Nov 2014 - Canadian Fellowship of Baden

Volume XXXVI Number 1
November 2014
CANADIAN FELLOWSHIP 2014
SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
From the East
Dexter Fennell - Bedford NS
One of the two National Canadian Fellowship of Baden-Powell Guilds Scholarships for 2014 was
presented to Dexter Fennell on August 25, 2014. Our Guildmaster, Russ Beeswanger and Treasurer, Roy Marsh presented Dexter with his $1,000. Scholarship during a ceremony at his sponsor’s
location, the Bedford United Church in Bedford, NS.
Dexter has a distinguished history of accomplishments in both Scouting and
Community and is very deserving of this award. He is now in the BA program at Mount Allison University in Sackville, NB, after completing high school at Charles P. Allen with honors each year.
Dexter spent eleven years in Scouting from Beavers to
Venturers. He has been Vice-President, Secretary, and
President of his Company, 1st Bedford
Venturers and was the representative on the Group Committee.
He was also Youth Volunteer of the year.
Other activities included Youth Representative to the National
General Council (United Church), school Jazz Band (tenor
saxophone),
vocalist in church Ensemble, Red Cross assistant Water Safety
instructor, curling, and Improv Theater.
Dexter worked as Kitchen staff in 2013 (unpaid internship) and
as paid Kitchen staff and Counselor in 2014.
As you can see Dexter is a very well deserving recipient and as National Guild members, you
should be proud of your support.
From the West
Christian Nielsen- Regina SK
Wayne McMillan, National Guildmaster congratulates
Christian Nielsen of Regina Saskatchewan who is the
recipient of the Canadian Fellowship Western Scholarship
for 2014. Christian attends the University of Saskatchewan
and is working towards his Bachelor in Engineering.
He is registered with Saskatchewan Council 1st St.
James and is the Council Youth Commissioner.
Canadian Fellowship of Baden-Powell Guilds
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Mamook Papah
Vol. XXXVI- No.1
November 2014
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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
A vacancy exists for the position of "Deputy
National Guildmaster".
No candidate for this position has come forward
yet.
Candidates from across Canada will be
considered to fill the vacancy.
Duties:
● In the absence of the National Guildmaster,
act for the National Guildmaster in all matters.
● Be a contributing member of the National
Executive Committee .
● Be responsible for the encouragement and the
development of new Baden-Powell Guilds,
and
● Work to preserve any Baden-Powell Guild that
appears to be in danger of disbanding through
lack of interest or support.
Interested candidates should send their resume
to Kent Withycombe, Chair of the Nominating
Committee, by email to
[email protected]
Archives
The Fellowship needs an Archivist.
The duties of the Archivist include:
● providing the lead in archival policy;
● arranging and describing records;
● preserving materials in digital format; and
● providing a reference service.
The majority of our archival material has already
been scanned and exists in digital form. In arranging records the archivist will apply two
important principles: provenance and original
order.
This opportunity would be of interest to a person
who likes to have records carefully preserved and
organized, and who has a good working knowledge of computers and computerized record
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Report from Ontario
2013-14 Ontario Guild Executive
Annual Report for AGM
The Ontario Executive felt that it was important to constantly improve communication among ourselves as it was identified that rebuilding communication needed to take place within the Baden-Powell Guilds throughout the province. Part of
this was done by agreeing to have our 2013-14 AGM held at Blue Springs Scout Reserve to further build on the success
and fellowship felt at last years AGM. Our secretary continues to send information out to our Guilds with current
Information.
Secondly, the Ontario Guildmaster sent out a Christmas letter to all the Ontario Guilds on behalf of our Executive. He
has represented the Ontario Fellowship on many conference calls with other Provincial Guildmasters across Canada to
further improve communications with them and yourselves.
The Ontario Guildmaster & Deputy Guildmaster attended the AGM for the Central Escarpment Council in Campbellville,
Ontario. This was a chance to let other Scouters know about the various Ontario Guilds in that Council and network
wherever possible with others. The Ontario Deputy Guildmaster several months later, attended the Battlefields Council
AGM at the Hamilton Scout House for the same above stated reasons. Both the Secretary and Treasurer on our executive have been busy as well working on improving communication and financial records.
In March, 2014 in Guelph, Ontario several members of the 99th Guild along with the Ontario Guildmaster & Ontario Deputy Guildmaster attended the Scouters Conference (Market Fair) for the Central Escarpment Council. A display booth
was constantly manned with resource material, and a slide presentation of Guilds in action, along with copies of
Mamook Papah, the National Guild Newsletter for distribution purposes. A written article with photo's was also submitted
to the National Guild Newsletter for publication purposes. A notice was also sent out to all Guildmasters within the
Central Escarpment Council for information purposes concerning our involvement at the Council Market Fair.
Members of the Ontario Executive and other Fellowships in Ontario were involved in the Canadian Fellowship Day on
Skype that was held on February 22/14. We enjoyed fellowship with other Guild members across Canada and also with
the World during the hours that Skype was held.
Lastly, our Past Ontario Guildmaster, Ontario Guildmaster & Ontario Guildmaster attended the funeral service in
Burlington, Ontario for Scouter Fred Whiskin. Besides an excellent turnout from the 99th Guild, in which he was a member, there was a large turnout from Scouters from around the province.
The Ontario Executive for the Canadian Fellowship of Baden-Powell Guilds will continue to work to the best of our ability
to promote the aims and objectives of our organization as much as possible and to continue the rebuilding process that
has taken place here over the past year.
Bellow is a picture of the participants of the AGM -Ontario.
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Report from BC
BC Fellowship of Baden-Powell Guilds Annual General Meeting
The BC Annual General Meeting was hosted by 42nd Baden-Powell Guild (Zhong Hua, Richmond) on September 27th at
the Richmond Nature House) Welcome greetings were given by Dennis Kwan, Guildmaster of the 42nd Guild. Judy Rhodes of the 48th Guild led the singing of O Canada.
Members from the 1st, 3rd, 9th, 21st, 22nd, 31st, 38th, 40th, 42nd, 48th, 110th and the 111th Guild were present.
Provincial Guildmaster Alex Hadden called for a Scout Silence in memory of those members who had gone home in the
past year. Members remembered 2nd -Betty Kelly 3rd-Fred Brown and Allan Wyper, 9th,- Vilma Naicker and Pat Stark,
13th -Stan Hamer, 31st- Doreen West, 42nd - Mr. Wah Sun Lee, 48th - Kay Dickinson.
Jane Johnston Interim Deputy Guildmaster brought greetings from the National Executive.
Harrison Kwan, Area Commissioner from Richmond Area, brought greetings from Scouts Canada.
The Golden Cane Award recipient this year was Judi Rhodes of 48th Guild.
The 3rd Cowichan Guild has agreed to host the 2015 Host Annual General Meeting.
Post Meeting activities included a group photograph by Chris Forget and Harrison Kwan. A Lion dance was performed by
a local group thanks to the 42nd Guild for making it happen. Tickets were sold on a draw for tote bags raised $145.00 and
donated to the National Scholarship Fund. A great Chinese Dinner was provided and followed by a Campfire program.
Group Photo from BC AGM
Alex Hadden Provincial Guildmaster presenting the
Golden Cane award to Judi Rhodes of the 48th BadenPowell Guild. The Golden Cane is presented to the Guild
that is first to register for the annual general meeting.
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Reports from the Guilds
Baden-Powell Guild
The 2nd had a Christmas dinner at Four Mile House (built
in 1857).
Did you know that the 30th Baden-Powell Guild in Victoria operates the Victoria Scout House?
The 30th Canadian Baden Powell Guild was inaugurated
in September 2004 for the purpose of managing the operation and maintenance of Scout House - Victoria. Operating the facility on a cost-neutral basis and improving
the condition of the building are the primary goals of the
30th BP Guild.
The 30th is quite unique and keeps Scouting going in
Greater Victoria.
Submitted by Stoney Jackson Secretary
7th Baden-Powel Guild (Bytown)
The 7th BP Guild (Bytown) had an active year in
2013/2014, with our monthly meetings, combined with
fellowship activities and some meetings held at local restaurants. Members of the 7th BP Guild have been very
active helping with the Canadian Scout Museum, the
Eastern Ontario Service Centre and National Council.
For the Canadian Scout Museum, one of the Guild members (Don Judd) serves as Secretary of the Friends of
the Museum Committee; for the Eastern Ontario Service
Center, several members helped with doing special office filings on two occasions; and for the National Council, quite a few Guild members assisted with the Scouts
Canada Milestone project by assembling packing slips,
followed by helping with the packing of boxes of appreciation gifts for new Scouters.
In 2013/2014, the Voyageur Council - Camp Opemikon,
celebrated its 75th Anniversary. The 7th BP Guild made
a donation to construct the Bouldering Wall as the Camp
Opemikon 75th Anniversary Legacy Project. Below is a
picture of members of the 7th BP Guild at the unveiling
of the commemorative 75th Anniversary plaque, with
some youth members having some fun, actively using
the new Bouldering Wall during the unveiling.
Thanks, Yours In Scouting,
Arnold Smith, 7th BP Guild (Bytown)
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12th Baden-Powell Guild
A wonderful summer get together in July was graciously
hosted by Roy & Nancy Marsh in the Gathering Room at
their condo in Dartmouth. 16 members & guests enjoyed each other's company and played games like
washer toss, where the guest team bested the members
team. Refreshments were also enjoyed (non-uniformed
event) with lots of conversation and laughter ending with
a great pot luck supper.
The 12th Guild is very excited to be hosting the Gilwell
Breakfast at this year's Provincial Scout Conference on
November 7-9, in addition to our usual hosting of the
Sunday Scouts Own.
As new leaders become involved in Scouting, we have
lost a lot of the history that used to be passed on from
parent to child and so we are planning to WOW them
with an old-time Gilwell Breakfast which really celebrates
the long history of Scouting, especially our founder,
Baden-Powell. We'll have some photos for our next
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Picture of Guild Summer Social
Secretary-- Dave Cameron
Guildmaster - Russ Beeswanger
28th Baden-Powell Guild
Retired Scouts Area Commissioner Bernadette Beesley,
received needed help…
Big help from Home Hardware appreciated
By: Kamloops This Week in Letters, Opinion October 14,
2014
Editor:
Thanks to Rick Kurzac, owner of Kamloops Home Hardware Building Center, and the Homeowners Helping Homeowners program.
I am the owner of Superior Roofing Ltd. and I wrote the
good folks at Kamloops Home Hardware Building Center
to see if they could help a Kamloops homeowner named
Bernadette Beesley, who lives on the North Shore.
I've known Bernadette as a tireless volunteer with the
Kamloops International Ice Hockey Tournament and as a
tireless host to many other volunteer and community efforts.
Bernadette is a medically retired nurse and daughter of
the late Dr. Beesley, also of Kamloops.
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She spent a large part of her life as a tireless volunteer
in our community and gave the best she had while being
healthy enough to do it.
The problem, as I explained to Kamloops Home Hardware Building Center and the Homeowners Helping Homeowners program, was that Bernadette would never
dream to ask our community for anything.
I had noted that, as I drove by her home over the years,
her needed wheelchair ramp to enter her home presented was riddled with wood-rotted rails, and some broken.
The main platform for her walker was heaved, with
weakened plywood. It certainly looked like medically
challenged Bernadette was not willing to ask our community for help.
Well, I took pen to hand and contacted Kamloops Home
Hardware Building Center and the Homeowners Helping
Homeowners program.
It took a while, but the response was great and was a
very favourable one indeed.
Today, that old and broken-down wheelchair ramp has
been replaced with a safe and newly constructed one.
A big thanks goes out to the team at Kamloops Home
Hardware Building Center that helped our Bernadette.
Who knew that taking a pen to paper could produce this
brand of kindness locally for another?
Les Evens
Kamloops
(submitted to the Mamook by Dick Stewart, 28th BadenPowell Guild of Kamloops)
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we were more active with the youth. Our destination was
Birch Bay in the U.S.A., at a private campground. Instead of crawling into tents at night we had RV's or rented cabins. Upon our arrival Thursday evening we were
treated to chilli and all the fixings. Chairs were put
around the campfire and the stories began. Friday was
raining but it was a day of shopping and exploring the
surrounding communities so the weather was not an issue. After supper the rain had let up so another campfire
and more stories. Some stories were so long that some
people stayed up to 3:00 in the morning. Saturday morning some people went to the Bellingham Farmer's market to explore and shop for Christmas. The afternoon
was spent preparing for "The Feast". Two beef roasts
rotating over a fire with potatoes baking on the side
brought back memories of previous camping experiences. Everyone contributed food and the tables were
groaning before we sat down. After desert another
campfire and more stories. This time it was only 2:00
a.m.
35th Baden-Powell Guild
Remembrance Day - 2014, Sydenham, Ontario.
Sunday was a group breakfast then break camp and
wander home with plans to do it again next year at a different location. Ah the memories!
42nd Baden-Powell Guild
Wreath presented on behalf of the 35th B.P. Guild by
Linda Bates.
38th Baden-Powell Guild
Recently 17 members of the 38th BP Guild spent a
weekend camping, shopping, and reliving times of when
I am pleased to announce that Dinah Yip, member of the
42nd and 111th Guilds has been awarded the Silver
Acorn. Her long time service as Richmond Area Registrar, Pacific Coast Council Training administrator, and
very active Guild member means this award is well deserved. The medal presentation was done at the Richmond Area forum.
The citation for the Silver Acorn is as follows:
Dinah Yip
Since earning her Bar to the Medal of Merit in 2008 and
her 20 year pin in 2010, Dinah has continued her especially distinguished service to Scouting. She continues to
serve as Richmond Area Registrar as well she has
served as Registrar to three different Groups and two
Baden-Powell Guilds. Her work in helping many Groups
get registered was tremendous. On top of this Dinah
runs the administration of the PCC Training team ensuring training cards get to everyone completing a course.
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Last summer she was an OOS at CJ'13 helping to keep
the records for the medical services which involved long
hours.
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On the social side of things we are a really busy bunch.
Annual BBQ, Canada Day Parade where we officiate the
opening march and flag raising, the presentation, cutting
and distribution of the Canada Day birthday cakes. Sugar shack in March, we march in the St-Patrick's parade,
annual year end dinner,We lay a wreath at the Cenotaph on remembrance day, we help St-ASndrews United
Church, our sponsors, with their events during the year
serving meals, clean-up and anything else that needs
top be done. The annual food drive, we go the Gilwell
reunion and so it goes on. We also meet each first Sunday of the month for a social brunch.
We had 5 General meeting and the Annual meeting
2013.
The picture L to R is Jonathan Yien, AYC; Alex Hadden
DAC Recognition and BC Provincial Guildmaster; Dinah
Yip; Harrison Kwan, AC; and William Chan, DCC
Recognition
57th Baden-Powell Guild
57th Guild Report from October 2013 to September
2014.
Again this year we lost one of our members, Mr. Ralph
Frost of the 1st Drummondville Scout Group, who went
home at the age of 96. Some of you will know that our
Provincial Camp, Tamaracouta as an honour society, the
Knight's of Tamara that was formed in 1933. Mr. Frost
was the first scout to become a Knight in 1933. On the
100th anniversary of the Camp in 2012, we took Mr.
Frost to his beloved camp. He managed the 100km ride
very well. When he walked passed the stone cairn where
he laid the first stone, he had a tear. We will miss him
terribly. Our member John Horvath has accomplished a
great feat, 285 blood donations to the blood bank. When
John does something he does it well. Just look at what
he did with the stamp bank.
Awards were given for 5 years, 10 years and 15 years
service to the Guild. 20 years and 35 years for service to
Scout Canada and a Baden Powell Guilds of Canada
Recognition Award to John Horvath for his work for the
Stamp Bank.
After much deliberation we all agreed that we should
change our chapter colour. We all voted for the "Canadian Tartan" aka the "Maple Leaf Tartan"
Our finances are not that great but we have a fund raising activities coming up: gift wrapping at he local shopping center, spaghetti diner which will put us back in
shape. On the "support to groups" front we made visits
to Cubs, Scouts and Girl Guides with some project they
needed help with. We organize a Fun Day during B.P
Week where all aspect of the movement program is
Tested.
Things are slow on the recruiting front. We are talking to
ex- scouter and ex Girl Guides leaders about joining our
group. We have 1 potential candidate.
We support Scouts/Guides groups, may they be from
Scouts Canada, Les Scouts or B.P Scouts. We truly believe that we are all brother Scouts and politics have
nothing to do with the brotherhood.
In fellowship Michel Lajoie
63rd Baden-Powell Guild
Eight members of the 63rd Guild attended the annual
2014 Gilwell Reunion at Blue Springs Scout Reserve.
Several members helped out with campsite fire inspections and the campfire. Our guild welcomes four new
members. Ian Evans from Port Ryerse, Ontario. Kathy &
Dennis Krysak from Clinton, Ontario, and Ron Currell
from Oakville, Ontario. Bill Edwards is now looking after
the financial matters of our local guild. He brings a
wealth of experience in this area both with Scouts Canada and private industry. Ron Currell helped out at the
Ontario Guild AGM on October 3-5/14 at Blue Springs
Scout Reserve. Ron shared his Scouting stories with
others and felt this weekend was a good introduction to
fellowship for which we are known for as an organization. Jim Richardson, Bill Edwards and Bob Russell
helped out at the Fort George weekend in Niagara-onthe-Lake. All assisted at the Cub Section of this weekend. Jim Richardson has also been given a promotion
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within the officers ranks based on his numerous years of
service at this event.
YIS Bob Russell, Sec. for the 63rd Guild, Oakville,
Ontario
68th Baden-Powell Guild
Donnie MacDonald
It is with sadness that I report of the death of our longtime Scouter & Guild member, Donnie MacDonald of
Trenton NS, formally New Glasgow,at age 69. Donnie
went home on Monday, September 1, 2014 at home.
Donnie received his 15 year Long-Service award from
our 12th Guild along with his 45 year Long-Service
award from Scouts Canada and his Medal of Merit.
Donnie was very active in Scouting, mostly with the Pictou District group. He thoroughly enjoyed Scouting and
accompanied local Scouts to many National and International Jamborees. Donnie enjoyed the outdoors and
was happiest white water canoeing, hiking, and camping in the forest.
He was loved and will be missed.
Jim Gillies McGillivray
Jim McGillivray passed away in Vernon Jubilee Hospital
on October 18, 2014. He is survived by his wife, Margaret; daughters Erin and Lindsay; son Sean; sons-in-law
Thomas and Joseph; mother Joy; brothers Thomas,
Hugh, Colin and sisters Kate, Margaret and Anne. Jim
worked at the Worker's Compensation Board for thirty
years and upon retiring, spent his time filling many roles
within Scouts Canada, The Creative Chaos Society and
Sons of Scotland. He was a loving husband and father
who would freely give his time to help and teach anyone
who would ask. As per Jim's wishes, no service will be
held. A celebration of his life will be arranged for midNovember.
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As the 68th Lethbridge Windystone Baden-Powell Guild
is about to commence our tenth year of service, our
members thought about what our Guild has been able to
accomplish during its tenure of service. Have we done
our best to support Scouting, the community and the
youth?
At our first meeting of the new season, our fireside chat
meeting, members discuss what we have accomplished:
2004 - 68th Lethbridge became one of the first Scouting
associated units to join “Alberta Promise” a project supporting of youth and youth programs. Our Guild was
featured in the July issue of the Alberta Promise Bulletin
which is sent our to all the 100+ member units in the
province of Alberta.
2004 to Present - 68th Lethbridge has participated and
supported the Lethbridge International Air Show by selling programs and 50/50 draw tickets
2004 to Present Guild Members have supported the
Windstone Area Kub Kar and 18 Wheeler Races by assembling the track, inspecting of both Kars and Rigs and
by operating the computerized timing mechanism for
each and every race. (Continued next issue)
81st Baden-Powell Guild
For the second year, the 81st BP Guild was responsible
for organizing the Scouts Popcorn fund raiser for
Fruitbelt District.
We took the orders from the groups, submitted them and
waited for the pickup date. This is where the fun started.
Four vehicles and a utility trailer pulled by one of the vehicles went to a warehouse on the Hamilton Bayfront to
load all the popcorn. We then took it all back to a Community facility where we have our Scouters' meetings,
to distribute all the popcorn to the groups. Five people
worked to get all the popcorn in it's proper place and
double checked each order. In a matter of 1-1/2 hours
after we finished organizing them, and all the popcorn
was picked up by all 5 groups in our area. While the day
seemed quite busy, we were proud of how it went and
the groups thanked us all for our hard work and organizing, which makes it worthwhile. By Sharon Oldfield
99th Baden-Powell Guild
Annual Report of the 99th Guild of the Baden Powell
Fellowship 2013-2014
The 99th mandate to support and help develop both programs and facilities at Blue Springs Scout Reserve has
had a busy year.
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The dedication of the 99th members has
resulted in a long list of accomplishments
that speaks to the ways we have been
able to help make BSSR able to provide
a quality Scouting program for youth in
Central Ontario.
Activities that the 99th have developed or
contribute both manpower and skills to
are listed below:
● Eco-Spirit Walk
● Earth Hour Campfire
● Soap Box Derby on 2 weekends
Cubs and Scouts
● JOTT event (Jamboree on the
Trail)
● Cub Environment Camp
● Gillwell Reunion
We have provided labour support to the
Camp Ranger with weekly work days for
ongoing maintenance. The Camp suffered from the Ice Storm of January
2014. We have helped remove trees and
brush which was split for firewood or
chipped for ground cover. Specific repair
tasks have been carried out for long term
camp improvements.
Scheduled work weekends where as
many members as possible come together for cleanups, maintenance and generally having fun occurred two times in the
year. The fellowship of the 99th members
is the heart of our working together. Each
member has skill and Scouting expertise
to add to the overall benefit of BSSR. We
strive to ensure each member is respected and valued for their volunteer role to
make BSSR a great place.
The Annual General Meeting for the Ontario Fellowship of BP Guilds was held at
BSSR in October. The 99th were evident
in our support for a successful Guild
event.
Over 340 commendations were issued to
99th members for their work this year by
Scouts Canada.
In the five years the 99th has contributed
over 23,000 hours to Scouting and
BSSR.
Two of our members are Camp Wardens
on scheduled weekends to provide operating supervision for BSSR when our
Camp Ranger is off site.
The role that we play in the Scouting
Game is a source of pride and our reason to be involved always looking ahead
to how we can make BSSR what it has
been and can be in the future.
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We were asked to send a history of the 99th to the ISGF meeting by
Mida Rodrigues (the Chair of the World Committee) who we met at the
Triannual Meeting in 2013.
(ed note: this will be published in a future issue)
Malcom MacLean
112th Baden-Powell Guild
Here is a picture of the 112th investiture
112th CFBP Guild "The Wetaskiwin Bandits"
Our Raccoon mascot "Bandit "passed his 3rd winter, showing up for a
visit in the spring.
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The Guild had a very busy time at camp after 2 destructive floods that damaged the entry bridge and spread thick mud everywhere.
Our Guildmaster Pat coordinated a team effort through emails and face book, getting volunteers of Guild members, Ventures, Rovers and leaders out for the repairs over a two week period. It was then ready for the 2 cuborees the end of May. We helped out with
crafts, Sid one of our northern members took the lead. We missed Ethel but she shared in the planning with Mike, Lori and Pat.
Amanda, Kyle, Owen, Anthony, John, Jodie, and Ed did the parking and security. Tim and Karen Bialogreckie and their Med Vents
provided the first Aide. Here we held our annual meeting and elections. On a special note, we invested our 3 newest members plus
finally getting the scarf on Ed, Tim B and Mike Holla.
We were pleased to have Russ K at the campfire/candlelight ceremony.
Even Bandit came to visit "How fitting was this?
The summer brought big changes at Camp Wetaskiwin. Our custodians Pat & Don retired after14 years. The PM Jeff Knoll who had
a brain aneurism in Feb had to be replaced. Chris Kivell arrived the end of August. Amanda & Kyle and Owen did some coverage in
the summer. Doug Robertson Camp Chief and Guild member reduced his role to part time after 22 years. Scouts Canada decided to
not replace the resident custodians. With concern for security and having a presence on site, the 112th put in an offer of service to
share the weekend coverage. The executive have been working consistently with the PM. to get more volunteers throughout Niagara, and prepare the new quarters for the Ranger Team. Doug will continue doing every second weekend as he is able.
Our Guild master Pat and treasurer Lori attended the AGM for Ontario at Blue Springs, Oct 4. Anthony joined them for a great dinner.
All gained more knowledge about Guild operations and enjoyed the social networking with those across the country.
The finalization of a Mandate for the 112th was completed the end of October. Input from Russ, Jane, Wayne, Mike B and Mickey
from SC was integrated into the document. It is hoped that this will provide a reference for the continual inquiries of "who we are and
what are our roles" when it comes to serving Camp Wetaskiwin and our areas.
Submitted by Pat Brodie for Ethel Demain, secretary, 112th Canadian Fellowship of Baden Powell Guild.
Jill Stiff
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From the Executive of the Canadian Fellowship of Baden-Powell Guilds
Mamook Papah: November, 2014
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Scouting it out for 55 years
Published in the Telegram on December 02, 2014
Wilfred Thomas became a scout at 12, and has stayed with
organization for more than half a century
If Scouts Canada is meant to teach people survival skills, then Wilfred Thomas must have been
listening really well. He got so much out of joining the group in 1951 that he never left.
“I was sort of a quiet, probably a strange kind of a young fella. And I enjoyed the activities of the
Scouts,” he says in the basement of his St. John’s home,
which is a kind of shrine to his 55 years as a volunteer
with the group.
He was 12 when he signed up. Over the years, he has
moved through the ranks of patrol leader, troop leader
and assistant scout master, until he took over a local
troop when he was 21. He held that position as scout
master for more than 10 years.
“I guess because I got so much out of it as a youth myself and it sort of brought me out of my shell,” he says.
Scouts Canada has provincial, national and international
jamborees, the latter bringing together tens of thousands
Longtime Boy Scouts volunteer Wilfred Thomas of St. John’s, of people from countries all over the world, camping
who has been involved with the youth movement for more
than 50 years as a scout and volunteer, displays the Boy
Scouts sign at his home Monday afternoon, along with a
wooden sign carving given to him at a Boy Scouts jamboree
years ago
Out together and sharing their scouting knowledge. Thomas has been to world jamborees in England, Idaho, Greece and Sweden, as well as Canada. He’s been to a further seven national gatherings and all 12 that have taken place in this province. The walls of his basement are lined with
badges, pins, bandanas and pictures from 55 years of being a part of Scouts Canada, all on a volunteer basis. Pick out anything in the room and Thomas can tell when and where it came from and how
he got it.
“Some people said when I was working I was working to support my scouting activities,” he says.
Thomas worked with Thomas Glass. He has no children, saying he hasn’t met his wife yet. The skills
taught in Scouts are just as relevant today, he says, but it’s not as easy to get people to see that.
“It’s harder now. There’s so many other activities that youth have.”
For years, the number of youth signing up was going down. Now, the organization is reinventing itself
by getting back to its roots and the numbers are growing again.
“Our main expertise in scouting is the outdoors and, for awhile, that had gotten lost,” Thomas says.
He has his 55-year commemorative pin and figures he’ll continue to 60 years of volunteering, although the last world jamboree he attended — in Sweden — was his last, even though he has already signed up for the next provincial jamboree.
“I’ve had a few problems recently and I can’t do the hiking that I used to do, but I’m sure I’ll find another job.”
His role has changed many times since he started.
He’s seen a lot of people come and go, but he’s held on and he’s been left with a lot more than a
knack for tying knots.
“A lot of satisfaction. A lot of enjoyment. A lot of fun. A lot of friends.”
(Editor’s note: Wilf is a longtime member of the 44th Baden-Powell Guild)