Re: SEA EXPLORERS (WAS R...
BRUCE C JOHNSON (JOHNSON@MAIL.LOC.GOV)
Tue, 12 Apr 1994 15:11:15 GMT
On Mon, 11 Apr 1994 23:57:53 EDT Norman J MacLeod said:
>Personally, I would like to see Sea Scouts in teh BSA as well as Sea
>Explorers. Why doesn't the BSA have Sea Scouts? Surely there are enough
>interested Scouts to support the programme?
>
When I was young, we had a sea scout ship. You had to be 14 to be a member.
Then one day it was called a sea explorer post. I remember their ceremonial
presentations at the scout show (we had an arena type event for many years
before we went to a booth type event). I looked forward to being a member of
"Ship 13" but by the time I was old enough, they were no longer operational.
I equate sea scouts with sea explorers, just in a different time period.
jim Sleezer
Roundtable Commissioner, Pawnee Bill District, Will Rogers Council
Stillwater, OKlahoma
JHS8 at OSUVM1.BITNET JHS8 at VM1.UCC.OKSTATE.EDU (Internet)
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Jim,
For what it's worth, the terms "Sea Scouts" and "Sea
Explorers" are used interchangibly in many parts of the country.
I use whichever term the people I'm talking to are most
comfortable with.
I'm not sure about Stillwater, but there about a dozen Sea
Explorer Ships in Oklahoma. It sticks in my mind that Shawnee
has about five. (Sigh ... my memory won't let me dredge up more
info on Oklahoma Sea Scouting. I did have one Ship Skipper on my
Jamboree staff last year.)
Smooth Sailing!
Bruce Johnson
Commodore, Sea Exploring
Northeast Region, B.S.A.
johnson@mail.loc.gov
6148 Llanfair Drive
Columbia, Maryland 21044-3829
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