Have you heard? Sea Scouting is 100 years old! Founded around a camp- fire in England when Lord Baden Powell voiced his hope that old- er Scouts would be inter- ested in learning about boat management and seamanship. In 1912, Arthur A. Carey of Waltham, Massachu- setts, had Sea Scouts us- ing the schooner Pioneer and was appointed Chairman of the Nation- al Council Committee on Sea Scouting. Beginning in 2011, the second oldest program of the Boy Scouts of Amer- ica will celebrate our centennial anniversary! Very soon after the Na- tional Jamboree is over, the National Sea Scout- ing Committee will begin releasing 100th anniversary logo’s like the one here. So keep a sharp watch for special announce- ments! 100 years of Sea Scouting Sea Scout Centennial Sea Scouting in Tukabatchee Area Coun- cil is back! For the first time in almost 50 years, there is a Sea Scout Ship. Ship 169, located in Al- exander City and Skip- pered by Darrin Sanders is chartered by First United Methodist Church of Alexander City! Soon there will be anoth- er ship that will be locat- ed in Prattville, Alabama and will be chartered by the Bass Pro Shop! We are currently recruit- ing new leaders to head up the new unit. If you are interested, please let Commodore Mike Wel- born know. Ships of the Line Come See and Dis- cover Sea Scouts 2 Across the Wire 2 Sea Scout Community 2 Important Changes 3 Age Requirements 3 Sea Scout Promise 3 Important Dates 4 Inside this issue: SCUTTLEBUTT The cask of drinking water on ships were called a scut- tlebutt and since sailors exchanged gossip when they gathered at the scuttle- butt for a drink of water, scuttlebutt became U.S. Navy slang for gossip or rumors. A butt was a wooden cask which held water or other liquids; to scuttle is to drill a hole, as for tapping a cask. Knee Deep Knee Deep Knee Deep Knee Deep Knee Deep Knee Deep Knee Deep Knee Deep Cypress Knee Sea Scout Squadron 3rd Quarter 2010 Montgomery, Alabama
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