Bert Bender, son of Dr. and Mrs. Albert E. Bender and Senior Patrol leader of St. Roch’s Troop 98, received his Eagle Award, the highest award in Scouting. Mr. Hugh Bertsch, paterfamilias of Troop 98 and an outstanding Scouter of the West District was the presenter. Bert is the seventyfirst Eagle Scout from Troop 98.
In addition to his leadership duties with 98, Bert has completed the Troop Leader Development Program at S-F Ranch, was a Junior Leader for Inner-City troops at Camp May, is serving his second term as Secretary for the West District Chapter of the Order of the Arrow, attended Philmont Scout Reservation in New Mexico, and will be a Program Counselor at Camp Famous Eagle this summer.
Bert attends St. Louis University High, where he is an honor student, a member of the Cross Country Team, and a writer for the Prep News. He was also one of the SLUH representatives at the Clayton Optimist Oratory Contest in 1973, winning first place.
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Bert Bender, recipient of Troop 98’s seventy-first Eagle Scout award. The Paper, May 1974, page 6. Photographer not credited.
Originally published in The Paper, May 1974.
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