Scoutmaster Clayton Pang following Sir Robert Baden-Powell's advice: "The Scoutmaster teaches boys to play the game by doing so himself."
Scoutmaster (Years Served)
D. Howard Hitchcock (1910-1911)
George Potter (1911-1920)
C.A. MacKintosh (1920-1922)
George Potter (1924-1925)
Howard Harvey Hitchcock (1926-1932)
Can’t confirm troop activity (1933-1937)
F. Eggerbing (1938-1939)
Gordon Warner (1939-1940)
Ray S. Watson (1940-1941)
Ralph H. Marlowe (1941-1945)
John P. Haynes (1945-1947)
W. J. Martin (1947-1948)
J. R. Nork, Jr. (1948-1949)
Larry M. Beers M.D. (1949-1951)
Bruce S. MacBride (1951-1952)
J.M. Horner (1952-1953)
Noel S. Hanson (1953-1956)
Ralph H. Marlowe ( 1956-1958)
Earl J. Anderson (1958-1959)
Horace M. Batezel (1959-1961)
Fred Hertlein III (1959-1961)
Wendell A. Walker (1962-1963)
Donald C. Huff (1963-1965)
H.B. Stellmacher, Prof. (1965-1969)
Dean A. Naito (1969-1970)
Martin J. Walsh (1970-1971)
Stephen Billand (1971-1972)
Dayton L. Wilson (1972-1974)
James C. Rolph (1974-1980)
Raymond E. Engle (1980-1983)
James C. Rolph (1983-1985)
Kenneth R. Harding (1985-1986)
Loren C. Divers (1986-1988)
Gary F. J. Payne (1988-1989)
Norman Sakamoto (1989-1991)
Clayton Pang (1992-Present)
My scouting experience first began as a member of Cub Pack 1 back in 1967 under the leadership of Jim Fitzgerald. Our meetings were held at the old McNeil Auditorium and over at his house in Hawaii Kai when pig farms were still in abundance. As a Weblow the meetings then moved to Ray Engle’s house up atop Wilamena Rise.
I entered Troop 1 in February of 1971 under the leadership of Martin Walsh. The Troop 1 meetings at that time were held in the back room of Cook Hall. I’ll never forget the first camping experience that occurred about a month or so after joining. Our Patrol met the week prior to plan the menu which primarily consisted of canned tuna and whatever we could throw in our packs. The camp began with a long hike to the back of Halawa Valley. About half way up it began to rain and it continued to rain for the next two days of camping. My good friend (the son of Jim Fitzgerald) assured me that his bottomless pup tent would suffice. Needless to say it did not and I recall moving out of that tent at 3:00 am to hang out with the older scouts under a tarp. After singing about 10 rounds of “99 bottles of beer on the wall”, the sun finally broke but the rain did not. It was at this camp that I made a personal promise to myself to always BE PREPARED…
That summer of 1971 the troop flew over to the island of Kauai for a weeklong camp at Kokee and then over to the Napali Coast. On the way to Napili the troop hiked through the infamous hippy Taylor Camp which was a story in itself. That night every scout in the troop slept with pocket knives at their side believing that Charles Manson was going to pop into their tent… While nothing ever happened, none the less, we remembered to BE PREPARED…
I enjoyed every second of my Troop 1 experience and always hungered for more by becoming a member of the Order of the Arrow and participating as a counselor in the district wide Troop Leadership Development training program. I was able to obtain all the ranks up to Senior Patrol Leader with the exception of “Bugelor” which always went to one of the band members. In 1976 I was honored to be listed as a “Bicentennial” Eagle along with several of my classmates. A year later I received a bronze palm and even participated as a Troop 1 Explorer with Jim Rolf for a brief time.
Several years after returning from college I had a desire to give something back to the program. In 1986 I wandered up to the old Punahou Dance Pavillion and met with Loren Divers. Within weeks I was back in the program as one of his Assistant Scoutmasters and within two years became Scoutmaster. In 1989 I had started a new company in Hawaii and fortunately for the Troop Norman Sakamoto was right there to assume the responsibility.
I have many many more stories and always enjoy getting together with Troop 1 alumni to reminisce. The one story that I will cherish for the rest of my life was when a Doctor had approached me a few years back and thanked me for teaching him the First Aid merit badge. Apparently that had some influence over his career choice. Thank you for putting together this website and may the legacy of troop 1 live on!