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Boy Scout Troop #55

Boy Scouts in our basement!

In the early 1960's I became Scoutmaster of Troop #55 in Quincy. With rock-cutting and polishing equipment in our basement, it was natural to show these scouts the wonders of nature. Here is Herbie Batson (Center) and the Assistant Scoutmaster, Gary Fisk, just above his head. I think it's Ernie Graeser to the left but time dims my memory.

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Troop 55 in our basement. I think these photos were made in 1963 or 1964. Some of these slides should be moved to the Gem City Rock Club link and I will try to learn how to do that!
Camp Pellisippi. We took hikes and had some camping trips as well as attending our regular weekly meetings. I think this photo is on the swinging bridge at Boy Scout Camp Pellisippi. (I could be wrong, too)
Overnight campout. Sorry I can't recall the names of these two scouts on one of our overnight campouts.
Lapidary Equipment (Rock cutting and polishing). This was a "hobby" that taught me a lot. In addition to making rock jewelry, we went all over the U.S.collecting mineral specimens and fossils. I became a true believer in the Genesis account of Creation.
Display Room. We had a basement room devoted to display of rocks.
Concretion with fern fossil. In the overburden of strip mines you can find these concretions. By carefully tapping on the long edge, they will split open on the fault line and display the leaf that was buried in the mud. I always felt is was the inherent carbon that "hardened" the silt (mud) around the decaying leaf, that formed the concretion. This has never been proven as far as I know.
Pendant. We made lots of jewelry such as this pendant with a cabochon of Mexican Opal.

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