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Des Plaines Valley Council

 

BOY SCOUT TROOP 119

 

Posted January 9, 2006:  Due to the lack of interest from both adults and youth, both the Boy Scout Troop and Cub Pack are no longer in operation.

 

The troop was founded in 1954 by Allen Turner and his wife Mildred “Tommi” Turner.  Tommi is still active with both the Troop and Pack today.  All of their sons have gone through both the Cub Scout Pack and Troop at St. Paul.

 

In 1969, Dick Alder was the first scout to reach the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest rank a scout can achieve.  About one of a hundred scouts ever reach that rank.  Between the years of 1992 and 2001, Daniel Brown, Jason Murakami, Christopher Wachal, David Reaves, Brent Paulus, Reid Beveridge, Matthew Murakami, and Lawrence Brandon Colvin have reached the rank of Eagle. 

 

Troop 119 was part of the Des Plaines Valley Council, which is made up of the OLD Thatcher Woods Area Council and West Suburban Council.  The two councils merged about 1993.  Each council had their own summer camps, and they still are in operation today.

 

Our troop went to Camp Shin-Go-Beek near Waupaca Wisconsin, and the other camp is Camp Machinosew (camp Mac) near Rhinelander Wisconsin.  Shin-Go-Beek has a dining hall for camper meals where camp Mac all meals are down on the patrol level in the campsites.

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT

John Wachal at the following e-mail address:  *

 

Revised 1/9/06.

 

*Email addresses on this page are in graphic format to limit spam.

 

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