Service, Tradition, Honor This Summer My Son and I Attended the 90Th Lodge Completely Apart Down to the Main Anniversary Celebration of the Order of the Framework
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WOLF’S TALE THE EYES AND EARS OF KITTATINNY LODGE 5 HAWK MOUNTAIN COUNCIL 528, BSA VOLUME 7 - NUMBER 2 MARCH 1, 2006 MARCH/APRIL 2006 LODGE CALENDAR Service, Tradition, Honor This summer my son and I attended the 90th Lodge completely apart down to the main Anniversary Celebration of the Order of the framework. We took out windows, walls, Arrow at Treasure Island Scout Camp. The doors, ceiling, bunks, closets and even the camp is located on an island on the Delaware bathroom toilet. This was done so Unami 2006 River between Allentown and Philadelphia. Lodge could check the structural integrity of the Health Lodge for rebuilding. At the end of In the spring of 2005 severe rains caused the the day, our group took a tour of the island river to rise and flood the island thus and visited the historical birthplace of the March 1 destroying Treasure Island Scout Camp and Order of the Arrow. We were able to see and NOAC Lodge Reservations Due canceling the 2005 camping season. At the walk through Unami Lodge’s Ceremony Circle anniversary celebration we spoke to Unami where E. Urner Goodman and Carrol Edison March 19 Lodge Officers and to help them with a day of founded the Order. Lodge Executive Committee Mtg cheerful service working on the camp. H.M.S.R. Sci-Tech Center - 2:00 pm As we were leaving Treasure Island, Ranger March 31-April 2 On Oct. 22, 2005 a group of 10 scouts and 5 Mark informed us that for every 1 inch of rain National Leadership Seminar / leaders representing Kittatinny Lodge, traveled north of Allentown the Delaware River will rise National Lodge Adviser Training to Treasure Island Scout Camp for a service approximately 1.5 feet. The camp experiences project to help with camp reconstruction. We Camp Alpine, Alpine, NJ some minor flooding every year. Occasionally met Ranger Mark and took a boat cross the the entire island is covered with water as April 1 Delaware River to access the camp. Imagine occurred in 2005. The Ranger was extremely Council of Chiefs that when you go to scout camp everything pleased with our help and presented everyone H.M.S.R. - 1 pm you take with you must go down a 25 feet with a camp neckerchief Patch. I would like to embankment, be loaded onto a boat for a trip thank all the scouts and leaders that April 21-23 across 80 yards of water, and then carried up represented Kittatinny Lodge in an act of Ordeal/Service Weekend another 25 feet embankment and off to your cheerful service for our fellow brothers in Theme: Medieval camp site. It makes you appreciate how good Unami Lodge. Hawk Mountain Scout Reservation we have it at HMSR. Yours in Brotherhood, May 19-21 Our job for the day was to take the Health Ordeal/Service Weekend Anthony Damato Theme: Marti Gras Hawk Mountain Scout Reservation Who is worthy of the Vigil Honor Recognition ? May 31 NOAC Final Payments The Vigil honor is bestowed by special selection made distinguished contributions beyond the & Staff Fees Due to National and is limited to one person for e very 50 immediate responsibilities of their position or members registered with the lodge each year. office to one or more of the following: their June 2006 lodge, the Order of the Arrow, Scouting, or their 2006 Section NE-4A Conclave Any member of the Order of the Arrow Scout camp. Under no circumstances should Hawk Mountain Scout Reservation registered in Scouting and in good standing in a tenure in Scouting or the Order of the July 29 - Aug 3, 2006 regularly chartered lodge is eligible for Arrow be considered as reason enough for a NOAC - Michigan State University recommendation to the national Order of the Vigil Honor recommendation. East Lansing, MI Arrow Committee for elevation to the Vigil Honor, provided that, at the time of the The Vigil nominating committee is seeking your September 15-17 recommendation, the individual has been a input and recommendations. If you feel any of National Leadership Seminar Brotherhood member for a minimum of 2 years. these brothers are worthy of the honor, please Camp Alpine, Alpine, NJ contact one of the Vigil Selection Alertness to the needs of others is the mark of Committee listed here by phone, or send an the Vigil Honor. It calls for an individual with an email through the Kittatinny web site form unusual awareness of the possibilities within located at: http://www.kittatinny5.org/ each situation. The Vigil Honor is a high mark of committees/vigil/VigilSelectionForm.htm distinction and recognition reserved for the Arrowmen who, by reason of exceptional service, The list of Vigil eligible lodge members (current personal effort, and unselfish interest, have as of 2/5/2006) can be found on page 3. HELP NEEDED, http://www.jumpstart.oa-bsa.org SUMMER 2006 IN THIS EDITION There comes a time when the OA asks the troops to do something for the Order or for camp. Well, Chief’s Corner during the summer, we traditionally have the OA Page 1 - Calendar, Chief’s Cracker Barrel immediately following the Corner, Help Needed Summer Wednesday call-out ceremony. Last year we Brothers, started asking troops to donate food and run the 2006, Vigil Nominations, cracker barrel. This does not have to be It’s always a pleasure to find my fellow scouts Service, Tradition, Honor anything big; last year we had pudding for one of outside of scouting functions. Walking through the cracker barrels. Cracker barrel is just a little the malls, at school functions, and anywhere snack, it doesn’t have to cost a lot and the Page 2 - Committee Articles, else. Sometimes it is tough to find time to be people who participate at the event really active in the community with all of the pressures Lodge Adviser’s Article appreciate it. So… are you feeling inspired by that the extra commitment brings, but the extra this article? Then ask your troop about it and if time is definitely worth it. I've met more people they approve then call or email me. My number’s through scouting than any other way; we all have Page 3 - Vigil Eligible Youth on the back of the Wolf’s Tale and my email the same interests and abilities, making it easier address is: [email protected]. You can donate and Adult, April Weekend to have common-ground to build a friendship off more then once and troops are welcome to sign Form, May Weekend Form of. If you see fellow scouts out in the world up together. make sure you go up and talk to them, its a great way to build worthwhile connections. Yours in Cheerful Service, Page 4 - Leadership Directory, Josh Nimmerichter Yours in Scouting Deadlines, Conclave Patch & OA Summer Chieftain ‘06 Rich Tylka Signup Info Chief, Kittatinny Lodge 5 WT PAGE 2 WOLF’S TALE MARCH 1, 2006 TIMES FOR SERVICE OUR LODGE: LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD AHEAD ! Want some motivation to get further involved in July, 1922, Arthur Schuck and Oliver Fryer were With the OA Weekends right around the corner Kittatinny 5 and make it the best Lodge it can initiated as the first Minsi Lodge 5 members to there couldn’t be a better time to offer service to be? One great way is to look back and see where receive the Third Degree membership, at the lodge and to the council. We have a lot to do we started and where we have been. Sometimes Treasure Island. Schuck was given the name and with only 120 brothers at the last weekend our memories only go back a few years, or we Walapeju, meaning “The Just”, and Fryer received things aren’t looking so good. We need think that the Lodge really didn’t get going until the name Tgauchsu, or “The Gracious”. Minsi everyone to come to the April and May recently. Was it in the ‘90s when our older Lodge 5 hosted the second national Grand Lodge weekends. The May weekend is THREE weeks brothers were doing Ceremonies? Or was it back meeting at Camp Indiandale, and Arthur Schuck before Conclave and we’re hoping to be finishing in the ancient days when our fathers took their was elected as “Grand Chiefton”, the equivalent everything up at that time. Conclave is a BIG Ordeal in the ‘60s? Well, if that’s what you’re of today’s National Chief. The Sixth Grand Lodge deal and it needs to be taken seriously. If thinking, you’re not thinking back nearly far meeting was held at Camp Indiandale in 1926, everyone, that is able to, shows up to both enough. Try the early 1920s! 1921 to be exact. and Robert Henderson of Lodge 5 was elected to weekends we will have less to do on the “off” Yes, Lodge 5 Spirit has been alive for 85 years… the post of Grand Chiefton of WWW, which he weekends. Leading up to the April and May just 11 years after Scouting started in the good held for two years. old USA. service weekends there will be additional While the Order of the Arrow became an official weekends for work. If you need any information Have you ever heard of Indiandale? Camp program experiment of the Boy Scouts of or would like to help at these additional Indiandale was the original Scout Camp in our America in 1922, it was approved as an official weekends contact: area. Your great grandfather may have spent a part of the Scouting program in 1934.