About Katonah Troop 1

Scoutmaster:

Hank Tschorn

232-5420

Asst. Scoutmaster:

Chris Kristensen

232-5404

Asst. Scoutmaster:

Bob Suda

232-6911

Asst. Scoutmaster:

Dennis Winthers

232-3733

The Boy Scouts and their leaders meet each Thursday evening from 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM during the school year, at the Katonah Elementary School on Huntville Rd. Troop 1 is sponsored by The Katonah Rotary Club. The troop was founded in 1919, one of the oldest in Westchester County. The troop is dedicated to teaching boys good citizenship and life skills through a program that is challenging and fun. These goals continue today and include an emphasis on outdoor activities such as camping and hiking and a dedication to community service. A boy does not have to belong to Cub Scouts before becoming a Boy Scout. He must, however, be 11 years old or 10 years old and in the 6th grade. Along with weekly meetings and work on merit badges, we also concentrate on outdoors and first aid skills. Our troop hikes and campouts often combine visits to historical sites, such as Fort Ticonderoga, the USS Intrepid, and the American Freedom Trail in Boston.

A number of Cub Scout Packs exist in the town of Bedford, including the hamlet of Katonah. For information about the Cub Scouts call the Westchester-Putnam Council, Boy Scouts of America at 773-1135.

TROOP SCHEDULE

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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