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Committee members included Howard Remley. Dr.
F.C. Frank. Dr. L.W. Kellogg. Lee M. Sanner. W.L.
Pearson and Alva Barber. By I952. 32 boys and eight
adult leaders made up the troop. Lee M. Sanner. Norm
Plath. Cliff Crow. Cecil Blayney, Leslie Bollman and
Rev. Walter Wigger comprised the committee and Mike
Whalen was scoutmaster.
In 1956 the troop met at the Methodist church with
Howard Remley. G.M. Fisher. F.C. Frank and Wilson
Kouba on the committee. Donald Ward was
scoutmaster. When the troups re-registered in
November 1961 Howard Remley. F.C.Frank. Eugene B.
Rees and Claude W. Hamlin comprised the troop
committee. Wilson Kouba was scoutmaster. Troup 31
dropped its registration officially in April 1962. In
addition to those already named. and as far as can be
determined. the following boys also made Eagle while a
member of Troop 31: George Watters. George Fagen
Jr.. and Charles Metcalf. There were possibly others.
butl have been unable to identify them. It has proved to
be an impossible task to identify all of the men who
have served as scoutmasters for Troop 31. but a few
have come to light. besides those previously
mentioned. Also. trusting memories of 30. 40. and 50
years ago. the names remembered are Dillon Hall. Dick
Sanner. Charles Metcalf. C.G. Benner. Don Ward.
Howdy Westphal. Michael Whalen. and Robert George.
As the younger companion of Troop 31. Pack 31 was
first chartered in March 1937. Sponsored by the
American Legion Post. W.L. Pearson signed the charter
as the executive officer of the sponsoring group. There
were 28 boys registered. The committee included L.W.
Kellogg. H.F. Dolan. and E.J. Murphy. These three. in
addition to R.L. and Helene Runkle. also served as den
leaders. In May 1947 pack 31 was listed as a new
registration as pack 310. and was sponsored by the
Anamosa Rotary. Joseph Beavo. Norman Plath. C.J.
Cash and V.H. Goettsch were listed as pack officials
while Irvin Hovet served as cubmaster and Clifford
Crow served as assistant. They met in the Legion Hall.
There were 32 boys registered. By 1951 a Mother's
Club was a pack sponsor; there were 16 boys registered
and Max Wortman. Clifford Thompson and Harold
Heefner comprised the pack committee and Clarence
Gardner was the cubmaster. Pack 310 dropped its
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registration officially June 1952.
Post 31 was first chartered March 26. 1956. and was
sponsored by the Rotary club with Joe Legg signing as
the sponsoring officer. John W. Fahey. Kenneth
Hetzler. N.W. Plath and Lloyd Brickley were listed as
the post committee and Marvin W. Frederick was listed
as the post advisor. The committee in 1960 was Don
Hagen. Bertie B. Cross. Warren H. Johnson and Lester
Ricklefs. Post advisor was Dr. Marvin W. Frederick and
Ray E. Cox was assistant. There were 25 boys
registered at this time. and the post number was now
designated as 2031. The Unit leader in 1965 was
Leonard Beckett with Dr. Marvin Frederick. Raymond
Cox and James McGovern on the committee. The post
dropped its registration in December 1965. As far as I
can determine. George Campbell is the only boy who
made Eagle in Post 13.
Records in the Cedar Rapids office indicate that
Troop 2 was registered in 1926. sponsored by the
Methodist Episcopal church and Stanley Clark was
scoutmaster with John D. Paul. L.A. Miller. W.S.
Barker. G.W. Beaman. R.L. Larson troop committee
and L.H. Joslin. committee chairman. Boys in the troup
were Lisle Covington. William Fisher. Lester Ireland.
LaVeme Peterson. Morelle Tiffany. Carl Walters. James
Walters and Frederick Webster. Troop 2 was
rechartered as Troop 32 for 1927-28 with H.J. Peterson
and John Bodenhofer being added to the committee.
New boys added were Darrell Blayney, Marion Brewer.
Clifford Shaw. Wiliiarn Connery. Joseph Lazio.
Maynard. Glick. Ed Webster. Leland Graft. Robert
Northrup. Verne Westphal. Lyman Perkins. Harold
Dorgeloh. and Arthur Hahn. There is no record for troop
32 after 1927.
Another new troop that began at this time was troop
33. sponsored by St Patrick's Church. which was active
for one year from June 1928 through June 1929. The
scoutmaster of troop 33 was Frank L. Maudsley. who
was recommended for the position by Charles J . Cash
and Glen McLaughlin. The troop committee was John
McNamara and A.J. Ament. and the boys were Edmond
O'Toole. William Fay. Chester Wolfe. Donald Taylor.
Edward Fay. Gerald Hayes. William Musser. Joe Lazio
and Eugene Hayes.
This troop was first registered in February 1960.
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