The Sidney herald., 1956-08-09
Scouts Spend
Week Attaining
Arrow Ranch

Boy Scout Troop No. 141, spon-
sored by Pella Lutheran Brother
hood, returned Sunday, Aug. S,
from a week spent at Flaming Ar
row Ranch, which is located sew
enteen miles northeast of Boze-
man in Bridger Canyon. This
ranch was purchased by the yell
lowstone Valley Council of the
Boy Scouts of America during the
past year and this was the first
year it has been used by Scouts
for camping. 1t is to be a perma-
nent Scout camp and used ex-
clusively for Boy Scout activities
in the years to come.
Scouts making the trip were:
Dale Aarstad, Donald Benson,
John Gierke, Philip Foss, Gary
Habedank, Bill Hall, Dick Haugen,
Philip Jarvis, Tom Jones, Darrell
Knote, Jerry Larson, John Levno,
John McVay, Scotty Martin, Greg
DRY Osborn, Duane Richardson,
Kurt Stolzenburg, Harold Sax and
Wayne York.
Hans Sorensen operated the bus
which transported the boys and
equipment to and from camp and
Otto Habedank, chairman of the
Scout committee, accompanied the
boys as acting Scoutmaster.
Harold Sax, Senior Patrol Lead
er, and Dick Haugen, Patrol Lead
err in Troop 141, yer honored by
their fellow Scouts by being elect
ed to and initiated into the Order
of the Arrow. This is an exclusive
camping organization, membership
to which can be secured only by
elected by fellow Scouts of
the troop to which one belongs.
The basis for the selection is that
the candidate must be a qualified
camper with over fifteen days of
camping experience in the year
Immediately preceding their cleo
ton, and must be a Scout with
whom other boys of the troop
most like to camp and be with
on a camping trip. Membership
is limited to two scouts per year
from each fourteen or more quail
fled applicants in a troop.
Flaming Arrow Camp operates
Tor six weeks each summer, and
.roops of the council can select
he particular week they desire
attend the camp. During the
week attended by Troop 141,
roops from Baker, Billings, Broad
is, Gardiner and Bozeman were
attendance.
Mr.. Habedank reported that the
.amping experience of Troop 141
vas one of the most successful
ummer scout camping experien-
es he had witnessed. He stated
hat all the boys making the trip
ad real scouting experience which
included Scout advancement work,
on nature trails, fishing,
rchery, rifle and moskeet shoot
ng. All boys were housed in
ents which they were required
D pitch and dismantle, and all
heals throughout the week were
repaired and served by the troop
n an individual troop basis. Each
coutmaster had complete charge
( his own troop throughout the
veek, including the planning and
lpervision of all troop camping
ctivities. In order to make this
ossible the Council furnished ex-
client cooperation to the Scout i,
laster in planning menus and Sc :
lring groceries, as well as fur
junior councillors to as J
st with camping activities. 1t {
as the opinion of all who at I
the camp that they would '
Ike to return for another year. {
by the enthusiasm of the !
oys making the trip in 1856, l
cout camp attendance should be
pulled in 1857. ]
Each scout attending camp paid !!
fee of $11.00 to cover his meals 1
Id accident insurance for a week |
transportation expenses were met l
donations from the boys I
Troop 141, Pella Lutheran t
rotherhood, the Sidney Kiwanis t
hub and the American Legion. I