Tingley had one of the first Boy Scout troops in Ringgold County, organized August 12, 1912. The scouts were: Rayymond BYERS, Lloyd GARVER, Wilfred POLLOCK, Lawrence HAVER, Clarence HAUSZ, Clarence LANHAM, Clarence HASS, Cecil HAVER, Cecil FENDER, Cecil CUNNINGHAM, Lloyd ROUSH, Roy SHEESLEY, Elgin ASBURY, Albert FRANKLIN, Floyd MILLER, Willie MARINER, Irwvin BISCHOFF, Bertrum HOUSE, Rolla ASHENHURST, and Ernie FRANE.

They were warned that "swearing and tobacco using would not be tolerated in the Tingley Troop."

Their first camp out was 2 miles north of Mt. Ayr. They got up at 3:34 A.M. to prepare for the long walk to Tingley. They came into town whistling "Marching Through Georgia."

Tingley Vindicator, July 21, 1938

The local Boy Scouts had their annual camp on Grand River. Those who attended were: Donald BOSWORTH, Billy BRECKENRIDGE, Dean BRECKENRIDGE, Junior EATWELL, Raymond BALL, Paul ALEXANDER, Dean GARLAND, Russell BOYD, Lee MAYNARD, Marvin McCOWEN, Keith RICHARDS, Cecil BLUNCK, George STRINGER, Lyle TROXELL, Edwin VerPLOEGH, Clark Van SICKLE, together with their Scoutmaster, Delbert PIDGEON.

Tingley Vindicator, July 10, 1947

Boy Scout Troop #167 of Tingley had a week's outing at Lake of Three Fires - Guy PETERS, Allen COFFMAN, M. C. BEEN, John OVERHOLTZER, Ken KIBURZ, and Keith WRIGHT.

Boy Scouts have continued intermittently throughout the 71 years since its beginning in Tingley. Tingley's only Eagle Scout was Kenneth KIBURZ, under the leadership of Scoutmaster Wayne OVERHOLTZER.

  SOURCE: Tingley, Iowa Centennial: 1883 - 1983. p. 111. PSI, Inc. Belmond IA. 1983.
Courtesy of Mount Ayr Public Library, September of 2011