Tower of Friendship

Compiled by Johannes M. P. Knoops jmpknoops@mac.com

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With a special thanks to David Malatzky for his herculean efforts in assembling the TMR Museum Archives and his book The History of the Upper Deleware Region and the Ten Mile River Scout Camps Which made this history timeline possible Revised: June 10, 2020

THE TOWER OF FRIENDSHIP, STAG HILL, LODGE HOUSE AND THE WWW Revised 6.10.20

For many reasons, Stag Hill has long been considered hallowed grounds, not just by Suanhacky who held all their Vigil ceremonies at the Tower of Friendship, but Stag Hill has long held a critical position in the history of Ten Mile River and the Order of Arrow in Greater New York Councils at-large.

1927 Under the leadership of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the Boy Scout Foundation of Greater New York procured the 32 separate properties that were to become known as Ten Mile River Scout Camps.

Together the numerous parcels measured over 11,000 acres. Situated along the Delaware River in Sullivan County New York.1

L to R: FDR visiting the Bear Mountain Camps, again with James E. West and Baron Collier, and President-elect Franklin Delano Roosevelt and host Barron Collier at a January 1933 dinner in recognition of Roosevelt’s work on behalf of Boy Scouting. Collier is wearing around his neck the Silver Buffalo he was awarded the year before for scouting leadership and support.

Barron Collier When the first national office of the newly formed Boy Scouts of America opened in 1910 at 220 Fifth Ave. in New York City, it attracted the attention of a wealthy advertising magnate whose office was in an adjoining building. Barron Gift Collier saw the value to his community that scouting offered and got involved. Within a few years he was using his business and political connections to help fund and develop new camping facilities that could accommodate the numbers of boys signing up in newly formed troops.

Besides his streetcar advertising companies that generously promoted scouting, Collier also owned Luna Park, a pre-Disney family wonderland at Coney Island. The attraction of free admission and rides brought thousands of boys to special Scout Camp weekends at Luna Park, compliments of Collier.

In true scout 'cheerful service' fashion, Collier accepted the unpaid position of deputy commissioner of safety for New York City in 1922. Collier organized an army of Boy Scouts to serve as crossing guards, playground safety sentries and goodwill ambassadors. Each year he rewarded more than 1,000 Scouts a free day at Luna Park for excellence in promoting street safety.

Collier served on the Boy Scouts of America's national committee as the first commissioner of public relations, a position he personally developed. In May 1923, with the ink on the documents establishing Collier County in Southwest Florida barely dry, Collier was back in New York hosting Boy Scout founder Lord and Lady Baden-Powell at a lavish dinner with more than 1,000 other adult Scout leaders in attendance. Collier picked up the tab.

One of Collier's camping committee members was a young New York state senator, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. When Roosevelt accepted the position of president of the New York Scouting Foundation, a mostly ceremonial position, Collier took the active role as vice president and did all the work. Collier was recognized for his service to scouting with the prestigious Silver Buffalo award in 1932. – David Southall - Curator Of Education, Collier County Museum, “Scout’s Honor! Barron Collier & the Boy Scouts,” Naples Daily News 5/15/10

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David Malatzky, The History of the Upper Delaware Region and the Ten Mile River Scout Camps, p.11-12, TMR Museum, New York 2018

L to R: Collier, Gov. Al Smilth and Lt. Commander Richared E. Byrd at Kanohwahke visiting in 1926; former Governor Al Smith, Collier and Judge Kernochan with other prominent men on an inspection tour of Kanohwahke; and Barron Collier Vice President and Chairman of the Camp Committee and Honorary Chairman of the camp campaign for the Boy Scout Foundation with artist James Balfour in front of a painting of proposed new million-dollar camp.

L to R: When the 1935 Jamboree was canceled due to a polio outbreak, many Scouts took the opportunity to do a “Traveling Jamboree” and visit New York City, Collier provided them free admission to his Luna Park, Coney Island; caption on photo: New York entertains Scouts from all over the country at Central Park, NYC, NYC Police Band playing at the Band Shell; Collier as acting President of the Boy Scout Foundation (while President Roosevelt is in D.C.) with Scouts accepting the US flag and NYC flag from Mayor Laguardia to lead the contingent of over 400 NYC Scouts at the 1937 Jamboree outside of City Hall.

4-gate folding postcard, caption: Kanohwahke Lakes, Palisades Interstate Park. Boy Scouts’ “Happy Hunting Ground” Published by Boy Scout Camps, Kanohwahke Lakes, Tuxedo, N.Y.

Pre-1928 While still at Kanohwahke, a tradition of having an “Eternal Fire” existed at Camp Breuckelen.

Such fires would burn continuously through their stay and would need to be maintained through the night.

From this news clipping one can construe the fire was kept alive by Shu-Shu-Gah Brothers. Shu-Shu-Gah Lodge was formed in 1925 at the Kanohwahke camps and was only the 24th lodge of the WWW to be organized. Whether there was an everslasting fire at every camp, we do not know.

Maybe I’m reading too much into this image, but it appears that First Degree Brothers (sashes over the right shoulder) raise their left hands, and the Second Degree brother (sash over his left shoulder) must raise his right hand.

Caption: “THE EVERLASTING FIRE – Brooklyn Scouts in Indian costume and wearing the badge of the arrow, guard the Eternal fire at Camp Breuckelen. The costume is worn by members of a secret fraternity within the Scout group.”

1928 Brooklyn Council was the first Council to move their summer camp from the State-owned Kanokwahke Camps, near Bear Mountain, to Ten Mile River on Rock Lake headquartered in what was the huge Rock Lake Country Club at the north end of Rock Lake built in the 1920s. It was renamed Talequah Lodge, a name taken from the Kanokwahke Camps. It was used as headquarters for the Brooklyn Scout Camps until it burned down in 1940.2

L to R: Talequah Lodge a name taken from the Kanokwahke Camps; and the first staff of Camp Brooklyn, TMR

1929 In July the Boy Scout Foundation purchased the 970-acre Crystal Lake tract. Historically the property had been part of the former 4000-acre Van Allen Grange, the estate of George Van Allen. But from 1916 to 1925, various owners operated it as the Crystal Lake Hunting and Fishing Preserve. Then in 1925 Isidor Liebow of Brooklyn, who owned Camp Utopia (est. 1919), acquired the Crystal Lake Hunting and Fishing Preserve to create Camp Utopia for Girls and Camp Utopia for Boys.3 Endorsed by the United Synagogue of America these camps served food according to Jewish dietary laws and stressed religious education. Once purchased, the buildings belonging to the boys camp were incorporated into Camp Man and the buildings belonging to the girls camp were incorporated into Camp Manhattan.4 1929 In August of 1929, Governor Roosevelt addressed about 1,200 Scouts at the Brooklyn Scout Camps council ring and toured the other camps. He was pleased with his reception and said he had as his goal 100,000 boys on the 11,000 acres within a period of years.5 1929 At the close of the camp’s second season, Harvey Gordon’s report to the Boy Scout Foundation revealed an engineering and construction accomplishment of gigantic proportions covering numerous buildings, sawmills, water systems, sewage systems, surveys, plans, roads and fencing. Harvey A. Gordon was brought in from the Kanawauke Scout Camps as Chief of Construction.6 1930

The Grand Lodge granted Queens Council a charter for a lodge of the W.W.W. on June 17th.7

1930 Queens Council was the last to move their summer camp from the Kanokwahke Camps to Ten Mile River on Crystal Lake headquartered in Stag Hall. George W. Van Allen built the 19-room Stag Hall in 1902 on his estate specifically for use by the S.C.T.C… the Sullivan County Turtle Club. 8 Made up of wealthy businessmen in the publishing trade, this club spent only a week here each spring, and occasionally a week in the autumn. It was identical to his Big House (Van Allen’s summer residence) that after his death became the Crystal Lake Resort.9

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David Malatzky, The History of the Upper Delaware Region and the Ten Mile River Scout Camps, p.9, pub. TMR Museum, New York 2018 Porter Sargent, Handbook of Summer Camps: An Annual Survey, Volume 12, p.395, pub. Porter Sargent, Boston 1935, accessed 5/29/20 https://books.google.com/books?id=55svAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA395&lpg=PA395&dq=Camp+Utopia+crystal+lake+new+york&source=bl&ots=Ar6lqlunN P&sig=ACfU3U0MB5BVr7sHMyU2TsYhttoaIEmEzA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjl95b08tjpAhWnTN8KHVwxC7QQ6AE wAXoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=Camp%20Utopia%20crystal%20lake%20new%20york&f=false 4 David Malatzky, The History of the Upper Delaware Region and the Ten Mile River Scout Camps, p.15, pub. TMR Museum, New York 2018 5 David Malatzky, The History of the Upper Delaware Region and the Ten Mile River Scout Camps, p.15, pub. TMR Museum, New York 2018 6 David Malatzky, The History of the Upper Delaware Region and the Ten Mile River Scout Camps, p.15, pub. TMR Museum, New York 2018 7 Johannes Knoops, The Suanhacky Lodge 50th Anniversary Totem, pub. Queens Council – GNYC, New York 1979 8 “in the nineteen-room “Stag Hall” he built on his estate for the especial uses of the S.C. T. C. Stag Hall stands upon the marge of a beautiful lake high up the mountainside in Kauneonga” American Printer and Lithographer, Volume 32 No. 4, Clyde Oswald ed. & pub., New York June 1901, https://books.google.com/books?id=tYjnAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA293&lpg=PA293&dq=%22George+W.+Van+Allen+%22&source=bl&ots=TzElbeabMJ &sig=ACfU3U2QVdvLPn0z859aroiN8BHjCQrEsQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiswtL2gNnpAhWolXIEHVdICssQ6AEwEnoECAoQAQ#v=onepag e&q=%22George%20W.%20Van%20Allen%20%22&f=false, accessed 5/29/20 9 Ken Crandall – TMR Property Superintendent, interview with Ed Winters, 8/75, TMR Museum Archives 3

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L to R: Van Allen’s summer home, “Crystal House, “often referred to as the “Big House” on his “Van Allen Grange” (that house became part of Camp Manhattan), George W. Van Allen, and Crystal Lake

L to R: A dinner program of the Sullivan County Turtle Club (a group of wealthy lithographers who gathered for extravagant dining, drinking and hunting), William H. Van Allen and C. Frank Boughton in a parody pouring the contents of a large silver drinking cup into the mouth of the seated man, a postcard of S.C.T.C./Stag Hall modeled after his “Crystal House,” and a view of S.C.T.C/Stag Hall

Queens Council named their camp, Camp Man in honor of Queens Council President, Alrick H. Man an office from which he retired in 1930. Back in 1915 he had been elected President of the Federation of the Councils of Greater New York, and held that office until 1918. In 1920 the Boy Scout Foundation of Greater New York was formed with Franklin D. Roosevelt as chairman. Man then became a member of its board under FDR until his death. Alrick Man was a wealthy developer of Richmond Hill and Kew Gardens who held numerous eminent positions outside of Scouting.11 12 The first group of Scouts arrived July 2nd. Charles M. Heisted served as Camp Executive and Joseph Briton as Assistant Executive and Camp Director.

Camp Man in the summer of 1930, was the last of the New York City Scout Camps to move to Ten Mile River. The Camp Construction was not completed by opening day – sites not cleared, water lines not filled in, and amphitheater not complete and such.

Back then the property consisted of waterfront, five wooden buildings on the hill, a dining hall and two wooden buildings on the lakeshore. Stag Hall was the administration center.

Camp periods were of two-week duration. Following arrival usually by bus to the main parade grounds, staff directed the scouts to Stag Hall for check-in, medical recheck and then to the lake for the swim classification. Then scouts returned to the parade grounds picked up their equipment and preceded to their assigned campsite. At this time all sites were provisional with a Scoutmaster, Senior Patrol Leader who was usually a craft leader, and a Junior Assistant Scoutmaster for nature study. After being shown his bunk, the scout met with the Scoutmaster to review his advancement record and discuss opportunities for the next rank and other pertinent information. – Pierre Thyvaert, 7/6/16

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Postcards courtesy of Johannes Knoops The Richmond Hill Historical Society website, accessed 5/29/20 https://www.richmondhillhistory.org/alrickman.html, David Malatzky, The History of the Upper Delaware Region and the Ten Mile River Scout Camps, p.15, pub. TMR Museum, New York 2018

L to R: Stag Hall; again Stag Hall; and a Camp Man retreat on their Parade Grounds

Camp Man calling card

Charles M. Heistand and Joseph H. Brinton

An impressive retreat on the Camp Man Parade Grounds, the two in front row: Charles M. Heistand (left) and Joseph H. Brinton (right)

At age 13 Charles M. Heistand joined Scouting in 1910, the first year of the movement. In just two years he earned Eagle Scout and he went on to be an assistant Scoutmaster and Scoutmaster from 1915 to 1920. At that point he joined BSA as a professional, first as Scout Executive for the Venangoo County Council in Oil City. And then the Chief Council Executive for Chester County Council, PA from 1923 to 1928.13 According to a history of Chester County Council, in those years he was referred to as Chief. “He joined the Council just in time to head Camp Rothrock which was starting its third season. The title Chief was given the Scout Executive in those days and fitted this young man well. Chief was an Eagle Scout and had an intuitive way with the men selected for the camp jobs as well as knack of impressing the young Scouts… He was a gentle man and embodied all the fine qualities of Scouting.”

In 1925 as Council Executive and Director of Camp Rothrock, Heisted chose as his Camp Adjutant, Eagle Scout Joseph H. Brinton, Jr. of West Chester who was also charged with leading scoutcraft. Joe became a life-long friend of Chief's.

The 16th Annual Meeting of the National Council, BSA was held in Washington, DC n May 1st, 1926. A contingent of Chester County Council Scouts and Scouters, including Chief Heistand and Joseph Brinton, witnessed what is now an historic moment in Scouting, the first presentation of Silver Buffalo.

The first award was presented to the "Unknown Scout." The citation read, in part, - "To the Unknown Scout whose faithfulness in the performance of the Daily Good Turn, brought the Scout Movement to the United States of America."

There were over 20 such presentations made on this occasion. Sir Robert S.S. Baden-Powell was on hand and was the second recipient. Others honored included William D. Boyce, Daniel Carter Beard, Ernest Thompson Seton and James E. West leaders of the Scout Movement in the United States.

Erected in Gilwell Park in England is a prominent statue of a Buffalo recognizing the first Silver Buffalo Award to be presented by the National Council, BSA to that Unknown Scout who helped guide Publisher 13

“Charles M. Heistand retire BSA Chief” obituary, Asbury Park Press p.A12, TMR Museum Archives

William Boyce through the fog in London and who refused compensation for doing so because he was a Boy Scout.

L to R: Outside the White House; Silver Buffalo awarded to the “Unknown Scout”; and President Coolidge being presented a statuette of the Ideal Scout years before the full size statue is cast.

President Coolidge would present the first Silver Buffalo Awards in recognition of distinguished service in the Scouts, saying, “The more I have studied this movement, its inception, purposes, organization, and principles, the more I have been impressed. Not only is it based on the fundamental rules of right thinking and acting, but it seems to embrace in its code almost every virtue needed in the personal and social life of mankind. It is a wonderful instrument for good. If every boy in the United States could be placed under the wholesome influences of the Scout program, and should live up to the Scout Oath and rules, we would hear fewer pessimistic words as to the future of our nation.” President Coolidge’s two sons were Scouts, the very first Scouts to live in the White House.

“Both my sons are Scouts, and my observation of the benefits they have derived from their affiliation has strengthened my conviction of [Scouting’s] usefulness.”— President Coolidge14

According to the history of Octoraro Lodge 22 written for the Lodge's 50th Anniversary, Chief Heistand wrote to the National Council in 1924 seeking further information about the new organization known as the "Wimachtendienk." He then contacted Dr. E. Urner Goodman who was serving as the Grand Lodge Chief (now National Lodge Chief of the Order of the Arrow). After a failed attempt in trying to get Unami Lodge to install its chartered members, Goodman himself conducted the first induction ceremony.

Heistand, Brinton and several other members were inducted.15 They were conferred with both the First (Ordeal) and Second (Brotherhood) Degrees at this ceremony which took place at Camp Hilldale, a weekend campsite of the Council’s. This property was obtained by the Council only a few months prior and closed in 1928.

As development started to surround their summer camp, Camp Rothrock 1927 was to be its last season and a search for a new camp is necessitated.16 Guided by the vision of Scout Executive Heistand, the council selected the old Reynolds property along the banks of the Octoraro Creek near Rising Sun, Maryland as the site upon which to build the new camp. 17 The success of our Council camp, the excellent program provided there as well as throughout the year to troops was a reflection of the superb work of Chief Heistand and the Council Board. It was this quality of leadership that other councils were seeking and now Chief was being called to move up the ladder of the Scouting organization. Yet Chief had a warm feeling for his work in Chester County and especially the youth he served. After much deliberation he decided to remain with the Council to carry out his work to obtain and establish The Horse-shoe Farm as our Council's camp and ensure its getting off on a firm footing for the boys.”

The work that Chief Heistand did in: developing a strong Scouting organization in Chester County, an exciting Scouting program at Rothrock and for troops throughout the Council, starting the Order of the Arrow, and procuring the Horseshoe Scout Reservation is the legacy enjoyed by thousands of Scouts and leaders from earlier days, by those of today and will be enjoyed by future Scouting generations. – “Chief – The Legacy 1923-1928,” a history of Chester County Council Heisted solicited DuPont and other major supporting corporations to fund the clearing of Camp Horseshoe and construct its many buildings. After successfully leading its first season, Chief Heisted left Chester County Council, perhaps at the bequest of James E. West who was familiar with his good work, to

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Scouting Magazine accessed 6/7/20 http://scoutingmagazine.org/issues/0010/d-wwas.html “History of Chester County Council,” Wikivisually, accessed 6/7/20 https://wikivisually.com/wiki/Chester_County_Council “Chief – The Legacy 1923-1928,” a history of Chester County Council accessed 6/6/20 http://sakima.ivy.net/~tom/jbr/CHIEF.html 17 “About us,” Octoraro Lodge website accessed 6/7/20 http://octoraro22.org/about-us 15 16

become the Queens Council Borough Executive in 1929 where he was to now organize that Council’s new camp at Ten Mile River.

Joe Brinton was hired as his Assistant Executive and Director of Camp Man from 1929 to 1937. Together they created the legacy we have today.

Authorized by the Grand Lodge at the 1933 meeting, Grand Chieftain Thomas Cairns formed the Transition Committee to handle negotiations required for the Order to become an official BSA program. He renamed it the Grand Lodge Committee. This committee replaced the old Grand Council that was the executive board for the Grand Lodge. Cairns placed on the committee the Grand Lodge Officers, H. Lloyd Nelson, L. J. (Bert) Case and Joseph Pattison. Recognizing the need for the very best leadership to strategize, interface and negotiate with the BSA, Thomas Cairns consulted with E. Urner Goodman and appointed three more Arrowmen to the Committee – Alfred C. Nichols, Robert S. Henderson and Charles M. Heistand. Goodman was added to the committee as the National Council representative.18 Heistand QUOTE here After their tremendous success at Ten Mile River, the two men were to again hit the trail. And in 1937 they moved to head the Detroit Area Council, as Council Executive and Assistant.

Charles M. Heistand – Queens Council Borough Executive

Heistand moved up to serve as Chief Executive of Region 2, where he supervised 69 Councils in New York and New Jersey with an enrollment of 273,000 boys at that time.19 Then in 1951 he joined National Council as the Director of the Program Division until he was elevated to National’s Assistant Chief Scout Executive from 1957 to 1962. At that point the BSA had a membership of 5 million men and boys.20 While Assistant National Chief Scout Executive he was critical in the planning and development of the Johnston Scout Museum, organized the 1960 National Jamboree in Colorado Springs, Colorado, for 56,000 scouts,21 directed the 50th anniversary national celebration,22 and directed the BSA 50th Anniversary Memorial Tribute Monument in Washington D.C. The National Scouting Museum was first opened in 1959 in North Brunswick, New Jersey as the Johnston Memorial Museum. The official dedication was June 4, 1960.23 With the relocation of the Boy Scouts of America National Headquarters from New Jersey to Texas, the museum closed in 1979 to then reopen in 1986 on the campus of Murray State University in western Kentucky.24 The Boy Scout memorial is located at the site of the 1937 National Scout Jamboree, the first jamboree. It was eventually dedicated on November 7, 1964 and accepted by Associate Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark who celebrated his 50th anniversary of being an Eagle Scout on that day.25 For his many achievements in this office Heistand received the Freedoms Foundation Medal of Honor.26 When he retired in 1962 after 42 years of service, he received a letter from Lady Baden-Powell along with a picture of a Scout painted by her husband.27 Through scouting. Heistand met Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kenne-dy and Richard M. Nixon. He also came and know such celeberties as Sammy Kaye

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“Our History / Formation National Executive Committee,” BSA Order of the Arrow, accessed 6/8/20 https://oa-bsa.org/node/5019 “Charles Heistand Dies, National Scout Leader,” obituary, Intelligencer Journal 11/7/87 “Charles Heistand Dies, National Scout Leader,” obituary, Intelligencer Journal 11/7/87 21 “Charles Heistand,” obituary Asbury Park Press p.A12 11/87, TMR Museum Archives 22 “Charles Heistand,” obituary Asbury Park Press p.A12 11/87, TMR Museum Archives 23 Date indicated in text printed on back of postcard pictured.

24 “National Scouting Museum,” Wikipedia accessed 6/8/20 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Scouting_Museum 25 “Boy Scout Memorial,” Wikipedia accessed 6/7/20 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_Scout_Memorial 26 “Charles M. Heistand” obituary, New Era 9/10/87 27 “Charles Heistand Dies, National Scout Leader,” obituary, Intelligencer Journal 11/7/87 19 20

and Dorothy Lamour. A bachelor and native of Lancaster, PA Heistand once said, “in scouting I have influenced the lives of about 30 million youths. I hope I have done some good.”

A recipient of the Freedom Foundation Medal of Honor, Heistand served on several presidential conferences on physical fitness. – Asbury Park Press p.A12 11/87

L to R: Johnston Museum patch; Johnston Museum postcard, BSA 50th Anniversary 1960 Jamboree; the D.C. Boy Scout Memorial in President’s Park: and Freedoms Foundation Medal of Honor;

Brinton was finally elevated to the position of Council Executive in 1951 after having supported Heisted as his assistant from for numerous years. [citation needed] Joseph Brinton’s contributions to the Order of the Arrow in its formative years were numerous.

Joseph H. Brinton – Camp Man Director L to R: with H. P. Palmer; caption to photo “Good work Scout”; and at a Retreat on the Parade Grounds

Joseph H. Brinton was elected Chief of Region 2 1936 Suanhacky Lodge had the rare privilege of calling itself "Home Lodge of the National Chief".

Our founder Joseph H. Briton had just been elected National Chief on December 5th at the eleventh meeting of the National Lodge at Treasure Island, New Jersey.

In 1936, Owasippe Lodge #7 invited Tom Kita Chara Lodge #96 and Ay-Ashe Lodge #73 to their lodge fellowship in Chicago. It was so successful that National Chief Joseph Brinton declared, "We believe these fellowship meetings are fine activities for our lodges, and we are hopeful of promoting many more next spring and fall." (Davis 52). When the National Lodge executive committee met in Pittsburgh Jan 17, 1937, they approved the idea of promoting "sectional fellowship meetings" (Yates 2.1). An article in the June OA bulletin, (Lodge News (1.1) 1937), reported that Kuwewanik Lodge #57 and Anicus Lodge #67 had a "sectional" meeting of all of the lodges "in their area" on May 29-31, 1937 at Camp Twin Echo in Ligonier, PA.28

Under the leadership of Scout Executive and the Lodge’s first Chief, Joseph Brinton, the Chester County chapter became a firmly established part of the W.W.W. The 1937 banquet was held on December 27, and featured as its guest speaker Joseph Brinton, first chief of Octoraro Lodge, who was then serving as National Chief of the Order.

28 “The First Conclave,” History of Allohak Menewi Lodge 57, accessed 6/7/20 https://www.lhcscouting.org/sites/lhcscouting.org/files/allohak_menewi_57_history_book_fifth_anniversary.pdf

1938 was an eventful year for Tali Taktaki Lodge! In April Joseph H. Brinton, National Chief of the Order of the Arrow visited the lodge’s annual meeting at Camp Graystone.

There were representatives from East Carolina Council and Winston-Salem in attendance. As a result of this meeting these councils applied for charters in June 1938.

Tali Taktaki’s Degree team installed both Croatan Lodge #117 and Wahissa Lodge #118 that summer. 29

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[Note: you can see National Chief Joseph Brinton wearing his TMR Staff pocket patch] The 1938 National OA Meeting in Irondale, Missouri. Back row, left to right: Frank Dix (Scout executive; received Brotherhood at meeting), Lloyd Nelson (1925 Unami lodge chief; later national chief); Frank Braden (Scout executive who brought the OA to Greensboro from Birmingham, AL); Joe Brinton (1936 national chief); Bob Wolff (received Brotherhood at meeting). Front Row, left to right: Bill Caudle, Wade Fox, George Gibbs, Claude O’Brien (early Tali Taktaki lodge chief).

1955 Heistand and Brinton on the Committee on Insigna and Uniform.31 And 1952 https://books.google.com/books?id=MgELmRF8lCsC&pg=RA10PA225&lpg=RA10PA225&dq=Charles+W.+Froessel+boy+scouts&source=bl&ots=XWDn0aJryf&sig=ACfU3U2 71Soqk7MQEVFFCJqNmZT_K91bgA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj1mLbZ4_fpAhXdTDAB HcdhB8gQ6AEwA3oECAgQAQ#v=snippet&q=heistand&f=false 1960 Heistand and Brinton on the Committee on Insigna and Uniform.32 1934 Heistand on the National Committee on Badges, Awards, and Scouting Requirements.33 1940 At the thirteenth Meeting of the National Lodge at Wilkensburg, Pennsylvania, Joseph H. Brinton serves as the nation’s first Chairman of the Order’s “Committee of Awards for Distinguished Service.”34 It was the OA’s 25th anniversary and last National Meeting to be held at a Scout camp because of the increasing numbers. There was a 50% increase since the 1938 meeting with now 64 lodges attending with 615 attendees.35

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“History Tali Taktaki Lodge 70,” accessed 6/7/20 http://lodge70.org/lodgehx/Tali/Tali%20Taktaki%20Lodge%2070%20History.pdf “Wolff Started OA Lodges in the South,” The Silver Arrowhead, Vol. 2 Issue 2, Spring 2009, image courtesy of Tali Taktaki History File, Old North State Council, BSA, accessed 6/5/20 https://oa-bsa.org/uploads/publications/silverarrowhead/silverarrowhead_vol2iss1.pdf 31 Forty-Sixth Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America to Congress 1955 accessed 6/1020 https://books.google.com/books?id=YnQuAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA8&lpg=PA8&dq=Charles+W.+Froessel+silver+buffalo&source=bl&ots=inhZ2KwNc&sig=ACfU3U23gv0_I0PXgP6vg9mMVfd9VZwO1Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwihtcelzPfpAhV9RjABHSGHB8sQ6AEwDnoECAgQAQ#v=snip pet&q=Charles%20W.%20Froessel&f=false 32 BSA Annual Report to Congress 1960 accessed 6/10/20 https://books.google.com/books?id=C9EjAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA18-IA273&lpg=PA18IA273&dq=Charles+W.+Froessel+boy+scouts&source=bl&ots=QIx3JbRf-B&sig=ACfU3U0nb6K37B5Da3VIXJsGi5lI9Tp3Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj1mLbZ4_fpAhXdTDABHcdhB8gQ6AEwBnoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=Charles%2 0W.%20Froessel%20boy%20scouts&f=false 33 Twenty-Fifth Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America to Congress 1934 accessed 6/10/20 https://books.google.com/books?id=t7NGAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA118&lpg=PA118&dq=Charles+W.+Froessel+silver+buffalo&source=bl&ots=1ZmFpl1oh s&sig=ACfU3U2OR9f9xAMnbNPwPm37bDh5MeGHSw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwihtcelzPfpAhV9RjABHSGHB8sQ6AEwD3oECAoQAQ#v=sn ippet&q=Charles%20W.%20Froessel&f=false 34 Colin Pinnavaia, The History of Kintecoying Lodge 4, p.27, pub. ISSUU 2015, https://issuu.com/cpinnavaia/docs/2015_07_26_kintecoying_history_book 35 “Our History / 25th Anniversary Meeting,” BSA Order of the Arrow, accessed 6/5/20 https://oa-bsa.org/history/25th-anniversary-oa-meeting 30

Also at this meeting Joseph Brinton was appointed to the National Executive Committee along with four other Brothers.36 The National Executive Committee Formed replaced the Old Grand Council. It is the direct precursor to today’s National OA Committee. There were two notable differences. Every member of the National Executive Committee with the exception of Nelson was a professional Scouter, whereas today’s committee is primarily volunteer leadership; And National Executive Committee members would be required to stand for election at the end of their two-year terms.

The National Executive Committee took over the role of the Grand Lodge. The Committee ran the business of the Order.37 At the 1940 National Meeting, held at Camp Twin Echo, National Secretary H. Lloyd Nelson formally introduced the award to attendees. Former National Chief Joseph H. Brinton who served as the selection committee chairman reported:38 The success of the Order of the Arrow today is due to the services of a great many Brothers, past and present, who made this statement of our Ritual a reality. As one looks back through the 25-year history of the Order, he is more and more impressed with this fact.

– Joseph H. Briton, Committee Chair of Awards for Distinguished Service39 The award was a cast silver arrowhead with an arrow aimed through it upward over the left shoulder, suspended on a dark green ribbon to serve as a reminder of the great outdoors in which the program was centered. The first selection committeemen were Joseph H. Brinton (1936 National Lodge Chief), Joseph A. Brunton (1938 National Lodge Chief, Chief Scout Executive from 1960-1967), and George W. Chapman (the first Chief of Wimachtendienk).

In the early years of the Distinguished Service Award (DSA) most of the recipients were either professional Scouters or adult members. Of the first 11 recipients it’s no surprise that 4 out of the 11 were associated with the Boy Scout Foundation of New York and Ten Mile River. Here are their original citations from the meeting minutes:40 Brother William A. Stumpp from New York, NY: As National Chief in the early years, he ably and successfully guided the National Lodge. His wise discretion and forceful perseverance were used in generous portions to advance the Order.

Brother Harvey A. Gordon from New York, NY (Posthumous): As National Secretary for a long period during the early years of the Order, his valuable experience, untiring efforts, and mature judgment were of inestimable value. Steadfast, sincere, enthusiastic, his life was a symbol of service to others.

Brother Alfred C. Nichols, Jr. from New York, NY: His leadership during a critical period in the life of the Order when he ably demonstrated his belief in and tirelessly worked for the preservation of the Order was outstanding. His continued service on a national basis is testimony of his early and complete acceptance of the statement, 'The servant of all is the greatest of all.'

Brother James E. West from New York, NY: By his constant emphasis of the importance of the Scout Oath and Law as a vital force in the lives of Scouts, and the recognition of this in the camping program, he unconsciously paved the way for the establishment of the Order. By his recognition and support by recommendation, the Order became an integral part of the program of Senior Scouting. His influence upon the thinking of the Order has helped to make it achieve national proportions.

1940 At the 1940 meeting each delegate received a silver neckerchief, a camp patch and a commemorative medal. Host lodge members received a special silver neckerchief, the first “Host” lodge memorabilia for a national gathering.41

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“Our History / 25th Anniversary Meeting,” BSA Order of the Arrow, accessed 6/5/20 https://oa-bsa.org/history/25th-anniversary-oa-meeting “Our History / Formation National Executive Committee,” BSA Order of the Arrow, accessed 6/8/20 https://oa-bsa.org/node/5019 38 “Our History / DSA Created,” BSA Order of the Arrow, accessed 6/7/20 https://oa-bsa.org/history/25th-anniversary-oa-meeting 39 “Our History / DSA Created,” BSA Order of the Arrow, accessed 6/7/20 https://oa-bsa.org/history/25th-anniversary-oa-meeting 40 “Our History / DSA Created,” BSA Order of the Arrow, accessed 6/7/20 https://oa-bsa.org/history/25th-anniversary-oa-meeting 37

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“25th Anniversary Meeting” Our History Order of the Arrow BSA accessed 6/8/20 https://oa-bsa.org/node/5050

Marked Order of the Arrow WWW 25th Anniversary Nat'l Meeting Sept 1940 ANICUS Lodge Camp, Twin Echo BSA. Neckerchief slide, also has a small pendant hole so it could be worn as a necklace.

Bronze Vintage Letter Opener presented from Joe Brunton Jr to Merle Shippey in September 1940 at the Order of the Arrow W.W. W 25th Anniversary National Meeting Anicus Lodge Camp Twin Echo B.S.A. It has the arrowhead symbol with the Indian head It is marked Genuie Bronze and measures just over 9" All of the engraving is in legible condition Made in Newark, NJ by W & H Co.

L to R: Camp Twin Echo patch OA Meeting edition; Meeting medal; same medal as a neckerchief slide: reverse; neckerchief; and letter opener gifted by the National Chief

1942 At an Executive Meeting of the National Lodge (the National Lodge Meeting had been canceled due to WWII), Joseph H. Brinton, receives the Distinguished Service Award, for serving as the 193638 National Chief, serving as a member of the National Committee 1936-42, for being largely responsible for the development of the Area Leader Plan and for being consistent in his thorough and intelligent service to the Order of the Arrow nationally over a long period of years.42

Order of the Arrow’s Distinguished Service Award

1952 At the seventeenth National Executive(?) Meeting of the Order of the Arrow, at Oxford, Ohio, Charles M. Heistand receives the Distinguished Service Award.43

One of the charter members of the Lodge was Joseph Brinton and he was elected first chief of the Lodge. (photo-right: Chief Heistand and Joe Brinton at Lodge 22’s anniversary – 1976) During July and August of 1926, 41 additional members were inducted into the new Lodge. Mr. Brinton went on to become the National Chief of the Order of the Arrow in 1937 and served on the National Committee until 1948.44

42 Colin Pinnavaia, The History of Kintecoying Lodge 4, p.27, pub. ISSUU 2015 https://issuu.com/cpinnavaia/docs/2015_07_26_kintecoying_history_book 43 Johannes Knoops, The Suanhacky Lodge 50th Anniversary Totem, pub. Queens Council – GNYC, New York 1979 44 accessed 6/7/20 https://www.hsraa.org/loop/OctoraroLoop-Vol12-Issue1.pdf

1979 To kick-off its fiftieth year, Suanhacky celebrates with a banquet in December. Its two founders were able to join this momentous event, Charles M. Heistand (1897-1987), and Joseph H. Brinton.

L to R: Roy Kramer – Lodge Advisor, Charles M. Heistand – Co-Founder, Joseph H. Brinton – Co-Founder, and John Spero – Lodge Chief. Both Mr. Heistand and Brinton are wearing their Distinguished Service Awards

1930 In order that Scouts may bestow honor upon those fellow campers whom they believe have served most cheerfully in camp, Queens Council had organized a local Lodge of the WWW under the leadership of Joseph H. Brinton Camp Man's Director and Charles Heistand Queens Scout Executive. The first group of campers to be elected to the Lodge are known as Charter Members and received the initiation and ordeal on Monday July 14, the tatter part of the first period.45 Three of the New York City Order of the Arrow Lodges were founded at TMR: Suanhacky Lodge at Camp Man in 1930, Man-A-Hattin Lodge at Camp Manhattan in 1935, and Aquehongian Lodge at Camp Aquehonga in 1938.46 1930 The first meeting of Suanhacky Lodge took place on July 24th in Stag Hall in order to review the names of candidates from the second 2-week period of camp.47 1930 On July 29th the second meeting was held in Stag Hall. Here they tried to choose a name for the lodge. The names suggested were: Shawanga, Lenape, Matinecock and Wopalane. After a short discussion on these names it was decided to leave the naming until the Fall.

Mid 1930s Suanhacky L to R: Tap-out on the Parade Grounds; Induction Ceremony; Big Chief of the W.W.W.; and J. L. Jeffrey T17

1930 The Lodge had reached a total of 45 members by the end of the summer. The Lodge' s major project of that summer was to clear the area along the nature trail for the Camp Chapel. Over the years at Camp Man Suanhacky constructed the Chapel, the Stockade, the entrance gate, and completed the

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Parade Grounds.48 1930 This time when Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt visited his beloved Ten Mile River Scout Camps, Queens Council President, Judge Frederic Kernochan presented FDR with the Silver Buffalo award for his many contributions to the Boy Scout Foundation of Greater New York and for his efforts in creating the largest Boy Scout Camp in the world. This was in the month of August.49 50 51

L to R: Judge Kernochan awarding FDR the Silver Buffalo; and Brooklyn Borough Executive Lindsey Kimball presenting FDR a Scout-made pocket book

1930 Prior to settling upon a name, the Queens Council Lodge was represented for the first time at a Regional Meeting of the Lodges by Charles Dawson and Joseph Brinton held at the Bronx Council camp, Camp Ranachqua, TMR over Columbus Day Weekend.52 1930 On November 8th the first business meeting of the Queens Council Lodge of the WWW was held at Queens Council Headquarters on Hillside Avenue. Here the following officers were elected: Chief Arthur Burrows T116, Sr. Vice Chief - Edwin Bechlold T22, Jr. Vice Chief - Russell Smyth T1, Secretary - Robert Spieth T127, Treasurer -George Burd T86, Guardian of the Trail - Walter Rogers T89, Deputy Guardian of the Trail - Louis Lux T135, and Meteu -C.F. Dawson. The following by virtue got their position: Supreme Chief of the Fire - C. M. Heistand, Chief of the Fire -J.H. Brinton, and Vice Chief of the Fire - L.H. Parsons. The question of the lodge name was likewise discussed. The results by a show of hands were: Matincock 14 and Lenape 12. A motion was then made and carried to name the Lodge Matincock. This resulted in 19 votes for and 15 opposing. After due discussion a motion was made in view of its great importance and that a committee should be appointed which would investigate the names.53 1930 At the second meeting of the Lodge on December 13th, held at the Central Queens YMCA, Scout Russell Smyth, Chairman of the Name and Totem Committee, presented his report. As a result, the lodge name Suanhacky was chosen. As a totem of the lodge the stag was chosen, because of its association with Camp Man that has for itself that totem. Also at this meeting, the original by-laws were accepted.54

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Johannes Knoops, The Suanhacky Lodge 50th Anniversary Totem, pub. Queens Council – GNYC, New York 1979 “List of Silver Beaver Recipients,” accessed 5/29/20 https://scoutingmagazine.org/silverbuffalo/ 50 “List of Recipients of the Silver Award,” Wikipedia, 1930. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_recipients_of_the_Silver_Buffalo_Award 51 David Malatzky, The History of the Upper Delaware Region and the Ten Mile River Scout Camps, p.15, pub. TMR Museum, New York 2018 52 Johannes Knoops, The Suanhacky Lodge 50th Anniversary Totem, pub. Queens Council – GNYC, New York 1979 53 Johannes Knoops, The Suanhacky Lodge 50th Anniversary Totem, pub. Queens Council – GNYC, New York 1979 54 Johannes Knoops, The Suanhacky Lodge 50th Anniversary Totem, pub. Queens Council – GNYC, New York 1979 55 From a set of mini-postcards for Camp Man, TMR Museum Archives 49

The bronze stag prior to 1936 facing Stag Hall just beyond the porch installed by George W. Allen for his extravagant clubhouse, L to R: A view from inside Stag Hall, a mini postcard from a Camp Man set of postcards; a full size postcard; an image from A G Jeffrey Papers / Other Paper / TMR Museum Archives, “Where the Stag Keeps Watchful O’er;” and Suanhacky’s stag logo at the time (like the statue, an elk rather than a deer); and another view from A G Jeffrey Papers / Camping Days are Happy Days / TMR Museum Archives TMR Museum Archives

1931 At the first Annual Meeting of Suanhacky held at Stag Hall on June 13th, 30 brothers were elected to the Second Degree (now Brotherhood) and C. Heistand and J. Brinton to the Third Degree (now Vigil) for the first time in the lodge and were within the first 100 ever awarded nationally. At this time there was no difference between the sashes, Second Degree members wore it over the left shoulder and First Degree over the right. For the Vigil, a triangle was presented.56

1931 The famous Eagle Scout, Paul A. Siple, of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition was bestowed Honorary Membership into Suanhacky Lodge on his visit to Camp Man. Siple became an Eagle Scout in 1923 with 59 merit badges. After an extensive nationwide search in 1928, he was the first Eagle Scout selected for an Antarctic expedition, sailing with Richard E. Byrd on his ship the City of New York. Paul had been the youngest member of the expedition and had been awarded a Gold Medal for his service in the Antarctic by the Secretary of the Navy. Siple appeared in the documentary film with Admiral Byrd at the South Pole (1930). Siple later received the Silver Buffalo Award from the BSA in 1947 and the Order of the Arrow National Distinguished Service Award in 1958.57 58

L to R: Siple with his Troop; Siple with Admiral Byrd and the other Eagle Scouts considered for the Antarctic; Siple’s book: and with James E. West

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The Ten Mile River Camps are 12,000 acres and are the largest in the World.

The Queens Council Camp is composed of 12 camps with a capacity of 450 campers and Staff.

Facts about the 1932 Camp Man Staff: Composed of 32 Juniors and 38 Seniors of which 39 Staff Members are Eagle Scouts and all but 4 have been Scouts.

A total of 391 Seasons of Camping and 372 years of Scouting have been enjoyed by this Staff.59 1933 Council Executive C. M. Heistand inducts President Franklin Delano Roosevelt into Suanhacky Lodge at the Camp Man Arena during his visit to Ten Mile River on August 24th. He was visiting TMR to speak

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on behalf of his newly formed NRA (National Relief Act). Numerous news outlets were invited to cover the event. During his speech FDR makes a parallel between the Boy Scouts and his vision for the NRA. QUEENS CAMPS President Roosevelt was met at the Camp Man gate by the reception committee, composed of Barron Collier, acting president of the Boy Scout Foundation of Greater New York, presidents of the Borough Councils, and a mounted escort of sixteen Eagle Scouts. A 21-gun salute was fired. The party then proceeded to the center of the camp, where representative Sullivan county citizens greeted the President.

There was a flurry of trumpets as the presidential flag was raised on the Landship Amochol, after which the President was escorted to the amphitheater, where the 1,500 Scouts were waiting to greet him.

The program opened with wild cheering of the Scouts and the singing of “Happy Days Are Here Again …This was followed by the presentation of tokens by Scouts, one from each camp, and all made by the boys. These included a plaque, a replica of the NRA emblem, a leather book cover, an incense burner in the form of a miniature tepee, a leather pillow with NRA design and a leather bookends decorated with the President’s seal. – David Malatzky, The History of the Upper Delaware Region and the Ten Mile River Scout Camps, 2018

PRRESIDENT ROOSEVELT VISITS BOY SCOUT CAMP FELLOW MEMBERS OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: On August 23rd President Roosevelt drove over 80 miles through a driving rain in order to give his message to the Boy Scouts of Greater New York who were in camp on the Ten Mile River. It will give everyone of us connected to Scouting a thrill of satisfaction that the President of the United States, with nil the manifold responsibilities of his high office, could still find time to devote hours out of his busy day to give to Scouts and. their Leaders, his personal message of encouragement. Surely it should be evidence to everyone of us of the worth wildness of our work in Scouting.

The President left Hyde Park in the morning in the midst of one of the worst storms that has ever his the eastern coast and drove to the Ten Mile River Camp, where more than 2,500 boys were waiting for him. The rain abated during the out-of-door ceremonies. …”I haven't been here for over two years, and all sorts of things have happened up here in that time. Among other things your have all joined the cavalry I see. And you have also gone in for a navy on one of the lakes.

I don’t know what will happen next. I suppose we will turn you all into formers before we get through, but ever year that does goes by here brings us a little bit closer to an ideal that a lot of us had in the Bay Scout Foundation years ago when we wanted our own place in the sun and we wanted a big enough place to take care of the Boy Scouts of the City of New York and the neighboring territory for a couple of generations to come.

As we got the place and now we are developing it. It is one of the finest monuments ·to Scouting that there is anywhere in the country and when I think that at this particular moment on this particular day there are probably somewhere a round 250,000 or 300,00 Scouts out in camps in the United States it make s me realize that it is a national movement.

When we are nearly a million strong in the country and we have a hundred thousand Scoutmasters and Scout Leaders, it means we are getting somewhere.

This Spring, because of my Scout training, I took a leaf out of the notebook of Scouting in order to take care of a lot of boys who are a bit older than you are--boys who had graduated from high school and some of them from college, but who had not been able to get work for a year or two or three years.

And we started in this country, modeling it to a large extent after Scouting, a Civilian Conservation Corps, and today there are two or three hundred thousand older boys in various parts of this country in these civilian conservation camps, taking care of forests, preventing fires, stopping soil erosion and doing a thousand other tasks that the country needs.

And I am told that in these camps of course, when you get a camp of 200,000 boys together some of them naturally develop into leaders and I am told that the boys who have had Scout training arc coming forward more rapidly than any others and are becoming the leaders of a great many of these Civilian Conservation Camps.

It is a pretty fine tribute to what Scouting has done throughout the country.”

We here are developing somewhat along the line of a conservation Some day, before you boys pass on, this whole 10,000-acre tract is going to be a demonstration plot for the entire country as to what can be done by forestry—not only the planting of trees but also the care of trees.

That is one of our objectives. We are not only learning ourselves, but in learning are providing an object lesson for a lot of other people.

I am glad, too, to see that you have adopted the NRA insignia (chuckles heard in video).

We are going to number about 130,000,000 people before we get through.

And when you come right down to it, the NRA is based on the same fundamentals that Scouting is based on. In other words, trying to do something for the other fellow and not trying to do somebody.

It is based on cooperation—you know what that means. It is based on the spirit of service, and it is going to work just as Scouting is working.

I am grateful for these tokens that have come to me from the different Councils. I am going to take them back home and place them alongside some other tokens I got here two years ago on my last trip.

I wish that I could take a couple of weeks off and stay with you. There are lots of things you could teach me. But I suppose that I have to be getting along on my way, and all I can tell you is that I am mighty glad to have been here and seen you all today.

I wish I could see all the boys who are up here at these camps. To those who are not here l hope you will give my very warm regards and tell them I hope to come back again next year to see all of you.” – BSA Scouting Magazine, Vol. XXI No. 9, p.1, 10/33

L to R: C. M. Heistand inducting FDR into the WWW; another view; and a Bronx Eagle Scout presenting a tepee incense burner with “Chief” William Stumpp to far left

Upon close inspection of the beaded brow band of the feather bonnet worn by FDR, it appears to be the same bonnet on the Scout in these images from a “Stage Pageant” at Camp Man, 8/24/30, second image, L to R: James E. West – National Chief Scout Executive, Judge Frederic Kernochan – Chairman of the Ways-Means and Endowment Committee of the Boy Scout Foundation, Judge James Cropsey – President of the Brooklyn Council and the Indian Chief – Frank Rotundo of Richmond Hill. In 1946 Suanhacky claims to have held on to FDR’s bonnet and used it on the occasion of Mayor O’Dwyer’s visit, in actuality, there is no resemblance between.

1934 In August the Camp Man Chapel entrance was completed by the Lodge and formally dedicated in a service of all denominations. The entrance was handed over to the camp and a bell installed by the lodge members. It later served as Camp Kernochan’s Protestant Chapel.60 Camp Man's beautiful Chapel was built by the Order and with the help of the Order such projects as the Stockade, the Entrance Gate, the Tower of Friendship, and the Parade Grounds were successfully completed. – The Rev. John W. Davis - Netami Sakima, Suanhacky Totem, 6/46 1934 Suanhacky Lodge acted as the host to the brother lodges of Region 2 In a Regional Conference conducted al Camp Man from September 7th to 9th. A very active program had been planned and carried out in spite of heavy rains. Eighteen members of the lodge acted as KPs and floorwalkers and ran “bureaus of information,” for the hundred visitors. At this conference Joseph H. Brinton was elected Chief of Region 2.61 1936 The accommodations here include six thirty-two boy camps under canvas, each with three leaders and a recreation cabin; four thirty-two boy camps of cabin or shelter type, each with three leaders and a recreation; one sixteen boy camp lean-to type for Senior Scouts; and one Sea Scout Landship which accommodates twenty-eight boys and three leaders.

Dining Halls, Museums, Craft Shops, Headquarter Buildings, etc. are included.

1936 ATTENDANCE RECORDS (CAMP MAN) – CAPACITY 364 SCOUTS First Period – 14 days – 367 Scouts or 101% of capacity Second Period – 14 days – 378 Scouts or 103% of capacity Third Period – 14 days – 380 Scouts or 104% of capacity Fourth Period – 14 days – 378 Scouts or 103% of capacity [Hand notation: JUNIORS 32 SENIORS 38 1563 CAMPERS STAFF 70 = 1573]62

The Landship Amochol for Sea Scouts prior to 1937

1936 On April 15th it was decided that the Lodge would build an "Everlasting Light” to symbolize the true camp spirit, like some of the other camps had. This soon led to the creation of the Tower of Friendship.

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Specifically, Camp Brooklyn maintained a “Fire of Cheer.” The fire was lit the first day of camp and extinguished the last and burnt 24-hours a day while watched over by two scouts.63 Scout Executive Charles M. Heistand, Camp Director Joseph H. Brinton and Assistant Camp Director Russell A. Turner conceived the idea of the Tower of Friendship. – Pierre Thyvaert, 7/6/16

L to R: Two Keepers of the Fire of Cheer; their lean-to; and the pavilion for the Fire of Cheer

1936 On August 26, the cornerstone of the Tower of Friendship was laid.64 The tower was designed by and largely built by A. G. Jeffery, Neighborhood Commissioner, T17 Elmhurst.

L to R: The bronze stag now positioned further away from and lower than Stag Hall and rotated to face the lake; the Tower under construction with framing to guide the stonework, A. G. Jeffrey “The Builder”; and C. M. Heisted inserting the year stone

A. G. Jeffrey’s sketches identifying each stone

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The Lodge gave its newspaper the name the "Suanhacky Stag" on December 5th.

Suanhacky Stag February 1942, III Edition

1937 Justice Federic Kernochan pases away on January 9th in Tuxedo New York aged 60. He had been personally responsible for raising the one million dollars to aquire and open Ten Mile River and was an early and long time supporter of the Scouting movement. He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, 63 64

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plot: 9,98 at the base of the Whitney Mausoleum, joined later by his wife Elizabeth Howland Kernochan and one of their two daughters Mary Kernochan Blagden.65

L to R: Boy Scout Foundation of Greater New York L to R: FDR, Baron Collier and Kernochan; the dedication of Friedsam Hall, Camp Manhattan (now Keowa’s Dining Hall); and James E. West, telegram to Dan Beard notifying him of Kernochan’s death 1/10/37

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Kernochan’s grave marker at the Whitney Mausoleum in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn. Stephen Whitney was the second richest man in the world after John Jacob Astor at the time of his death in 1860 and his mausoleum is the largest tomb in Greenwood Cemetery. Kernochan’s mother was the granddaughter of Stephan Whitney.

A SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF FREDERIC KERNOCHAN (1878-1937) His Family and the Kenochan Mansion Along with such prominent New Yorkers the Kernochan Family had been listed in the Social Register of New York of 1898. It indicated the couple as living at 11 Madison Square North. Mrs. Kernochan, herself a Howland of direct Mayflower heritage, served as an Executive Officer of the Social Register in 1898 along with Mrs. John Jacob Astor, Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt and Mrs. George Peabody Wetmore. Mr. Kernochan was listed as a Vice President/Treasurer of the Yale Alumni Association.67 Federic Kernochan grew up in a large old house at No. 11 East 26th Street, facing Madison Square. Once one of the most exclusive residential enclaves in the city; Madison Square was being taken over by business buildings in 1911. On April 2, 1912 The New York Times reported on the sale of the house to make way for a new commercial structure. It was among the last relics of that gilded age.

Just over a week later the Real Estate Record and Builders’ Guide reported that architects Cross & Cross had filed plans for a five-story mansion for J. F. Kernochan at the northwest corner of Park Avenue and 77th Street. The once-marginal thoroughfare had lately lured affluent homeowners who only recently would not have ventured farther east of Madison Avenue.

The mansion was completed in 1914—a distinguished red brick neo-Georgian beauty that sat on a rusticated limestone base. The 18th century motif was carried out in splayed stone lintels, handsome carved panels between the second and third floors, an imposing broken pediment above the balcony over the entrance portico, and a stone balustrade above the bracketed cornice.

The commanding mansion spread itself over 90 feet along Park Avenue and stood in stark contrast to the rows of utilitarian carriage houses that surrounded it on both sides.

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“Federic Kernochan,” Find a Grave, accessed 6/3/20 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109891549/frederic-kernochan “Federic Kernochan,” images courtesy of Find a Grave accessed 6/3/20 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109891549/frederic-kernochan 67 Social Register of New York 1898, Vol. XII No.1, New York November 1897, accessed 6/3/20 https://books.google.com/books?id=ZmlIAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA490&lpg=PA490&dq=SOCIAL+REGISTER+frederic+kernochan&source=bl&ots=DpN B8ISG7f&sig=ACfU3U2JJx6O2gfZVR9tKKSH6xJO3koshg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj3_8mJiubpAhXCG80KHUCrC1EQ6AEwAXoECAkQAQ #v=snippet&q=kernochan&f=false 66

His parents J. (Joseph) Frederic and Mary Kernochan were highly visible in society. His father was an influential and highly regarded attorney, causing Yale College’s “History” to say, “He has the management of many large estates and has been engaged in several important causes, with marked success.”

Nevertheless, it was his son Frederic who garnered most of the attention. A lawyer like his father, he became City Magistrate and later a Chief Justice of the New York County Supreme Court and a co-founder of the Association of the Bar of New York City.

And so when a small fire broke out in the house on November 26, 1916 The New York Times ignored the homeowners, his parents, and focused on the judge. “During the dinner hour last night at Justice Frederic Kernochan’s home at 862 Park Avenue a slight blaze was discovered in the breakfast room. It was extinguished by the firemen before much damage resulted. The cause is not known.”

The title to the Park Avenue mansion was in his sister Mary’s name and, oddly enough, her will did not include her husband in its handling. “Upon the death of the daughters the residence is to revert to Justice Kernochan and another son, Whitney Kernochan, of East Norwich, L.I.” reported the New-York Tribune on October 10, 1922.

Mary’s death signaled the end of Kernochan residency in the mansion. On November 14, 1922 the New-York Tribune noted that “Mr. and Mrs. Geoge Arents, Jr. have taken the Frederic Kernochan house…and will make their home there this winter.” -- “The Lost Kernochan Mansion -No. 862 Park Avenue,” Dayton in Manhattan, accessed on 6/3/20 http://daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-lost-kernochan-mansion-no-862-park.html

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Kernochan Mansion, L to R: Elevation facing the fashionable Madison Park, central stair, and living room

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Cabinet Card of Federic 1880, Frederic at Yale, and his father J. Frederick Kernochan who was an attorney and prominent socialite during the Gilded Age, hand and his wife Mary Stuart Whitney and listed in the Ward McAllister’s “Four Hundred,” purported to be an index of New York's best families, published in the New York Times. While at Yale, he was a member of Skull and Bones, and later valedictorian of his class at Columbia Law School, and his mother Mary Stuart Whitney Kernochan (left) with Mrs. Malcom Stevenson (right)

Kernochan’s Boyhood Heroism Kernochan was the Chief Justice of the Court of Special Sessions and a In 1886 when Kernochan was about 10 years old, he had rescued a woman named Louise Valet from an overturned boat at Navesink Highlands. For this he received a Congressional Silver Medal of Honor in 1908, and in 1913

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“862 Park Avenue. Fredrick J. Kernochan residence, upper hall” by Wurts Brothers, courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York accessed 6/5/20 “Frederic Kernochan” by Mora, courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York accessed 6/5/20 https://collections.mcny.org/CS.aspx?VP3=SearchResult&VBID=24UP1GMU7ENOK&SMLS=1&RW=1280&RH=737 70 “Federic Kernochan,” image courtesy of Find a Grave accessed 6/5/20 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109891549/frederic-kernochan 71 of "Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees," editor General Joshua L. Chamberlain p.403, Boston, R. Herndon company, 1900 72 “Mrs. Whitney Kernochan & Mrs. Malcolm Stevenson - Image ID: 2A1HG61” Alamy, accessed 6/5/20 https://www.alamy.com/mrs-whitneykernochan-mrs-malcolm-stevenson-image327997545.html 69

received the American Cross of Honor from the Mayor of New York. This honor is determined by those who have received medals from Congress.73

Back Room Confidant of FDR’s, “The Room” (The little-known story of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's spies, who were often effective and always high in the social register.)

Wealth meant to Astor not only sleek yachts, powerful motor cars and his own airplane, but also vigorous participation in social reforms, scientific explorations and in groups advocating strong American air and maritime services. The latter interests brought Astor together with a select group of like-minded New Yorkers such as the Long Island Roosevelts -- Kermit and Theodore Jr., naturalist C. Suydam Cutting, world explorer and journalist Marshall Field III, philanthropists Duncan Stewart Ellsworth and Barklie Mckee Henry, mining expert Oliver Dwight Filley, Wall Street lawyer Henry G. Gray, airplane engine inventor Charles Lanier Lawrence, banker Robert Gordon McKay and stockbrokers Grafton Howland Pyne and Kenneth Schley.

The usual organizations such as the Knickerbocker and New York Yacht Clubs were not appropriate to these interests. Astor and his friends required a retreat where they could gather in private to discuss current political, financial and international topics. Thus in 1927 they formed a secret society called The ROOM, which met monthly in a nondescript apartment at 34 East 62nd Street in New York City, complete with unlisted telephone and mail drop. The ROOM's founders kept the existence of their little gathering from everyone except a few select friends. New membership was restricted to men who shared all the attributes and ideas of the original organizers, including banker Winthrop W. Aldrich, reformist Judge Frederic Kernochan, philanthropist William Rhinelander Stewart, Assistant Secretary of War for Air F. Trubee Davison, Andrew Mellon's son-in-law and sometime diplomat David K. E. Bruce, national tennis champion Reginald Fincke, Dr. Eugene Hillhouse Pool of Columbia University Medical School, publisher Nelson Doubleday, archaeologist Clarence L. Hay and Kermit's close English friend, Captain H. Nugent Head of the Fourth Hussars, a frequent visitor to his wealthy wife's New York family.

At their monthly meetings, ROOM members gathered for dinner and conversation. When members returned from their continual series of world travels, they reported observations to The ROOM. …Occasionally a special guest such as polar explorer Commander Richard E. Byrd would be invited to discuss his experiences. The visit to The ROOM of British author and veteran intelligence officer Somerset Maugham evoked the most enthusiasm, because many members had themselves worked for Allied intelligence during the first world war. Cutting, Filley, Hay and probably Aldrich, Astor and Doubleday had intelligence backgrounds, and Stewart served in the United States Office of Naval Intelligence during the late war. Indeed, the entire atmosphere surrounding The ROOM resembled that of an intelligence office, albeit in an informal and somewhat romanticized manner. Actually, only Astor continued to collect data for the United States government during his many ocean cruises on his private yacht, and The ROOM existed as little more than a self-satisfying study group to exchange information with other members. Yet in 1932 a catalyst appeared to unify and set into action this group of powerful men. Franklin D. Roosevelt was running for president.74 Though never attached formally to The ROOM, FDR knew every member well through Groton, Harvard and New York society, business and political connections. In addition, during the campaign and first years of his presidency, Roosevelt became an intimate comrade of four of The ROOM's most influential members -- Astor, Kermit Roosevelt, Stewart and Judge Kernochan. The 73

“Kernochan Medal for Rescue in 1886,” New York Times, 6/4/13,. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1913/06/04/100397583.html?pageNumber=11 K. Roosevelt memorandum to ROOM members, July 19, 1929, box III, Kermit Roosevelt Papers; Kermit to Bunny Head, Nov. 12, 1935, box 53, Kermit Roosevelt Papers.

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bond was forged aboard Astor's magnificent motor yacht, the Nourmahal, where the four adventurers, often accompanied by sportsman George St. George and several other cronies, spent long hours drinking, gambling, fishing, "frumping" and pursuing amorous adventure. Astor, Kernochan and Stewart were with Roosevelt in Miami in February 1932 when an assassin narrowly missed killing the president-elect. After this incident, FDR and his three companions returned to the Nourmahal for rest, the first of many such escapes from the burdens of office during the early years of his presidency. "This is the only place I can get away from people, telephones and uniforms," Roosevelt wrote a friend in 1934.75 The seafaring comrades grew very close. "Vincent is a dear and perfect host," Franklin assured his mother in February 1933. Kernochan, Astor and even the Republican Roosevelt, Kermit, were more effusive in their affection for the charming president. Moved by FDR's gift of a pair of engraved sleeve links, Astor expressed his love and gratitude to Franklin. "Someday, and some how, I am hoping that my chance may come to show how much I appreciate your thoughtfulness of me," Vincent wrote his favorite shipmate. As a token of his feelings, Astor sent Roosevelt a new Chris Crafts catalogue, urging him to select any yacht, which Astor would purchase for him. Kermit simply gave Franklin a copy of his very favorite spy story in the "Clubfoot Series." Kernochan was the most emotional, promising that he would do anything for Roosevelt. "Anything from the hardships of a trip on the Nourmahal to any information you may want and that I am in a position to give," the influential judge wrote FDR in March 1933.76 Undoubtedly Kernochan realized that information was the one thing Roosevelt always wanted and needed, and one of his favorite methods for gathering data was employment of confidential agents who reported to him personally and privately. The world of secret agents, intelligence and espionage had long thrilled FDR. As Assistant Secretary of the Navy during the world war, he had dabbled in naval espionage, personally recommending and selecting his friends for duty as reserve intelligence officers in the Office of Naval Intelligence. As president, Roosevelt revived this interest in intelligence, believing that in the increasingly hostile environment of world economic depression and rising dictatorships he must have secret sources of information beyond that provided by official government agencies. Thus, he encouraged diplomats such as William Bullitt in Europe and Fred Morris Dearing in Latin America to bypass regular State Department channels and report confidential data directly to him, while urging Washington journalist John Franklin Carter to provide inside information about Roosevelt's own bureaucracy, a service which led to Carter's eventual employment as head of a secret White House intelligence unit. Astor, Kernochan and the rest of The ROOM membership fit this pattern, and Roosevelt determined to tap this source of confidential financial, mercantile and international news and information.77 -- Jeffery Dorwart, “The Roosevelt-Astor Espionage Ring,” Quarterly Journal of New York State Hstorical Association Volume LXII, Number 3, July 1981, Cooperstown, New York 1981

L to R: “The President-elect and his fishing comrades,” as they prepare to depart Jacksonville, Fla., on Feb. 4, 1933, were (left to right) Dr. Leslie Heiter, George St. George, Justice Frederic Kernochan, FDR and Vincent Astor; The palatial yacht "Nourmahal," owned by New York financier and real estate magnate Vincent Astor, January 22, 1930 (AP Photo); and President FDR and his 75

Vincent Astor to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Sept. 26, 1934, Astor to Roosevelt, April 30, 1935, President's Secretary's File 116 (Vincent Astor), Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, hereafter cited as PSF 116, Roosevelt Library; FOR to Judge Kernochan, March 9, 1933, President's Personal File 71 (Frederic Kernochan), Roosevelt Library; Raymond Moley, The First New Deal (New York, 1966), p. 66; FDR Personal Letters, I: 394.

76 Roosevelt to Mrs. James Roosevelt, Feb. 6, 1933, FDR Personal Letters, I: 327-28; Astor to Roosevelt, 1934, PSF 116, Roosevelt Library; Kermit Roosevelt to FDR, Jan. 18, 1934, PPF 1224 (Kermit Roosevelt), Roosevelt Library; Kernochan to Roosevelt, March 1, 1933 and Dec. 24, 1933, PPF 71, Roosevelt Library.

77 For Roosevelt's early intelligence interest, see Jeffery M. Dorwart, The Office of Naval Intelligence: The Birth of America's First Intelligence Agency, 1865-1918 (Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1979), 104ff; for Carter, see PSF 122 (John Franklin Carter), Roosevelt Library; Orville A. Bullitt, ed., For the President, Personal and Secret; Correspondence between Franklin D. Roosevelt and William C. Bullitt (Boston, 1972); for Dearing, see Edgar B. Nixon, ed., Franklin D. Roosevelt and Foreign Affairs, 1933-1937 (3 vols.; Cambridge, 1969).

two grandhildren Curtis and Eleanor Dall, Vincent Astor and Judge Kernochan about to see the America Cup 1934. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

(one-week after FDR’s visit to TMR) L to R:,The President and Astor at center, in front of the yacht on a leisurely four-day sail back to Washington to top off his vaction at his Hyde Park, N.Y. estate. Others in the group are Kermit Roosevelt, Dr. Leslie Heisler, Chief Justice Kernochan, George St. George, Lyttle Hull and William R, Stewart. 8/31/33; and Kernochan with Astor to left (partial).

Yale and His Achievements FREDERIC KERNOCHAN, B.A. 1898.

Born August 12,1876, in Newport, R.I. Died January 9, 1937, in Tuxedo Park, N.Y. Father, Joseph Frederic Kernochan, '63. Mother, Mary Stuart (Whitney) Kernochan. Yale relatives include: Francis E. Kernochan, '61 (uncle); and Edward L. Kernochan, '91 (cousin).

St. Mark's School, Southboro, Mass. Second colloquy appointment Senior year; coxswain Class Crew Junior year; treasurer University Club Junior year and governor Senior year; member St. Mark's Club, Hé Boulé, Delta Kappa Epsilon, and Skull and Bones.

Enlisted June 20,1898, in Battery A, Pennsylvania Light Artillery, for Porto Rico campaign; honorably discharged November 19, 1898; attended New York Law School 1898-1901 (LL.B. 1901); admitted to New York bar 1901; assistant corporation counsel New York City January 1-April 30, 1903; assistant district attorney New York County 1903-05; practiced with firm of Rand, Moffatt & Webb, New York City, 1905-07; magistrate City of New York 1907-13; appointed to Court of Special Sessions 1913, and served as associate justice 1913-16 and chief justice 1916-37; instrumental in working out an important change in Court of Special Sessions, when the Legislature conferred upon it the appellate jurisdiction formerly vested in the Court of General Sessions and the County Courts of New York City; an In- dependent Democrat and active opponent of the Tammany organization; fusion candidate for judge Court of General Sessions 1933; executive chairman New York Urban League 1933-37; chairman mayor's committee on protection of shipping and waterfront during World War; an incorporator Girls Service League of America 1909, a director since 1909, president 1923-29, and vice-president since 1929; awarded silver medal by Congress in President Cleveland's administration and gold medal by Society of the American Cross of Honor 1913 in recognition of bravery in saving a woman from drowning in 1886; director World Narcotic Defense Association, The Florence Crittenden League, and Green-Wood Cemetery; member board of Church Mission of Help 1918-32, and honorary adviser 1932; member executive board National Council of Boy Scouts of America (awarded Silver Buffalo) and Boy Scout Foundation of Greater New York; member New York Lawyers Association, New York State Bar Association, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Tuxedo Park.

Married January 26,1910, in New York City, Elizabeth Lawrence, daughter of Louis Meredith and Virginia Lee (Lawrence) Howland. Children: Mary, the wife of Crawford Blagden (B.A. Harvard 1902), and Virginia.

Death due to pleural pneumonia. Buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. Survived by wife, daughters, a grandson, two sisters, Miss Everetta Kernochan and Mrs. Courtlandt Smith, and a brother, Whitney Kernochan, ’07. – Bulletin of Yale University, New Haven, I December 1937, Yale Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University, Deceased during the Year 1936—1937, pp.82-83, accessed 6/3/20 http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1936-37.pdf

Skull and Bones is an under graduate senior secret student society at Yale University a cultural institution known for its powerful alumni and various conspiracy theories. Among prominent alumni are former president and Chief Justice William Howard Taft (a founder's son); former presidents and father and son George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush; Chauncey Depew, president of the New York Central Railroad System, and a United States Senator from New York; Juan Terry Trippe, Founder & CEO, Pan American World Airways (Pan Am); Joseph Gibson Hoyt, the first chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis; Supreme Court Justices Morrison R. Waite and Potter Stewart; James Jesus Angleton, "mother of the Central Intelligence Agency"; Henry Stimson, U.S. Secretary of War (1940–1945); Robert A. Lovett, U.S. Secretary of Defense (1951–1953); William B. Washburn, Governor of Massachusetts; and Henry Luce, founder and publisher of Time, Life, Fortune, and Sports Illustrated magazines.

Kernochan’s Military Record FREDERIC KERNOCHAN Enlisted, May 25, 1899, in Troop 1, Squadron A, New York City. He saw field service with Squadron A during the Croton Dam Strike, August 1900. Discharged from Squadron A, May 27, 1904.

His brother Whitney and cousins Walton O. Kernochan and Stephen Suydam Whitney also served in Squadron A. Commissioned, 1st Lieutenant, August 23, 1904, assigned to the 12th NY Infantry Regiment, New York City, as Battalion Quartermaster. Served in the 12th NY Regiment till December 1908.

Yale University, class 1898; New York Law School, 1901— “Federic Kernochan,” Find a Grave

His Contributions to Scouting IN MEMORIAM Justice Frederic Kernochn.n, for many years actively connected with Scouting and presiding justice of the Court of Special Sessions in New York City, passed away on January 9, 1937. Scouting was a major interest in Judge Kernochan's life. He was prominently identified with the Boy Scout Foundation of Greater New York since its organization. In 1926 he became a member of the national court of honor and in 1929 a member of the national executive board. He was chairman of the activities committee made a member of other national committees. The following resolution was passed by the executive board: In the passing of Justice Frederic Kemochan, the Scout movement has lost a faithful and devoted Scouter.

Charter member of the Boy Scout Foundation of Greater New York, militant in the promotion of the Ten Mile River Scout Camp, be was a crusader for the youth of the great metropolitan city.

He was particularly interested in the less-chance boys of the city and made their needs his passionate aim.

Through his many interests and wide social contacts he won for Scouting in Greater New York many generous and influential supporters.

As a member of the executive board of the National Council he performed numerous important tasks with skill and devotion. As chairman of the national committee on scouting activities he was a largo factor in planning for the first National Jamboree of Scouts in America.

Modest and retiring in nature, he nevertheless was indomitable in his activity, and gave to every task assigned him the most thorough attention and consideration. He was a true patriot, and as a public citizen was fearless and untiring in his zeal for members justice and lofty idealism.

The members of the Executive board of the Boy Scouts of America record their deep

sorrow over the passing of a wise counselor and close friend for many years and express to his bereaved family their deepest sympathy.

Boy Scouts from the Tuxedo and Central Valley councils partic-ipated in the funeral services. At the close of the services they acted as color bearers and as guard of honor as the coffin was taken from the church. The National Council was represented by Mr. Victor F. Ridder and Mr. John M. Schiff, members of the executive board; Dr. James E. West and members of the home office staff.

There was likewise a. large delegation representing the Boy Scout Foundation of Greater New York and the five local councils of the city of New York. – Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America 1937

Frederic Kernochan was awarded BSA’s Silver Buffalo Award for Distinguished Service to Boyhood in 1934 cited for being a Jurist; Pioneer Scouter; Urban League Executive78

In Memoriam (from Kernochan’s memorial Service 1937?) L to R: Cover, proposed bronze plaque with notations by designer A. G. Jeffery, dedication, and proposed Kernochan Memorial dining and activities hall designed by Grosvenor S. Wright – Architect, and Noel & Miller consultants

1937 At some point a bust it made of a Boy Scout to sit atop the Tower of Friendship. Jack Kohler often said it was a bust of his brother who also attended Camp Man. Jack went on to say that Norman Rockwell carved it when he visited TMR.79 There is no known sculpture by Norman Rockwell. There is no evidence of Rockwell visiting TMR. Jack told great stories. But every good tale has a corneal of truth, the bust does bear a striking resemblance to the profile depicted on the cover of the BSA Handbook at that time. That cover was indeed by Norman Rockwell.

Boy Scout Handbook 3rd Edition, 1927-1940. This edition was titled “Revised Handbook for Boys”. Norman Rockwell produced the artwork for the cover. This was the first real rewrite of the handbook. It introduced the proper wear of the neckerchief. This is the only edition to encourage the Scouts to perform military drills. https://historyofscouting.com/handbooks/boyscout_handbooks.htm

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“List of Silver Buffalo recipients ,” Scouting Magazine accessed 6/3/20 https://scoutingmagazine.org/silverbuffalo/

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Denis Sackett, email to Johannes Knoops 5/30/20

1937 The Tower of Friendship is completed. The bronze stag is incorporated into the Tower’s landscape facing Crystal Lake with Stag Hall in the background, all centered on each other.80

L to R: Stag, the Tower and Stag Hall; view from Crystal Lake Stag Hall in distance; and the Tower with Stag Hall

1937 Charles Frossel, President of Queens Council, solicits letters from all the Governors, and dignitaries who contributed a stone. These are all compiled into a leather-bound book for the Camp Man Library to which still exists in our TMR Museum Archives. Titled The Story of the Tower of Friendship and Letters of Commendation About the Tower. The letters date to 1937 and 1938.81

L to R: Cover, Presented by Suanhacky; East Elevation; Baden Powell letter; James E. West letter; and NY Gov. Herbert Lehman letter

1937

The landship Amochol II is dedicated on the shore of Crystal Lake, Camp Man.

1937

Stag Hall burns down in July while camp is in session.82

“The old guy they had there as a caretaker, he knew all about electricity. He put pennies behind fuses. I don't remember, I think it was an electrical fire at Stag Hall. I think it was a short that started that [fire], but that wasn't a pure accident. No question about it… always more outlets, as electricity became more, gadgets and electrical appliances, they had to put more outlets…,” Ken Crandall – TMR Property Superintendent, interview with Ed Winters, 8/75, TMR Museum Archives

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When is it exactly completed was it dedicated??

Charles Froessel, letter to Stephan Early, Secretary to the President, (FDR), 9/16/37, TMR Museum Archives

L to R: Accidental fire in the night, smoldering in the morning, and the aftermath

In the morning the Tower survives

1938 Suanhacky Lodge brothers complete the landscape around the Tower with substantial stone paths to create a triangle below the Tower, which splits into two stairs leading to the bronze stag followed by a grand staircase into Crystal Lake itself. A. G. Jeffery play a critical role in its landscaping.83

1938

By August 1938 a “Kernochan Cairn” is completed. Designed by Albion G. Jeffery, Engineer and Neighborhood Commissioner, this 5 and one-half foot stone monument with a bronze plaque commemorates the Judge’s many contributions. Scouts erected it under Jeffrey’s guidance. And announced to the press by Court Justice Charles Froessel, president of the Queens Council of the Boy Scouts of America.

Also at this time a 250-boy camp named in his honor is almost complete. Initially known as the Kernochan Memorial Division of Camp Man, it will later become the independent Camp Kernochan once the borough system is discontinued. Many of the buildings survive including its dining hall and handsome office. The facilities were in operation until recently and ripe for a revival.

83 “you had such a large part in the actual erection of this Tower and the landscaping of the area around it,” Joseph Brinton, Borough Executive, letter to A. G. Jeffery, 10/9/39, TMR Museum Archives

1939 On July 8th the $30,000 Kernocahan Memorial carin and hall are dedicated in memory of the late Justice Kernochan’s 20 years of service in the Boy Scout movement. Camp Kernochan would be the largest division of Camp Man. Mrs. Kernochan and other members of the family were present at the exercises conducted by Justice Kernochan’s college classmates, neighbors, associates and a portion of the 2500 Scouts then in camp at the time.

Representative James W. Wadsworth, Kernochan’s college roommate was the key speaker. Rev. Dr. Herbert D. Gallaudet, also a Yale classmate, delivered the invocation.84 MONUMENT AT CAMP MAN COMMEMORATES ONE OF ITS FOUNDERS … constructed as a tribute of the scout organization to Justice Kernochan, who headed the million dollar campaign for the original purchase and development of the 12,000-acre reservation at Ten Mile River. …

Prior to his death in January 1937, Justice Kernochan had been for more than fifteen years an enthusiastic supporter of Scouting both in New York, City and as a member of the national board of the Boy Scouts of America. When Franklin D. Roorsevelt was active president of the Boy Scout Foundation of Greater New York, Justice Kernochan worked with him constantly toward the expansion of Scouting opportunities among the youth of the city. – Long Island Presss, 8/31/38

L to R: Drawing by A. G. Jeffrey, the bronze plaque, and an image published in the Long Island Press

L to R: The July 8, 1939 Dedication of the memorial with Jay Stewart Baker President of the Boy Scout Foundation of Greater New York speaking; and the Kernochan Memorial Dining Hall today

1939

By September, a 19-page booklet The Tower of Friendship is printed and made available. It describes the project and each stone.85 REMINDING YOU… Tower of Friendship at Camp Man. An illustrated pamphlet has been prepared giving a complete story of each of the interesting stones contributed by all of the States and many of the Nations and prominent individuals. This pamphlet may be secured at Scout Headquarters in quantity at a price of 8 cents each. – The Queens Scouter, Vol. 3, No.10, p3., 11/6/39 On behalf of the Queens Council and the Queens Boy Scout Camp, I wish to express to you our sincere appreciation for your cooperation, and to present to you herewith, with our complimentary a copy of this pamphlet. You will find the story of your particular stone on page 3 thereof. I assure you, it would be a pleasure for us to again welcome you on a visit to our Camp and the Tower. – Joseph Brinton, Borough Executive, letter to Dan Beard, 9/26/39

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“Kernochan Camp Dedication is Held,” Brooklyn Eagle 7/9/39.

The Queens Scouter, Vol. 3, No.10, p3, 11/6/39

The Tower of Friendship, 19-page booklet by Camp Man, Ten Mile River Scout Camp, Boy Scout Foundation of Greater New York, select pages and cover

Tower image is prior to the 1938 stone landscaping

1940s The bronze stag disappears. Jack Kohler often claimed the stag was donated as scrap during the war effort. Exact date and details are undocumented. Other accounts have it as the early 1950s with no details.86 1946 On July 17th he Mayor of New York, the Honorable William O’Dwyer, tours Ten Mile River Scout Camps. He starts with lunch at Camp Brooklyn where he rededicated the “Brooklyn” Parade Grounds, then to Aquehonga where a Scout awarded him with the TMR Scout patch, and then to Ranachqua where a water carnival was staged in his honor and presented with a an Indian head plaque. While visiting Camp Man, the Mayor is inducted as a member of Suanhacky Lodge. Then ending at Camp Manhattan where he accepts a miniature totem pole.87 O’DWYER VISITS BOY SCOUT CAMP FOR CITY’S LADS AT TEN MILE RIVER For nearly five hours, the Mayor and a party that included Leo (Lippy) Durocher, manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, confined him self to nothing more serious than swapping Scout lore with hundreds of Scouts from New York City… … At one point, obviously moved by gifts from the Scouts, he told one group: You are too young to understand how very happy I am to be here, away from the city for awhile, with nothing to worry about except being in the fresh air. I want you to go back to the city healthier and happier than when you left. … The most impressive ceremony of the afternoon was staged at the Queens camp, where the Mayor after donning an Indian headdress once worn by President Roosevelt88, was inducted into the Order of the Arrow by other scouts in Indian costume. As tom-toms beat and other scouts surrounded him, the password of the society was whispered into each ear. He was inducted by the Rev. John W. Davis of St. Joseph's Episcopal Church, Queens Village.

While the Mayor solemnly took the pledge of the society, his associate, Leo Durocher, sneaked off to the lake for some fishing, caught two and gayly turned them over to admiring Scouts. They immediately plied him with questions about the troubles of his ball team. – New York Times, 7/18/46

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Tower of Friendship Booklet 2, post 1995, TMR Museum Archives “O'Dwyer Visits Boy Scout Camp For City's Lads at Ten Mile River,” New York Times, 7/18/46 Johannes Knoops, Upon close inspection of the FDR images this feather bonnet bears no resemblance

Visit to Camp Man

Visit to Camp Aquehonga, again at Aquehonga and at an unidentified camp

1940s

Suanhacky Lodge fundraises to build a “Lodge House” on the site of old Stag Hall.

A DREAM TO BE FULFILLED The need for a Lodge House has become more and more evident. While Stag Hall stood, the Lodge had in it a place where records and regalia could be kept, as well as provisions for our Lodge meetings during the camping season. After the building was destroyed, we were forced to use a room near the camp canteen, this being most unsuitable for our ever expanding needs.

Following the examples of many other lodges who have constructed their own lodge houses, our lodge started a fund which, by the time of the outbreak of the war, contained more than three hundred and fifty dollars. When World War II commenced, we postponed collections for the fund so that any money obtained might be used by the Servicemen's Committee for the brothers of the lodge who were fighting our country's battles all over the world. …Under the leadership of Michael Gluck, the Lodge House Committee, working with the other committees of the lodge, developed a program that would definitely lay the foundations of the Lodge House. The eight districts, comprising the Arrow membership of Queens Council, were given quotas of funds to raise through the medium of dances and other activities. Not only has this idea added additional funds to th~ Lodge House Fund, but it has also helped to activate district activities on the whole. Pins, designed and constructed by Michael Gluck, and Donald Jacobs, were sold to the brothers, and in addition, this yearbook was undertaken so as to enable the Lodge House Committee to carry further its money raising program. Most of the profits to be made on our forthcoming activities will be turned over to the Lodge House Fund. …In the not too distant future, the lodqe will find itself the proud possessor of its own Order of the Arrow cabin, where our activities will acquire a greater degree of perfection and where the purposes and ideals of our Order might be realized to a greater extent. – The Suanhacky Totem, 6/46

CARRY ON The war has been fought and won. Many of our brothers are returning to the ways of peace, and we welcome them back into our circle of brotherhood with all our hearts.

But it is with a deep sense of regret that I write this now, for there are several who will never return to our fraternal order. They shall never again know the joy of camping, nor experience the quiet, secure solitude of a night spent under the stars with the glowing campfire as a guarding companion.

We will never forget these brothers for in their lives they loved the Order of the Arrow more than we can ever hope to. They knew how one could miss the comradeship of an old friend when he is far away. We must dedicate ourselves to the spirit our departed brothers have left us in order to make the Suanhacky Lodge of the Order of the Arrow something to be proud of. To content ourselves with any lesser achievements as we have been doing in the past is to break faith with our

departed brothers We must do our utmost to carryon successfully! –Larry Piovanno - Nischeneyit Sakima ,The Suanhacky Totem, 6/46 “Though nominated for Vigil Honor during WWII a group of veterans were not conferred until July 1949. We felt obligated to become active in our Lodge again.

The members and leadership of Suanhacky saw the need for a Lodge House at Camp Man and the assignment was given to me.

Clearance was required from Greater New York Councils. At a meeting of our Lodge House Committee with Al Nichols, GNYC’s Director of Support Services (believe that was his title) approved our project & assigned an architect who drafted a plan.

At a Suanhacky Lodge Meeting in the Jamaica “Y” Gym the plan was enthusiastically accepted by the members. Jack Kohler and I threatened and sang old Camp Man songs, “The Billboard” & “Swimmin’” etc. until all present emptied their pockets of change which they threw at us. A little folding money floated in to stop the abuse of Suanhacky members. That was the start of or Lodge House Fund.

A copy of the blueprint was forwarded years late to Russ Maerz, a Chapter Advisor at the time.

Our goal was $1200, the projected cost of our Lodge House built later for considerably more.”

– “Joe” Josephonis, Lodge House Chairman circa 1950, TMR Museum Archives

1950 As a part of their Ordeal in July, candidates start to clear brush for the construction of the Lodge House.89 1953 That summer the Lodge’s dream came true when work was completed on the Suanhacky Lodge House on Stag Hill for the sole use of Suanhacky Lodge. The construction is lead in part by Walter Engel, Lodge Chief.90

L to R: in 1963 and in 2019

1953 Borough Council led camps are discontinued as Greater New York Councils takes over the operation of the entire reservation to unify resources. In 1953 Camp Man is broken down into two

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Donal McCarthy, email to Denis Sacket 5/30/20 Johannes Knoops, The Suanhacky Lodge 50th Anniversary Totem, pub. Queens Council – GNYC, New York 1979

independent camps, Camp Kernochan and Camp Lakeside. Camp Lakeside operated from 1954-1968, and then merged into Camp Kernochan in 1969.91 1958 Long time Camp Man staff member and Suanhacky Brother becomes the first Area Advisor to the newly formed Area 2J, which was comprised of just the 5-Lodges of New York City. Previously the 5Lodges were part of Area 2A. It first ran an “experimental” Area 2J Conference in 1957 at TMR, neckerchief below. Area 2J remained just the 5-Lodges till 1964 at which point other lodges were incorporated but remained Area 2J till 1972, before becoming Section NE-3A.92 93

L to R: Jack Kohler from the 1960 Totem pictured standing in front of the Camp Man Chapel; and Area 2J neckerchief

1960s The Tower of Friendship is depicted on a patch for the first time, albeit partially. This Suanhacky Lodge flap is known as F5 to patch collectors. The stag is very similar to the stag depicted on F2, F3 and F4.

1972 On the occasion of Ten Mile River’s 45th Anniversary, Camp Kernochan celebrated Founders Day on August 3, with John J. Romanovich, Jr. as Camp Director. As the guest of honor, the Honorable Justice Charles W. Froessel spoke of the camp’s history and his close friend Judge Frederic Kernochan.

The festivities started with a sailing regatta in the morning, then a BBQ lunch followed by a tour of historic Camp Man including The Gilwell Oaks, the Friendship Tower and Crystal Division HQ. There was a formal retreat of the colors at 5:00 and dinner in the Troop sites, topped off with a campfire in the old Lakeside Amphitheater led by Ronnie Kanterman.94 Designed by Ronnie Kanterman this commemorative patch is the first to clearly depict the Tower of Friendship with its bust.

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David Malatzky, The History of the Upper Delaware Region and the Ten Mile River Scout Camps, p.15, pub. TMR Museum, New York 2018 Colin Pinnavaia, The History of Kintecoying Lodge 4, p.27, pub. ISSUU 2015, https://issuu.com/cpinnavaia/docs/2015_07_26_kintecoying_history_book 93 “Region 2,” OA Section List, accessed 6/5/20 http://www.oasections.com/Region2.html#2-Bhist 94 Lakeside – Kernocahn, 1936-1972 Founders Day Program, TMR Museum Archives 95 Courtesy of Frank Rickenbaugh 92

(1892—1982) He was Counsel to the Sheriff of Queens County from 1916 to 1920. He was Assistant District Attorney of Queens County from 1924 to 1930. He was Special Assistant to the U.S. Attorney General in charge of slum clearance projects in New York City from 1935 to 1937.

Then Gov. Herbert H. Lehman appointed him a justice of the City Court in Queens. That same year, 1937, he was elected a justice of the New York Supreme Court (2nd District), running on both the Democratic and Fusion tickets.

During World War I he served in the U.S. Navy with the rank of lieutenant.

An active Freemason, Froessel served as Grand Master of Masons in the State of New York for two terms, 1944 and 1945. He was also president of the Queens Boy Scout Council, having joined the scouting movement in 1916, six years after it was founded in the United States.

In 1949, he ran on the Democratic and Liberal tickets to the New York Court of Appeals, the state's highest court, and was elected. In 1951 he wrote a concurring opinion on school prayer, arguing that non-sectarian school prayer was constitutional, whereas daily school prayer was unconstitutional. In his final year on the bench, he voted with the majority in the court's decision to clear the way for construction of the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

He retired from the bench at the end of 1962 when he reached the constitutional age limit of 70 years In retirement, Froessel served on the board of trustees and as a dean at New York Law School.

– Edward A. Gargan, New York Times 5/3/82

L to R: Justice Froessel in 1937; Eagle Scout Edward Holden of Queens swear in Froessel to the NY Supreme Court in 1937; at the 1939 World’s Fair (second from right) as President of Queens Council at the dedication of the 2-acre Boy Scout encampment; and New York State Court of Appeals, 1950-1962

1934

Member of the Region 2 Executive Committee96

with the Boy Scouts of America, where he was a member of the National Executive Board, having first served in local, state and regional Councils since the early days of Scouting in the United States. In 1955, the BSA awarded him the Silver Buffalo Award for distinguished service to youth.97 1944 Froessel is awarded the Silver Antelop98 he Silver Antelope Award is used to recognize registered adult Scouters of exceptional character who have provided distinguished service at a Regional level. Unlike the Silver Buffalo Award, recipients must be registered as adult members of the Boy Scouts of America.99

96 Twenty-Fifth Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America to Congress 1934 accessed 6/10/20 https://books.google.com/books?id=t7NGAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA118&lpg=PA118&dq=Charles+W.+Froessel+silver+buffalo&source=bl&ots=1ZmFpl1oh s&sig=ACfU3U2OR9f9xAMnbNPwPm37bDh5MeGHSw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwihtcelzPfpAhV9RjABHSGHB8sQ6AEwD3oECAoQAQ#v=sn ippet&q=Charles%20W.%20Froessel&f=false 97 “Charles William Froessel,” Historical Society of the New York Courts accessed 6/10/20 https://history.nycourts.gov/biography/charles-williamfroessel/ 98 “Silver Antelope Awards 2015” BSA accessed 6/10/20 https://filestore.scouting.org/filestore/NationalMeeting/2015/resources/2015_NER_Silver_Antelope_Awd_Pg.pdf 99 “List of Recipients of the Silver Antelope Awards,” Wikipedia accessed 6/10/20 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_recipients_of_the_Silver_Antelope_Award

1955 At the 45th meeting of the National Council at St. Louis, Montana May 20-21 was the speaker at the closing luncheon. And was Chairman of the Region 2’s Executive Committee and on the International Relations Committee. National Committee on Field Operations.

National Committee on Relations100 In 1955 Charles W. Froessel was honored with the Silver Buffalo and cited for being, “Jurist;

churchman; civic leader; Scouter”101

1955 Charles W. Froessel was awarded the Silver Buffalo on May 21, 1955 in St. Louis Moussuri.

The Boy Scout movement in the United States has assumed new impor­tance in the struggle against juvenile delinquency. Charles W. Froessel, Associate Judge of the Ne\v York State Court of Ap­peals, declared today.

Judge Froessel spoke at the closing session of the forty-fifth annual meeting of the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America. More than 1.700 adult Scout leaders from all parts of the nation have been attending the two-day affair.

Last year more than 1.000.000 young men came in contact with Law enforcement officials, Judge Froessel said. In the five-year period between 1949 and 1953 there was a 45 per cent increase in the rate of juvenile delin­quency compared with a popula­tion increase in the juvenile age group of only 10 percent he added. ''It is disheartening, to put it mildly, for those of us in the major courts to sit in judgment in case after case of teen-agers involved in serious criminal ac­cusations,'' he declared. •• And when we learn that one child out of eight is not living with both parents we begin to recognize the imperative need of scouting in larger n1easures in all these quarters."

“But Scouting has always been been eager to find and ready to apply the best methods of getting in to boys' lives, whatever their background, and I am confident we will do so here," Judge Froessel asserted.

For thirty-nine years he has been active in Boy Scout work . From 1930 to 1949 he served as president of the Borough of Queens Boy Scout Council. He is a member of the National Executive Board. …

Judge Froessel said adult Scout I leaders headed one of the “greatest organizations in all the history of all mankind” At a colorful National Court of Honor this afternoon Judge Froessel and nine other adult Scout leaders received the Award of the Silver Buffalo the highest service honor given by the Boy Scout Organization.102 1960 Chair of Region 2’s Executive Committee, Chair of Committee on Protestant Service, vice Chair of Relations Division Committee and on Committee on Civic Relations.103

100 Forty-Sixth Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America to Congress 1955 accessed 6/1020 https://books.google.com/books?id=YnQuAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA8&lpg=PA8&dq=Charles+W.+Froessel+silver+buffalo&source=bl&ots=inhZ2KwNc&sig=ACfU3U23gv0_I0PXgP6vg9mMVfd9VZwO1Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwihtcelzPfpAhV9RjABHSGHB8sQ6AEwDnoECAgQAQ#v=snip pet&q=Charles%20W.%20Froessel&f=false 101 “List of Recipients of the Silver Buffalo Award,” Wikipedia accessed 6/10/20 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_recipients_of_the_Silver_Buffalo_Award 102 “Scouting Hailed by Appeals Judge,” New York Times 5/22/55 accessed 9/10/20 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1955/05/22/223962282.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0 103 BSA Annual Report to Congress 1960 accessed 6/10/20 https://books.google.com/books?id=C9EjAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA18-IA273&lpg=PA18IA273&dq=Charles+W.+Froessel+boy+scouts&source=bl&ots=QIx3JbRf-B&sig=ACfU3U0nb6K37B5Da3VIXJsGi5lI9Tp3Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj1mLbZ4_fpAhXdTDABHcdhB8gQ6AEwBnoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=Charles%2 0W.%20Froessel%20boy%20scouts&f=false

1967 Advisory Committee for Region 2 and the International Public Relations Committee under John M. Schiff, Region 2’s Regional Executive Committee.104 1950 Committee on Relations. Chairman of Region 2’s Executive Committee.105 1972 BSA International Committee106 Among the many other organizations to which Charles W. Froessel devoted his time, energy, intellect and fellowship are the Queensborough (VP 1934-37) and Ridgewood (Dir. 1932-54) Chambers of Commerce, Queens Federation of Churches (Director), Ridgewood Presbyterian Church (Hon. Pres. Bd. of Trustees, Elder), the Big Brother Movement (Advisory Board), and the N.Y. World’s Fair Corp. (Exec. Comm. 1964-65).107 1970s Over the years Suanhacky Lodge saw themselves as the Keepers of the Flame, the Eternal Flame of the Tower of Friendship. And since the days of Camp Man until the Honors Weekend 2012 they held their Vigil Ceremony at the Tower. In the early 1970s Suanhacky issued this handsome 6” jacket patch.

Due to the nature of looms before the digital age three variations arose in the color order of 3 stones. Can you pick them out?

The three larger blue, green and grey stones in the lower half of the patch vary in order

1977 Suanhacky Lodge salutes its birthplace, Ten Mile River, on the occasion of its Fiftieth anniversary with a 4.5” pocket patch designed by Bruce DeSandre.

1977 Camp Kernochan is identified with the Tower of Friendship on their pocket patches in the 1970s and 1980s.

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1967 BSA Annual Report to Congress accessed 6/10/20 https://books.google.com/books?id=zlsAKmEL53AC&pg=RA4-PA78&lpg=RA4PA78&dq=Charles+W.+Froessel+silver+buffalo&source=bl&ots=QJBe44Rm74&sig=ACfU3U0aRtr9BzKBr25LpdjIUmEUEvgIHA&hl=en&sa=X&ve d=2ahUKEwihtcelzPfpAhV9RjABHSGHB8sQ6AEwDHoECAkQAQ#v=snippet&q=Charles%20W.%20Froessel%20&f=false 105 Forty-First Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America to Congress 1950 accessed 6/10/20 https://books.google.com/books?id=MgELmRF8lCsC&pg=RA10-PA225&lpg=RA10PA225&dq=Charles+W.+Froessel+boy+scouts&source=bl&ots=XWDn0aJryf&sig=ACfU3U271Soqk7MQEVFFCJqNmZT_K91bgA&hl=en&sa=X&v ed=2ahUKEwj1mLbZ4_fpAhXdTDABHcdhB8gQ6AEwA3oECAgQAQ#v=snippet&q=Charles%20W.%20Froessel%20&f=false 106 BSA Annual Report to Congress 1972 p.93 accessed 6/10/20 https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED095338.pdf 107 “Charles William Froessel,” Historical Society of the New York Courts accessed 6/10/20 https://history.nycourts.gov/biography/charles-williamfroessel/

L to R: Approximate years 1977, 1978, 1981, and 1982

L to R: Approximate years 1983, 1984, 1992, and 1993

1979 At this banquet an anniversary flap designed by Johannes Knoops is available for the first time. It depicts Stag Hill, the Tower of Friendship and the Suanhacky Stag in a similar pose as the original bronze statue. There are two variations in the green trees to the other side of Crystal Lake.

1980 The masthead of the Lodge’s newsletter, the Suanhacky Stag, is revised to include the Tower of Friendship and then refined one year later.108

1981?

That summer the Tower’s bust is vandalized. Broken at its neck. It’s said, that Scouts staying in Camp Kernochan were responsible for destroying the bust and throwing the head into Crystal Lake.

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Original pen and ink drawing by Johannes Knoops

1980s Suanhacky issues these two 3” printed rounds intended to be worn on a baseball cap which was popular at the time. It depicts the same Stag and Tower of Friendship as the masthead to their newsletter.

1986 On the occasion of the Tower of Friendship’s Fiftieth anniversary Suanhacky Lodge issues a jacket patch depicting the Tower with it’s Eternal Flame and bust, even though at this point the bust is broken at its neck and the head is missing.

1986 That summer the bust was replaced with a new portrait to represent a typical Scout. The Scout chosen was Patrick McGovern from Troop 28 Richmond Hill, Queens, because it was said that Patrick resembled Vincent Kohler at the time the original bust was made. A grave memorial sculptor carved the new bust in granite.

In placing the new bust it was determined to remove the upper bust deck and columns and secure the bust directly to the Tower’s base “due to the weight of the granite.” Unfortunately eliminating the space once occupied by the Eternal Flame.109

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Tower of Friendship Booklet 2, post 1995, TMR Museum Archives Courtesy of the Kohler-Suanhacky Campership Association website, https://kohler-suanhacky.com/portfolio/, accessed 5/29/20

1986 On May 25th Suanhacky re-dedicates the Tower. 111 112 The event was commemorated with an engraved bronze plaque positioned where the Mississippi State stone had once been. Over the years 2 pieces were stolen, the Mississippi fossil and the Pompeii lava piece while the Charles Frossel, Queens Council President’s stone broken in an attempt to access the time capsule within.

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1987 GNYC celebrates Ten Mile River’s 60th Anniversary on July 25, 1987. All attendees were asked to park at Keowa where shuttle buses were available to all the camps, Indian Cliffs and the Tower of Friendship.114 2000 In Suanhacky tradition they issue an anniversary “keyhole” patch as they had for the 40th, 50th and 60th. This particular year they chose to depict Allowat Sakima and included the Tower of Friendship off in the background, albeit crudely.

2005 Despite how the Tower no longer has its Eternal Flame, Suanhacky Lodge issues a flap/cheveron set depicting the Tower still with its Eternal Flame, suggesting a certain preference. Ira Nagel designed this diamond anniversary commemorative set.

A yellow border chevron style patch for its members who are attending the 2005 National Jamboree even though the patch contains no mention of the event. The design is identical to the X26 issued for their 75th Anniversary with the exception of a border color change from black to yellow.115 Also for the seventy-fifth anniversary Suanhacky reissued all it’s anniversary keyhole patches with a diamond including the seventieth keyhole with the crude Tower in the background.

They also issued a commemorative “teardrop,” a shape not uncommon in Suanhacky patches. This one for the first time clearly depicted the Tower without the Eternal Flame. It was issued at the 2005 Honors weekend to each attendee.

In total, Suanhacky issued thirteen patches in one year! A bit much if you ask this collector.

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“Highlights of the Lodge History,” The Stag, Vol. 57 No. 1A, p.2, Colin Pinnavaia, The History of Kintecoying Lodge 4, p.29, pub. ISSUU 2015, https://issuu.com/cpinnavaia/docs/2015_07_26_kintecoying_history_book 113 Courtesy of the Kohler-Suanhacky Campership Association website, https://kohler-suanhacky.com/portfolio/ , accessed 5/29/20 114 Sanford Abelson, 60th Anniversary Chairman, letter to Author Gill, 7/3/87, TMR Museum Archives 115 “Suanhacky Lodge #49 75th Anniversary/Jambo X27,” New York OA Trader, posted 6/8/05, Bill Mulrenin, accessed 6/5/20 http://nyoatrader.blogspot.com/2005/06/ 115 “Suanhacky Lodge #49 75th Anniversary 112

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2011 Suanhacky issues the yellow boarder limited edition of 75 cheveron X45, at this point the Lodge has issued over 75 patches. Later that year a green border version was issued at the honors weekend with a larger run.118 In both these patches the Tower of Friendship is depicted without the Eternal Flame.

2013 The 5 Lodges of New York, Ranachqua Lodge 4, Shu-Shu-Gah Lodge 24, Suanhacky Lodge 49, Man-a-hattin Lodge 82 and Aquehongian Lodge 112, unifiy into one lodge, Kintecoying Lodge 4 of Greater New York Councils. Suanhacky Lodge officially last met June 15th.

2020 The TMR Alumni Association intended to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Order of the Arrow in New York City based on Ranachqua Lodge’s 1920 charter date, but the Covid-19 pandemic forces the reunion to be canceled. To commemorate the anniversary, the Ten Mile River Alumni Association leads an effort to restore the Tower and its landscape, and return the Eternal Flame.

116 “Suanhacky Lodge #49 75th Anniversary/Jambo X27,” New York OA Trader, posted 6/8/05, Bill Mulrenin, accessed 6/5/20 http://nyoatrader.blogspot.com/2005/06/ 117 “Suanhacky Lodge #49 X28 75th Anniversary Teardrop,” New York OA Trader, posted 6/13/05 by Bill Mulrenin. http://www.nyoatrader.com/blog/2005/06/13/suanhacky-lodge-49-x28-75th-anniversary-teardrop/ 118 “Look Back – Suanhacky Lodge #49 OBV Chevron X45” New York OA Trader, posted 4/26/11, Bill Mulrenin, accessed 65/20 http://www.nyoatrader.com/blog/2016/05/05/look-back-suanhacky-lodge-49-obv-chevron-x45/

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