Name/Title
BSA Christmas 1945 GreetingsEntry/Object ID
2.16.2Description
Christmas Boy Scouts Greetings 1945 from Bob Hodgson. Material: paper, metal. Size: 5 1/2" x 8". Description: yellow card stock cover with green graphic of Boy Scout organization and title: "A Merry Christmas To You 1945". Contents: unnumbered pages includes a letter to "Dear Scouts" from their past leader, Robert Hodgson wherein he expresses his pride in the military achievements of those men who were former members of Boy Scout Troop 85 in Waseca and wishes them a Merry Christmas; active scouts as of December 1945 with leaders Bob Halstead and John Wyman, listed by patrol; Scoutmaster R. E. Hodgson and assistant scoutmasters Herman Peterson, R. P. Smith and J. E. Farrell; the booklet continues to list each and every past scout who and what they are doing as an adult; the last page is entitled "In Memorium" and lists those who lost their lives in World War II combat: William Conway, Ray Davison, Russell Deputy, James Dunn, Goerge Kiesler, George Mann, Uriah Miller and Henry Wood.Cataloged By
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Object Name
BookletClass
Documentary ArtifactCategory
Communication ArtifactsCreate Date
February 5, 2016Update Date
June 16, 2026