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Photos from June Court of Honor

Our Troop celebrated 90 years of Scout service at our Spring Court of Honor on June 18. We had many, many awards to hand out that evening. There were 17 Tenderfoot, 1 Star, and 2 Life rank advancements handed out. We also handed out many merit badge awards, and one Scout described the Eagle project he is about to embark upon. There were a few "surprises" at the end, including an unexpected token of appreciation from the parents to the Scoutmasters, a special "honor" for Hank's 40 years of service to the Troop as Scoutmaster, and an early birthday celebration for Otto. Jen Tschorn provided these photos...

News clippings, old photos, and other souvenirs of our ninety years of history were on display at our June Court of Honor. The yellow neckerchief is from a 1967 World Scout Conference in Kanderstag, Switzerland, where Doc Smith led 20 boys on a three-week tour of Europe. The merit badge sash is from Neal Pronay, and dates from the 1940s.

Generations of Scouts read aloud our troop's history on the occasion of our 90th anniversary.

Hank and Dave Tschorn hand out Tenderfoot ranks to deserving Scouts.

A member of the Council Executive Committee presents Kyle with his awards.

On the occasion of Hank's own 40th anniversary as Ass't Scoutmaster and now Scoutmaster, Otto "honors" the occasion with a special "award" patch.

Generations of Scouting in Troop 1: Newly minted Tenderfoot on the left, elder Eagle Scouts (Dave Tschorn, Dave Kane, Mark Kane, and Peter Kane) on the right.

Katonah Troop 1 assembles to proudly show off their earned awards and rank advancement.

Assistant Scoutmasters Otto Vondrak and Dave Tschorn, along with Scoutmaster Hank Tschorn, pose with a portrait of Doc Smith. Doc was Scoutmaster of our Troop for more than 50 years.

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