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Collection - Scouting Room

Above, Gordon Richards, John Spradlin, O. D. Owens, Jr. and Floyd Holbrook work on the Scout's paper-drive ca. 1950.  Photos donated by Floyd Spradlin.

The museum recently acquired some new photos of Sulphur Scouts in the early 1950's.  Shown above are Gordon Richards, Floyd Holbrook and John Spradlin celebrating Floyd being a delegate to the World Scout Jamboree in Valley Forge, PA, 1950.


The door on your right, down the hall, is the Scouting Room.  Items of interest there, include memorabilia from the Sulphur Air Scouts Squadron #7080, in existence from 1945-63.  The  troop members learned about aeronautics, including engines, weather, radio and flying.  The bomb casing was won by the troop at Carson AFB in 1948 at an Air Scout Encampment.

Also won by Troop 7080 was this wooden propeller, which would have been used on a PT-20 Trainer during WWII.  They were awarded it at Randolph Field, TX, June 12, 1947 for being the best troop at the encampment.
The 7080 squadron was lucky to have as troop leader a former civilian ground-school instructor for the US Navy during WWII,  Foy Stout .  He is shown top left in the adjoining photo at Enid, Oklahoma's Vance AFB, 8/8/1946, along with Air Scout Ace Marshall Montgomery, Jr. (bottom left.)  The members of Troop 7080 had a reunion at Chickasaw National Recreation Area in 1990, which Mr. Stout attended.


Also in the Scout room is two panels of rosters of BSA Troop 62, Sulphur, OK.  The rosters were kept from 1927-1967 by legendary local scout leader, Marshall Montgomery, Sr.  Maybe your granddad's, dad's or your own name is listed there.

A unique part of the scouting display is a collection of Norman Rockwell illustrated calendars put out by C. M. May's lumber yards for a nearly 50-year period.  All of the calendars have a Scouting theme.
 
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