Volume 3, Issue 1a

April 1. 2005

The Gilwell Gazette

Special Edition

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Much of the content you put in your newsletter can also be used for your Web site. Microsoft Publisher offers a simple way to convert your newsletter to a Web publication. So, when you’re finished writing your newsletter, convert it to a Web site and post it.

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“Back to Gilwell” Lyrics
I used to be a Beaver, and a good old Beaver too.
But now I’ve finished Beaver—ing, I don’t know what to do.
I’m getting old and feeble, and I can Beaver no more,
So I’m going to work my ticket if I can.
CHORUS: Back to Gilwell, happy land;
I’m going to work my ticket if I can.
(Repeat for each WB Patrol critter).

HEART OF VIRGINIA COUNCIL, BSA

The Gilwell Gazette

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Volume 3, Issue 1a

Wood Badge SR-677 Staff:
Scoutmaster: Randy Harris
Asst. Scoutmaster: Gary Bryant
Asst. Scoutmaster: Tom Clayton
Asst. Scoutmaster: Chuck Smith
SR Patrol Leader: Everett Winn
Asst. Sr. Patrol Ldr: Nancy Evans
Troop Guide: Karren Streagle
Troop Guide: Chris Vernon
Troop Guide: Craig Britt
Troop Guide: James Johnson
Troop Guide: John McCulla
Troop Guide: Mike Larson
Troop Guide: Michael Andrews
Troop Guide: Richard Brett
Quartermaster: Dickie Coffey
Asst. QM: Kris Kauffmann
Asst. QM: A.J. Kendrick
Asst. QM: David Estes
Troop Scribe: Paul Teasley
Asst. Scribe: Jim Penney
Asst. Scribe: Jason Smith
Medical Examiner: Chuck Smith

The History of Wood Badge
When Gilwell Park was acquired for the Scout Movement in 1919 and formal Leader Training introduced, Baden-Powell felt that ‘Scout Officers” (as they were called) who completed a training course, should receive some form of recognition. Originally, he envisioned that those who passed through Gilwell should wear an ornamental tassel on their Scout hats but instead the alternative of two small beads attached to lacing on the hat or to a coat buttonhole was instituted and designated the Wood Badge. Very soon, the wearing of beads on the hat was discontinued and instead they were strung on a leather thong or bootlace around the neck, a tradition that continues to this day.
The first Wood Badges were made from beads taken from a necklace that had belonged to a Zulu chief named Dinizulu, which B-P had found during his time in the Zululand in 1888. On state occasions, the Dinizulu would wear a necklace 12 feet long, containing, approximately 1,000 beads made from South African Acacia wood. This wood has a soft central pith, which makes it easy for a rawhide lace to be threaded through from end to end and this is how the 1,000 beads were arranged.
The beads themselves are in size from tiny emblems to others 4 inches in length. The necklace was considered sacred, being the badge conferred on royalty and outstanding warriors. When B-P was looking for some token to award to people who went through the Gilwell training course he remembered the Dinizulu necklace and the leather thong given to him
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Wood Badge (cont’d from page 1)
him by an elderly African at Mafeking. He took two of the smaller beads, drilled them through the center, threaded them onto the thong and called it the Wood Badge.

Weather report: Tonight-Dark. Continued dark until early morning.

We are not just our behavior.
We are the person managing our behavior
Author Unknown

Wood Badge for the 21st Century-Icon
The icon is the shape of a pentagon around the official Boy Scouts of America fleur-de-lis. Each side of the icon represents on of the five central themes of Wood Badge. Likewise, each of those themes is represented on the icon and throughout the course by one of the five central colors of the MacLaren Tartan. The themes are the threads of a course which, when woven together, form the pattern of the tartan and the full measure of Wood Badge.

NEWLY FORMED GILWELL TROOP 1 PROUDLY MARCHES TO IT’S FIRST TROOP MEETING

What is the
Patrol Order?
In Troop 1, here at Gilwell, we believe in the patrol method of troop organization. The Wood Badge patrols are formed according to an established order and most things are done following this regimen. Participants are assigned to Patrols, depending on the enrollment, always in the following order: Beaver, Bobwhite, Eagle, Fox, Owl, Bear, Buffalo, Antelope.

The Gilwell Gazette
The Gilwell Gazette is the newspaper published by the Wood Badge Staff daily during the course. Copies of The Gazette will be distributed each morning at breakfast. Our intent is to let you know as much as possible about the course. You will find the daily schedule, interesting stories, and articles submitted by you patrol scribe. Submit your articles to the Troop Scribe by 7 pm each evening.

Quartermaster
Your Friendly Quartermaster Staff—During the course feel free to visit your friendly Quartermaster. Your Quartermaster staff is ready and willing to serve you. Please indicate if the request is for your exhibit project. If you have special requests, please fill out a Quartermater form available from Dickie Coffey, David Estes, Kris Kauffmann or A J Kendrick.