I VOLUME 1, NUMBER 18 RIDGEF I ELD, COh!NECTI CUT 06877 JULY 1, 1969 1

CAMP MAUWEHU AND CAMP MEFFERT NEAR CAPACITY

CAMP OPENS JULY 6, 1969

CAMP CLOSES AUG, 23,1969

Francis Kalaman,MD--District Chairman Richard Deso------- D i s t r i c t Executive Richard Booth-------District Commissioner Roger Paquin------- A s s ' t . Dist . Exec.

SASQUA DISTRICT EVENTS

J u l y 4 O f f i c e Closed J u l y 6 Camp Mauwehu Opens f o r Season Aug. 8 Execut ive Board At Camp Aug. 8 Sherman Day a t Camp Aug. 8 Par 100 Regional I n s p e c t i o n Aug. 16 O/A Banquet and Brotherhood Aug. 2 3 Camp Closes

TROOPS ATTEND I NG SUMMER CAMP

The h i g h l i g h t of every S c o u t ' s yea r i s t h e week he spends a t summer camp. The camp s t a f f i s do ing eve ry th ing t o make t h i s yea r t h e f i n e s t e v e r . Here i s some informa- t i o n f o r t hose l e a d e r s p lanning t o go t o camp t h i s summer TROOP 3 SCOUT RECEIVED MEDAL OF MERIT

S h o r t l y you w i l l r e c e i v e a 1969 Program Guidebook.In- fo rma t ion r ega rd ing t h e program a t camp and what hap- pens when you a r r i v e w i l l b e covered.

Using t h i s book, you can d i s c u s s w i t h your t r o o p t en - t a t i v e programming of a c t i v i t i e s f o r t h e week.

One week b e f o r e your t r i p t o camp, you can p l a n v i s - i t i n g camp on a Wednesday evening and schedu le t h e t r o o p ' s a c t i v i t i e s f o r t h e week. Br ing a s s i s t a n t s and Jr. Leaders wi th you i f you wish.

Review t h e camp r u l e s wi th your u n i t b e f o r e coming t o camp.

George Wood o f Troop 3 i n Norwalk was awarded t h e Medal of Mer i t f o r s a v i n g t h e l i f e o f a f i v e y e a r o l d c h i l d , wh i l e v a c a t i o n i n g i n V i r g i n i a l a s t summer.

While wa lk ing a long t h e A t l a n t i c Ocean nea r L i l i a n , Va. on J u l y 4 , 1968, he saw Ca the r ine Lynn Andrews tumble from a s m a l l f l o a t i n t o wa te r ove r h e r head. Without a moment's h e s i t a t i o n , Scout Wood, who h o l d s a Mer i t Badge i n swimming, swam abou t 1 5 yards t o r e a c h t h e c h i l d and r e t u r n h e r s a f e l y t o s h o r e . Since C a t h e r i n e ' s p l i g h t was n o t immediate ly n o t i c e d by o t h e r s , George ' s concern and qu ick r e sponse a v e r t e d a t radgedy.

Be s u r e a l l who come t o camp i n c l u d i n g l e a d e r s have a Th i s award was p r e s e n t e d t o Scout Wood by Rev. Linwood med ica l form wi th them. Any Scou t o r Scou te r w i thou t Blackburn, Chairman of t h e Mauwehu C o u n c i l ' s Advancement a med ica l form w i l l be r e s t r i c t e d from w a t e r f r o n t ac- Committee, a t t h e Scout Act ion F a i r . t i v i t i e s .

Enjoy your week a t camp.

UNITED FUNDS NEED HELP

SASQUA DISTRICT RECOGNIZED FOR GROWTH United Funds i n t h e Sasqua D i s t r i c t a r e look ing f o r peop le t o h e l p w i t h t h e f a l l campaign. The Mauwehu Coun- c i l r e c e i v e s 58% of i t s budget from t h e Uni ted Funds and i f t h e campaiqns a r e n o t s u c c e s s f u l , t h e c o u n c i l w i l l n o t r e c e i v e i t s a i l o c a t i o n .

At t h e Annual Meeting of t h e Mauwehu Counc i l on June 3 , t h e Sasqua D i s t r i c t was p resen ted w i t h a c o f f e e p o t by P l e a s e s u p p o r t t h e United Funds b o t h f i n a n c i a l l y and Deputy Regional Scout Execut ive , Rober t S p r o u l . Th i s was with your assistance. The Scout.ng Program in our area i n r e c o g n i t i o n of an o u t s t a n d i n g yea r of e x t e n d i n g Scout- depends upon your help. i n g t o boys of t h e a r e a , w i th a 2 0 % i n c r e a s e i n member- s h i p . The c o f f e e p o t was p resen ted t o D i s t r i c t Commis- s i o n e r , Richard Booth. Our h e a r t f e l t t hanks t o a l l t hose d e d i c a t e d Scou te r s f o r t h e i r h e l p i n making t h i s p a s t y e a r s u c h an o u t s t a n d i n g success .

John L . Diet ter---------- Distr ict Chairman Bart let t Hastings--District Executive

john Moran--------------- Dis t r ic t Commissioner David Mazzei-------Ass ' t . Dist . Exec.

DISTRICT CURRENT EVENTS

J u l y 6 Camp Opens 18-19 Order of Arrow, F a t h e r & Son o v e r n i g h t - - a t

Camp Mauwehu 22 O/A. V i g i l Tap Out 23 O/A N a t i o n a l Con fe r ence

Mauwehu's Scou t Band L e a d e r , Don M e l i l l o

TOP UNITS I N TICKFT SALES FOR SCOUT ACTION FAIR

C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s t o t h e f o l l o w i n g 10 u n i t s f o r t h e i r f i n e job o f s e l l i n g t i c k e t s f o r t h e S c o u t A c t i o n F a i r , e s - 1 p e c i a l l y t o Pk. 84 o f Sherman f o r d o i n g t h e b e s t job i n t h e d i s t r i c t .

1. Pk.84 - 449 6 . Pk. 80 - 275 2. Tr .87 - 417 7 . Pk. 87 - 277 3. Tr .49 - 339 8 . T r . 55 - 225 4 . Pk.47 - 313 9. Pk.116 - 199 5 . Pk.175 - 276 1 0 . Pk.23 - 165

I t miqh t b e no t ed t h a t t h e Cubs o u t s o l d t h e Scou t s

Troop 26 u n d e r t h e l e a d e r s h i p o f C h a r l e s S m i t h , J r . , S c o u t - m a s t e r , and 10 dads l e f t f o r Washington,D.C. on Wednesday June 25 , w i t h 40 S c o u t s t o spend f o u r days t o u r i n g t h e C a p i t a l .

Troop 90 unde r t h e l e a d e r s h i p o f Dona ld Dennis , Scoutmas- t e r , B l a i r A l b r e c h t , A.S.M. and Raymond Arche r , Committee man and 11 S c o u t s , l e f t Sunday, J u n e 2 2 , f o r S t .Thomas i n t h e V i r g i n I s l a n d s . They w i l l spend two weeks t h e r e Qmp- i n g and s i g h t s e e i n g .

The f o l l o w i n g D i s t r i c t S c o u t e r s w i l l be a t t e n d i n g a Woodbadge T r a i n i n g Course t h i s summer: Mortimer Johnson , T r , 1 5 and Edmund Condon, T r . 42.

P a u l Grammatico, Jo seph Lynch a n d Gary Lund were among 0.A.Mernbers t o a t t e n d t h e Region I O.A. Conference a t t h e Bos ton C o u n c i l Camp (Adams Pond) i n Barns tead ,N.H. on t h e weekend o f June 21 ,22 ,23 .

Do you know t h a t t h e d i s t r i c t now h a s 2534 boys r e g i s - t e r e d i n 70 u n i t s - - t h i s i s 205 more t h a n a t t h e same t i m e l a s t y e a r . Packs a v e r a g e 4 5 Cubs w h i l e Troops ave r age 23. Looks l i k e t h e Troops need t o d o some r e c r u i t i n g t h i s . fa l l

SCATACOOK DISTRICT RECOGNIZED FOR GROWTH

Robe r t Sprou1,Deputy Regional S c o u t E x e c u t i v e r e c o g n i z - ed t h e Sca t acook D i s t r i c t f o r i t s o u t s t a n d i n g r e c o r d i n g rowth d u r i n g 1968 by p r e s e n t i n g t h e D i s t r i c t w i t h a new c o f f e e p o t a t t h e c o u n c i l ' s Annual Banquet . The r e c o r d showed a 32 .2% growth . John M o r a n , D i s t r i c t Commissioner, a c c e p t e d t h e g i f t on b e h a l f of t h e d i s t r i c t .

SCOUTS AND CUBS EARN S , A, F , NECKERCHIEFS

The f o l l o w i n g boys i n t h e S c a t a c o o k D i s t r i c t e a r n e d t h e S c o u t A c t i o n F a i r Neckerchief by s e l l i n g a t l e a s t 25 t i c k e t s .

Ken Athens F r a n c i s Bahr Gene Barf i e l d Robt. B r y a n t R u s s e l l B u t l e r R o b e r t C l a r k David Deboben Geo. Delong Nick Didkowsky John Ganley G e o f f r e y Greve Rex Hodge Bob Kahl Mike Keeshan B i l l y Kn ipp l e Kenny Kn ipp l e Henry Knoblock

T r . 87 T r . 52 T r . 49 Pk. 11 T r . 125 Pk. 142 Pk. 23 T r . 11 Pk. 84 T r . 71 T r . 49 Pk. 84 T r . 87 T r . 49 Pk. 84 Pk. 84 Pk. 84

S t e v e n Knoblock Pk. 84 Denn i s Leonard T r . 33 C h r i s L indsey T r . 49 Mike Mahanor Pk. 84 Pau l Mi l ewsk i Pk.175 Mike McConkey Pk. 1 7 5 Kevin Muldoon T r . 8 R o b e r t N e l l T r . 26 Mark O s i e c k i Pk. 1 7 5 L a r r y P r i o r T r . 8 David Roy Tr. 126 Mike Robbins Pk. 84 Tom Sch re t zenmaye r Pk-142 Ray Schuman T r . 107 R i c h a r d Thomas Pk. 87 Mark W i l l i a m s Pk. 84 David W i r t e s Pk. 23

A s p e c i a l "Thanks" t o t h e fo l lowing f o r spending t ime ~t Camp Mauwehu wi th us g e t t i n g camp ready f o r t h i s sum- ler .

Troops 15,31,47,49 For s e t t i n g up and r e - 63,67,98,123 p a i r i n g s i t e s . and t h e O.A.

Joseph Gardner

F e l i x Antedomenico Ken S t rong

A 1 Wyland Tom Nelson & Son Richard Dade Kenneth S t rong Tr . 4 9 ' s Gang

Lee Barnum

John Lucchesi

Dale Chayes Gordon Knapp Glenn Wicklund

Rober t Beschle

Making 1 5 Troop Pro- gram M a t e r i a l Boxes.

Making new docks f o r Camp Mef fe r t .

S e t t i n g up Camp Mef- f e r t .

Secur ing poison ivy sp ray .

Helping t o p u t i n docks .

A l l a round h e l p e r s

Cleaning o u t and patch- i n g t h e wa te r t a n k s .

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~ a c h month i x c i p c Juiv I ? d i d August 1'

BOY S C O U T S OF AMERICA, INC. 5 7 MAIN ST - P O BOX 326 RIDGEFIELD, CONN 06877

Phone 438-2653

Walter N . PZaut, Council Fresident

Earle H. Comatock, Cornmieeioner Raymond F. Heck, J r . , Scour Executive

Roger 0. Paquin - E d i t o r

REMINDER: TO ALL TROOPS ATTENDING SUMMER CAMP

A. A l l f e e s must be pa id on o r be fo re Troop comes t o camp

B. Un i t l e a d e r o r r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s a r e i n v i t e s and u r - ged t o a t t e n d a program planning s e s s i o n a t Camp Mau- wehu T r a i n i n g Lodge on t h e Wednesday b e f o r e the Troop i s due t o a r r i v e a t camp. We w i l l t r y t o s t a r t a t 7:30 P. M.

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