The History of Crazy Horse Lodge #171 Order of the Arrow Black Hills
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The History of Crazy Horse Lodge #171 Order of the Arrow Black Hills Area Council Rapid City, SD Crazy Horse Lodge History, Rapid City, SD The name and number of this Lodge of the Order of the Arrow shall be: Crazy Horse Number 171 – WWW The Lodge shall be affiliated with the Black Hills Area Council, Number 695, Boy Scouts of America (B.S.A.) and shall be under the administrative authority of the Council Scout Executive. The Totem and Call of the Lodge shall be that of (Totem) Crazy Horse Monument and (Call) Crazy Horse. The Official Publication shall be call the “Crier” Black Hills Area Council The Black Hills Area Council was granted a charter by the National Council, Boy Scouts of America in 1940, charged with the responsibility of organizing and supporting successful Cub Scout Packs, Boy Scout Troops, Varsity Scout Teams, Venturing Crews, Explorer Posts and Learning for Life Groups within its 30,000-square-mile (78,000 km2) geographical boundaries. It serves over 1,500 youth members in Western South Dakota, Eastern Wyoming and Northern Nebraska. (area is larger with Nebraska in it) The Council is composed of three districts: Bear Butte District serves the Northern Hills Area of South Dakota and Sundance, Moorcroft and Upton, Wyoming. Penjahame District serves the South Dakota Counties of Pennington, Jackson, Haakon and Southern Meade. Pine Tree District serves the Southern Hills area of South Dakota, Newcastle, Wyoming and northern Nebraska panhandle (LDS in Nebraska) including Alliance NE. Black Hills Area Council executive board voted in the summer of 2014 to merge the three districts into one and it will be called the Mount Rushmore District. This centennial book is dedicated to past, present and future Crazy Horse Lodge members. Researched and Written By Don Kellogg 1 Crazy Horse Lodge History, Rapid City, SD Table of contents: Twentieth Century Days......................................................................................... Page 3 - 8 Twenty-first Century ............................................................................................. Page 8 - 35 Lodge Officers ........................................................................................................ Page 36 - 43 Vigils ....................................................................................................................... Page 44 - 46 Founders Award ..................................................................................................... Page 46 Charters .................................................................................................................. Page 47 - 48 Pocket Flaps and Patches ....................................................................................... Page 49 - 57 Family Members ..................................................................................................... Page 58 - 61 Lodge Chief Vice Chief Lodge Adviser Staff Adviser Scout Executive 2 Crazy Horse Lodge History, Rapid City, SD Date unknown; Lodge 171 Nasupa Tanka, first Totem-Indian Chief No.25 12/14/1939 TO 11/14/1944; From what can be gathered about the Crazy Horse Lodge #171 it was the last lodge formed in 1939, Chartered January 2, 1940 (see the book A History of the Order of the Arrow Second Edition) The March 1940 National bulletin welcomed newly organized lodges into the Order, numbered 158 to 171 in Rapid City, SD. It was disbanded during WWII. Rapid City, South Dakota No known official issues 1939 to 1944; Camp Pactola existed in 1930’s now at bottom of Pactola Reservoir, west of Rapid City. Broad Axe (Symbol of then local Scout Camp, Camp Broadaxe) Transcribed minutes by Don Kellogg A preliminary meeting was held Friday 27 May, 1955, 7:30 PM, at the Scout Headquarters Office, to plan the agenda for a Council-wide General Meeting for the organization of a Order of the Arrow Lodge of the Black Hills Area Council #695. A resolution was adopted and is paraphrased as follows: “We the members of the Crazy Horse Order of the Arrow Lodge No. ______, in order to maintain the high ideals of the Boy Scout Movement and further our camping knowledge and to crystallize the Scout habit of helpfulness and leadership in cheerful service to other do rededicate ourselves to the principles.” What better purpose and objective can a group strive for than the above resolution? Also accomplished at this first organizing meeting of the O.A. were the following temporary officers of the Lodge; to CHIEF – Gordy Bratz of Troop #2, present O.A. member; VICE-CHIEF – Roger Dwinell, Troop #28, present O.A. member; to SECRETARY – Leon Eliason of Troop #53. The Lodge Name was hashed out and finally decided upon the well-know Black-Hills Indian Name of Chief CRAZY-HORSE, the famous Indian Chief of the Sioux Tribe. The Lodge Totem agreed upon was No. 25, profile of an Indian Chief from the Handbook of the Order of the Arrow. These of course will have to be approved by the O.A. Headquarters. Those present at this first official meeting were; C.J. Miller, Field Executive, B-S Camp Director, Black Hills Area Council Hal E Pewick, Neighborhood Commissioner, Ellsworth AFB, O.A. Brotherhood Gordy Bratz, Troop #2 Rapid City, Ordeal Member of the O.A. Roger Dwinell, Troop #28, Ellsworth AFB, Ordeal Member O.A. Dick Crippen, Troop #4, Rapid Valley Gordon Willson, Troop #4, Rapid City Leon Eliason, Troop #53, Rapid City John Erickson, Troop #4, Rapid City Dennis Landers, Troop #4, Rapid City Dave Braun, Troop #4, Rapid City Attached is an information sheet on the O.A. which will explain just what it is and what it does and it’s purpose. Also, a constitution was proposed which will be adopted at the general meeting, if acceptable to ¾ of those present at the organizational General Meeting. The objective of these first meetings is to firmly establish the Order of the Arrow prior to Camp opening, so that new members may become candidates and gain admittance during the 1955 Camping Season. All present active members of the old camper’s society will be given the opportunity of becoming charter members of the Order of the Arrow Lodge as it is formed in the Black Hills Council. The only requirement is that all old members will have to meet the main entrance qualifications of having camped out 15 days & nights of which not more than 7 may be in a Boy Scout Camp. The second requirement is to fill out one of the enclosed blanks, and finally---the most important one, be at the 3 Crazy Horse Lodge History, Rapid City, SD Lodge Installation Ritual, date to be announced in the near future by the Scout Headquarters Office. To become a charter member all Order of the Axe members must be at this Ritual. Now, as the Lodge is set up; a constitution is decided and voted upon; election of Lodge Officers; and establishment of the necessary operating Lodge Committees, the Lodge is ready to transact business and to bring in new members. Some of the first things on the agenda of the new Officers is to have designed a Lodge Neckerchief, patch, colors and other identifying nacks as a yell, call, song, etc. Now the first important question coming to the minds of all Unit Leaders will be who may gain admission into the newly established Honor Campers Society? These are the requirements and procedure. (These will be further explained at the General Council-wide meeting 15 June 1955.) The procedure for gaining admission is continued to Page Four of this circular. PRELIMINARY MEETING TO ORGANIZE A LODGE OF THE ORDER OF THE ARROW IN THE BLACK HILLS AREA COUNCIL #695, BSA, TO BE ESTABLISHED AT THE COUNCIL BOY SCOUT CAMP OLD BROADAXE AT PRESENT A MEMBER NAME TROOP NUMBER SCOUT RANK OF WHAT SOCIETY? Hal E. Pewick Neighborhood Silver Palm Ranger Brotherhood of Order Commissioner of the Arrow Dick Crippen Troop 4 Life Order of the Axe Leon Eliason Troop 53 Star Order of the Axe Roger Dwinell Troop 28 Life Order of the Arrow Dennis Landers Troop 4 Star Order of the Axe Gordon Willson Troop 4 Life Order of the Axe John Erickson Troop 4 Life Order of the Axe Dave Braun Troop 4 Life Order of the Axe Gordy Bratz Troop 2 Eagle Order of the Arrow C. J. Miller Scout Hqtrs Field Exec Local Council 10-June-1955; Letter goes out to all Black Hills Area Unit Leaders from A. D. Gross, Scout Executive explaining the purpose and principles of the Order of the Arrow. An application and desire for charter membership in the Crazy Horse Order of the Arrow Lodge was enclosed. 1955 to 1982; Crazy Horse Recharter with name change, Rapid City, South Dakota, Black Hills Area (675) A Great Chief of the Oglala Sioux Tribe 1957: Granted charter as Chief Crazy Horse, #171, signed by Arthur Schmek, CSE 4 Crazy Horse Lodge History, Rapid City, SD 1966-Dec-29-31 Winter Conclave at EAFB. After a briefing on EAFB’s part in the Strategic Air Command, we toured a B-52 Bomber and KC-135 Tanker, and watched a demonstration of the sentry dogs. Six training sessions, several films, and the 1967 National Conference Report rounded out the program. Sleeping in barracks and eating in base mess halls made the event a fun one also.. 1967-July-07; Pat Norman, Lodge Secretary, reporting from the Lodge Executive Committee Meeting held at Camp Old Broadaxe, and called to order by Lodge Chief Norvel Gall. A write up on the history of the lodge was completed and was to be given to Mr. Korczak Kiolkowski . (Contacted Crazy Horse Memorial and they couldn’t find any history of the Lodge February 2014); Art Jansen- Lodge Executive Adviser; Art Jones-Council Camping Chairman and Lay Adviser and Executive Committee of the Order of the Arrow; Lee Gullisckson, Sam Glaim and Corky Childs-Committee Advisers. 1968-Oct-19: Black Hills Council-wide event, the MATO PAHA TREK, was sponsored by Crazy Horse Lodge, #171, Order of the Arrow. Before the hike on Saturday, the Scouts were welcomed by Sturgis Mayor Langin. Richard Williams, Bear Butte guide and historian spoke of the history of the geological wonder named Mato Paha by the Sioux Indians, (meaning Bear Butte).