Character Counts

Troop 189 has been awarded BSA Quality Unit Status in
2003
2004
2005
2006

and the
2007 Centennial
Quality Unit
Award

In Scouting, we like to say that “Character Counts”.

89% of Senior Class Presidents were Scouts
80% of Junior Class Presidents were Scouts
85% of Student Council Presidents were Scouts
88% of School Newspaper Editors were Scouts
64% of Air Force Academy Graduates were Scouts
58% of West Point Graduates were Scouts
70% of Annapolis Graduates were Scouts
72% of Rhodes Scholars were Scouts
85% of FBI Agents were Scouts




		Wantagh Memorial Day Parade 2005

For Every 100 boys in Scouting…

3 will develop a career based on what they started in a Merit Badge program
1 will use his Scouting Skills to save a life
and 2 will become Eagle Scouts

Troop 189 has a long history that goes back over 50 years. The troop charter lapsed throughout the 80’s and 90’s, but the revitalized Troop 189 is back and is going strong. We congratulate Andrew, our first Eagle of the rechartered Troop 189 and are proud to add his name to the Troop 189 Honor Roll of Eagle Scouts:


	Troop 189 Eagles

Wallace Hoffman	8/19/1953
Richard Brodner	2/27/1957
Steven Robeano	2/27/1957
Kenneth Haas	7/9/1957
Leon Kendall	7/9/1957
Stanley Skolnik	7/9/1957
Victor Schwartz	1/27/1959
Robert Leventhal	1/27/1959
Mark Levine	2/16/1959
Mark Michaels	12/15/1959
Martin Siegel	3/1/1960
Daniel Seltzer	7/2/1969
Seth Vogelstein	12/11/1972
Jonathan Hecht	2/4/1974
Billy Gould	5/12/1975
Michael Foreman	2/7/1977
Jonathan Gordon	5/21/1979
Michael Ditkowsky	5/23/1980
Michael Moskowitz	5/19/1983
Andrew Innerfield	11/27/2007


	Troop Historian Michael conducted research in the Council Archives. He learned much about the original Troop 189, which was first Chartered in 1954. Here is what he learned:

YEAR	SCOUTMASTER	# OF SCOUTS
1954	Roy Albert	50
1955	Roy Albert	62
1956	Roy Albert	71
1957	Harold Beitchman	69
1958	Harold Beitchman	53
1959	Allen Layton	46
1960	Allen Layton	54
1961	Edward Greenbound	34
1962	Edward Greenbound	31
1963	Edward Greenbound	29
1964	Steve Freeman	25
1965	Steve Freeman	40
1966	Steve Freeman	43
1967	Steve Freeman	49
1968	Steve Freeman	62
1969	Steve Freeman	57
1970	Steve Freeman	44
1971	Steve Freeman	43
1972	Steve Freeman	48
1973	Steve Freeman	39
1974	Steve Freeman	41
1975	Steve Freeman	35
1976	Steve Freeman	34
1977	Steve Freeman	39
1978	Steve Freeman	31
1979	Steve Freeman	34
1980	Steve Freeman	34
1981	Steve Freeman	28
1982	Steve Freeman	20
1983	Robert Tablinsky	13


	According to these records, Mike Ferguson was the seventh Scoutmaster of Troop 189 upon the recharter of the Troop. Steve Innerfield is our eighth Scoutmaster, and interestingly, is a second-generation Scoutmaster. His Dad was the Scoutmaster of Troop 303 in Oceanside in the 1970’s.