Canadian Fellowship of Baden-Powell Guilds

Volume XXXVII Number 3 June 2016

SKYPE FELLOWSHIP DAY WAS SATURDAY APRIL 23RD

The third National Fellowship Day of the Canadian Fellowship of Baden Powell Guildsorganizing committee was chaired by Mike Burke, DeputyNational Guildmaster and was held on April 23rd. Leadingup the day our National Secretary, Roger Angel was thecontact collecting and sending out information on how tojoin the Fellowship on April 23rd, on Skype.

The information was sent to the contacts in Guilds inCanada, and was also sent to the executive members of theInternational Scout Guide Fellowship. The InternationalScout Guide Fellowship put the contact notice on theirwebsite for those in other countries.At various times during Fellowship Day, contact was made

between Guild members from St John’s to Vancouver, Africa, Portugal and otherplaces around the world.

It was interesting to hear about what the various Guilds are doing or have done intheir home areas and to share the fellowship and experiences of Scouting andGuiding with their communities, it was also great to be able to make contact withfellow Guilders in other parts of the world. If you were unable to participate this year,plan to join us next year.

A special thank you to those members of the Committee who worked to make theevent a success; Russ Beeswanger Nova Scotia, Mike Burke Ontario, Alex HaddenBritish Columbia, Roger Angel National Secretary, Russ Kelk Ontario and WayneMcMillan National Guildmaster.

For next year we would like to know from the Guilds and the members if they wouldlike to continue on St. George Day, if they would prefer the Saturday or Sunday or ifwe should move it to BP week. This is a great opportunity for fellowship.Please contact Mike Burke (4bpguild@gmail.com) or Roger Angel(natseccfbpg@gmail.com) with your contribution by September 30th in order to makethe 4th annual even bigger and better.

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Mamook PapahVol. XXXVII- No.3 June 2016

www.canadianbpguilds.orgSubmissions should be directed to:

wiebedavid66@gmail.comDeadline for next issue is 10/30/2016

Mamook Papah is the official newsletter of theCanadian Fellowship of Baden-Powell Guildsand is published 3 or 4 times per year.

As part of their registration fees, MamookPapah is sent to all registered members of theCanadian Fellowship of Baden-Powell Guilds.Subscriptions for all others is $8 CDN per year.Opinions expressed are those of the writersand not necessarily those of the Canadian Fel-lowship of Baden-Powell Guilds, theInternational Scout and Guide Fellowship, norScouts Canada.

Change of address should be sent to theregistrar, Shelley Pelisserocfbpgreg@gmail.com

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Canadian Fellowship of Baden-PowellGuilds Executive

National Guildmaster: Wayne McMillanwaynegmcmillan@gmail.comDeputy National Guildmaster: Mike Burke4bpguild@gmail.comNational Secretary: Roger Angelnatseccfbpg@gmail.comNational Registrar: Shelley Pelisserocfbpgreg@gmail.comNational Treasurer: Suzanne Muirheadnattrescfbpg@gmail.com

Appointees

Archives: David Wiebewiebedavid66@gmail.comStampbank:15th Baden-Powell Guild (Parks-Ville) gerryandjill@shaw.caMembership Development: Jane Johnstonbpguildsont@sympatico.caWebmaster: Wayne McMillanwaynegmcmillan@gmail.comEastCom: VacantWestCom: George Gouraudguildcomwest@gmail.com

ANNOUNCEMENTS

B.C. Fellowship of Baden Powell GuildsAnnual Meeting

The Annual Meeting of the B.C. Fellowship of Baden-PowellGuilds will be held on Saturday October 1, 2016. PleaseNOTE: this year the format has been changed to a one dayfrom the weekend long format.

Location: Fraternal Order of Eagles Hall 23461 Fern Crescent Maple Ridge, B.C. V2R 2S6

For more information please contact the Provincial FellowshipSecretary

Mr. Gordon Ennis ennisgl@telus.net

The Ontario Fellowship AGMThe Ontario Fellowship AGM is being held in Ridley Lodge, onthe weekend of Oct. 14-16, 2016 at Blue Springs Scout Re-serve. The business meeting is on the Saturday Oct.15 from2.00-3.30. Lunch and Supper will be provided to those who arejoining us for the meeting. Cost for Saturday meeting $25.

Breakfasts and lunches will be provided for those staying theentire weekend. Cost is $50 (includes all meals and accommo-dation fee)

The library in Ridley Lodge will be open Saturday morning andafternoon for those wishing to read their WB II Log Books.The rest of the weekend is to enjoy fellowship with other Guildmembers or explore Blue Springs Scout Reserve.

Please contact Russ Kelk for more details

EDITORS’ COMMENTS

Please send submissions to wiebedavid66@gmail.comThe next issue will be published in November so please have yoursubmissions to me for October 30th 2016.Please send them in the body of an email or in Word format. Do notsend them as a .pdf document as they are hard to work with.Please send pictures as separate .jpg files.Do not send pictures embedded in a .pdf document as I can not workwith them.Some submissions will be edited for content as we have only somuch space.

It is difficult to do this job without submissions.

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7th Baden-Powell Guild (Bytown)

The 7th Bytown BP Guild held a special celebration dur-ing Scout Guide week, as our regular planned meetingfell on BP's birthday - February 22nd. Lynnette Koshmanhonoured us with some special treats and birthday caketo help us celebrate the special occasion. Below is a pic-ture of Guild members in attendance about to enjoy theirspecial goodies:

Back Row: Ursula Page, Lynnette Anderson-Koshman,Ernie Koshman, Ken Hall, Jeff Lambert, Bob Snel,

Bill Gibson, Arnold Smith, Don Judd.Front Row: Janet Smith, Gertie Croft, Peter Duchesne,

Gladys Hall.

On November, 2015, the following members receivedlong service awards from Don Judd, 7th BP GuildRegistrar (on the right in each photo):

Gertie Croft 40 years

Dave Stinson 35 years

Jeff Lambert 15 years

As part of our March, 2016, meeting we had a specialtour of the National Scout Museum by Gord Kelly, theMuseum Curator (in red shirt). Below are some of thephotos from the tour:

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28th Baden-Powell Guild

Yes were still alive and making noises, visitors andguests are always welcome. On February 13thKamloops Curling Club hosted 32 Beavers at a minor$10 teaching cost each, evidently this went quite well asnext year Cubs will be included.Local Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Venturers, and Rovers,are starting to appear again at 1st Westsyde, 1st Lillooethas 25 youth and 1st Wells Grey has restarted withMerritt very hopeful for the New Year.Helen Franklin is feeling overloaded these days as shereceive her 20,25 and 30 year service recognition fromScouting's Cascadia Council. She also spent timeassisting at the Girls World Hockey Games, where shelooked after the Girls from the Czech Republic duringtheir stay, at our last meeting she was some played out... Thanks Helen .Falkland BC has been transferred to Kamloops servicearea; great stuff new faces always welcome Tibor BalochOn April 13th the "Old Highways Gas Shack" wasemptied out for the most part, and we are attempting tomake arrangements with the City of Kamloops to locatesuitable storage bin area upon obtaining a 22 footlockable metal storage container to store Scout groupequipment from our different Scout groups.May 14th sees the 28th assisting Scout Trees at StakeLake on the east side of the Coquhalla Highway with do-nuts and hot chocolate as well as coffee for parents andlScouters at no cost.

The Group of fine Members and Guests are as followsfrom left to right Irene McDonald (M), May Ince (M) Dick

Stewart Past GM, (standing behind the camera),JuneStewart Treasure, William Heese GM, Wim Houben

Secretary, Michael Maloney (G), Margaret Houben ViceGM, Yvonne Heese (M),Helen Franklin (M), Myrna

MacLennan (G), Bruce MacLennan (G), Missing at thismeeting Derek Beckett, Ella Beckett, Andy Philpot,

Shirley PhilpotYours in FellowshipDick Stewart Past Guildmaster28th B-P Guild of Kamloops

29th Baden-Powell Guild

We have had a busy start to Spring with silk-screening145 T-shirts for the annual Central Island AreaChallenge Camp.

Phil Brookman, Allen Gough & Don McPherson

Also at the March meeting of the Camp CailletOperations Committee presentations were made to AllenGough with the Bar to the Medal of Merit, Phil Brookmanwith the Bar to the Medal of Merit and Pat Baldassi withthe Medal for Good Service. We continue with ourmonthly meetings at a local mall and supported our localScout Camp by purchasing a portable handicappedToilet.

Phil Brookman

63rd Baden-Powell Guild

Several members within our local guild attended the an-nual Oakville Gilwell Club St. Paddy's Day social onMarch 16/16. Again it was a chance to engage inScouting fellowship and a good time had by all!Duane Waltenbery and Jim Richardson helped out at theOakville Council Kub Kar Rally and Fun Day at SheridanCollege. It was held on February 5/16. Both werepresented with small gifts at the St. Paddy's Day socialby the organizers in helping out at this event.The 63rd BP Guild is currently in the progress inupdating our records of years of service within our guild.Within the membership year of 2016-17 we will bepresenting awards of 5, 10 and 15 years of services toour members who have been identified in receiving suchawards. We, like Scouts Canada believe in givingrecognition were it is warranted.

Thank you, Bob Russell

99th Baden-Powell Guild

The 99 BP Guild has had fun supporting activities atBlue Springs Scout Reserve since our last contributionto the Mamook.We sponsored and presented three field events forScouting youth and adult attendees.; Arctic Fox, SpringThings and Earth Hour Camp Fire were successful oneday events with great attendance.

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We lucked out good weather for these February andMarch events. Much credit goes to the 99th membersand the Camp Committee Scouters that organized andprovided creative events.Our Spring Cleanup Week was held at BSSR in April.Twenty five Members of the 99th worked very hard overthree days to get the Camp ready for Spring andSummer activities. Nearly every weekend the Camp hasgroup programs and accommodations rentals. Thus ourSpring Cleanup helps get things in order for the nextseason.We enjoy supporting Our Camp Ranger Paul Gorofallo inhis role to operate this fine facility.We held a regular meeting with some important Honorsand Awards presented.Bruce Findlay our Registrar received his Silver AcornAward. He has contributed so very much to BSSR bothin hours of service and friendship to our Guild.Well-deserved Bruce.

John Edwards and Jenny Beer, DCC –Recognition forCEC presenting the Silver Acorn to Bruce Findlay

Another surprised attendee was John Edwards who hasworked with the 99th Guild and the Camp Committee topromote develop the SCENE program at BSSR. He re-ceived the unofficial title of Mayor of Blue Springs. Thistitle is presented to John in sincere appreciation for allthe things he does at and for BSSR.

BSSR Camp Committee Chair Michael Johnson awardsJohn Edwards with the title of Mayor of Blue Springs

Scout Reserve

We are proceeding with plans to enhance our Libraryand display of Scouting memorabilia. More details tocome as we work towards the project.

Mac MacLean

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The Canadian Fellowship National Necker is $20.00includes shipping

A new addition has been made to the Trading Post - anavy blue tie complete with logo has been added the

price is $25.00 which includes shipping a limited numberavailable.

To order contact:Wayne McMillanwaynegmcmillan@gmail.com8101 Hwy 105River Dens, NSB0E 2Y0

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