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Groups Group Committee
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1st Mount Albert Scouts – Over 75 Years in Scouting Our Scout group applied for their first charter, in April of 1924. Our first Scout Master was Reverend C.J. Bailey of the Mount Albert Methodist Church and he was assisted by George Buruleaur, David D. Brooks, and J.D. Rowland. They started with a Troop of 15 boys, ages 12 to 19. They were Alvin Dike, Morley Rowland, Harold DeGear, Gordon Johnson, Allan Bailey, Gordon Bailey, Earnest Davis, Frank Ross, Steward Blizzard, Thomas Blizzard, Carman Rolling, Irwin Brown, Arthur Dawson, George Allison, and Stanley Tims. You may recognize some of these boys as your Grandfather or maybe your Great Grandfather. In 1949, Taylor Beale and Lloyd McQuaid lead the Troop for a couple of years. Then, in 1952, Alvin Dike (where have we seen this name before) and Ernie Nutt lead the Scout Troop and Len Rice lead the Cub Pack. They also formed the first Group Committee at this time with Ron Allison, George Snyder and Bill Shillinglaw. Bill later took over as a Scout Leader and was joined by Ken Yee. During this time six boys earned their Queens Scout Award, Ted Smith, Keith Harman, Bruce Shillinglaw, David Rice, Barry Timbers, and Wes Bonner In 1969, a Ladies Auxiliary was organized and led by Jean Willitts as President. They raised funds for refreshment, to purchase uniforms, to assist with camps and to help with badge testing. In 1975, they raised money to help send Terry Crone to the World Scout Jamboree in Norway. Then in 1977 they raised money to assist sending 8 Scouts and 2 leaders to the Canadian Jamboree in Prince Edward Island. Doug Willitts, Andy Sommer, Martin Menear, Derek Swain, Kenton Stokes, John Cupples, Jamie Slingerland, and Philip Sommer attended the Jamboree with Scout Masters Doug Johns and Bill Sanders.
In 1985, another group of boys attended the Canadian Jamboree in Guelph, lead by Jon Donawald and John Holden. This group received some wide spread recognition for being the only group to Hike to the Jamboree. They received a plaque, which was signed by the Mayor and councilors from East Gwillimbury, Newmarket, Orangeville, and Guelph, and it was also signed by the Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. In 1995, another group of boys participated in “Scope” an exchange program with Scouts in Philadelphia. We had several Scouts join the Aurora Troop for this trip lead by Scouter Bruce Janes. They also helped host a Camp in Orangeville the following year when the Scouts from Philadelphia joined us for weeklong event. In 2001, a Scout Troop of nine boys, lead by Rod Lewis and John Sanderson and Venturer Company of 7 boys, lead by Peter Young and Gordon Thompson attended the Canadian Jamboree on Prince Edward Island. Strong support from the community allowed them to charter a bus to transport all across the Confederation Bridge to PEI. We joined over 14000 other Scouts, Venturers, and Leaders at Cabot Beach Park.
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