| Title: | Scouting |
| Notice: | Welcome to the new home of SCOUTING |
| Moderator: | NOTED::SYSTEM |
| Created: | Thu Jan 08 1987 |
| Last Modified: | Wed May 28 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 528 |
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My wife tells me Feb 22 is International Thinking Day for Girl Scouts. Is it relevant to Boys Scouts? I'm a British Scoutmaster in the US, never was a scout in the UK. My wife who was a Girl Guide tells me Feb 22 was celebrated by the Boy Scouts in the UK. John
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| 526.1 | TERRI::SIMON | Semper in Excernere | Wed Feb 19 1997 06:41 | 5 | |
Founders day or Thinking day from my experience is usually only a Guides activity. Never seen Scouts involved. Simon | |||||
| 526.2 | Thinking Day is Girl Guides and GS worldwide | ORION::SAVAGE | Neil Savage | Thu Feb 20 1997 15:47 | 9 |
To my knowledge, Feb 22 is the birthday of both Olave and Robert
Baden-Powell. Olave was B-P's second wife, I believe. Athough B-P's
sister Agnes did most of the organizing, Olave gets the lion's share of
credit for starting the Guides.
The BSA does not observe this occassion, or have any recognition of it
- perhaps because they celebrate the anniversary of their own founding
in February. The Cub Scouts have their "Blue and Gold" banquets at
about this time.
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| 526.3 | AUSSIE::WHORLOW | Digits are never unfun! | Sat Mar 15 1997 07:12 | 8 | |
G'day,
Olave was his first and only wife. BP married late in life after a
career in the Army
djw
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| 526.4 | Olave, B-P's only wife | ORION::SAVAGE | Neil Savage | Mon Mar 17 1997 13:48 | 3 |
Thanks for the timely correction, Derek.
- neil
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