Troop 7 - Scoutmasters of Troop 7

Scoutmasters of Troop 7

Tom served as Scoutmaster for 6 years from 1978 until 1984 and has continued his service as Assistant Scoutmaster from 1985 until 2007 when he retired from as the manager of the Plummer Building and moved to Texas. Tom is repsonsible for many of the improvements and much of the maintenance of the scout house over the years and has contributed to our collection of historic flags. His son, Michael earned his Eagle Scout rank in 1975.

George Merrick Troop 7 of Coral Gables
1107 South Greenway Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33134 USA
phone: 305-443-7973 • e-mail: info@troop7.org

meeting every Wednesday evening at 7:15 pm

sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Coral Gables and the George Merrick Foundation

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Scoutmasters of Troop 7
1922	Albert H. Bartle
First Scoutmaster of Troop 7; Served as Scoutmaster through year 1924; Served on the Troop Committee and through the year 1938 for a total of 16 years dedication. Originally, 11 Scouts met in Albert Bartle's garage at 1025 Castile Avenue. Troop 7 was officially chartered with the Boy Scouts of America in 1923. Scout meetings were moved from Scoutmaster Bartle's garage to Coral Gables Congregational Church and held on a weekly basis.

1925	C.M. Brookfield
Served as Scoutmaster for just a few months of this year.

1925	Jesse Rhodes
Served as Scoutmaster for the rest of this year.

1926	Rodney Davis
Scoutmaster for 1926 and 1927. Total of two years service to Troop 7. During this year, George Merrick, Developer of the City of Coral Gables, donated land on the Coral Gables Golf Course to Troop 7 for the construction of a permanent boy scout meeting place. In May of 1926, plans for a rustic log cabin were developed by architect Phenias Paist, the man that designed Venetian Pool, Biltmore Hotel and many of the most outstanding buildings and homes in Coral Gables. On October 14, 1926 George Merrick's Gables Construction Company cut and delivered the logs for the original scout cabin. Most of the logs came from fallen timber after the hurricane of 1926.

1928	Le Roy Kimports
Served as Scoutmaster 1928 through 1934. Total of 7 years service to Troop. George Merrick presents Scoutmaster Leroy Kimports with the keys to the cabin and the deed to the land. For the first time, the boy scouts of George Merrick's Troop 7 have their own special meeting place. The log cabin had a fireplace and chimney, plus a large compass painted on the floor. The boys met here every week and their enrollment soon grew to about 60 boys and 15 adult volunteers.

1935	George W. Berger
Served as Scoutmaster 1935 through 1937. Total of 3 years service to Troop 7.

1938	Lawrence Lewis II
Served as Scoutmaster during years 1938 and 1939. Total of 2 years service to Troop 7.

1940	Lawrence Waldon Montague
Served one year as Scoutmaster

1940	J.P. Hawthorne
Served one year as Scoutmaster

1943	Seth Blakeman
Served as Scoutmaster 1943 through 1946. Total of 4 years service to Troop 7.

1947	C.W. Gray
Served as Scoutmaster for one year

1948	Guy J. Cutolo
Served as Scoutmaster years 1948 and 1949. Total of 2 years.

1950	J. Rex Hawkins
Served as Scoutmaster for this year, 1950. Had served prior years as Troop Committeeman from 1944 through 1949. was Scoutmaster again for the year 1963. Served again on Troop Committee from 1951 through 1962. Again on Troop Committee from 1964 until his death in 1975. He was awarded the Silver Beaver and dedicated a total of 31 years of service to Troop 7. Scoutmaster J. Rex Hawkins almost singlehandedly maintained the continuity of the troop while others were involved in the war effort. His endeavor made the difference in keeping Troop 7 alive during these difficult years while most troops were interrupted.

1951	Jack E. Jones
Served as Scoutmaster years 1951 and 1952. Total of 2 years service.

1953	John R. Peacock
Served one year as Scoutmaster

1954	Charles Cox
Served as Scoutmaster 1954 through 1957. Served on Troop Committee 1958 through 1961.

1958	Richard M. Averett
Richard M. Avirett became Scoutmaster in 1958 and served through 1962, for a total of 5 years service to Troop 7. His son, Richard Averett, made Eagle rank in 1961. Richard had a distinguished military record, and during WWII, and credits his survival on the lessons he learned as a scout. Mr. Avirett made a gift to Troop 7 of a beautiful eagle portrait on the occasion of our 75th Anniversary in 1999. Mr. Avirett passed away in October, 2006.

1963	J. Rex Hawkins
His record is listed above in 1950, and this is just one of his total 31 years service.

1964	Harry W. Craft
Served as Scoutmaster 1964 through part of 1971. Total 7 years, 5 months.

1971	Douglas Carlton
Took over as Scoutmaster last part of year 1971 and served through 1973. He had served as Assistant Scoutmaster for 5 years, prior to 1971.

1974	Joseph T. Crownover
Joe served 4 years as scoutmaster beginning in 1974. Joe Crownover joins the troop as a tenderfoot in 1931. Over the next two years, Joe advanced to the rank of first class, earning two merit badges when he was called to join the Navy on December 7th, 1936, and after 30 years of distinguished military service he returned to Troop 7, serving as the assistant to scoutmaster Harry Craft beginning in 1967. After Joe served 4 years as scoutmaster 1974-1978 he became an assistant scoutmaster, keeping impecable advancement records until he passed away in 2005, for a total of over 40 years of dedicated service to Troop 7. Joe Crownover was wounded in the battle of Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 and honored with the distinguished Purple Heart medal. The new scout building was dedicated to the memory of J. Rex Hawkins during Joe's tenure as Scoutmaster on July 25, 1976.

1978	Thomas Dixon
Tom served as Scoutmaster for 6 years from 1978 until 1984 and has continued his service as Assistant Scoutmaster from 1985 until 2007 when he retired from as the manager of the Plummer Building and moved to Texas. Tom is repsonsible for many of the improvements and much of the maintenance of the scout house over the years and has contributed to our collection of historic flags. His son, Michael earned his Eagle Scout rank in 1975.

1985	Augie Saavedra
Served as Scoutmaster years 1985 and 1986.

1987	Fred Kimball
This Scoutmaster joined Troop 7 as an 11 year old boy in 1967. His father was teaching swimming lessons to other scouts and this is how Fred became interested in scouting. He served 7 years as a Scout and became an Eagle Scout in year 1971. In 1974 he became an Assistant Scoutmaster and served through 1986. In 1987 he became Scoutmaster of Troop 7 and served through the end of 2003, 17 years. Fred has pariticpated in the 32 mile Barefoot Mailman Hike for over 30 consecutive years.

2004	David A. Albury
As a Kiwanis member, David Albury brought his son, D.J. from Troop 840 to join the ranks of Troop 7 in August of 2003. Right away, David became involved in the troop committee and was appointed the Chartered Organization Representative by Kiwanis. He is a third generation Eagle Scout and Captain in the Fire Department of the City of Coral Gables. Served through September 2007.

2007	Robin V. Burr
Joined Troop 7 in September 1994 as an adult volunteer when her son, Robert Burr joined the troop, and has lead the Troop to summer camp each and every year since 1996. She has served in numerous capacities as Committee Secretary, Treasurer, Advancment Chair (trained by Joe Crownover) as well as Charter Organization Representative. She has stepped up to be the first female scoutmaster in Troop 7's 85 year history.

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Troop since 1922	George Merrick Troop 7 of Coral Gables 1107 South Greenway Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33134 USA phone: 305-443-7973 • e-mail: info@troop7.org meeting every Wednesday evening at 7:15 pm sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Coral Gables and the George Merrick Foundation
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Troop 7 is part of Tequesta District		Tequesta District is part of South Florida Council