I was in Scouts from 1954 to 1962, ages 6-14. I don't remember my Cub Scout pack number but it was in Lindale Park and the Den Mother was Mrs. Ruth Derrick. We met once a week after school at her house. Mrs. Derrick hauled us 6 or 7 little brats all over town in her 1951 Chevy on field trips. We went to the zoo, the Houston Post, the Police Station, and Mrs. Bairds Bread that I can remember. We did a lot of craft type stuff that her husband, Monroe Derrick, did all of the work on. I still have a bread basket and a cutting board that I made in Cubs. Mrs. Derrick was a true saint. In fifth grade, I joined the Boy Scouts, Troop 239 that met at Oaks Christian Church in Oak Forest. We went camping about once a month and it was a blast. We'd often go to Stubblefield Lake and to a county park on Clear Lake. We did a lot of events at Camp Hudson. I spent my 12 year old and 13 year old summers getting Merit Badges. The first Merit Badge I earned was for Bookbinding, the counselor was Hilda Holiday, who was a librarian at Heights Library. I made Eagle at age 14. By that time most of my friends had already dropped out of Scouts and I just sort of faded out by ninth grade. Over the years I've done a lot of stuff, a lot of it VERY UNSCOUT like, but some of my very best memories are from the BSA. The Houston Public Library has a large collection of Houston Boy Scout records. I've never looked at it but it is on my things to do on a cold winter Sunday afternoon list. Any old Eagles out there may be interested in this. You are, after all, an Eagle for life. http://www.nesa.org/