Historical September 1979 report or notice. Dates, prices, contacts and institutional claims describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Troop 98, St. Roch’s began the summer with a River Canoe trip, June 16–17. 24 fathers and scouts enjoyed the float.
Jon Brown & Brian Krippner attended Camp May as Den Chiefs for Cub Pack 31 in July.
14 Scouts went to Camp Famous Eagle with Hugh Bertsch and Dave Schmidt. 6 Scouts earned the mile swim award; 1 earned the Scout Life Guard.
17 completed merit badges; 14 partials. David Stanton, Sean Thomas, Matt Storey, Paul Claseman and Brian Krippner were tapped out for the Order of the Arrow.
Brian Stanton, Brian Krippner, & John Brown remained for the Junior Leader Training Camp.
3 Members of Troop 98 worked on summer camp staffs again this year and went to the National Conference in Colorado. Hugh Bender was the conference Vice Pres. in charge of training, and Bert Bender became the first scout in St. Louis to receive the National Distinguished Service Award of the O/A — a great honor for Bert, Troop 98, & St. Roch’s.
Originally published in The Paper, September 1979.
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Archival transcription note: Printed Jon Brown and John Brown both occur in same handwritten report; source forms retained.
Original source: SD_Times1979_09.pdf, printed page(s) 7; PDF page(s) 7.
