Archive for September 2, 2008

Sentimentality and Google Maps

Posted in Personal Stuff by John E. Pannell on September 2nd, 2008 at 4:00 pm
Pratt Ave. Home

Pratt Ave. Home

I’m afraid:   My septugenarian mother tipped me off about something on the internet.     It’s time for a trip down memory lane.

Google has been rapidly increasing their street view coverage in Google Maps.   My mom was looking up some old addresses.     Three of them are now covered by “street view”.   One of them is the first home I can remember living in, in The Bronx.     For those who might be interested, it’s shown here.

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La Rochefoucauld


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1951 Area 3A Pow Wow

Posted in Area 3-A, Area 3-C, Area 3-D, Area 3-E, Section Conclave Patches by Dave Scocca on September 2nd, 2008 at 8:00 am
1951 Area 3A Slide

1951 Area 3A Slide

Delmont Lodge #43 hosted the 1951 Area 3A Pow Wow at Camp Delmont in Marlborough Township, Pennsylvania. The conclave neckerchief slide was green plastic with a red Indian head and tan lettering.

Camp Delmont is among the oldest Scout camps in the USA, and is now a part of the Cradle of Liberty Council’s Musser Scout Reservation.

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"Gradualness, gradualness, and gradualness. From the very beginning of your work, school yourself to severe gradualness in the accumulation of knowledge. "
Ivon Petrovich Pavlov


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