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1965
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Membership during
the year is
5,732,708. Total members to date exceeds
forty million, at 40,746,314.
Citizenship in the Community,
Citizenship in the Nation,
and
Soil and Water Conservation are added
to the required Merit Badges for
Eagle. |
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1966
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Membership
during the year is
5,831,521.
Boy Scouts and Explorers, representing
12 regions, present the Report to the
Nation to President Johnson.
The 56th annual meeting at Dallas, May
19-20, attracts 3,163 Scouters and
their wives.
The revised Charter and Bylaws of
the Boy Scouts of America is
adopted.
Some 2,149 Explorers and Advisors
attend the Third National Explorer
Delegate Conference at Indiana
University, August 14-18.
More than 17,000 boys and leaders
visit the renamed Philmont Scout Ranch
and Explorer Base, and 13,828 Scouts
and leaders visit other countries.
The dedication of the new wing of the
Johnston Historical Museum in New
Brunswick takes place in June. In
October, ground is broken for an
Ernest Thompson Seton Memorial Library
and Museum at Philmont.
Cub Scouting survey results felt in
the deliberations of the national Cub
Scout Committee. Kenneth L. Miller
named assistant director of Cub
Scouting. This is the Jubilee year for
the British Wolf Cub program. |
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1967
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Membership
during the year is
6,058,508,
exceeding six million for the first
time.
The Boy
Scouts of America hosts the 12th World
Jamboree at Farragut State Park,
Idaho. The 21st Boy Scouts World
Conference is held in Seattle.
The Report to the Nation is made to
President Johnson, and Report to the
State ceremonies are conducted in all
50 states, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin
Islands.
Pittsburgh hosts the 57th annual
meeting. Thomas J. Watson Jr. is
elected to a fourth term as president.
The Ernest Thompson Seton Memorial
Library and Museum at Philmont and the
Ellsworth H. Augustus International
Scout House at the national office are
dedicated.
The National Order of the Arrow
Conference draws 4,158 members to the
University of Nebraska.
Alden G. Barber becomes the fifth
Chief Scout Executive.
The updated Cub Scout program is
launched in September, establishing a
special Webelos Scout program with 15
activity badges and discontinuing the
Lion rank.
William R. Jackson named chairman of
the national Cub Scout Committee.
Nearly 26,000 needy and non-Scouts
attend Scout camps.
Regional Explorer delegate conferences
are held in all 12 regions. |
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1968
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Membership during
the year is
6,247,160.
The National Council, at its 58th annual
meeting in Chicago, elects Irving Feist
president and adopts the BOYPOWER '76
8-year long-range program.
The National Executive Institute begins
at Schiff Scout Reservation and Philmont
Scout Ranch and Explorer Base.
The National Council raises national
membership adult fees to $2 and boy fees
to $1.
A total of 1,449,266 Webelos activity
badges are earned during the year.
Scouts and Explorers earn 28,311 Eagle
Scout Awards and 1,743,567 merit badges.
Exploring deputies are named in each
region.
Cub Scout day camps are approved by the
National Executive Board. National staff
includes 0. W. (Bud) Bennett, director;
Marlin S. Seig and Edmond T. Hesser,
assistants. |
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1969
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Membership during
the year is
6,183,086.
Irving Feist is re-elected president at
the 59th annual meeting in Boston.
Exploring initiates a Grand National
Safe-Driving Road Rally. Young women are
accepted as participants in
special-interest posts.
The Seventh National Jamboree is held at
Farragut State Park, Idaho. More than
35,000 Scouts and leaders attend.
First women are appointed to the
national Cub Scout Committee. J. Bowling
Wills named chairman of the national Cub
Scout Committee. |
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1970
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Membership during
the year is 6,287,284.
The 60th annual meeting is held in
Denver; Irving Feist is elected
president for the third time.
The first National Explorer Olympics,
attended by 1,200, is held at Colorado
State University.
Project SOAR (Save Our American
Resources) was launched throughout
Scouting.
Donald J. Parry, vice-chairman of the
national Cub Scout Committee, acts as
interim chairman. Bud Bennett retires as
director of Cub Scouting.
Summertime Pack Awards are stressed.
Forty-two councils hold Cub Scout day
camps during the summer. |
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1971
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Membership during
the year is
6,427,026.
Total membership to date now exceeds
fifty million, at
51,484,371.
The 4-million-acre Maine National High
Adventure Area opens.
Scouting Keep America Beautiful Day is
held on June 5, and Scouts collect more
than a million tons of litter.
The first National Explorer Presidents'
Congress is held in Washington, D.C.,
with 2,034 post presidents attending.
The new magazine Exploring is
distributed in the spring and fall to
200,000 Explorers.
The 61st annual meeting is held in
Atlanta; Norton Clapp is elected
president.
The first Reader's Digest
Association-BSA National Public Speaking
Contest is held.
Nearly 8,000 American Scouts and leaders
take part in the 13th World Jamboree
held in Japan.
More than 5,000 members of the Order of
the Arrow attend a national conference
at the University of Illinois.
Robert L. Untch named director of Cub
Scouting; Donald H. Flanders, chairman
of the national Cub Scout Committee.
The Silver Fawn Award, for lady
Scouters, is introduced at the council
level.
The Cub Scout Promise is changed from
"to be square' to "to help other
people." |
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1972
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Membership during
the year is 6,524,640.
The Second National Explorer Presidents'
Congress is held in Washington, D.C., in
April, with 2,700 Explorer presidents
and boatswains attending. A total of
2,086 Explorers from 185 Explorer posts
participate in the National Explorer
Olympics held in August in Fort Collins,
Colo. The three winning posts attend the
World Youth Camp, a part of the Olympic
Games in Munich, Germany.
Nearly 4 million Boy Scouts and Girl
Scouts take part in Scouting Keep
America Beautiful Day.
Operation Reach, a program against drug
abuse, is launched.
The National Eagle Scout Association is
launched.
Norton Clapp is re-elected president at
the annual meeting in Los Angeles.
Troop leader development was tested for
the first time at Schiff training center
and Philmont Scout Ranch.
First national Den Leader Coach
Conference at Schiff Scout Reservation,
New Jersey.
New embroidered badges for Bobcat, Wolf,
Bear, and Webelos Scouts.
Cub Scout Day Camp manual printed. |
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