I had been in Cub Scouts while living in East Oakland. We moved to San Lorenzo in perhaps October of 1954 when I was ten, not yet 11 so I could not yet become a Boy Scout. That I did in June of 55 when I joined Troop 1 at David E. Martin elementary school which was at the West end of Paseo Grande. I guess there were at least two other troops in San Lorenzo but Troop 1 was truly number one at the time. I was in Beaver patrol. I think a boy named Henderson was patrol leader or soon would be. The troop's Scout Master was Goldsworthy. He had two sons that were in the troop. The Assistant Scout Master, his name escapes me at the moment, I want to say Chuck, was once a Marine Corp drill sergeant so we spent allot of time in close order drill. Not a standard Boy Scout past time but I loved it. At one time there were at least 60 scouts in the troop in perhaps 6 patrols and when we were on the march we were quite impressive. When I got to Navy boot camp I was one of our company's best at close order drill as a result of my Boy Scout experience.   I am dumping this to this page off the top of my head at the moment and will refine it latter with much more recollections including when my late Father Joe Safer was Scout Master.

June 1955, probably my birthday. I turned 11 so I could join Boy Scouts, Troop 1 San Lorenzo California. I am showing off my new uniform.

Probably my birthday, 1955. My brother Ken is still wearing his Cub Scout uniform. We had been in Pack 57, Oakland California. We moved to San Lorenzo in October of 1954.

The high light of each year was our week at Boy Scout Camp Diamond O near Yosemite. Hear is our Troop Plank.

At Diamond O. On the right is our Scout Master, Mr. Goldsworthy. On the left is our Assistant Scout Master. What was his name??

The Diamond O chow hall.

Ben??

Diamond O's "Pill Hill". The camp doctor's office. I think that is Tom Murphy in the fore ground. Against the tree is, as I recall, a Junior Assistant Scout Master (JASM), An Air Scout. I think he wore a lite Blue uniform. His Name??

A bunch of us at the Diamond O Swimming hole. Front center is Craig Henderson, patrol leader of my Beaver Patrol. Can you name the others?

Typical barracks at Diamond O, perhaps 1956? There is a "graveyard" in the fore ground.

One of the many graves.

The one in rhe center reads "He was too heavy to be carried thats why he was buried. Scott Siconte".  His last name is hard to read.

Me at the "Kraft Keral". Diamond O.

At the Diamond O swimming hole. That is our Scout Master Mr. Goldsworthy in the uniform.

Who is this??

My Beaver Patrol when I was Patrol Leader, or in this photo, Den Mother. This was taken at the swimming hole.

I believe Troop 1 had been renamed Troop 601 by the time this picture of Parol leaders and other senior scouts was taken in 1958. I on the left. Craig Henderson with the tongue. Baker(?) upper right. Name the others.

Field trip to Sacramento. Left to right, Baker(?) Tom Murphy, Who?, me.

My Troop 601 Beaver Patrol heading out on a bike ride for our Bicycling Merit Badge. I am on the right. Name the others.

Beaver Patrol meeting in my garage. I am on the right. Name the others.

I made it to Explorer Scout so I have a new dark green uniform. I was still with troop 601. I am "Star" with 9 merit badges in this photo from the summer of 1958.

My Father Joe Safer became Scout Master but I have not yet located any photos of him as such. If you have one, please contact me. This is a photo of him at a Contenental Can Company picnic at  about the same time he was Scout Master.

Troop 601's 20 mile hike at Diamond O 1959. My brother, Ken, is 6th from the left. Jim Griffen, who gave me this photo, is 3rd from right. He is still active in Scouting. Help me identify the others.

My last vist to Diamond O, June of 1961. I am on the right. My brother Ken is in uniform. I was a member of the staff that year working mostly in the chow hall.