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Print, Photographic

1929

Boy Scouts Posed at Waseca Community Building. 8" x 10" black and white photograph of a large group of Waseca Boy Scouts, men and boys of varied ages posing in the Waseca Community Building. Photo in Waseca Herald, 21 March 1929. "Waseca Boy Scouts Re-organized last month"; caption under photo: "Front row, left to right: Raymond Peterson, 2nd Class; Carl Schroeder, Tenderfoot; Howard Topel, Tenderfoot; Sylvester Fiebeiger, Beginner; Warren Gray, Life Scout, Vetran; Roy Myers, Eagle Scout, Leader Patrol 2; Glen Smith, First Class; Robert Wald, Star Scout; Russell Larson, First Class; Burkhart Senn, Star Scout; Martin Senn, Star Scout; Stanley Bilben, First Class. Second Row: Russell Peterson, Second Class; Wayne Wobschall, Beginner; Glen Neidt, Beginner; Jennings Schroeder, Tenderfoot; Ivan Howery, Star Scout, Leader Patrol 1; Glendon Wald, Star Scout; Glen Tews, First Class; Floyd Daehn, Star Scout; Stanley Fox, First Class; Andrew Downey, Star Scout; Warren Spaulding or Spalding, Second Class; Gordon Blowers, Second Class. Third Row: Lloyd Spies, Tenderfoot; Laverne Poppe, Tenderfoot; Frank Kiesler, Beginner; George Meyers, Beginner; Blaine Eisert, First Class; Gordon Engel, First Class; Bruce Brisbane, Star Scout; Shanley Wood, Life Scout; Percy Turnacliffe, First Class; Oliver Soeldner, Beginner; Louis Baughman, First Class; Eugene Latham, First Class; Marion Johnson, First Class. Fourth Row: Albert Jorgenson, Tenderfoot; Fred Ostensoe, Beginner; Lloyd Walters, Beginner; Kenneth Brown, Second Class; Jack Kelly, Beginner; Walter Holstrom, Star Scout; Robert Draheim, First Class; Derrald Farrell, First Class; Willis Wobschall, First Class; Iver Wynnemer, First Class; Elmer Holstrom, First Class; Leland West, First Class; Lloyd Parrish, First Class. Fifth Row: Leo Fiebeiger, Beginner; Robert Krause, Life Scout, Leader Patrol 10, Veteran; Russell Deputy, Beginner; Robert Maidel, Beginner; Charles Topel, Tenderfoot; Robert Wynnemer, Beginner; George Kiesler, Beginner; Burton Larson, Beginner; Charles Carlin, Beginner; Roger Wood, Star Scout; Robert Welch, Beginner; Boyd Corwin, Second Class; Lawrence Lewer, Beginner. Row Six: Harmer Root, Tenderfoot; Kenneth Brown, Tenderfoot; Caleb Engerbretson, Tenderfoot; Lauritz Larson, First Class, Leader Patrol 12 Veteran; Lawrence Mellinger, Life Scout, Senior Patrol Leader, Vetran; Howard Ruliffson, Star Scout, Leader Patrol 3; Harold Soeldner, First Class; Robert Graham, Eagle Scout, Leader Patrol 4; George Mellinger, Star Scout, Leader Patrol 5; William Buck, Second Class; Russell Peterson, Star Scout, Leader Patrol 6, Veteran; Edward Fiegeiger, First Class; George Minske, Star Scout, Leader Patrol 7; Percy Bartlelt, Life Scout, Leader Patrol 8. Row Seven: Errel Wynnemer, Life Scout, Assistant Scoutmaster, Veteran; E.R. Eisert, Assistant Scoutmaster; Walter Engle, Eagle Scout, Leader Patrol 9; C.M. Brandon, Assistant Scoutmaster, Veteran; Geo. Mahler, Jr., Star Scout, Leader Patrol 11; John McMartin, Assistant Scoutmaster; Clark McElmury, Star Scout; Herman Peterson, Assistant Scoutmaster, Veteran; Arthur Kaiser, First Class, Vetran; Ervin Wynnemer, Eagle Scout, Assistant Scoutmaster, Vetran; Edward Iverson, Star Scout, Veteran; Einar Iverson, Beginner; R.E. Hodgson, Scoutmaster, Star Scout, Vetran; Howard Greeney, Star Scout, Assistant Scoutmaster, Veteran; Robert Gray, Life Scout, Assistant Scoutmaster, Veteran.

Waseca Herald, 21 March 1929. "The re-organized Waseca Boy Scouts are again running on full time schedule under the guidance of Scoutmasters Bob Hodgson and Herman Peterson, with their weekly meetings on Tuesday evening at the EACO School Building. The picture of the scouts was taken at the regular meeting on Tuesday evening, March 12th. Ninety-two Scouts were present that evening and their names and grade in Scouting is listed below the cut. In addition to these Scouts, eighteen boys were not present for the picture. Twenty-seven are registered as Associate Scouts, most of whom are in various sections of the country. The total number of Scouts makes the Waseca Troop one of the largest outside of the ten larger cities of the state." "Active scouts not on the picture: "Edwin Larson, Tenderfoot; Robert Cooper, Beginner; Fred May, Beginner; Clifford Booth, Tenderfoot; Luverne Mussel, Second Class; Robert Bell, First Class; Basil Clayton, Second Class; James Dunn, Second Class; Elmer Groebner, Star Scout, Veteran; E.D. Gallagher, Star Scout, Veteran; Leonard Johnson, Tenderfoot; William Spittler, Tenderfoot; Lynn Sommerstad, First Class; Walter Speldner, First Class; John Swift, Tenderfoot; Alvin Spies, Tenderfoot; Lyle Wood, Tenderfoot; Donald Mahler, Star Scout."