, siblings of Scouts and the parents assembled to see skits, receive awards and have good fellowship. Awards were presented to the Cub Scouts and the packs received awards for their pack flags. Pack 31 and Pack 53 earned the Good Turn Award from Keystone District for collecting, along with Boy Scout Troop 98, 167 boxes of canned goods last November in the “Scouting for Food” campaign.
All this food was turned over to the St. Louis Area Food Bank for distribution to area food pantries to help feed the needy in our area. Pack 31 recognized the custodians at Grace Church. Joe Williams and Carl Cooper do so much to help at the monthly pack meetings and at other events the pack holds.
The pack recognized Rose Flynn, a mother of one of our scouts, who did all the decorations for the banquet this year.
The pack specifically recognized the untiring devotion to Pack 31 by Margaret Droege of the 62XX block of McPherson who has served the pack in so many ways.
She has been a member of the committee, the chairman of the committee, a Webclos leader and has also been the chairman of the Annual Blue and Gold Banquet for five years. Cub Scout Pack 31 is open to all boys who will be in 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th grade next school year.
The members of Pack 31 come from many different schools and areas. Recruitment night is March 25, at 7:00 p.m. at Grace Fellowship Hall at 6199 Waterman.
All boys must be accompanied by an adult guardian/parent. Pack 31 seeks and needs parents to serve as leaders for our next pack year.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, April 1993.
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