HISTORY OF THE GOLDEN EMPIRE COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA COUNCIL HISTORY COMMITTEE: Alan O'Connor, Chair; Gerry Albright, Cliff Curtice, Irene Fujimoto, Frank Glick, Howard Herlihy, John Nopel, Bill Soncrant, Janette Soncrant, and George Williams. Published by Golden Empire Council Boy Scouts of America 251 Commerce Circle Sacramento, CA 95815 COPYRIGHT © 1996 .WWfMW¥ £.$ CiMfftr!f&l Hilt smilem w:b$11~ bit (an, Hl$_' 5:";=:"~== ,-& ~¢".nwt~~~~k 11y. He ~b .,thfu1Jr,·~n_. ~~>-l~dm btwt ll$e orhill. H¢ Tttml$'t Rve l*fn. ~t~~ftp".tP ~tk pl~tftA kait&M gooJ~rn tQ4W\~_.blld1Jf1:, w...,. ...""·.>i!'· i,sBp'twEJitt J'£'@£££ 1.$ f'r,t,@$1wiWiy H¢ffi $ ~. t$ !il~[u @ fwm'i'.,;w ~f,~~ttt" !%-·A J'Ci©WJ& Cotltr®'4'©~£ ~ t\@I$El, r@W@¥ft¢fi. the· weak Itl~fWlY for ~*'~~hd;f ,'·~·,,;t Kind . ~d.eart~ H&.W £ fri.d to atI1;mSih, H$w1~l dmih: h,abits.m.a Dvei!, with$. ... fim U:lll.'I!1C1" hurt. afty 1i~g~eame ~, fi.~Y. (,ttt wm Sbtf\Nt tn· ,$$V¥ :aM pmtect:d. tl£f'1tllfl'$$ Hf$, 1,1-,,,4 R!&et&r~~t Hie .it.m!lffdt t¢~ ~ He .Mi ,,§'4:t;t;Ct t$ iQZ;fq$.:~'f®wrr .miti.iJt hL~ t~~ dtt~,md~. H~ ~I;l bls it,. :lk"O~ft ~t\mt" ~ ebtte~ of.~ wa @ti;utt' d.'uly co.n· ~~M~ ~t¢.(U). rlf.£· .$COUT'O",,~1"B wi'l J)$$tt -1 <:;Ol$$JiUy;' IIttidtQ t&biitW' the um@s; SU()t}lf m~$t~"$w.$._I)J DEDICATION This book is dedicated to the thousands of volunteers and professionals, who have made Scouting possible for over one hundred thousand boys and girls in the Golden Empire Council. FORWARD You will enjoy reading this History of the Golden Empire Council! Our Council's History Committee and contributors, whom we would like to thank, have done a marvelous job collecting stories, information and facts that give us understanding for, and appreciation of, Northern California Scouting. Reading about great Scout leaders, youth who have benefited from the program, and community organi­ zations, which enable Scouting to prosper, gives me the motivation to increase my own efforts to ensure Scouting's future success. You will be motivated to continue your important involvement and contributions to this great movement. During the 50th Anniversary of Scouting, in 1960, the Council had a theme of "Strengthen America - Character Counts". It is appropriate during this Council Diamond jubilee Anniversary, that the Council and National Theme is "Character Counts - Be Prepared For the 21st Century". Thanks for all you have done for our youth in the past and all you will do in the future. Scott johnson, Scout Executive LETTER FROM THE COUNCIL HISTORY COMMITTEE Production of this book has been an idea shared by members of this committee for many years. The committee formed in 1989 at the request of then Scout Executive, Bob Mazucca. An archive, from which to write the book, was begun. Members have been added along the way; actual book writing began in july 1993. Our goal has been to present as complete a story of the Council as we could, and to publish by 1995, Golden Empire Council's 75th Anniversary. In gathering facts, we have done our best. However, we realize that this book is not perfect. Many facts about events and key players have, over the years, simply been lost. From this viewpoint, we feel this book is only a beginning; we plan to issue supplements every five years. If readers have facts, names of key individuals, stories, anecdotes or photographs to add, or corrections to make, please contact the Council Historical Committee through the Council Office in Sacramento. In the year 2000 we will issue a supplement to chronicle years 1995-1999, and to fill omissions of fact or print photographs from prior years. Mergers of Buttes Area and Mount Lassen Area Councils into Golden Empire, on December 31,1992, were not anticipated when this committee formed. However, we have tried our best to highlight those councils' histories in chapters 9 and 10. Again, should additional materials become available, please contact the committee for inclusion in the five-year supplements. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We wish to express our thanks to many people who have helped the History Committee gather facts, stories and photographs for this book. We apologize if we have left anyone off the following list: John Adams,Howard Allard, Maxine Allen, Tom Allen, Rich Allred, George Artz, Duane Atwood, Dick Ayala, Perry Baker, Alden Barber, Ken Beatie, Bob Bell, Phil Braafladt, Walter Braafladt, Roy Bradley, Ken Bradt, Folkman Brown, John Brownlee, John Butler, John Caldwell, Wil Conner, Barry Cowan, Sam D'Angelo, Loren Dahl, Mike Dahl, Jim Davison, Paul Dean, Dan Degusta, Jim Delk, Ray Dittus, Betty Downey, Jeph Downing, Earl Druse, John Dupree, Frank Durkee, Nelson Eddy, Jr., Harry Estes, Bill Evans, Chuck Fisk, Ron Galloway, Charles Gibbon, John Gist, Leland Glenn, Henry Go, Ira Haberle, Robert Harkness, Ken Harlan, Don Harper, Louise Hendrix, Duff Holt, Bob Hosman, Jack Howard, Dave Ishikawa, Sam Johnson, Allison Keane, Jack Kennedy, George King, Monte Kitchen, Dean Klingler, Don Kramer, Chuck Kuhl, Larry Kuhl, Pat Laird, Gordon Lammiman, Bob Landers, AI Lewis, Richard Lewis, Jim Lingberg, Alison MacConnell, Byron MacConnell, Bob Martin, John Mathiasen, Jack Matranga, Harry Mayeda, H. J. McCurry, Jr., Robert McCurry, Gerald McEfee, Joe Mezzanares, Jerry Mikacich, Keith Miller, Martin Mockford, Robert Mognis, Jim Moise, Monrad Monsen, Don Moore, Jim Morehead, Evan Morgan, Jim Morris, Robert Mraz, Hugh Nesbitt, Mrs. Dalton Newfield, Bob Nicholson, Jim Noble, Fred O'Connor, Kelly Ogle, George Packer, Frank Palmer, Elvin Phillips, Willard Pippett, John P. Pollock, Harlan Pratt, Bob Quincy, Del Raby, Bob Reimers, Mitch Reis, Gordon Rodda, Vern Rose, Bill Schulze, Harold Sellers, Larry Schei, Bill Smith, Dean Smith, Sr., Dean Smith, Jr., Don Sronce, Ed Stanton, Virginia Stowe, Harry Sweet, Doug Taggart, Tom Treckeme, Donald G. "Skip" Treganza, Barbara Ulm, Doug Wacker, Ira Weatherhead, Leland Webb, Kenneth Weger, Noel Wells, Calvin Wheelock, Kim Wilkinson, Kelly Williams, Darrell Winn and John Winship HISTORY OF THE GOLDEN EMPIRE COUNCIL TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 1910-19 Scouting Comes to America 1 Chapter 2 1920-1940 Council's Early Years 3 Chapter 3 1941-1950 Scouting, War and post-War Years 15 Chapter 4 1951-69 "Wonder Years" of Scouting 17 Chapter 5 1970-89 A Period of Adjustment 25 Chapter 6 1990-94 Scouting Today 29 Chapter 7 1995 and the Future 32 Chapter 8 Tahoe Area Council 33 Chapter 9 Buttes Area Cou nci I 38 Chapter 10 Mount Lassen Area Council 51 Chapter 11 Summer Camps 60 Chapter 12 Scout Honor Societies: "Tribes" & Order of the Arrow 81 Chapter 13 Cub Scouting 91 Chapter 14 Senior Scouting-Sea, Land and Air 94 Chapter 15 Lone Scouting 99 Appendix A Council Names and Locations 101 Appendix B Districts 104 Appendix C Dedicated Scouts and Scouters 106 Appendix D Badge Photographs 113 lat Claw ParmI Leader Scout Commiaiollef Smut MMtCf' AII't Scout Mater 2nd Cbs 5c:Dur 2nd eI.. Patrol Lader Merit BadIa 1910 uniform 1911 uniform 1916 uniform Chapter One 1910-1919 SCOUTING COMES TO AMERICA efore Scouting formally came to America in 1910, it had already existed for three years in England, and its roots went Bback even further. While a British Constabulary officer in Africa, the founder of Scouting, Robert S. S. Baden-Powell (Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell) developed a special program to improve his men's effectiveness. This training was begun because of sol­ diers' deficiencies in areas of dependability, initiative, resource­ fulness, self-reliance and cooperation. In England, his materials were published in book form as the popular Aids to Scouting. 1907 Baden-Powell returned to En­ gland, and in 1907, operated an experi­ mental Boy Scout troop at a camp on Brownsea Island, off the English coast. Here the "patrol method" was developed; here also, Baden-Powell developed ma­ terials for his book, Scoutingfor Boys. This new handbook first appeared fortnightly in six parts, and then in book form May, 1908. Scouting soon became a world-wide movement. It was from these early days that the British Scout Oath, or Prom­ ise, Laws and the concept of the daily good turn were developed. The motto, "Be Prepared", and a Scout uniform were also adopted. 1909 According to legend, in the fall of 1909, a Chicago pub­ lisher, Wililiam D. Boyce, was lost in a London fog. A Scout ap­ 1911 james E. West became Chief Scout Executive in january proached him and aided Boyce in reaching his destination. Boyce 1911 (a job he held for 32 years). The work of adapting the Scout­ then offered to tip him for his help, but the Scout refused the gra­ ing program to the U.S.A. began in earnest. The first order of tuity. This Good Turn led Boyce to organize Boy SCouts in the United business was to adopt an American version of the Scout Oath, States. Law, fundamental policies, logo, and badges. 1910 Although by 1908, dozens of troops had been organized 1912 Since Scouting was organized by a Chicagoan and head­ in various locations in the United States by men who had heard quartered in New York City, it was at first an East-Coast organiza­ of the English movement, Boy Scouts of America was not formally tion. Scouting rapidly grew and spread to all parts of the country. incorporated until February 8, 1910. Besides Boyce, two other By 1912, individual Scouts were registered in every state. primary co-founders were ErnestThompson Seton and Dan Beard.