Editing Scouting in Connecticut (section)

====Alfred W. Dater Council====
The Alfred W. Dater Council #078, headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, came about from a name change of Stamford Council in 1938. Alfred W. Dater had served as the first president of the Stamford Council until his death in February 1938. On December 2, 1938, in honor of his 22 years of service to Stamford Council, the council was renamed in his honor.<ref name="stamfordhistory.org">{{cite web| url =http://www.stamfordhistory.org/rg5.htm| title =Alfred W. Dater Council History| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20060622000102/http://www.stamfordhistory.org/rg5.htm| archive-date =2006-06-22| url-status =live}}</ref>

The council grew through the 1940s and in 1947 John Sherman Hoyt donated {{convert|18|acre|m2}} of land in Norwalk, Connecticut for use for short-term camping. After that the camp was named Five Mile River Camp.

As Scouting celebrated its 40th anniversary in February 1950, the Council joined in by paying its last mortgage payment on Camp Toquam. The Council reported that it was serving 3,269 boys and adults and plans to build their own Scout headquarters in Glenbrook section of Stamford, Connecticut. The building was sponsored by the Union Memorial Church and financed by donations from the Lions Club and by selling a portion of the Five Mile River Camp.

The purchase of the Williams Training Center in the late 1950s was made possible by selling the remaining portion of Five Mile River Camp. The Ponus Lodge #521 of the [[Order of the Arrow]] was established in 1956.

The Council celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1967 with 2,620 registered Scouts. In 1971, the Council reported 3,000 registered Scouts. The following year, the Boy Scout Councils of Alfred W. Dater, Mauwehu and Pomperaug voted to consolidate their operations into a new Council. In 1972 the Council ceased operations and the new one, Fairfield County Council, began its history.<ref name="stamfordhistory.org" />

=====Ponus Lodge=====
'''Ponus Lodge #521''' was the OA lodge for the Alfred W. Dater Council. Their name comes from the chief of the Rippowam Tribe.  Their lodge totem is a [[False Face Society|"false face" Iroquois mask]] in the image of "Hoba Mako" (rough spelling). Founded in 1956, the lodge ceased its operations when it merged with Chief Pomperaug #408 and Mauwehu #389 to form Tankiteke Lodge #313 in 1972.