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On January 5, 1912 the first meeting of the "Enderby Troop" of Boy
Scouts was held. The Scoutmaster, M.F. Hilton wrote in the local newspaper, The Enderby
Press, that the new club was going to mold the boys involved into good citizens.
The next year, 1913, the membership count held at 27 boys. They were split up into 3
patrols of 8 boys each along with 3 members of the "tenderfoot" class (the
tenderfoot class is the beginner group). Meetings, or "drills", were held every
Wednesday at 8:00 p.m.. In February of that year, R.C. Attenborough and J. Warwick were
elected as Assistant Scoutmasters and an article was published in a periodical from
London, England about the Enderby troop. On May 1, 1913, F.R. Prince was appointed
Assistant Scoutmaster of the troop. On August 18, 1913, a Cadet Camp was organized in
Oyama, and was a great success.
The year 1914 began with a dance organized by the Scouts. It was very profitable; another
followed on Feb 13, 1914 which was also good. But this year was very "militarily
ruled". There was so much concern regarding the way in which the boys were being
"trained for war" that the
In 1940, a few boys joined a Boy Scout club in Armstrong under the leadership of George
Wells. In a short while, there were enough members to have a Grindrod troop of about 15
boys. This group lasted until 1943, when it disbanded.
In the 1950's an Enderby Scout Club was organized that soon had Grindrod boys in it. It
was restarted by Des Holt. Until 1968 not much is known to be recorded.
In 1968 the existing Enderby club was doing fine. The club's secretary, Ruby Davyduke,
resigned that year and the position was handed over to Bev Holmes. Duke Davyduke, leader
of the second Cub pack, retired the position also.
In 1970-71 and 1971-72 accurate records were kept by the club's leaders. At a meeting on
Oct. 12, 1972 the prospect of an Enderby Scout Club was discussed by the club's leaders.
The year of 1973 started out with the annual Banquet which was held on Feb.22. Leaders
were chosen.
The 1977-78 year was full because of a Summer Camp held at Baird Lake from June 23-25.
There was no fee for the boys to attend. The membership count was at 25 boys.
Today, in 1990, the leader is Doug Jackson, and the Enderby organization is still going
strong.
Niels Konge, Tracy Samplonius, Saila Rahko
ALF School 1989