Troop 42
Scouting in Pennington

Troop 42 was first chartered in the Fall of 1965, sponsored by the Pennington Methodist Church. At the time, Troop 41 and Troop 44 were so large that there was a need to start a new troop. During the 1960s, Troop 41 registered about 80 scouts, Troop 42 registered about 30 scouts, and Troop 44 registered about 46 scouts, for a total of 156 scouts in Pennington Boy Scouting units. The first Troop 42 scoutmaster was Radcliff (Cliff) Van Dyke.

During the late 1960s and the 1970s there was a significant nation-wide loss of interest in Scouting. As the number of scouts declined and leaders became more difficult to register, Troop 42 eventually came to a end, sometime around 1977. Since that time, there has been a renewed interest in Scouting and the two remaining troops are during well.

May 2, 2004