Boy Scouts, Montpelier, St. Helena Parish, Louisiana
File submitted by Mrs. Inez Bridges Tate and prepared by D.N. Pardue
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From publication "Old Montpelier, 1804, New Montpelier, 1904" 
compiled by Inez B. Tate and published by St. Helena Historical
Association, 1993.  Reprinted with permission.

     Boy Scouts were long a very important part of Montpelier.

Edward Tate recalls that his brother Hilary was a Boy Scout and

brought a bugle home to learn to play.  Edward taught himself to

play the bugle.  This was about 1920.

     Montpelier Boy Scout Troop #426 was organized about 1958

with Jim Kitchens, pastor of Montpelier Baptist Church, as the

first Scout Leader.  Bill Dykes assisted with Scouts for many

years, earning the Silver Beaver Award in February, 1974.

     Other men who served as Scout Master included Richard Hill,

Hilary Watson, Bil Byrd, Bryan Dykes, Bill Hamberlin, Louis

Glenn Webb, Lewis Warren and Ken Easley.  This was a very active

troop with camping trips, outings and joint camping at Camp

Avondale, near Clinton, Louisiana.  The Troop is no longer

active. 
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