Fuzzy Bear

Retraction, Retraction: It is Camp Curtis S. Read. My apologies FB

I want to thank both individuals for their time in responding to my request about Camp Read. I tapped in the websites and looked at the pictures and read about the search for historical items about Camp Curtis M. Read. They too are searching for their roots. I have requested a Memorial Book when it is completed to read for myself about Camp Curtis M. Read. It soounds like a great camp with rock climbing walls, pie eating contests, COPE courses, and white water rafting. Adventure and fun. Thanks, Fuzzy

I collect Scout fiction, so one day I ran across some Scout collectibles from a Camp Read. I thought that was an appropriate name for my collection and that maybe I should find some other items from Camp Read to display. I found patches, a song booklet, and a neckerchief. Naming my collection Camp Read still is kind of funny to me but then that is my idea of humor. What now interests me is the actual Camp Read. I must believe that it was named for somebody with the last name of Read or something like that but, moreover, I want to know about the camp, special places, views or traditi

I have thought more about this idea of temporary patches today. I recently visited a school because it is part of my job. They gave me a paper stick-on Visitors badge. After my visit, I was driving down the street and saw a yard sell, so I stopped. I looked at the items, hoping for Scouting collectibles to be sold for a song but none were to be had not even the song. The lady sitting by the table with her zipper bank bag of money asked about my Visitor badge. I replied that I was here on earth only temporarily and that I did not expect to stay long. She agreed with me about how we are a

Every time I get in a conversation like this there happens along either a military type or a nontradionalist that clobbers me pretty good. So, I almost always get it from both sides. I suppose I should simply shut up but then where is the fun? I sewed most of my Scout patches on one of those small official Scout trophy hides when I was younger and ignorant of life's many obstacles. At the completion, I stood back and gazed the glory of it all. I had been an avid Scout and achiever of most any thing with a patch attached, so you can imagine what it looked like. It took me about five yea

I can remember the conversation with one young man. He stopped coming to meetings. He was a good Scout and he was missed. I visited with him and his parents. They were somewhat defensive but I wanted him to know that he was missed. He had been a part of the school band program and it was then taking a larger share of his time. He also wanted to play basketball. I let him and his parents know that Scouting was a program that lasted all year. They were told that that if he wanted to return that he could join back in any time. He did not return. He had been given every opportunity to eva

Over the years I have witnessed many different behaviors related to sexual growth of boys. I know that they are attempting to understand life because they are at the beginning and attempting to learn about an issue that is very difficult. People use trial and error in the face of a problem that has few answers and so do boys. Our discomfort is usually about not being able to communicate simple answers in light of so many complexities. A Scout is Kind and so should we be toward those that are attempting to learn the foundational skills of life. I do not pretend to know the answers beca

Are there any Boy Scout book, or Boy Scout magazine collectors?