Boy Scout Troop 353

Blessed Martin DePorres Mission
219 West Argonne Drive
Kirkwood, 22 Missouri
November 8,1941 - February 15, 1953

St. Louis Council; Region 8; Pioneer District (in 1948 the Council started naming districts)



Note: Our apologies if names have been misspelled. Data was retrieved from handwritten documents on file at Council offices.


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1941 Charter Date November 8,1941; Expiration date February 1943
    Scoutmaster: Phillip A. Micheau
    Committee Chairman: Rev. P. J. Molloy
    Committee Members:
      Thaddeus A. Whayne Jr.
      J. V. Masterson
      Geo B. Cunningham
      James Morrison
    Charter Rep.: Rev. P. J. Molloy, Priest in Charge
    Meeting Place: Blessed Martin DePorres Mission
1943 Charter Date February 12,1943; Expiration date February 1944
    Scoutmaster: F. W. Logan
    Committee Chairman: Rev. P. J. Molloy
    Committee Members:
      Thaddeus A. Whayne Jr.
      J. V. Masterson
      Geo B. Cunningham
      James Morrison
      Dermonseur Leon Davis
    Charter Rep.: Rev. P. J. Molloy, Priest in Charge
    Meeting Place: Blessed Martin DePorres Mission
1944 Charter Date February 11,1944; Expiration date February 1945
    Scoutmaster: Earl Evans
    Committee Chairman: Father J. Brauner
    Committee Members:
      Thaddeus A. Whayne Jr.
      J. V. Masterson
      Geo B. Cunningham
      James Morrison
      Dermonseur Leon Davis
    Charter Rep.: Rev. P. J. Molloy, Priest in Charge
    Meeting Place: Blessed Martin DePorres Mission
1945 Charter Date February 2,1945; Expiration date February 1946
    Scoutmaster: Earl Evans
    Committee Chairman: Father J. Brauner
    Committee Members:
      J. V. Masterson
      Geo B. Cunningham
    Charter Rep.: Rev. Clarence H. Hesseldenz, Delegated Pastor
    Meeting Place: Milton Turner School
    Saratoga and Milwaukee
1946 Charter Date February 13,1946; Expiration date February 1947
    Scoutmaster: Thaddeus A. Whayne Jr.
    Committee Chairman: A. Wilson
    Committee Members:
      T. Kelley
      Geo B. Cunningham
    Charter Rep.: Rev. Clarence H. Hesseldenz, Parish Priest
    Meeting Place: Milton Turner School
    Saratoga and Milwaukee
1947 Charter Date February 12,1947; Expiration date February 1948
    Scoutmaster: Thaddeus A. Whayne Jr.
    Committee Chairman: A. Wilson
    Committee Members:
      T. Kelley
      Geo B. Cunningham
    Charter Rep.: Rev. Clarence H. Hesseldenz, Parish Priest
    Meeting Place: Blessed Martin DePorres Mission
1948 Charter Date April 11,1948; Expiration date February 15, 1949
    Scoutmaster: Thaddeus A. Whayne Jr.
    Committee Chairman: A. Wilson
    Committee Members:
      Charles Kirby
      Richard Shepperd
      Tom Kelley
    Charter Rep.: Rev. Clarence H. Hesseldenz, Pastor
    Meeting Place: Milton Turner School
    Saratoga and Milwaukee
1949 Charter Date February 14,1949; Expiration date February 1950
    Scoutmaster: Thaddeus A. Whayne Jr.
    Committee Chairman: A. Wilson
    Committee Members:
      Charles Kirby
      Richard Shepperd
      Tom Kelly
    Charter Rep.: Rev. Clarence H. Hesseldenz, Pastor
    Charter Organization Address change: Shelby and Alsobrook Streets, Kirkwood Missouri
    Meeting Place: Milton Turner School
    Saratoga and Milwaukee
1950 Charter Date February 6,1950; Expiration date February 1951
    Scoutmaster: Thaddeus A. Whayne Jr.
    Committee Chairman: Hulet Grayson
    Committee Members:
      Claude N. Bibb
      James Mosley
    Charter Rep.: Rev. Clarence H. Hesseldenz, Pastor
    Meeting Place: Blessed Martin DePorres Mission
1951 Charter Date February 12,1951; Expiration date February 1952
    Scoutmaster: Thaddeus A. Whayne Jr.
    Committee Chairman: Hulet Grayson
    Committee Members:
      Claude N. Bibb
      Irving A. Bailey
    Explorer Advisor: William J. Jones
    Charter Rep.: Rev. Clarence H. Hesseldenz, Pastor
    Meeting Place: Blessed Martin DePorres Mission
1952 Charter Date February 14,1952; Expiration date February 1953
    Scoutmaster: Thaddeus A. Whayne Jr.
    Committee Chairman: Hulet Grayson
    Committee Members:
      Leo D. Louis
      Claude N. Bibb
    Explorer Advisor: William J. Jones
    Charter Rep.: Rev. Clarence H. Hesseldenz, Pastor
    Meeting Place: Blessed Martin DePorres Mission
1953 Charter was not renewed in February 1953, there is no "dropped unit report filed