Boy Scout Movement
In Alaska Has
Tremendous Growth
George A. Parks of Juneau, presi
dent of the Alaska Council, Boy
Scouts of America, this week re
leased official membership figures
for the Boy Scout organization in
Alaska which reveal tremendous
growth during 1949.
Although the Alaska Council is
completing only its third year of
chartered existence in the Terri
tory, it has grown from a mem
bership of several hundred men
and boys to its new all-time liigh'
of 2128 for December 31, 1949. This
compares with a figure of 1505 for
the end of 1948, President Parks
reports.
The present membership of 2128
is divided among 76 different cub
packs, scout troops, and exployer
units organized in 32 different com
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munities of Alaska. Six hundred
twenty-five of the boy members
are Cub Scouts; 710 are Boy Scouts
and explorers in troops; and 192
of them are explorers in separate
explorer units. Six hunded and one
of the grand total membership
are men and women, registered as
leaders, den mothers, committee
men, -and board members. “Prob
ably the greatest single factor in
the Boy Scout organization's great
increase during 1949 is the enthusi
astic response of Alaska grown-ups
who offer their time and energy
to make this program of character
building activities possible for the
boys of Alaska,” the president said.
Incidentally, Mr. Parks is a former
governor of the Territory, ana
served for three years as treasurer
of the Council, becoming its second
president at the beginning of last
year. The Alaska Council is divided
into four districts, centering respec
tively around the four major cities
pi Anchorage, Fairbanks, Ketchi
kan, and Juneau. Largest of the
four districts is that in the Anchor
age area, known as the “Chugach '
District.” Eight hundred sixty-eight'
of the total membership is includ-;
ed within its boundaries, stretch-1
ing from Adak to Palmer and from
Homer to Cordova. Second largest
est of the four districts is the “Mid
night Sun District,” with Fairbanks
as its headquarters city. This dis-!
trict has 468 registered members,}
with troops at such far-off com- j
inanities as Bethel and Anvik to
the west: Nome, Kotzebue, and
Barrow to the north: and Big Delta
and Hgaly Forks to the south. This
1 district’s tremendous area is largoi
I than that of any state-side coun- i
oil, and it includes some of the :
most difficult geography in tin
world.
Over 1500 miles to the south of'
it is the “Southern" district, cen-!
tered around the fishing capital of
Ketchikan. Southern District has J
j 3466 of the Alaska Council’s 2128'
! members, and its roster includes j
the native Indian village of Hyda-1
burg, as well as the modern and
progressive towns of Wrangell and
Petersburg.
Completing the roster of districts
which make up the Council; is
that known as “Gastipeau District,”
with headquarters at Juneau. Here
also is the Councils administrative
office, presided over by the Coun
cil's professional leader. Scout ex
ecutive Maurice F. Powers, who
makes periodic visits throughout
the Territory. Gastineau District
has a total of 446 members at Sit
i ka, Douglas, Skagway, and Juneau.
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celebrate its 50th anniversary Feb.
6-12, and President Parks promises
that the Alaska Council will have
a week of eye-opening activities
for Territorial residents, with City
Government Days, rallies, courts of
honor, window displays, pot-luck
dinners, and a dozen other events
to show Alaskans that these 1527
youngsters between the ages of 8
and 18 who belong to the Boy
Scout organization are wide-a\Vake
and going places.
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