Lawrence Huber where are you now?

[grmaerika]

This is a shout out to a Boy Scout leader from Ste. marie IL., Lawrence Huber. Lawrence went to his rest a few years ago,but he is ever in my mind as I embark on this new adventure of being a Den Leader. Lawrence was a true outdoorsman who could ,track, hunt,trap, fish,taxidermy, make smoked carp, catch snapping turtles and skin giant catfish. He was a Boy Scout Leader down in south central Illinois near the Embarrass River. I'd have to classify him as a National Treasure. They had a Boy Scout camp on the river, that,well, it did not look like much...but i dare to speculate that many many useful skills were learned there from Lawrence. If you airlifted and dropped Lawrence in the woods somewhere,maybe with a knife,mY guess is he'd be just fine!He might not even need the knife! Anybody out there that knew Lawrence?

[david.w.rahfeldt]

At the bottom of the newsletter you see what happened to his Cabin.

 

http://www.saintemariefoundation.org/Current_News_Newsletter/Newsletter_Winter_2010.pdf

 

 

Never met the chap, but he sounds, indeed, a good fellow.

 

Scouting is filled with un-sung heros who have changed the future of many boys and men.

 

Scouting is a bit like Masonry ... Change the future of humanity, one man/boy at a time.

 

One never knows when that kind word, the bit of encouragement, that one extra skill, whether how to catch catfish or how to set a bone in the wilderness ... will save or change a life.

 

We all owe a debt of gratitude and life to those who have come before us ... and kept the traditions of caring and giving alive ... to make a better world.

 

Me, I am momentarily humbled ... (dont worry, it wont last)

 

[grmaerika]

Thanks for looking that up and posting it. Your words are so true. It's a great priveledge to be a part of scouting.