Historian Report - October 2011

Dear Troop 33 Families,

Thank you for all your hard work. The supper was a smooth success. A friendly and happy scene. Lots of good food, conversation and a pretty atmosphere.

Here are my shout-outs:

Carol Clayton--did most of the work, to be honest. She ordered silverware, got donations, set up a remote pancake cooking location, printed table tents, schlepped food from Costco, the list goes on. The kitchen ran well and was a cheerful place. She was amazing.

Karin Theophile--helped with lots of the planning, picked up donations, worked the floor. She put the details in perspective for me many times.

Elizabeth Gelfeld--ticket supervisor. She distributed and kept track of all ticket sales. Corralled the boys and their money every Thurs and coordinated all money in and out. She sat at the front for ticket sales the whole supper with a smile and a cheerful vest.

Lisa Caprioglio--ticket assistant. Learned the ropes from Elizabeth and pitched in on Thursdays and all night on Saturday, including the last gasps of clean up when we were all beat.

Holly Fechner--plastered signs over the 'hood.

Rob Valente--spearheaded the bazaar sales, a real bonanza

Susan Sell--true to her name, helped the boys sell at the bazaar too

Chris Lindsley--gave me my Sundays back by organizing and implementing farmers' market sales

David Cookson--mastermind of ticket sales neighborhood canvassing Also hauled tables and chairs out to set up.

Margaret Newman--brownie provider for neighborhood sales ticket sellers--the boys loved the sweet reward at the end of the night

Stu Gagnon and Karen Lange--cleaned the kitchen Fri night before the supper. No small task.

Glenn Jackson--sausage czar for the second year. He ran a tight ship--no burns, 200 lbs of raw sausage cut, boiled, and roasted in one morning. He thought out all the details and kept his crew cheerful with fun music and his signature calm. He was in the kitchen from 9am to 2:30pm until the last link was ready to go. (boy shout out to Ian Jackson and Graham Lindsley for cheerfully helping with sausage work all morning.)

Marcelle Fozard--sausage work all morning. Cheery and hard working. She also helped out on the floor during the supper (scrape those plates, boys!)

Doug Abrams--unflinching attitude in the face of 200 lbs of sausage.

Bethany Karn--a second year of gorgeous flower arrangements to turn the gym into a dining room. Your creativity makes all the differences.

Stephanie Fitzpatrick--aide to Bethany at the flower shop and at the supper. Stephanie also pitched in a lot on the floor in the beginning of the supper and then again at the bitter end when the kitchen was a greasy, crusty mess. She was calm and pleasant and swept and mopped until we were done.

Michael Richards--set up and take down of chairs and tables. Hard work and not glamorous.

Pamela Fields, maker of the signature pancake tiara--silverware rolling all night. She also forced me to sit down for 15 minutes. Not sure I would have made it through the night if she hadn't.

Simone Fary--table set up and lots of silverware rolling. A quiet giant of background work (table numbers and signs).

Margo Kabel--silverware rolling and good cheer

Susan Firdgen--silverware service, another year, another thousand rolls of silverware

now the kitchen crew!

Joel Quillin--a blast from the past, an alumnus of Troop 33, mixed batter, mostly by hand, the whole night, plus he brought his wife, Rose and friend Jackie Machado who served pancakes all night. Wouldn't it be great if our boys came back 40 yrs from now to help?

Dallas Burtraw, Chuck Alston, Tim Miller and Steve Marschall--pancake cooks. They hit the ground running and never stopped til the last jack was flapped. (?)

When the slam hit, Paul Bridenhagen and Carol Laham made pancakes from afar so we never had a big back up line of scouts. That made a big difference.

And on the floor, corralling scouts, guests, and cleaning tables--Geoff Harris (dapper in an apron if I do say so), Dirk Fitzpatrick, Deb Lindsley, Catherine Varchaver, Mike Tidwell, Dave Naden (experienced bus boy), Salome Dzrekey and Terry Ocheltree.

Liz Pester wrangled the applesauce and syrup, a sticky business indeed.

Jim Voorhies sold tickets as is our tradition. I had to beg him to eat some dinner when it was all over.

Richard Hall made beverages look easy but they cannot be. What will we ever do without him? (Sorry about the unground coffee beans, Richard). He also made a time lapse movie of the dinner.

Jeff Plungis--assistant to Richard. Ready to take over soon, Jeff?

And finally, when the sticky, crumby, greasy mess had to be faced, the clean up crew stepped up: Mark Verschell, Bill Barbieri and the ever-contributing Sue Tripp.

AND THEN--a big thanks to the boys who greeted, served, washed dishes, scraped, hauled chairs and just did what needed to be done. The community loved being there and seeing you work. One fellow insisted on tipping, his service from a scout was so excellent (Ishmael!).

Thanks to everyone and a job well done.

Jennifer Shields