Alma D. Banks, longtime Boy Scout advocate, has been honored for his years of service to the youth organization.
Banks was honored during ceremonies Saturday at Al Gaudio's Boy Scout Museum in Provo. The Order of the Arrow room, housed in the museum, will display a plaque over the entrance bearing Banks' name.Banks and his wife Rosalie constructed an authentic Indian costume that was donated to the room. Banks became involved with Scouting in 1952 when he became the first man to be called as a Cub Scout Master in the Utah National Parks Council.
Throughout the past three decades Banks has taken great interest in Scouting and in the Order of the Arrow. He is primarily responsible for creating and teaching Indian hoop dancing adopted by the Brigham Young University Lamanite Generation.
Health problems have made it necessary for Banks to stop participating in the Order of the Arrow, but his heart is still in it.
Banks longtime friend, Al Gaudio has developed a large Boy Scout Museum above his boot and shoe repair business in downtown Provo. Gaudio is a former professional Scouter and his wife, Jeanne, continues working for the Utah National Parks Council.