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The Bear Patrol Flag was a major project tackled creatively by Jeanne Starr. Jeanne
has extensive experience in leatherworking and created the flag out of large piece of
cow hide. It was
presented to the quartermasters for inspection
and was immediately accepted.
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In order to identify who is sleeping in what tents, John Houlihan made up tent name tags
with a bear profile. Mark Norton supplied the printed names.
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Patrol Staves
We decided at our first patrol meeting that each of us would obtain a stave and adorn it
with a small stuffed bear. Three are shown here in the custom staff rack we made. The
rack was also used by visiting staff to hold their parrot-staves.
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Guest Hatracks
Besides our staff rack, we made guest hat racks out of wooden stakes with foam core
emblems for the Scoutmaster, SPL, ASPL, etc. These were very well received by the staff
and also mentioned at the PLC meeting.
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Camp Gateway
An enlargement of the Bear Patrol Emblem has been made and fixed to a large plywood board.
This was suspended by ropes between two trees on the way into the patrol site.
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Gate Project
After being trained in knots and lashings, we were given some rope and told to construct
a gate to our campsite which would open easily with a touch of a finger, and close automatically.
Furthermore, there was a patch of quicksand directly under the gate. The Bears built
a balanced vertical gate and a rough log bridge. The sign in the picture reads:
CAUTION QUICKSAND!.
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Trail Markers
Dick Crawford created trail markers out of plywood showing a bear paw and the Gilwell
Ax-in-Log. These were affixed to trees between the Bear Patrol camp site and Gilwell
Field. Each had a strip of reflective tape to guide hikers in the dark.
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Washing Station
John Houlihan designed a lashing project which holds two wash basins and space for drying
dishes, etc. It is based on tying two poles horizontally to two trees at a convenient height for
the clean up crew. You can also
see it in use by Corky Cross.
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Honeybees
John Houlihan also built a free-standing sculpture of honeybees. Bears love honeybees
because they make honey! These little bees
brightened the whole campsite.
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Hammock
Jeanne was one of the few who got a chance to relax in our campsite hammock. Only
two others were spotted, though it is possible that
the staff used it during their inspection tour. We provided hot coffee every day
in a carafe which have led to a mid-morning nap while we were off at classes.
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Da Bear's Jacuzzi
Not many campsites at Wood Badge NE-1-202 could boast that they had their own hot
spa in camp. Our's was not especially large, but we think it still counts. One
of the bears is shown here waiting for the hot water to arrive from the campfire.
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Custom Wood Badge Hats
Jeanne Starr came up with an idea to customize our green Wood Badge hats. Small wooden
cups labeled "Honey Pot" have a bear stuffed inside. These will be affixed to the visor
of the hats and will no doubt create a new fashion trend amoung the other patrols.
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Greg Dumas designed a T-Shirt and had it silk screened. This link shows a prototype of
the shirt design, which is black on a tan cotton T-shirt.
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Patrol Neckerchief Slides
John Houlihan bought some wood neckerchief slide kits at the Scout Shop. They are intended
to be a wood carving project, but in the interests of time, we just painted them brown
and lettered them with "NE-1-202".
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