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INTERNATIONAL SCOUTING COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION

JVol 10, No. 3OURNAL September 2010

SPECIAL 2010 NATIONAL JAMBOREE EDITION

ISCA JOURNAL - SEPTEMBER 2010 1 INTERNATIONAL SCOUTING COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION, INC

CHAIRMAN PRESIDENT

TERRY GROVE, 2048 Shadyhill Terr., Winter Park, FL 32792 CRAIG LEIGHTY, 4529 Coddington Loop #108, Wilmington, NC 8405 (321) 214-0056 [email protected] (910) 233-4693 [email protected]

BOARD MEMBERS VICE PRESIDENTS:

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BRUCE DORDICK, 916 Tannerie Run Rd., Ambler, PA 19002, (215) 628-8644 [email protected] Administration

JAMES ELLIS, 405 Dublin Drive, Niles, MI 49120, (269) 683-1114, [email protected] Communications

TOD JOHNSON, PO Box 10008, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96158, (650) 224-1400, Finance & Membership [email protected] DAVE THOMAS, 5335 Spring Valley Rd., Dallas, TX 75254, (972) 991-2121, [email protected] Legal

JEF HECKINGER, P.O. Box 1492, Rockford, IL 61105, (815) 965-2121, [email protected] Marketing

AREAS SERVED: GENE BERMAN, 8801 35th Avenue, Jackson Heights, NY 11372, (718) 458-2292, [email protected] BILL LOEBLE, 685 Flat Rock Rd., Covington, GA 30014-0908, (770) 385-9296, [email protected] OA Relationships

TRACY MESLER, 1205 Cooke St., Nocona, TX 76255 (940) 825-4438, Web Site Administration [email protected] DAVE MINNIHAN, 2300 Fairview G202, Costa Mesa, CA 92626, (714) 641-4845, [email protected] JOHN PLEASANTS,1478 Old Coleridge Rd., Siler City, NC 27344, (919) 742-5199, Advertising Sales [email protected] BRUCE RAVER, PO Box 1000, Slingerlands, NY 12159, (518) 505-5107, [email protected]

JODY TUCKER, 4411 North 67th St., Kansas City, KS 66104, (913) 299-6692, [email protected] Web Site Management

TICO PEREZ, 919 Wald Rd., Orlando, FL 32806, (407) 857-6498, [email protected]

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The International Scouting Collectors Association Journal, “The ISCA Journal,” (ISSN 1535-1092) is the official quarterly publication of the International Scouting Collectors Association, Inc. (ISCA) and is issued in March, June, September, and December by the International Scouting Collectors Association., Inc., 405 Dublin Lane, Niles, MI 49120. Periodicals Postage Paid at Niles, MI and at additional mailing offices. Annual membership dues are $10. Subscription for a printed copy of the International Scouting Collectors Association Journal is $25.00 per year (50.00 per year for delivery outside the United States). The International Scouting Collectors Association, Inc. is a non-profit organization which is staffed and operated solely by volunteers and has no affiliation with the Boy Scouts of America. Views expressed in this publication are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position of the International Scouting Collectors Association, Inc. ©2010, International Scouting Collectors Association, Inc. Printed in the USA.

POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The International Scouting Collectors Association Journal, c/o James Ellis, 405 Dublin Lane, Niles, MI 49120 2 ISCA JOURNAL - SEPTEMBER 2010 JOURNAL STAFF ON THE INSIDE

FEATURES TOR Calendar 5 EDITOR Officer Elections - Candidates Biographies 6 JAMES ELLIS Officer Elections - Ballot 7 405 Dublin Lane ISCA DSA Recipient 8 Niles, MI 49120 2010 National Scout Jamboree 9 Phone (269) 683-1114 Collecting Community Strips - Part 9 32 [email protected]

ASSISTANT EDITOR COLUMNS Chairman’s & President’s Message 4 KEVIN DOYLE ISCA News 8 1533 Kaminaka Drive World Jamboree 14 Honolulu, HI 96816 Looking For Red & Whites 16 Phone: (808) 735-3846 Way Back When 17 [email protected] Collecting Q & A 24 OA News 27 Collecting Camp Patches 33 CSP Corner 36 Advertisements 40 COLUMNISTS

BADGE COLLECTORS CORNER: HAROLD DAW 7B International Tower, 23 South Bay Close, Repulse Bay, Hong Kong, [email protected] COLLECTING CAMP PATCHES: BOB SHERMAN 4640 Main St., Stratford, CT 06614 (203) 378-9154 Publication and Advertising Deadlines [email protected] COLLECTING Q & A: ANDY DUBILL ADVERTISING EDITORIAL 10619 W. 109TH Street, Overland Park, KS 66210 (913) 8252003 [email protected] Vol. 10, No. 4 10/01/2010 10/15/2010 THE CSP CORNER: STEVE AUSTIN Vol. 11, No. 1 01/02/2011 01/15/2011 8237 Tuna Path, Liverpool, NY 13090 (315) 456-1511 saustin@ twcny.rr.com ISCA Journal Submission Guidelines HOBBY TRENDS: ROY MORE 5150 Carpenter Rd., Ypsilanti, MI 48197 (734) 434-8772 ramore@ Submissions should be made to the ISCA Journal Editor. Materials should be submitted in the following manner, unless prior arrangements tspa.com are made: LOOKING FOR RED AND WHITES: BLAKE KEASEY Text should be submitted through e-mail, or on disk, in a text file 1380 Oak Grove Drive, Decatur, GA 30033 (404) 321-7433 or MS-WORD form. PC platform only. [email protected] Images should be submitted separately and not embedded in MEMORABILIA COLLECTING ONLINE: KEVIN DOYLE text files. All images must be scanned at 300 dpi and saved at 1533 Kaminaka Drive, Honolulu, HI 96816 (808) 735-3846 a high quality, in a tiff or jpeg format. If there are limited images, [email protected] high quality hard copy can be submitted. A desired layout can be submitted, but ISCA reserves the right NECKERCHIEF SLIDES: JOHN KOPPEN to edit material or layout. 12705 NW Puddy Gulch Rd., Yamhill, OR 97148 (503) 662-3953 [email protected] All submissions must be made in advance of the submission deadline. No exceptions will be made. ORDER OF THE ARROW NEWS: DAVE MINNIHAN & BRUCE SHELLEY The Editor is available to assist writers regarding the preparation 2300 Fairview, G202, Costa Mesa, CA 92626 (714) 641-4845 of articles and submission of materials. [email protected] Submission materials will be returned if requested. The WAY BACK WHEN: DAVID C. SCOTT International Scouting Collectors Association, Inc. retains 6636 Briar Cove Drive, Dallas, TX 75254 (214) 616-0161 copyright over all materials published in the ISCA Journal, unless [email protected] express written permission for use is given. WORLD JAMBOREE: NEIL LARSEN 4332 Marigold Ave, Vadnais Heights, MN 55127-3540 Advertising Rates Full Page $165.00 Half Page $82.50 1/4 Page $41.25 Special placement fees 50-200% All advertising submissions should be made to the Advertising Manager and meet the ISCA Journal submission guidelines and deadlines.

ISCA JOURNAL - SEPTEMBER 2010 3 CHAIRMAN’S & PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

The Jamboree is over and a great time was had by all. If you were not there to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Scouting, hopefully you were able to participate in a regional or local activity commemorating the event. If not, then maybe you at least have heard some great stories. The trading was everywhere including much cloth and many other items that became instant collectables. Wow!!

For the past several months, ISCA has been in transition. The Board of Directors has re-organized into a better functioning unit and has streamlined Terry Grove Craig Leighty responsibilities so that we can be more effective. Please note some of Chairman President these changes as you look elsewhere in the Journal at the positions up for nomination and election this fall.

There has been a lot discussion about the change of status for “life members.” ISCA is fortunate that we have many, many life members who understood the necessity of the actions taken and have supported the decision. The transition has been smooth for the most part. If you are a life member, we thank you for your understanding and support.

Looking ahead, ISCA will have its annual Convention in Dallas next January. New officers will be installed and plans will be laid out for 2011 and 2012 and beyond. It will be an exciting time as ISCA moves forward into its second decade of existence after the merger of the American Scouting Traders Association with the National Scouting Collectors Society in 2001. While it is still early in the planning, it is looking good that the Pre-NOAC TOR in 2012 will again be part of the NOAC program. ISCA is discussing the possible hosting of the event, so look for more information about this in the coming months.

See the separate article about the Jamboree, but let us summarize things here. ISCA again sponsored the Collections merit badge booth in Merit Badge Midway. An estimated 2,000 Scouts came through the booth and 1375 earned the merit badge (4th place overall for the merit badge midway out of 100 merit badges offered). We also had an ISCA information booth located in conjunction with the merit badge booth to provide ISCA information. As part of the ISCA area, three trading card vendors donated cards to pass out to the Scouts which aided in bringing kids into the merit badge area. Also check out the new ISCA mascot that was introduced at the Jamboree . . . “Patchy Pal.” He is a young (cartoon) Scout holding a 2010 BSA logo patch that is always wanting to trade patches . . . and of course, is always doing it following the ISCA Ethics policy.

New updated CSP and OA checklists were available, as were checklists for the 100th Anniversary of Scouting and Jamboree JSP’s. As part of the effort to start beefing up the website, these checklists (and others) are now maintained on the ISCA website for everyone to down load and use. Just visit the reference section of the website at any time.

Also, when you now access the website and sign in to the members only area, you will note that the process has changed. As was discussed in a communication that has gone out to all members, we no longer provide a generic ID and password for logging in. Each member now uses his or her ISCA four digit member ID and a unique password. If you have not logged in yet to update your profile and reset your password, please do it now. You can also change your address and all of your other information as frequently as you wish and it is automatically updated in our data base immediately. And remember, the ISCA Journal is also posted electronically in the members only area as well . . . check it out and see how easy it is to use.

4 ISCA JOURNAL - SEPTEMBER 2010 Texas -- 4th Annual Capitol Trade-O-Ree New Hampshire -- New England Scout Memorabilia Dates: 9/3/2010 thru 9/4/2010 Show Location: VFW Post 8787 Hall 2 and 3, 500 VFW Dr., Dates: 10/29/2010 thru 10/30/2010 Austin, Texas, Texas Location: Camp Carpenter Dining Hall Home of the Contact: Jim Sylvester, 1600 Morning Quail, Austin, Lawrence L. Lee Scouting Museum and Library, Camp TX 78758 (512) 835-1758, [email protected]. Carpenter, Manchester, New Hampshire tx.us Contact: Greg Anthony, 10 Lilac Court, Nashua, NH

03062, [email protected] TOR CALLENDAR Pennsylvania -- Philly Trade O Ree Dates: 9/10/2010 thru 9/11/2010 Missouri -- TWENTY- SECOND ANNUAL GREATER Location: PA National Guard Armory, 2700 ST. LOUIS SCOUT MEMORABILIA SHOW AND Southampton Road, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania TRADE-O-REE Contact: Frank Barger, 1485 Valley Forge Dates: 11/19/2010 thru 11/20/2010 Road, Wayne, PA 19087 (215) 620-5038, Location: Epiphany Catholic Church Gym, 6596 [email protected] Smiley Ave., St. Louis, Missouri 63139 Contact: John Remelius, 6400 Lynbrook, St. Georgia -- 2010 ATLANTA SCOUT MEMORABILIA Louis, MO 63123, (314) 353-3285 or (314) 504-8898 SHOW & TRADE-O-REE Dates: 9/24/2010 thru 9/25/2010 Virginia -- 35th. Annual Colonial Williamsburg Atlanta Area Council Volunteer Service Center at I-75 Trade-O-Ree & I-285, Atlanta, GA, 1800 Circle 75 Parkway, SE Dates: 2/18/2011 thru 2/19/2011 Atlanta, Georgia Location: Potomac Hall, George Washington Inn, 500 Contact Randy Yates, 1593 Crestline Drive Merrimac Trail, Williamsburg, VA 23185 NE, Atlanta, GA 30345, (404) 636-1251 yates55@ Contact: John Ortt, 968 Lindsley Drive, Virginia comcast.net Beach, VA 23454 (757) 496-9540, [email protected] or Mike Scott, 5424 Glamis Court, Virginia Beach, VA Oregon -- Ed Harris (Portland) Trade-O-Ree 23464 (757) 420-2039, [email protected] Dates: 10/1/2010 thru 10/2/2010 Location: Goldas Kitchen, 11300 SE 147th Ave., Pennsylvania -- 27th. Annual Pittsburgh Trade-O-Ree Happy Valley, Oregon Dates: 3/11/2011 thru 3/12/2011 Contact: Jeff Ansley, 2533 NW Rogue Valley Ter , Location: Pittsburgh Airport Holiday Inn, Beaverton, OR 97006, (503) 352-5357, skyloo442@ Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania comcast.net or Vince Bishop, Beaverton, OR, (541) Contact: Conrad Auel, 1516 Jones St., Monessen , 974-3620, [email protected] PA 15062 (724) 684-8585, [email protected] or Steve DeWick, 126 Sheldon Ave., Pittsburgh, PA Ohio -- Central Ohio TOR 15220 (412) 921-2089, [email protected] Dates: 10/15/2010 thru 10/16/2010 Location: Edwards Bldg, Franklin County Oklahoma -- Tulsa (T-Town) Trade-O-Ree Fairgrounds, 4100 Columbia St, Hilliard Ohio 43026 Dates: 4/8/2011 thru 4/9/2011 Contact: Mike Lush, 5392 Sherry Ct., Columbus, Location: Econo Lodge Conference Room, 11620 E. OH 43232, (614) 755-9393, [email protected] or Skelly Drive (I-44 at 11th Street), Tulsa, Oklahoma Rich Braessler, P.O. Box 29207, Columbus, OH Contact: Larry Trook, 6410 E. 165th, Bixby, OK 43229 (614) 436-7200 74008 (918) 636-5480, [email protected] or Mike Cale, OK, (918) 272-3181,

To have your TOR listed here, register it on the ISCA Website at www.scouttrader.org

ISCA JOURNAL - SEPTEMBER 2010 5 Terry Grove has been the Chairman of the ISCA Board for the past nine years. He is the recipient of the Scouting Memorabilia Distinguished Service Award. Under his leadership ISCA has redesigned its Board of Directors and strengthened its place within the collecting community. In 2009, ISCA negotiated with the National Committee of the Order of the Arrow to make the Pre-NOAC Trade-o-ree part of the NOAC program. At the 2010 National Jamboree ISCA provided the leadership for Collections Merit Badge where over 1,300 Scouts passed the merit badge.

Jim Ellis has been the editor of the ISCA Journal for the past 9 years and the Executive Vice President for most of that period. For over 20 years he has been a co-author of An Aid To Collecting Selected Council Shoulder Insignia with Valuation Guide. Currently, he is a member of the LaSalle Council Advisory Board and, more importantly, serves as a leader for his son’s WEBLOS den.

Bill Loeble is an Eagle Scout. He has served in many volunteer positions over his 56 year tenure in Scouting. He is currently a member of the the Southern Region Executive Board and the Atlanta Area Council Executive Board. As a youth he earned God and Country, attended two National Jamborees, and worked on camp staff for 6 summers. He was in the old Explorer program. Bill has a doctorate in Commissioner Science and continues to be a commissioner in his district. He also holds the Distinguished Commissioner Award. Among his recognitions are District Award of Merit, Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope, God & Service adult religious award, Order of the Arrow Distinguished Service Award, Scouters Training Award, Scouters Key, James E. West Fellow, and OA Founders Award. He is a vigil member of the OA and is Woodbadge trained. His passion for the OA spans decades. Chapter Adviser – 4 years; Lodge Adviser – 4 years; Section Adviser – 12 years; Southern Region OA Chairman – 5 years. Bill is Chief Operating Officer of Beaver Manufacturing Company, a very successful textile company in Mansfield, Georgia. He and his wife Diane have two grown married children and four grandchildren. Their son is an Eagle Scout. Bill’s interest in collecting began in 1960 at the National Jamboree in Colorado Springs. He has the largest CSP collection ever assembled (15,000 – no JSP’s); an entire OA numbers collections (old and new listings); one of the top Red & White collectors including military bases, and Philmont. He has complete collections from the three councils he has served, as well as the conclaves of which they have belonged.

Jody Tucker - No Bio submitted

Kirk Doan is an Eagle Scout and Vigil Honor member. He was the Lodge Chief of Waksoha Lodge 108 as a youth and was the Lodge Advisor of Tamegonit Lodge 147 for 10 years. Kirk has been to nearly all of the NOACs since 1969, and National Jamborees since 1973. He collects nearly all areas of Scout memorabilia including Scouts on Stamps. Kirk has contributed extensively to The Blue Book and OA Images.

Tracy Mesler joined Cub Scouts in August 1960 and has 45 + years as a Scout and Scouter. Eagle Scout and Vigil 1970. Philmont Trek, Trail Crew, Staff (conservationist), Woodbadge and Training Center (three times), Silver Beaver, Scoutmasters Award of Merit, District Award of Merit, Arrow of Light, Cubmasters Award, Cubscouters Award, Webeloes Leaders Award, Scouters Training Award, Section Award of Merit, Served as an Associate Post Adviser, Chapter Adviser, District Camping Committeeman, District Exploring Commissioner, Cubmaster, Pack Committee Chairman, Webloes Leader, Troop Committeeman, Assistant Scoutmaster, Scoutmaster, Unit Commissioner Associate Lodge Adviser, Assistant Lodge Adviser, Interim Lodge Adviser. Junior Assistant Scoutmaster 1969 National Jamboree. 1971 NOAC Public Relations Staff. 2009 NOAC Museum Staff. Currently serving as a Troop Committeeman, Lodge Historian and am on the 2015 OA Timeline Subcommittee. 52 years as a journalist, with my wife Linda and I own the weekly Nocona (Texas) News. We have three sons and two grandsons. Founding director of the North Texas Society of History and Culture dba Tales ‘N’ Trails Museum, serving as Board Secretary for the past 15 years. Editor and subsequently, as well as currently, co-author of The Warshield (Region 9 OA patch book). Regional contributor to Blue Books 1-6.

Tico Perez - No Bio Submitted

2010 CANDIDATE BIOS 2010 CANDIDATE Bob Cylkowski has a priority to involve younger people in planning the direction ISCA should take in the future. Those of us involved in the leadership of this organization have been collecting for 30-40 years, myself included. I’m not sure we can relate to what younger people expect from ISCA. This is key to attracting new members to the organization. I have been in Scouting since 1963 joining Cub Scouts in the San Francisco Council, becoming an Eagle Scout in 1971 with the Far East Council, and serving as an adult volunteer with the Arrowhead & Prairielands Councils. I have served as a District & Council Advancement Chairman and have been on my council’s Executive or Advisory Board for approximately 30 years. Collecting since 1969 when I attended a Jamboree in the Philippines, I have been a contributor to many collecting publications including the Arapaho series and Blue book. I held positions with ASTA, and have served as East Central/Central Region VP since the formation of ISCA. I would like to continue serving ISCA as a Board Member with your support. 6 ISCA JOURNAL - SEPTEMBER 2010 BALLOT HOW Chairman (3 year term) TO _____ Terry Grove 2010 OFFICER BALLOT

VP - Communications (3 year term) VOTE

_____ Jim Ellis You can vote in VP - Activities (2 year term) one of three ways:

_____ Bill Loeble By making a copy of this ballot Member (3 year term) - Vote for 3 and sending it to: _____ Jody Tucker Dave Thomas _____ Kirk Doan 5335 Spring Valley Rd. Dallas, TX 75254 _____ Tracy Mesler or Member (2 year term)

E-mailing Dave at: _____ Tico Perez

Member (1 year term) [email protected]

_____ Bob Cylkowski and indicating your choice of candidates

Signature ______or

ISCA # ______voting in the members only section ALL BALLOTS MUST of the ISCA website at:

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ISCA JOURNAL - SEPTEMBER 2010 7 ISCA DSA RECIPIENT FOR 2010 The ISCA Board of Trustees is proud to announce that DR. RON ALDRIDGE, ISCA #1, has been selected to receive the 2010 Distinguished Service Award. Ron is an Eagle Scout, former Scoutmaster of an inner-city Boy Scout troop, former Advisor of a Medical Explorer Post in Washington, D.C, and served on the NESA Staff of the 1977, 1981, and 1985 National Jamborees. He served two years as Editor of the Eagletter and received the NESA Silver Wreath Award. He served on Senior Staff of the 1976, 1979, and 1982 NESA National Conferences. In 1982 he was awarded the NESA National Distinguished Service Award. He consulted with the National Cub Scout Committee and wrote a chapter for their leadership manual. His years in Scouting total 55 years. He was also President of the Cross Timbers Girl Scout Council from 2003-2005. Currently he is Nominations Chair on the Frontier Trails District Committee, Longhorn Council. He was recently awarded the Cliff Dochterman Award for distinguished service to Scouting.

Dr. Aldridge has served on the Board of Directors of the Far West Scouting Museum, the Las Vegas International Scouting Museum and as an advisor to the Jack Harbin Scout Museum. He was President of the National Scouting Collector’s Society and co-facilitated the merger with ASTA to become ISCA. He was the first Chairman of the ISCA Board of Directors. He wrote the first book listing the issues of Region 7 OA patches in 1965 and, in 1998, wrote the set of books entitled “Patches and Memorabilia of the Order of the Arrow at National Events.” Dr. Aldridge also co-Hosts the Dallas National Trade-O-Ree.

MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS / RENEWALS

Check your mailing label - if it reads “Dues Paid Thru 09/30/2010,” THIS IS YOUR LAST ISSUE unless you renew immediately. A renewal reminder may also be mailed, but don’t count on it and risk missing an issue! Now would be a good time to check your collecting codes too and update them if needed. We no longer backdate memberships, so if you miss an issue you’ll have to buy it online from the ISCA store.

To join ISCA or renew your membership please go to www.ScoutTrader.org or send your application*/renewal to: ISCA Membership P.O. Box 10008, So. Lake Tahoe, CA 96158 ($35 for a yearly subscription, $10 for online subscription,

ISCA NEWS ISCA $25 for printed subscription if a life member, $60 for foreign subscription.) DO NOT SEND RENEWALS TO THE EDITOR *Applications are available online or from the ISCA Membership Vice President at the above address.

On The Cover . . .

ISCA member Rick Bedsworth teaches a Collections Merit Badge class at the 2010 National Scout Jamboree. recently held at Ft. A.P. Hill, Virginia. 1375 Scouts earned the Merit Badge - placing it 4th overall for all merit badges earned at Merit Badge Midway. 100 merit badges were offered during the Jamboree at the Midway. (Cover photo by Craig Leighty)

8 ISCA JOURNAL - SEPTEMBER 2010 2010 National Scout Jamboree ISCA Rocks!

ISCA sponsored the Collections merit badge at the 2005 National mascot was used as our booth logo and also on the patches that Scout Jamboree and we were proud to do it again this time. Like we issued including a free one to the first 500 boys that earned last time, we also had an ISCA booth to present the ISCA message the merit badge. We had a lot of fun with him and he was hit with and solicit memberships. the kids. We expect to see a lot more of him with many of other messages. At the Collections Merit Badge area, we processed probably close to 2,000 Scouts through the booth and Our staff this time included 9 full time Jamboree staff a total of ~ 1,375 Scouts (684 in 2005) completed members and an additional 27 member volunteer the merit badge. Approximately 90% of them day staff . . . and we could have used a lot more. earned it for collecting patches, not a real The full time people were Travis Bedsworth, surprise and in second place was trading cards Rick Bedsworth, Larry Faulkner, Craig Leighty, (mostly Magic Cards like last Jamboree). Paul Orgeron, Matthew Potthast, Greg Craig Leighty was the coordinator for the Robinson, Eva Shoemaker, and Nicholas Merit Badge booth. Thompson. Volunteer day staffers were Ronald Boller, Frances Crutchfield, George Scouts first attended a 15-20 minute Crutchfield, Michael Deleo, Jim Erickson, presentation covering a lot of what they Mike Erickson, Mike Evans, Peter Glass, Jon needed to learn about collecting, the merit Hall, Bob Hannah, Jef Heckinger, Nick Hess, badge requirements, and then for those that were Harry Hinrichsen, Destry Hoffard, Tod Johnson, using patches as their collection, we provided more Richard Jones, Dean Klingler, Bert Latuch, Bob information about patch collecting and trading including Levin, Hayes Looney, Roy More, Larry O’Connor, the basics, collecting terms, ethics in patch trading, value, Gumby Petersen, Chuck Shadrack, Dean Smith, Larry how and where to make trades, careers related to collecting, etc. Trook, and Adam VanBuskirk. A copy of the PowerPoint presentation that was presented in flip chart form has been posted on the ISCA website for anyone to see The ISCA booth was done in conjunction with the merit badge and use as appropriate. Each Scout was then given a four page booth. In addition to a stack of resource materials, we processed workbook to complete . . . and when they were ready, they sat down memberships and sold some ISCA T-shirs and ISCA hats. Several with a counselor and discussed how they met the requirements and ISCA checklists (which are also now kept current on the ISCA presented their collection. website in the reference section) were available. A list of traders was posted that included what they were trading, where they were For this Jamboree, we introduced a new ISCA mascot to help located, and a cell phone number in case someone wanted to try present the message of trading patches. The new mascot is and meet one of them. Everyone had a great time and enjoyed “Patchy Pal” a young Boy Scout cartoon figure in uniform. On all of watching the boys earn the merit badge. (All photos by Craig the patches is the following: “Patchy Pal Sez Wanna trade?” This Leighty)

Official Pocket Patches of the 2010 National Scout Jamboree

The list of 2010 JSPs and Staff and Activity items can be found in the Reference section of the ISCA Website at www.scouttrader.org

ISCA JOURNAL - SEPTEMBER 2010 9 10 ISCA JOURNAL - SEPTEMBER 2010 Back Row: Eva Shoemaker, Dean Smith, Paul Orgeron, Greg Robinson, Bert Latuch, Rick Bedsworth, Bob Hannah, Matthew Potthast, Jef Heckinger, Larry O’Connor, Adam VanBuskirk, Nick Hess Front Row: Travis Bedsworth, Roy More, Craig Leighty, Nicholas Thompson, Tod Johnson, Dean Klingler

ISCA JOURNAL - SEPTEMBER 2010 11 Above and Below: Scouts work at the Collec- tions Merit Badge Booth at the 2010 National Scout Jamboree.

12 ISCA JOURNAL - SEPTEMBER 2010 Jamboree Scenes

ISCA JOURNAL - SEPTEMBER 2010 13 World Jamboree

22nd World Jamboree Promotional Items

In one year the 22nd World Jamboree The Boat – This is the symbol that represents water activities. will be held in Rinkaby, not far from the Many of the participants at the World Scout Jamboree in Sweden town of Kristianstad, in the province of will be able to do water activities on the offsite programme called By Skåne, in the south of Sweden. The Camp in Camp. Neil W. Larsen site at Rinkaby has been used for the ISCA #0086L last two Swedish National Jamborees. The Music Notes - There is always music at a World Scout [email protected] The 2001 jamboree had 26,500 Jamboree. From official events in the main arena, to subcamp Scouts and the 2007 ‘Jiingiijamborii’ gatherings, to new friends gathered around a guitar; there is always had over 20,000 Scouts. music to share.

Sweden - along with three Asia-Pacific countries: Australia, Japan The Unicycle - There are normally a lot of bicycles around at a and Singapore - made bids at the 37th World Scout Conference large Jamboree. However the designer couldn’t fit a two-wheeled held in Tunisia September 5-9, 2005. Sweden with a theme of bicycle design into the pictogram cloud shape.

“Join the camp within the camp”, won the bid for World Jamboree nd to be held July 27 – August 7, 2011. After Sweden won the bid, The first promotional material for the 22 World Jamboree was a the initial logo was refined and the theme was changed to “Simply brochure produced in 2005 for the European Jamboree and the Scouting.” 37th World Scout Conference. It explained the basic plan and site as it represented “Join the camp within the camp.” The eight The logo for the 22nd World Scout Jamboree consists of the World page brochure on A4 paper had the initial logo design and basic Scout Emblem with ten “idea clouds” above and to the left. The descriptions of the Swedish proposal. cloud pictograms represent key elements of the Jamboree in Sweden. The Swedish Scout Associations produced various items including post cards, luggage tags, pins, badges, cups and sporks. The items were available at the Swedish National Jamboree in 2007 The first World Jamboree bulletin, January 2008, called “Aktuellt”, st which means “current” or “up-to-date” in Swedish, announced the and at the 2007 21 World Jamboree in Chelmsford, England. ten cloud pictograms and their descriptions. They are as follows: I will highlight the more common promotional items and their availability. The first promotional items distributed in 2007 were The Tents - World Scout Jamborees have a lot of tents. The tent also represents the patrol and the subcamp, which are very pins, badges, cups, and sporks. important elements of the World Scout Jamboree. The cloisonné pin measured 12x25 mm with a clutch back. It depicted the scout emblem and two of the pictograms, music notes The Trees - Scouts in Sweden often go camping in the forest. The Jamboree site has small stands of trees, where Scouts can do and trees. activities or rest from the heat of the day. The Jamboree will also focus on the natural environment and the tree represents nature. The first promotional badge distributed in 2007 was the “I want to go to the . . . ” It was a woven 70x 50 mm badge with white backing and blue rolled edge. Like the pin, this badge was never available The Dove – This bird represents peace. Promoting peace is one of the important elements of a World Scout Jamboree. The dove can for sale. also represent nature. At the World Scout Jamboree in Sweden each participant will have the chance to experience outdoor life in Two unique camping items with the World Jamboree logo was the the Swedish environment. Swedish designed cup and famous Swedish designed spork. The cup was .4 liter blue cup with a great handle. Both the cup and spork were distributed during the 2007 Jamborees, but were available for The Elk - This animal is one of the most symbolic of Sweden. It is majestic and shy, yet still very well known. The elk antlers here sale when the Swedish World Jamboree Shop online opened in represent the Swedish hosts for the World Jamboree and Swedish 2008. The online store sold a couple new design badges. The first nature. Note: In the US and Canada the Elk is called Moose. badge was a woven 130x 70 mm cut edge white backed badge shaped like blank clouds and wave the “Simply Scouting” phrase. The Candle – It represents quiet times, sharing solidarity with The second badge sold was also a “Simple Scouting“ badge, it brother and sister Scouts from around the world, exploring was a 140x40 mm rectangle woven with white backing and a blue spirituality and lighting the way to new understanding. rolled edge.

The Campfire – It is one of the most symbolic and most appreciated As of the summer of 2010 the online Swedish World Jamboree parts of Scout camps. Shop (http://shop.worldscoutjamboree.se) was still selling the 130x 70 mm cut edge woven shaped badge, but the 140x40 mm The Stars - At the World Jamboree there are big events at the main rectangle woven Simply Scouting badge was no longer available. stage and small stage events in subcamps where Scouts can be a The Shop just listed a new cloud badge in the online catalog, but star. There can be fireworks and there can be quiet times when you there is no picture. can gaze at the stars above.

14 ISCA JOURNAL - SEPTEMBER 2010 Promotional Badge

Promotional Badge

Promotional Brochure

Promotional Cloisonné Pin

Promotional Badge

Promotional Spork

ISCA JOURNAL - SEPTEMBER 2010 15 L Looking For Red & Whites Camden County Cubs or Sea Scouts? By Blake Keasey ISCA 0084L As the title suggests we have a bit of a quandary [email protected] in classifying the CAMDEN COUNTY ½-strip. The blue twill background materials of Cub and Sea Scout patches are very close, but the slight difference suggests it is Sea Scout. Its back stitching is all 1 color, which is true of all 8 1/2BWs I examined. In contrast, among the 7 1/2BYs I examined 3 had all yellow back stitching, but 4 had a mix of yellow and blue. Given how rich the yellow is in Cub strips, it is hard to believe that it almost faded out completely. So until new evidence points the other way, I will label in CAMDEN COUNTY 1/2BW. Anyone who knows better please let me know. Where is CSI when we need them?

The new RWS is also a bit odd. It is on a lighter twill right (TR), whereas almost all RWS are twill left (TL). Although the lettering is high quality, it is less substantial than typical of RWS. The lengths of its names are (100x44) are both shorter than the previously known one (108x64). Experts from the Council opined that it came out around 1992 and was not authorized by the Council. The lighter red color of the twill would be consistent with a manufacture date in the early 1990’s. It will be termed CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA/COUNCIL (100x44) Unauthorized. So if anyone has more information, then please send it my way.

The 2 new 1/2KRs – DU PAGE AREA 1/2KR and LONE TREE COUNCIL 1/2KR both have gauze backs Type 1). The 2 new 1/2RWs are POTTAWATTOMIE 1/2RW and SEQUOYAH COUNCIL 1/2RW. Recently a Sequoyah 1/2RW was reported and there is one with the other spelling – Potawatomi.

More oddities as both new mbs don’t follow the usual format for Air Bases. KEESLER 1/2RW is the 19th base to appear without a “Field” or “AFB.” The MAFB (Minot) 1/2RW is the 5th with only a single letter designation. Previously we have had D, H, O, and W. There are also 2 from Little Rock AFB with just the LR designation. The YOKOHAMA 1/2KR (MBS) would have been used at a US Army hospital in that Japanese city. The APRA HEIGHTS 1/2RW was a military dependent housing area (MDH) for naval personnel stationed at Apra Harbor in Guam.

There are 5 new USA/ABR strips, 2 of which come in pairs. One pair is PUERTO LA CRUZ 1/2RW and VENEZUELA 1/2RW. There have been other cases where the accompanying country strip was a 1/2RW rather than a 1/4RW. But in the second pair, from a LDS unit in Mexico, we have the more common arrangement of COL BUBLAN 1/2RW and 1/4RW CHIH. This is interesting as it represents state in Mexico. Lastly, we have ABQAIQ SAUDE ARABIA 1/2RW, with the very early spelling of Saude.

In terms of interesting and/or funny community strips (cms) we have Shallow Well and Shopiere (is that like a TOR in a shopping mall?).

Special thanks go to the following contributors; Duane Fowlks, Mark Graffe, David Graham, Destry Hoffard, Bill Loeble, Roy More, Dave Ramp, and Jason Shull.

16 ISCA JOURNAL - SEPTEMBER 2010 WAY BACK WHEN 1910: The Year of the American Boy Scout Part 3: The Critical Hike to Survival

After opening BSA’s first national next August?” Seton accepted the challenge.2 headquarters office at 124 Eastth 28 By Street in New York City in June 1910, While making ready for the Silver Bay camp, Seton was also David Scott Managing Secretary John L. Alexander drafting the first manual of the Boy Scouts of America, blending ISCA #5425L quickly found himself putting out fires; parts of Scouting for Boys with his Birch-Bark Roll.3 These efforts [email protected] some good, others not. On the good were complicated by controversies that arose between him and side, the Movement was spreading Beard, who was growing tetchy over his role in Scouting and the across the country with alarming seeming lack of recognition accorded him as founder of the Boy speed, generating many hundreds of inquiry letters that had to be Pioneers. answered by either himself or by his lone stenographer. On the bad side, money for operations was sporadic and lacking at best during Managing Secretary John Alexander spotted the potential for those critical first months. Intensifying the problem, the checks for complications in the typed note Dan Beard sent him June 19 $1,000 a month for the first six months of operations as promised accepting an invitation to attend the June 21 meeting called by by newspaper magnate William D. Boyce stopped coming after the Robinson to muster the help of like-minded youth organizations. second payment. Other unpleasant dealings included Alexander’s “I am glad that my move has been copied in England and flattered required management of the frequent quarrels that spontaneously that you should think so well of it as to start a national army of boys erupted between co-founders Ernest Thompson Seton and Daniel here,” said Beard. 4 His implied claim to originating the Scouting Carter Beard, both of whom were claiming recognition as being concept was only the first of many Beard would articulate, much to the primary founder of the organization. Robert Baden-Powell, the irritation of Seton, who might well have felt such claims tended who contentedly stayed on the sidelines during this wrangling, to trivialize his own respecting Baden-Powell. recognized that a showdown was eminent between his service- based system of youth development and Seton’s achievement- But Seton could not make an open objection to the inclusion of based system; but only one would survive. Dan Beard on the Committee of Organization of which he was made the chairman. * * * * * Beard’s reputation in the field of outdoor work with For two weeks in boys was solid, although the woods around a his Sons of Daniel YMCA conference Boone and, later, Boy center on Silver Pioneers, had been more Bay, an inlet of evident in the columns of Lake George in Recreation, the Women’s upstate New York, Home Companion, and Robinson and other the Pictorial Review, than YMCA officials in the woods and fields would closely of America as a boys’ observe the Seton organization of any real method in the aim substance. of deciding whether to embrace Baden- And Beard was undeniably Powell’s version a public figure: his standing entirely, or make had been refreshed in the an amalgam of public mind in April 1910 Scouting and on the death of Mark Woodcraft.1 Twain, Beard’s neighbor in Scouts At 1st BSA Camp Redding, Connecticut.5 The Robinson had New York Times described proposed the late- the scene after Twain August camp at succumbed to a lingering Silver Bay to Seton in the form of a challenge – a way to resolve heart condition on April 21. “The idea of simplicity was carried out doubts as to whether Woodcraft was right for YMCA outdoor in all the arrangements. Although surrounded by flowers, there was programs. ‘Yes, your camp is fine, your ideas are fine, but just nothing on the coffin except a wreath which Dan Beard had made how far our Y.M.C.A. leaders will accept them is another matter,” of bay leaves gathered the night before, at the request of the family, Robinson later recalled saying. “Will your ideas work with the on the hill behind the house where Mark Twain spent a good deal of kind of older boys with whom we have to deal? Are you willing to his time.” 6 Beard traveled with the casket into Manhattan and, after demonstrate to a group that I will assemble at Silver Bay, New York, the funeral in the Brick Church on Fifth Avenue at Thirty-seventh

ISCA JOURNAL - SEPTEMBER 2010 17 Street, continued to the Elmira, New York cemetery where Twain’s * * * wife, Olivia Langdon Clemens, had been buried in 1904. As Beard noted, he and Seton were crossing swords over their Beard would fondly recall and often repeat Twain’s words to him: respective claims to the invention of Scouting as a general “Dan, you and I have done work of which our children need not be approach. The dispute surfaced in June 1910 when Beard spotted ashamed.”7 a notice of a forthcoming Seton article in The Outlook on the origins of Scouting. Beard made his displeasure known to mutual friends, Unfortunately, Beard was not able to maintain the loftier outlook among them William Hornaday, who wrote Seton that, “There is that had characterized his relationship with Twain. In addition, serious work for you to do in retaining the friendship” of Beard, then with Twain’s passing, Beard may have feared that the recognition “much annoyed” at the magazine notice, a copy of which Hornaday which had come to him through his association with America’s enclosed with his note.10 most beloved writer was slipping away. He displayed eagerness Hornaday had assured Beard to make the most of his claim to that Seton did not claim to have having originated the outdoor originated Scouting by himself, youth movement. Despite fairly and told Seton that the two substantial interest in his Boy “need to make common cause Pioneers, he had been scraping against a common enemy [i.e. along on what writing and Baden-Powell], who will rob illustration work he could find, you both of your well-earned including a $100 monthly fee from credit for what you have done the Pictorial Review, home since for the boys of America.” Thus, early 1909 to his Pioneers after a Hornaday counseled, “In your falling out with the Women’s Home forthcoming article in the August Companion. Number of ‘The Outlook’, be sure to put in something that will His editor and employer, Arthur give a lot of credit to Beard for Vance was a good friend – and his Sons of Daniel Boone and a tough businessman who dealt Boy Pioneers. You two men firmly with Beard on compensation must stand together.”11 “Now I want to pay you $75.00 a month for the first articles up to But Beard’s ire mounted with September,” said Vance in early the appearance of the Boy 1909, giving the schedule for the Scout manual Seton compiled “Boy’s Page” Beard would write that summer. Beard had been and illustrate. “When we start the asked to undertake this task, Boy’s Club we will pay you $100.00 but declined “because I had so don’t ‘hem and haw’ about this to make my living, and could but let it go until September when not undertake a ‘Thank you’ you will get your full price.” job of such dimensions.”12 It was decided that Seton and “I will, of course…boom Dan Beard Alexander would collaborate, for all he is worth and expect you but little material was to give us some blame good stuff, “Uncle” Dan Beard forthcoming from Alexander so not too complicated for the average it fell to Seton to cobble together boy to make and put as much of a the manual.13 He decided to new note in it as possible,” Vance combine portions of Scouting told him.8 for Boys and the Birch-Bark Roll, and proposed this to Baden- Powell, who sent him a cryptic cablese response: “Agree your Beard aligned his Boy Pioneers with the Boy Scouts in June 1910, advertising joint work official handbook, but must see conditions but he continued to look out for his own interests, as indicated before agreeing to publish, writing, Badenpole.”14 in the letter he wrote to Vance that August. After detailing his quarrel with Seton, Beard assured Vance that the Pioneers had From Scouting for Boys, Seton took Baden-Powell’s system for nothing to fear from the Scouts. “I am on the inside and know what recognizing achievement, speaking of “badges of merit” instead moves they are making,” he wrote. “If we play our cards right the of “proficiency badges,” the Kipling story “Kim’s Game” asa Boy Scout movement will only be an advertisement for ours.” He test of observation, the “Eengonyama Chorus” of the Matabele reported opposition to Baden-Powell’s “foreign ideas,” so “our cue warrior, Baden-Powell’s nine Scout laws, and many Baden-Powell is to ‘hoop’ up the American idea, and do our best to make ours the drawings, as well as the essential structure of English Scouting. most interesting to the boys. In this last part if I cannot beat Baden- From his Birch-Bark Roll Seton took his system of tramp signs, Powell I’ll ‘throw up the sponge’. He is good on organization, but a tent-raising instructions, tips on building a fire, shooting a bow dull writer, and Seton is only good when he copies my stuff,” said and arrow, and identifying constellations, notes on the American Beard. dialects, and many of his cherished camp games.

“All right sir,” replied Vance, “we will back you up and knock the Seton also poured in his Standard of Honorable Exploits: Red power (sic) out of that bewhiskered imitator of yours named Seaton Honors for heroism or excellence in riding, athletics, mountain (sic).”9 climbing, shooting, field observation and other skills; White Honors for expertise in camping, scouting, archery, fishing, and so forth; 18 ISCA JOURNAL - SEPTEMBER 2010 and Blue Honors were obtained for mastery of subjects or activities my name to the Movement without full and due acknowledgement like naturalism, geology and photography. High honors in any color of my part in starting it,” Beard fumed.22 were reserved for proficiency beyond the minimum requirement. High Red Honors required killing a lion, elephant, tiger, or bison, Anxious to placate Beard, Alexander wrote back to assure him that while the less bold Scout earned simple Honors besting a black he took his concerns serious, but also advised him to “not take much bear, deer, gray wolf, or crocodile at least fourteen feet long. One stock in” an edition brought out “so hurriedly that there were more wonders how many Woodcraft Indians or Scouts earned high or mistakes than anything else in the entire book. We are now getting simple Red Honors in such a manner or expired trying.15 ready for the second edition23 and I am going to keep everything you have said strictly in mind,” Alexander said. He added that he Furiously cutting and pasting in early summer 1910, Seton and was sending Seton a copy of Beard’s letter because “such lifelong BSA staff rushed the Handbook into print at the beginning of July. friends as you are ought not to be separated in any way whatever The 192-page manual externally resembled Scouting for Boys. by a matter of this sort…it is more Thoughtlessness on Seton’s part The cover showed the same image of a Stetson-hatted young than anything else.”24 Scout standing on a rock with the sea in the background – though the fluttering Union Jack was replaced with the Stars and Stripes. Beard was momentarily appeased. “A copy of my letter which you sent to Mr. Seton can do no harm,” he told Alexander, “and I think Baden-Powell was listed as co-author, but two thirds of the that he will come around as you say, and give me due credit by a Handbook came from Seton. He had wanted to give it an American flat-footed acknowledgement.”25 flavor, excising an account of the Mafeking cadets and replacing it with a lesson on the American flag. Seton, anticipating criticism To Seton, Alexander reported that Beard “is feeling very badly about from those familiar with Scouting for Boys, wrote a preface to this thing” and that the next edition needed to “make due allowance explain the changes – and document his contribution to the for his feelings.” He also tried to paper over differences between movement. Seton and Baden-Powell in light of the general’s proposed visit to New York that September, telling Seton that “if he does come I “The Woodcraft and Scouting movement that I aimed to foster hope that you may be able to entertain him at Cos Cob, in order to began to take shape in America some ten years ago,” he wrote. impress upon our American Scout friends the close alignment of “In 1904 I went to England to carry on the work there, and, yourself with the general.” Alexander suggested that he and Seton knowing General R.S.S. Baden-Powell as the chief advocate of discuss the matter further when they met later in the month at the scouting in the British Army, invited him to cooperate in making Silver Bay demonstration camp.26 the movement popular. Accordingly, in 1908, he organized his Boy Scout movement, incorporating the principles of the Indians with Beard continued to vent in periodical dispatches to John Alexander. other ethical features bearing on savings banks, fire drills, etc., as “As long as that preface stands giving credit to everyone but the well as by giving it a partly military organization, and a carefully real originator of the Boy Scouts I do not see what I can do to compiled and fascinating handbook. All of the last that is applicable help the Movement,” Beard wrote to the long-suffering managing in America has been included here, with due credit to General Sir secretary. “Everybody knows and especially the boys, that I started Robert Baden-Powell, and combined with the Birch-Bark Roll.”16 and am still running the original Boy Scout Society and it will put me in a wrong light to allow the misstatement in the preface to go The Official Handbook was very successful: the first printing of 5,000 unchallenged. Mr. Seton has allowed the glamor (sic) of General copies sold out in less than a month.17 BSA managers commended Powell’s (sic) position and title to make him forget facts with which Seton for his “unremitting zeal and effort” and willingness to deliver he is as well acquainted as I am myself.”27 a book in less than final orm to satisfy “insistent requests from the field.”18 But not all were pleased. * * *

Some in the Scouting hierarchy felt Seton went too far in Seton defended himself – and Baden-Powell – that September in downplaying Baden-Powell’s vision and style while importing a letter to Beard. “I think you are a big enough man to realize that wholesale from the Birch-Bark Roll. They believed that close you, Baden-Powell and myself have all been trying to do the same alignment with Baden-Powell’s Scouting would be indispensable thing,” he wrote. “But there is no blinking the fact that Baden-Powell to the success of the U.S. organization, seeing the need for a has done it better than any of us.”28 On the vexed question as to centralized administrative structure like that of English Scouting.19 who had the most legitimate claim to generating the first impulse for Scouting, Seton suggested referring to the publication dates Beard was also far from pleased with Seton’s latest effort. Alexander of their first articles announcing or promoting their organizations. sent him a copy in early August, asking his opinion.20 Beard years “My articles written in 1901 were published in ‘The Ladies’ Home later would praise Seton’s infusion of “romantic woodcraft and Journal’ beginning in May 1902,” he stated. “On the first day of Indian lore” into the Baden-Powell template, stating, “I still think it July 1902, I founded my first Camp of Woodcraft Indians. I may is the best we have had.”21 But at this date his main reaction was be wrong but I believe you made no organized attempt at the outrage at Seton’s admittedly self-serving preface. Boy Scouting idea until September 1905.”29 Beard conceded in a marginal notation on Seton’s letter – though not, apparently, to “Boy Scouts received,” Beard said in a letter fired off to Alexander, Seton himself – that his rival had a point.30 Beard had launched his “and I see that Seton still claims to have originated them.” He Sons of Daniel Boone in Recreation magazine in July 1905. Yet insisted that “Seton has acknowledged” in a public meeting of the he was not prepared to cede the point based on first publication YMCA “that I am the originator and am still running the first Boy date, believing his contribution to Scouting had been unique and Scouts,” and the next edition should make this clear. decisive.

“We are both professional men and this thing of being a tail to The two men came together at Silver Bay on Lake George in upstate another man’s kite is not in my line, especially when I invented the New York when Seton and Robinson held their experimental camp, kite. The matter is of so grave importance to me that I cannot lend though Seton was apparently not over-eager to have Beard present. Around the start of the camp, Seton heard from Robinson that “Dan ISCA JOURNAL - SEPTEMBER 2010 19 Beard is feeling sore at not being invited. Wouldn’t you like to send everything connected with woodcraft. He talked a lot about wild him a friendly word?” Seton fired off a telegram to Beard: “Come animals, and those of us who had read his books about animals and visit us in Silver Bay Camp. We need you.”31 were thrilled to hear him tell some of the same stories.”37

Beard’s arrival reminded Seton of the days when the Pioneer But Seton’s efforts to sway his youthful audience and the organizers founder had acquired the soubriquet of “Dan Cider Beard” while in favor of Woodcraft were in vain. William Edel and his Baltimore visiting Woodcraft camps, as he never failed to bring along a group returned home “enthused over Scouting as no one in the keg.32 But the camaraderie of those times had faded, and Seton world could be.” Then, just days after the end of the Silver Bay was not much pleased with Beard’s activities. He gave lessons experiment, BSA’s Executive Committee gathered September 5 at in tomahawk-throwing which disfigured “every big tree in camp,” the YMCA headquarters to assess the camp and decide on the leaving Seton to take the blame with their YMCA hosts. Adding direction the organization would take in the future. It was decided insult to injury, Beard insisted that while the Indians were due credit BSA would more comprehensively adopt the Baden-Powell’s for inventing the tomahawk, the American settlers had improved it approach, not Seton’s.38 – Beard regaled the boys one evening with grisly tales concerning how some “Kentucky Whether Seton had scouts murdered reconciled himself certain Indians.”33 to this outcome is unclear. But he At the Silver Bay could not then have camp, groups of been pleased to be six boys were each asked to serve as led by an adult. The official host to Baden- youths raised their Powell, who by then own shelters, cooked had confirmed from their own meals and Canada that he would each evening met stop for a day in New around campfires York before taking which Seton hosted.34 ship for Great Britain. There to represent John Alexander Baden-Powell was called a meeting W.B. Wakefield, one of the Committee of the Englishmen on Organization to who addressed “perfect arrangements Scouting enthusiasts for the contemplated in New York and visit” by Baden- New Jersey that Powell September spring. His nominal 23. That was the only role was to offer tips day Baden-Powell on the function of would be on U.S. scoutmaster, but in Early Boy Scouts soil, Alexander wrote fact he was there to Circa 1912 Seton, so it was “only “curb the heresies a question of how best of ‘the red Tory,’” to use the opportunity. as Seton’s British Will you not give it colleagues had by then labeled him.35 some thought before coming to the meeting, and by all means, be present, so that we may be able to set up a program worth while.” Camper William Edel of Baltimore recalled the not so subtle He urged Seton in a postscript to invite Roosevelt for the evening competition between the Seton and Baden-Powell systems. “There event on September 23. “I think you can do it and I think it would was discussion among the individual groups about whether it would be the greatest stunt on earth to actually accomplish the thing.”39 be better…to move in the direction of Indian lore, or whether it should go in the British way,” he recalled many years later. “This This was not to be. Despite letters and telegrams from Colin discussion went on when you weren’t doing anything else. It was Livingstone in Washington and other interventions from BSA not led by the leaders of the camp; the leaders of the camp were supporters, Roosevelt wrote to Seton September 13 declining preaching Boy Scouts, and they convinced us, there’s no question the invitation. “I wish I could accept, but to do so at this time is about that.”36 absolutely out of the question. Every minute of my time is taken up. I was never busier.” The former president added: “Pray present Yet Seton made a deep impression on the boys. “I immediately fell my regards to your distinguished guest. I regard the Boy Scout in love with him when I met him at Silver Bay,” recalled Edel, who movement as of real importance, and I most earnestly wish it well.”40 had avidly read Two Little Savages and joined a Woodcraft tribe sponsored by the Baltimore YMCA. “He was a tremendous man, Seton’s relationship with Baden-Powell was intertwining with well-muscled, heavily built but active, and with a shock of gray hair his role in the Boy Scouts of America. Baden-Powell wrote from and brilliant blue eyes – he was really a figure. And when he talked, Ottawa on September 12 to Doubleday Page & Co. to say, “Would it was always well worth listening to. I would have admired him just you kindly let Mr. Thompson Seton know that I hope to be in New as much if I had never heard of him before.” Seton spoke to the York on 23rd inst. – at the Waldorf-Astor (sic) sailing next day for boys each evening around the Silver Bay campfire. “He usually England.” Apparently unaware that Seton had completed and talked about woodcraft, forest life and trees and care of trees and that BSA had published the combined Handbook, Baden-Powell learning from trees, finding your way from the way trees grow, and continued, “I should be very glad to have a talk over the proposed 20 ISCA JOURNAL - SEPTEMBER 2010 publication of the handbook for Boy Scouts. Before signing any The onetime Rough Rider lost no time bonding with his fellow binding agreement I should like to see what alterations to the text soldier and proponent of the robust life and the development of are proposed. If these are now prepared perhaps they could be manly character. As always, Roosevelt’s agenda was tight, so they sent to me here meantime for me to look through? I am going to soon got down to business at hand. be away in the woods, but they could be sent out to me from this address.”41 Roosevelt echoed the endorsement of Scouting contained in the note he had jotted to Seton to be read at the dinner later that day Preparations for the Baden-Powell visit moved ahead at a feverish at the Waldorf-Astoria. “I should value the chance to meet General pace. Edgar Robinson wrote to Baden-Powell on September 13 to Baden-Powell,” Roosevelt wrote, “and I should value even more confirm the agenda for the September 23 visit. Baden-Powell was the chance to identify myself with so admirable a movement as this. to meet with a dozen major BSA backers at a 1 p.m. luncheon at I believe in the movement with all my heart.”46 the University Club on Fifth Avenue, then at 4 p.m. with about 200 scoutmasters at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. This would be followed at Leaving The Outlook, they returned to the Waldorf-Astoria where 6:30 p.m. by a reception in the Waldorf-Astoria with “representative Baden-Powell had an 11 a.m. business meeting with Doubleday, business men of New York and vicinity,” and dinner at 7 p.m. There then to the University Club luncheon. Next they visited the BSA would be remarks by one or two “men of prominence,” Robinson offices on Twenty-eighth Street, where a photo session was informed Baden-Powell, however “the bulk of the evening (is) being organized on the building’s flat roof. A banner with fleur-de-lis was reserved for your address.”42 hung as a backdrop. Baden-Powell, Seton and Beard took their places – Seton at the photographer’s left, Baden-Powell at the For Robinson and other BSA organizers, the importance of the center, Beard to the right. Moments before the shutter snapped, visit lay not only in the opportunity to meet the man who had Baden-Powell decided to seat himself on a ventilator casement, launched Scouting after achieving global renown for his exploits resting his straw boater hat on his knee. Seton and Beard remained at Mafeking, but in the possibility that BSA might secure Baden- standing at his flanks, each holding his slouch hats by his side.47 Powell’s blessing on their Scouting franchise. With a competing organization shaping up in the American Boy Scouts and funded As Seton would later come to see it, this was an arrangement that by Hearst, BSA needed to establish the legitimacy of its claim to be implied in a subtle way that Baden-Powell enjoyed seniority in the the sole U.S. affiliate of the English Scouting movement. Seton’s grouping. Baden-Powell might well have intended this – he had an relationship with Baden-Powell, however ambiguous, placed him in acute sense of hierarchy the ways in which status was conveyed a key position to achieve this. in such situations. “You and I had to stand,” Seton would later complain to Beard, “by which trick he made us his subordinates, Seton wrote to Baden-Powell on September 17 to offer his although he was the latest to enter the field” of outdoor work with assistance in New York. “If you will let me know I will meet you at boys.48 the train and relieve your mind of all worries of how and where. In fact I am deputed to be the reception committee. If I knew exactly Whether or not this was intentional on Baden-Powell’s part, there what train you are coming on and where it stopped I would go up could be no doubt that evening at the Waldorf-Astoria that he was the river and meet you before you get to New York, as there are the man of the hour. many things we want to talk about.” According to the account provided the next day to readers of the New More ominously, Seton warned him that “there is some danger York Sun, the hotel’s Astor Gallery was filled to capacity. “General of a trap being laid for you in New York” by Hearst, “the socialist, Baden-Powell was greeted by a combination of Chautauqua salute anarchist, etc., who is largely responsible for the assassination and Waldorf warwhoops, from the four hundred men interested of President McKinley. As soon as he found that the Boy Scouts in the Boy Scouts of America. The boys were absent, but their was likely to take up, he started the American Boy Scouts as an mothers and sisters filled the balconies.”49 advertising scheme for his American Journal,” Seton said.43 “It is quite likely he may have a deputation to meet you or call on you.” Dan Beard, who had his own notions as to where the credit for the Scouting should reside, made some opening remarks, noting with Seton updated Baden-Powell on their joint venture, which in tart humor that these had been vetted by Scouting executives.50 fact had not been formally agreed – though Seton referred to a The New York Times that landed on doorsteps the next day noted cable which Baden-Powell had apparently sent to Doubleday the that after a lantern slide presentation, Seton took the podium, previous summer and which he interpreted as giving permission to telling the room that Roosevelt had agreed to become Scouting go ahead. “They did so and have sold one edition already,” Seton vice president, then reading Roosevelt’s letter to the distinguished informed Baden-Powell, assuring him that “I do not think you will assemblage. find there is anything wrong.” Seton optimistically concluded in words he later on might have regretted: “All differences of opinion The Times reported that Seton added “parenthetically, as it were, can easily be adjusted.”44 that the Boy Scouts of America, with its long list of distinguished backers, was not at all the same as the American Boy Scouts run * * * by William Randolph Hearst,” and that Baden-Powell had declined to review a parade of the competitors. On the morning of September 23, Seton, Beard and Robinson met Baden-Powell at the Hotel Seville on Madison Ave. and 28th Street Developing his own notions of the movement, Seton told his where he had checked in after arriving on the train the previous audience that “not one boy in a thousand was bad, but that [boys] day from Canada. The group proceeded to The Outlook offices in have badness thrust upon them.” The youth of America did not the United Charities Building at Fourth Avenue and Twenty-second need reforming, but rather needed “protection from deformation.” Street. Seton wanted to see that Baden-Powell met Roosevelt The natural development of young men was, he stated, “the chief while in New York45 – though the two had already met in England reason for the existence” of the Boy Scouts of America. when Roosevelt was there to attend King Edward VII’s funeral. Then Seton introduced Baden-Powell in words that were unlikely ISCA JOURNAL - SEPTEMBER 2010 21 to have come from his own pen, describing him as the “Father of Seton’s revised Scout Law was “a far better code than BP’s,” Scouting.” The room burst into applause as Baden-Powell stood up. Alexander conceded. But he noted the continued Hearst threat in An accomplished public speaker with unerring diplomatic instincts, cautioning against any tinkering with Baden-Powell’s formulations. Baden-Powell without doubt appreciated the import of what he was “I feel that we will lose all the hold we have gotten, as recognized about to tell the room, especially for Ernest Seton. BP men, by attempting any change whatsoever in any of our literature, or in any official statement, or semi-official statement, “You have made a little mistake, Mr. Seton, in your remarks to the from any of our leaders. For the same reason, I should advise an effect that I am the Father of this idea of Scouting for Boys,” Baden- absolute use of the BP nomenclature for the time being, until we Powell declared. “I may say that you are the Father of it, or that Dan have absolutely overcome the enemy, not merely routed them,” Beard is the Father. There are many Fathers. I am only one of the Alexander told Seton. Uncles, I might say.”51 “I can’t help feeling that we scored one hundred points...through Even as he defused the resentment he knew Seton harbored, the the visit of BP’s, and I am very anxious that we do nothing to offset British general offered an account of the emergence of Scouting what we have won. In the same way, I should be very careful that reinforced his own standing while seeming to be generous to to make the American people feel that you are interested in the Seton and Beard. “The scheme became known at home,” Baden- movement only because it is a movement, and not because of any Powell said with masterful ambiguity. “Then it was that I looked desire to be recognized as the founder in priority.”56 about to see what was being done in the United States, and I cribbed from them right and left, putting things as I found them” Alexander could not have written a letter more certain to infuriate into Scouting. Seton had he tried. Though he was chairman of the Committee on Organization, Seton was coming to understand that he was This rendering of the early history of Scouting would not satisfy subordinate to Alexander in the scheme of things at Scout Seton for very long. But it obscured their differences for the benefit headquarters. His frustration at this could be seen in a note of this key audience. scribbled at the bottom of a business note Alexander sent him September 29. Then Baden-Powell made general remarks on the movement, complementing its American sponsors on their accomplishments. “My dear Mr. Seton,” Alexander began. “There will be a meeting Alluding to the U.S. financial and industrial structures so familiar to of the Committee on Organization of the Boy Scouts of America, this group – all too familiar, to some – he said the U.S. organizers Tuesday afternoon, October 4th, at 3 o’clock sharp. I hope you will “had organized a combine, a trust,” and recruited Roosevelt to its arrange to be present.” executive ranks. “Upon this trust you can depend,” he declared.52 Seton’s terse response was jotted at the bottom of this same letter. For men like Colin Livingstone, John Alexander and Edgar Robin- “Don’t call meetings without consulting me,” he told Alexander.57 son, the dinner could not have been more successful.53 The New Seton’s relationship with the Scouting organization was already York press reports the next day – with the notable exception of the showing signs of strain– a pattern that would only continue and Hearst papers – made clear that the Boy Scouts of America had reinforce itself over the next several years. received Baden-Powell’s stamp of approval.54 Copyright 2010 by David C. Scott.

On September 24, the day after the dinner, Baden-Powell boarded This text is adapted from his new book titled, The Scouting Party the S.S. Arabic for his return to England. On board, he dashed off (Red Honor Press, hardcover, 2010), by David C. Scott and Brendan a thank-you note to Seton for his hospitality in New York. “I cannot Murphy. Released in June, this unique work documents and details leave without telling you how very sincerely gratified I have been the fascinating personalities and events behind the founding and by the exceedingly generous reception which has been accorded survival of the Boy Scouts of America in its first decade. Check it to me by yourself and those connected with the organization of the out at: www.TheScoutingParty.com. Boy Scouts movement in the United States.” He added, “I am, from the personal point of view, most deeply grateful – and from that of David C. Scott also is the author of We Are Americans, We Are the movement I feel confident that it’s in the hand of such capable Scouts (Red Honor Press, paperback, 2008), a selection of key workers.” 55 writings and statements by President Theodore Roosevelt, the first and only Chief Scout Citizen of the Boy Scouts of America, Seton’s own feelings were surely more mixed. Baden-Powell had arranged as they relate to the ideals of Scouting. thrown him a sop in identifying him as a father of Scouting – but the distinction had to be shared with Beard, thus was of limited value to Dave can be contacted at [email protected]. Seton who still believed that Baden-Powell had purloined his best Copies of all cited sources reside in the research archive of Red ideas. He had little choice, though, but to swallow his pride and Honor Ventures, Ltd., Irving, Texas. resentment and work within the movement which Baden-Powell was universally regarded as having founded. Any hopes Seton (Endnotes) might have had of infusing the movement with Woodcraft were immediately dashed. 1 Though a prolific correspondent, Seton was so caught up in the program that he neglected to write to Grace for much of the two-week camp. “No letter today, no letter since you arrived at Silver Bay,” she wrote. “You are being scolded – are you having BSA Managing Secretary Alexander also sent Seton a letter a good time, a bad time or is there such a place?” Grace Gallatin Seton to Ernest September 24 about an article Seton had submitted for comment. Thompson Seton, 22 August 1910. (Canadian National Archives). “You will notice I have blue-penciled freely, taking it for granted that 2 Edgar M. Robinson, “Fascinating Personalities I Have Known,” unpublished you really wanted me to do so,” wrote Alexander, adding that it manuscript, p. 26. (YMCA Archives) would be “foolishness” to make changes in Baden-Powell’s version 3 “The Boy Scouts of America Meeting Minutes,” May 26, 1910. (BSA); Seton to of the Scout Law, as Seton was proposing to do. Reverend Doctor Wm V. [sic] Forbush, 5 June 1910. (Glenbow Archives, Canada).

22 ISCA JOURNAL - SEPTEMBER 2010 4 John L. Alexander to Dan Beard, 17 June 1910. (BSA); Beard to Alexander, 19 36 Peterson, Robert W., interview with William Edel. (Robert W. Peterson Archive). June 1910. (BSA). 37 Ibid. 5 Alexander to Beard, 22 June 1910. (BSA). 38 Seton to Robinson, 13 October 1934. (Philmont); Anderson, The Chief, 159; See 6 New York Times, April 21, 1910. Also: “The Boy Scouts of America,” The Epworth Herald, July 30, 1910, 974. (YMCA Archives). 7 Mark Twain to DB, 12 December 1902. (Library of Congress), (Mark Twain Papers); See also; William Victor Kahler, An Historical Analysis of the Professional 39 Alexander to Seton, 6 September 1910. (BSA); Alexander to William Verbeck, 6 Career of Daniel Carter Beard, 1850 – 1941 (PhD diss., Texas A&M University, 1975) September 1910. (BSA); Alexander to Beard, 6 September 1910. (BSA); Alexander to p. 125. Colin H. Livingstone, 6 September 1910. (BSA).

8 Arthur Vance to Beard, 16 January 1909. (LOC). 40 Livingstone to Alexander, 10 September 1910. (BSA); Theodore Roosevelt to Seton, 13 September 1910. (CNA); Abbott to Seton, 13 September 1910. (CNA); 9 Beard to Vance, 15 August 1910. (LOC); Vance to Beard, 15 August 1910. Livingstone to Roosevelt, 17 September 1910. (BSA); Secretary of Mr. Livingstone to (LOC). Alexander, 20 September 1910. (BSA); The previous night, Roosevelt had attended the world premier of Charles J. “Buffalo” Jones’ movie of his 1910 African trip at the 10 Dan Beard, “The Boy Scouts,” The Outlook, August 1910, pp. 696 – 7; See also, New York Press Club. Charles J. “Buffalo” Jones to Seaton (sic), 14 September 1910. Ernest Thompson Seton, “The Boy Scouts in America” The Outlook, August 1910, pp. (CNA). 630 – 635; Ralph D. Blumenfeld, “The Boy Scouts,” The Outlook, August 1910, pp. 617 – 29. Beard to Lyman Abbott [sic], 1910. (LOC). 41 Robert Baden-Powell to Frank N. Doubleday, 12 September 1910. (CNA).

11 William Temple Hornaday to Seton, 28 June 1910. (CNA). 42 Robinson to Baden-Powell, 13 September 1910. (BSA).

12 Daniel Carter Beard, Hardly a Man is Now Alive, draft manuscript, 13 (LOC). 43 It is likely that Seton was put on alert by his wife Grace who wrote him while at Silver Bay, “Hearst is making a great effort to utilize Baden-Powell’s presence in 13 Another assignment handed to Seton and Alexander was a promotional America for his own uses. Has been after Mr. [illegible] and other prominent men to pamphlet sponsored by the Minute Tapioca Co. Seton asked the publishers for $1,000 endorse his movement.” Grace Seton to Seton, N.d. abt late August. (CNA). for 10,000 words, a discount from his normal rate of $1,000 plus a 10% royalty that would equal $3500. He stood firm and Alexander wrote the piece, which, published in 44 Seton to Baden-Powell, 17 September 1910. (CNA). mid-1911. Seton to William W. Reed, 3 November 1911. (John Wadland Fonds, Trent University). 45 Baden-Powell Daily Diary, 22 – 23, September 1910. (BSA); Seton to Robinson, 23 October 1934. (CNA). 14 Seton to Robinson, 13 October 1934. (Philmont). 46 Roosevelt to Seton, 23 September 1910. (CNA). 15 Seton, The Boy Scouts of America Official Manual (New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1910) 173 – 92; See also: Alexander to George D. Pratt, 3 August 1910. 47 Diary, 23 September 1910. (BSA); Seton to Robinson, 23 October 1910. (CNA); (BSA). See also: Griffith Ogden Ellis, “Notable Boy Scouts Conference” American Boy, Nov 1910, p. 10. 16 Ernest Seton, Official Manual, Preface; See also: Verbeck to Seton, 21 July 1910. (CNA); Seton to Verbeck, 23 July 1910. (BSA). 48 Seton to Beard, 22 December 1938. (LOC).

17 Alexander to Robinson, 8 July 1910. BSA; Alexander to Pratt, 3 August 1910. 49 Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 24 September 1910. (Brooklyn Public Library); New York (BSA). Tribune, 24 September 1910. (YMCA); New York Times, 24 September 1910; New York Press, 24 September 1910. (YMCA). See Also: Keith Monroe, “Ernest Thompson 18 BSA, Second Annual Report, 5. Seton: Scouting’s First Spellbinder,” Scouting, October 1971, pp. 27 – 28, 70.

19 Alexander to Robinson, 8 July 1910. (BSA); Seton to Edward Cave, 23 July 50 Hardly, draft, 17 – 8. 1910. (CNA); Alexander to Seton, 24 September 1910. (BSA). 51 Baden-Powell biographer Hillcourt argues that Baden-Powell “committed one of 20 Alexander to Beard, 3 August 1910. (BSA). his few real blunders” in describing Seton and Beard as the “fathers” of the movement, as “from that moment, the two of them had a deadly fight between them, proving 21 Hardly, draft, 13 (LOC). that they were the fathers of the Boy Scouts.” Transcript of the Robert W. Peterson interview with William Hillcourt for the book The Boy Scouts: An American Adventure, 22 Beard to Alexander, (LOC); Beard to Alexander, No date, (LOC). abt. 1983. (Peterson).

23 The June 1911 printing of the Handbook for Boys. 52 Ibid. For a review of the British Scout activities at the time, refer to Ralph D. Blumenfeld, “The Boy Scouts,” The Outlook, July 23, 1910, pp. 617 – 629; “Boy Scout 24 Alexander to Beard, 10 August 1910. (BSA). Organization,” Informational Pamphlet, British Scout Association, January 1910. (YMCA); Col. W.B. Wakefield, “’Be Prepared’: That is the Motto of the Boy Scouts,” 25 Beard to Alexander, 13 August 1910. (BSA). The American Boy, November 1910, p. 11.

26 Alexander to Seton, 10 August 1910. (CNA). 53 The BSA printed a special edition of about 300 of the Baden-Powell/Seton Handbook in red leather. A copy was given to each attendee and many were signed 27 Beard to Alexander, No date abt. August 1910. (BSA). by the Board members of the BSA. Wrote one attendee to Seton, “Let me thank you or your secretary very much for sending me a copy of the Souvenir edition of ‘The 28 Seton to Beard, 7 September 1910. (LOC). Boy Scout,’, which were given to the guests at the banquet to General Baden Powell (sic). I was very careful with my own copy and also found two others which had been 29 Seton to Beard, 14 September 1910. (LOC). abandoned. And took them down and left them on the rack with my coat, but someone else valued them equally as highly and walked off with al three.” Washington to ES, 4 30 Ibid. October 1910. (CNA).

31 Seton to Robinson, 13 October 1934. (Philmont); See also: William D. Murray, 54 James E. West, “The Boy Scout Movement in America” Proceedings of the First History, 33; William D. Murray, As He Journeyed: The Autobiography of William D. Annual Meeting of the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America, 14 February Murray (New York: Association Press, 1929) pp. 346 – 355. 1911, 4. (BSA).

32 H. Allan Anderson, The Chief, p. 156. 55 Baden-Powell to Seton, 24 September 1910. (CNA).

33 Anderson, The Chief, pp. 156 – 9; Seton to Robinson, 13 October 1934. 56 Alexander to Seton, 24 September 1910. (BSA). (Philmont). 57 Alexander to Seton, 29 September 1910. (CNA). 34 Seton to C.A. Schenek, 8 September 1910. (Wadland).

35 Anderson, The Chief, pp. 158 – 9; Murray, History, p. 33; See also: Edgar M. Robinson, “Black Wolf in Camp with Boys,” The American Boy, June 1911, pp. 9, 30.

ISCA JOURNAL - SEPTEMBER 2010 23 Collecting Q & A 1910 Campout

Hi, I want to welcome you to our were able to follow groomed trails along Brush Creek all the way By thirtieth-sixth column. As I write this to Johnson County and they even enjoyed a great campfire where Andy Dubill column, thousands of Scouts and their Scoutmaster regaled them non-stop with tales of chivalry, Scouters are preparing to leave for the gallantry, and courtesy. ISCA # 0059 2010 National Scout Jamboree at A.P. [email protected] Hill in the state of Virginia. I thought it Their first aid and emergency preparedness training proved very would be fun to look back 100 years useful when one of their own – Scout Harold Barthelson – cut and see what a camping experience was like in the early days of his wrist severely when they were breaking camp at Flat Rock to the BSA. begin the trek home. The Scouts of the Wolf, Fox, and Peacock patrol performed admirably. They did not panic—rather set to work When we go to camp or to the jamboree today our troops generally applying a tourniquet to stop the bleeding. Once his bleeding go by car, bus (usually an air-conditioned bus), train or plane. In stopped, Scout Barthelson got back into line and marched back 1910 our Scouts went by foot. As they acquired more gear, as the into town with his fellow Scouts. He got home in great shape and experience grew, they pulled it along with them on a hike cart. You recovered from his wound. couldn’t count on dad or mom coming down to camp at night with a pizza or a load of food to get you through to the end of camp – They practiced new techniques on their hike. The Scouts marked if you did not carry it to camp it was not there with you. It was a their path with small piles of rocks and other materials so they far different experience then we see today and it is sort of fun to could later find their way home. They also employed a military type think about how early Scouting is different than what we enjoy one- guard system where advance Scouts would signal that a wagon hundred years later.

Well, make sure you and your Scouts enjoy the BSA’s 100th anniversary centennial and all of the special activities that are coming along with it— in your pack, troop, district or council! A lot of people (including many of you) have spent a lot of time preparing for this year—enjoy it!! It is really an exciting and special year.

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Now let’s go back to 1910. The local newspapers reported that the first Boy Scout camping experience in the new Kansas City Council took place on October 1, 1910. The Scouts marched from Thirty-ninth and Genesee Streets in Kansas City (just west of downtown) all the way out to a farm located at Flat Rock (now Mission Hills) in Johnson Early Scouts on Campout County, Kansas. It was approximately a five mile hike. The equipment they carried with them was basic: or another hiker was coming along the path and the Scouts would Knapsacks and a broomstick to use as a hiking stick, scatter through fences or into depressions along the hike path until Lunches in their knapsack, the “danger” passed. Knives, a drinking cup, and Rope to tie knots with and make other useful articles. When Scoutmaster L.M. Lyons gave the command to “break ranks and pitch camp” the boys had a better idea. Seeing a swimming The camping expedition was a rousing success as the new Scouts hole not far from where they stood, boys slipped off suspenders got to break into patrols and practice many of the new Scout and shirts, removed packs and blankets and headed down for a techniques that they had been practicing for their first camping swim. Scoutmaster Lyons was forced to call a halt to the set up trip. They built a wonderful camp on a farmer’s pasture land; they of camp until after the cold water forced the boys out. After camp was set, Lyons told the boys that it was time to start the Scout’s

24 ISCA JOURNAL - SEPTEMBER 2010 first campfire. He told them that no real woodsman would ever That first year’s summer camp, which began on June 4, 1911, was need more than two matches to start a fire. One Scout lit the first pretty rudimentary when compared against the camps we enjoy match, attempted to start the kindling ablaze – only to see the first one hundred years later. B.L. Welch was appointed the first camp attempt fizzle out. Suggestions were called out, drier kindling was director and Dr. Isadore Anderson was the Camp Physician. One gathered from the woods and the second match was lit and applied hundred and ten Scouts saved up and paid fifty cents a day for food to the tinder. The Scouts roared in unison as the flames crept up at camp. The camp lasted ten days so the total fee for each Scout through the wood. The patrols then cooked steak, potatoes, beans to attend was five dollars. and bread and agreed that it took longer to cook than to eat.

The biggest problem of the day occurred while they were preparing Each Boy Scout was instructed to bring: their meal. The farmer who owned the land saw the smoke and • a tin pail came over to tell the group to “scoot off of his farm, mighty quick.” • a small shovel After a quick explanation of their plans and a promise to leave his • an axe or hatchet property in better shape than they found it, he agreed to allow the • a lantern full of oil camp out to continue and went back to his farmhouse. The rest of • a strip of canvas or rubber blanket the day was spent playing various field games and practicing the • one pair of wool blankets patrol calls of the Wolf, Fox, and Peacock Patrols. • a tin plate, cup, knife, fork and spoon • and their best disposition. The twenty Scouts who attended this first camping experience in Kansas City gathered around the campfire that night to hear When they arrived at camp they found a huge pile of straw that had their Scoutmaster tell them tales of honesty, chivalry, courtesy, been donated by neighboring farmers. The straw was stuffed into faithfulness, loyalty, and manliness – all ideals of the perfect Scout. their canvas or rubber blanket to make a “tick” for them to sleep on. If the Scout was lucky he would have a pair of wool army blankets Soon after the Scout’s first camping experience in Kansas City, from the Spanish American War (if his father or uncle had been a Gordon & Koppel Clothiers announced that the first eighty sets soldier) to throw over himself. You could not ask for more luxurious of uniforms had been received and were being distributed to the and enjoyable accommodations—out in the wilderness with your lucky Scouts who had placed their orders. Each uniform set cost buddies, food, fun and great sleeping arrangements. $2.65 and included a hat, shirt, baggy knee trousers and a khaki knapsack. Tenderfoot Scouts would receive a special button to The first encampment must have been a success because a wear on their uniforms until permanent insignia arrived. Three permanent Scout organization was established early in 1912 and other troops of Scouts were scheduled to wear their uniforms on was officially chartered on May 16, 1912 by the Boy Scout National scheduled hikes in early November of 1910; the first troop hiked Headquarters in New York City. The second Council Boy Scout from Westport Baptist Church in Kansas City to Merriam, Kansas; camp was held just after that in the summer of 1912 in Overland the second left from the First Congregational Church bound for Park, Kansas. The spirit of Scouting was picking up in the Heart of Independence, Missouri and the last left the First Congregational America and was spreading across the country. Church in Kansas City, Kansas bound for the Quindaro Ruins-a famous Civil War site along the Underground Railway. ********

It was announced in the newspapers in early 1911 that Col. T.W. The 1911 handbook featured a message from Ernest Thompson Goldin had taken charge of the Boy Scout organization in Kansas Seton, the Chief Scout of the Boy Scouts of America. It is interesting City. He was a very interesting individual as he had been an Indian to look at a few paraphrased excerpts of his message one-hundred scout for General George Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn years later to see how they have lasted the test of time: and had been commissioned to carry a message to the general just before the battle began. He was awarded the Congressional • There was once a boy who lived in a region of rough Medal of Honor for his exploits that day. Goldin was in his mid- farms. He was wild with the love of the green out fifties in 1911 and had a ruddy complexion due to all of the time doors—the trees, the tree-top singers, the wood- he spent in the out of doors during his life. He appealed to the herbs and the live things that left their nightly tracks young boys because of his bearing as a soldier and his previous by his spring well. He used to tremble with excitement experience as an Indian fighter. when some new bird was seen—but he was alone and helpless, he had neither book nor friend to guide him. At his first meeting with seventy Scout recruits, he regaled the group with stories of the battle and his Indian fighting experiences. • There were other things in the green and living world that He realized at the time that he could fascinate the youth with had a binding charm for him. He wanted to learn to camp out, stories about Indian fighting, but realized that was not the way to to live again the life of his hunter grandfather who knew all encourage Scouts to join the BSA in Kansas City. Goldin had the tricks of winning comfort from his relentless wilderness. recently returned from Oklahoma where he had surveyed the Scout organization in Oklahoma City and other cities in the state. He • He loved the touch of romance. He drank Fenimore expected to begin the work of rehabilitating the Kansas City Scout Cooper’s books in as one parched might drink at a group soon with the hope of growing the organization into one of spring. He reveled in the tales of courage and heroic the best in the country. He was pleased that since the BSA had deeds, he gloated over records of their trailings and begun in Kansas City in September of 1910, ten independent boy scouting by red men and white. Some day this boy said organizations had amalgamated into the BSA. At the time Goldin that he would write it all down for other boys to learn. took initial command of Kansas City’s council, one thousand of the necessary two thousand dollars had been raised to hire • As years went by there were books about most of the things him as permanent leader. The first big event for the new Scout that he wished to know-but they were very expensive and organization would be the 1911 Summer Camp. a whole library would be needed to cover his interests. Although that boy thought himself peculiar in those days, ISCA JOURNAL - SEPTEMBER 2010 25 he soon realized that many a boy had exactly the same One of our loyal readers, Alberta Menickelli, was kind enough to set of interests that he did. All of the things that the boy send me an article from the 1920 Year Book from the Rome New loved and wished to learn were now part of the broad work York Council of the Boy Scouts of America referencing another that was called Scouting. black Eagle Scout from that same year. His name was • “Scout” means to watch Hamilton Bradley and he was for the rest. It fits the boys one of the five new Eagle in town as well as those in Scouts from the Rome Council the wilderness—it applies in 1920. The Year Book stated to peace instead of war. that the Eagle Scout badge The Scout can become was awarded to any first class an expert in Life-craft as Scout qualifying for twenty-one well as Wood-craft, for he merit badges. The twenty-one is trained in the things of badges in 1920 had to include the heart as well as the first aid, life saving, personal mind and hand – riding, health, public health, cooking, swimming, tramping, camping, civics, bird study, trailing, photography, pathfinding, pioneering, athletics first aid, camping, or physical development and handicraft, loyalty, any ten others. obedience, courtesy, thrift, courage, and kindness. Hamilton Bradley was chosen for another high honor in 1920. • If those are some of the That was the year that the things that youth or their Eastern States Exposition invited parents wanted for their the Boy Scouts of America children then this new to build a Mohawk Village on program of Scouting is for the exposition grounds for them. Whether you be a the purpose of demonstrating farm boy or shoe clerk, Scout craft skills. Two Scouts newsboy or millionaire’s from each “first class council” son, your place is in from the ten Eastern states that Scouting’s ranks – it made up the Eastern Exposition will help you do better were to be chosen to staff the work and give you new Mohawk Village in September of pleasures in life. that year. Hamilton Bradley was chosen as a representative from The BSA has changed dramatically the Rome, New York Boy Scout over the years—but I am pleased Council. to say that Seton’s promises are true to this day and that is why I am proud to be a member of this movement-the great game of The Scouts were awakened at 6:30 a.m. each morning by bugle Scouting. and were given seven minutes to dress and assemble for flag raising. After flag raising they exercised before going to breakfast. During the days they built bridges, huts and signal towers to ******** demonstrate Scout skills. Outside of the “field activities” Scouts would be demonstrating knot tying, making fire without matches, Many of you commented on the feature article I wrote a couple doing first aid and demonstrating cooking. Hamilton Bradley was of issues ago about the first black Eagle Scout in America. I a proud Scout in 1920 and said that he “had happy memories of had noted in the article that the Scout Executive in Kansas City the pleasant time we had while there in the interest of Scouting.” noted in the 1920 Annual Report on Scouting that “1920 has seen Thanks to Alberta for sharing this information about another early increased work among the Negro Scouts of Kansas City. The Eagle Scout. troops were increased from three to five under the direction of Deputy Commissioner Lacey. The advancement record of Troop 92 is particularly worthy of mention.” Later in the Annual there ******* was a description of the “Outstanding Scouts of 1920” as well as a complete list of the twenty-eight Scouts who attained Life and Star Hope you enjoyed this column. Remember I always welcome your rank that year. One of the Scouts recognized in the write-up was input for future columns. Just send me an email to adubill@aol. “Harry Cooper of Troop 92. He attained Eagle rank in September, com or letter with your questions or comments for future issues! 1920. He is the only Negro Eagle Scout in Kansas City, and Thank you to all who have participated by sending a note or idea according to the best information available, the only Negro Eagle for this column. The best of Scouting to you and yours in our Scout in the United States. Cooper now has 48 merit badges and Centennial year! has won them all through real ability.”

26 ISCA JOURNAL - SEPTEMBER 2010 OA News Flaps from Two New Lodges

By New lodge Tschipey Achtu 397? Bill Topkis tells us that he owns a By (NY) Seneca Waterways Council (from gold Brotherhood pin from this lodge Dave Minnihan merger of Ty-Ohni 95 and Tahgajute that dates to 1950 (making it from Bruce Shelley ISCA # 0018L 247) has issued its first flap. The new Amanquemack 470). He believes this ISCA # 0054L [email protected] flap features a woodland lake scene newly found Vigil pin dates to roughly [email protected] with a white (albino?) buck deer in the 1964 based on the owner’s Vigil foreground. card that was sold in another lot. Bill believes this Vigil pin is the only one known. He is aware of two gold We hear the boys wanted to adopt the number 0 at first, but the adult Brotherhood pins from the lodge. leadership denied that. They then decided to adopt the number 397, which is their council number. Since the Order of the Arrow no Bill also sent us an image of what is listed in BB VI as a slug from longer assigns lodge numbers or has any use for them that seemed this lodge. He says this is correctly called a trial strike, or sample likely to stick. But we read later that they did not want to adopt a of what the die is. It looks like the basic 470 pin with a lot of extra number being used by another lodge so would take no number at metal extending out from it, like flashing on a cast plastic item. all. So it may be up to dealers or the collecting community to come These slugs were not made for distribution. up with a number to use for them in our catalogs and references. Bill commented also on our mention last time of a paper arrow Many lodges have issued neckerchief slides or bolos over the years badge from what looked like Raccoon 145, a forerunner of but the Blue Book has so far not included them in lodge listings. Nachenum 145 from the Cincinnati area. His research indicates We believe adding additional insignia items, like slides, is being the lodge was never chartered as Raccoon lodge, but that may considered for the next edition. have been a working name before they found the Native American word Nachenum, meaning raccoon, that was actually submitted for We bring this up because we followed the April eBay auctions the first charter. of two neckerchief slides from Shin-Go-Beek 334. These were painted metal. One was shaped like a standing arrowhead with Nick DeMarco traded us the Japeechen 341 flap issued for 2010. an arrow across it. The second was an arrowhead shape pointed The lodge issues a new flap each year and we were surprised down with a hand cradling an arrow, similar to the Owasippe 7 to see no mention of the BSA 100th anniversary, which would be totem. We understand that the upright arrowhead slide was fairly expected. Instead the design features a surfboard. Nick said the well-known and it sold for $168. The down pointing arrowhead slide design was the choice of the youth. was rumored to exist but unknown to our contacts. It sold for $723. Chris Jensen attended the Mowogo 243 Ordeal/Pre-Camp event Following up that story, in July a Neal slide from Koshkonong 302 in late May and brought back some new issues, including a round sold on eBay for $71. back patch and two flaps. The flaps mark both the 2010 Jamboree and the BSA anniversary “100 Years BSA.” The flap with purple Kevin Rudesill writes that Nisqually 155 has changed their number border was fund raiser and the one with white border was for to 612 to match Pacific Harbor Council’s number. They have issued jamboree participants only. a flap with the new number. Nentico 12 has issued a new trader flap that uses the same design An Amangamek Wipit 470 S40 National Vice Chief flap with gold as their previous trader but has many clear differences, making it a mylar border sold on eBay in April for $103. This was the chief’s gift new issue. The most notable changes are size (the old flap was 115 flap and the young man who served in this position gave out very mm wide and the new one is 128mm wide) and eagle color (gold few of these while in office. It is a big need for many lodge members mylar on the older flap and dark yellow on the new one). and chief flap collectors. But most of those collectors know there is a large supply of them sitting out there that could come on the Near the end of May a Unami 1 S44 flap sold on eBay for $41. market at any time. This was the first one we had seen on eBay. This flap was issued in 2008 to mark the closure of Camp Treasure Island, the birthplace of the Order of the Arrow. The flap design A Vigil honor silver lapel pin from Amangamek Wipit 470 sold on includes part of the closing line of the camp song, written by E. eBay in May for $867. The pin was shaped like a shark’s tooth Urner Goodman: “Still abiding when we leave thee, (dear ole with the Washington Monument and Vigil mark superimposed but Treasure Isle).” was missing the chain and arrow. (Shark teeth were commonly found by all Scouts at Camp Roosevelt in the banks and shallows Mark Chilutti wrote to tell us that the Chief Scout Executive attended of the Potomac River.) The pin had on the back the hallmark of the the OA National Committee meeting in May. He addressed the manufacturer, J. E. Caldwell. committee at the start and thanked them all for their work. He then presented to the Chairman and committeemen a new red Vigil sash with an individually numbered BSA 100th anniversary badge on the

ISCA JOURNAL - SEPTEMBER 2010 27 back. He spoke about the history of the red Vigil sash, first worn • Attend a callout by committeemen in 1950 and again for the OA 75th Anniversary in • Attend a lodge event 1990. Mark also reports that a new National Committee patch was • Serve as an Elangomat issued at the meeting. He tells us that the first Wischixin award was the 343C1, issued At the Calumet TOR held over the Memorial Day weekend outside for service in 1992. (There are apparently overruns of this chenille Chicago, Todd Oberg caught passed on information about new that the lodge did not issue). The second award was a two color flaps fromIllinek 132, including an OBV set and a National Service enameled pin and certificate from 1995. The third award was the Award. The OBV set is night scene, replacing their previous set with C2 issued in 1997, which is apparently very hard to find now. This a sunset scene. The Ordeal flap has a red border, the Brotherhood chenille shows a white buffalo superimposed on a large red “K” and flap a blue border, and the Vigil flap a green border. the number “97” for the date (looks like it could easily be confused with a lodge number). The fourth and most recent award was an Owaneco 313 has issued two flaps for the BSA 100th anniversary. enameled pin from 2002 or 2003. The flap showing a dawn scene and with a red border is a fund raiser. The second flap with silver mylar border and a night scene is A copy of the notice announcing the first award noted that it was a service award, but it could also be purchased for $50. created in 1991. The lodge had already decided that the award would not continue in 1993 but did say they might adopt it again in In early June an unlisted neckerchief from Swatara 39 was offered future years, which they obviously did. on eBay as the 39n0.5. Although the seller offered a good image, it was not clear if was hand painted or silkscreened. The design on Jim also sent us images of two flaps from Octoraro 22, including green cloth was a red arrow over a jumping deer with the legend a new 2009-2010 winter camp staff flap. He tells us the second “Swatara Lodge WWW.” The seller reported it was in his father’s flap is the executive committee issue for 2009-2010. This flap collection together with a note from his father saying that the notes several things including NOAC 2009, four years winning the seller’s grandfather had traded for it at the 1940 NOAC. The seller Goodman Award, and the NSA. claimed one other copy was known and that this was the true first issue from the lodge. It is not listed in Blue Book VI. It was offered Brad Estabrook writes that Pachachaug 525 has issued two with a minimum bid of $2250. JAM10 flaps- a trader with blue border and a contingent flap with red mylar border. Apoxky Aio 300 has issued a new uniform flap with a sunset scene and the ghosted totems of the four former lodges that have joined Tatanka 488 has issued three flaps for the Jamboree. The red to create it. In addition, we hear they have issue a back patch with border flap with multicolor background is the trader. The red border a chenille bear and 2010 National Jamboree two-piece set. with white background is the contingent flap. The white border flap is a special fundraiser. Florida’s OA section S-4 held a “FourCorps” service project in the Ocala National Forest in June. The event drew 130 people from Brad Thompson tells us that Enda Lechauhanne 57 has issued a a dozen lodges and four states. Attendees were able to pre-order 2010 Jamboree flap. He says there may be second flap with glow in t-shirts, a fishing shirt, a jacket patch, a neckerchief, a pocket patch, the dark threads for troop officers, advisors, and other VIPs. and book bag (only four were made). Participants got a special one per person patch when they checked out and there was a mylar Chuck Jaxel reported on Patch-L that Burlington County Council version of that badge for staff. has issued many badges for the Jamboree this year including an unusual flap. The flap has a laser slit cut down the middle of the A Sanhican 2 R1 in nice but used condition sold on eBay in June river in the design, with an otter in a tube pin that can slide up and for the buy-it-now price of $5,000. It had been offered previously down the river. We haven’t seen this but it sounds like another first at higher prices and was relisted with a lower price at least twice for OA insignia. before finding a buyer. Manitous 88 is celebrating its 15th anniversary in addition to the Also in June a Coosa 50 S40 flap sold for $83. This flap was issued BSA 100th. They have issued a special flap and a two-piece flap/ in 2009 to mark lodge member and ISCA member Dr. James Flatt odd shape set. They are also issuing four two-piece sets for the receiving the Distinguished Service Award. To our knowledge this is Jamboree (contingent, trader, staff, and fundraiser). the first time a lodge has issued a flap to commemorate a member receiving the DSA. Stephen White forwarded information on Illinek 132 Jamboree two-piece sets. The S34/X8 set was for the contingent (350 sets Jim Deroba sent us images of several new badges from Woapeu made); the S35/X9 set was for staff (350 sets); and the S36/X10 set Sisilija 343, including a white ghost flap. On this white ghost (with was for general trading (500 sets). Lodge members who were not a few black details) most of the embroidery takes on subtle colors attending could buy groups of all three sets. in sunlight, mainly a pale pink and some pale blue. Bob Cylkowski shared with us recently surveys he did of prominent The other badges he reported were a four patch Wischixin award OA collectors in 1979 and again in 1987, trying to gather opinions set. Lined up in order the four rectangle badges complete a white and data about the toughest OA numbers. He had 26 respondents buffalo from their backgrounds. We asked Jim about this award and to the most needed OA number in 1979 (#1 was 219, #2 was 47, he provided more details. #3 was 538) and 50 responses in 1987 (#1 was 155, #2 was 219, and #3 was 154). The most need name in 1987 was 246 Wakoda The current award set can be earned by youth and adults, with (34/42), #2 needed name was 195 Ma-Ta-Cam (33/42), and #3 different requirements for each. For example, some of the needed name was 370 Massasoit (30/42). requirements were these: • Provide transport for youth to lodge events In 1979 his survey reported 13 complete number sets (no 214 at • Participate in two work days the time). We believe only 4 of those 13 men are alive today (Gene 28 ISCA JOURNAL - SEPTEMBER 2010 Berman, Hal Yocum, Dennis Sydloski, and Clyde Bell, Jr.). [email protected] or Bruce at [email protected] For publication we prefer black & white TIFF images of new issues Bob also reported some prices realized from the Don Dennison scanned at 300 dots per inch (DPI), reduced 50%. We will trade for sale in early 1970. This was a collection missing five numbers (154, new issues if you wish. 388, 454, 538, and 543. The legitimate patches that sold for at least $100 were these: 47r $150, 448f $138, 526f $120, 155r $110, and Contributors:.Bob Cylkowski, Stephen White, Brad Thompson, 314x $110. Interestingly, there were five known fakes in that sale Roger Schustereit, Brad Estabrook, Kevin Rudesill, Jim Deroba, that brought $100 or more. Rick Obermeyer, Mike Conkey, Bob Walton, Tim Weithers, John Eichelberger, Jef Heckinger, Jerry Lutz, Todd Oberg, Shaun Quick comments: Woolmer, Chris Jensen, Mark Mitchell, Stan Rudnick, Bill Topkis, Bill Hunnicutt, Nick DeMarco, Randy Yates, and Gene Cobb. • The Michigamea 110 2010 National Jamboree flap design features two squirrels playing the video game “Rock Band.” New Issues • Chippewa 29 has issued a 2010 National Jamboree that Blk R Tur Red Grn Fdl; Dyl eagle; 128mm features the Ford Mustang in its design. 12s25 22s160 LPu R MC Wht Pur Fdl; NOAC09; • The first flap from new Illinois lodge Nisha Kittan (from “NSA/Goodman Award 81, 82, 84, 99” merger of Kiskakon 32 and Taleka 81) shows a number 22s162 Org R Dbl Pbl Pbl Fdl; “winter camp staff” “114”, which they have adopted. 29s38 Yel R B&W Red __ “2010 Jamboree” • The 2010 National Jamboree flap from Pocumtuc (83) Yel R B&W Blu __; “Ford Mustang/ shows the Cat in the Hat playing basketball (Springfield, 29x24 2010 National Jamboree” MA, is where the game was invented) and the copyright of Gmy R Dbl Red Dbl Bsa; “100” Dr. Seuss dated 2010. 35s 35x Gmy R Dbl Wht Red Fdls; “conclave 2010” • Tejas 72 has issued a RWB ghost flap for the Jamboree. 35s Blu R MC Wht Wht Fdl; “1910-2010” 35x Blu r MC Wht T Lbr Fdl; “1910-2010” Ror R MC Wht Wht Fdl; “ryan m. hay/ The following badges did not sell on e-Bay when bids did not reach 44s44 home of the 2009 ne region chief” the reserve (dnmr) or no one bid at the minimum (nbam). 50s40 Smy R Wht Blk Yel Fdl; “Dr. James Flatt/ 2009 Distinguished Service Award” 154f1b nbam $2849 FF (f1a $2850) Blk R MC Wht Blk Fdl; JAM10 219f1 nbam $5349 FF ($5750) 57s55 Red R MC Wht Blu BSA; BSA 100th; 15th Ann 346f1 Tannu nbam $482 FF ($1298) 63s24 Blu R LBl Wht Yel Fdl; JAM10; 418a1 Nick nbam $2299 ($2160) (83)s7 “©Dr. Suess 2010” 542f1 Kim nbam $4499 FF ($4000) Red R MC Wht Yel Fdl; JAM10 543f1 nbam $4499 FF ($4500) 110s40 114s1 Smy R Blk Wht Wht Fdl; FF Yel R MC Red Lbl Fdl; BSA 100th Here is a list OA badges of note that changed hands recently in 129s85 Red R MC Blk Grn Fdl; ORD Internet auctions or in private sales for which we have certain 132s34 Blu R MC Blk Grn Fdl; BRO information. Figures in parentheses are the prices asked for the 132s35 Grn R MC Blk Grn Fdl; VIG Dave Thomas first flap (FF) collection. 132s36 132s37 BlkR MC Blk Grn Fdl; Gmy “National Service Award” 10s 10th Ann $480 Lbr R Lbr Red Lbr Fdl; Jam2010 35f1a worn $307 FF ($1100) 132s34 Lbr R Lbr Brn Lbr Fdl; A Lincoln; “1033” 62f1 $255 FF ($325) 132x8 Dol R Lbr Red Lbr Fdl; Jam2010; “Staff” 72f1 worn $406 FF ($1100) 132s35 Dol R Lbr Brn Lbr Fdl; “1033/Staff” 99s1 $985 FF ($1200) 132x9 Dbr R Lbr Red Lbr Fdl; Jam2010 118s1 $787 FF ($810) 132s36 Dbr R Lbr Brn Lbr Fdl; A Lincoln; “1033” 120f1 Chi $420 FF ($910) 132x10 Blk R Brn Wht Tan Fdl; “2010” BSA 100th 135s1 $400 FF ($380) 193s33 Grn R Blk Yel __; red cape on horse 152a1 WAB felt $1000 201s43 Pur R MC Blk Yel Fdl; Jam10; BSA 100th 201f1 $147, $205 FF ($384) 243s69 Wht R MC Blk Yel Fdl; Jam10; BSA 100th 226f1 Chem $58 FF ($269) 243s70 Blk R MC Red Grn Fdl; RND 278f1 $93 FF ($439) 243j18 Wht R MC Pur Pur Fdl; BSA 100th 339s2 Amo (25th Ann) $180 275s56 Red R MC MC Yel Fdl; BSA 100th; dawn 377f1 $485 FF ($699) 313s39 Smy R MC MC Yel Fdl; BSA 100th; night 403f1 $227 FF ($428) 313s40 Blk R MC Red Blk Fdl; JAM10 410f1 Aola $107 FF ($212) 313s41 Bbl R Blk Yel Grn Fdl; JAM10; “100” 419f1 $225 FF ($450) 331s74 Blu R Lbl Blk Org Fdl; surfboard (2010) 432a1 $1138 341s36 Wht R Wht Wht Wht Fdl; Blk details 470x1 “mack” tooth shape $250 ($607) 343s30 Blk R MC Red Grn Fdl; :helpfulness” 535f1 $275 FF ($683) 343x8 343x9 Blk R MC Red Grn Fdl; “service” Blk R MC Red Grn Fdl; “brotherhood” 343x10 Blk R MC Red Grn Fdl; “cheerfulness” Please drop us a note with news that you think would be of interest 343x11 Blk R B&W Red B&W Fdl; 60th Ann to other collectors. If you have information from your Lodge or 377s71 B&Y R M/C Blk Blu BSA; BSA 100th Section to share, send an e-mail, photocopies (with descriptions 397s75 Smy R MC Red Blk Fdl; FF and preferably in color), or scan to either of us. You reach Dave at 397s1(NY) ISCA JOURNAL - SEPTEMBER 2010 29 459s103 Gmy R Wht Blu Gmy Fdl; “1910-2010” 498s21 Smy R Blk Red Dyl Fdl; 25th Ann 470s131 Smy RC MC Wht __; (JAM2010) 525s37 Blu R MC Blk Blk FDL: JAM10; BSA 100th 482s36 Dgy R StlBlu Yel Wht Fdl; JAM10 525s38 Rmy R MC Blk Blk FDL: JAM10; BSA 100th 488s67 Wht R Wht Wht MC SS; JAM10; BSA 100th 540s32 Blk C Blk Lbr Lbr Fdl; “BSA 100” 488s68 Red R MC Wht MC SS; JAM10; BSA 100th 561s8 Gry C Blu Yel Yel SS; hanging feathers 488s69 RedR Wht Wht MC SS; JAM10; BSA 100th 612s1 Blk R MC Gmy Wht Fdl

12s25

193s33

63s24

243j18

110s40

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313s39 114s1

129s85 313s41

132s34 331s74

30 ISCA JOURNAL - SEPTEMBER 2010 341s36 482s36

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ISCA JOURNAL - SEPTEMBER 2010 31 Collecting Community Strips Part 9

by BLAKE KEASEY • ISCA # 0084 L

[ ] Woodburn [ ] Worcester [ ] York Springs [ ] Woodbury [ ] Worland [ ] Yorkfield Continued [ ] Woodcock [ ] Worthington [ ] Yorkshire [ ] Woodcrest [ ] Worthville [ ] Xenia [ ] Yorktown [ ] Woodforest [ ] Worton [ ] Yachats [ ] Yorkville [ ] Woodhull [ ] Wrangell [ ] Yadkinsville [ ] Yosemite [ ] Wishkah [ ] Woodlake [ ] Wren [ ] Yakima [ ] Youngstown [ ] Wishkah Valley [ ] Woodland [ ] Wrens [ ] Yalesville [ ] Youngsville [ ] Wishram [ ] Woodland Hills [ ] Wrenshall [ ] Yamhill [ ] Yreka [ ] Wisner [ ] Woodland Park [ ] Wrightsboro [ ] Yanceyville [ ] Yuba City [ ] Witch Hazel [ ] Woodlawn [ ] Wrightstown [ ] Yantis [ ] Yucca Valley [ ] Witt [ ] Woodlyn [ ] Wrightwood [ ] Yardville [ ] Yukon [ ] Woburn [ ] Woodmere [ ] Wurtland [ ] Yates Center [ ] Yuma [ ] Woden Crystal [ ] Woodmont [ ] Wyalusing [ ] Yazoo City [ ] Zalma Lake [ ] Woodridge [ ] Wyckoff [ ] Yeadon [ ] Zanesville [ ] Wolbridge [ ] Woodruff [ ] Wymore [ ] Yeagertown [ ] Zap [ ] Wolcott [ ] Woods Hole [ ] Wynantskill [ ] Yellow Springs [ ] Zearing [ ] Wolf Creek [ ] Woodsboro [ ] Wyncote [ ] Yelvington [ ] Zebulon [ ] Wolfeboro [ ] Woodsfield [ ] Wyndmoor [ ] Yeoman [ ] Zeeland [ ] Wolfsville [ ] Woodstock [ ] Wynn Habersham [ ] Yermo [ ] Zeigler [ ] Wolsey [ ] Woodville [ ] Wynnewood [ ] Ygnacio [ ] Zelienople [ ] Wolverine [ ] Woodward [ ] Wyoming [ ] Ygancio Valley [ ] Zellwood [ ] Womelsdorf [ ] Woodward Twp [ ] Wyomissing [ ] Yoe [ ] Zephyrhills [ ] Wonder Lake [ ] Woodway [ ] Wyomissing Hills [ ] Yosemite [ ] Zion [ ] Wood Lawn [ ] Woolmarket [ ] Wysox [ ] Yorba Linda [ ] Zion Hill [ ] Wood River [ ] Woolrich [ ] Wytopiclock [ ] York [ ] Zipp City [ ] Woodbine [ ] Woonsocket [ ] York Beach [ ] Zolfo Springs [ ] Woodbridge [ ] Wooster [ ] York New Salem [ ] Zumbrota [ ] Zuni This completes the listing we started in September 2008. Have we missed any? Without question. If you have any additions or corrections to this list, contact Blake Keasy at the address listed on page 3 of this issue.

Scouting Trivia . . . After eating candy when he had promised not to, a repentant Howard Hughes returned his Buckskin Badge to Daniel Carter Beard with a note that read, “With love, from Howard.”

Each year, the BSA awards 6 million pocket certificates. If stacked on top of one another like a deck of cards, they would be as tall as the Empire State Building, the Washington Monument, both Sears Towers (now Willis Tower), and the John Hancock Conservatory combined.

Raymond Cobb was 25 when he reportedly became the first “Complete Scout,” completing all merit badges and earning Eagle, Ace, Ranger, Silver, and Quartermaster Awards.

Ralph Bunche was the first Boy Scout to earn the Nobel Peace Prize, in 1950. (Robert Baden-Powell was nominated in 1939 but did not win.)

Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton became an Eagle Scout at age 13, businessman and philanthropist H. Ross Perot at 13, and President Gerald R. Ford at 14.

Source: http://scouting.org/100years/100years/SiteFiles/1000/Celebrating100Years/100yearcds/docs/100Things.pdf

32 ISCA JOURNAL - SEPTEMBER 2010 Collecting Camp Patches Camp Neckerchiefs

For most of the first 100 years of during my initial season at the camp in 1957 when I was 12 years By the BSA, a neckerchief (n/c) was old (OK, Sherlocks, you can figure out how old I am!!!) (below an important part of the official center). This was a very positive experience in my life, Bob Sherman uniform. It had many uses primarily due to my unit leader Harvey Paulin who was ISCA 0490 for first aid emergencies the coolest “old guy” I had ever met (he was probably [email protected] as well as adding 7 or 8 years older than I was). some pizzazz to a drab khaki I met up with Harvey a few years ago at our uniform. Many camps used to routinely Council’s Annual Eagle Scout Recognition issue n/c’s every year. I thought I would Dinner where we had each sponsored devote this column to the showing of a new Eagle. Harvey is on the right some of the different types of camp in the photo immediately below. n/c’s that have been produced. Harvey regaled our table with a rousing rendition I personally collect all camp of the classic hit “Back to n/c’s from New England (I Pomperaug, Happy Land” have over 1800 differ- which really brought back ent) so most of the memories. examples in this article will be I won’t turn this entire column into from this area. However, in a n s w e r to my r e -

quest, s o m e m e m b e r s of Patch-L my personal walk down “memory lane” so have sent scans let’s move on to more camp n/c’s. Rick of interesting neck- Obermeyer of FL sent two nice n/c’s from erchiefs from their ar- LA NO CHE SCOUT RESERVATION eas for which I am most located in his neck of the woods. appreciative. Rick informed me that in 1996, a benefactor gave a very colorful The first n/c I would like to fully-embroidered pie patch on a write about is the best one I red n/c to each staff member (one per have in my collection and it is not person). The other La No Che n/c has a map of the camp that is a concept that has from New England. It is from CAMP been done by many camps. HATETOKWITIT owned by Champaign- Urbana Council in IL (above center). There are two patches on this red n/c from 1928 and Some camp n/c’s were embroidered such as this 1930. This is the earliest camp n/c I have ever staff n/c from CAMP CARPENTER of Daniel Webster seen. I smell a challenge. Does anyone have an Council. The “mountain man” logo has been used on earlier camp neckerchiefr? many of their n/c’s and patches.

Everyone remembers their first “one”. My first “one” was my A colorful embroidered n/c was from CAMP NORSE of Anna- CAMP POMPERAUG green n/c with white flocking that I received won Council in MA that was issued in 1984 for the golden anniversary of the camp.

ISCA JOURNAL - SEPTEMBER 2010 33 James Ford of AL sent a very rare 1963 CAMP HORNE staff A less-colorful but more personally significant embroidered n/c that he found at an estate sale 3 years ago. Until then, n/c is from CAMP POMPERAUG owned by Pomperaug no collector in Black Warrior Council knew that it existed. Council in CT. It says “Health Lodge 1960” and is one of a kind. I made it when I was the health lodge orderly Jim Deroba of PA sent a couple of nice n/c’s – the at Camp Pomperaug for the 1960 season. I em- CAMP KAROONDINHA CIT n/c from the 1970’s broidered the words and the camp nurse sewed is quite rare as is the home-made staff n/c from the border on her sewing machine. the same camp with a black felt “K” that was made by the wife of the camp director Since we are on the subject of Camp (Dave Vognetz) in 1978 (facing page). Pomperaug, here is a simple orange and black felt arrowhead sewn on a Frank Kern of WA wrote about dark yellow n/c that belonged to the ORDER OF THE SILVER my father when he was at the MARMOT (OSM), a pre-OA old Camp Pomperaug on Lake society formed in the 1920’s at Zoar in the 1930’s. It seems that CAMP PARSONS owned by Seattle many of the early camp n/c’s were Area Council. In 1954, they chartered simply patches sewn on a cloth triangle as OA Lodge T”kope Kwiskwis #502. or square. Their standard insignia was a silver marmot pin featuring the letters “CP” to indicate “Camp Finally the last n/c from Camp Pomperaug is Parsons” (not to be confused with the Portland my old Staff n/c that I proudly wore when I wasn’t Area Council marmot pins w/o “CP”.) Camp Staff wearing my health lodge n/c during the Summer of members at Camp Parsons who were members of the 1960. It can’t really be 50 years ago??? This design was OSM were given n/c’s such as the 1950 example sent by used for many years with different color Frank that are extremely rare. combinations. I have over 40 n/c’s from my old camp. Robert Roberts sent several scans including this older n/c from Other camp n/c’s consisted CAMP CHEROKEE owned by of patches sewn on a Cherokee Area Council in standard two/color BSA TN. There are a load of n/c such as the PARKER Camp Cherokees besides MOUNTAIN SCOUT RES- this one – they come from ERVATION from Minuteman Cherokee Council in NC, Council in MA. Cherokee Area Council in OK, Chickasaw Council in TN, Circle LOON POND CAMP from Boston Ten Council in TX, Sequoyah Council Council has a patch sewn on a plain in TN, Cherokee Scout Reservation black cloth n/c (facing page). In contrast, owned by Old North State Council in NC, CAMP MATTATUCK of Mattatuck Council not to mention Cherokee Hllls Scout Camp put their patch on a dazzling checkerboard owned by Piankeshaw, Illiana and Prairielands multicolored design that almost obliterates the Councils in IL. patch. Thanx to all who contributed to this column. If you Warren Kuhfeld of OH sent a n/c from CHAGRIN enjoyed this change-of-pace from my usual columns about RESERVATION that closed in the mid 1960’s. Warren camp patches, please let me know. If you have any interesting remembers hiking along the Chagrin camp n/c’s that you would like to River during a weekend camp-out share with our readers, please send and seeing “Squaw Rock” when he scans or good photocopies to me and was a young scout. He thought it perhaps I’ll do another n/c column was carved by Native Americans but some time in the future (when I can’t of course it was carved by Mother think of anything else to write about). Nature. This n/c may be the only memorabilia from Chagrin that has The December column will have some it’s name on the piece. illustrations of more SSC’s that have not been shown in previous issues of Merle Hyldahl of NY sent an the ISCA Journal. My goal is to have embroidered CAMP NIKKO from the shown all known SSC patches, n/c’s, Far East Council in Japan. slides etc. in this column.

34 ISCA JOURNAL - SEPTEMBER 2010 Editors Note: Bob submitted a large number of images with his article, but unfortunately due to space limitations we were only able to show representative samples of the neckerchiefs.

ISCA JOURNAL - SEPTEMBER 2010 35 CSP CORNER 100th Anniversary Issues

I have created a spreadsheet listing of all of the 100th anniversary CSPs and SAPs and it is available on the By ISCA website by going to the Members Only section and clicking on “Reference” – then selecting “CSP, OA Steve Austin and RWS References”. ISCA # 0080 [email protected] http://www.scouttrader.org/References/oa_reference.shtml

In this quarter’s listing below, since there are so many new 100th CSP issues – I have taken them out of the listing – and you can go directly to the 100th checklist to get the latest list. This list will be updated monthly as new issues are identified.

Hope everyone had a great summer and those who went to the Jamboree had a fantastic time during this historic year for our organization.

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WILL BUY OR TRADE FOR ALL CALDWELL JEWELRY OA TOTEM PINS.

* THESE GENERALLY HAVE THE LODGE TOTEM ATTACHED TO AN ARROW BY A CHAIN.

* THESE ARE GENERALLY HALLMARKED ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF THE TOTEM “J E CALDWELL.”

* LOOKING FOR ANY SUCH TOTEM PINS FROM ANY LODGE. * SILVER OR GOLD. * BROTHERHOOD OR VIGIL. Thank you! - Please contact:

John Ortt (ISCA # 3106) 968 Lindsley Drive Virginia Beach, VA 23454 757-496-9540 [email protected]

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