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Santa Monica, along with Inglewood, were the original districts in Crescent Bay Council dating back to the early 1920's. When Inglewood broke off to form its own Council in 1925, Crescent Bay was no longer divided into districts. Santa Monica became a district

again in the late 1920's. The boundaries loosely included the City of Santa Monica, Ocean Park, Pacific Palisades, Topanga, Fernwood and Malibu. Santa Monica held its first camporee jointly with Westwood District on May 10-11, 1941 at U.C.L.A. Athletic Field. They held their first solo camporee in 1945. In 1947, the district was divided into Wilshire & Sunset Districts, then recombined back into one district in 1954 and divided once again into Santa Monica Bay District and Will Rogers District in 1956. During most years, a camporee or Wilderness Camp was held along with other activities including the celebration of Scout Week, the anniversary of the B.S.A. Santa Monica District also participated in three "Council-Wide" camporees in 1946, 1960, & 1971. Santa Monica District merged with Toyon District in 1979 to form Bay District. NOTE: The majority of dates and locations for Santa Monica events have been reconstructed through detailed analysis of the Crescent Bay Council calendars published each month in the "Round-Up" council newsletter and the Crescent Bay Area Council news clipping scrapbook. In some cases, information listed in the calendars and scrapbook is missing or incomplete.		1945 Camporee Participation Award Awarded to David Burrell SIGNATURES: Frank ('Pop') Pudney, Camp Director • Geo. E. Wilson • F.R. Hill • Percy Woodford • Al Miller • Jim Whitehead • Art E. Smith • T. H. Flemming

		Mid-Late 1920's
Available evidence suggests that Santa Monica issued the first District patch in Crescent Bay Council. But unlike all the Santa Monica patches to follow that were issued for specific events, the original Santa Monica patch was worn as identification on the shoulder with a troop numeral below. see > 1920's Santa Monica Community Numerals
		Felt on felt.

1945 Camporee Fall-Camp Josepho	1946-53	1954 Temescal-Pacific Palisades February 7
	In 1946, Santa Monica District attended the Crescent Bay Camporal that was originally scheduled for Chilao Flats campground and then changed to UCLA. There is no record of the district holding a camporee in 1947. By the following year, Santa Monica District was split into Wilshire and Sunset Districts. see Wilishire & Sunset patches Wilshire and Sunset Districts were re-combined in the Fall of 1954 as Santa Monica Bay District which existed until 1956 when it was once again split, along a different boundary line, to create Will Rogers and Santa Monica Districts.
Embroidered on linen. This is the oldest known district camporee patch from Crescent Bay Council.	The 1946 Crescent Bay Camporal patch used the same design as the 1945 Santa Monica District Camporee patch.	Flocked on coarse no-twill. see varieties of this patch in the IDENTIFICATION GUIDE

1955 Explorer Field Day Dates & Location Unknown	1955 Piute Butte Dates Unknown	1956 Explorer Field Day Dates & Location Unknown

Flocked on coarse no-twill.	Flocked on twill. NOTE: Piute Butte was located 22 miles east of Lancaster, California. see varieties of this patch in the IDENTIFICATION GUIDE	Flocked on coarse no-twill.

1956 Chuchupate Dates & Location Unknown	1957 Horse Flats May 24	1957 Scout Skill Day November 9 - Camp Josepho

Flocked on twill. Chuchupate Campground, elevation 6,200' near Frazier Park, Los Padres Nat. Forest see varieties of this patch in the IDENTIFICATION GUIDE	Embroidered on no-twill. Horse Flats campground is north of Glendale, CA in the Angeles National Forest, San Gabriel Mountains.	Embroidered on no-twill. Also issued on different colored neckerchiefs.

1958 Circle X Scout Ranch May 24	1959 Circle B Scout Ranch Dates Unknown	1960 Circle B Scout Ranch May 21-22

Embroidered on no-twill	Embroidered on no-twill.	Embroidered. see > neckerchief slides for this camporee

1961 Cordova Camper Palisades Park	1961 Union Oil Ranch -Simi, CA May 20-21	1962 Angeles National Forest May 19-20
January 10-11 Embroidered. Palisades Park is located on Ocean Ave., between Colorado Avenue and Adelaide Dr	Patch of this same design was used for Wilderness Camps by Westwood District
in Santa Monica. It is possible this patch was also used for other Palisades Park campouts in the early 1960's.	in 1954 and Golden Trails District in 1961.	Embroidered.

1963
Circle B Scout Ranch
Dates Unknown

1963 Participants		1963 Award

Embroidered on twill. see silk screened leather award ribbons with this design.		Silk screened on leather. Used as awards to individual winners in patrol competitions.

	1964 Scout Week-Palisades Park February 8-9		1964 Little Rock Dam May 16-17

	Embroidered.		Embroidered. Little Rock Dam is located near Palmdale, California.

1965 Scout Week-Palisades Park February 13-14	1965 Pt. Mugu-Pacific Missle Range March 26-27	1965 McGill Campground-Mt. Pinos May 22-23

Embroidered.	Embroidered.	Embroidered. Campsite was 11 miles West of Frazier Park, elevation 7,550

		1966 Circle B Scout Ranch April 29-May 1		1967 Jacket Patch Roaring Gulch May 20-21
		Embroidered.
				Silk screened on leather. Actual purpose of these leather jacket patches is unknown. see varieties of this patch in the IDENTIFICATION GUIDE

1967 Pocket Patch Roaring Gulch May 1-2	1968 Scout Day Santa Monica Mall February 10	1968 Camp Slauson May 18-19

Embroidered. Roaring Gulch was located in the high desert, northwest of Lancaster and west of Mojave, California.	Almost fully embroidered. Joint activity with Santa Monica Girl Scouts celebrating anniversary week of the B.S.A. see 1967 Scout Day on Mall Pennant.	Original location for camporee was supposed to be at Chuchupate but was changed to Camp Slauson for unknown reasons.

1969 Scout Day Santa Monica Mall February 8	1969 Circle B Scout Ranch May 23-25	1970 Scout Day Santa Monica Mall February 7

Embroidered on no-twill. 3rd joint event with Girl Scouts.	Embroidered on twill. It is not clear how Circle B was turned into "Shipwreck Island" for this camporee.	Embroidered on no-twill. 4th joint event with Girl Scouts.

1970 Antelope Valley May 22-24		1972 Firestone Scout Reservation Dates Unknown
	All district camporees for Spring 1971 were replaced by the Crescent Bay Area Council Ecol-O-Ree. There is no known event patch from Santa Monica District for 1971.
Embroidered on no-twill.		Embroidered on twill.

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Great Western Council Era

Santa Monica District carried on after the merger of Crescent Bay Area and San Fernando Valley Councils in 1972.
The district existed through 1979 when it merged with Toyon District to form Bay District.

1973 Dates & Location Unknown	1974 Camp Slauson Dates Unknown	1975 Staff Location Unknown Fall

Embroidered on no-twill.	Embroidered on twill.	Embroidered on twill. Chained stitched lettering on a "Generic" blank patch available from National supply.

1975 Santa Monica & Culver Palms Circle B Ranch - Dates Unknown	1977 Location Unknown Spring	1977 Location Unknown Fall

Branded leather with paint & marking pen. Appears to have been a joint event with Santa Monica District.	Embroidered on twill.	Embroidered on twill. see varieties of this patch in the IDENTIFICATION GUIDE

Santa Monica District existed through 1979. Currently, there are no known event patches for 1976, 1978 & 1979.

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IDENTIFICATION GUIDE

	1954 TYPE A	1954 TYPE B
How the Silk Screening Process Creates Varieties When silk screens are cut, the printer prepares two side-by-side images. This allows the patches to be screened two at a time instead of individually.The process is called TWO UP. Often times, this will create minor differences between the patches screened on the right versus the left.
	TYPE A has SOLID outlined mountains. Green grass in foreground has FIVE peaks.	TYPE B has BROKEN outlined mountains. Green grass in foreground has FOUR peaks.

1955 TYPE A	1955 TYPE B	1956 TYPE A	1956 TYPE B

TYPE A has grass around cactus that EXTENDS under snake. "9" DOES NOT TOUCH cactus.	TYPE B has grass around cactus that DOES NOT EXTEND under snake. "9" TOUCHES cactus.	TYPE A tree has THREE DISTINCT ROOTS. Uppermost leaves DO NOT TOUCH branch.	TYPE B tree has TWO ROOTS. ALL leaves TOUCH upper branch.

			1967 TYPE A			1967 TYPE B

			TYPE A has GREENISH YELLOW sun & ground.			TYPE B has GREENISH YELLOW sun & YELLOW ground.

		1977 TYPE A		1977 TYPE B

		TYPE A has DARK PURPLE mountains.		TYPE B has BRIGHT PURPLE mountains.

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