If you’re a current scout in Troop 335, you’re familiar with the Friday Flyer, our weekly email bulletin that outlines upcoming campouts and troop activities. Our current Scoutmaster, Mr. Shaffer, started the Friday Flyer as a way to keep scouts and families up to date and to communicate important information to the troop.
But how did the troop do this before the Internet was invented?
In 1964, scouts in Troop 35 (which is now Troop 335) began publishing a periodical newsletter called The Tent Peg that included articles written by scouts with trip reports, upcoming campouts and hikes, campfire songs, jokes, interviews, recognition of advancement, troop finances, and more.
Issues were typically written on typewriters, mimeographed, and sent to families through the U.S. Mail.
Enjoy this first issue of The Tent Peg and read about what our troop was doing 60 years ago!
Do you know any of the scouts in these issues of The Tent Peg or can you tell us more about the history of our troop? Please contact us and help us connect before our troop centennial on May 26!