COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL FEBRUARY 13, 2018
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Pack & Troop 140
Cottage Grove
Boy Scout History
he Boy Scouts of America was incorporated February 8, 1910 Under the laws of the District of
Columbia. Thirty-four national representatives of boys’ work agencies met, June 21. They met in a
temporary national headquarters in a YMCA office in New York and developed organization plans.
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FOUNDERS OF SCOUTING
William D. Boyce
Incorporator
Colin H. Livingstone
President
Daniel Carter Beard
National Scout commissioner
Ernest Thompson Seton
Chief Scout
James E. West
Chief Scout Executive
President William Howard Taft
Honorary President
Former President Theodore Roosevelt
Honorary Vice President and Chief Scout Citizen
Pack & Troop 140 Volunteering efforts include:
Community Sharing Food Drive, Memorial Day
Parade, Veteran’s Day Ceremony, and American
Legion Spaghetti Feeds. Our Troop has produced 5
Eagle Scouts in the last 2 years.
Activities include:
Hiking, Camping, Cooking, Orienteering, Archery,
First Aid Training, Wilderness Survival Skills,
Leadership Training, Summer Camp at Camp Baker
(Coast) or Camp Melakwa (Cascade Mountains),
and more!
Troop 140 Scoutmaster:
Karen Zeller, 541-942-4413
The Troop meets Monday nights,
7pm at the American Legion Hall
LOOKING BACK TO 1912
Arthur Eldred First Eagle Scout, August 12
First national civic Good Turns were performed
Promotion of a safe and sane Fourth of July
Sea Scouting began
Boys’ Life became the official BSA magazine
Pack 140 Cubmaster
Christie Johnson, 541-214-5931
The Pack meets Wednesday nights,
6:30pm at the American Legion Hall
The American Legion Hall is our Sponsor,
we place and remove flags on Main St. for them
for every major patriotic holiday.
Proud Sponsors:
Grace Olson
Brent Bitner, D.D.S.
Schweitzers Casual Wear
Swearingen Family Enterprises
Brads Cottage Grove Chevrolet
Starfire Lumber Company
Middlefield Golf Course
Jim Downing Realty
Weyerhauser Company
Thomas Chiropractic
Cottage Grove Sentinel
MISSION
The mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare
young people to make ethical and moral choices over their
lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath
and Scout Law.
SCOUT OATH
On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to God and
my country and to obey the Scout Law; to help other people
at all times; to keep myself physically strong,
mentally awake, and morally straight.
SCOUT LAW
A Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous,
kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent.
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