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8-5-16

What's New

8-5-16 Added: scouts at Catalina 1910-11.
Posted: Council Camporals memorabilia 1933-40
7-29-16 Added: 5 new Merit Badge Trophy sashes;
Window Display ribbons from 1940's, 50's & 60's and 1955 Certificates
7-26-16 Posted: History of Council Pow Wow 1921-41 & List of Pow Wows 1921-41
7-25-16 Updated Tamet Lodge Chiefs from 1940's..
2-23-16 Posted new Wolverton history 1939-45 page with new photos & info.
Added new info of CBAC scouts at Wolverton in 1936
1-21-16 Posted:CAMP JOSEPHO
HISTORY 1940
1-3-16 Posted: CAMP JOSEPHO HISTORY BEFORE 1940
10-23-15 Added: 1935 Council stationary; explained 1940 Wolverton ribbons
9-30-15 Posted: About Camp Trefoil & patch;
Added: 1954 Tamet OA RSVP card; 1953 Area 12-A name tag; Pow wow Awards 1927-35 &
1936-45
9-24-15 Added 1920s Emerald Bay Songs
9-22-15 Posted: 1940s-50s Venice District S-O-R certificates;
Added: mid 1980's Emerald Bay Rugged E neckerchief;
Crescent Bay District Webelos & Cub Event patches & neckerchief
9-16-15 Posted: Crescent Bay Pow Wows About & List
9-15-15 Added: 1965 Polaris Two-Star Training Manual; Polaris Key patches info.
9-13-15 Posted CULVER PALMS
SCOUT-O-RAMA 1945;
Venice S-O-R Programs & Tickets; Added: Wolverton Ski Bowl Ticket
8-24-15 Posted: KFI & KECA
BANNERS
8-19-15 Updated:Council Events; Added:District Swim Meets;
8-18-15 Added:
Council Pow Wows 1921-1935;
OA Tamet Camping Certificates;
8-10-15 Added:
Sherman community strip;
OA Vigil medallions.
3-22-15 Recent acquisitions:
S-O-R Bumper Stickers;
1960 Jamboree contingent neckerchiefs;
2-25-15 Posted Emerald Bay history for first year 1925
2-17-15 Posted about TRIBE OF
PEQUAWKET
1-24-15 Posted Council event certificates from the 1930s-50's including Camp-O-Rals, & Council Camporees
1-22-15 Posted 1950 Explorer Moot at Josepho & Moot Photos;
Added 1932 Ribbons: Presidents Award, Mobilization;
1946 Camporal ribbon & button;
1927 Older Scouts Conf. button
12-31-14 Posted Camp Wolverton History 1939-1945;
Added 1927 High Sierra photos
12-20-14 Added Window Display Ribbons from the 1950's & 60's
12-18-14 Posted Camp Emerald Bay history before 1925
12-16-14 Posted Scout-O-Rama certificates 1954-70
12-14-14 Added:
1954 Window Display Certificate;
1940s Camp-O-Ral ribbons;
S-O-R: 1955 ribbon, 1954 sticker
1941 Council stationary
12-8-14 Posted untold story of High Sierra Camp 1920's-30's
11-15-14 Added: 1929 Pow Wow
11-07-14 Added: 1938 Camporee Certificate; 1980's Emerald Bay segments
10-25-14 Posted OA Area 12-E slides. Added community strip-Hollywood Hills
9-28-14 Added Tamet Arrow Slides
9-27-14 Added: Tamet Sandy's n/c slides; new Emerald Bay Patches & segent varieties
9-14-14 Posted CRESCENT BAY DISTRICT PATCHES
9-5-14 Added 1939-52 Sea Scout Rendezvous patches;
Posted Crescent Bay district activity patches from Great Western era
9-3-14 Added 1950's Wolverton sweat shirts; Cherokee Chapter slide;
8-30-14 Added: Adult Leader Training neckerchiefs; 1953 Venice Swim Meet segments; Great Western Polaris patches
8-24-14 Added neckerchief slides: 1930's Council Award; Santa Monica patrol camporees; Added Mohawk Chapter patch varieties;
8-23-14 Added Emerald Bay slides & 3-D
8-19-14 Posted Camp Wolverton Sides, Pins & 3-D
8-15-14 Posted 1940's KFI trophy sash; added: Emerald Bay & Wolverton trophy sashes
8-10-14 Added Emerald Bay:
2004 Staff Patch; 2000's segments;
1970 segment varieties
7-22-14 Added community strips: Crescent Heights; Melrose; Midvale; Overland Park; Pico
7-21-14 Added:
1970's Lutheran Campout patches;
1970's Catholic Retreat patches;
1944 Sea Scout Regatta patch;
7-15-14 Added Camp Wolverton Staff Jackets
7-1-14 Added:
1930's Emerald Bay Souvenir patch;
1958 Scout-O- Rama document ;
1950's leather card holder;
1970 Eagle dinner fob;
1950's Will Rogers Wilderness strip; 1970's Polaris Troop Leader patch
6-26-14 Added:
Tamet OA 3" sateen variety;
1957 Jambo neckerchief;
1975 Lutheran Campout patch;
2004 Emerald Bay staff jacket
6-11-14 Posted EARLY 1930'S
SWIMMING MEDALS
6-10-14 Added: CAMP EMERALD BAY STAFF TRUNKS 1930's; Life Saving patches
5-26-14 Posted SEA SCOUT SHIPS memorabilia
5-25-14 Posted AIR SCOUT
REGIONAL EVENTS patches; added 2004 Aspley Guise Emerald Bay patches
4-30-14 Added 15 more Emerald Bay Staff Jacket images
4-19-14 Posted new Historical projects at Camp Josepho
4-14-14 Posted:
Camp Wolverton 1952 VIDEO ; Scout-O-Rama 1955  VIDEO ; 1948 Cub Scout Grand Howl VIDEO
3-29-14 Posted OA AREA 12-E & 12-A neckerchiefs
3-5-14 Added: OA Chief's medal;
14,495 club patch varieties
2-17-14 Added:
Emerald Bay 1963-66 Staff Jackets and Swimmers Tag;
Frank Sanford Lodge Chief picture;
1957 Venice Camporee patch;
1950's Marina Event patches;
4-Star Commissioners patch;
2-12-14 Posted CAMP WOLVERTON STAFF JACKETS & SWEATSHIRTS; CAMP EMERALD BAY SWEATSHIRTS
2-6-14 Posted CAMP EMERALD BAY STAFF JACKETS
2-4-14 Posted KFI JAMBOREE &
SIERRA PATROL patches
2-2-14 Posted CAMP WOLVERTON BEAR CLAWS; Added: 1956 Lutheran Patch
1-29-14 Posted SEA SCOUT &
EXPLORER RENDEZVOUS patches
1-28-14 Posted Trophy Sashes from: JOSEPHO; WOLVERTON
1-27-14 Posted COMMUNITY SERVICE CSS - STRIPES; PINS; BARS; CARDS
1-20-14 Posted SANTA MONICA DISTRICT PENNANT; OA AREA 12-E VEST ; Added: Santa Monica District Leathers;
1-19-24 Posted patches from OA AREA 12-E & 12-A .
Added: About Tamet Chiefs Photo Wall at Camp Josepho
1-12-14 Posted Marina District:
LEATHERS; RIBBONS
1-8-14 Posted CULVER PALMS DISTRICT ribbons
1-7-14 Posted Bel Air cub strip
1-6-14 Posted MAY CO. SCOUT JAMBOREE: About; Pennants; paper.
1-2-14 Posted Leathers & Awards from: VENICE DISTRICT
Added: 1931-32 Adult training reports
12-30-13 Added these Tamet OA items: blue felt 2' sun; reversed colors Tamet sun neckerchief.
12-28-13 Posted CULVER PALMS NECKERCHIEFS
12-27-13 Added: 1930's Council Mobilization; 1932 Council Stationary .
12-26-13 Posted: 1943 Camp Josepho "Kaplan" VIDEO ;
1951 Camp Emerald Bay color VIDEO ;
12-25-13 Posted: 1943 "Kaplan" OA tap-out ceremony Josepho   VIDEO ;     1951 OA tap-out ceremony Emerald Bay VIDEO
11-11-13 Posted MARINA DISTRICT neckerchiefs
11-7-13 Posted CAMP EMERALD BAY1936 & 1939 VIDEOS
Added: Baldwin community strip; Troop 258 neckerchief
11-5-13 Added Tamet Lodge jacket flaps
11-3-13 Posted 1948 & 1953
KFI SIERRA PATROL PACK TRIP
VIDEOS
10-31-13 Added more mid 1960's Lutheran Camp-out patches.
10-22-13 Posted SANTA MONICA DI STRICT ribbons & leathers. Added 1940's Fellowship patches
10-15-13 Posted WESTWOOD DISTRICT ribbons
10-11-13 Posted neckerchiefs from WESTWOOD DISTRICT
10-9-13 Posted neckerchiefs from these districts: BEVERLY HILLS; GOLDEN TRAILS; SANTA MONICA
9-26-13 Posted EMERALD BAY STAFF NECKERCHIEFS Identification Guide in color
9-22-13 Added recent Emerald Bay staff neckerchiefs.
9-20-13 Posted EMERALD BAY BELT BUCKLES Added Emerald Bay patches from 2001-07; 2010-13. Posted neckerchief slides from: BEVERLY HILLS DISTRICT; GOLDEN TRAILS DISTRICT
9-16-13 Posted 1944 ORDER OF ARROW TAP-OUT CEREMONY
VIDEO ; last OA Chief photo needed to complete all.
9-11-13 Posted slides, pins & 3-D from CULVER PALMS DISTRICT; SANTA MONICA DISTRICT
9-3-13 Posted WESTWOOD ACTIVITY PATCHES
8-23-13 Added: 14,495 Club patches & Medal; 1940's Tamet OA cards
8-20-13 Posted SANTA MONICA ACTIVITY PATCHES
8-16-13 Posted WILSHIRE-SUNSET ACTIVITY PATCHES & RIBBONS
8-14-13 Posted WILL ROGERS ACTIVITY PATCHES
8-9-13 Added: 1960's Training neckerchief; & 1958-61 S-O-R neckerchief slides
8-7-13 Posted CAMP EMERALD BAY STAFF PIRATES & EMERALD BAY MERIT BADGE SASHES

5-17-13 Posted CAMP EMERALD BAY patches 1954-72
5-10-13 Added 1920's Emerald Bay song books
5-5-13 Added: 1927 Santa Monica Troop numeral; 1963 Good Turn Pin; 1969 12-E Sandy's Slide & Key Chain; 1966 S-O-R slide: 1969 Jamboree contingent slide; 1961-62 S-O-R knives; Circle B dangle;
4-28-13 Added: 1946 Scoutcraft streamer; 1960 Jubilee Camporee neckerchief
4-27-13 Posted CAMP EMERALD BAY patches 1947-53
4-16-13 Added late 1970's Westwood Commissioners neckerchief
4-7-13 Posted CAMP EMERALD BAY PENNANT & HAT
4-6-13 Posted Camp Emerald Bay patches & pins 1925-1946
3-25-13 Added 1954 Gold Trail Adventure Training patch
3-24-13 Posted neckerchief slides from: WILL ROGERS DISTRICT; WESTWOOD DISTRICT
3-22-13 Posted new Historical projects at Camp Josepho
3-20-13 Added: more LUTHERAN RETREAT patches
2-15-13 Posted MARINA DISTRICT ACTIVITY PATCHES
2-7-13 Posted neckerchief slides from MARINA DISTRICT, VENICE DISTRICT
1-16-13 Added VENICE
ACTIVITY PATCHES
1-13-13 Added Great Western POLARIS PATCHES
1-1-13 Posted BEVERLY HILLS ACTIVITY PATCHES
12-30-12 Posted BEVERLY HILLS DISTRICT SWIM MEET ribbons
12-26-12 Posted GOLDEN TRAILS ACTIVITY PATCHES
12-11-12 Posted CULVER PALMS ACTIVITY PATCHES
12-9-12 Posted CAMP EMERALD BAY SONG BOOKS
12-8-12 Posted CAMP JOSEPHO SONG BOOKS
12-4-12 Posted PACK TRIPS &
14,495 CLUB patches
11-30-12 Posted CAMP JOSEPHO BROCHURES & BOOKLETS
11-20-12 Posted CAMP JOSEPHO WAR MEMORIAL FLAG POLE; added new info on 1946 Tamet Chief
11-15-12 Added Frank Glick's patch art: Josepho; Wolverton
11-7-12 Added recent acquisitions in TAMET SLIDES
11-5-12 Posted ABOUT CAMP JOSEPHO
11-3-12 Posted CAMP JOSEPHO tee shirts
11-1-12 Posted COUNCIL
STATIONARY-LETTERS
10-28-12 Posted CAMP JOSEPHO NECKERCHIEFS
10-26-12 Posted CAMP JOSEPHO PATCHES 1958-PRESENT
10-24-12 Added Shoshone Chapter beaded items, Cubbing patches
10-22-12 Posted CAMP JOSEPHO PATCHES 1941-57
10-16-12 Posted CAMP WOLVERTON NECKERCHIEFS
10-1-12 Posted ABOUT TRIBE OF TEMESCAL
9-27-12 Added Council Camp-O-Ral photos: 1941; 1942
9-26-12 Posted COUNCIL
SWIM MEETS leathers, ribbons
9-24-12 Posted OTHER COUNCIL EVENTS leathers, ribbons & streamers
9-22-12 Posted COUNCIL CAMPORAL & CAMPOREE patches & leathers
9-17-12 Posted Council Camp-O-Ral Certificates
8-26-12 Posted Council Event Pow Wow Awards 1936-40's
8-25-12 Posted Council Event Pow Wow Awards 1929-35
8-23-12 Added 1961 Lutheran campout patch.
8-21-12 Posted About Council Events 1920s-1972
8-17-12 Added Tamet Lodge artwork for: Tamet events; Mohawk Chapter; Comanche Chapter.
8-16-12 Added Venice-Marina S-O-R tickets;
8-15-12 Added UPDATES & recent acquisitions on these pages:
Troop 258 Training neckerchiefs; Tamet Tom Tom Jan. 1964; 1945 Council seal; 1957 S-O-R certificate; 1957 window display certificate;
8-12-12 Added UPDATES & recent acquisitions on these pages:
Camp Josepho staff photos-alternate views; Tribe of Temescal; Original Tamet Lodge totem
7-1-12 Added Baldwin community strips
6-27-12 Posted Camp Wolverton patches 1973-2011
6-20-12 Posted Camp Wolverton patches 1954-72 & Hikes & Trails; 1944 OA tap-out photo
6-9-12 Posted Camp Wolverton patches 1939-53 & Pack Trip patches
5-20-12 Added Tamet Lodge Tom-Toms: 1954-55; 1964-67; 1968-71
5-18-12 Added Tamet Lodge Stationary
5-17-12 Posted About Camp Josepho murals
5-14-12 Added 70th Anniversary Vigil Reunion & CBCHP meeting
4-26-12 Added Tamet Lodge name tags; trophies; slides: plastic; arrows
4-25-12 Added slides & 3-D: 1953 Camporal; 1971 Ecol-O-Ree; S.O.A.R.
4-17-12 Posted Circle B Ranch patches & slides
4-9-12 Posted Tour Camp patches
4-7-12 Posted Tamet Lodge Vigil certificates
4-6-12 Added Tamet Lodge officer medals; Vigil medallions
4-4-12 Added Tamet Lodge temporary patch card; certificates; ticket
3-24-12 Posted Tamet Lodge Founding 1942
3-19-12 Posted About Camp Wolverton
3-18-12 Added:Camp Slauson patches; picture of Tamet Lodge Chief Keith Bair
2-28-12 Posted Camp Josepho Staff Photos
2-22-12 Posted Tamet Lodge Medals & Pins
2-6-12 Added S-O-R patch placards
2-3-12 Posted Lutheran campout patch; Mohawk Chapter decal; Keneu Chapter patch .
1-23-12 Posted About Tamet Lodge No. 225
1-21-12 Posted About Tamet Lodge chapters & chart
1-18-12 Posted Tamet Lodge Ritual Team documents
1-9-12 Posted Tamet Lodge Ritual Team photos 1960's-72
1-2-12 Posted Tamet Lodge Ritual Team photos 1940's-50's
12-14-11 Posted Mohawk Chapter Injun newsletters;
Sioux Chapter newsletters
12-13-11 Posted Tamet Lodge Tom-Toms 1968-72
12-10-11 Posted Tamet Lodge Tom-Toms 1959-67
11-22-11 Posted Tamet Lodge Tom-Toms 1947-58; corrected vigil list
11-7-11 Added documents on these pages: snow camping; show-an-do; good turn day; window displays
11-5-11 Added these S-O-R items: 1971 patch display; tickets; envelopes; documents
11-3-11 Posted Tamet Lodge Tom-Toms: about & 1943
10-25-11 Posted Tamet Lodge stationary & forms
10-16-11 Posted Tamet annual Lodge Chief's Reports
10-11-11 Posted Tamet Lodge By-Laws 1942-72
10-8-11 Added picture of Tamet Lodge Chief Joel Stearns
10-3-11 Posted Tamet Lodge event & dinner tickets
9-30-11 Posted Tamet Lodge certificates
9-28-11 Added Life Membership story to Tamet Lodge cards
9-23-11 Posted Tamet Lodge membership cards
9-20-11 Posted Tamet Lodge metal & plastic slides + 3D
9-14-11 Posted Tamet Lodge arrow slides
9-1-11 Posted 1944 Camp Josepho & Tamet Lodge Indian ceremony VIDEO
8-31-11 Posted Tamet Lodge training conference documents.
8-28-11 Added Junior Leader Conference: documents; certificates; and Polaris: documents
8-26-11 Posted Cub Pow Wow about & documents; patch; Added 1971 Ecolo-O-Ree letters
8-23-11 Added varieties of Polaris patches & keys
8-21-11 Posted Tamet Lodge events & dinners: 1942-59; 1960-65; 1966-72
8-18-11 Added to Fellowship Award document; posted Religious event documents
8-16-11 Added khaki Pacific Palisades community strip
8-15-11 Updated this home page with navigation explanation and magnification tips
8-9-11 Added to these pages:
Tamet Lodge Charters; Commissioners' Award; Council hat
8-8-11 Posted Current Projects; updated Camp Josepho Team Lodge Chiefs' plaque
8-2-11 Added to Troop 258 training page
8-1-11 Added to these pages: religious event patches; Venice OA chapter; & these Scout-O-Rama pages: patches, tickets & envelopes, armbands, documents, photos, Venice District SOR
7-31-11 Posted Tamet flap patch IDENTIFICATION GUIDE
7-19-11 Posted Tamet Lodge flap patches
7-16-11 Posted Tamet Lodge suns & area patches
7-11-11 Posted Tamet Lodge neckerchiefs; Added Coldwater community strip.
7-6-11 Posted Tamet Lodge Chapters: Gabrioleno Pimu Sequoyah
7-1-11 Posted Tamet Lodge Sioux Chapter
6-30-11 Posted Tamet Lodge Shoshone Chapter
6-29-11 Posted Tamet Lodge Iroquois Chapter
6-27-11 Posted Tamet Lodge Mohawk Chapter
6-25-11 Posted Tamet Lodge Chapters: Cherokee; Comanche; Dakota;
6-24-11 Posted Tamet Lodge charters
6-7-11 Posted Tamet Lodge event patches & ribbons
6-3-11 Posted Tamet Vigil neck medallions
6-1-11 Added 1960 & 1967 Jambo Slides; Camp Slauson fossils
5-26-11 Posted Scout-O-Rama Photos
5-24-11 Posted Scout-O-Rama Documents
5-18-11 Posted Scout-O-Rama Decals & Certificates; Tickets & Envelopes
5-16-11 Posted Scout-O-Rama Armbands & Ribbons
5-11-11 Posted Cub Scout Campout Documents; Round-Up articles
5-10-11 Posted Cub Scout Campout patches; Neckerchiefs & Slides
5-8-11 Posted Event Documents; About Camp Trefoil; Camp Trefoil Photos
4-27-11 Added Lodge Chiefs Plaque at Camp Josepho
4-23-11 Posted Santa Monica District Scout-O-Rama
4-21-11 Posted Tamet Lodge Chiefs
4-13-11 Added photos of 1941 Camporal at Camp Josepho
4-11-11 Posted Bevely Hills -Westwood Scout-O-Rama
4-10-11 Posted Venice & Marina District Scout-O-Rama patches & Documents
4-7-11 Posted About Scout-O-Rama
4-3-11 Posted Council Event photos
3-31-11 Posted Conservation Good Turn patch, ribbons, documents
3-27-11 Posted Scout-O-Rama 3D 1954-69, 70-72
3-26-11 Posted Scout-O-Rama slides SOAR card
3-23-11 Posted Scout-O-Rama patches
3-22-11 Posted Council event slides & 3D
3-21-11 Posted Religious event patches ; slides & 3D
3-20-11 Posted project SOAR patches, neckerchiefs & slides
3-18-11 Posted Recruitment neckerchief, council event neckerchiefs
3-17-11 Posted Council program medals, awards & ribbons
3-11-11 Posted Window Display program ribbons & certificates
3-8-11 Posted Eagle recognition wallet & key holder
3-7-11 Posted Fellowship & Recruitment patches & documents
2-25-11 Posted Council events 1946-72 patches
2-22-11 Added SITE SEARCH to home page. Posted Council events 1938-45 ribbons
2-19-11 Posted Council slides & 3D
2-17-11 Posted Council decals & seal
2-12-11 Posted Community strips P-T
2-11-11 Posted Community strips D-O
2-8-11 Posted Community Strips V-Z
2-6-11 Posted About Community strips
2-3-11 Posted Council tee shirt. Completed Community strips A-K
1-24-11 Posted Council neckerchiefs, hats, adult training documents
1-19-11 Posted Council patches
1-13-11 Posted Polaris Round-Up Articles
1-9-11 Posted Polaris Documents
1-8-11 Posted Polaris History
1-5-11 Added Troop 258 to Adult Leader training
1-4-11 Posted About Polaris
1-2-11 Completed About JLT
1-1-11 Posted JLT History
12-30-10 Built PAGE FINDER INDEX , posted Commissioner documents
12-27-10 Posted About Commissioners
12-26-10 Posted Snow Camp Training , Den Mother Training, Wood Badge Training
12-24-10 Posted Commissioner's 3D
12-23-10 Posted OA Sa'Anga Chapter page
12-21-10 Posted Commissioners patches , neckerchiefs & Showando
12-17-10 Posted Polaris Jacket; & Mike Robbins Polaris photo
12-16-10 Posted JLT Slides & Adult Training Slides
12-14-10 Posted Polaris Neckerchiefs, & Polaris Slides
12-13-10 Posted Adult Training Patches
12-12-10 Posted Adult Training Neckerchiefs
11-28-10 Posted JLT patches
11-11-10 Posted Polaris Key patches.
11-10-10 Posted Council Round Up newsletters from 1955
11-8-10 Posted Council JLT neckerchiefs & District JLT neckerchiefs
11-5-10 Posted Mike Robbins 1961 JLT photos.
10-26-10 Posted Tamet Lodge VIGIL list
10-10-10 Posted Squadron List
10-7-10 Posted Ship List
9-30-10 Posted Explorer Post List
9-25-10 Posted Cub Pack List
9-24-10 Posted Troop List
9-20-10 Posted District Organization chart
9-15-10 Posted Camp Slauson Patches
9-12-10 Posted Camp Slauson neckerchief
9-7-10 Posted Camp Slauson About
9-2-10 Posted Camp Slauson Photos
8-20-10 Posted Camp Slauson History
8-9-10    Started Site

PRESERVE • RESTORE • CRESCENT BAY HISTORICAL PROJECT

Scouting on the westside of Los Angeles got its start in October, 1910, when twelve boys formed as the American Boy Scouts of Santa Monica. By the start of 1922, the American Boy Scouts had disappeared and there were nine troops of the Boy Scouts of America on the westside. Crescent Bay District Council formed on January 12, 1922 with 194 Scouts and $6,500 in pledges from local businessmen. George G. Bechtel served as the first Council President and Scoutmaster Donald Monroe was hired as the first Scout Executive. Communities represented included Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Culver City, Venice, Ocean Park, Sawtelle (Brentwood/West Los Angeles), Sherman (West Hollywood prior to 1925), Inglewood, Hermosa Beach, Hawthorne, Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach, El Segundo, Hyde Park, Palms and Lawndale.
The southern communities within the Council including Inglewood, Hawthorne, Lawndale, El Segundo, Hyde Park, Hermosa, Manhattan and Redondo Beach, split off to form their own Council in 1925, quickly merging into Los Angeles Council in 1927. Scouting within the remaining communities of Crescent Bay Council flourished until 1972 when it merged with the San Fernando Valley Council to form Great Western Council. Today, the former Crescent Bay Council is a district of Western Los Angeles County Council.

During its fifty-plus year history, the scouts from Crescent Bay distinguished themselves and their Council as among the best in the United States. In the 1920's, they almost became the wealthiest Boy Scout Council in the country. Their camps offered some of the most unique and finest camping experiences anywhere. The Council's scouts and supporters were leaders in all fields, including business, the professions, sports, and even as advisers to U.S. Presidents. Crescent Bay members went on to leadership roles in professional scouting including ascending to the position of Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America.

Find What You are Looking For

There are four ways to navigate through the Crescent Bay Council web site:

SUBJECT TABS - found to the left, these khaki green tabs are set up by subject: Council, Camps, Order of the Arrow, Training, Troops etc. When you pass your cursor over a tab, more BROWN TABS will display allowing you to further narrow your search. SUBJECT TABS display on the left of every page. While the site is under construction, pages that are still being developed will display as empty.
Page Finder INDEX - found below, the Page Finder Index is organized by the type of information you are looking for such as patches, histories, lists, photos, documents etc. Click on any topic to go directly where you want. The Page Finder INDEX link displays in the upper right corner of every page.
What's New - found to the right, lists all pages and items posted to the web site by date with the newest items at the top. Click on any item to go there directly.
Search - found in the gray header bar at the top of this page, allows you to type in a person's name, your troop or any specific subject you want to see. All pages within this site that match your search will display. If no pages match, try searching for fewer words or less specific terms.

About the Images

There are currently over five thousand images plus video within the Crescent Bay Council web site. Care has been taken to reproduce the memorabilia, photos and documents allowing for detailed, high-resolution, display.

While the majority of images are easily viewed directly on the screen, you may occasionally want a closer look. Viewers of the site have reported on various ways to magnify images and read documents that may not seem readable at first glance. Users that have touch-screen capabilities on their computers or pads can blow-up the pages directly on their screens. Firefox® users can "right click" on any image and then click "view image" to open a larger image in a new window. Many computer systems have a Zoom function to view the screen at 150% and 200%. Apple® users can use their normal touch-screen zoom function. It is also possible to copy images and paste them into Microsoft Word®, thereby allowing for magnification as may be required.

About the Crescent Bay Historical Project

The Project is the result of more than fifty years of data and memorabilia collecting and preservation by a small group of scouting historians, all with memories of their younger days as Boy Scouts in the Crescent Bay Area Council. The images pictured are part of the collection and archive assembled by Dr. Jeff Morley from 1965 through the present. Special thanks go out to Bill Topkis, whose advice and help in locating and acquiring items for the collection and archive have been invaluable.

Acknowledgments are also due to the former Scouts of Crescent Bay Area Council whose efforts have helped preserve the history of scouting on the westside of Los Angles and whose generous gifts of memorabilia, documents and photos have contributed to the building of the Crescent Bay Council Archive.

Board of Directors

Dr. Jeff Morley

Founder & Webmaster

Bill Topkis Director	Frank Glick Director	Tom Gould Director
	Contributors
Adam Lombard	Dr. Paul Millman	Mike Robbins 1940-2012
Frank Sanford	Pierce Weir 1934-2014	Don Kyle
Marc Medoff	Hon. Kenneth Chotiner	Keith Bair
Barney Mann	Larry Solow	Dr. Brian Solow
A. Lee Sellers	Michael Doland	Jeff Feldman
Lorry Clark	Rich Wise	Joe Rosenthal
Bill Van Slyke POSTH.	Ken Simpson

What follows is a pictorial history of the Council, its districts, programs, camps, people and memorabilia. Enjoy browsing through the pages. If you have information, images or memorabilia that should be added, please contact Dr. Morley

PLEASE SUPPORT THE CRESCENT BAY COUNCIL HISTORICAL PROJECT
Through PHOTOS, MEMORABILIA, DOCUMENTS AND STORIES

LINKS

1939 - 2011

Camp Wolverton Emerald Bay Association

Page Finder INDEX

Pages posted to the site as of:

8-5-16

	COMPLETED PAGES		UNDER CONSTRUCTION

	LISTS
TROOPS	PACKS		POSTS	SHIPS
DISTRICTS	EMERALD BAY STAFF NECKERCHIEFS		POLARIS 3 STAR	SQUADRONS
TAMET LODGE CHIEF PHOTOS	TAMET LODGE CHAPTERS		TAMET CHAPTER OFFICERS-ADVISORS	TAMET LODGE OFFICERS-ADVISORS
TAMET LODGE VIGILS	TAMET LODGE VIGIL PHOTOS		TAMET LODGE 1942 ORIGINAL MEMBERS	NAMES ON JOSEPHO WAR MEMORIAL
	COUNCIL POW WOWS 1921-1941

	ABOUT
LEADER TRAINING	JLT		POLARIS	COMMISSIONERS
SNOW CAMPING	SHOWANDO		DEN MOTHER TRAINING	WOOD BADGE
COMMUNITY STRIPS	CAMP SLAUSON
FELLOWSHIP & RECRUITER	TROOP AWARDS		COUNCIL PROGRAMS	SOAR PROGRAM
CONSERVATION GOOD TURN	SCOUT-O-RAMA		LODGE CHIEFS PLAQUE	CAMP TREFOIL
VIGIL MEDALLIONS	CAMP WOLVERTON		TAMET CHAPTER CHEROKEE	TAMET CHAPTER COMANCHE
TAMET CHAPTER DAKOTA- SEMINOLE	TAMET CHAPTERS GABRIELENO PIMU SEQUOYAH		TAMET CHAPTER IROQUOIS	TAMET CHAPTER MOHAWK
TAMET CHAPTER SA'ANGA	TAMET CHAPTER SHOSHONE		TAMET CHAPTER SIOUX	CUB POW WOW
TAMET ARROW SLIDES	TAMET TOM-TOMS		TAMET LODGE CHAPTERS	TAMET LODGE No. 225
TOUR CAMP	TRIBE OF PEQUAWKET		TRIBE OF TEMESCAL	INDEX OF ALL COUNCIL EVENTS
COUNCIL CAMPORAL & CAMPOREES	OTHER COUNCIL EVENTS		COUNCIL SWIM MEETS
CAMP JOSEPHO	CAMP JOSEPHO WAR MEMORIAL FLAG POLE		CAMP EMERALD BAY	CAMP JOSEPHO MURALS
MAY CO. SCOUT JAMBOREE	TAMET CHIEFS PHOTO WALL AT JOSEPHO		SERVICE SCOUT CSS & SSS	WOLVERTON BEAR CLAW AWARDS
COUNCIL POW WOWS 1921-1941

	HISTORIES
LEADER TRAINING	JLT		POLARIS	COMMISSIONERS
SNOW CAMPING	SHOWANDO		DEN MOTHER TRAINING	WOOD BADGE
COUNCIL EVENTS 1938-45	COUNCIL EVENTS 1946-72		SCOUT-O-RAMA	COUNCIL POW WOW 1921-1941
TAMET CHIEFS	CAMP SLAUSON		CAMP TREFOIL	TAMET LODGE CHAPTERS
COUNCIL 1920'S	COUNCIL 1930'S		COUNCIL 1940'S	COUNCIL 1950'S
COUNCIL 1950'S	COUNCIL 1970'S		TAMET LODGE FOUNDING 1942	COUNCIL CAMPORAL & CAMPOREE
CAMP JOSEPHO WAR MEMORIAL FLAG POLE	CAMP JOSEPHO BROCHURES & BOOKLETS		CAMP EMERALD BAY BEFORE 1925	CAMP EMERALD BAY FIRST YEAR 1925
CAMP WOLVERTON 1939-1945	HIGH SIERRA CAMP 1920's-30's		COUNCIL EVENTS	CAMP JOSEPHO BEFORE 1940
				CAMP JOSEPHO 1940

	PATCHES
LEADER TRAINING	JLT		POLARIS	COMMISSIONER
SNOW CAMPING	DEN MOTHER TRAINING		COUNCIL INSIGNIA	TROOP AWARDS
COMMUNITY STRIPS A-C	COMMUNITY STRIPS D-O		COMMUNITY STRIPS P-T	COMMUNITY STRIPS V-Z
COUNCIL EVENTS 1946-72	FELLOWSHIP & RECRUITER		CONSERVATION GOOD TURN	CAMP SLAUSON
S.O.A.R.	RELIGIOUS EVENTS		SCOUT-O-RAMA	SCOUT-O-RAMA ARMBANDS
CUB SCOUT CAMP OUTS	CUB POW-WOW		CUB SCOUT DAY CAMPS	VENICE & MARINA SCOUT-O-RAMA
TAMET SUNS & AREA PATCHES	TAMET EVENTS		TAMET FLAPS	TAMET FLAPS IDENTIFICATION
TAMET CHAPTER DAKOTA	TAMET CHAPTER IROQUOIS		TAMET CHAPTER MOHAWK	TAMET CHAPTER SA'ANGA
TAMET CHAPTER SIOUX	TAMET CHAPTER COMANCHE		VIGIL MEDALLIONS	TAMET CHAPTER SHOSHONE
CIRCLE B SCOUT RANCH	SCOUT-O-RAMA BUCK CLUB		CAMP WOLVERTON 1939-53	CAMP WOLVERTON PACK TRIPS
COUNCIL CAMPORAL & CAMPOREE	CAMP WOLVERTON 1973-2011		CAMP WOLVERTON 1954-72	CAMP WOLVERTON HIKES & TRAILS
CAMP JOSEPHO 1941-57	CAMP JOSEPHO 1958-PRESENT		PACK TRIPS 14,495 CLUB	TOUR CAMP
BEVERLY HILLS ACTIVITY PATCHES	CULVER PALMS ACTIVITY PATCHES		GOLDEN TRAILS ACTIVITY PATCHES	VENICE ACTIVITY PATCHES
SANTA MONICA ACTIVITY PATCHES	WESTWOOD ACTIVITY PATCHES		WILL ROGERS ACTIVITY PATCHES	MARINA ACTIVITY PATCHES
WILSHIRE-SUNSET ACTIVITY PATCHES	CAMP EMERALD BAY 1925-1946		CAMP EMERALD BAY 1947-53	CAMP EMERALD BAY 1954-72
CAMP EMERALD BAY 1973-84	CAMP EMERALD BAY 1985-99		CAMP EMERALD BAY 2000-07	CAMP EMERALD BAY 2008-present
PATCHES NOT FROM CAMP EMERALD BAY	CAMP EMERALD BAY STAFF PIRATES		OA AREA 12-E & 12-A	SEA SCOUT & EXPLORER RENDEZVOUS
KFI JAMBOREE & SIERRA PATROL	AIR SCOUT REGIONAL EVENTS		GREAT WESTERN ERA ACTIVITY PATCHES	CRESCENT BAY DISTRICT PATCHES

	NECKERCHIEFS
LEADER TRAINING	JLT DISTRICTS		JLT COUNCIL	POLARIS
COUNCIL	COUNCIL EVENTS		COMMISSIONERS	MEMBERSHIP RECRUITMENT
CAMP SLAUSON	S.O.A.R.		CUB SCOUT CAMP OUTS	TAMET LODGE
TAMET CHAPTER IROQUOIS	TROOP 258 TRAINING		CAMP WOLVERTON	CAMP JOSEPHO
CAMP EMERALD BAY RUGGED "E"	CAMP EMERALD BAY CAMPER 1920'S-72		CAMP EMERALD BAY CAMPER 1973-	CAMP EMERALD BAY STAFF 1920'S-86
CAMP EMERALD BAY STAFF 1987-PRESENT	BEVERLY HILLS DISTRICT		WESTWOOD DISTRICT	SANTA MONICA DISTRICT
GOLDEN TRAILS DISTRICT	MARINA DISTRICT		CULVER PALMS DISTRICT	SERVICE SCOUT CSS
OA AREA 12-E & 12-A	CRESCENT BAY DISTRICT

	SLIDES & 3-D
LEADER TRAINING	JLT		POLARIS	COMMISSIONERS
SHOWANDO	WOOD BADGE		COUNCIL	COUNCIL DECALS SEALS
S.O.A.R.	RELIGIOUS EVENTS		COUNCIL EVENTS	CUB SCOUT WEBELOS
SCOUT-O-RAMA SLIDES	SCOUT-O-RAMA 3-D 1954-69		SCOUT-O-RAMA 3-D 1970-72	TAMET CHAPTER CHEROKEE
TAMET CHAPTER IROQUOIS	TAMET CHAPTER MOHAWK		TAMET CHAPTER SA'ANGA	TAMET CHAPTER SIOUX
TAMET ARROW SLIDES	TAMET OTHER SLIDES & 3-D		CIRCLE B SCOUT RANCH	1971 ECOL-O-REE
MARINA DISTRICT	VENICE DISTRICT		WILL ROGERS DISTRICT	WESTWOOD DISTRICT
CAMP EMERALD BAY	CAMP EMERALD BAY BELT BUCKLES		WOLVERTON BEAR CLAWS	CAMP WOLVERTON
CULVER PALMS DISTRICT	SANTA MONICA DISTRICT		BEVERLY HILLS DISTRICT	GOLDEN TRAILS DISTRICT
AREA 12-E CONFERENCES

RIBBONS	• LEATHERS •		PENNANTS
COUNCIL POW WOW AWARDS 1927-35	COUNCIL POW WOW AWARDS 1936-40's		WINDOW DISPLAY	COUNCIL PROGRAMS
CONSERVATION GOOD TURN	SCOUT-O-RAMA		TAMET LODGE EVENTS	COUNCIL CAMPORAL & CAMPOREE
OTHER COUNCIL EVENTS	COUNCIL SWIM MEETS		BEVERLY HILLS DISTRICT SWIM MEETS	GOLDEN TRAILS CAMPOREE PENNANT
CAMP EMERALD BAY PENNANT	WILSHIRE DISTRICT SCOUT WEEK		WESTWOOD DISTRICT	SANTA MONICA DISTRICT LEATHERS
VENICE DISTRICT	SANTA MONICA DISTRICT PENNANT		MAY CO. SCOUT JAMBOREE	CULVER PALMS DISTRICT
MARINA DISTRICT LEATHERS	MARINA DISTRICT RIBBONS		SERVICE SCOUT CSS STRIPES
KFI & KECA BANNERS

	MEDALS & PINS
COUNCIL PROGRAM AWARDS	SCOUT-O-RAMA 1963-69		SCOUT-O-RAMA 1970-71	TAMET LODGE
1963 GOOD TURN DAY PIN	CAMP EMERALD BAY		TRIBE OF PEQUAWKET	MT. WHITNEY TREK
SANTA MONICA DISTRICT	SERVICE SCOUT PINS & MEDALS		SEA SCOUT SHIPS	EARLY 1930'S SWIMMING MEDALS
WOLVERTON	OA AREA 12-E		CB AWARD & POW WOW MEDAL

	STAFF JACKETS
POLARIS	CAMP EMERALD BAY		CAMP WOLVERTON	CAMP JOSEPHO

	T-SHIRTS • HATS	•	VESTS •TRUNKS
COUNCIL HATS & T-SHIRTS	CAMP JOSEPHO T-SHIRTS		CAMP WOLVERTON T-SHIRTS	CAMP EMERALD BAY STAFF T-SHIRTS
CAMP EMERALD BAY HAT	OA AREA 12-E VESTS		CAMP WOLVERTON SWEATSHIRTS	CAMP EMERALD BAY CAMPER T-SHIRTS
SEA SCOUT SHIP SWEATSHIRTS	CAMP EMERALD BAY STAFF TRUNKS 1930's			CAMP EMERALD BAY SWEATSHIRTS

	TROPHY MERIT		BADGE SASHES
EMERALD BAY	JOSEPHO		WOLVERTON	KFI-SIERRA PATROL

	CARDS
TAMET MEMBERSHIP CARDS	TAMET PATCH CARD		SCOUT-O-RAMA "I GAVE A BUCK"	LEADER TRAINING
SNOW CAMPING	SUSTAINING MEMBER		CUB POW-WOW	SCOUT-O-RAMA PATCH PLACARDS
COMMISSIONERS	S.O.A.R.		SERVICE SCOUT CSS	COUNCIL POW WOW INSPECTION CARD

	TICKETS
WOLVERTON SKI BOWL	VENICE S-O-R		MARINA S-O-R	BEVERLY HILLS WESTWOOD S-O-R
SCOUT-O-RAMA	TAMET LODGE ORDER OF ARROW

	CERTIFICATES
COUNCIL	WINDOW DISPLAY		LEADER TRAINING	JLT
POLARIS	TAMET LODGE		TAMET CAMPING AWARDS	JUNIOR LEADER CONFERENCES
TAMET VIGIL HONOR	OA AREA 12-E		SCOUT-O-RAMA	COMMISSIONERS
1950 EXPLORER MOOT	VENICE DISTRICT SCOUT-O-RAMA		COUNCIL CAMP-O-RALS	COUNCIL POW WOWS


	PHOTOS
JLT	POLARIS		SNOW CAMPING	WOOD BADGE
COUNCIL POW WOW AWARDS 1927	CAMP SLAUSON 1930'S		CAMP SLAUSON 1940-72	CAMP TREFOIL
SCOUT-O-RAMA	SCOUT-O-RAMA COLLAGES		TAMET LODGE CHIEFS	TAMET LODGE VIGIL MEMBERS
TAMET CHAPTER MOHAWK	TAMET VIGILS WEARING MEDALION		TAMET RITUAL TEAM 1940'S-50'S	TAMET RITUAL TEAM 1960'S-72
CAMP JOSEPHO STAFF	COUNCIL CAMP-O-RALS		CAMP JOSEPHO WAR MEMORIAL FLAG POLE	CAMP JOSEPHO EXPLORER MOOT 1950
COUNCIL POW WOWS

	VIDEOS
CAMP JOSEPHO 1943 - 1944	OA CEREMONY CAMP JOSEPHO 1943-44		KFI SIERRA PATROL PACK TRIPS	CAMP WOLVERTON 1951
SCOUT-O-RAMA 1955	OA CEREMONY CAMP EMERALD BAY 1951		CAMP EMERALD BAY 1936-39	CAMP EMERALD BAY 1951
CUB SCOUT GRAND HOWL 1948

	DOCUMENTS
LEADER TRAINING	JLT		POLARIS	COMMISSIONERS
SNOW CAMPING	DEN MOTHER TRAINING		FELLOWSHIP & RECRUITER	CAMP SLAUSON
COUNCIL EVENTS 1938-45	SANTA MONICA SCOUT-O-RAMA		MARINA SCOUT-O-RAMA	BEVERLY-WESTWOOD SCOUT-O-RAMA
COUNCIL EVENTS 1946-71	COUNCIL SCOUT-O-RAMA		SCOUT-O-RAMA ENVELOPES	SCOUT-O-RAMA TICKETS
S.O.A.R.	CAMP TREFOIL		CONSERVATION GOOD TURN	CULVER PALMS SCOUT-O-RAMA
TAMET LODGE CHARTERS	TAMET FLAP RESTRICTIONS		MOHAWK CHAPTER NEWSLETTERS	SIOUX CHAPTER NEWSLETTERS
CHEROKEE CHAPTER	TAMET EVENTS & DINNERS- 1942-59		TAMET EVENTS & DINNERS- 1960-65	TAMET EVENTS & DINNERS- 1966-72
TAMET TOM-TOMS 1943-58	TAMET TOM-TOMS 1959-67		TAMET TOM-TOMS 1968-72	TAMET LODGE STATIONARY
TAMET LODGE BY-LAWS	TAMET LODGE CHIEF'S REPORTS		TAMET EVENT & DINNER TICKETS	TAMET TRAINING CONFERENCES
WINDOW DISPLAYS	SHOWANDO		RELIGIOUS EVENTS	GOOD TURN DAY
JUNIOR LEADER CONFERENCES	1971 ECOL-O-REE LETTERS		TAMET LODGE RITUAL TEAM	TRIBE OF TEMESCAL
COUNCIL STATIONARY-LETTERS	CAMP JOSEPHO BROCHURES & BOOKLETS		CAMP JOSEPHO SONG BOOKS	CAMP EMERALD BAY SONG BOOKS
MAY CO. SCOUT JAMBOREE	VENICE S-O-R PROGRAM BOOKS		COUNCIL POW WOW SCHEDULE 1927

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