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| Troop 45 Annual Dinner/ 80th Anniversary Celebration Saturday February 24, 2001 |
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| What a wonderful event for the entire Troop Family!! Over 110 Alumni and close to 120 from the current Troop Family as well as a number of invited guests including Colonel Theodore Roosevelt!!! The room looked great the food was wonderful the love in the air was incredible and the common thread of Troop 45 ran through everyone in the room. 27 Troop 45 Eagles were on hand as well as a number of SPLs, Patrol Leaders, Assistant Scoutmasters, and Committee People. It was a great night for everyone who came and thanks to all those who worked hard to make it a success!! |
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| ABOVE - LOTS OF WORK WENT INTO MAKING THE ROOM LOOK GREAT INCLUDING A WHOLE WALL OF TROOP MEMORABILIA, NECKERCHIEFS AND EVEN A CEILING! LEFT - THE EVENING STARTED WITH A FLAG CEREMONY AND PARADE OF TROOP 45 SCOUTS AS LED BY SPL EDDY KAISER AND ASPL WILLIAM SCHWEIGER. BELOW - ADVANCEMENT CHAIRMAN DON McMAHON AND ASSISTANT SCOUTMASTER FRANK D'ELIA HANDLED THE MC TASKS. |
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| TROOP ALUMNI JEFF MOCK CAME THE FARTHEST FOR THE EVENT (HE BEAT OUT HIS BROTHER WHO CAME IN SECOND) AND THEN TOLD US WHAT THE NIGHT MENT TO HIM. |
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| BOB SMALL HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE TROOP LONGER THAN ANYONE ELSE THERE AND TELLS US WHAT TROOP 45 HAS MENT TO HIM |
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| TROOP COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN DAN BARTOLOMEO REPORTS ON THE TROOP YEAR |
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| SCOUTMASTER STEVE GROSSKOPF SWEARS IN SPL EDDY KAISER & ASPL WILLIAM SCHWEIGER |
| SPL EDDY KAISER SWEARS IN THE TROOP'S PATROL LEADERS AND OFFICERS WHILE MR G LOOKS ON |
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| SPL EDDY KAISER TALKS ABOUT THIS YEAR'S HONOR PATROL AND THEN PRESENTS THE AWARDS TO THE PATHER PATROL |
| FORMER SPL (& NEWEST EAGLE) BILLY LEE IS HONORED FOR HIS SERVICE AS SPL |
| TROOP 45 ADULT QUARTERMASTER WILLIE SCHWEIGER IS AWARDED THE TROOP SILVER STALLION BY SCOUTMASTER GROSSKOPF & COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN BARTOLOMEO |
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| A NUMBER OF DIGNITARIES WERE ON HAND TO CONGRATULATE THE TROOP ON 80 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. THEY ALL SEEMED TO WANT TO HAVE THEIR PICTURE TAKEN WITH EDDY KAISER AND MR. G! |
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| A NUMBER OF TROOP 45 ALUMNI STRIKE A POSE WITH MR G AND MR FRANZ FOLLOWING THE DINNER AND BEFORE THE CLEAN UP AND THE AFTER DINNER PARTY DOWNSTAIRS |
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| THIS PICTURE TAKEN DURING CLEANUP SAYS IT ALL ABOUT TROOP 45. FORMER SPL AND NEWEST EAGLE BILLY LEE GIVES 1ST YEAR SCOUT DREW BARNETT A LIFT AS THEY TAKE DOWN TAPE FROM THE CEILING THAT WAS HOLDING FLAGS BEHIND THE STAGE. THIS IS WHY WE WERE THERE CELEBRATING 80 YEARS OF SCOUTING! |
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| click on the logo to the right to view the Mineola American's Story about the Troop's 80th Anniversary Celebration |
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