Scouting History

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=269 style="border-right: 1px solid #CCCCCC;" BGCOLOR="#FF9933" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Boy Scout Troop #316 - Feb. 1948</B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="022e6b50.jpg" border=0 width="230" height="181" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>The above photo was taken on Dayton Robinson's 12th birthday, before he acquired his uniform.</B></div> <div> <B>Dayton is in top row in civies.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Girl Scout Troop #204 -- 1971</B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="024df960.jpg" border=0 width="223" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>Boy Scout Troop #316 </B></div> <div> <B>1995 St. Paddy Parade</B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="026de920.jpg" border=0 width="222" height="146" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> <td valign="top" width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Troop 316.PassChristian</B></FONT>     |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Troop 316.PassChristian">home</A></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Troop 316.PassChristian">Troop 316.PassChristian</A>   |   <B>Scouting History</B>   |   <A HREF="scouting_news.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Scouting News">Scouting News</A>   |   <A HREF="eagles.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Eagle Scouts">Eagle Scouts</A>   |   <A HREF="links_to_heaven.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links">Links</A></div> <bR> <div> Scouting History</div> <div>      Boy Scout Troop #316  was chartered on September 15, 1931by the Pass Christian Rotary Club, and has had continued sponsorship by them through the years. </div> <bR> <div> <B>Note:</B> First organized as Troop #216 until 1961 when it was trasferred into the Aaron Burr Council.</div> <div> The organizer and first Scoutmaster was Rev. Girault M. Jones, who later became Chancellor of the University of the South.</div> <bR> <div> In 1997, Scout Master was Mr. Gary McKenzie. </div> <div> In 1999, Scout Master was Fred Tagge</div> <div> In 2002, Carl Guillory took over as current Scoutmaster.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="scouting_news.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Scouting News"><B>Next  Page</B></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" width=169 style=" border-left: 1px solid #CCCCCC;" BGCOLOR="#99FF99" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Boy Scout</B></div> <div> <B>Troop #211</B></div> <div>     Little known to local citizens was Boy Scout Troop #211 as was formed in 1957.</div> <div>      Mrs. Gundlach, an   accomplished oil-painter, and whose father constructed the Sherman Castle at West Beach, installed a separate room within the castle to house Scouting crafts.  </div> <div>      During a trip around the world, the Gundlachs toured Korea and were acknowledged by the Korean Boy Scouts for furtherance of scouting in that country in addition to recognition of the orphan adoption program that the Gundlachs had sponsored.</div> <div>      Jessie Gundlach never forgot scouting, which included Girl Scouts and Brownies who were taught patriotism in lowering-the-flag ceremonies on the Castle's front lawn followed by singing <I>"America."</I> </div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>