Boy Scout Troop 22 to celebrate anniversary

YOUNGSTOWN — Boy Scout Troop 22 will observe its 50th anniversary April 19 at St. Christine Parish Center, 3165 S. Schenley Ave.

Monsignor David Rhodes will celebrate a Divine Liturgy at 4 p.m., and a dinner will be served at 5. Afterward there will be a special Eagle Scout rededication ceremony attended by Lord Robert Baden Powell, a founder of scouting.

All past members of the troop and Cub Scout Pack 22 are invited to attend; paid resevations are required. For details contact Bob Capp, (330) 759-2535. For information on the troop, call Matt Sweely, (330) 793-0438.

Troop 22 was organized in April 1958 and chartered to St. Christine Church, with John Wunderle as Scoutmaster and the Rev. Gordon Gutman as sponsoring executive. Edward Higgins was the first member of the troop to attain Eagle Scout status on Dec. 7, 1961. There are 45 Eagle Scouts in the troop, which meets at 7 p.m. Tuesdays at the parish center. Sweely is Scoutmaster, and Monsignor Rhodes is sponsoring executive.