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Ski Trips
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8211; Chris Callaway (? I don't remember where we went skiing that year. I don't think it was Taos. The trip to Taos was very basic and we actually camped out and cooked over a fire. We used the infamous blue panel truck and Jack's station wagon for transportation. When I joined the post in 1965 I never would have dreamed that we would run a successful business enterprise. But then again we never knew where the journey would lead us or where it would end. One Ski Trip Story. 8211; Trey Yancy. I could hav...
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Posts 21 & 52
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Posts 21 and 52. We are in the process of putting together the history of the Post but are in need of contributions from the alumni. We will patch things together as the content comes in. In the meantime, we can provide enoiugh to get started. Here's what we have so far:. The story goes way back to the 1930's when Scouting itself was less than one generation old and when it was first getting a foothold in the north Texas region. As was. Often the case in those days. As for the connection between Posts.
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Das Boot
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The following is a brief memoir by Jim Goldthwaite with supplemental information by Randle Moore. It tells a fair amount of the story of our efforts in the 1970's to live up to the anchor that is so proudly displayed on the Post flag. Unfortunately, the story ends with a pair of angel wings instead. On the other hand,. This works out quite well in our favor, as we can claim this to be part of our master plan. After all, our flag also has a pair of wings. 8211; Moe Dean Gunch. The bilge pump was homemade,...
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MoeDeanGunch
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For the true story of the. Myth behind the man,. Moe Dean Gunch,. You can also click on the above link to learn more or you can enjoy. The following video. We have no idea how much is really true (especially the troop 60 thing) but at least this is enough to keep most viewers out of trouble for a good five minutes (and make sure you hang around to the absolute bleeding end for the credits).
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Caro's Restaurant
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Caro's Restaurant, the perennial after -. Meeting hangout for Post 52, was founded by John Witten and his wife Lou. John. Had served in during world war two as a cook and paratrooper in the US Army. After the war he marr ied Maria de Lourdes. Who was the daughter of Modesta Caro . Modesta was a. Depression-era widow from the Rio Grande v. Alley who had lost her husband in the nineteen thirties. She. Caro's opened its doors at. John Whitten was a fellow. With a larger-than-life personality to match his la...
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Introduction
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This is much as it is with the young men who have, over the decades, passed through the ranks of Troop and Post 52 and its fellow Scouting units. Most Post members were only there for perhaps three to four years before moving on into adulthood, yet all of them, including those who are separated by several generations and who have never heard of each other, all are as permanent residents here.
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Golden Age
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This is the Post Room where, for several generations, the members of Explorer Post 52 have held and continue to hold their regular meetings. It is a bit odd to think that the an old soft drink machine would serve as a touchstone for a golden age, but in a sense it did, and it still does, because it was from an era when the Scouting program was a normal, everyday part of American life. The old black and white reruns of Superman and dream ing. Of adventures that would never happen, Scouts like myself were ...
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Philmont Scout Ranch
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To view an over view of the history of Philmont, please visit the Troop 50. From The Philmont Guidebook to Adventure:. Philmont is large, comprising 137,500 acres or about 215 square miles of rugged mountain wilderness in the Sangre de Cristo range of the Rocky Mountains. Thirty-three staffed camps and fifty-five trail camps are operated by the ranch (four camps are in the national forest). Philmont has high mountains which dominate rough terrain with an elevation ranging from 6500 to 12,441 feet. Philmo...
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SR2
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And within direct view of the waterfront activities area. SR2 has undergone huge changes in its summer activities and now offers such things as a flight simulator and high adventre activities involving vikings and other programs. Sid Richardson Scout Ranch. Story: The Original First Person Shooter. After all this was done, we'd clean up any brush that had appeared during the off season and we'd haul in the tents and set them up, ready for the season.
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