Wood Badge Recipients

Wood Badge is a training course for Scouters which finally results in their receiving a certificate, a small neckerchief, a leather slide, and two small wooden beads on a leather thong. Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting, directed the first course in 1919 and gave each of the participants one of the beads which he had captured from the African chieftain Dinizulu. Thus did the course name develop, for its symbol was literally a badge of wood.

Wood Badge is, further, Scouting's premier training course. Baden-Powell designed it so that Scouters could learn, in as practical a way possible, the skills and methods of Scouting. It is first and foremost, learning by doing. The members of the course are formed into patrols and these into a troop. The entire troop lives in the out-of-doors for a week, camping, cooking their own meals, and practicing Scout skills.

The following people from Troop 137 have earned the Wood Badge Award:

NamePatrolYear
John GreenMT-11955
Al WiggersMT-8 / Beaver Patrol1964
Louise GreenSE-177-431979
Billy WalkerSE-379 / Antelope Patrol1984
Oscar HughesSE-379 / Eagle Patrol1985
Marybeth DukeMT-39 / Buffalo Patrol1996
Fred ReynoldsMT-391996
Tom DentonMT-39 / Bobwhite Patrol1996
Doug WinbornMT-391996
Richard HortonMT-391996
David HamrickMT-391996
Jim TosarMT-391996
Harrison CrabtreeMT-391996
John Franklin OaksWE-412-1-94unknown
Bambi GroomsMT-44 / Buffalo Patrol1999
Rick LanahanMT-462001
Allen HenryMT-46 / Fox Patrol2001
Terry TrimbelMT-462001
George MartinMT-462001
Bruce DanielSR-431 / Fox Patrol2001
Billy LittletonMT-46 / Buffalo Patrol2001
Scott T. WalshSR-5712003
W Dale PilkintonSR-587 / Owl Patrol2003
John Mark TumblinMT-45 / Beaver Patrol2001
Tim Donegan Sr.SR-587 / Bear Patrol2005
Kim GarretSR-643 / Bear Patrol2006
Richard GraysonSR-643 / Bear Patrol2006
Gene LaneSR-726 / Owl Patrol2006

31 May 2010 JS