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Wahinkto
Lodge History
Order
of the Arrow
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INDEX
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Order of the Black Arrow
Kunieh Camp Society
Order of the Arrow
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Order of the Black Arrow
The Order of the Black Arrow was active at Camp Fawcett in 1928.
This was the first Indian group to be organized in the council. Troop
2, of Brownwood, Texas, who came to summer there in 1928, brought the concept
of this organization back to their own troop after summer camp and eventually
organized a similar "Tribe of the Black Arrow" in 1930 in the then Pecan
Valley Council.
A story appeared in the West Texas Scout News on September 8, 1937,
concerning the revival of the Secret Order of the Black Arrow at Camp Fawcett
during the summer camp held there in August 8-21, 1937. Only the
best campers were elected to the society and it was one of the highest
honors at camp.
The society admitted thirteen Scouts the first week and six the second
week. No reference was made as to when the group was originally started
at Camp Fawcett or if it was also part of the program at Camp Louis Farr
that same summer. We know that Willie Masters, a patrol leader in
Troop 91, Eagle Pass, was inducted into the Society that summer.
He remembers having a cedar wreath placed over his shoulder during the
ceremony.
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Kunieh Camp Society
In 1922, Arthur E. Roberts, Scout Executive and Camp Director of Camp
Friedlander of the Cincinnati Area Council, founded the Tribe of Ku-Ni-Eh.
It was founded as a Brotherhood of Honor Campers who exemplified the Scout
Oath and Law. The Ku-Ni-Eh became almost as popular as the Order
of the Arrow and was used by many other councils because they felt that
the Order of the Arrow wanted too large of a fee to join. The Tribe
of Ku-Ni-Eh was used by the Cincinnati Council until the early 1950’s.
In 1951 their members chose to join forces with the Order of the
Arrow and thus became the Ku-Ni-Eh Lodge #462. It is now Lodge #145,
following a merger into the Dan Beard Council.
In 1922, Arthur E. Roberts, Scout Executive and Camp Director of Camp
Friedlander of the Cincinnati Area Council, founded the Tribe of Ku-Ni-Eh.
It was founded as a Brotherhood of Honor Campers who exemplified the Scout
Oath and Law. The Ku-Ni-Eh became almost as popular as the Order
of the Arrow and was used by many other councils because they felt that
the Order of the Arrow wanted too large of a fee to join. The Tribe
of Ku-Ni-Eh was used by the Cincinnati Council until the early 1950’s.
In 1951 their members chose to join forces with the Order of the
Arrow and thus became the Ku-Ni-Eh Lodge #462. It is now Lodge #145,
following a merger into the Dan Beard Council. Brice Draper organized the Kunieh Camp Society during summer camp at
Camp Connellee in 1929. The camp was located on the banks of
the North Concho River about sixteen miles northeast of San Angelo.
J. T. Henderson, Senior Patrol Leader of Troop 2, Ralph Logan and John
Logan, were tapped out to be members of the Kunieh Camp Society along
with several other Scouts. Members of the Society were dressed in
Indian costume and printed a black diamond on the candidates' foreheads
during the tap out ceremony.
Brice Draper, as Camp Director, made a talk to the new candidates about
the Society and their responsibilities as honor campers. Then, Henderson
and the other candidates, were required to sleep out overnight apart from
the other Scouts of their troop, keep a fire going all night, and meditate.
Upon completion of this task, they washed themselves to purify themselves
early the next morning. They then went back to their troops but were
required to remain on silence for the rest of the day.
Upon completion of all the requirements for membership in the Society,
a "black diamond" was stamped on their belt by members of the Kunieh Camp
Society. During the early days of Scouting, each Scout has
numerous emblems stamped on their belt to signify certain accomplishments
while at camp. The black diamond was one of the highest honors that
could be displayed on a Scout’s belt. The society was active through
September 1932.
A group was active in the Heart-O-Texas Council, Waco, and also in the
Comanche Trail Council, Brownwood. In the latter council, the group
was organized in 1935 and was active until 1945.
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Order of the Arrow
Charles "Chuck" Taylor, waterfront director at Camp Louis Farr, was
named Lodge Chief of the newly organized "Arrow Point Lodge" of the national
"Order of the Red Arrow." The Lodge was organized during summer camp
at Camp Louis Farr, June 7-21, 1941.
In visiting with Taylor by phone, he was able to share with this author
several things that he remembers happening at camp that summer. He
was seventeen years old at the time, was on the City of San Angelo Swim
Team, and Eagle Scout in Troop 6 (1937), and had served as Patrol Leader
of the Hyena Patrol. He had been selected to be in the Order while
serving on the camp staff that summer for his outstanding service to camp
and to his troop.
He remembers that the professional staff in camp put on the ceremony
and that Paul Ireland used a wand to tap out candidates. They wore
no costumes except their camp uniform. He was elected as the first
lodge chief by the other members. He indicated that some sort of
group already existed prior to that summer. This was probably the
Kinieh Camp Society. He also remembers that there were no books to
read from; that they created a ceremony for the tap out and induction ceremony.
In visiting with C. A. McDonald, Jr. of San Angelo in 1989, he said
that each troop picked out boys for membership according to the number
in their troop at camp for membership. Everything to do with the
Order of the Arrow happened only in camp. There were no other activities
held during the year. The Scouts were tapped out at the campfire
on Thursday night. When they were tapped out a briar wreath was placed
around their neck and they remained at the campfire until everyone else
left.
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Instructed to Build a Fire
They were told to get a blanket and report back to the flagpole where
they were placed on silence and told they would be "dumped off some place
in the wilderness." Each person received two matches and instructed
that they would build a fire and keep it going all night. A leader
led them around to the site through the thickest brush they could find.
They were led over logs, through the edge of the river, etc. He remembers
it being a "long night." Each wore their briar wreath until they
got his fire going and then burned the wreath. They returned to the
flag pole the next morning.
The next day they worked at the mess hall, cleaning the camp latrine
and other special projects. Most of them got a twig and chewed on the bark
all day so that they wouldn't speak.
At the end of the ceremony that night, they received a card and a felt
OA Sash with a red arrow stamped on it. Emmett D. Cox, Council President,
and Henry Ragsdale, Council Commissioner, were voted as honorary members
of the lodge. James M. Young, who was inducted into the Order of the Arrow
in the late 40’s, remembers that they were also required to select an Indian
name during their night alone.
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Elected to Membership
Those elected to membership that summer at Camp Louis Farr were: Wilbur
McCannon and C. H. Taylor, Scoutmaster, Troop 2, San Angelo; Claude R.
Stone, Troop 30, Ballinger; Horace Rees and Joe Ballinger; Scoutmaster
Reeves, Troop 59, Ft. Stockton; J. B. Morris, Scoutmaster, Troop 55, Texon;
Scoutmaster Mitchell, Troop 50, McCamey; Max Lowry, Ft. Stockton; C. A.
McDonald, Scoutmaster, Troop 32, San Angelo; and Startton Beesley, assistant
waterfront director.
The author has been unable to find records or newspaper stories about
the Order of the Arrow being used at Camp Fawcett during the summer of
1941. However, those elected to membership into the Order of the
Arrow that first summer at Camp Louis Farr were:
Troop 2, San Angelo - Wilbur McCannon and C. H. Taylor, Scoutmaster
Troop 30, Ballinger - Claude R. Stone
Troop 31, McCamey - Scoutmaster Mitchell
Troop 32, San Angelo - C. A. McDonald
Troop 55, Texon - J. B. Morris
Troop 58, Big Lake - Horace Rees and Joe Dougherty
Troop 59, Ft. Stockton - J. F. Reves
Others:
| Assistant Waterfront Director Stratton Beesley
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| A. C. Doyal
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| Bill Hampton of Ballinger
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OA at Camp Fawcett
Dr.
Sterling Fly, Jr., of Uvalde, believed that the OA was started at Camp
Fawcett in 1941, the same time as it was started at Camp Louis Farr.
A story appeared in a newspaper on July 2, 1943, paper unknown, giving
an account of a week’s camp completed at Camp Fawcett, June 20 - 27, by
Troop 96 of Crystal City and Troop 9096 of Winter Haven. In the story
a mention was made of the Order of the Arrow. The story was telling
about all the various awards that Troop 96 head earned at camp that summer.
The story told of two of their troop members, Bob Fly and Harold Harkey,
who were members of the Camp’s Junior Staff, “received the second Degree
(Brotherhood) in the Order of the Arrow, the highest camp award” during
camp that summer. This would indicate that the Order was started
in 1941, when the two Scouts would have received the “First Degree,“ (Ordeal)
as their names were not again mentioned when the story went on to state
that three other Scouts in the troop had received the “First Degree” the
previous year in 1942. Scouts Jimmy Mortensen, Bob Baker and Mike
Moore were the three Scouts to receive this honor for their work as Patrol
Leaders in their troop.
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First Brotherhood
Members Inducted
Thirteen members were inducted into the Brotherhood Honor in 1943 at
Camp Louis Farr. This is the first recorded record that we have of
members being inducted into this honor in addition to Boy Fly and Harold
Harkey being inducted at Camp Fawcett that same summer.
Those inducted at Camp Louis Farr were:
Don Baldwin, Alfred Carthen, Wesley Fox, B. J. Hart, Hardin Jones, Rothnal
O’Kelly, Bob Sykes, Clilfford Taylor, Jr., Dick Tucker, Francis Ward, Dwain
Dodson, H. S. Guthrie and Paul Ward.
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Meaning of “Wahinkto”
Wahinkto is the Blackfoot word meaning “Arrowpoint.” The lodge
totem was the arrowhead, later changed to the running deer, which is still
is today. The Lodge Number 199 identifies the lodge as the 199th
lodge to be chartered by the Order of the Arrow.
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Lodge Totem
The first lodge totem was the arrowhead. Dr. Jack Wright of Big
Lake recalls that when he served as a physician at Camp Louis Farr during
the summer of 1942, that each new arrowman was presented with the lodge
totem. It was a white woven plastic lanyard with a flint arrowhead
in it. The totem was worn around your neck.
Later, when the running deer was selected by the lodge as the lodge
totem, a new lanyard was designed and it is still in use today. This
lodge totem is a piece of deer antler treaded on a leather thong and worn
around the neck. An overhand knot is tied on each side of the antler
to hold it in place on the thong. A second antler is added to the
thong for the Brotherhood honor. When a person receives the Vigil
Honor, the thongs are each tied into a simple overhead knot at the end
of the thongs. The deer antler is cut into one inch lengths and a
hole is drilled through the center of the piece so that the leather thong
may be threaded through it.
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First Lodge Patch
James M. Young, a Vigil member of the lodge, relates the following story
about the first patch.
“About 1950, Jim Strother, Ray Hall Beck and I developed the design
for the first Wahinkto Lodge (patch). The arrowhead was chosen because
of the many arrowheads found in the vicinity of the Camp Louis Farr dining
hall. The patch was to be placed on a sky blue triangle neckerchief.
The neckerchief was to have a one inch white border. The patch was
not adopted for wear on the uniform.”
The patch was a three inch round patch with a red twill background and
had a gold border. Around the top of the circle were the words “Wahinkto
Lodge” with “WWW” around the bottom of the patch. In the center of
the patch was a gold arrowhead with “199” embroidered in blue. A
blue arrow went from left to right behind the arrowhead at an upward angle.
The first lodge patch, designed to be worn on the uniform, was very
similar to the current patch. The main difference is that the arrow at
the top of the patch pointed to the right instead of the left when looking
at the patch. This was the correct position of the patch at the time
in that an arrowman worn his sash over his left shoulder until he became
a Brotherhood member, when he would transfer it to the right shoulder.
We are not sure when this patch was made except that it was sometime between
1950 and 1956. At the time the brown running deer became the totem
of the lodge in place of the arrowhead.
In 1957, a second patch was designed and issued. The arrow was
switched to the right in keeping with the new requirements on the sash.
Unfortunately, the name “Wahinkto” was misspelled and they had to issue
yet another patch with the correct spelling on it. Later, another
patch was designed with a white deer on it just for Brotherhood members.
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Lodge Neckerchief
J. T. Henderson, in the fifties, designed the lodge neckerchief.
He thought it would be unique to take the lodge name “Wahinkto” and arrange
it to look like a deer’s head. The neckerchief patch is black on
red and worn on a white neckerchief.
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OA Section Conferences Wahinkto Lodge has hosted several Section Conclaves over the years.
Here are the ones that we have a record of:
9-D Conference - August 2-4, 1963 at Camp Sol Mayer
9-D Conference - August, 1970 at Camp Sol Mayer
3-B Conclave - August 1-3, 1975 at Angelo State University
3-B Conclave - May 1-3, 1981 at Camp Sol Mayer
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Two Have Served as Section
Chiefs
Two arrowmen have served as Section Chief from the Wahinkto Lodge.
Steve Joyce, Vigil member of San Angelo, served as Section 3-B Chief in
1976 and was responsible for helping to put together a joint 3-A and 3-B
conference held at Baylor University in Waco August 6-9, 1976. Fifty-one
arrowmen from this lodge participated in the weekend along with over 1,000
arrowmen in the combined section conference. One of the highlights
of the weekend was the participation of E. Urner Goodman, founder of the
Order of the Arrow, in the activities at Baylor.
Lance Lunsford also served as Section Chief for South Central Region
Section 1 in 1995 and 1996. Both Section Conclaves were held at Sam
Houston State University in August.
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| Lodge Chiefs
In the beginning of Wahinkto Lodge a Lodge Chief was named for each
week of summer camp. The only activities of the lodge were the induction
of new members at the end of each week of summer camp so there was no need
for a year-round lodge chief.
There is no known record of the first lodge chiefs of Wahinkto Lodge.
In 1951, when the lodge went to year-round lodge chiefs, their names were
recorded on the annual Order of the Arrow Lodge Charter and became a matter
of record. During 1986, the lodge changed its term of office from
January 1 through December 31 of each year to September 1 through August
30th. Thus, you will find, starting with Russell Massey, that their
term of office overlapped two years even though they served only for a
twelve month term. The lodge went back to the first of the year starting
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1941
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Charles “Chuck” Taylor
(Camp Louis Farr)
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1942
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Unknown
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1943
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1st week
- Wesley Fox
(Camp Louis Farr)
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2nd week
- Clifford Taylor, Jr.
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1944
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Unknown
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1945
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Unknown
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1946
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Unknown
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1947
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Unknown
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1948
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Unknown
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1949
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Bill Marshall
(Camp Louis Farr)
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Homer Gathings
(Camp Fawcett)
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1950
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Unknown
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1951
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Ronald Kelso, Brady
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1952
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Ronald Kelso, Brady
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1953
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Johnny Sheedy, III,
Brackettville
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1954
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Lionel Galvan, Crystal
City
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1955
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Michael Kennedy,
Uvalde
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1956
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Wayne Anderson, Del
Rio
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1957
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Wayne Anderson, Del
Rio
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1958
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Gordon McGonsgill,
Del Rio
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1959
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Gordon McGonsgill,
Del Rio
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1960
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Dick Wyatt, San Angelo
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1961
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Jim Runge, Christoval
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1962
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Jim Runge, Christoval
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1963
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John Pipkin, San
Angelo
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1964
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Keith Winslow, Menard
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1965
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Randy Holdridge,
San Angelo
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1966
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Roland Lee Iredale,
San Angelo
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1967
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John Bob Cody, San
Angelo
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1968
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Claude Townsend,
Ft. Stockton
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1969
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David Perry, San
Angelo
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1970
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Terry Younggren,
Ft. Stockton
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1971
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Barry Heath, San
Angelo
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1972
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Barry Heath, San
Angelo
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1973
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John Kennedy, San
Angelo
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1974
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Edward J. Trust,
Eagle Pass
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1975
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Eddie Heath, San
Angelo
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1976
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Steve Evans, Mertzon
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1977
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Tom Steckbeck, San
Angelo
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1978
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Peter Mikel, San
Angelo
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1979
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Peter Mikel, San
Angelo
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1980
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Alex Kedziora, San
Angelo
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1981
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Tony Chambless, San
Angelo
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1982
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Frankie Sablan, San
Angelo
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1983
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Frankie Sablan, San
Angelo
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1984
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Wes Harrell, San
Angelo
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1985
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James Berger, San
Angelo
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1986
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Robert Kronenberg,
Del Rio
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1986 - 87
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Russell Massey,
Del Rio
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1987 - 88
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Monty Gibson,
San Angelo
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1988 - 89
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Robert J. Brown,
Del Rio
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1989 - 90
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Christopher
J. Looney, Uvalde
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1990 - 91
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William F. Harlow,
San Angelo (1/2 year)
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Daryl Box, San Angelo (1/2 year)
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1991
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Danny Casillas, Del
Rio
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1992
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Danny Casillas, Del
Rio
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1993
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David O’Neill, San
Angelo
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1994
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David O’Neill, San
Angelo
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1995
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Donnie Lunsford.
San Angelo
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1996
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Wayne Graham, San
Angelo
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1997
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Rickey Medina, San
Angelo
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1998
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Louis Torres,
Ft. Stockton
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1999
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Roger Lopez
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2000
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Luke L. Burnett,
San Angelo
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2001
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Eric Albert
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2002
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Jason M. White, San
Angelo
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2003
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Adrian Garcia, Del
Rio
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2004
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Adrian Garcia, Del
Rio
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2005
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Matt
Bignall, San Angelo
(1/2 year term)
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Peter Perez, San Angelo (1/2 year
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Lodge Advisers
Lodge Advisers are the unsung heroes of the Wahinkto Lodge. They
are responsible, as volunteers, to see that the lodge stayed in the hands
of the youth. But they are also responsible to see that the lodge
functions according to the rules of the Order of the Arrow. Here
is a list of the known advisers:
1948 - 49 |
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Vernon Bucher
Joe Lindle
Leonard Lee |
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Sponsors of Farr
tribe |
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1948 - 49 |
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Homer Gathings
Elmer Fawcett |
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Sponsors
of
Fawcett tribe |
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1960 - 61 |
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G. Howard Briggs |
1962 - 70 |
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Robert C. "Bob" Warner |
1971 - 75 |
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Thomas Rainey |
1975 - 76 |
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Lawrence "Bub" Williams |
1976 - 80 |
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Ray Kedziora |
1981 - 82 |
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Richard Benton |
1983 - 84 |
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Victor Meza, Sr. |
1985 - 88
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Lace E. "Gene" Hinnard |
1989 - 90 |
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Roy Douglass & Robert Kennedy (co-advisers) |
1990 |
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Robert Kennedy |
1991 |
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Edward Stewart |
1992 |
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Lloyd Deaton |
1993 - 95 |
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Jim Nennich |
1996 - 98 |
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Gary Shrum |
1999 |
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Jimmy "Butch" Simpson |
2000 - 01 |
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Mike Robertson |
2002
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Jerry White |
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Vigil Honor
The Vigil Honor is the highest honor that the Order of the Arrow can
bestow upon its members for service above self to their lodge and local
council. The first person to receive the Vigil Honor in the
Order of the Arrow was its founder E. Urner Goodman, who received this
honor in 1915. The list of names contain the date that the application was submitted
to the Order of the Arrow and not the year they were inducted.
| 1945 |
J. B. Morris, Joseph
O. Galbraith, A. H. Bird |
| 1950 |
Vernon Bucher |
| 1958 |
Marvin Ratliff, Jr. |
| 1959 |
J. C. Benson, Bobby
Broadway, Jackie Jones, Carl B. Nicholas, Jim Runge, Jimmy Stewart, George
Tucker, Harold S. Whiteside, Earl G. Wisdom, Dick Wyatt,
Milton R. Wratt,
Gilbert H. Wyman, James M. Young |
| 1960 |
Paul Hendrix, Lloyd
Deaton, Michael Deaton |
| 1961 |
Julius Graw, Bobby
Neal, John H. Pearson, John Pipkin, Edward E. Qualls,
Truett McClung |
| 1962 |
Ronnie E. Martin,
Carl B. Nicholas, Charles E. Oswalt, III., Gary Spring, Keith Winslow |
| 1963 |
Sandy Bartlett, J.
T. Henderson, Randy Holdridge, Tommy Meier |
| 1964 |
Bobby Elliott, William
E. Huddleston, Robert C. Warner |
| 1965 |
Barry Haenish, Steward
Hawkins, Jr., David Horner, Roland L. Iredale |
| 1966 |
John Bob Cody, David
Hall, Joe Ray Jones |
| 1967 |
Gary Alien, Kirk
Hawkins, Richard L. Iredale, David Perry, Scott Slaughter,
Homer A. Smith,
Claude R. Townsend |
| 1968 |
Ronnie Allen, Bill
Carlson, John K.Finegan, Clouis Hansen, Vincent C. Hobbs,
Andy Johnson,
Eddie Palmer |
| 1969 |
Tommy F. McSwain,
Dow E. Palmer,Terry Younggren |
| 1970 |
Elton T. Calk, Jr.,
Robert H. Haines, Peter Juve |
| 1971 |
Richard Benton, Lace
E. Hinnard, Barry Health, Peter Maldonado, Russell Tidwell, Edward J. Trust |
| 1972 |
Edward Heath, James
B. Heath, Gary Sohn |
| 1973 |
Perry Jewell, Steve
Joyce, Jesse McAnally, Dean Paret, Cyril A. Trust, Sr. |
| 1974 |
Tommy Heath, Robert
J. Kamensky, Jack McCarley, Frank Perkins, Robert Singer |
| 1975 |
Craig Bessent, Wilson
Hill, Jr., Ronnie McAnally, J. B. Ward, Lewis H. White |
| 1976 |
None |
| 1977 |
Ray Kedziora, Thomas
Valdez |
| 1978 |
John Campbell, Bill
Dillahunty, Alex Kedziora, Rodney D. Kuhlmann, Peter Mikel,
Tom Steckbeck,
James Strickland |
| 1979 |
None |
| 1980 |
Will Allison, John
D. Eberhardt, Victor Meza, Sr., Abe H. Ramirez, Karl A. Wiedenfeld |
| 1981 |
Walter Campbell,
Brad L. Newton |
| 1982 |
Tony Chambless, Victor
Meza, Jr., Frankie Sablan, Ken Sablan |
| 1983 |
K. Wynn Alston, Russell
Cooke, Sammy Sablan |
| 1984 |
James Berger, Armando
DeLeon, Mike Fanning, Chris A. Johnson, Timothy F. Johnson, Roy Moore,
Gene Wilton, Jr. |
| 1985 |
John A. Herrera,
James Kimbrel, Robert Kronenberg, Aaron Miles, Randy A. Schreiber, Terry
Williams |
| 1986 |
Weldon L. Blackard,
Mike Gillenwaer, Russell E. Massey, Bill Ruth |
| 1987 |
Robert Fierro, Jr.,
Monty Gibson, Paul Hendricks, John R. Massey, Jonathan Turnbow, Wes Wolfe,
III |
| 1988 |
Chris Looney, Alex
Mata, J. M. "Bill" Rowley, Gary Schreiber, Dan Stim |
| 1989 |
Jason Aley, Robert
J. Brown, Danny Casillas, Brent Smith, Jeffrey Williams |
| 1990 |
Lane Hughes, Robert
Kennedy, James Nennich, Jason Williams |
| 1991 |
Ramon R. Castro,
Jr., Benny L. Dougherty, Harry T. Eckert, Darin L. Smith,
Grant H.
Irons |
| 1992 |
Drew Hubbard, Daryl
Box, Ramon Castro, Sr., Edward Goebel, Federico Medina, Jr. |
| 1993 |
David O’Neill, Maxie
Peabody, Billy R. Sellman, Roberts S. Williams, Jr.,
Terry M. Younggren |
| 1994 |
Americo Isreal Garcia,
Orlando Flores, Albert “Willie” Williams |
| 1995 |
A. Carl Cummins Evve
Kuykendall, Donnie Lee Lunsford, Maria Medina |
| 1996 |
Andy Brooks, Richard
W. Graham, Raymond J. Leftwich, Federico Medina, III,
William Mechler,
Jimmy E. “Butch” Simpson, Jr. |
| 1997 |
Robert M. Burnett,
Richard G. O’Neill, Louis Torres, Jim Lay, Sam Elk Shimp, II.,
Gary
Shrum |
| 1998 |
Robby Archer, Ruby
Deaton, Ted Hogan, Jay Medina, Chris Shrum |
| 1999 |
Luke Burnett, Don
Cheek, Elwin Hahn, Bradley Jones, Brian Simpson |
| 2000 |
Jonathan Kilgore,
Brian Sturm, Mark Wyatt |
| 2001 |
Steven Daniels, Jason
White, Ron Gabriel, Jerry White |
| 2002 |
None |
| 2003 |
Adrian J. Garcia,
Matthew J. Huro, Cody R. Scott, Matthew S. Vercher |
| 2004 |
Nathan Calk, Andrew
Garcia, Bill Karmany, Jakob McKeel, Mike Mitchell |
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Founder’s Award
The Founder’s Award was created by the Order of the Arrow to honor and
recognize those Arrowmen who have given outstanding service to the Lodge.
The bronze medallion bearing the likeness of E. Urner Goodman and Carroll
A. Edson is reserved for an Arrowman who demonstrates to his fellow Arrowman
that he memorializes in his everyday life the spirit of achievement as
described by our founder.
The award was presented to David O’Neill and Lloyd Deaton on October
17, 1994, and to Robert Burnett in 1999. Jerry White and Adrian Garcia received the award
in 2004.
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Distinguished Service Award
Edward J. Trust, Lodge Chief of Wahinkto Lodge in 1974, was presented
the Distinguished Service Award during ceremonies at the National Order
of the Arrow Conference held at For Collins, Colorado in August 1979.
Trust, an Eagle Scout, graduated from Angelo State University and was serving
as a 1st Lt. In the United States Air Force, stationed in Denver. Colorado.
While in the Concho Valley Council, he was active on both a Section and National
level in the Order of the Arrow, serving mostly on the Shows Committee.
The national OA Committee presents the Distinguished Service Award to
those Arrowmen who had rendered outstanding service to the Order on a section,
area, regional or national level. It is given primarily for dedicated
service to the Order and Scouting over a period of years. It is the
only award in Scouting that is presented to youth members, adult volunteers
and professional Scouters.
The Award was presented to Frank T. Hilton, in 1983 Program Director.
It was presented to him for having served as OA Section Staff Adviser
in Sections 9-B, 3-B and IV for many years. He served as Lodge Staff
Adviser for the Tonkawa Lodge and Tejas Lodge prior to moving to Concho
Valley Council in 1974, In this Lodge, he served as Staff Adviser
for the Wahinkto Lodge from 1974 through 1987, and again from 1989 through
1990. Upon becoming the Scout Executive in Comanche Trail Council,
Brownwood, he served as Staff Adviser of the Otena Lodge from 1991 until
his retirement from professional Scouting in January 1997.
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Curtis B. Dyer Award
The Wahinkto Lodge had tied with Karankawa Lodge for the Curtis B. Dyer
Award in 1968, but on May 3, 1981, Sammy Sablan, Frankie Sablan, Wes Harrell
and Mike Fanning brought home the Award, having earned it outright.
The lodge won it two more times, the last time during competition held
at the OA Section IV Conclave at Shepherd AFB in Wichita Falls, Texas,
and retired the trophy. This was the year the Section changed.
During this time in the lodge history, the youth were very interested
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