Scouts putting Camp Henderson on the market The Boy Scouts of America Leatherstocking Council announced this week what it calls an “extremely difficult and sad decision” to sell its historic Camp Henderson Scout Reservation amid declining membership and the Council’s significant required contribution to the national Sexual Abuse Compensation Fund. The Camp, on the shore of Crumhorn Lake off Otsego County Route 35 in the Maryland, has hosted scouts for dozens of years. Ray Eschenbach, Leatherstocking Council Scout Director, told…
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CLICK FOR ‘BRADLEY ON SCOUTING’ 1st Black Eagle Scout From Local Council, Newsletter Now Says Last month, Bryan on Scouting, a newsletter for the BSA’s adult leaders, declared Harry Cooper of Missouri was the first black Eagle Scout. This month, however, Bryan Wendell, who writes the newsletter, amended his conclusion and declared Hamilton Bradley of Rome, N.Y., from the Utica-based Leatherstocking Council, which now includes Otsego County, has that honor. Bradley’s Eagle Scout court of honor was held on Dec.…
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