A History of the Sac-N-Fox Lodge
A HISTORY OF SAC-N-FOX LODGE 108 1 A HISTORY OF SAC-N-FOX LODGE 108 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I'd like to express my appreciation to the following, without whose support, assistance, and encouragement this history would not have been possible Richard Austin Bob Bleauer Dennis Carney Photography Herb Curren, Photography Martin Dahl Dee Dienst Craig Drewelow $XVWLQ³:RRG\´Fernow Judy Fernow Francis Holland James Langridge Mason City Public Library Archives Francis McElroy Sac-N-Fox 108 LEC Steve Rankin Scout Service Center Staff Arnold Staudt Todd Wordell Bill Winder 2 A HISTORY OF SAC-N-FOX LODGE 108 In April of 1919, nine years after the Boy Scouts of America had been incorporated, the Waterloo Rotary Club secured the services of Ray L. Short, a Field Representative of the National Boy Scout Council, to assist them in organizing and establishing a charter for a Waterloo Boy Scout Council. Prominent among the men interested in this movement were George W. Wood, George W. Pike, John W. Gwynne, H. G. Northey, C. F. Alstadt, J. W. Rath, W. F. Parrott, E. R. Shoemaker, R. L. Hoxie, John Hansen, Rank Benedict, and Edmond Rausch. Following the organization of the council, Mr. Short was employed as the first Scout Executive in the area. Neighboring cities and towns, seeing the advantages of organized Scouting, soon became interested, and the council rapidly expanded to other communities of northeastern Iowa. Among leaders in these other communities who became active in the movement were Dr. W. A. Rolfh of Waverly (who gave the funding for the Health Lodge in 1953), Walter Voorhees of Cedar Falls, Rev.
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