History - 1960's

 The 1960's saw a rapid growth of the 1st Wodonga Scouts at their newly established hall, with Cubs and Scouts becoming an integral part of life in Wodonga, with many mentions in the local papers (Border Morning Mail and Wodonga Express).

1963/64 saw a second issuing of a permissive occupancy for the site of the new hall and a letter to the Secretary of the Department of Crown Land and Survey seeking dual permission for both Guides and Scouts to use the site:

1966 saw the investiture of Cub scout David Richards by his father and Cub pack leader Chas Richards.

 Here is another photo of the father and son arriving for a meeting at the hall.  David was in 1st Wodonga B Pack (which later became known as Beaver pack).

This is a picture of a belt used from that era:

 

 This is a picture of the four "sixes" at that time out the front of the hall under the arch.  Note the lack of a fence and trees.

 In the mid 60's the cub pack leaders were Dorita Blundell, Margaret Sharp and Chas Richards seen below with their Cubs.

 The photo below is the 1st Wodonga B pack of cubs circa 1969 atop Mt. Baranduda near the Baranduda tower.

 The cub with the spade in this photo is Gary Gibson who is reported to be 1st Wodonga's first "link" badge recipient.

 The cards shown below are the training cards of Cub Leader Chas Richards.

 

 

 As mentioned earlier 1st Wodonga also made the news papers on a regular basis. This was through activities that they were doing making the news as well as the regular segment of "Scout News" section that was run at the time.
From 1967:

 

From 1968:

With the fast growing numbers there was a need to build extensions to the existing hall.

From 1969:
In another copy of the article below a hand written note states that the report was incorrect and the it was actually 1st Wodonga that had won the event overall not 1st Albury.

 

 

 

 

 

 By 1969 , however, the group had grown too large and the waiting list too long so it was decided to create a second  scout group.  So the 2nd Wodonga Scout Group was formed and a hall built over near the back of the show grounds and horse racing track.

 

 By the time the seventies arrived the group was well established and was thriving, as scouting was now very popular with the community.
The following are some of the certificates presented or used during the sixties: