Troop 48 Germantown, TN

Popcorn Reminder

Please continue to sell popcorn to friends, neighbors, and family.

Parents — If you haven’t already done so, please download the Trails End app and invite your Scout.  This is the only way for them to create an account.

Upcoming Events

• 9/23 – Troop Meeting – Camporee Game Review.  Knot Relay. Game.
• 9/27 – Bluff City Merit Badge College.  Sign-up is open, but choices are very limited now.
• 9/30 – Troop Meeting – Orienteering, Pace line, Steal-the-Bacon.  Camporee signup due at 10/7 meeting.
• 10/24-26 – Eastern District Camporee.  We will need a head count earlier than usual for this event.

Remembrance

Mr. Brent Snyder, assistant Scoutmaster of Troop 48 from 2012 to 2022, passed away September 11th at the age of 65 at his home in Naples, Florida. His wife Tammy was at his side. He had recently been diagnosed with a tumor which had migrated into a lung.

Brent was active in Scouting America as a youth in Indiana and for 17 years as an adult leader in the Chickasaw Council. As an assistant Scoutmaster for Troop 48, he mentored countless young men and was fondly remembered for being the adult the older Scouts wanted to ride with on camping trips. He was especially proud of completing Wood Badge in 2009, Scouting’s advanced leadership course for adults and of being recognized with two of Scouting’s highest honors: the Vigil Honor of the Order of the Arrow in 2015, for his outstanding service and the District Award of Merit in 2019 for his exceptional dedication to youth.

Upon joining the troop, Brent quickly became the assistant Scoutmaster for the new Scout patrol. He attended most of the monthly camping trips and ten week-long summer camps. He also taught Truck Transportation and Fishing merit badges. For the latter, he taught many a Scout how to filet and cook their fish.

Mr. Snyder was missed when he moved away in 2022 and will be missed even more by those who knew him well.

May the great Scoutmaster, master of all great Scouts, be with us until we meet again. 

His official obituary:  https://www.commercialappeal.com/obituaries/pokr1283777

Merit Badge Spotlight — Radio

Radio is a way to send information, or communications, from one place to another. Broadcasting includes both one-way radio (a person hears the information but can¹t reply) as well as two-way radio (where the same person can both receive and send messages).