[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 12378-12379]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               TRIBUTE TO BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA TROOP 533

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                            HON. TODD ROKITA

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 28, 2017

  Mr. ROKITA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor an important Hoosier 
institution, the Boy Scouts of America Troop 533 from Munster, Indiana, 
which is celebrating its ninetieth anniversary this year.
  Boy Scout Troop 533 was organized in 1927 by Mr. Maury Kraay, an 
eighth grader attending Munster Public Schools. He gathered classmates, 
local boys, and a retired school principal to form Munster's Boy Scout 
Troop. Troop 533 was present on June 14, 1927 when President Calvin 
Coolidge dedicated Wicker Park in Highland, Indiana. The Troop was also 
heavily involved in the World War II effort by organizing parades and 
rallies for war bonds, planting and maintaining gardens for local 
consumption, practicing blackout drills, carrying warden messages and 
reports to sector headquarters, and participating in wartime recycling 
programs.
  More recently, Troop 533 organized Cub Scout Packs in Munster 
elementary schools in the 1960s. In 1982, the Troop presented the 
colors during the dedication of the first Munster Town Council meeting 
in the town's newly

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constructed municipal complex, and began leading the Independence Park 
Fourth of July Parade a year later--an honor it still holds today. 
During the Little Calumet River flooding in 2008, Troop 533 assisted 
with filling sandbags to protect public and private property and later 
helped with yard clean-up, raking, moving dirt, and re-graveling 
driveways after the flood waters subsided.
  Troop 533 has positively influenced countless Munster families by 
leading many boys to success, including producing over 100 Eagle 
Scouts. The scouts and their adult leaders have long served the 
community in which they live and love. They have lived by the Boy Scout 
Oath and Motto, and my hometown of Munster is better for having Troop 
533 a part of the community.
  Mr. Speaker, as a proud father of a young Cub Scout, I am honored to 
congratulate Munster Boy Scout Troop 533, on its ninetieth anniversary 
and look forward to their continued service to fellow Hoosiers and our 
nation.

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