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1970 Sanita Hills Scout Camp Neckerchief

billmul — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 22:46:03 +0000

Many of the neckerchiefs and patches issued for Sanita Hills were undated, here is a dated neckerchief from 1970.

1970 Sanita Hills Scout Camp Neckerchief

This one is used, anyone have a mint example?

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2010 NATIONAL JAMBOREE BOY SCOUT MEMORABILIA SHOW & SWAP MEET

billmul — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 14:41:46 +0000

Cross-posted from the New York OA Trader Blog

Mitch Reis sends along word of a Trade-o-ree for those of you who will be attending or visiting the 2010 National Jamboree.

2010 NATIONAL JAMBOREE
BOY SCOUT MEMORABILIA SHOW & SWAP MEET
Sponsored by the Society of Scout Memorabilia Dealers
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Friday JUL 23rd – Sunday AUG 1st, 2010

EAGLES LODGE
21 Cool Springs Road
Fredericksburg, VA
(same place as the 2005 show)

Buy, Sell and Trade all kinds of Boy Scout Memorabilia
FREE ADMISSION (Food Available)

DIRECTIONS:

From the South: Take Exit 133 North – US-17 towards
Warrenton. Keep right at the fork. Follow signs for
Falmouth/ US-17 Bus and merge onto US-17/ Warrenton Rd.
(see below)

From the North: Take Exit 133A – Falmouth / US-17 Business.
The exit merges onto Warrenton Rd.
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Continue to follow Warrenton Rd. In 1.7 miles stay in the left lane.
You will cross US-1 and the road becomes Butler Rd/VA 218.
Continue another 1.2 miles. You will pass a CVS on the right and
cross a small bridge. At the traffic light turn right onto Cool Springs
Rd. The Eagles Lodge is 3/10th of a mile on the left.

HOURS:

Open Daily – Noon to 11:00 PM
(Open until 1:00 AM on Friday & Saturday Nights)

Special Hours on Fri JUL 23 – 3:00 PM – 1:00 AM
Sun AUG 1 – Noon to 5pm

For Table Rental & Other Info
Contact:Richard Shields 704-282-1339
richard@thecarolinatrader.com

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GNYC 100th anniversary Founders of Scouting CSP sets

billmul — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:46:17 +0000

Gene Berman advises that there are now less than 10 sets of the limited edition 100th Anniversary Founders of Scouting CSP sets available.

Less than ten sets remain of the 50 silver mylar border sets made to commemorate in 10 patches five of the National Founders and the principal founder of each Borough Council of the NYC five borough councils. Once they are gone, THEY ARE GONE, and no more with silver mylar borders will be made so if you have been procrastinating, now is the time to act.

Best way to obtain a set is to go to Ten Mile River Scout Museum Website and click on the right hand column the tab that says Founder’s sets. You can download a flyer.

If you collect 100th anniversary patches, these all have the official logo and if you collect specific Founder or Founders, this is a must for you as well. The CSPs have a special photo process with the picture of the Founder in the center and the rest is fully embroidered.

They are also available on Ebay. Specific questions about the patches, geneberman@verizon.net. Specific questions about purchase, shipping, method of payment to Dave Malatzky at DMalatzky@aol.com .

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GNYC Casting Call

billmul — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 01:34:45 +0000

GNYC has announced a casting call for the Times Square Jamboree Show on July 31, 2010.

Registration & Detail: www.TimesSquareJamboree.com
Casting Call: www.bsa-gnyc.org/CastingCall and Facebook
Identify & reach out to highly talented youth Scouts – have them audition for roles in the stage show.

Additional information is available by writing to:

The Times Square Jamboree Team

TimesSquareJamboree@gmail.com

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State unlikely to cough up money to buy Pouch Camp

billmul — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:55:37 +0000

That was the title of the most recent article on Camp Pouch in the Staten Island Advance.

Don’t expect the state to be Pouch Camp’s white knight.Tucked inside Gov. David Paterson’s preliminary budget released last week was a proposal to place an indefinite moratorium on state land buys.

But the potential loss of the state as a savior for the 120-acre Sea View campgrounds, considered the heart of the borough’s Scouting community, didn’t come as a surprise.

“We always knew we would face this obstacle,” said Assemblyman Michael Cusick (D-Mid-Island), who is among a number of elected officials attempting to keep Pouch Camp off the market.

Click the link to read the rest of the article.

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Camp Pouch Update January 24 NY Times Article

billmul — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:45:24 +0000

There was an article in the New York Times this weekend on the status of Camp Pouch.

A Celebrated Scout Camp on Staten Island Is in Jeopardy

By JOSEPH BERGER

Published: January 24, 2010

Financial woes may force the sale of Camp Pouch, 140 acres where generations have learned to rough it.

….

The city has also been involved in discussions about rescuing the camp, said Adrian Benepe, the parks commissioner. He pointed out, however, that with agencies required to cut their capital budgets by 30 percent this year, it was highly unlikely that the city would buy the property. Instead, he said, the city might encourage a white knight, like the Trust for Public Land, to do so.

Give it a read, it was a fairly favorable article to the Scouts and lays out how things stand today.

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Camp Matinecock – Kanohwahkee Lakes

billmul — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 01:11:27 +0000

Before Ten Mile River was established in 1928, NYC Scouts camped at one of the various camps at Kanohwahkee Lakes in what today is part of Bear Mountain State Parks. One of the Queens Camps was Camp Matinecock. An auction recently ended on eBay with two Camp Matinecock patches from circa 1920. What would probably have been the most interesting artifact, a booklet entitled “My Summer at Camp Matinecock” Unfortunately, it went for more than I was able to spend right now.

Clicking on the image will bring you to the eBay auction for the next few months.

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Camp Pouch Update

billmul — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:00:31 +0000

Planning continue on ways to save Camp Pouch. A recent article in the Staten Island Advance outlines some of the discussions which are underweigh.

Discussions to save Pouch Camp in the Greenbelt are under way and involve surprising potential saviors: A luxury home builder and the Richmond County Country Club; and possibly the New York Container Terminal.

In an attempt to prevent the Greater New York Councils of Boy Scouts from selling off the 120-acre camp to a private developer, the two separate fund-raising possibilities that are emerging would allow other commercial or residential development to take place.

…

“There has been no decision made on this proposal or any other proposal. We were asked to look at it and we are looking it,” Cusick noted. “The goal here is, ultimately, to save Pouch Camp and to keep it as pristine open space…. We have to listen and entertain any proposal that comes across our desk.”

See the article for more details.

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Camp Pouch on the block?

billmul — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:35:20 +0000

I’m a bit late to this story, but I wanted to post it for those who may not have heard about it.

Citing financial turmoil, the Boy Scouts of America is exploring the full or partial sale of Pouch Camp.

The GNYC press release goes on to state…

with ongoing efforts to secure a conservation easement the preferred arrangement for Scouts and the community. The camp is one of only two key assets that can be strategically
leveraged to ensure the Council’s financial stability, as necessitated by steep declines in corporate and community funding amid rising operational and outreach costs.

So while a conservation easement would be the ideal (Where NYC or NYS pays the Scouts to keep the land undeveloped) there is no guarantee that this would be the outcome.

There was also a rally to save Camp Pouch on December 12:

In an attempt to prevent a beloved piece of Island history from falling into the clutches of private developers, approximately 1,500 Scouts and supporters of William H. Pouch Scout Camp braved the cold yesterday evening to rally against the potential sale of the Sea View site.

A FaceBook page has also been created to Save Camp Pouch.

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Camp Aquehonga 2000 Round

billmul — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:17:15 +0000

Jeff Rocklein sent me a scan of an undated Camp Aquehonga patch shown below. He wanted to know when it was issued.

Camp Aquehonga 2000 Round

My records indicate that is from 2000, which on my checklist would be:
AQU2000 R1 ORG R DGY WHT ORG FDL WHT Ten Mile River TL Undated

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