Boy Scout Troop 106
Boy Scout Troop 106 with Scout Master Johnny Holder – 1960
Troup 106 was formed November 4, 1941 with twelve boys. Attendance was greatest in the 1980’s with an average of 36 boys. Presently there are five boys in attendance.
Annually the Troup has several campouts. Camping sites are along the Gulf Coast.
Scout meetings are held during the school year on Tuesday nights at 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Scout Hall.
Patrick Henley is the Scout Master. His assistant is Ron Arlitt. Louis Warren, Colt Treybig, Ralph and Mary Kay Belter are Committee Members.
Patrick Henley was impressed to become a Boy Scout because of an older brother’s Scout uniform hanging up in the closet. Patrick idolized his older brother and finally worked up the nerve to ask his mother if he could join the Scouts. Patrick knew it would be a hardship for his mom to take him to the Scout meetings since they lived out in the country, but his mom said “yes”. The rest is history.
Today Patrick has been the Scout Master since 1995! That’s almost 25 years! “Scouting did something for me. I wanted to give back to the community,” Patrick says.
When asked about his thoughts for future generations, he responded: “Whatever you want the community to be, you’re going to have to do it. Don’t expect someone else to have to do it because no one is going to do it for you.”
