One Promise
Where Tradition Meets Tomorrow
"Scouting's Sunrise"
Tecumseh District
The Simon Kenton Council
MARKING 100 YEARS OF SCOUTING
Brownsea Island was the setting for an "experiment"
That is still going strong
Were You There on August 1?
Local Scouts, joined by the Eagle Feather NYLT course at Camp Oyo and a large number of former Scouts and Eagle Scouts, gathered for Scouting's Sunrise. This page recalls the exciting, wonderful and glorious day of Scouting in Portsmouth, Ohio.
Thanks for your support of Scouting!
Opal Spears, Phil Malone and Vicky Hatcher
100th Anniversary Committee
The organizers would like to thank the following for making this a success:
- Vicky Hatcher for her guideance
- Mike & Wendy Jones - The Crispie Cream Donut Shop
- Portsmouth Mayor Jim Kalb and his staff
- Portsmouth City Council and President Howard Baughman
- Portsmouth City Service Director Chris Murphy
- Portsmouth Police and Lt. Debbie Brewer
- LIFE Ambulance
- ACCESS Scioto County and Larry Mullins
- Matt Brisker - Bugler
- The Simon Kenton Council Portsmouth Office Staff
- The Simon Kenton District Staff
- The Scioto County Commissioners
- NYLT Eagle Feather
- Order of the Arrow - Shawnee Chapter
- Daniel Opper & The Wheelersburg HS Band
- Ohio State Representative Todd Book
- Congresswoman Jean Schmidt - Steve Carroway
- WNXT and Misty Cook
- The Portsmouth Daily Times
- The Community Common
- The Scioto Voice
Here are some comments we have recieved:
- "I just wanted to pass along a "job well done" for this morning's ceremony. It was a proud moment for the area scouts and leaders. I marched with the scouts toward the rear of the group. " - Sam Coppoletti - Pack 53
- "I hope your celebration was wonderful. At 8:00 AM UK time, the 58,000 scouts from 158 countries here at the World Jamboree stood, and together with two reps from each country on Brownsea Island, said the Scout Oath in their own languages. That was followed by prayers in all represented faiths for the continuation and growth of friendship through Scouting to be blessed. The current Lord Robert Baden-Powell, grandson of the founder, read a moving statement from his grandfather to us all. Check it out at The World Jamboree - Deb Davis (Troop 32) from Essex, England
- "Wow, what a perfectly planned scouting sunrise. It was great! Tony, the boys and I really enjoyed it. - Barb Bazler - Troop 12"
- "I just wanted to drop you a note to say thank you for a job well done for the success of the Scouting Sunrise Celebration. I have been following the events down here in Arkansas. It was good to see the pictures on the web-stie and of all of the uniformed scouts - which must have been a very impressive site marching down Chillicothe Street. To add, there was no similar type celebration around the area that I live in. Again, you and the others are to be commended for a job well done. - Lloyd Eichenlaub, former Tecumseh DC"
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for many years to come
The family of Samuel Wilson Ware presneted a ceremonial check to the Scioto County Eagle Scout Program for $100,000.00 at Wednesday Augsut 1st's "Scouting Sunrise." The event commemorated 100 years of Scouting in the world, it also left a legacy to benefit future scouts for many years to come. Shiela Lute (left), Janet Matthews (center, executor of estate) present to Opal Spears, Tecumseh District Chairman, the check, behind them stand Eagle Scouts that had just re-affirmed their Oath to the Scouting program.
Miss Matthews told the crowd of well over 200 that Sam "had left a CD (certificate of deposit) of $10,000.00 for the local scouts last year, and this was what was left from the estate itself." Find out more about Samuel Wilson Ware.
Photo By Lindsay Niegelberg/Daily Times
Boy Scouts listen to presentations given at Roy Rogers Esplanade
in honor of Scouting’s 100th anniversary Wednesday.(Used with permission.)
Scouts Mark Centennial
By Wayne Allen
The Community Commom
Many local Boy Scouts gathered in Portsmouth Aug. 1
to celebrate 100 years of Scouting. Many friends of Scouting and former Scouts also turned out for the 7:30 a.m. event, launched with a parade from Tracy Park to the Roy Rogers Esplanade, where the activities were held.
"Today, we are re-enacting the manor in which B.P. (Baden-Powell, the founder of the Boy Scouts) began the first Boy Scout Camp on Brown Sea Island, England," Phil Malone, Simon Kenton Council district commissioner, said.
Many proclamations observed the day as Scouting Sunrise Day, and Mayor Jim Kalb proclaimed such in the City of Portsmouth.
"The method that early Scouts used to alert each other was made out of a horn fashioned out of an antelope type of an animal called a Kudu," Malone said. Such a horn was blown during the services to represent how it was 100 years ago.
"Scouting is the greatest world youth movement, top, biggest and best world youth organization. This is who we are as we begin the second century of Scouting," Malone stated.
Fourth District Court of Appeals Judge Matt McFarland, an Eagle Scout, was also on hand to help with the services. "There are a number of reasons why Scouting is important to Scioto County. I'm an Eagle Scout and many of the values that you use today and in everyday life come from this. Scouting has been very influential in my life," McFarland said.
"It's a great day to be a Scout. Any time that we have a project or an event, the local Scouts are always willing to help out and for that I say thank you. It's a great group of people. Scouting does a lot to develops leadership in our young people and gets them involved in the community," Kalb said.
Howard Baughman, President of the Portsmouth City Council, said, "What you learn now in Scouting molds you for the rest of your life." Baughman presented a resolution passed by City Council in support of Scouting Sunrise.
Samuel Wilson Ware was born in Oct. 4, 1925, in Portsmouth, and was very active in local Scouting and all that it stood for. Some of his fondest memories were from the years he spent in the Boy Scouts. He was a member of Troop 20.
Sam worked on earning his badges and was able to attain the rank of Eagle Scout in 1941. This was an accomplishment of which he was most proud. He accredited this achievement for his other successes in life. After working several years as a salesman for Texaco and Firestone, he began working as a clerk for the N & W Railroad. He worked there until his retirement.
In the late 1990s, Sam's health began to decline due to diabetes. That led to kidney failure, then dialysis for eight to 10 years. By March of 2005, Sam was no longer able to live by himself at his home. So, he settled in at Heritage Square Assisted Living Center to live until his death on May 3, 2006. Sam had always been an advocate for local Scouting, and that remains true even after his passing.
"Our cousin, Sam, left $100,000 to the local Boy Scouts in his will. There was also a $10,000 CD that was left to them that has already been give to local Scouting officials. This $100,000 is in addition to what had already been given to them," Sheila Lute said. "It's still in the planing process. We think that the money will be handled through the Scioto Foundation, and what we would really like to see is a scholarship program established since education was so important to Sam.
The scholarships would go to Scioto County Eagle Scouts," Lute explained. Sheila Lute and Janet Matthews were on hand during the festivities to present the money bequeathed to the Scioto County Scouting program through Sam's will. The money will be used for Scioto County Eagle Scouts.
"Today, we are re-enacting the manor in which B.P. (Baden-Powell, the founder of the Boy Scouts) began the first Boy Scout Camp on Brown Sea Island, England," Phil Malone, Simon Kenton Council district commissioner, said.
Many proclamations observed the day as Scouting Sunrise Day, and Mayor Jim Kalb proclaimed such in the City of Portsmouth.
"The method that early Scouts used to alert each other was made out of a horn fashioned out of an antelope type of an animal called a Kudu," Malone said. Such a horn was blown during the services to represent how it was 100 years ago.
"Scouting is the greatest world youth movement, top, biggest and best world youth organization. This is who we are as we begin the second century of Scouting," Malone stated.
Fourth District Court of Appeals Judge Matt McFarland, an Eagle Scout, was also on hand to help with the services. "There are a number of reasons why Scouting is important to Scioto County. I'm an Eagle Scout and many of the values that you use today and in everyday life come from this. Scouting has been very influential in my life," McFarland said.
"It's a great day to be a Scout. Any time that we have a project or an event, the local Scouts are always willing to help out and for that I say thank you. It's a great group of people. Scouting does a lot to develops leadership in our young people and gets them involved in the community," Kalb said.
Howard Baughman, President of the Portsmouth City Council, said, "What you learn now in Scouting molds you for the rest of your life." Baughman presented a resolution passed by City Council in support of Scouting Sunrise.
Samuel Wilson Ware was born in Oct. 4, 1925, in Portsmouth, and was very active in local Scouting and all that it stood for. Some of his fondest memories were from the years he spent in the Boy Scouts. He was a member of Troop 20.
Sam worked on earning his badges and was able to attain the rank of Eagle Scout in 1941. This was an accomplishment of which he was most proud. He accredited this achievement for his other successes in life. After working several years as a salesman for Texaco and Firestone, he began working as a clerk for the N & W Railroad. He worked there until his retirement.
In the late 1990s, Sam's health began to decline due to diabetes. That led to kidney failure, then dialysis for eight to 10 years. By March of 2005, Sam was no longer able to live by himself at his home. So, he settled in at Heritage Square Assisted Living Center to live until his death on May 3, 2006. Sam had always been an advocate for local Scouting, and that remains true even after his passing.
"Our cousin, Sam, left $100,000 to the local Boy Scouts in his will. There was also a $10,000 CD that was left to them that has already been give to local Scouting officials. This $100,000 is in addition to what had already been given to them," Sheila Lute said. "It's still in the planing process. We think that the money will be handled through the Scioto Foundation, and what we would really like to see is a scholarship program established since education was so important to Sam.
The scholarships would go to Scioto County Eagle Scouts," Lute explained. Sheila Lute and Janet Matthews were on hand during the festivities to present the money bequeathed to the Scioto County Scouting program through Sam's will. The money will be used for Scioto County Eagle Scouts.
Scouts Celebrate a Century
Scouts gather at Tracy Park to mark milestone
By FRANK LEWIS
PDT Staff Writer
Wednesday, August 1, 2007 11:29 PM EDT
“We proclaim today ‘Scouting Sunrise Day,'” said Portsmouth Mayor Jim Kalb from the public address system at Roy Rogers Esplanade in downtown Portsmouth Wednesday morning.
The event was the celebration of the 100th anniversary of Scouting.
Scouts, Scouters and friends of Scouting gathered in 7 a.m. at Tracy Park, and at 7:30, marched en masse from the park to the esplanade, bearing flags, stepping off to the beat of drums being played by one of the Scouts.
“This is a tremendous thing to see all of these Scouts in uniform coming down Chillicothe Street. It's impressive to see them all together like that, and I think this is the first time we've seen this many in uniforms in a long time,” said Phil Malone, district commissioner for the Simon Kenton Council of the Boy Scouts of America. “The first set of flags that came through were from the leadership course called ‘Eagle Feather.' There's a Canadian in there with them, so this is truly an international event. These are the best of the best from leadership council going on all this week.”
The other flags were historical flags of the United States, and the rest of them were unit flags and what Scouts call patrol flags, Malone said.
Alex Davis is a Scout from Ontario, Canada, but now lives in Columbus.
“I'm with ‘Eagle Feather' national youth leadership council,” Davis said. “I now live in Columbus, Ohio, and I'm carrying the Canadian national flag.”
“We've had a very good rapport with these people throughout the years,” said Connie Estep, paraprofessional of the Tecumseh District of the Simon Kenton Council. “Robert Luther and Wells Miller, and now people are calling us and saying, ‘Hey, I was in Scouts in 1930, I was in Scouts in 1940. Can you give us some information? My dad was in Scouts, and my uncle was in Scouts. So just by word of mouth, what we've gotten on the radio, through the newspaper, people are contacting us.”
Among the older citizens of the area in Portsmouth to support today's Scouts and share their stories, was Galen Hahn, pastor of Evangelical United Church of Christ.
“It (Scouting) made a person of me,” Hahn said. “Even more importantly, my Scoutmaster also led me to Christ, and guided me in my vocational choice in very major ways. So it was quite important.”
At-large Baptist minister David Myers said he joined the Boy Scouts in the '40s.
“I made Eagle Scout in less than three years,” Myers said. “I went to Valley Forge (Penn.) with the Portsmouth contingent in 1950, and in the latter part of the Korean War, I was a Scoutmaster in Japan. I took 22 boys and camped out at Mount Fuji, climbed Mount Fuji, and I have a commendation from the Far East Council of the Boy Scouts. I've been around a while.”
His first career was as a senior vice-president and chief lending officer of a bank. He said his Scout training had a major influence on his business life.
“The Scouts gave me the background and the undergirding for everything,” Myers said. “They taught us God and country.”
Paul Morton, 91, is a retired airline pilot who flew for Braniff International for 26 years.
“I helped pioneer all of our South American routes, and while I was with Braniff, I got called to active duty in World War II, and I flew for Uncle Sam for 3 1/2 years,” Morton said.
He joined the Boy Scouts in 1927. Although he earned his Eagle Scout status a year later, he had to wait the required three years to actually receive the honor.
“Scouting made the biggest impact on my life as a young lad,” Morton said. “We had a terrific Scoutmaster.”
Mayor Jim Kalb said the 100th anniversary celebration was a great event for the city of Portsmouth.
“It's nice to see all the Scouts together,” Kalb said. “We're always glad to have the Scouts organized like this in town. They're always a big help when we have anything going on.”
One of the Eagle Scouts representing the Order of the Arrow, Frank Sanders, 16, of South Shore, Ky., was in complete Indian dress.
“My mom made it. It's Indian regalia. We've got the loin cloth, some people have the fur and these (pointing to the buttons) are deer toes,” Sanders said. “O-A is cheerful service, giving back to the community. We're a part of the dance team, so we do ceremonies for the other O-A people.”
Evan Sommer is a member of Troop 12, and said he has some favorite aspects of Scouting.
“The outdoor experience, camping and hiking,” Sommer said. “I'm working on a lot of different merit badges to get Eagle palms, because once you pass Eagle, that's what you work on.”
Scouting started in 1907, with an experimental camp on Brownsea Island in the United Kingdom for 20 boys from a variety of social backgrounds.
On that day, Scouting's founder, Robert Baden-Powell, blew his Kudu horn at 8 a.m. to declare the venture under way.
Blake Swanson, of Gahanna, sounded the Kudu horn at 8 a.m. Wednesday on the esplanade to celebrate a century of Scouting.
“Scouting is a great organization. It develops character, it develops leadership, I'm really glad to have all of them here today,” said Kalb.
FRANK LEWIS can be reached at (740) 353-3101, ext. 232.
The event was the celebration of the 100th anniversary of Scouting.
Scouts, Scouters and friends of Scouting gathered in 7 a.m. at Tracy Park, and at 7:30, marched en masse from the park to the esplanade, bearing flags, stepping off to the beat of drums being played by one of the Scouts.
“This is a tremendous thing to see all of these Scouts in uniform coming down Chillicothe Street. It's impressive to see them all together like that, and I think this is the first time we've seen this many in uniforms in a long time,” said Phil Malone, district commissioner for the Simon Kenton Council of the Boy Scouts of America. “The first set of flags that came through were from the leadership course called ‘Eagle Feather.' There's a Canadian in there with them, so this is truly an international event. These are the best of the best from leadership council going on all this week.”
The other flags were historical flags of the United States, and the rest of them were unit flags and what Scouts call patrol flags, Malone said.
Alex Davis is a Scout from Ontario, Canada, but now lives in Columbus.
“I'm with ‘Eagle Feather' national youth leadership council,” Davis said. “I now live in Columbus, Ohio, and I'm carrying the Canadian national flag.”
“We've had a very good rapport with these people throughout the years,” said Connie Estep, paraprofessional of the Tecumseh District of the Simon Kenton Council. “Robert Luther and Wells Miller, and now people are calling us and saying, ‘Hey, I was in Scouts in 1930, I was in Scouts in 1940. Can you give us some information? My dad was in Scouts, and my uncle was in Scouts. So just by word of mouth, what we've gotten on the radio, through the newspaper, people are contacting us.”
Among the older citizens of the area in Portsmouth to support today's Scouts and share their stories, was Galen Hahn, pastor of Evangelical United Church of Christ.
“It (Scouting) made a person of me,” Hahn said. “Even more importantly, my Scoutmaster also led me to Christ, and guided me in my vocational choice in very major ways. So it was quite important.”
At-large Baptist minister David Myers said he joined the Boy Scouts in the '40s.
“I made Eagle Scout in less than three years,” Myers said. “I went to Valley Forge (Penn.) with the Portsmouth contingent in 1950, and in the latter part of the Korean War, I was a Scoutmaster in Japan. I took 22 boys and camped out at Mount Fuji, climbed Mount Fuji, and I have a commendation from the Far East Council of the Boy Scouts. I've been around a while.”
His first career was as a senior vice-president and chief lending officer of a bank. He said his Scout training had a major influence on his business life.
“The Scouts gave me the background and the undergirding for everything,” Myers said. “They taught us God and country.”
Paul Morton, 91, is a retired airline pilot who flew for Braniff International for 26 years.
“I helped pioneer all of our South American routes, and while I was with Braniff, I got called to active duty in World War II, and I flew for Uncle Sam for 3 1/2 years,” Morton said.
He joined the Boy Scouts in 1927. Although he earned his Eagle Scout status a year later, he had to wait the required three years to actually receive the honor.
“Scouting made the biggest impact on my life as a young lad,” Morton said. “We had a terrific Scoutmaster.”
Mayor Jim Kalb said the 100th anniversary celebration was a great event for the city of Portsmouth.
“It's nice to see all the Scouts together,” Kalb said. “We're always glad to have the Scouts organized like this in town. They're always a big help when we have anything going on.”
One of the Eagle Scouts representing the Order of the Arrow, Frank Sanders, 16, of South Shore, Ky., was in complete Indian dress.
“My mom made it. It's Indian regalia. We've got the loin cloth, some people have the fur and these (pointing to the buttons) are deer toes,” Sanders said. “O-A is cheerful service, giving back to the community. We're a part of the dance team, so we do ceremonies for the other O-A people.”
Evan Sommer is a member of Troop 12, and said he has some favorite aspects of Scouting.
“The outdoor experience, camping and hiking,” Sommer said. “I'm working on a lot of different merit badges to get Eagle palms, because once you pass Eagle, that's what you work on.”
Scouting started in 1907, with an experimental camp on Brownsea Island in the United Kingdom for 20 boys from a variety of social backgrounds.
On that day, Scouting's founder, Robert Baden-Powell, blew his Kudu horn at 8 a.m. to declare the venture under way.
Blake Swanson, of Gahanna, sounded the Kudu horn at 8 a.m. Wednesday on the esplanade to celebrate a century of Scouting.
“Scouting is a great organization. It develops character, it develops leadership, I'm really glad to have all of them here today,” said Kalb.
FRANK LEWIS can be reached at (740) 353-3101, ext. 232.
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