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January 5, 1912, M.F.
Hilton held a meeting to start a troop of Boy Scouts. He said that the club was not
together and that more members were needed. He also expressed that there were several
expenses that needed to be taken care of.
Six months later it was reported that all was going well. The Scouts were working very
hard to earn the badges on the very long list of arts and crafts. These arts and crafts
included farming, blacksmithing, carpentering and other things that would be used all
their lives. The only apparent problem was that the parents weren't taking the club very
serious.
On July 18, 1912, M.F. Hilton handed over his mastership to G.G. Campbell. Mr. Campbell
would be a permanent leader.
In 1913, the 27 boys were divided into 3 patrols of 8 boys and 3
"tenderfoot" (almost scout class). The 3 patrols were called Beavers, Buffalos
and Tigers. Each patrol had their own assistant Scoutmaster. For the Beavers it was Mr.
Prince; the Buffalos had Mr. W. Wheeler; and the Tigers had Mr. Schmidt.
There were also leaders and corporals. For the Beavers, Frank Pearson was leader and Fred
Johnson was corporal. For the Buffalos, Reginald Ruttan was leader and Willie Falkner was
corporal. For the Tigers, Hugh Mowat was leader and Bert Blanchard was corporal.
Mr. Hilton was a spare Scoutmaster, Pat Mowat was Secretary-Treasurer and C. Greyell was
the troop's bugler.
Niels Konge, Tracy Samplonius, Saila Rahko
ALF School 1989