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Dance in Ansonia to benefit Troop 3

ANSONIA - A “Sweetheart Dance” featuring Flashback will be held from 8 p.m. to midnight Feb.  15 at Warsaw Park, 119 Pulaski Highway.

Dancing will be to live music of the '50s and '60s.

Admission is $20 (must be over 21 years old.
Bar set-ups, ice and coffee are provided.  Bring your own refreshments.

Tables are available for groups of 10.


The event will benefit Troop 3, Derby, Boy Scouts of America.

For tickets call 203-736-9539 or purchase them from a member of Troop 3, Derby.


This is a press release from Troop 3.

Boy Scouts to host 'Sweetheart Dance'

Annual event benefits Troop 3 

ANSONIA - Troop 3, Derby, Boy Scouts of America, will host its annual "Sweetheart Dance” featuring the band “Flashback” from 8 p.m. until midnight Feb. 9 at Warsaw Park, 125 Pulaski Highway.

Cost is $20 a person (must be over 21). Bar set-ups, ice, and coffee are provided. Bring your own refreshments.
All proceeds will benefit Troop 3.
For tickets call 203-736-9539 or purchase them from a Boy Scout in Troop 3.

Irish Exchange Scouts thank host families

 James Glasson, left, and Cian Neilan thank Boy Scout Troop 3 host families.

This is an open letter from Irish Exchange Scouts James Glasson and Cian Neilan, who spent five weeks in the U.S. this summer:

I am writing this letter for all the host families and the people who made this trip possible to thank them for the wonderful once in a lifetime opportunity that me and my compatriot experienced on the exchange program. 

I am from Limerick in Ireland and go to Scouts in 42nd Limerick Meelick. We are part of the Limerick/Derby international exchange Scout program that has been running for over 25 years.

During my five weeks in America, I attended Edmund D. Strang Scout Reservation in Connecticut and had a fantastic time and I went on a super trip to the BSA Florida Sea Base, which was absolutely fantastic.

I would like to thank the following people: Troop 3 host families Joe and Sheryl Patten family, Al and Deb Moran family, Keith and Beth McLiverty family, Mike and Cindy Tracz family, Jim and Diana Welch family, Rich and Felicia Bartholomew family as well as Richard Williams, Tom Murray, Officer Charles Stankye III, Derby Aldermanic President Ron Sill, Shelton Aldermanic President John Anglace and Dr. Robert Feeney without whom this trip wouldn’t have been possible. 

And (I thank) Randy Ritter, the Scoutmaster of Derby Troop 3, who did so much for us during our time in the States.

Special thanks to you all, we had an amazing time. Thank you all for your time and effort in making it such a fantastic experience for both of us.

Yours Sincerely,

James Glasson and Cian Neilan

42^nd Limerick Meelick Scout Group

Boy Scouts raise flag pole in Derby

Boy Scouts from Troop 3, Derby help Scout Joshua Moscato raise a flag pole toward his Eagle Scout Project at the Valley Council of Governments and Derby Train Station. Kneeling from left are Marcel Aguirre and Anthony Bartholomew. Standing left to right are Elliott Moscato, Mathew Main, Edgar Aguirre, Alex Main, Joshua Moscato, Adam Sroka, Colby McLiverty, and Caine Jimmo. / Photo contributed by Troop 3 

 

Irish Boy Scouts visit Derby aldermen

Irish Boy Scouts in photo are far left James Glasson and far right Cian Neilan. They are standing among members of Derby Board of Aldermen. Both Scouts are members of the 42nd Limerick Scout Group. They are from Meelick, Ireland, and stayed with host families last week in Derby. Derby Scout Troop 3 hosted their visit. Aldermanic President Ron Sill, second from left, declared July 27 Scout Exchange Day in Derby. Jean Falbo-Sosnovich/Register

Troop 3 collecting memories of Edmund D. Strang

Troop 3 Scoutmaster, Pack 3 Cubmaster influenced thousands

Among other endeavors, Edmund D. Strang was a WWII veteran, Scoutmaster of Troop 3, Cub master of Pack 3, Advisor to Explorer Post 33, Sunday school teacher, an incorporator of the Derby Little League, coach of the Laurels Little League team, past president of the Derby-Shelton Rotary Club, and a member of the Housatonic Council Executive Board.


Strang was a positive influence on thousands of lives. He died in 1995 at 85 years of age. "We are collecting the experiences of people whose lives Ed touched and enriched," said Robert Bednarcik of Oxford. 

Gary Scarpa, director of the Shelton High School Drama Club and co-director of Center Stage Theatre remembers Ed.
“I was discovered in the basement of the Methodist Church, known as the red church across from the Derby Green in Derby, Ct., by a talent scout named Ed Strang.”
Bednarcik said Scarpa was so outstanding singing in the (Gang Show) chorus that Ed had him sing “Little Brown Jug” in a duet. Scarpa said Strang “changed the course of my life”.

Robert Feeney, former VP of Pfizer, state, “My life was shaped by just three men, my father, Ed Strang, and a Professor of Chemistry at Yale University. Everything I did and became in my life I owe to these three men who directed my feet in the right paths.”

Alice Costello remembers Ed. In 1960 she received two tickets to the Troop/Pack 3 Gang Show held at the Derby Methodist Church. She became good friends with Ed and Caroline Strang.
Costello said she enjoyed the show so much she later participated in it singing “Second Hand Rose”. She was a Den mother in a Cub Pack in Bridgeport and decided that she would run a similar type program for her Cub Scout Pack. Strang gave her lots of jokes and ideas.

He and Caroline would go to visit her show every year. Costello attended 43 of the Troop/Pack 3 Gang Shows. She remembers taking a group of Cubs to the Troop/Pack 3 Gang Show. One Cub had to go to the bathroom but didn’t come back. She looked all over for him.
When the curtain opened there he was on stage with the chorus crying because the den mothers didn’t believe he didn’t belong to Pack 3. Costello became the first female Cub Master and was awarded the Silver Fawn (equivalent  to the Silver Beaver) by the Bridgeport Council.

What do you remember about Ed?
Contact me, Robert Bednarcik, at 203-888-2956, 95 Old Church Road, Oxford, Ct .06478 or at RobertBednarcik@netscape.net.


The above was contributed by Robert Bednarcik.