The Roaring 20's THE TIMES: America in the 1920's DOLLARS PEOPLE HISTORY 1920 - Avg Income Charlie Chaplin First talkie movies           $1,236.00 Buster Keaton Penicillin discovery           ($23.75/week) Rudy Valle First radio broadcast Al Jolson King Tut's tomb found 1920 - New House Babe Ruth Stock Market crash           $2,878.00 Red Grange Jack Dempsey U.S. PRESIDENTS 1920 - Gallon of Gas Charles Lindberg     + Woodrow Wilson           $ .18     + Warren Harding     + Calvin Coolidge . . .     + Herbert Hoover . . . . TROOP 33 HISTORY 1920's Boy Scout Troop 33; First Lutheran Church; DeKalb, Illinois TROOP 33's ORIGIN (Troop 3) 1925 DeKalb County Council was created in 1925. In 1925 five Scout troops were established in DeKalb. + Troop 1 - + Troop 2 - + Troop 3 - May 1925 - First Lutheran Church - DeKalb (Troop number later changed number to Troop 33) + Troop 4 - Sep 1925 - First Methodist Church - DeKalb + Troop 5 - ? ? ? ? ? - Ellwood School - DeKalb + Troop 6 - ? ? ? ? ? - Federated Church - Sycamore (Troop number later changed to Troop 16) Troop 3 original Scoutmaster was Charles Osenberg. Troop 3 original Chairman was xxx. Part of the newly organized DeKalb County Council. 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. (see Camp Rotary MacQueen below) 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" Going from to in 1928. Troop 3 becomes Troop 33 Why change numbers? Why choose 33? 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.   Key Adult Leaders in the 1920's Year Scoutmaster Chairman 1925 Erwin Charles Osenberg 1926 Erwin Charles Osenberg 1927 1928 1929 . . . 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, click here SCOUT HANDBOOKS IN THE 1920's Scout Handbook - 2nd Edition 1921-1927 The Scout Handbook in use when Troop 33 started in 1925 was the 2nd Edition, which is pictured above. The 2nd edition was printed from 1921 to 1927. Click here for more information. Scout Handbook - 3rd Edition 1927-1940 The 3rd edition of the Scout Handbook was in use from 1927 to 1940 and its cover is pictured above. Click here for more information. TAKE ME TO THE 1930's PAGE Return to the Troop 33 History Page Do you have photos or stories of Troop 33's history? E-Mail Cliff Golden cliffgolden@yahoo.com