Scoutmaster Patrick Henley of Seadrift Boy Scout Troop 106 received the Silver Beaver Award at the Annual Recognition Dinner of the South Texas Council BSA in Robstown on January 27th. Henley has been associated with Troop 106 all his life. He started Scouting with Johnny Lee Holder and completed his Eagle Rank in 1975 with leaders Pete Hall and George Andrus. All three of his mentors are Silver Beavers.
Henley became scoutmaster in 1995. He has been honored with Order of the Arrow, Old Indianola District Order of LaSalle, District Award of Merit, Scoutmaster’s Key, and the James E. West Fellowship Award.
A lifelong Seadrifter, Patrick Henley is the youngest son of the late James D. and Inez Henley. A 1976 Calhoun High School graduate, he graduated from University of Houston, Victoria, in 1985. He manages the Henley family cattle operation. Henley has been a maintenance electrician for Formosa Plastics Corporation for the past 20 years.