Now I have another on my list!

[auld argonian]

And don't forget that Stillwater has those kids' size kilts...you can have a whole troop of kilted Cub Scouts.

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AA

[Mark Keeney]

Woodbadge is more of a Boy Scout training instead of Cub Scout.

But, no worry, there is a Cub Scouts of America tartan.

[Bugbear]

Woodbadge is more of a Boy Scout training instead of Cub Scout.

But, no worry, there is a Cub Scouts of America tartan.

Thank you for pointing that out. I thought that the father had been a boy scout leader when I brought up the woods badge, but I wasn't thinking right. That being said, I was in the cub scouts and now I'm interested in this tartan. Thanks.

[McNulty]

There is a Wood Badge training for Cub Scouters and one for Boy Scout Leaders. You have to have your ticket done for either of the above before you can "officialy" wear the tartan. HOWEVER, as we all know, there are no restrictions as to the tartan we wear as long as you wear it with pride and know the origins and meaning behind the tartan. SO... go ahead and get that kilt in the MacLaren tartan and wear it to your next Pinewood Derby and wow the rest of the Pack.
BTW I got my beads and woggle back in 1995 and added a second and third set helping with the course that trains adult leaders. Take the plunge and get the kilt AND then sign up for the next available Wood Badge course.
Nulty

[JamesA]

And don't forget that Stillwater has those kids' size kilts...you can have a whole troop of kilted Cub Scouts.

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AA

I like it! That would totally rock at suumer camp!

JamesA

[Riverkilt]

The Cub Scouts of America tartan is also mentioned in Brian Wilton's book Tartans. He says the tartan is the only one used on neckerchiefs in the American based Webelos Cub Scouts...he says Webelos is for We'll Be Loyal Scouts. I haven't been a Cub Scout since the 50s but I remember Webelos as an abbreviation of Wolf, Bear, Lion....

Whatever, its a sharp looking tartan. #4119 at the STA. And I'm sure it'd go well with a matching neckerchief.

Ron

[Amoskeag]

Uh, Yeah, WEBELOS ya' know, the neckerchief? DUH! I only looked at dozens of them for 4 years! I'm gettin' old

[Bugbear]

Thanks for that tartan info Ron. I think I might go join the STA.
I've heard all kinds of explainations for the name Webelos, but my favorite is that it simpley means "wee below" the Boy Scouts. LOL! I don't know, someone probably just made that up.

The Cub Scouts of America tartan is also mentioned in Brian Wilton's book Tartans. He says the tartan is the only one used on neckerchiefs in the American based Webelos Cub Scouts...he says Webelos is for We'll Be Loyal Scouts. I haven't been a Cub Scout since the 50s but I remember Webelos as an abbreviation of Wolf, Bear, Lion....

Whatever, its a sharp looking tartan. #4119 at the STA. And I'm sure it'd go well with a matching neckerchief.

Ron

BTW
What the Tiger Cub handbook says and you are teaching them, is probably right; I really wouldn't know.

[JamesA]

Well, I can tell you what the current Tiger Cub handbook says. It has it as an acronym of "WE'll BE LOyal Scouts." I just got all 21 of the Tigers from the 2 dens to memorized that last week.

JamesA

Thanks for that tartan info Ron. I think I might go join the STA.
I've heard all kinds of explainations for the name Webelos, but my favorite is that it simpley means "wee below" the Boy Scouts. LOL! I don't know, someone probably just made that up.

[fluter]

Well, I can tell you what the current Tiger Cub handbook says. It has it as an acronym of "WE'll BE LOyal Scouts."

I think the Wolf, Bear, Lion, Scout derivation is true, but it no longer fits. Those were formerly the Cub "ranks" in order, described the progression toward Boy Scouts. I'm pretty sure both this one and the WE'll BE LOyal Scouts were in use circa 1965, and there may have been other overloaded symbols in use.

And JamesA, well done.