The Troop/Crew 1954
Wednesday Newsletter

 

Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Hi Folks,

Thanks to all who helped with last night's meeting. 

Here's the critical stuff going on:

First, our next camp-out will be February 10-12 at LOST PINES.  The main event will be the climbing tower.  In order to use the climbing tower we have to hire instructors.  To do this we MUST know who is coming on the trip by next week's meeting.  So, please come next week with hard knowledge about whether you will or will not come.

Crew 1954 is invited to join the Troop for this camp-out.  Climbing towers are definitely high adventure.

Second, Congrats to our O Meet team who finished in fourth place in their division.  This was out of a field of 11.  Great work folks.  We'll get into the top three next year for sure.

Third, I've gotten some feedback on the possibility of moving the meeting night from Tuesday to Thursday and I'd like some more.  Please let me know if you have any strong feelings. 

Lastly, we have a variety of events coming up that, while we are not participating as a group, you're welcome to attend.  Some of the younger scouts need additional activities to qualify them for First Class.  They can get activity credit by participating in any of these events.  Here they are: This Saturday at 8:30, Cub Scout Pinewood Derby.  Saturday February 5, Report To State.  Sunday February 6, Scout Sunday. Saturday February 18 Merit Badge University (you must already be registered).  We'll have additional activities in March.

Next week we'll continue to work on a variety of scout skills and we'll have a demonstration by anyone who brings a skateboard, with some prizes for the best stuph.

Patrol Award: All units were judged to be of equivalent on all measures.  Awards to all.

As always, the Troop 1954 events calendar, this and all back newsletters,  and all sorts of other useful information is available on our website at www.sanmarcos1954.org  The Wednesday Newsletter is the official record of Troop 1954 and serves as minutes for all troop and committee meetings.

Attendance

SPL  Tony Frediani presiding assisted by acting ASPL Mason R-K

 

 

Chingy Hobbits Patrol Leader, James Wheatly

 

Aaron
Daniel
John
James
 

 

 

Ferocious Ferrets  Patrol Leader, Perry Henson

 

Tony
Lorenzo
Perry

 

 

Mullets  / Whitey Tighties   Patrol Leaders, Mason R-K and  Ace Govea

 

Nathan He.
Philip
Mason R-K
Alexey

 

 

 

Non-Patrol Scouts 

  

Sean Fink

 

Point System Scoring

 

Patrol

Attend.

Uniform

Behavior

Game

Spirit

Meeting

6 Mo

V. Badgers

 

 

 

 

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F. Ferrets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mullets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Biohazards

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fromage

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Piffs

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notes: 1) you get half a point for wearing a "class B" on a "class A" night
2) We're adding a category for the evening's contest (whatever it may be).  We'll see how it works.
3) We'll try another new rule...especially because we have reduced summer attendance.  In case of tie, the patrol with the largest number of people attending gets the award.

Note: Scouts with more than three consecutive misses will not be counted against patrol attendance scores.  Such scouts are not removed from their patrols.  They are simply not counted for attendance points until they return.  Also note that when all patrols score the same on a category, it doesn't matter what they score.

Behavior, subtract for each incident.

Fails to come to order when scout sign given -1
Fighting with each other -1 per incident
Bad language -1 per incident
Failure to treat others with respect -1
Asked repeatedly to do any task -1
Fails to clean up -1
Shows poor sportsmanship -1

Spirit: Add for each, highest score is a five.

All members cooperate with game +1
Members make progress on meeting’s task +1
Members show enthusiasm for tasks +1
Members show good organization (listen to PL and Coach) +1
Members exemplify Scout Law +1


 

 

Announcements

 

 

 

 

News of the Scouting World


A scouting tradition

By BOB BURCHETTE, Greensboro North Carolina News and Record


HIGH POINT - James Montgomery shared a multitude of stories around campfires and hiked many miles after joining Boy Scout Troop 4 at Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church in 1925, only five years after the troop was organized.

His days in scouting were some of his most exciting during his 92 years, Montgomery said.

Troop 4, organized by the High Point Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by the church, is the oldest continuous troop in the city. The troop was founded Dec. 4, 1920, and will observe its 85th anniversary at 6 p.m. Feb. 15.

Montgomery, the oldest member among Troop 4 alumni, plans on being at an anniversary celebration at Wesley Memorial Church. He's hoping brother Frank, 82, also a member of the troop, will be on hand for the celebration, too.

James Montgomery joined this fairly new thing called "scouting'' that had started in England in 1908 as soon as he was old enough - at the minimum age of 12. He and his buddies saw scouting as a great adventure, getting to go camping, hiking through the woods, playing in lakes, ponds and rivers, and working on a variety of projects to earn merit badges, he said.

By age 17, Montgomery had earned his Eagle badge, the Boy Scouts of America program's highest award. That was in 1930 - the year five troop members earned Eagles - brought the troop's total for the elite award to 10. Montgomery is the only surviving Eagle recipient among the first 10 who received the award.

Peyton Moffitt earned the first Eagle rank in the troop in 1927, followed by Craig McCanless and Howard Kelly in 1928 and Sherrod Salisbury and Frank Sizemore Jr. in 1929.

At the upcoming anniversary event, Troop 4 will award six Eagle badges, bringing the total to 159 during the troop's history, according to scoutmaster Steve Bouldin.

O. Delk Smith, who became scoutmaster in 1924, was the leader when both of the Montgomery boys - and many more - joined the troop.

Smith remained scoutmaster until 1942 and is credited with "holding it together'' during the tough, formative years - the depression and the first part of World War II, said former Troop 4 scoutmaster Lawson Ingram.

Delk never had more than 25 boys in the troop at any one period, but he was faithful to the task of keeping the troop going.

Ingram also spent 22 years as scoutmaster, retiring in 1985, and the troop averaged about 40 members per year during his tenure, he said. The troop now has 59 members.

Over the years, at least 600 boys were members of the troop, and many became community leaders in High Point and elsewhere. Some served with distinction in the military and in civic positions, Bouldin said. Like Montgomery, many of the Troop 4 members were not Wesley Memorial Church members. "We went over there because that was the only troop around," he said. "I was a member of First Methodist.''

Montgomery's scouting experience didn't end with Troop 4. He spent 40 years in Scouting, serving as scoutmaster for several years at Troop 55, which later was organized at First United Methodist Church. He also was scoutmaster at another Troop 55 - in Danville, where he worked for a few years before settling in with a job at the U.S. Postal Service in Greensboro.

"I returned to High Point in 1957 and the first thing they did at the church was ask me to be scoutmaster of Troop 55 again. Of course, I said 'yes,' " he said. Montgomery did that until sometime in the '70s.

Montgomery said he made lasting friendships in scouting. More important, as a youngster in Troop 4, he and the other boys "learned values. You learned so much about many things in going through the ranks; and you learned how to get along with people.''

Contact Bob Burchette at 883-4422, Ext. 234, or bburchette@news-record.com

Area's oldest Scout troop marks 85th anniversary at Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church

 

Upcoming Events


February 5, Report to State

February 6, Scout Sunday

February 10-12, Lost Pines.

February 18, Merit Badge University

March 13-17, Enchanted Rock Camp-Out

March 30-April 2, Camporee

April 4, Troop Elections

April 11, Spring Court of Honor

May 5-7, Inks Lake

June 2-4 Big Bend

July TBA Summer Camp