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 the history of scouting on the westside of Los Angeles.
     

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PAGE FINDER INDEX

Find what you are looking for from the pages posted as of:
5-18-12


        What's New      

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; ComancheDakota;
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 neckerchiefshats,  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 the early Twentieth Century. By 1921, the Boy Scouts of Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Culver City, Venice,  Inglewood and coastal Southern California communities in between, organized into the Crescent Bay District Council. By the 1950's, the Council was interchangeably referred to as Crescent Bay and Crescent Bay Area. The communities of Inglewood and Redondo Beach split off to form their own Council in 1924, quickly merging into Los Angeles Council in 1925. 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 three 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.  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%. 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 over forty-five 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

 

Jeff Morley

Founder & Webmaster

Bill Topkis
Director
 
 Frank Glick
Director
 
Tom Gould
  Director
   
 Contributors
 
 
   
Adam Lombard
Dr. Paul Millman
Mike Robbins
Frank Sanford
Pierce Weir
Ken Simpson
Marc Medoff
 
  Hon. Kenneth Chotiner 
 
Keith Bair
 Barney Mann   Larry Solow    Dr. Brian Solow
A. Lee Sellers     Michael Doland
   

      

            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


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      LINKS      

                                  
                                                   1939 - 2011
Camp Wolverton Staff         Emerald Bay Alumni 

 


   Page Finder INDEX  

Pages posted to the site as of: 

5-18-12   



COMPLETED
PAGES

UNDER
CONSTRUCTION



  



    


LISTS




TROOPS
PACKS
POSTS
SHIPS
DISTRICTS


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
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 

ABOUT




LEADER TRAINING
JLT
POLARIS
COMMISSIONERS
SNOW CAMPING
SHOWANDO
DEN MOTHER TRAINING
WOOD BADGE
COMMUNITY STRIPS
CAMP SLAUSON
COUNCIL EVENTS 1938-45
COUNCIL EVENTS 1946-72
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    CAMP JOSEPHO MURALS        
             
    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    
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
   
             
           
    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    TOUR CAMP 
CIRCLE B
SCOUT RANCH
  SCOUT-O-RAMA BUCK CLUB
       
             
    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             
           
    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 WEBELO
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 
             
    RIBBONS        
  COUNCIL EVENTS 1938-45
  COUNCIL EVENTS 1946-72    WINDOW DISPLAY    COUNCIL PROGRAMS 
CONSERVATION
GOOD TURN
 
   SCOUT-O-RAMA   TAMET LODGE EVENTS     
             
             
 
           
    MEDALS & PINS        
 COUNCIL PROGRAM AWARDS     SCOUT-O-RAMA 1963-69
  SCOUT-O-RAMA 1970-71   TAMET LODGE 
             
    
         
    STAFF JACKETS        
POLARIS    CAMP EMERALD BAY    CAMP WOLVERTON    CAMP JOSEPHO 
             
    T-SHIRTS & HATS        
COUNCIL HATS & T-SHIRTS    CAMP JOSEPHO    CAMP WOLVERTON    CAMP EMERALD BAY 
             
    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.        
             
    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 
COUNCIL EVENTS 1938-45   COUNCIL EVENTS 1946-71        
             
   
           
    PHOTOS        
  JLT   POLARIS    SNOW CAMPING    WOOD BADGE 
COUNCIL EVENTS    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             
             
             
     VIDEOS        
CAMP JOSEPHO
1944
           
             
    DOCUMENTS        
  LEADER TRAINING
  JLT     POLARIS    COMMISSIONERS 
SNOW CAMPING    DEN MOTHER TRAINING    FELLOWSHIP & RECRUITER    CAMP SLAUSON 
COUNCIL EVENTS
1938-45

  SANTA MONICA SCOUT-O-RAMA    VENICE & 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
 
  CUB SCOUT
CAMP OUTS 
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
   
             
   
         
    ROUND-UPS        
             
             
             
             
             

SINCE  8-9-10