A good friend passed away yesterday. I met Ted years ago when our kids were in the Boy Scouts. Ted was devoted to Scouting because he had seen the benefits to young men first hand. Ted's story about getting started was when he found a group of kids in Virginia from very poor circumstances who started their own Scout troop without an adult. Ted and a group of Air Force folks supplied the adult leadership.
Ted's favorite show for Scouting events (campouts, campfires) was a reading of the Robert Service Poem "Cremation of Dan McGrew." Ted would deck himself out in full Alaskan regalia, even in the summer, and give a stirring rendition of the poem.
Ted was always available for kids and worked hard to support them. He was not as nice to adults who didn't work as hard for kids as he thought they should.
A very good man just passed away. Not only will his family miss him, but scores of friends and many scores of young men will miss him. When I hear how bad it is to be connected with BSA, I think about Ted and the many men and women like him, who have contributed beyond measure to the development of fine young men.
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