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seventy-year love affair with learning.
“I used to clean up the board room at the orphanage. It was a room with walls lined with books,” he remembered. “I asked the housekeeper if I could borrow some and she said yes, if I was very careful. I picked out Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs.”
That was the start. To a ten-year-old, Burroughs offered words that had to be attacked with Webster’s Dictionary but the challenge only whetted Titchenell’s appetite. He gobbled books hungrily, building vocabulary and a reading habit that would later boost him into college without the usual prerequisite of a high school diploma.
Debt To Leaders
In those early years at the home for the homeless, Titchenell also incurred an obligation to scouting that he would feel strongly for the rest of his life. The year after he entered the orphanage a Boy Scout Troop was organized. “We had two leaders who gave generously of their time. They would alternate donating their week of summer vacation to take us to camp,” Titchenell said. “I’m sure their wives didn’t always appreciate it but it meant a great deal to the boys in the orphanage.”
Like falling dominos, the generosity displayed by the two Scout leaders from Titchenell’s past has sent echoes into the present. From his first involvement, Titchenell has continued to be active in Scouting—first as a scout, then as leader. His work has not gone unappreciated.
“Tl^e Boy Scouts have given me every honor they can give me,” he acknowledged, proudly displaying medals for the prestigious Silver Beaver and Good Shepherd awards.
Titchenell’s commitment
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