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Camp Rondack 1956 Staff Neckerchief

billmul — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:55:51 +0000

Thanks to the keen eyes of Ray Gould, I was able to pick up a TMR Staff neckerchief need recently at the Empire State TOR.

Below is the 1956 Camp Rondack staff neckerchief.

Camp Rondack 1956 Staff Neckerchief

While it is on a neckerchief, I’m not sure if this is the original tartan for this camp. Can anyone confirm this?

Always good to knock off a need. You can see my other TMR (and OA) needs here.

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1961 Chappegat Staff Neckerchief

billmul — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:24:43 +0000

After the era of individual Camp Staff neckerchiefs, there were several years where uniform staff neckerchiefs were worn throughout the reservation.

In 1960 there was Green and Blue Tartan, in 1961 the same patch was used bit the Tartan was Gray and Green. The patches show a map of TMR broken down into the three section (Delaware, Crystal and Schiff). The color of the lettering of the Section and Camp name is coded to the color of the Section in the map.

The location of the individual camp is denoted by a red star.

Pictured below is the 1961 Chappegat Staff Neckerchief.

1961 Chappegat Staff

I have a number of needs from both 1960 and 1961 if anyone has one or more available.

TMR Delaware\Crystal\Schiff Pie Neckerchief Needs:
1960 Green Tartan: Kunatah; updgrade only – Chappegat,
1961 Gray Tartan: Davis Lake, Iphetonga, Kernochan, Nianque, Rondack, Stillwaters,

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Ten Mile River 1956 Headquarters Staff?

billmul — Sun, 31 May 2009 21:48:22 +0000

Douglas Chin provides a scan of a generic 1956 Camp Staff Patch. These issues have been seen with dates from at least the mid-1950′s to the mid 190′s. This particular patch was listed in the 1st Edition of A Guide to Memorabilia of the Ten Mile River Scout Camps as belonging to Headquarters Staff.

The information on this patch is anecdotal, and we have never been able to confirm its authenticity with a member of Headquarters Staff.

Can anyone confirm its use in either this year or any other year?

Ten Mile River 1956 Headquarters Staff?

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Camp Brooklyn Pennant

billmul — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 22:03:28 +0000

Below is an image of a Camp Brooklyn Honor Troop Pennant from 1948. Camp Brooklyn was located at the western end of Ten Mile River, and was made up of what eventually became Camp Chappegat, Camp Kunatah, Camp Kothoke, Camp Ihpetonga, Davis Lake and Camp Hayden.

1948 Camp Brooklyn Pennant

I know a similar pennant exists for Camp Man (Queens). Does anyone know if pennants exist for the other boroughs?

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History of Camp Man

billmul — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:05:07 +0000

Here is another video from the Ten Mile River Scout Museum, this one on the history of Camp Man 1930-1938. Camp Man was the Camp for Queens Council and was located on Crytsal Lake. Modern Camp Kernochan uses much of the land of what was Camp Man.

Click here to view the embedded video.

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TMR Scout Orange – Red Vertical Variety

billmul — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:45:07 +0000

In a previous posting on the history of the TMR Scout, I wrote that most of the two color patches had a horizontal separation between the color arcs. Larry Strauss provides an image of the Red/Orange Twill Cloth Patch with a vertical separation. Does anyone else have other varieties?

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Ten Mile River Scout Variation

billmul — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 01:57:44 +0000

I recently added a page on the History of the TMR Scout program. This article originally appeared in the Ten Mile River Scout Museum Newsletter Smoke Signals . In it, I described that most two color bordered TMR Scout patches had 2 180° arcs that ran horizontally.

There were variations to the standard. Here is one where the arcs run vertically.

Does anyone have any other variations?

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