Canal
Zone Scouting
circa 1945 - 1947
1. Cub
Scout Puppet Show. Cubs sitting in front, L to R-- ?, Donald Tribe (?), Wiliam
Clarke, Earl Boland, Lanny Gunn, David Otten (?), ?, ?. Donald Boland standing the
back on Right (about 1945)
2. Cub
Scout Pack awards dinner upstairs in Diablo Clubhouse (about 1945)
3. Cub
Scout Pack ballgame at picnic at Summit Gardens (about 1946)
4. Contestants
in Cub Scout Kit flying contest behind old Diablo Elementary School (about 1946). L
to R-- girl, Earl Boland, William Clarke, ?, Chuck Walsh (?), ?, David Otten, ?,?, Don
Boland behind last Cub. Harold Fullman behind Chuck Walsh. I believe the tall
male leader on the left was Mr. Edgerton. Cub Pack 4, Dens 1 & 2 (2/46)
5. Winners
-- Wiliam Clarke - best made kite, Earl Boland - oddest kite that flies, and Chuck Walsh -
highest flying kite (2/46)
6. Three
legged race at Cub Scout Pack picnic at Summit Gardens (about 1946)
7. Cub
Scout Earl Boland and Boy Scout Don Boland (1945)
8. In
uniform, front row Cub Scouts William, Lanny Gunn, David Otten; second row - Earl Boland,
Donald Tribe, ?, Den Chief Don Boland, ? (about 1945-46)
9. Boy
Scout Troop 4 of Corozal. Front L to R -- _Sandifer, ?, ?, Bill Nickisher, ?, ?,
?. Second row -- ?, Howard Hanners, Max Kurrillo, Don Boland, Ron Stone (?), Al
Neckar, Frankie Nolan, John Remington. Back row -- Harold Fullman (?), Jim Lovejoy,
Palmer Smith, Bill Kern, Dito Smith, Mr. Edgerton, Wally Olhoeft, Don Crenshaw (?), ?, ?,
?. I remember many of the other faces, but can't match a name (about 1946).
10. Armed
Forces Day. L to R -- Don Boland, Bill Kern, Bill Knight, Ron Stone, Max Kurillo
(about 1945)
11. Scout
Camp in the Forest Preserve
12. The
same camp L to R -- ?, Ron Stone (?), Al Neckar, Don Boland, John Remington (?), and Mr.
Edgerton (?).
13. Camporee
at Ft. Kobbe about 1947. Master firebuilder Marvin Smith, 3rd from R Earl Boland,
Marvin's brothers Gilbert and Charles
14. Same
Camporee, Fire builder Don Boland in foreground.
15. Sea
Scouts, Don Croco front center, L to R -- leaders Mr. Chapin (?), Skipper Lewis Hines, Sea
Scounts standing except top 3 -- ?, ?, Leroy Lundy, ?, Don Boland, Dito Smith, Boo
Wallace, Jim Dodd, Joe Crawford, ?. Top 3 -- ?, Richard Croco, Bryan Sealy (?)
16. At
Sea Scout Ship #8 sitting in front, L to R -- Marvin Banton (?), Bill Kern, ?, Doug
Suddaby (?), Don Croco, Joe Crawford, ?, ?, ?. Standing front row, half of Wendell
Spreadbury, Jim Dodd, _ Wallace, Jim Neabrey, ?, ?, Don Boland, Don Crenshaw (?), Boo
Wallace, ?. Can't recognize any in back.
17. Sea
Scout Ship #8, SSS Barracuda, showing its dock and some of the smaller boats (Diablo
Spinning Club).
18. Looking
over floating dock and some of our smaller boats.
19. A
group of Mariners. Front L to R -- Ann "Rusty" (?), Naomi Witkin, Real:
Richard "Boo" Walace, Marilyn Sealy, Budd Chapin, Marjorie Kelly, Leroy Lundy,
Roberta Holander, Marvin Wheeler, Bea Reyes (about 1947).
20. L
to R -- Marilyn Sealy, Ann "Rusty" (?), Marjorie Kelly, Roberta Hollander, Naomi
Witkin, Bea Reyes, Mrs. Wood
21. Pedro
Miguel. Center Front - Carolyn Corn
Photos Contributed by
Don Boland
CZBrats
June 27, 2001