The History of Troop 806 Chapter 2

by Scott Rubinsky

It all began in the early 1980's when young Jay Loeb started packing the supplies for the backpacking campout at Horseshoe Bend. Jay packed his clothes, he packed his toothbrush, and he even packed his lucky socks. He was ready for yet another campout with Troop 806 and Scoutmaster Steve "Too Short" Shapiro.

When Jay and the other troop members arrived at the campsite, they quickly set up their tents and dining flies. They took all of the food, pots, dunking bags, dishwashing things, and other patrol supplies and put it all together. Jay got out the bags he thought he needed for the lunch that would be eaten in just a few minutes.

As he shuffled through the mess, he stumbled across what he thought was Kool-Aid. But was it Kool-Aid? Only time would tell. Since they had just finished a long hike, he quickly made the so-called "Kool-Aid" for his patrol. He gave some to his patrolmates and then took a big gulp himself. As if in unison, the patrol members spat out the so-called "Kool-Aid" and yelled words that are not often spoken by young children such as Jay and his fellow campers. (They were obviously words taught to them by none other than the illustrious "Too Short" Shapiro.) "What was the taste that they had in their mouths?" you ask. It was the bitter, disturbing taste of soap powder from the dishwashing kit.

Jay and his patrolmates, after yelling and screaming, straightened out the mess and soon were drinking the real Kool-Aid.

As for young Jay Loeb, he went on to become the first Troop 806 Eagle Scout, thus setting a standard for Eagle Scouts to come.