TROOP 33 HISTORY 1920's Boy Scout Troop 33; First Lutheran Church; DeKalb, Illinois The Roaring 20's TROOP 33 HOMEPAGE Timeline - Leadership - Adventure TROOP 33's HISTORY PAGES A More Detailed History of Troop 33 by Decade.   1920s     1930s     1940s     1950s     1960s     1970s     1980s     1990s     2000s     2010s     xxxx     xxxx   THE TIMES: America in the "Roaring 1920's" DOLLARS PEOPLE HISTORY 1920 Income   $1,236  ($23.75/week) 1920 House   $2,878 Gallon of Gas   $ .18 - Charlie Chaplin - Buster Keaton - Rudy Valle - Al Jolson - Babe Ruth - Red Grange - Jack Dempsey - Charles Lindberg . . . - First Talkies - Penicillin Discovered - First Radio Transmission - King Tut's Tomb Found - Stock Market Crashed 1929 U.S. PRESIDENTS   + Woodrow Wilson   + Warren G. Harding   + Calvin Coolidge   + Herbert Hoover . . . . DEKALB IN 1925 A photo of what DeKalb looked like when Troop 33 was originally chartered in 1925. This photo looks northeast from 4th and Main St (Lincoln Hwy) with it's barbed wire mills. Look closely just right of center and you can see the train station. The large factory below it has been razed and is now the location of the downtown McDonalds. Click here for full size photo. Note: Main Street was changed to Lincoln Highway in 1930.     1920's Timleline 1920's TIMELINE: YEAR NOTE 1925 DeKalb County Council established in 1925. Here are six early Scout troops established in DeKalb County. + Troop 1 - month? 1925 - sponsor? + Troop 2 - month? 1925 - United Methodist Church - Sycamore + Troop 3 - May 1925 - First Lutheran Church - DeKalb         - -(number changed to Troop 33) + Troop 4 - Sep 1925 - United Methodist Church - DeKalb + Troop 5 - date? - Ellwood School - DeKalb + Troop 6 - date? - Federated Church - Sycamore         - -(number changed to Troop 16) . 1926 Sept 1926 - John MacQueen donates 27 acres of land north of Kirkland, Illinois to DeKalb Rotary Club. Given in trust, the land is used as a camp for Boy Scouts in DeKalb County. Our Scouts attend Region 7's Third Annual Patrol Leaders Council and take home the trophy for best delegation. . 1928 In 1928 DeKalb County Council merges with St Charles area to form the Chief Shabbona Council containing two districts: + Kishwaukee District - established for DeKalb County + Fox Valley District - established for central Kane County In 1928 "Troop 3" is officially changed to "Troop 33" I I I I RETURN TO TOP TROOP 33's ORIGIN (Troop 3) GOING FROM TO IN 1928. In those days they didn't allow any troops to use the same number within a council. After merging two councils there were two Troop 3's. The other Troop 3 had an older charter which allowed them to keep their number. For Troop 3 in DeKalb, we had to change our number, and the boys didn't like it. They were proud to be Troop 3 and didn't want to take the three off their shirts. In those days embroidered patches were harder to come by so the troop kept a box of threes on hand. They decided to keep their three and add another right next to it. That's when we became Troop 33. At least that's the way the story's been told. They were proud to be Troop 3 and doubley proud to be Troop 33. The measurement of this plaque is roughly about 12"x16". The plaque reads: THIRD PATROL LEADERS CONFERENCE REGION 7 ELGIN, ILLINOIS 1926 BEST DELEGATION WON BY DEKALB COUNTY COUNCIL We were Troop 3 DeKalb back in those days. Our troop number changed to 33 in 1928 when Chief Shabbona Council was formed. Several of our boys represented the troop to bring the plaque home.   Key Adult Leaders in the 1920's Year Scoutmaster Chairman 1925 Erwin Charles Osenberg 1926 Erwin Charles Osenberg 1927 1928 1929 I I I I RETURN TO TOP   CAMP ROTARY MACQUEEN In September 1926, John McQueen of Kirkland donated land north of Kirkland, Illinois along the Kishwaukee River to the DeKalb Rotary Club. The land, given in trust to the club, was used to establish a camp for Boy Scouts in DeKalb County. Totaling 27 acres, the Club built and maintained an outdoor swimming pool, six cottages, a mess hall, administration building, a halfway house, and six wooden screened-in shelters. It became known as Camp Rotary MacQueen, and served as a Boy Scout camp until 1977. This same property was sold to the DeKalb County Forest Preserve and today is known as MacQueen Forest Preserve. Images of patches from Camp Rotary MacQueen Topographic map of Camp Rotary MacQueen RETURN TO TOP 1920's SCOUT HANDBOOKS: HANDBOOK NOTES Handbook 2nd Edition 1921-1927 The Scout Handbook in use when Troop 33 started in 1925 was the 2nd Edition, which is pictured left. The 2nd edition was printed from 1921 to 1927. Click here for more information. Handbook 3rd Edition 1927-1940 The 3rd edition of the Scout Handbook was in use from 1927 to 1940 and its cover is pictured left. Click here for more information. TAKE ME TO THE 1930's PAGE Do you have photos or stories of Troop 33's history? E-Mail Cliff Golden cliffgolden@yahoo.com RETURN TO TOP