Troop 1 at Camp Read

Troop 1 at Camp Read - 1964

Russ Padden has supplied us with a variety of vintage photos from the 1960s. Here's a photo of Katonah Troop 1, posed in front of the Camp Buckskin dining hall at Curtis S. Read Scout Reservation... 1964! "Our campsite was the first one on the left after you walked past the dining hall - with the hall on your right," Russ explains. "One of the greatest memories was cllimbing a 'mountain' and picking blueberries which they made into Blueberry pie...I always suspected they 'supplemented' what we picked." Left to right in the front row are Walt Swartz, Craig Warner, Chris Farrell, Chuck Senkier, Doug Kitchen, Jim Peterson, Russ Padden and Paul Leather. In the back row are Dick L'Eplattenier, Scoutmaster Arthur Peterson and Eric Larson. The troop had spent two weeks at Camp Read in 1964, and Troop 1 will be returning to Camp Read once again this summer.

Also from the collection of Russ Padden is his shadowbox documenting his time in the Troop as part of the Head Hunters Patrol! "Troop 1 Katonah had a major impact on my life. There were 120 boys in the troop. When we went to the camporee, we were one side of formation... the rest of the troops made up the other two sides."

What a great collection, thank you for sharing it with us, Russ! More items to come.

Troop 1 Celebrates 100-Plus Years of Scouting

Annual Family Dinner - Feb. 7 Our family dinner will be held at the Katonah Presbyterian Church at 6:30 pm on Thursday, Feb. 7 (Snow date Feb. 9). The cost is $15.00 per person. We will need a head count by Feb. 2 to be sure we have plenty of food! Please RSVP to htschorn@aol.com. We will have lots of troop memorabilia to browse through. If any of our alumni members have some pictures or a story that you'd like to share, please bring or send them to me ahead of time so they can be included. We would like to include as many alumni members of the troop as possible, so please forward this to anyone former Katonah Troop 1 Scouts who you think might be interested in joining us!

2019 Troop Calendar

January 3 Troop meeting 10 Troop Meeting 19 Klondike Derby 24 Meeting 31 Board of Review February 7 Family Dinner at Katonah Presb. Church-6:30 PM 14 Troop Meeting 19 Boy Scout Sunday- Boys Wear Uniforms to Church 21 Troop Meeting 23-24 Camp out on the U.S.S. Intrepid 28 Troop Meeting March 2-3 Campout Weather Date 7 Troop Meeting 14 Troop Meeting 16 Thrillz-High Flying Adventure Park-time TBA 21 Order of Arrow Elections 28 Troop Meeting April 4 Troop Meeting 11 Troop Meeting 18 NO Meeting-spring break 25 Troop Meeting 27 Field trip to Bear Mtn. Park and Camp Out May 2 Troop Meeting 3-5 Camporee 9 Troop Meeting 16 Troop Meeting 23 Troop Meeting 27 Memorial Day Parade 30 Troop Meeting June 6 Board of Review 13 Court of Honor 27-30 100th Anniversary Memorial Canoe Trip to Fryeburg, Maine August 4-10 Summer Camp at Camp Read (Week 6)

Our visit to the Campfire Club of America

On Thursday April 16, 2009, Troop 1 Katonah visited the Campfire Club of America at their private camp in Chappaqua, where we were taught about conservation and preservation of the world's wildlife. When we arrived, we were introduced to the two men in charge of the club. They told us a little bit about how the club was started back around the turn of the century. Among their famous charter members were Theodore Roosevelt, Ernest Thompson Seton (the first Chief Scout), William Hornaday . The Campfire Club treated us to an amazing dinner which consisted of homemade burgers, hot dogs, french fries, and some deserts. After dinner, we walked around the lodge and observed the different trophy animals that were displayed all over the club. One room was dedicated to North America which consisted of examples of many animals from across the continent. In the other room, there many examples of wildlife from Africa. It was pretty cool. Who would have known there was that many animals in Afric

Troop 1 Katonah, New York

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