The Great Depression Era - 1930's THE TIMES: America in the 1930's Average income in 1930 $1,970.00 Average cost of a new house in 1930 $7,145.00 Major Entertainers Errol Flynn Lon Chaney Laurel & Hardy Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers Marx Brothers Major Sports Figures Joe Louis (boxing) Jesse Owens (track) Dizzy Dean (baseball) Major Events Empire State Building opens Frozen Foods introduced First talkie Movies made Presidents: + Herbert Hoover + Franklin Delanor Roosevelt Radio becomes dominant media Great Depression Rise of Adolph Hitler in Germany Germany invades Poland TROOP 33 HISTORY 1930's Boy Scout Troop 33; First Lutheran Church; DeKalb, Illinois 1930's Troop 33 Scouts attended Camp Rotary MacQueen in Kirkland, IL. A group photo of Troop 33 from 1935.   Troop 33 Eagles in the 1930's Year Eagle Scout 1930 Marvin Eckbert 1930 Charles Sohn 1930 Robert Topp 1939 David Romies 1939 William O'Connell . . .   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.   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