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Centennial Souvenir Program, 1954 The Boy Scouts were organized in O'Fallon in December 1930. The sponsor was the O'Fallon Community Boy Scout Council. This council, a group of local citizens intereseted in Scouting, chose Thomas Gordon as President of the Council. Walter C. Hartman was named first Scoutmaster with Albert Hartman as his assistant. The committee members were: Nat Isenberg, Dr. E. J. Pecaut, John Schneider, Ben A. Schmidt, and G. B. Gieser. The first charter issued contained the names of twenty O'Fallon boys. Since that first charter in 1930, the Troop has had a varied existence--sometimes prospering and sometimes inactive. Under the leadership of Robert Munier in the mid and late 1930s, Troop 35 became the outstanding troop in the area, producing several Eagle Scouts and winning a number of high awards in the field of First Aid. In 1938, the First Aid team of Don Willard, Don Joseph, Paul Keller, and Don Bevirt won first place honors in the district, Kaskaskia Council, and Southwestern Illinois. They placed second in the meet at Chicago which included teams from Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan. In 1939, a team consisting of Don Joseph, Paul Keller, Don Bevirt, Dale Willard, and William Bechtold duplicated the feat of the team of the previous year. Another earlier first aid team won all the local meets and went to Chicago to the finals. At present the Troop is under the sponsorship of the Parent-Teachers Assoication and has approximately 15 members. The troop is presently being reorganized with the view of increasing its activity. Leslie Canterbury, native son and formerly active in scouting, who has returned to O'Fallon to teach in the high school, is slated to be the new scoutmaster. The charter was granted to Cub Scouts, Pack 35, on May 31, 1948. The sponsoring organization was the American Legion. The first Cubmaster was Willford Eckert. In succeeding years the following have served as Cubmasters: Howard Davison, Lawrence E. Lord, Vernon Scheibel, Lowell Maggine and Carl Motchan. The present sponsor is the Rotary Club. At the present time Pack 35 has a membership of 32 boys divided into five dens. The present Den Mothers are: Mesdames Wilbur Thompson, Clarence Eberhardt, Fred Schrameck, Albert Diekroetger, Clarence Lurtz, and Wilmer Mannz. The current committeemen are: Wilbur Thompson, Herbert Lurtz, Clarence Eberhardt, Albert Diekroetger, Roy Hall, Don Sartor, and Harry Frievogel. Weekly den meetings are held in the homes of the Den Mothers and pack meetins are held monthly. During the summer, campfire meetings with group singing and refreshments are featured. Some of the activities of the Cub Scouts are: study and practice of conservation; serving as Color Guards in civic parades, music shows, Indian Pow-Wow; constructive hobbies, and games. Good sportsmanship, brotherly love, and reverence to God and country form the foundation for all Cub Scout activities. The O'Fallon Girl Scouts were registered in May 1938 by Miss Mary Margaret Carson one of the grade school teachers at that time. There were 75 girls registered in three troops: Troop 1-Senior Scouts led by Miss Carson; Troop 2-Intermediates, Miss Lee Pierce, leader; and Troop 3-Miss Sophie Coupin, leader. A Girl Scout Council was organized in September 1938 under the direction of Mrs. P. C. Otwell, District Commissioner from Belleville. The members were: Mrs. E. A. Grodeon, commissioner; Mrs. C. G. Herzberger, secretary-treasurer; and Mesdames C. O. Schenk, Cecil Lienesch, Theodore Sollis, Bertha Lawrence, William Bechtold, Fred C. Bevirt, M. Kuehn, Jacob Mueller, members. The Girl Scouts have had camp experience at Camp Wangelin, Waterloo; Camp Joy, Carlyle; Camp Ouatago, Grafton; and this year at the Collinsville Girl Scout camp on Route 159. The present troop is sponsored by the Woman's Club and holds its meetings in the Methodist Church basement each Thursday afternoon during the school year. O'Fallon now has only one troop of Girl Scouts, Troop 2, with 45 active members between the ages of 10 and 14 years. It is now registered as a home troop with Miss Lee Pierce as leader and Mesdames Helen Distler, Virginia Morgan, Ruth Moore, and Miss Velma Pitt as assistant leaders. The Brownie Scout Troop of 25 girls between the ages of 7 and 10 years was registered in September 1951 with Mrs. Robert Berens as leader. Subsequent leaders were: Mrs. Cyril Wolfersberger and Mrs. Victor Reinhardt. The Brownies now have 37 active members. They are sponsored by the V.F.W. Auxiliary. ---21---
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