Every Pack, T I D ~ and Exp lo re r Un i t i n t h e Mauwehu Council should be preparxng t o R e c h a r t e r .

3ni- Leader s , Z5axzzen, l n s t l t u t i o n a l Represen-catives and ctirer "cepre;cntz;cves from your Un i t should make an a l l - a u k S ~ ~ G T Z t3 be % r e s e n t =o h e a r t h e I d t e s t changes in t5:e Zecnar tex Process, r e c e i v e R e c h a r t e r i n g Materials 2nd maxe lc;tes m.tr? you= C m m i s s i o n e r who w i l l be help- ing ycu, Come pepa re2 t~ s e t daces w r t h your Comrnls- s r a n e r f GX 3 0 4 1 - Z d l -=Z Zcspec t inn , Paperwork ivleetlng and Charter Pzesen%ax.cn,

The Yauwehu "Scou te r " ss exact!:{ one v e a r o l d w l t h t h i s I s s u e . W e s l n c e r e i y hope that- st 1 s accomp- I l s h i ~ g ; t s purpose . W e welcome sugges t rons on how t o improve the "Scou te r " . The "Scou te r " Is ma1 l- 2d twrce a month t o every r e g r s - r e r e d a d u l t r n t h e Mauwehu Coun- ell as w e l l as s e l e c t e d f r i e n d s of Scoutxng. If your U n r t ' s a- d u l t s a r e n o t r e c e i v i n g a copy, they a r e n o t r e g i s t e r e d . Reclp- ients of t h e "Scou te r " who would

l i k e to have a capy s e n t t o f r l e n d s can do s o by submlt- king their name and addres s to the Scout Off ice. .

Francis IZalaman,MD--District Chairman Iiictlard Deso-------District Executive Richard Booth------- Disrrict Commissioner Roger Paquxn-------Ass ' t . Dist. Exec. 1

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SASQUA CALENDAR

Octobe r 1 Boy Scou t Leader T r a i n i n g S e s s i o n #4 Norwalk Me thod i s t Church

2 Counc i l E x p l o r e r P l a n n i n g Confe r ence 3 , 4 , 5 C a t h o l i c Scou t R e t r e a t -Camp Mauwehu

7 Cub-Boy Scou t Round t ab l e -Sauqatuck C o n g r e g a t i o n a l Church , Wes tpo r t

8 Boy Scou t Leader T r a i n i n g S e s s i o n # 5 9 E x p l o r e r T r a i n i n g Confe r ence

1 3 D i s t r i c t E x e c u t i v e Committee Meet ing *14 D i s t r i c t C h a r t e r Review I n f o r m a t i o n

Meet ing -- A l l U n i t s 1 5 Boy Scou t Leader T r a i n i n g S e s s i o n $ 6 16 Eag l e Board of Review

*18,19 D i s t r i c t Camporee 21 O/A Meet ing -Scou t O f f i c e 22 Boy Scou t Leade r T r a i n i n g S e s s i o n #7

24 ,25 O/A Ordeal - Camp Mauwehu 27 B u f f a l o Banquet 27 Cub Scou t Leade r T r a i n i n g S e s s i o n #I

November 3 Cub Scou t Leade r T r a i n i n g S e s s i o n # 2 4 Cub-Boy Scou t Round t ab l e

10 D i s t r i c t Commissioners S t a f f Meet ing 10 Cub Scou t Leader T r a i n i n g S e s s i o n # 3 11 V e t e r a n s ' Day, O f f i c e C losed 11 Commissioners S t a f f N e e t i n g - Rome of

R icha rd Booth

At t h e September Roundtable h e l d a t Marvin Schoo l i n E a s t Norwalk, o u r a t t e n d a n c e r e c o r d s show t h a t 65% of t h e Packs i n t h e D i s t r i c t d i d n o t a t t e n d . WERE YOU ONE OF THESE PACKS?

A new s e a s o n h a s s t a r t e d w i t h t h e a s s u r a n c e t h a t t h i s y e a r w i l l b e a s s u c c e s s f u l a s l a s t .

The n e x t Round t ab l e w i l l b e h e l d a t t h e SAUGATUCK CON- GREGATIONAL CHURCH-245 E a s t S t a t e S t r e e t , W e s t p o r t , Conn. Troop 36 w i l l b e Host U n i t , t h e open ing ceremony w i l l be d l r e c t e d by Scou tmas t e r Robe r t G i l l .

Many new i d e a s a r e i n t h e o f f i n g . T h i s y e a r t h e Cub S c o u t P o r t i o n o f t h e Round t ab l e w i l l b e d i v i d e d i n t o t h r e e s egmen t s , one f o r Den Mothe r s , one f o r Webelos L e a d e r s , and one f o r Pack Leade r s - ( s o m e t h i n g f o r e v e r y - one ) - a s w e l l a s t h e u s u a l f e l l o w s h i p , games, i n f o r m a t i o n e t c .

The Cub S c o u t Theme f o r t h i s month i s "Folk Lo re" . J i m L a P o r t a h a s s e c u r e d t h e h e l p of Mr.Merkley Campbell , w e l l known Puppe t ee r and Showman, t o show Den Mothers how t o make and p r e p a r e Puppet Shows and d i s p l a y his co- l e c t i o n .

BOY SCOUT LEADER T R A I N I N G COURSE UNDERWAY

Over t w e n t y men h a v e , t o d a t e , t a k e n advan t age of t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o l e a r n how t o s e r v e boys b e t t e r . An en- t h u s i a s t i c group o f men have been m e e t i n g on Wednesday N i g h t s f o r t h e p a s t few weeks s h a r i n g e x p e r i e n c e s and l e a r n i n g how t o more effectively u s e t h e Boy Scou t i ng Program. Fou r Scou tmas t e r s i n c l u d i n g Ted R i s t a u , Tr- p 44; Wi l l i am P l c k e r m g , Troop 45; B.F. O l s e n , Troop l , d ;

and A r t h u r Cab l e , Troop 17 have a t t e n d e d t h e Course . O the r T roops r e p r e s e n t e d i n c l u d e 3 9 , 40 , 1 4 , 7 , 1 7 , and 85.

These c o u r s e s a r e b e i n g h e l d on Wednesday even ings a t t h e Norwalk Un i t ed Me thod i s t Church beg inn ing a t 7:30. Any A d u l t S c o u t e r i s i n v i t e d t o a t t e n d any o r a l l s e s - s i o n s .

VERY IMPORTANT MEET I NG i

D o n ' t f o r g e t t h i s v e r y Impor t an t C h a r t e r Renewal In- f o r m a t i o n Mee t i ng t o be h e l d a t G r a c e E p i s c a p a l Churci- on Tuesday , October 1 4 t h . A t l e a s t o n e p e r s o n r e p r e s e n - t i n g e a c h Troop s h o u l d a t t e n d t h i s mee t i ng t o p i c k up t h e C h a r t e r Renewal X i t and s e t d a t e s f o r t h e R o l l - C a l l and I n s p e c t i o n N igh t and t h e Paperwork mee t i ngs . Be s u r e t o have someone from your U n l t a t t e n d t h i s mee t i ng .

A , A , D , COUNSELLORS A P P O I N T E D S t e v e Gr rbosky , Chalrman o f t h e S a s q u a D l s t r l c t Catho-

l l c Committee on S c o ~ t ~ n g i ha s announced t h e appointment of a number of C o u n s e l l o r s f o r t h e Ad A l t a r e Del Re l r - g r o u s Emblem. Any Scou t s r n t e r e s t e d l n worklng toward t h l s Emblem f o r Scou t s of t h e C a t h o l l c r a l t h can c o n t a c t one of t h e f o l l o w l n g : John Sciilay , 143 Orchard D r . , New Canaan, 966-5521 ( f o r Troop 1 o n l y ) ; Fr, Coleman, S t . ALoyslous Church , 30 MapLe S t . , -qeew Canaan , 966-0020 ( f o r New Canaail 5. E. Connor, 5 S t u a r t S t . , Wl l t on , 762- 3005 ( f o r hr*i t o n ) ; F r . E e d e r l c r , Assumptron Church , 9 8 R r v e r s l d e Ave. , W e s t p o r t , 227-5161 ( f o r N e s t p o r t ) ; Joe Cavo to , 30 B rooks rde lid, Norwalk, 846-1928 ( f o r Norwailc) : FY. Rohuc, F r a n c e S t . , Norwalk, 847-4549 ( f o r S t . P h r l l p P a r 1 s h ) ; R o b e r t J . J o n e s , 32 Blue M t . Rd, Norwalk, 847- 2648 ( f o r Troop 150 o n l y ) ; L a r r y Keqnedy ,ll Deerwood C t . Norwalk ( f o r Norwalk.

J i m would l i k e t o i n v i t e any Pack a t t e n d i n g , t o d i s p l a y a n d s h a r e w i t h o t h e r s any h a n d i c r a f t i t e m s t h e y would l i k e t o b r i n g .

The Boy S c o u t Roundtable w i l l f e a t u r e t h e Theme, "Pack o n Your Back". Get some new i d e a s on H ik ing and Camping. Those a t t e n d i n g a r e encouraged t o b r i n g t h e i r f a v o r i t e p i e c e o f camping o r back-packing equipment .

SEE YOU THERE!

FALL CAMPOREE P l a n s f o r t h e F a l l Camporee t o be h e l d on t h e weekend

of Oc t . 18 & 19 a t Camp Brown r n New Canaan a r e w e l l underway. A " S c o u t c r a f t Skills" t y p e Camporee 1 s p l an - ned and T roops w r l i be judged on t h e l r o v e r a l l Camplnq a b r l l t y . P a t r o l Compe t l t l ons t o t a k e p l a c e on Sa tu rday a f t e r n o o n w l l l t e s t b a s l c knowledge o f S c o u t l n g S k ~ l l s . D e t a l l e d l n f o r m a t l o n on a l l e v e n t s will b e s e n t o u t soon .

dohn L . Del c t e r --Dlstrrct Chalrman Bartlet t liastings--District Executive John Moran-----------District Comnllss~oner

SCATACOOK CALENDAR October 8 D l s t r l c t Roundtable-DanLury J u n r o r Hrgh School

7:45PM 14 D l s t r l c t Commrttee Meet rng - Stony H r l l F l r e

S t a t l o n , B e t h e l , 8:00 PM. 15 D r s t r r c t Rechartering Nrgh t - F r r s t Congrega-

t l o n a l Church, Danbury, 7 : 4 5 PM 16 Eag l e Scou t Board o f Revlew-Counc3.1 Scou t o f f -

I c e , Rldgef x e l d 1 7 , 1 8 , 1 9 D r s t r l c t Camporee -Putnam P a r k Reddlng

20 Boy S c o u t Leader T r a r n l n g - S e s s r o n #1- F r r s t C o n g r e g a t i o n a l Church , Danbury, 7:30 PM

21 Order o f t h e Arrow Work N l g h t -Council O f f r c e , R l d g e f l e l d , 7:30 PM

25 Nelghborhood Commlssloners T r a l n l n g -Camp Mau- wehu, 9:AM-4:30 PM

27 Boy Scou t Leade r s T r a l n ~ n g S e s s l o n #2- F i r s t C o n g r e q a t l o n a l Church , Danbury , 7:30 PM

28 B u f f a l o Banquet - S r l v e r m l n e Tave rn , Norwalk

DISTRICT RECHARTER1 NG INFORMATION NIGHT Once a y e a r a l l Troops , Packs and P o s t s must b e Be-

c h a r t e r e d and i n t h e c a s e of t h e U n i t s i n t h e Sca tacook D i s t r i c t , t h i s t a k e s p l a c e on S a t u r d a y , December 6 ,1969. i n p r e p a r a t i o n f o r t h i s e v e n t t h e D i s t r i c t w i l l h o l d a RECHARTERING INFOFNATION NIGHT 6n Wednesday, Oc tobe r 15 a t t h e F i r s t C o n g r e g a t i o n a l Church i n Danbury, Conn. The p u r p o s e of t h e mee t i ng which commences a t 7 :45 PM i s t o a c q u a i n t 311 U n i t P e r s o n n e l w i t h t h e R e c h a r t e r i n g forms and how t o go a b o u t t h e t a s k o f R e c h a r t e r i n g t h e U n i t . I n a d d i t i o n it w i l l g i v e t h e U n i t s a chance t o a s k q u e s t i o n s o f a team of t r a i n e d v o l u n t e e r s r e g a r d i n g t h i s mos t i m p o r t a n t t a s k .

The RECHARTERING K I T w i l l b e d i s t r i b u t e d a t t h i s t ime and you w i l l have t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o s i t down w i t h your Neighborhood Commissioner and t o go o v e r t h e p a p e r s and s e t up t h e n e c e s s a r y Dates t o i n s u r e you r U n i t o f Rereg- l s t e r l n g on t ime . The f o l l o w i n g D a t e s will be a sked f o r So come p r e p a r e d .

1. R o l l C a l l and Inspection 2. Paper Work Meetlng ( T h i s i s where you r Commrttee

meets and t h e Nerghborhood Comrnlssloner s i t s down with you and h e l p s t o f i l l o u t t h e p a p e r s . )

3 . C h a r t e r Revlew Date ( Dec. 6 , 1969) . A l l papers ' & f e e s t o be t u r n e d r n a t t h i s t i m e ,

4 . C h a r t e r p r e s e n t a t i o n (no e a r l i e r t h a n t h e second week i n Feb . 1970)

Hope fu l l y e ach U n i t w i l l b e r e p r e s e n t e d by t h e i r In- s t i t i t i o n a l R e p r e s e n t a t i v e , Committee Chairman and t h e i r U n i t Leade r , I t w i l l make t h i s j ob much e a s i e r f o r b o t h Your Un i t and t h e D i s t r i c t i f EVERY U N I T I N THE SCATA- COOK DISTRICT makes a s i n c e r e e f f o r t t o b e p r e s e n t on Wednesday, October 15 a t t h e F i r s t C o n g r e g a t i o n a l Church i n Danbury.

SCOUT LEADERS TRAIN I NG The f a l l t r a i n i n g s e s s i o n f o r S c o u t Leaders w i l l b e

p u t on by an e x p e r i e n c e d s t a f f of S c o u t e r s a l l o f whom a r e Wood Badge t r a i n e d . The c o u r s e w i l l commence on Monday, Oc tobe r 20 th and w i l l c o n s i s t o f 6 i n d o o r s e s - s i o n s and one o v e r n i g h t e r , and w i l l b e h e l d a t t h e F i r s t % o n g r e g a t i o n a l Church, Danbury, C o r n e r of West S t r e e t and Deer H i l l Ave. The c o u r s e w i l l commence a t 7:30 PM.

The F a c u l t y f o r t h i s c o u r s e w i l l b e Robe r t Daisomont, E r n i e M i l l s , Ed Condon, Mort J o h n s o n , and John O'Hern.

I n o r d e r t o be e l i g i b l e f o r t h e S c o u t e r Key o r T ra in - i n g Award, a S c o u t e r must comp le t e t h i s cou r se .

NEW COMMISSIONERS John Moran, ~ i s t r i c t Commissioner, announces t h e ap-

p o i n t m e n t of t h e f o l l o w i n g neighborhood~~ommissioners: Frank Loge, R i d g e f i e l d L.ou Schoen, D a n b u q Edward O I N e i l , R i d g e f i e l d Kev in Ba r ry , Danbury Herb McKee , R i d g e f i e l d R i c h a r d Ba r ton , B e t h e l

NEW TROOP

The f i r s t new Troop t o j o i n S c a t a c o o k D i s t r i c t t h i s f a l l i s Troop 4 0 sponso red by t h e Bethlehem Lu the r an Church o f Georgetown. The S c o u t m a s t e r w i l l be Rick Weidner and he w i l l s t a r t o f f w i t h a Troop o f 16 boys .

D I STR I CT ROUNDTABLE

MARK YOUR CALENDAR NOW ---WEDNESDAY, ~ C T O B E R 8 1 1969 T h i s i s a Most I m p o r t a n t Day f o r a l l U n i t L e a d e r s , U n i t Chairmen, A s s i s t a n t U n i t Leade r s , Den Mothers and any one e l s e connec t ed w i t h A Sca t acook D i s t r i c t U n i t . I t ' s you r Program P l ann ing and I n f ~ r m a ~ t i o n N igh t ba sed on t h e November Cub and Scou t Themes.

THE CUB SECTION - - M r . and Mrs. F r ank Besch l e and members of Pack 9 Danbury w i l l t a k e you s t e p by s t e p through t h e games, s k i t s , s o n g s , h a n d i c r a f t and o t h e r i d e a s t h a t a r e o u t l i n e d i n t h e mon th ly program magazine. The g r o u p i n v i t e s you t o come a n d a c t u a l l y DO b e f o r e hand wha t you w i l l do w i t h y o u r Cubs. The November Theme i s "Folk Lo re" .

SCOUT SECTION - - M r . J i m Behan who i s i n c h a r g e o f t h e S c o u t Round t ab l e h a s s e t up a n e x c e l l e n t Program based o n t h e November Theme, "Pack On Your Back" t o h e l p h im p u t on t h e Program, S c o u t e r s from Troop 42, New F a i r f i e l d , 16e , Danbury, a n d 47 , R i d g e f i e l d w i l l h e l p .

How a b o u t h e l p l n g by b e i n q D r e s e n t ? P l a c e : c an bury ~ G n i o r High School ( l o c a t e d d i r e c t l y i n back of Danbury H o s p i t a l . ) Time: 7:45

The f i r s t two Troops t o s i g n up f o r t h e 1970 Camp Mau- wehu Season a r e Troop 42 , New F a i r f i e l d , and Troop 5 , B r o o k f i e l d . L e t s make 1970 t h e y e a r when e v e r y Troop g e t s t o camp.

The f o l l o w i n g Packs have n o t i f i e d t h e O f f i c e o f t h e i r c o m p l e t i o n o f t h e Summertime Pack Award: Pack 9 , Danbury Pack 5 1 , B e t h e l and Pack 8 4 , Sherman. A l so Den 6 of Pack 116.

Don ; t f o r g e t t h a t a l l Boys who r e c r u i t a new boy be- tween t h e d a t e s o f S e p t . 15 and Dec. 6 e a r n a R e c r u i t e r S t r i p .

The f o l l o w i n g Commissioners a t t e n d e d t h e r e c e n t Coun- c i l Commissioners Con fe r ence : John Moran, Jo seph Gard- n e r , F r ank Loge , Lou Schoen,Noel Deeks and Kent Ouimette

E&ch year a grartp ars' and t h e i r wives epec5a.l d i n n e r ca i l led a

A S c o u t e r i n t e r ~ s t e l - ! i.n a t t a n d i n g Philrnont shnuLd CG'--

tac-t tae D i s t r i c t Execu t ive of his D i s t r i c t f o r frrrkha ~ t ~ f s .

The d i n n e r is heLd a t t he S i l v a r m i n e Tavern i n qsrwsl; < a d LS h a s t e d by Prank Whirmnan owner, who p e r s o n a l l y c-F- nates h i s r e s t a u r a n t and meal t o u s f o r t h e evenkng.

Fun, f e l l o w s h i p and good food a l o n g w i t h a Eabulzus s-tory of Fhi lmont i s t h e Program of t h e evening,. ".!xe ~ a v ~ t a t i o n l i s t i s presently being deve l apod f ~ r thzs year'^ Banquet W ~ L C ~ w e feei w i l l be a h igh success,.

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