Cashmere Boy Scout Centennial

Cashmere

1910 - 2010

Supplement to the Cashmere Valley Record

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CASHMERE BOy SCOuT CENTENNIAL

Boy Scout Troop 1 Centennial

Century Troop #1 • 1910 - 2010 in Cashmere

Celebrating 100 Years.You’re Invited!

Open HOuseScout Hall, 201 Riverside Drive, CashmereOct. 9, 2010 • 1 to 4 p.m.

• Scout Building Tours •• Photo Displays •

• Dutch Oven Cooking •• Old Fashioned Knot Rack •

(see if you remember the bowline)

• Video Record of Your Scout Memories •• Cake, Punch & Coffee •

• Time Capsule Ceremony at 3:30 p.m. •contact:

Chairman Chuck Dronen, 6410 Flowery Divide, Cashmere, WA. 98815, [email protected] or 509-782-1278

“Once a Scout, Always a Scout!”

Chartering Organization, American Legion Post #64, Cashmere, WA Dennis McNulty – Charter RepresentativeChuck Dronen – ChairmanJanina Riggs - SecretaryBarb Dronen – TreasurerJudy Bruehl – AdvancementDennis Gasbar – Past ChairmanBeverly Lobe - Unit CommissionerJim Kill – ScoutmasterAllen Lobe - Assistant ScoutmasterMichael Pickett – Assistant ScoutmasterChuck Ream – Assistant Scoutmaster

Mailing Address:Troop #1 - CashmereC/O Chuck Dronen6410 Flowery DivideCashmere, WA 98815

Phone contacts:Chuck Dronen; Chairman509-782-7600 (work)Chuck Dronen509-782-1278 (Home)Jim Kill, Scoutmaster509-782-1730 (Home)Beverly Lobe, Unit Comm.509-782-3334 (home)

INdExBoys will be boys! ........................................... 3Cashmere’s First Scout Hall ........................... 4One Man’s Legacy .......................................... 5Notes from C. Kuelbs ...................................... 6Troop 1 Today ................................................. 7Eagle Scout projects ....................................... 8100 years of Scouting in Cashmere ............... 9Why Scouting is Important ........................... 10400 Scouts attend annual Flag Day ............. 11Scoutmasters, Troop 1 .................................. 14Lions and Tigers and Cubs, Oh No .............. 14Eagle Scouts, Troop #1 ................................ 15

Troop 1 Committee 2010

Submitted by Chuck Dronen

The Boy Scout program has been alive and well in the community of Cashmere for just over 100 years. What begin modestly in July of 1910 with eight boys and several leaders has continued to be an outlet for local youth teaching them outdoor skills, lifetime hobbies, responsible citizen-ship, good health and physical fitness.

Over the course of the last 100 years, Cashmere scouting has manifested itself in various forms. Troop 1 was the first troop in North Central Wash-

ington, and according to Troop 1’s founding fathers, “the old-est troop west of the Missis-sippi.” In 1927, Troop 19 was established and maintained active tenure until 1972. The Cub Scout program, i.e. the younger boy’s program, got its kickoff in 1943 and has been ac-tive ever since. Cashmere even had an active Sea Scout pro-gram from 1941 to 1951 known as Ship 88, which later became explorer Post 88. Explorer post 88 was active from around 1951 to the late ‘60s.

The Troop 1 committee, in preparation for its centennial year, has actively gathered

alumni vignettes, Cashmere Record newspaper articles and photographs depicting their history. Incorporated with this special Troop 1 centennial is-sue are many of those stories and pictures. As Cashmere celebrates 100 years of scout-ing, we hope you will find this issue informational and amus-ing. Whether you were ever a Boy Scout these articles and photographs are sure to make you smile, perhaps rekindle some memories and allow you to hearken back to the simpler times of youth. Please join us in celebrating Troop 1’s Cen-tennial birthday.

Cashmere Boy Scouts Troop 1 – 100 years and counting

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As the statement goes, “boys will be boys,” this an idiom still holding true after 100 years of scouting his-tory in Cashmere.

From the get go in 1910, stories have emerged about the humor-ous, crazy and outlandish antics of Scouts just being Scouts. These scout pranks, capers and escapades continue right up to the current day.

Here are a few that have taken place over the last century.

1910s

One of the early topics taught to the original eight Scouts was a discourse on Poison Ivy and the negative results if you were un-lucky enough to come in contact with it.

Dean Stewart managed to come in contact with this unfriendly her-baceous plant and decided if he ate some, it would cure it in a hurry.

It took two weeks before he was out of danger with constant medi-cal supervision.

1920s

According to Grandpa Mac (Troop 1’s first Eagle Scout -1929), on a troop outing in 1926 to the old scout cabin up Sand Creek, one of the Tigner Twins had a lasting memorable camping experience.

While conducting what most people would consider a very natu-ral act, he stirred up some hornets and was stung in a very sensitive body part.

The late Orwan Simpson, a scout from the late ‘20s, has several hu-morous Prince Creek summer camp stories. The first story stems from a shortage of milk one summer at the Prince Creek Scout Camp.

Prince Creek Summer Camp was operated by the North Central Washington Scout organization

from the late ‘20s to 1948.Apparently milk from a camp

goat was being supplemented to summer campers because the regular supply of cow’s milk from Chelan was in short supply.

The goat’s milk was very strong tasting and not much to the camp-er’s liking.

Don Long, one of our Troop 1 Scouts, took it upon himself to rid the camp of our hoofed friend.

Luring the goat to the dock and then into a rowboat, the plan was to drown the poor thing.

Orwan and his twin Art, who were accomplices, lost their nerve and persuaded Don to return to shore.

The goat was freed, and perhaps by the end of the three week camp experience, the Scouts had devel-oped a liking for goat’s milk. Or-wan also describes a form of good hearted camp punishment.

When a fellow scout had a phoopah, i.e. burning the eggs or lipping off or pretty much any-thing that met with the general disapproval of the troop or patrol, he would experience Ding Butt (actually Ding A**). The guilty scout would have to bend over and grab his ankles while fellow Scouts standing at a reasonable distance would hurl vegetables or fruit (in season) at his butt.

I was told the favorite projectile was the potato. Maybe because that vegetable was plentiful, cheap and made a pretty good impact.

According to Orwan “Ding Butt was a crap shoot because a lot of the Scouts’ couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn anyway.”

1930s

In 1939, Ralph Titchenal and Le-roy LaVigne took 15 Scouts to the World’s Fair in San Francisco.

They travelled to the fair in a homemade four wheel trailer

pulled by Scoutmaster Titchenal’s 1935 Ford Sedan.

According to Don Smith, one of the Scouts on that trip, some of the boys were chucking fire wood off the trailer when they went through towns.

The prank obviously created consternation for other drivers try-ing to miss the debris left behind by these wise guy Scouts.

But no good deed goes un-re-warded or more appropriate in this case no bad deed goes unpun-ished.

Scoutmaster Titchenal was on to this prank and had the wrong doers collect a switch for their punishment.

In the meantime, he also chose a hefty half inch thick sapling.

Apparently the spindly switches brought back by Scouts wouldn’t do so Titchenal used his switch to inflict some good old fashion corporal punishment.

1940s

In the early ‘40s, a group of North Central Washington Scouts were camped out and assisting adults Eric Soderberg (Wenatchee) and Barney Slaugenhaupt (Chelan) in clearing forest debris from what would later become Lake Wenatchee State Park.

Among the Scouts helping were two boys from Cashmere, Duane LaVigne and Dick Paton.

The two adult leaders had dis-covered two logs sticking so far

A familiar theme over the years: Boys will be boys!

See BOYS on Page 12david dronen and Travis Wintler collect frogs at Lake Janus, Steven’s Pass, summer 1963.

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Local generosity paved the way for Cashmere’s first Boy Scout meeting hall constructed during the summer of 1921.

The 1910 troop met initially at Cashmere’s very first Pres-byterian Church, located on the corner of Woodring and Cottage Avenues, but quickly moved to the G.A.R. Building (Grand Army of the Republic - a Civil War Vet-erans organization).

The location for this building has been difficult to determine, but based on a very old Cash-mere Record article quoting Charlie Kuelbs, one of the first Scouts, it was located on the site of Cashmere Valley Bank and later relocated to Potlatch Lum-ber site in west Cashmere.

Meeting at the G.A.R. Building allowed the Scouts to perform athletic activities and play bas-ketball.

As a side note the first eight Scouts were also the first fresh-man basketball team in Cash-mere.

According to the late Jim McKeller, long time Cashmere Troop historian, in the teens and early 20s the boys met at several locations including the Cash-mere Fire Hall, Sullivan-Griner Wholesale and the Presbyterian Church.

In 1920, city fathers led by George Sussex, a local banker, Stewart Sims, Pharmacist and

owner of Sims’ Drug Company, R.A. McKeller a local farmer and John Kuelbs businessman and undertaker recognized the need for a suitable meeting place for several local youth organiza-tions, namely the Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls.

A new hall could also benefit other youth activities and the community band.

The financial support for this project came primarily from local farmers, with additional support from the town business community.

During the Fall of 1921, Senior Scouts Don and Harold Paton led the younger Scouts and other interested parties in collecting enough Fancy Delicious Apples to fill two railroad boxcars.

These apples, through ar-rangements made by John Kue-lbs, were shipped to the New York apple market just before Christmas that year and sold at a premium price.

These efforts brought the community $2,000 towards their youth meeting hall.

At the time, this amount was enough to pay for two thirds of project cost.

At today’s apple box rates, this would have netted the commu-nity an amount of $76,800.

In May of 1922, the local Boy Scout committee signed a con-tract with H.R. Qualley and Son to erect a 30 by 60 foot hall con-structed of synstone block.

Unique features included deco-rative dormers and roll corner style English roofing.

The most unique construction feature was a sunken fireplace approached from three sides with steps creating an amphithe-ater effect.

The building site was located on the far west side of Cashmere School property near Mission Creek, today the site of the Cash-mere Swimming Pool.

H.R. Qualley and Son provided the block and labor at a discount and brick layer Pete Levander, a superb local artisan, built the fireplace with donated labor.

The final cost was $3,000 and

due to tremendous local sup-port, the project was finished unencumbered.

Over the years, additional ren-ovations took place in 1939, 1941, 1955, and 1967, always with great support from the community.

A major scout building fund-raiser and face-lift was in the planning stage in 1997, but due to a land swap agreement with the City of Cashmere, these plans became moot.

In that agreement, the local scouting organization exchanged their building for a wing of the Riverside Community Center constructed in 2002.

This move allowed the city

to make needed and additional improvements to the Natatorium Park and Pool.

The new Scout Hall, built with a rustic motif but modern in every other way, allows local scout youth to meet in a safe and comfortable environment.

It was designed in such a way to enhance and meet all program needs.

Like the original scout hall, there is a rustic fireplace and gathering area.

An improvement over the old hall is a small prep kitchen and housekeeping/ storage room.

Cashmere’s first Boy Scout hall built in 1921

Troop 1 scouts preparing to leave for summer camp in front of the old scout hall on Paton Street circa 1990s.

See SCOUT HALL on Page 11



Paul Talcott Prentice was Troop 1’s first scoutmaster, serv-ing from 1910 to 1912.

We know this because one of his first Scouts, Charlie Kuelbs, has recorded it as so.

Apart from this, and until very recently, we have known very little about our first Scout-master.

Over the last 10 years, the troop has uncovered some de-tails about Scoutmaster Talcott by researching old Cashmere Records, and an interview con-ducted with his 80-year-old son Mayo Prentice.

Paul T. Prentice was hired by the Cashmere School District in summer of 1910 to teach high school chemistry, natural sci-ence and horticulture.

He had recently graduated in a Horticultural Course (from) the State College at Pullman (W.S.U.)

He arrived in Cashmere with excellent credentials and upon the strong recommendations of that institution. It was also noted that he had considerable experi-ence with the Y.M.C.A. program in Seattle.

Under “School Notes” in the

fall of 1910, it mentions Prof.Prentice is beginning the work in horticulture with drills in naming apples.

Much interest is being mani-fested in the new course.

The reporter goes on to say he is hopeful students will avail themselves of this scientific in-struction, but due to the big ap-ple crop, many of the high school boys are at home picking.

Recorded under Presbyte-rian Church News, Prentice is mentioned several times in

association with the new boys scout program.

Reading the early newspa-per you get an impression, that this new young teacher, a recent graduate from college, with previous Y.M.C.A. youth experience, who also is the new basketball coach has jumped right into Cashmere community affairs with both feet.

This is all we really knew of Prentice’s time in Cashmere other than he did go home to Ta-coma and visit his folks for the

holidays in December of 1910.The 1913 Cashmere High

School annual (the 1st Cashmere annual) lists Paul T. Prentice as alumni, teaching in the Kittitas Valley.

In 2001, a breakthrough came when the troop, through a wind-ing and twisted path, was able to secure a copy of his obitu-ary from the Tacoma News Tribune.

In that article, we discovered that he was born in Albert Lea, Minn. in 1888, graduated for W.S.U. in 1908 and retired in 1949 after teaching for 30 years at Sta-dium High School in Tacoma.

At Stadium, he had taught biology and botany and ended his career there as the science department head.

He continued his involvement with the Y.M.C.A. in the Tacoma area and served as the Camp Seymour Summer Director for many years.

From the obituary, we were able to make contact with Paul’s oldest son who was still living in the Tacoma area.

From an interview conducted with Mayo S. Prentice in Decem-ber 2002, the following facts were gathered:

Paul T. Prentice was half

English and half Irish. He was born in a very protective home and as a child wasn’t allowed to play sports, “because he might get hurt,” but always valued the importance of good physical fitness.

He involved himself early in Y.M.C.A. fitness programs and started his own children in Y programs at a young age.

Prof. Prentice started his career at Stadium High School around 1915.

He was always interested in young people and Mayo remem-bered many evenings when one or several of his students would join their family for dinner.

He was a very precise man and always careful in speech.

One of his sayings was “What-ever you do, like what you are do-ing. Be wrapped up in it whether you’re digging a ditch or running a big company.”

Paul Prentice was a devoted husband and family man with three daughters and two sons.

He loved their family outings to Point Defiance and especially a little cabin and property they developed on Puget Sound.

Mayo describes it as a shack built from ‘drift wood and junk found on the beach” but that shack was “so much a part of his life.” As soon as school was out for summer he would rent a Curtiss motor launch for the summer and the family would enjoy their cabin get way.

He was lenient with his boys when it came to summer ad-venture.

Mayo and Edward would sometimes take a 12 ft flat bot-tom dingy with a sail and go coasting for as much as a week at a time.

Mayo recalls “we never had any close calls and when it came to the sail boat dad had no restrictions.”

Paul never learned to drive a car and had little interest in things mechanical.

Mayo shared that his father was an absolute disaster when it came to anything mechanical, but went on to say his “Dad’s strengths were in relating to people, he was extremely outgo-ing and loved to help people.”

He loved his garden.When he came home from

school he enjoyed working around the yard especially with

Paul Talcott Prentice was the first Scoutmaster

Scoutmaster Rev. Ratsch and scouts at Lake Stuart area during the late 1920s.

See LEGACY on Page 6



Scrawled across the top of the double-spaced typed document in Jim McKeller’s handwriting are the words “These are notes from C. Kuelbs.” This document hap-pens to be our best source of early historical information for Troop 1. The document is entitled “Scouting in Cashmere, Wash.” and is a com-pilation of Charlie Kuelbs memories compiled after 60 plus years of ac-tive scouting. Charlie was a mem-ber of the first troop that summer 100 years ago. His memories and recollections give us a picture of those earliest times.

This document has been pre-served and passed on to us by a second generation Troop 1 scout, the late Jim McKeller, who also had the distinction of being Cashmere’s first Eagle Scout. Both men served the Scouts of Cashmere through-out the course of their lives. Jim received his 75 year pin from the national scouting organization and both men were Silver Beaver recipients. The Silver Beaver is the highest volunteer distinction awarded to leaders in the Scout movement. We can thank Jim for his resolute desire to maintain a record of scouting history in the Cashmere area and especially for the preservation of Charlie’s writ-ten history.

For the many years that Jim participated in the program, he was known to carry and frequently share a very special business card. That card read “100 years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I Iived in, or the kind of car I drove, but the world may be different, because I was important in the life of a boy or girl.” Even though this quote is anonymous Grandpa Mac considered it his own.

There have been countless num-bers of men and women who have served our local scouting program over the years but these two men, Charlie Kuelbs and “Grandpa Mac” Jim McKeller, have been the pillars. An unknown author penned “We stand on the shoulders of those that have gone before.” How true.

What better way to share the early troop history but in the words of the man who wrote them, Charlie Kuelbs –

“It was during the year of 1910, that Cashmere High School decided that they must have an agriculture and physical geography teacher so Paul Talcott Prentice was our first. Along about that same time, the

Boy Scouts of America had been organized. Columbia College of New York presented an extension course in Scouting and Prentice was one of the first to avail himself of the course. So—he called a group of freshman to his office one day at noon and told them about the program and a number of boys signed up at that time. The original Boy Scouts of America in North Central Washington. Among the group were – Deane Glenroy, Deane Stewart, Byron Wilder, Donald

Nagley, Lorraine Kinney, Clement Williams, Charlie Kuelbs and Bruce Birmingham. Deane Stewart and Charlie Kuelbs bought the only two uniforms of the group and they were something to really shout about. The first troop put most of their time playing basketball in their meeting place, which was the old G.A.R. building. That was also first year of basketball in Cashmere High.. We were told about poison ivy, first aid and out of doors.”

And the rest is history.

C. Kuelbs tells Scout history

Charlie Kuelbs, left, and Jim “Grandpa Mac” Mckeller, right. Both long-time supporters of Cashmere Scouting. Charlie was one of the eight original scouts in 1910 and Jim was Cashmere’s first Eagle Scout in 1929. Picture circa 1960s annual Scout fund drive kickoff.

A page from the Old North Central Washington Council Eagle Book recording Cashmere Scout duane LaVigne’s Eagle Scout Court of Honor Aug. 16, 1944.

LEGACy: He made a difference

the flowers.According to Mayo “He was

fantastic on nature” and “His rose garden was everything.”

As a member of Emmanuel Presbyterian Church he lived a religious life and believed “in a superior being.” He never drank or smoked and “there was never any booze in the house.” According to Mayo he didn’t use profanity except on one occasion he remembers his father said, “Ouch, Damn.”

So who was Paul Talcott Prentice our fist Scoutmaster? He was man who cared about

people.He enjoyed life but took it

seriously.For those things he loved he

loved dearly.He conducted himself in such

a way that he was always a good role model.

He loved his family and loved his career.

Throughout his life he made a difference in touching the lives of so many boys and girls.

From Cashmere High to Sta-dium High, from Troop 1 to Camp Seymour on Glen Bay his legacy continues in the lives of the children that he mentored, taught and loved.

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Troop 1 currently consists of 20 Boy Scouts and 10 adults as leaders and committee members. Our Scouts are very active and enjoying all that scouting has to offer.

Our troop is active in many community activities and ser-vice projects. Upon request, we perform opening flag ceremonies for various groups during special events. Ceremonies have been performed for the Rocky Moun-tain Elk Foundation banquet, the annual Good Scout Luncheon, Washington State Trappers As-sociation Rendezvous, Chelan County Election Board dinner, and many others.

We provide service to Ameri-can Legion Post 64 during Memo-rial Day weekend by helping pre-pare the cemetery for Memorial Day, by placing American flags on veterans’ graves, and by perform-

ing an opening flag ceremony for the Memorial Day program

Annually, we work with the Chelan County Historical Society during their Apple Days event to assist visitors with parking, and for the last several years, have put on a Dutch oven cooking display.

Troop 1 Scouts continually go above and beyond with their Eagle Scout projects. The most re-cent a new entertainment stage at the Chelan County Fairgrounds. Many other projects have ben-

efited the Cashmere Museum, City of Cashmere, Cashmere schools, as well as other projects at the Chelan County Fair.

Troop 1 maintains an active program of camping and outdoor activities. This year, we have had hikes into the Ancient Lakes in the Columbia Basin, and Stuart Lake in the Alpine Lakes Wilder-

ness Area.Our Scouts attended the an-

nual Chelan Gun Club sponsored Spring Shooting Sports camp.

Seven Troop 1 Scouts attended summer camp at Camp Pigott, north of Monroe in July. There, they participated in many scout-ing activities including swim-ming, woodcarving, archery, rifle shooting, cooking, wilderness survival, astronomy, as well as campfires and camaraderie.

Six Troop 1 Scouts became members of the Grand Columbia Council’s National Jamboree troop and attended the BSA 100th Anniversary National Jamboree in Virginia at Fort A. P. Hill in July and August. The Jamboree was attended by over 40,000 boy Scouts from around the nation as well as many foreign countries. The Jamboree sprawls over 700 acres of Fort A. P. Hill and con-sisted of exhibits and activities too varied to list. A pre-Jamboree tour exposed the Scouts to the many National sites and muse-ums of our Nation’s Capital.

We are currently making plans for Apple Days activities, a fall camp-out, a Make a Dif-ference Day project, as well as our weekly meetings to work on scouting skills and advance-ment.

Troop 1 still thriving, having fun a century later

Climber - Former Troop 1 scout rappelling during a climbing merit badge exercise at Peshastin Pinnacles State Park just west of Cashmere.

Fire building / boiling water race for time at Scout-a-Vista winter camporee.


Eagle Scout projects dot the Cashmere landscape

1995, Retaining wall, fencing and landscaping for American Legion Post #64 – Marchall Newberry

1995, Comprehensive list of street signage in the city of Cashmere – Phillip Simon

1997, Baseball backstop at Riverfront Park for city of Cashmere – Colby Bruhel

2002, Barbecue patio at Cashmere Museum and Pioneer Village – Jared Sutherland

2008, dugout canoe, canoe stand and the interpretive plaque at the Cashmere Museum and Pioneer Village – dave dronen and Brandon Long

2010, Performance stage at the Chelan County Fair – Zac Miller

2008, Four park benches placed along Riverfront Park river walk for city of Cashmere – Chris Sears

1999, Collected, replaced and arranged medicinal herb collection at the Cashmere Museum – Josh dronen

2001, Created water wheel observation area for Cashmere Museum and Pioneer Village – Ben dronen

1997, Painted interior of Clement’s youth building at Chelan County Fair – Joshua Kill


Celebrating 100 years of Scouting in Cashmere


Clifford’s

Hardware

James Wonn - Boy Scout, circa 1958, 1st Class, Mount Baker Area Council, Troop 34,

Laurel Wash.

The manual skills learned have served me well for these many years—carpentry, painting, etc.

The skills learned, and utilized effectively through the years (the past 30), have been the social skills including communication and teamwork.

Fred Harvey - Eagle Scout, 1974-75, Wenatchee (Cashmere Museum staff)

Scouting was a great experi-ence. You develop skills you will use throughout your life. Scout-ing builds life-long character.

Jim Fletcher

Scouting with all its traditions, advancements, hikes, camping fun and learning how to work with others results in self-con-fidence. Achieving the rank of Eagle demonstrates persistence in finishing what you started.

Jerrel A. (Bud) Newberry - Eagle Scout, Troop 1,

1963-68

Scouting is an adventure that I would recommend for any young men. The learning, the camaraderie, the fellowship are life-changing. The outings—Scout-A-Vista, Lake Bonaparte, backpack-ing into the high lakes, National Jamboree with Jim McKellar. All fond memories. Be prepared!

Al Kennedy - Eagle Scout, 1991, Troop 1

(U.S.A.F Lt. Colonel)

Trustworthy, loyal, helpful, brave. A Scout is all of these and more. Scouts give the basis for greatness today and for tomor-row. Some leaders are born, but most are taught.

Dan Goodfellow - Cub Scouts through Eagle Scout (1977) and on to

Scout Leader. Troop 904 in Colville

Scouting is important for the traditional, timeless values of duty to God, duty to country, duty to others, and duty to self.

Larry N. Ward

I joined Scouting in Oroville

in the mid-1940s and attained the rank of First Class. Later, in Chelan, I became a Scoutmaster in Troop 12 and helped five of my Scouts, including my son Greg, become Eagle Scouts. All became successful men in their careers.

I believe the words of the Scout-ing creed are helpful to all Scouts’ futures.

Gordon K. Irle - Eagle Brass Palm, 1943-48,

Troop 479, Port Townsend (Cashmere City Mayor)

W o r k i n g through the Scout-ing ranks teaches a boy to set goals (rank), work, and achieve them.

This teaches a pattern for success.

William Dronen

W h y w o u l d Scouting last 100 years? Because it is built on a foun-dation that is im-portant to kids, their parents and our community. In a nut shell, it’s that character does make the difference in life. At first, Scouts learn the twelve laws and the promise, and then they practice living that way. It may seem silly now, but I still remind myself of those twelve laws; trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent. These are powerful words and they may be even more important today. For me, Boy Scouting was hav-ing fun with my friends, learning about the outdoors, and stretch-ing my comfort zones. I believe that Scouting was also important

for my kids and the Scouting program played a key role in their character development and citizenship. We need Scouting for our kids, and I am thankful to those men and women who serve the program as adult role models. Go Troop 1!

Mark Behler - Arrow of Light, Eagle Scout, Pack 17 and Troop 17, 1961-71,

Monitor

C u b S c o u t s flamed my imagi-nation and excited my sense of dis-covery. The Boy Scouting experi-ences provided confidence building and recog-nition of limits. The Scout Oath and Law have helped define the foundation of who I am. Scout-ing influenced the direction I took toward my college degree. My work for the past 33 years is really a continuation of my Scout-ing experience. Today I still enjoy Scouting as an active adult in the Boy Scouts of America.

Kim and Christie Kennedy - Parents of an Eagle

Scout

B o y S c o u t s is important be-cause it teaches young men how to achieve large goals one step at a time with dignity and honor. We are proud to be the parents of an Eagle Scout.

Steve Fisher - AVD Commissioner, Troop 7 Assistant Scoutmaster

As Scouters, we tend to empha-

size the values of Scouting—the oath, law, slogan and motto—when talking about the program. However, perhaps the best gift Scouting can give a young per-son is the fostering of a passion. For some, this passion may be for a desired career. In my case, the Electricity Merit Badge was part of my path to an electrical engineering degree. Others find their passion in outdoor activities or service to others. The passion Scouting ignites often lasts for a lifetime.

Chuck Dronen - Eagle Scout, 1972, Troop 1

Scouting may not always gener-ate perfect boys, but it does seem to generate some pretty good men, and those men go on to become the warp and woof of our society—solid leaders and people you can always count on. I’m thankful for my time in Scouting and especially proud to be counted a member of the Boy Scout brotherhood.

Roger Perleberg - Life (or Star), 1956-61,

Troop 19, Post 88

Scouting emphasizes many values required in becoming a healthy, productive American citizen. Fun, learning, survival, First Aid, personal growth in many areas, appreciation of our fellow Scouts, family and com-

munity.Honesty and the true love of

America and all that stands for.

Darren Davis - Eagle Scout, 1970s, Troop 1

Builds charac-ter. Is fun! Teaches hard work. Is fun! Teaches team-work. Is fun! It’s just plain fun!

Bob Hasseries

As a Scout in Phoenix, Cub Scout with mother as Den Leader and father as Scoutmaster—our family was involved in Scout-ing for years. My involvement ebbed at Life Scout with the last polio epidemic. Fellow Scouts visited me through to full recov-ery. Eventually, as a minister, I served as Cub Master, Webloes leader and trainer of leaders. I treasured my wife’s help in all those with the attendant ac-tivities and camping trips. The people we worked with locally and in the central office were always supportive. Otherwise, we would have never been able to make goals we set.

Dave Dronen - Eagle Scout, 2008, Troop 1

Scouting has s h ow n m e t h e world! Backpack-ing trips, canoe-i n g , s u m m e r

Former Scouts reveal why Scouting is important?

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camps, a week on a sailing ship, trips to national and world Jam-borees, development of lifetime interests, and much more, with memories and skills that will stick with me forever. I can’t say enough good things about Scouting.

Jim Kill - Scoutmaster, Troop 1

Scouting encourages Scouts to try and do things they may have never done on their own. It teaches them to expand their personal boundaries and that by stepping out of their comfort zone, they can achieve seem-ingly impossible goals. The Scout program, through service to others and community par-ticipation, helps form young men

into good citizens willing to give of themselves, no matter where life takes them.

Dr. Edgar Meyer

Scouting’s benefit to a boy is immediate as he joins a group most likely with above average moral standards, and with whom he identifies. He spends produc-tive time on Scout activities and the skills learned are often unique to Scouting and very broadening experiences. His self-awareness, as a Scout, is life-long.

Tom Griffith

The Scouting program is a great opportunity for young boys of to-day to learn and enjoy more of the

“Great Outdoors.” With the increasing trends toward urban sprawls, T.V. and electronic games, it becomes more and more difficult to spend quality time out of doors. I personally enjoyed the hiking and camping trips that are a part of Scout-ing.

Ric Evans - Eagle Scout, Troop 1 (1962-67), Post 88

(1967-69)

Personally, Scouting is therapy for a boy’s soul. Scouting rituals can penetrate a boy’s life without him knowing it. A boy can reflect on his experiences for the rest of his life. New revelations arise until the day he dies.

Larry E. Vance, D.D.S

Scouting allows the opportunity to set short and long term goals. The achievement of these goals teach the relationship in life of effort, success and rewards. These lessons are learned in an environment that creates life-long friendships and memories.

Bill Forhan

Scouting teach-es youth how to be self-reliant. It builds individual confidence and respect for oth-ers. Because of its positive message, former Scouts are often found in leadership positions in all walks of life.



SCOuTING: The importance of scouting

Downstairs is a full basement with outside entrance allowing for the storage of all camping

gear, tents, pioneering materials, you name it and project space.

The new hall is without a doubt one of the finest small town scout meeting facilities in

the United States.I think the founding fathers

of Cashmere Scouting would be proud and happy to see that their legacy has continued on.

SCOuT HALL: New hall one of the best


Whether the date was 1924, 1984 or 2004, Troop 1 and other scout groups from North Central Washington have an annual tradi-tion of gathering for drills, skills, stunts and some good old fash-ion competition. This event has been sometimes indoors, mostly outdoors and over the years in a variety of locations.

The event has been called Flag Day, Scout Circus, Camporee, Jam-

boree, District Roundup, Scout-arama, Showando, Wala-Ca-Zu and Wala-Ga-Zoo. Whatever the name of this activity, it has always spelled lots of fun for the Scouts.

Traditionally the event has tak-en place in a school gym or venue that affords camping out. The first events were held at Memorial Park in Wenatchee and sponsored by the Wenatchee Elks Club. The district scouting organization has always taken the lead in setting up these special events. Some previous

camp locations have included Bee Hive Lookout, Wapato Point – Man-son, Tronsen Meadows on Blewett Pass, Lake Wenatchee, Apple bowl – Wenatchee, Recreation Park – Wenatchee and Scoutavista to mention a few.

In recent times, this activity has been mainly referred to as Camporee or Scoutarama. There are several competitive events that have stood the test of time like fire building ( burning a string or boil-ing water fastest), compass course

or G.P.S. navigating, knot race, chariot racing, first aid testing, tomahawk throwing, cooking and striking a match with a hatchet.

In earlier times, they had events that are no longer included such as neatest scout, oratory, tumbling and pyramid building, wall scal-ing, fire by friction, fire by flint and steel, flap jack relay and rope climbing.

Cashmere Troops have always been well represented at these events, and over the years, have

brought home many ribbons and trophies. In 1924, Sidney Spear took the oratorical award slight-ly edging out Richard Jones of Wenatchee. That same year, Mel-vin Atwood won neatest scout for “general appearance in uniform, cleanliness, etc.”

In the early ‘30s, former Cash-mere Scout Lyle McManus reports Troop one had a tumbling team that was tops and took first place

Local troops represent well at Scout gatherings

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out of a pile of logs and situated in just such a way that they could craft a comfortable sleeping ar-rangement.

The men took twine and wrapped it back and forth, in and around the butt end of these two logs enough times to make a good support and an admirable bunk for their sleep-ing bags.

Apparently Duane and Dick had some spare time on their hands, and with their pocket knives, clan-destinely cut every other strand dramatically weakening the ar-rangement.

Sure enough when it came time to bed down that evening, for the two elders it was a short matter of time before their bunks failed.

The nature of the prank was such that the perpetrators felt admission of guilt was not in their best interest.

1950s

In the mid 1950s, one young 12 year old had a very short tenure in one of the local troops.

There had been a change in scoutmasters and the new leader had the whole troop standing at attention and was proceeding to lay the new law down.

As a case in point, he told the assembled group that there would be no more hi-jinks of the nature experienced on a recent camping trip to Camas Meadows where several older Scouts had slipped cow pies into the sleeping bags of several younger Scouts.

Mistaking our 12 year old subject as one of the cow pie perpetrators, the scoutmaster went on to say “and you were one of them.” The young lad in his household had been taught not to lie so he said “no sir, I had nothing to do with that.” The scoutmaster went on to question the young man’s veracity and said “You’re a liar.” As the conversation heated up, the boy insisted he had nothing to do with the event, but the scoutmaster continued to badger until finally the youth blurted out “We’ll you’re a S.#.#.”

Pandemonium followed with the scoutmaster chasing the boy sever-al times around the scout building until the boy escaped out the door and didn’t stop to look back.

This was his last troop meeting.There is a happy ending to this

story.The boy ran straight from the

scout building to the house of the

local Post Advisor (a Post is a unit designation for older Scouts) and pleaded to be part of this older boys program. The age group for the Post was 14 years old and he being 12 created a dilemma.

The kindly Post Advisor, after appropriate chastisement for his impertinence to his former scout-master, was allowed to participate as an associate member until he was the proper age to join.

While this associate status was quite irregular, it benefited the youngster and he went on to have a very positive scouting experience.

Today he’s a well respected com-munity member.

1960s

Frog legs are not normally a menu item served on Central Cas-cade scout outings.

In the 1963 however, on a Troop 1 excursion to Lake Josephine on Steven’s Pass, they were.

The story details are sketchy but according to one eye witness,

Garth Brender, now 60, and one of the Hink boys discovered a frog breeding pond not too far from the lake.

It was also discovered that some frogs were quite large (must have been Rana pipius – Northern Leop-ard Frog).

One thing led to another and soon frog legs were a frying.

There was no report on how they tasted.

In 1967, a misguided patrol of Scouts (future class of 1973 gradu-ates) camping on Bunker Hill at Camp Bonaparte discovered hand axe throwing could be fun.

In their patrol area, on the back-side of Bunker Hill, grew an enor-mous Ponderosa Pine.

It didn’t take too long for the boys to figure out that by stand-ing 10-to-12 feet from the tree and hucking a hand axe at the tree it would sometimes stick.

What began as curiosity soon turned into a competition among the boys.

The contest was to see how many sticks you accumulate in 10 throws. This activity went on until the Council Executive wandered through the camp and spotted the boys. After a severe tongue lashing and an order to cease and desist this young group of Scouts learned a valuable lesson about tree girdling.

After this they switched to the knife throwing game called, “Mum-bly Peg.”

1970s

Camp Bonaparte was the loca-tion for a lot of scout fun and mischief.

In the summer of 1974, Scout-master, Walt Jannsen, and his boys became the first troop to have their swimming and canoeing rights taken away. The troop was paddling in shallow water when one canoe tipped over. Those Scouts thought it would be fun to capsize the rest of the boats which was a cardinal sin at Camp Bonaparte.

Troop 1 takes pride in being number one, and number one they were. At the campfire that night, taps was played and the boy’s buddy tags (swim and boating privilege pass) were buried in a tin cap, not to be removed until the last

day of camp. Frog legs seemed to be popular in the ‘70s as well. In 1975, Dan VanHoven, Gary Irle and Dar-ren Davis, then 14 years old, were being inducted into the Order of the Arrow at Camp Bonaparte.

This ritual was conducted by the older members and was a big deal to the Scouts of Troop 1. One of the initiations was that inductee couldn’t talk during the weekend ordeal.

Another was to be led into woods blindfolded with a sleeping bag, two (uncooked) eggs, and a piece of aluminum, a pocket knife and a match.

The scout was to spend the night alone and make his breakfast in the morning with what he had been given. The three Scouts passed this test and later got into the chow line for lunch (prepared by the older Scouts) where they collected their peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, chips and apples and went silently to the table to eat.

Just as Darren was taking his first bite he noticed that his PB and J was actually a PB and F! That’s right, Frog!!! Laughter erupted from the chefs and Darren’s silence was nearly broken. All three went

BOyS: Frog legs were once a Troop 1 delicacyContinued from Page 3

Nick Riggs catches a big one — on one of many Troop 1 trips down the Winchester Wasteway, off dodson Road. Potholes Reservoir / O’ Sullivan dam area.

See BOYS on Page 13


BOyS: Scouts attended 16th Annual National Jamboree in 2005

on to become members of the Order of the Arrow.

1980s

Scoutmaster Mel Lobe took his boys on a 50 miler to the Lake Chelan Country in the mid 80s.

His adult co-leader was Tom Elser. The trip was not without difficulty for Scoutmaster Mel as he was having some tough days on the trail and he being somewhat out of shape. One morning Mel’s son, Ken Lobe, and fellow scout Fred Boyd offered to bring Mel and Tom coffee in bed. I’m sure this gesture of scouting goodwill was received with mixed feelings of surprise and pride that these two fine young men were so thoughtful.

The adults, upon receiving their

morning ‘pick me up’ were most appreciated until the frogs were discovered. It is good to note that the pranksters both went on to achieve their Eagle Rank and on to respectable professions. Ken’s a nurse and Fred’s in the ministry. It’s funny how frogs and Troop 1 go hand and hand.

1990s

On our way to summer camp in 1996 we had very unexpected guests. One of our troop traditions is to travel to scouting events in uniform. The purpose is to let the general public know that we are a scouting organization but also this protocol seems to improve our boy’s behavior and decorum.

In route to summer camp this particular year we made a lunch stop at McDonalds in Yakima.

Not too long after arrival, one of the younger Scouts came to Scoutmaster Bill Dronen and said “I think we have some trouble.” The young scout leading the way took Scoutmaster Bill to the Mc-Donalds parking lot where one of our Scouts, in uniform, was sitting in the back of a Yakima City Police cruiser.

The scout had made a 911 call to report the men’s toilet room at Mc-Donald’s was out of toilet paper.

The police did not see a lot of humor in the prank phone call, and after an intense dissertation on the misuse of the emergency call system, the scout was released back to the troop. In reflection S.M. Bill Dronen says “it’s a lot funnier now than it was at the time, but to the boys credit, he did admit to his wrong doing.”

2000s

As scoutmaster for the 2005 Grand Columbia Council Jamboree Troop, I led 36 boys and three adults to the 16th National Jamboree.

In that group were six Scouts from Cashmere including my youngest son Dave.

The trip included a wonderful tour of East Coast historical sites, Smithsonian Museums, Washing-ton D.C. culminating in a week and a half encampment with 50,000 other Scouts and Scouters.

Being a history buff, I love visit-ing museums and historic loca-tions.

But not all travelers have an interest in history, including my non-history buff son Dave.

On a family trip to Arizona in 2002 he bought a sign that read “On this site in 1897 nothing happened.” I can see the humor in Dave’s sign but on this Jamboree trip I wasn’t really sure how excited he would be on the pre encampment tour to a variety of historic cities and sites.

One of our tour stops was Valley Forge, Penn.

Of course this was the 1778 – 1779 winter camp for George Washing-

ton and the Continental Army.While at Valley Forge, we visited

the Isaac Potts house, Washing-ton’s headquarters.

This is a beautiful stone struc-ture, very much preserved to represent colonial times.

Our National Park guide told us that much of the house had re-mained the same as it was during Washington’s time.

He even said the handrail and upstairs banister were the same.

The thought ran through my mind the same banister George and Martha Washington had touched including his staff officers Nathanial Greene, Von Steuben and La Fayette.

Wow I will be touching the very same banister.

Then the thought crossed my mind the same banister that sev-eral thousand Scouts had already touched today, I was glad it wasn’t flu season.

There were a large number of Scouts and tourists visiting the Potts house that day.

We were split up into groups of 15 or 20 and cued to wait our turn.

Each group was given about 10 minutes to tour the house.

Our troop was split up and I was in the last group.

When it came our turn to go

inside we saw several common rooms on the main floor for mili-tary planning.

Climbing up stairs using the banister described earlier I felt a sense of awe.

I would be seeing the Washing-ton’s bedroom, the very place he had slept the dreadful winter of 1778 where so many of his troops suffered.

Arriving upstairs and view-ing Washington’s bedroom I was struck with how modest the accom-modations were.

Moving down the hall we came to the staff officer’s quarters.

Looking in I saw a laminated sign carefully placed on a trunk beside one of the beds “On this site in 1897 nothing happened.” I thought to myself, Dave.

These vignettes to a certain extent express the youthful and sometimes unbridled enthusiasm of boys trying to find their way in life.

Boys make mistakes and a ma-jority of those boys learn from those mistakes.

As boys travel the slippery path to manhood they do grow and eventually mature in their mind and body.

To a man each of the boys rep-resented in these stories have gone on to be active contributing citizens in our community.

Some were civic leaders some still are, but all upon reaching adulthood have been a positive influence to their families, work place and community.

Special thanks for assisting with ‘Boys will be Boys’.

Darren Davis, Bill Dronen, Rog-er Perleberg, Garth Brender, Rick Evans, Buddy Newberry, Scott Lowers, Don Smith, Duane LaVi-gne and Bev Lobe.

Long time Scoutmaster Gib Shelton and model Troop 19 in front of old Scout Hall summer of 1964.

Trevor davis - High lake trip 2003 - “Muddy is not one of the 12 scout laws”.



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NAME TENuRE EAGLE SCOuTS

Paul T. Prentice 1910 – 1912 0

David Morley 1913 – 1918 0

Fred Chidester 1919 – 1920 0

Charlie Kuelbs 1921 0

Mark Balaban 1922 0

Lee Chartran 1923 – 1925 0

Rev. Paul Ratsch 1926 – 1927 0

Charlie Kuelbs 1928 – 1931 2

Dr. Flexor 1932 – 1935 6

Franklyn Bennett 1936 0

S.S. Brooks 1937 2

James R. Mckellar 1938 – 1940 5

Kuelbs/McKellar 1941 1

Charlie Kuelbs 1942 – 1944 3

Warren Phillips 1945 – 1946 5

Morris Mikkelsen 1947 – 1948 1

Merle Simonson 1949 – 1953 3

Art Grieg 1954 0

Merlin Hopp 1955 – 1956 0

R.E . Schmitten 1957 – 1958 0

Keith McDougle 1959 – 1960 0

Roy Kish 1961 – 1962 0

Roy Kish /Arnold

Jones 1963 0

Roy Kish/ George

Budge 1964 0

Roy Kish/ Clinton

Pierce 1965 2

Clinton Pierce 1966 – 1967 5

Harold Manson 1968 – 1970 3

Vernon Dronen 1971 0

Roy Kish 1972 – 1974 7

Walter Janssen 1975 5

Mel Lobe 1976 – 1984 13

Allen Lobe 1985 – 1991 8

William Dronen 1992 – 1996 7

James Kill 1997 – Current (2010)

25

Most Eagles: One Scoutmaster - 25 - James KillFirst Eagle Scout: James R. McKellar, 1929. Most Eagles: Father and son Scoutmasters, 21 - Mel (13) & Al (8) Lobe (If you add brother-in-law Roy Kish (9). Total: 30 Most Eagles In One Family: 9, Brothers Bill Dronen ’67, Chuck Dronen ’72 Bill’s sons - Skip Dronen ’91, Mark Dronen ’94 and Ben Dronen ’01. Chuck’s sons – Josh Dronen ’99, Greg Dronen ’04, Eric Dronen ’06 and Dave Dronen ’08. Most Eagles in one year: Tie at 5 Jim Kill 2005 and Clinton Pierce 1967 – 4 Eagles in one year Dr. Flexor 1932, Jim McKellar 1939 and Roy Kish 1973. Troop 1’s 100th Scout: Travis Wintler 2009

Scoutmasters, Troop 1 Cashmere, Wash.

Lions and tigers and cubs, oh no!Submitted by Chuck Dronen

Cubbing - the answer to the younger boy problem. Early on in the Boy scouting movement it was quickly realized that the younger friends and brothers of Boy Scouts, 12 years of age and older, were also eager to be Scouts. While it was difficult to assimilate these youngsters into the older boy program, Lord Baden Powell and the English Scouting Organization began to experiment with the Wolf Cub program in 1916, programming geared for nine-to–12 year olds.

Many of the early elements of this program were based on Ru-dyard Kipling’s story the “Jungle Book.” Lord Baden Powell was hopeful the colorful animal char-acters found in Kipling’s stories would capture the imagination of the younger set. His new program met with immediate success.

In 1919, the Boy Scouts of America showed an early inter-est in Baden’s Wolf Program but it was not until 1929 they insti-tuted their own pilot programs. In 1933, satisfied that the bugs had been worked out, the B.S.A. offered “Cubbing” to the young-sters of America. The program, just as it had in England, was an immediate success and em-braced whole heartedly by boys and their parents.

North Central Washington Council had several packs as early as 1933 but cub Scouts did not really catch on until the ‘40s. In 1935, there were four packs in the Wenatchee area. In 1944 there were 20.

Cub Scouting in Cashmere filed its first application on Nov. 29, 1943. The first mention of cub Scouts is in a Cashmere Record article dated Feb. 18, 1943. In this brief piece, it states a local assistant scout executive named Bob DeBuhr from Wenatchee is assisting the Baptist Church in setting up “a cup scout troop.” The article goes on to say local ministers will serve as the com-mittee with Rev. Furman as cub master and Charles Northrup as assistant.

It was not until the fall of 1943 the new cub program really got off the ground. On Oct. 4, 1943 the cub committee, which was the local ministerial associa-tion, met with the interested den mothers to work out the details. It had been decided previously

that each church would sponsor a den of six-to-eight boys. The first three dens were sponsored by the Baptist, Methodist and Lu-theran churches. At this time A.E. Schimke, middle school principle and coach, was named Cubmas-ter with Charles Northrup local

businessman assisting.Pack 19’s auspicious first pack

meeting took place on Dec. 12, 1943 at the Cashmere Scout building. Three dens were rep-resented with a total of 21 boys

Cub Scout Pack 1 cued up for Cashmere’s annual Founder’s day parade summer circa 2000.

See LIONS on Page 16


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Troop #

Review Date

James R. McKellar 1 12-12-29

Everett D. McKellar 1 12-12-29

Claude M. McKellar 1 07-11-32

Glenn Edwards 1 07-11-32

Arnold Elliot 1 07-11-32

Walter Ward 1 07-11-32

Ralph Tichenal 1 33

Marvin Jones 1 34

Robert Searles 1 35

Robert Sidenstriker 1 01-26-37

Robert Currie 1 06-17-37

John Stravis 1 09-11-39

Laddie Steward 1 09-11-39

Tom Waters 1 11-07-39

Jim Snyder 1 12-07-39

Jim Green Jr. 1 04-08-40

Herb Lowers 1 01-12-43

Dick Tatham 1 08-16-44

Duane LaVigne 1 08-16-44

Arnold Jones 1 02-20-45

Russell Helgeson 1 02-20-45

David Van Ommeren 1 02-20-45

Keith Tatham 1 02-09-46

Merlin Hopp 1 11-18-47

Paul Kyner Jr. 1 03-23-49

Chalmer Mikkelsen P-88 11-20-50

Art Grieg 1 11-20-50

George Greig P-88 52

Jim Bartelme 19 11-11-60

Robert Eddy Jr. P-88 11-15-64

Rick Evans 1 07-14-65

Rick Nash 19 09-14-65

Mark Uecker 19 02-08-67

Dale Jones 1 05-10-67

William A. Dronen 1 05-10-67

Charles Fries 1 05-10-67

Scott Lowers 1 10-18-67

Kenneth Doane 1 10-18-67

Jerrel (Bud) Newberry 1 05-08-68

James Hink 1 01-08-69

Mike Lowers P-88 02-10-69

Douglas McDonald 1 09-09-70

Charles E. Dronen 1 03-08-72

Jeff Paton 1 09-13-72

Kenneth Manson 1 02-05-73

Joe Hite 1 04-03-73

Tim Hink 1 06-14-73

Jim Nash 1 06-14-73

Ken Lobe 1 01-09-74

Gary Irle 1 12-26-74

Dan Vanhoven 1 09-18-75

John Qucksall 1 09-18-75

Darren Davis 1 09-18-75

Steve Sines 1 02-12-76

Allen Lobe 1 10-21-76

David Helvey 1 10-21-76

Alan Elser 1 10-21-76

Paul Kraus 1 09-13-77

Fred Boyd 1 11-15-78

Will Dunn 1 06-20-79

David Miller 1 10-01-79

Randy Lobe 1 10-01-79

Elgin Shaw 1 02-05-81

Rusty Flagel 1 04-10-82

Travis Giffin 1 06-14-84

Fred Van Slyke 1 11-09-84

Chris Hanson 1 11-21-84

Lance A. Boteilo 1 06-16-85

Troy M. Boteilo 1 06-16-85

Anthony J. Boteilo 1 02-10-88

Jamie Waite 1 12-04-89

J.Q. Schaller 1 12-10-90

Bob D. Hamilton 1 01-28-91

W.A. Skip Dronen 1 10-16-91

Al A. Kennedy 1 10-16-91

Mark Dronen 1 08-31-94

Jason M. Foreman 1 11-03-94

Phillip Simon 1 04-06-95

Derek R. Bruehl 1 06-06-95

Marshall Newberry 1 12-12-95

Joshua Kill 1 08-26-96

Matthew Cain 1 05-01-97

Ryan D. Long 1 10-02-97

Colby M. Bruehl 1 04-22-98

Joshua C. Dronen 1 01-27-99

Ian Wehmeyer 1 03-24-99

Ben V. Dronen 1 05-12-01

Gabe E. Flick 1 07-05-01

J. Heath Kill 1 09-04-02

Jared M. Sutherland 1 09-04-02

Michael Gasbar 1 09-19-02

Mac P. Ovenell 1 05-18-03

Gregory S. Dronen 1 01-08-04

Bruce Dechiara 1 04-24-05

Chris Fletcher 1 04-24-05

Jon Gasbar 1 04-24-05

Ryan Sutherland 1 06-11-05

Ryan Dick 1 06-04-05

Eric P. Dronen 1 02-07-06

Tyler Marz 1 07-14-07

Tyler Thibault 1 07-21-07

Steven Tucker 1 11-07-07

Brandon Long 1 02-13-08

Chris Sears 1 02-13-08

David W. Dronen 1 08-27-08

Travis Wintler 1 01-14-09

Merrick Pickett 1 06-12-10

Eagle Scouts, Troop 1, Cashmere, Wash.

James “Grandpa Mac” McKeller, Troop 1’s first Eagle Scout 1929.


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who received their Bobcat pins and registration cards. The Cash-mere Record headline reads “Cub Pack Meeting a Fine Affair. Each den sang songs, gave yells and demonstrated other things they have learned all in competi-tion. The cub promise was given: “I promise to do my best to be square and to obey the law of the cub pack” The meeting closed with flag salute and the singing of America.”

These were boom years for the Cashmere Cub and Boy Scout-ing programs. The pack almost immediately grew dens 4, 5 and 6. At the Packs heyday in the early ‘60s, there were more than 12 dens in Cashmere with two packs, Pack 19 and Pack 1. In 1968/1969 Pack 19’s tenure came to end as the boys participation numbers began to dwindle and a second pack became unneces-sary. From that time forward, Pack 1, which had been formed in 1963, continued forward. Pack

1 continues today under the leadership of Pack Chairman Patrick McCabe and Cub Master Jean Miller.

Today, the cub program struc-ture is a little different from its beginnings back in the day. There used to be Wolfs, Bears and Lions. Now we have Wolfs, Bears, Webelos and for first grad-ers, Tigers. The uniforms have changed over the years as well. The old Cub Scout beanie cap has been exchanged for a baseball style cap. The blue shirt is only worn by Wolf and Bear Scouts where the older cubs – Webelos wear a tan shirt more like the Boy Scouts do. Pine Wood der-bies and Blue Gold Dinners are still a big hit. The Cubmaster is still the Cubmaster but now you have Den Leaders instead of Den Mothers.

Over many years, the Cash-mere Cub Scout Program has had great support from local men and women. Especially, many women, whom have faithfully performed their duties as Den Mothers / Den

Leaders guiding boys to better citizenship, teaching life skills and helping them foster healthy attitudes.

The Cubmaster has always been that positive adult role model guiding the cub pack, encouraging the cubs and as-suring pack meetings were not necessarily short but always fun. Cashmere has had some good ones over the years. To name a few, first Cubmaster Albert Schimke, Glen Day, Darrel Grif-fith, Robert Scott, Chuck Milne , Lorman Horner, Don Cunning-ham, Bill Oates, Dick Milner, Jerry Frank, Vic Clayson, Bob Hasseries, Wayne Hoefner, Steve Sutherland, Karl Ruether, Lonny Bauscher and Jean Miler. Sorry to those I missed.

Cashmere may be celebrating 100 years of Boy Scouting but hats off to the Cub Scouts old Pack 19 and current Pack 1 who have been equal partners for the last sixty seven years. The Cub Scout motto is “Do your best” and they have.

LIONS: Cub scout program grew quickly

400: Camporee competition brings out best


honors. He also remembers the 8-ft wall climbing exercise was an excit-ing event. This activity involves getting a patrol of boys up and over a wall, at least 8-ft in heights, in the fastest time. Can’t go under it, can’t go around it, you got to go over the wall. As you can imagine the physi-cal logistics of getting a group of boys of different size and strength over an 8-ft wall it isn’t easy.

In 1934, Troop 1 took first place in the wall competition with a time of 16 seconds, Troop 19 also of Cashmere took second place that year with 16.4 seconds. As a scout in the ‘60s, I remember a big strong scout named Bob Van Houten launching slight of build Donnie Sines over the top of the 8-ft wall. I don’t think Donnie even touched the wall as he cleared the top by 4-ft and then missed the mattress on the far side.

The camporee competition along with being fun always brings out the best in patrol spirit, unity and camaraderie. The Scouts in prepa-ration for the various event and ac-tivities are honing useful life skills and there definitely is a lot of pride involved when you do the troop or patrol proud with winning results. Troop 1, over the last century, has had more than its share of time in

the winner’s circle and I suspect will continue to do so. But win or

lose, when your number one, you’re always number one.


Troop 1 Scouts negotiate the Copes Course - High Wall at Council Camp Fife, Goose Prairie Chinook Pass.


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Cashmere Boy Scout Centennial