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Chisholm Trail Council, BSA


1208 N. 5th, Abilene, Texas 79601
915-677-2688


Silver Beaver and Silver Fawn Recipients

 

    On February 8, 1910 the Boy Scouts of America was established. This is a milestone in the lives of thousands of volunteers who have been involved with Scouts.  This moment in history came about as a result of the unselfish act of one boy in helping a stranger, Mr. William D. Boyce, to find his way in the fog of London.  The Silver Beaver was awarded to this unknown boy for his distinguished service to the boyhood of America.  In this tradition, the Silver Beaver is awarded to men and women in the local council for “distinguished service to youth”.  No greater honor can the Chisholm Trail Council, Boys Scouts of America, bestow on one of their own.

 

    The Chisholm Trail Council presented it's first Silver Beaver just as soon as they became available from the National Court of Honor in 1931.  The Beaver was presented at the Council Annual Banquet in 1931.   For some reason, no more Silver Beavers were presented in the council until the banquet held in 1939.
 

(* = Deceased)

1931 - *Rev. E. B. Surface, *Judge James P. Stinson
1932-1938 - None
1939 - *W. J. Behrens, *C. M. Caldwell, *R. Floyd Price,
            *S. M. Jay,*W. Graham Webb, Jr., *Dave Persons
1940 - *Dr. C. E. Adams, *Ed. S. Stewart, Sr.
1941 - None
1942 - *Clarence Day
1943 - None
1944 - None
1945 - * Leslie T. Reed
???? - *J. D. Holbrook
1946 - *George F. Barron, *John R. Hutto, Sr.
1947 - *E. W. Berry, *Nib Shaw
1948 - *A. B. Stark, *A. M. Turner, *Claude "Skipper" Willis
???? - *Robert Bassetti
???? - *Ed Neinast
1949 - *Paul F. McCarty
???? - *Dr. P. T. Quest
1950 - *C. A. Farley, *Rev. J. A. Owen, *Robert Johnson,
            *Robert B. Wylie,*R. H. Keller
???? - *Floyd R. Price
1951 - None
1952 - *Edwin Burnam, *Roy Arledge

We do not have the years on the following:

*C. R. Simmons
*R. M. Simmons
*Jim Harvey
*Bert Morris
*R. L.. Burton
*Harold Bonner
*Rae Eastland
W. B. Hall
*Otey Cannon
*Harry Dobbyn
*Gene Overton
*Ernest Pittman
*C. J. Dalton
*Lee Ballew
Weldon Johnson
*E. M. Connell
*Paul Brown
*Holland Cogdell
*Vic Alexander
*J. Ben Sellers
*John Lanier
*Giles Bradford
*H. D. Norris
Joe Breed

*Steve Rowe
*I. A. Russell
*Edd Smart
*A. R. Elam, Jr.
Dr. M. D. Mann
John Thompson
*Charles Robinson
*A. E. Wells
Doyle Elich
*Garland Browning
*Max Polen
Hugh Colbert
*Ralph Walker
* Dr. Joe Paul Alexander
*G. L. Wood
*Raymond Fain
*John Wistl
*George Gray
*W. W. Pyeatt
*Carl Barton
Joe Roeder
*Dr. Joe Humphrey
Derwood Langton
1971 - Mary Linda Thompson, Glen Reed
            Dr. William Kemp, Frank Fite,
            Eddie Brink
1972 - Mable Overton, Robert Sayles,
           * Nelson Wilson, Sr.,
           L. W. "Bill" Cain
1973 - Abe Turner, Maurice Hufstedler,
            *Edith Cunningham Rowe,
            *J. Neil Daniel
1974 - Bobbie Lee Wolfe, Billy R. Davis,
           Patricia P. Smith, Bruce N. Jones,
           Frankie Ayers
1975 - *James T. Randolph, Duane Unrue
           *J. C. Hunter, Jr., Bernice Wolfe,
            Carroll L. Kearney
1976 - Dr. James D. Webster,
           *James Jordan, Jr.
1977 - Robert W. Forkner, Sr.,
           R. Leroy Bell
1978 - Robert "Bob" Joy, Millie Hammond,
            Jack Cadenhead
1979 - James Simpson, James M. Gidley,
           Janie Alexander
1980 - Carl Ray Childers, * Lloyd Tanner
           * James O. Murphree
1981 - * Billy D. Ray, Lester W. Goswick,
            Joe A. Bentley
1982 - Ritch Keeble, Tommy M. Broyles
1983 - James Michael Kesler, Ben L. High,
           Roger W. Sporisky
1984 - Keith Wells, Dr. Dale Brannom,
            Dr. Jim Brothers, Jr.
1985 - * Michael T. Noe, Martin Cooke,
            Dr. Maurice C. Callan
1986 - Ronnie Cheek, Sylvia Davis
1987 - Shirley Bassetti Noe, Joe Ed Burnam,
           David L. Boyll, * Tommy L. Evans
1988 - Kerry Fraizer, P. A.,
           T. D. "Tim" Fambrough,
           Dr. H. Miller Richert,
           Dr. Charles H. Marler
1989 - William H. Perry, Billy M. Hood,
            Thyra Elizabeth Smith
1990 - Wallar H. Overton,
           * Richard C. Olewine,
           * William Cecil Kenney
1991 - Gene Linder, Samuel Ferguson
1992 - Russell Dressen, Jr.,
           Wayne A. Jepson
1993 - Henry H. McGinty, Norman Bryan,
           Marvin R. McFadden
1994 - Joe Knupple, Charles Chapman
1995 - Robert Kluting, Jr., Malcolm Price,
           Sheila Diane Phillips
+1995 - James H. Culwell,
           Dr. Joe Bob Alexander,
           Allen J. McDaniel
1996 - Davis Weaver,
            Sterling "Kent" Phillips
1997 - Dr. Carroll Osburn, Jerry English,
           Robert Musgrove
1998 - Melvin Cagle, Carl Kieke
1999 - Dr. Jerry Strader, *Tommy
           Thompson
2000 - Aivars Jurkis, Kenneth Patton
2001 - Ruth Hermann, Larry Ivy

+ Prior to this year's Silver Beaver Awards, the year listed is the year the Annual Banquet was held and the award presented, and not the year it was "earned"  The award was presented in the year indicated for the prior year.  In 1995, this oversight was corrected, hence the double listing for 1995.  The first 1995 listed (and all years prior to that) was actually for the previous year (1994).  The second 1995 listed (and subsequent years) are the actual years the award is for.

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