The Eagle History of Troop 73

Westfield’s Jonathan Scalia becomes 153rd Eagle Scout from Troop 73

Jonathan Scalia, of Westfield, joined his two brothers who came before him as the family’s third Eagle Scout. In addition to completing over 22 merit badges, he was a Patrol Leader, Quartermaster, a consistent top seller for the Christmas plant fundraiser, and a Scholar Athlete Scout recipient. He attended the American Legion’s Jersey Boy State in 2022 as an appointed Municipal Attorney and elected Federalist Councilman participating in a mock state government. 

With the help of his Troop 73, fellow St. Helen’s youth members, friends, and family, Jonathan cleared the brush and overgrown fauna, packed the ground with gravel, and constructed and installed a crossover bridge. With a minimalist approach, he wanted a natural and uncluttered space. Upon entry, you can choose to follow the stone-laden spiral path (his interpretation of a labyrinth) and finish facing out on an unearthed rock or sit and be reflective on the simple wooden bench.

Eagle Scout is the highest rank that can be earned in scouting.

In the decade from 2010 to 2019, a remarkable 45 Scouts from Troop 73 reached the rank of Eagle. Ten more have done so thus far in the 2020s.

The troop’s first Eagle Scout was James Harrington in 1948, followed by Peter Scheuermann in 1950.

Only 2-4% of all scouts complete the trail to Eagle, which demonstrates a several year commitment to leadership, service, and outdoor activities. 

The final step to attain the Eagle Scout rank is to prepare and complete a special service project for the local community, church or school. This well known aspect as been in place nationally since October 1965.

One highlight happened for Troop 73 in 1996 when the troop graduated a remarkable eight Eagle scouts at a “Flock of Eagles” ceremony.  This represented a group of boys who joined Cub Scouts as young friends and stayed together through the entire Boy Scout experience to earn the Eagle Scout rank.

 

Troop 73 Eagle Scouts

The following is the list of all Troop 73 Eagle Scouts with their Board of Review dates and Palms received where this information was available.

Order Name Board of Review Date
1 James Harrington (B) July 1, 1948
2 Peter Scheuermann (G) Feb. 1, 1950
3 Charles Friel May 3, 1905
4 John Harrington Aug. 19, 1952
5 Greg Devers Sep. 9, 1952
6 Peter Graef Aug. 13, 1955
7 J. Timothy Harrington Nov. 14, 1955
8 Barry Beardsley Sep. 10, 1956
9 George McGuire May 9, 1905
10 Michael Mahler Nov. 12, 1956
11 John Kozlowski Mar. 9, 1959
12 Robert Barchi Dec. 14, 1959
13 James Sidie, Jr. May 12, 1905
14 Charles Bartels July 28, 1961
15 Steven Galipeau Dec. 19, 1962
16 Roger Sullivan 1962/1963
17 Thomas Sidie Jan. 22, 1963
18 Thomas Drinkwater May 16, 1905
19 Robert Smith May 16, 1905
20 Geoffrey Gibson Dec. 17, 1963
21 Edward Guididas 1963/1964
22 James Neill 1963/1964
23 William Hingston 1963/1964
24 James Guididas Feb. 25, 1964
25* Raymond Ferri May 29, 1967
26 Martin Nugent May 29, 1967
27 Thomas Chewey Dec. 15, 1967
28 Robert Guididas Feb. 23, 1968
29 David Smith Nov. 29, 1968
30 William Kain Nov. 14, 1969
31 William Neill Nov. 14, 1969
32 William Guididas March 8, 1971
33 Robert Neill March 8, 1971
34 Peter Ozimek March 8, 1971
35 John Heroux 1971/1972
36 Dan Pierce 1971/1972
37 Joseph Conroy Feb. 21, 1972
38 Thomas Tyrrell Feb. 28, 1972
39 James Neill June 6, 1972
40 Robert Ott Oct. 30, 1972
41 Paul Aloia Jan. 21, 1974
42 Edward Wimmer Dec. 17, 1976
43 Thomas Wimmer Feb. 27, 1979
44 Peter Balogh March 17, 1981
45 Michael Caruso March 17, 1981
46 Mark Wellnitz March 3, 1982
47 Stuart Ballatt Sept. 23, 1982
48 Gerard McCabe Feb. 24, 1983
49 Timothy Devitt May 16, 1984
50 Brian Martin May 16, 1984
51 James Adamiak Jan. 29, 1986
52 Scott Powers May 27, 1986
53 Michael Csorba Nov. 11, 1986
54 Brian Dunleavey Nov. 11, 1986
55 Patrick Marks Jan. 15, 1987
56 Warren Nakatani Jan. 25, 1988
57 Joseph Boscia May 5, 1988
58 Daniel Avis March 15, 1989
59 Richard Kujawa May 23, 1989
60 Joseph Cecala, Jr. June 13, 19__
61 Christopher Hanas April 13, 1992
62 Edward O’Donnell March 10, 1993
63 Brian Clancy June 22, 1994
64 Gustavo Escobar Jan. 11, 1995
65 Edward Joffee Jan. 11, 1995
66 Kevin Sullivan April 12, 1995
67 Sean Dougherty Oct. 23, 1995
68 Timothy Dougherty Oct. 30, 1995
69 Peter Dixon Nov. 28, 1995
70 Brian Joffee March 27, 1996
71 Brendan Quirk April 3, 1996
72 Andrew McCabe May 14, 1996
73 Robert Tyson Aug. 28, 1997
74 David McCabe Aug. 20, 1998
75 Ryan McManemin Aug. 20, 1998
76 Sean Joffe April 26, 2000
77 Robert Fromtling Aug. 2, 2000
78 Brendan Ryan Nov. 28, 2000
79 Matthew Borchin May 24, 2001
80 Kevin Dick Sept. 30, 2001
81 Joseph McCabe Dec. 17, 2002
82 Andrew Machrone July 11, 2003
83 Christopher Copeland Nov. 28, 2004
84 John Falzon Oct. 24, 2005
85 Richard Whitehead Dec. 15, 2005
86 Colin Willard Jan. 31, 2006
87 Mark Del Monaco April 25, 2006
88 Michael Fanelli April 25, 2006
89 Thomas Hogaboom Jan. 31, 2007
90 Paul Dunham Sept. 13, 2007
91 John Gilmartin July 16, 2008
92 Alexander Deduck Aug. 06, 2008
93 Matthew Toegel Dec. 10, 2008
94 Andrew Davinson March 23, 2009
95 Joseph Zavodny May 13, 2009
96 Michael Conant Jan. 06, 2010
97 Benjamin Stracquatanio Feb. 24, 2010
98 Connor Tucciarone April 20, 2010
99 Aidan Ireland June 11, 2010
100 Jake Penders Oct. 29, 2010
101 Evan Korunow March 28, 2011
102 Thomas O’Neill [news] Feb. 16, 2012
103 Jason Isbit [news] April 4, 2012
104 Luke Gibbons [news] May 9, 2012
105 Benjamin Guerin May 9, 2012
106 Max Reo Sept. 30, 2012
107 Matthew Lang Nov. 02, 2012
108 Kevin Sheridan Jan. 16, 2013
109 Stephen Delia Oct. 19, 2013
110 Stephen Deduck Nov. 21, 2013
111 Joseph Stokes Jan. 15, 2014
112 Timothy Johnston Feb. 19, 2014
113 David Hom (G) Nov. 6, 2014
114 Joseph Rohal Dec. 3, 2014
115 Franz Smith Dec. 3, 2014
116 William Frey April 13, 2015
117 James Fritz April 13, 2015
118 Michael Stokes May 7, 2015
119 Matthew Ransom (G) June 18, 2015
120 Peter Skrzyniarz Dec. 1, 2015
121 Angus Applegarth March 9, 2016
122 Anthony Scalia March 9, 2016
123 Joseph Hom July 6, 2016
124 Douglas Keating July 6, 2016
125 Friedrich Smith Jan. 3, 2017
126 Timothy Stein March 30, 2017
127 Aidan Windorf [news] Aug. 9, 2017
128 Daniel Scalia (S) [news] Oct. 11, 2017
129 Benjamin Outten April 12, 2018
130 Samuel Outten April 12, 2018
131 Spencer Weigand April 18, 2018
132 Justin Lang April 18, 2018
133 Maximilian Niemeyer Sept. 12, 2018
134 Andrew Cunningham (B) April 23, 2019
135 Justin Almendral (B) May 21, 2019
136 Timothy O’Brien (2B,2G,S) June 20, 2019
137 William Mild V July 29, 2019
138 Peter Munkittrick Sept. 12, 2019
139 Kevin Stokes (B) Dec. 17, 2019
140 Eric Palia Dec. 17, 2019
141 Malcolm Kahora March 18, 2020
142 Joshua Lang [project] March 18, 2020
143 Stephen Jennings (B,G) March 24, 2020
144 Jonathan Colamedici Feb. 9, 2021
145 Sam Ransom Feb. 25, 2021
146 Christian J. Estevez March 16, 2021
147 Nicholas Robben [project] June 21, 2021
148 Braden Stryker June 21, 2021
149 Joseph Agar [project] Nov. 9, 2021
150 Daniel Guerrero [project] Dec. 1, 2021
151 Joseph Slingerland May 11, 2022
152 Cyril Maliakal Dec. 6, 2022
153 Jonathan Scalia [project] March 28, 2022
154 Vito Mazzola Oct. 31, 2023
155 Daniel Fannick Nov. 13, 2023

* The Eagle Scout program changed significantly in 1965 to start requiring a service project be completed.

Troop 73 Eagle Anthony Scalia and Angus Applegarth

 

Scouts are required to earn 21 merit badges as part of their requirements to earn Eagle Scout. Additionally Palms can be awarded in bronze, gold and silver to those who earn five, 10, 15 or more merit badges respectively beyond the 21 required to become an Eagle Scout.

B= Bronze Palm, G=Gold Palm, S=Silver Palm

Arrow of Light Day

Arrow of Light Day

by | Dec 11, 2021 | ,

The Boy Scouts of Troop 73 hosted a morning of Arrow of Light achievement at Watchung Reservation on Sat., Dec 5, 2020 for several AOL scouts from all local packs. The group spent a few hours working with skilled Boy Scouts on lashing and knots, fire building and...

2019 Court of Honor

by | Jun 30, 2019 | ,

Troop 73 celebrated the end of another successful year with its annual Spring Court of Honor and Dinner on June 2, 2019 at Holy Trinity School. The afternoon also saw Andrew Cunningham receive his Eagle Scout award at the Eagle Court of Honor Troop 73 adding its award...

‘Plainfield’s Forgotten History’ exhibit curated by Life Scout Justin Almendral

by | Feb 3, 2019 | ,

The Historical Society of Plainfield held an opening reception for two new exhibits at the Drake House Museum on Saturday, Feb. 2. in the second floor ballroom. One of the two was curated by Troop 73 Life Scout, Justin Almendral, as part of his Eagle project. Plainfield’s Forgotten History is an exhibit of fifteen photographs from the Historical Society of Plainfield’s archives collection.