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| The Boy Scouts of America was Incorporated February 8, 1910 under the laws of District of Columbia by W. D. Boyce, Chicago publisher, and the National Headquarters was opened at the International Y.M.C.A. office, 124 East Twenty-eighth Street, New York, N. Y. On June 21, 1910, a promotional meeting was held with representatives of 34 national organizations. Mr. James E. West was appointed Executive Office. |
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| Comanche |  Rev. George W.
Sheafor, pastor of the First Baptist Church,
Comanche, was the 37th and also the first Texas
Scoutmaster registered with BSA. In the early
days of Scouting, BSA listed the Scoutmasters in a
book (Registration Records, Vol. 1,1910 On, BSA)
starting with the number 101. No date was posted by
their name nor was any record of their troop kept at
the time.
He
moved on to Brownwood, Texas on July 1, 1914, to
become pastor of the Coggin Ave. Baptist
Church. There is no record of him having
served in Scouting in Brownwood, nor how long the
troop in Comanche was active. Some
information was taken from Handbook of Texas
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| Granbury |
The Hood
County News-Tablet, dated September
20, 1962. pg 1,
stated that "Pictured above is a group of Scouts
who were in the troop chartered here in 1909, the
seventh troop to be chartered in Texas." "Left to right are: Roy Estes, Scout Master Raymond Randle, Ben Estes, Jack Stringfellow, Dwight Lancaster, Herman Aston, Mallery Wilson, John C. Lees. Emmett Jones, and Eroll Holt. The picture was made after the boys served as pall bearers at the funeral of one of their members, Wynn Powell. "There were fifty Scouts in the first troop. 'We organized in Caudle Bend', Mr. (Roy E.) Estes recalls." |
| Fort Worth - First Patrol | The Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
dated July 9, 1910, stated that "The first boy scout
patrol in Fort Worth was formally installed at a
meeting at the Young Men's Christian Association
Friday afternoon. Arthur G. McLarren was
elected captain and Tom Calhoun corporal. R.
George Hill will hold the office of scout master,
which is appointive."
  "This troop was organized among the larger boys that they might be trained as patrol leaders, scoutmasters and advance to the higher branches and be able to train their younger associates. "Now there are three troops in Fort Worth. The Y.M.C.A. troop is under the charge of Scoutmaster R. George Hill,. The Neighborhood House troop is commanded by Scoutmaster Tom Larson of Texas Christian University and the Hemphill Street Presbyterian Church troop is under the charge of Charles M. Herring." |
| San Antonio | Palestine Daily Herald, October 11,
1910, "First Patrol Organized. (Herald Special.) San
Antonio, Texas, Oct. 11. - San Antonio is to have
Boy Scouts. The first patrol has been
organized under the leadership of Geo. S. Chessum,
director of the boys' department.
"An emblem will be selected and this oath required" "I give my word of honor that I will do my best to do my duty to God and the country; to help others at all times; to obey the scout law." On November 8, 1910, a story appeared in the Dallas Morning News, headed Boy Scouts at San Antonio, which said "The boy scout movement has been launched here permanently with six patrols. The following are the scout leaders: George Burnett, Raymond Cobb, Oscar Drisdale, Will Mitchell, Prime and Maury Maverick. Their leaders have enlisted under them thirty-five young boys." |
| Dallas |
 The first story about Scouting having been started in Dallas appeared in the Dallas Morning News on November 2, 1910, and said, "Patrols of Boy Scouts have been formed in a few cities of Texas, and the movement is to be taken up in Dallas by the Boys' Department of the Dallas Young Men's Christian Association. C. M. Richmond, the director in charge of this department of the Y.M.C.A, is a regularly appointed scoutmaster, and will organize the boys." Two weeks later, the November 16, 1910 edition of the paper said, "More than 100 boys are now on the rolls and twelve of them are real scouts and many of the others will soon be sworn in." The group met in the gymnasium of the Y.M.C.A. who organized the scouts, according to C. M. Richmond, boys secretary. Two months later it was reported that Dallas had three Scout troops. |
| Floresville | The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
reported on December 26, 1910 that "The organization
of Boy Scouts for Floresville is another splendid
move in keeping with the progressive moves of the
larger cities."
The Galveston Daily News, February 5, 1911, Special to the News - Floresville, Tex. Feb. 4 - "At a meeting of the Boy Scouts at their hall last night, another patrol was organized, making five for this little city. The total membership is thirty-five." The Weekly Advocate, Floresville, Tex, Sept. 24, 1911 - "Following the announcement that the Boy Scouts of the state will hold a three days' encampment at the San Antonio Fair, the Floresville Boy Scouts are already planning to attend. The local organization was the second to be organized in the state, and has been one of the most successful. Their order is constantly increasing." |
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