TROOP 33 HISTORY - 1930's Boy Scout Troop 33; First Lutheran Church; DeKalb, Illinois Great Depression 1930'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: "Great Depression of the 1930's" DOLLARS PEOPLE HISTORY 1930 Income   $1,970  ($37.88/week) 1930 House   $7,145 Gallon of Gas   $ .xx - Errol Flynn - Lon Chaney - Laurel & Hardy - Fred Astaire - Ginger Rogers - Marx Brothers - Joe Louis - Jesse Owens . . . - Empire State Building opens - Frozen Foods introduced - First talkie Movies made - Great Depression - Adolph Hitler in Germany - Germany invades Poland U.S. PRESIDENTS   + Herbert Hoover   + Franklin D. Roosevelt .     1930's TIMELINE: YEAR NOTE 1930 Troop 33 presents first Eagle Scout Awards. . 1935 Ramon Bowers becomes a dedicated Scoutmaster in 1935, serving until 1940. He became Scoutmaster again in 1944, Ramon passed away while serving as Scoutmaster in 1944. . xxxx In xxxx Chief Shabbona Council xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx I I I I . A group photo of Troop 33 from 1935. During the height of the Great Depression when money was scarce, scouts from Troop 33 worked to raise money to have full Scout uniforms, including campaign hats. . .   Eagles of the 1930's 1930 MARVIN ECKBERG 1930 ROBERT TOPP 1930 CHARLES SOHNE 1939 DAVID ROMIES 1939 WILLIAM O'CONNEL . . .   Key Adult Leaders in the 1930's Year Scoutmaster Chairman 1930 1931 Gustave Lund E.H. Carlstedt 1932 E.W. Magnusson E.H. Carlstedt 1933 L.E. Cooper E.H. Carlstedt 1934 L.E. Cooper Carl Lund 1935 Ramon Bowers Carl Lund 1936 Ramon Bowers Carl Lund 1937 Ramon Bowers Carl A Swanson 1938 Ramon Bowers Franz Romeis 1939 Ramon Bowers . . . Ramon Bowers 1935 .   Troop 33 had a cabin along the Kishwaukee River north of DeKalb. Scouts would hike there for overnights from the church. That wooded area is now the present day location of Nehring Forest Preserve. Troop 33 Scouts enjoyed Camp Rotary MacQueen in Kirkland, IL. .   CONTINUE EXPLORING OUR HISTORY Troop 33 - First Lutheran: DeKalb, Illinois RETURN TO THE 1920's MOVE AHEAD TO THE 1940's . 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