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BSA
Troop 885 of Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin.
Our Troop Then:
Troop
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We were originally known as Troop 85. Mr. Harold Specht, a member of the
Lutheran Committee on Scouting, was the prime organizer in getting the
Scouting program set up in our congregation. He was our first Institutional
Representative. We were sponsored by St. Paul's Lutheran Laymen's League Men's
Club. The first Scoutmaster was Mr.
Marvin E. Korff, with Assistant Scoutmasters Art Bawden and Jim Widder, &
Charles H. Gurney. Robert
Hoegger was our first Troop Committee Chairman. The other committee
members were Herbert Wildermuth, Willard Kohlhagen, John H. Roska, Howard
Rasmussen, Elton Geisthardt, Rueben Poppenhagen, Harold Specht, Richard Wachter,
& Rev. Edward Albertin. The program got under way
on September 13, 1956. We had 10 Scouts, 3 of which were former Cub
Scouts. They met at 7:00PM on Tuesdays at St. Paul's School on Cedar Street.
The Committee meetings were held on the last Tuesday of each month at 7:00 PM.
Side Note: The
first Cubmaster for Pack 85 was Mr. Robert DePagter, with Mr. Herb Heling
serving as his assistant. Mr. DePagter remained Cubmaster for 23 years.
Later an
Explorer Post
was added, however, It would be active for several years, and then dormant
several more before again becoming active. The same thing happened to the
Troop. It would be inactive for a
year or two and then be reactivated only to be inactive several years later.
This erratic history has continued with both the Explorers and the Troop. In
1965 the Explorer program consisted of Gary Strosschein - President, Tom Huenink - Vice
President, & Richard Busch - Explorer Leader.
In 1990 we became
Troop
the extra number "8" was added by national.
From 1985 to May 31st, 1989
we had a
Team
 
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Our District Then:
She-Ko-Fa
District # 10 (19?? - 19??)
Stood for SHeboygan,
KOhler and Sheboygan FAlls.
It later changed to
Indian
Mounds District # 10 (1982 - 1995).
Our current
Lakeshore
District which formed in 1975 now covers all of Adell, Belgium,
Branch,
Brillion,
Cascade,
Cato,
Cedar Grove,
Chilton,
Cleveland,
Collins,
Elkhart Lake,
Francis Creek,
Glenbeulah, Greenbush,
Haven,
Hingham,
Howards Grove,
Kellnersville,
Kiel,
Kohler,
Manitowoc,
Maribel,
Mishicot,
New Holstein,
Newton,
Oostburg, Plymouth,
Reedsville,
Sheboygan,
Sheboygan Falls,
St. Nazianz,
Stockbridge,
Tisch Mills,
Two Rivers,
Valders,
Waldo, and
Whitelaw. Indian Mounds District
merged with them in 1995.
Our Council Then:
Kettle Moraine Council (1919 - 1974)
In 1973, The Kettle Moraine Council merged with The Badger Council, The
Nicolet Area Council, The Waumegesako Council, and The Valley Council to form
The Bay Lakes Council.
Our current
Bay Lakes Council
(1974 to Present)
A late 1970's
Bay Lakes Council Patch.
(In 1970 BSA Council Strips slowly started to switch to color).
Community Strip
Our old
Community Strip that was worn at the top of the left sleeve, with our Troop
numbers below it.
(The above
information was taken directly from Troop Re-chartering Rosters).
Eagle Scouts
List of all the Eagle Scouts to come from Troop 885.
Order of the Arrow Then
The Wolverine Lodge #
501 (1953 - 1974)
1974 - Present: Awase Lodge #61. The Awase Lodge was chartered in
1974 in the Bay Lakes Council located in Menasha, WI. Their totem is the Bear.
The Awase Lodge was created in 1974 when six Lodges merged:
The Shaginappi Lodge #61 (1932- 1974) in the Badger Council located in Fond
du Lac, WI. Their totem was the Badger.
The Sinawa Lodge #73, (1934 - 1974) in the in the Waumegesako Council
located in Manitowoc, WI. Their totem was the Turtle. The Sinawa council was
originally known as Ay-Ashe Lodge from 1934 - 1937).
The Chequah Lodge #194, (1941 - 1974) located in Green Bay , WI. Their
totem was the Thunderbird and Lightening Bolt.
The Wa-Zi-Ya-Ta Lodge #233, ( 1943 - 1974) located in Menasha WI. Their
totem was the Two Wavy Lines (a symbol for running water) placed perpendicular
to an arrow on an arrowhead.
The Day Noomp Lodge #244, (1943 - 1974) located in Oshkosh, WI. Their totem
was the Turtle.
The Wolverine Lodge #501, (1953 - 1974) located in Sheboygan, WI. Their
totem was the Wolverine.
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A
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Boy Scout Handbook
5th Edition (1949 - 1959)
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The 5th Edition offered many changes from the
previous Handbook. The BSA lowered its entry age from 12 to 11 and changed the
advancement requirements. It drops the chapter on games and the extensive
sections on animals, birds, insects, trees, fishes, which had appeared in all
Handbooks until that time. In place of the wildlife descriptions, it groups
flora and fauna in several drawings of various habitats (seashore, forest,
etc.); the amount of wildlife content and discussion, however, is greatly
reduced and remains so until the 9th Edition. The 5th Edition also contains a
minimal discussion of puberty and not a hint of sex. Again, not until the 9th
Edition would a Handbook contain any guidance on sex. Along with the Original
Edition, the 5th Edition omits any mention of alcohol or tobacco or of
poisonous snakes.
The 5th Edition is the first Handbook to show the taut line hitch, so
useful on tent lines, and it is the first to include lashings. It is also the
first Handbook to include edible wild plants and the Scout Slogan ("Do a Good
Turn Daily"). It has a much more complete discussion of fire building than
heretofore. In addition to other information on conservation, it is the first
book to contain a "Conservation Pledge" ("I give my pledge as an American to
save and faithfully to defend from waste the natural resources of my Country ?
its soil and minerals, its forests, water and wildlife." ). Later printings
expand this pledge and reword it as our present "Outdoor Code" ("As an
American, I will do my best to ? be clean in my outdoor manners, be careful
with fire, be considerate in the outdoors, and be conservation-minded.").
[It is ironic that the printing where the Conservation Pledge first appears
contains an advertisement advocating species extermination. The ad (for Peters
ammunition) is entitled "How Doc Peters helped Jimmie track down a menace."
After shooting a bobcat, Jimmie says to Doc, "That's one less bobcat to
plunder the woods." And Doc answers, "Yes, son, you've helped conservation of
wild life."]
The 5th Edition is the last Handbook written by a number of experts, the
last of the small-size Handbooks, and the last printed exclusively in black
and white (other than the cover).
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Handbook For Patrol Leader's
4th Edition (1950 - 1967) |
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| Scout Field
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Scoutmaster Handbook
4th Edition, 7th printing (1947 - 1959) |
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The seventh printing was the first book that showed everyone in traditional campaign hats,
(Smokey Bear hats). From
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| Merit Badges |
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The BSA felt that working on merit badges might
distract Scouts from learning the basic Scout skills taught in the first three
ranks. So Scouts had to be First Class before they were allowed to earn merit
badges (Second Class Scouts were permitted to work on a limited number of
merit badges). This changed in 1972
Merit badges needed for Eagle in 1959:
Camping, Cooking, Firemanship, First Aid,
Lifesaving,
Nature, Personal Fitness, Public Health, Safety, Swimming, one from the
Outdoor Sports group, one from any of the following groups - Animal Husbandry,
Plant Cultivation, Communication, Transportation, Building, one from the
Conservation group, three from the Citizenship group. For a total of 16.
Some Merit badges from when we started that are
now
discontinued: Marksmanship, Horsemanship, Skiing (now snow sports), Wildlife Management,
Sheep Farming, Animal Industry, Rabbit Raising, Dairying, Citizenship in the Home, World Brotherhood, First Aid to Animal,
Poultry Keeping, Pigeon Raising, Beekeeping, Beef Production, Hog and Pork Production, Sheep Farming, Animal Industry,
Landscape Gardening (now Landscape Architecture, Fruit Culture, Citrus Fruit Culture, Nut Culture, Agriculture, Corn Farming,
Small Grains, Cotton Farming, Grasses, Legumes, and Forage Crops, Signaling, Printing, Automobiling, Seamanship,
Farm Home and Planning, Farm Layout and Building, Farm Records, Botany, Machinery, Masonry,
Bookbinding.
The Boy Scout shirt was long sleeved, and the Scout could wear up to 6
merit badges at the bottom of his right sleeve.
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| Adult Leaders |
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All troop adult
leader positions have always been open to men. women were
excluded from troop operation except for an optional "mothers auxiliary."
Until 1965 adults could earn all ranks
including Eagle
and merit badges. In 1965 the requirements were
changed to include "serve actively for 6 months as a troop warrant officer."
Troop warrant officers are the youth positions within a troop.
Until 1970 all Adult Leaders wore patches that
had the First Class badge on them to illustrate that the leader was proficient
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Scoutmaster Patch |
Assistant Scoutmaster Patch |
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| Youth Leaders |
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| Assistant Senior Patrol Leader
was created as a position in the last months of 1959. |
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Tenderfoot Patch
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Second Class Patch
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First Class Patch
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Star Patch
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Life Patch
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Eagle Patch
(1956 - 1972)
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This was the first
Eagle badge to be of oval design. Earlier patches were sewn on rectangular
backgrounds. |
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Totin' Chip
(1958-1959)
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Senior Patrol Leader Patch
(1955 - 1964)
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| 1958 BSA distributes Civil
Defense emergency handbooks. |
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Click here to see the Ribbons our Troop has been
awarded.
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Troop 
History
