Camp Tonkawa

Camp Staff


 
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1956 Summer Camp Staff

Bottom Row L to R:  James Wark, Jack Doyle, Bill Stephenson, Mike Murphy, Bubba Matchett, Jim Horne
Middle Row L to R: Ken Pierce, Tim Reilly, F. M. Arnold, Fred Paul Watkins, Robert A. Hall, Larry Simmons, Jerry Martin, John Arnold, Parks Olmon (Camp Director)
Top Row L to R.: Clement McCarty (Mac) Talkington, James Partin, Ben Partin, Unk, Ray (Dip) Smith (light blue T-shirt), Unk, Benny Gibson, Willy Gumert, Unk, Jimmy Martin
Not pictured or Identified:  Tim Reilly (Program Director), Mike Davis (Bugler & Aide), Jesse Case (Ranger), Wilbert Winkfield (Chef), Charles Brewster (Cook), Gene A. Winkfield (Cook), Sidney Green (Cook), Ulys M. Morgan (Commissioner), Jack Barnes (Commissioner), Lynn B. Yantis (Commissioner), James Armstrong (Commissioner), Carl Borders (Commissioner) 
 

Staff is standing in front of the main lodge prior to the final flag ceremony on Saturday morning.  F. M. Arnold, Camp Director, is the big man in the center of the photo taken in 1952. 
Left to right:  Unk, Billy Carrell, John Gumert, Robert "Rosie" Arms.
 
Photos of Staff Members - Names Unknown
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Known Camp Staff Over The Years

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Abney, William A. Bill -  Waterfront Staff 19674
Adkins, Don - Campmaster
Angie, Martin Joe - Bugler
Arms, Robert (Rosy) - Waterfront Administrator 1952-54
Armstrong, James - Commissioner 1956
Arnold, F. M. - Head Camp Director
Arnold, John M. - Staff 1947-64
Aycock, Tom
Banks, Claude - Staff Chaplain
Banks, John
Banks, Mike
Bannett, E. L. Jr.
Barnes, Jack - Commissioner 1956
Barton, Buz - (Center) Staff 1944-54  Got supplies and  mail in town
Bennett, James Edward - Forestry, Nature Merit Badge, 1961-62
Booth, Bobby
Branch, Powers - Waterfront (1960s) (Overton)
Branch, Johnny - Waterfront (1960s) (Overton)
Branson, Jerry - Commissioner 1948
Branson, Jim - Canteen 1957
Brewster, Charles - Cook 1956
Borders, Carl, Camp director and 1956 a Commissioner
Branch, Paul - Rifle Range
Burns, Ronnie - Waterfront
Bussey, O. W. - Pioneering Merit Badge, Arts and Crafts, 1962-64
Carnahan, Sammy -  (Kilgore) Waterfront Director about 1949
Capel, Charles - Canteen 1957
Carbo, Betty - Cook
Carbo, Leandid - Cook
Cargill, Robert Jr. - (Longview) Waterfront Staff 1950's
Caruthers, Bill - Staff 1950's
Carroll, Billy - Staff 1950's
Case, Jesse - Ranger 1939-1964
Comisky, Ben - Archery/Physical Fitness 1961-64
Carndhan, Sammy - Staff 1944
Clark, Joe - Staff 1954
Daniels,, David M. - Commissary
Davis, Jack B. - Staff 1963-64
Davis, Mike - Bugler & Aide 1956-57
Doyle, Jack - First Aid 1956-57
Doyle, James A. (Jimmy) - Canteen & Axe Yard & Handicrafts 
Doyle, Richard (Dickie) - Archery & Arts and Crafts 1957-61
Fisher, Jack - Quartermaster 1960
Gaston, Ed (Red)
Garham, Leonard - Professional Scouter Staff 1942-1945 & 47
Gibson, Benjamin Franklin (Bennie now Ben) - Waterfront 1956-60
Gibson, Joseph Lee (Jogie now Joe) - Staff 1957-61
Gibson, Thomas Mitchell (Tim now Mitch) - Staff 1961-64
Goforth, Eric - Waterfront 1957
Graves, James Dixon, Jr. (Dixie) - Waterfront 1964
Green, Sidney - Cook 1956
Grimes, E. - Staff 1957
Gumert, John E. - (Kilgore) Waterfront Director 1951 -1952 and 1954
Gumert, Bill "Willie" - (Kilgore) Trading Post 1954 -1956
Hack, Terh - Staff 1953-54
Hall, Robert A. - Canteen 1956
Harle, Foist - Waterfront 1964
Henry, C. M. - Executive First Aid
Hightower, Robert N. - (Palestine) Quartermaster 1961 (Camp Tonkawa Historian)
Hill, W. D. - Quartermaster
Hillyer, Bill - (Tyler) Rifle/archery leader in about 1952
Horn, Jim
Horne, Jimmy - First Aid, Conservation, Quartermaster 1956-61
Hostate, Robert - Scout Executive in the 1940's
Hughston, Ed J.
Irish, Charles - Rifle Range 1962 &64
Irish, Leonard - Rifle Range 1957-59 & 60-61 & 64
Ives, Kenneth - Nature 1961, Quartermaster and Cooking Counselor 1962
Jackson, Royce - Waterfront 1963-64
Locke, Don - Staff 1955
Lock, Mrs.- Cook
Manning, Larry - Waterfront 1963-64
Martin, Jerry - Waterfront 1956
Martin, Jimmy - Range Officer 1956-57
Matchett, Bubba- Canteen Director 1956
McKinney - Staff 1954
Mear, Peter
Miller, Eric
Morell, Jerry - Staff 1953-54
Morgan, Ulys M. - Commissioner 1956
Murphy, Mike - Dining Hall Steward 1956
Murrell, Jerry - Camp Bugler
Newman, Jim - Staff 1950s
Olmon, Parks - Camp Director 1956
O'Neal, Donnie - Staff 1953-54
Partain, Jimmy - Health Officer 1956
Payne, Alvin
Perkins, Jim
Pierce, Ken - Waterfront 1956
Pollard, Charles - (Henderson) Quartermaster 1951-52
Port, Davis - Staff 1954-55
Prytne, Alv
Reeves, Joe - Staff 1950s
Rhodes, Gilbert - Staff 1956-57
Reilly, Tim - Program Director 1956
Riggs, Shelton - (Carlisle) Waterfront 1950
Rose, Jim
Rose, Joe - Bugler
Sapp, Bett - Cook
Simonds, Gene - Cooking Merit Badge 1964
Simmons, Larry - Waterfront Director 1956
Sims, Cecil - Waterfront 1848 & 1960
Sims, LaGrand - Staff 1949-51
Slack, Walter - Staff 1963
Smith, Ray - Expedition Director 1956
Smith, Scott (Scotty) - Waterfront 1960-1962, 1959
Spears, James (Skip) - Nature Staff 1964
Stephenson, Bill (William) - Expedition Guide 1956
Stevens, Bill - Staff 1957-60
Stevens, Jim (Tyler) Waterfront Director about 1950
Stewart, Tommy (Tyler), Crafts Director, First Aid, Commissary Officer, 1951-Opening of Pirtle Scout Reservation
Stoddard, Al - Staff 1952
Stouger, Tom - Staff 1952-54
Talkinton, Clement McCarty (Mac) - Rifle Range 1956, Staff 1961-62
Taylor, B.
Tillison, Sherwood
Travis, Charles - (Frankston) who was on the waterfront about 1949-50, and played football for the University of Texas.
Truitt, J. C. - Rifle Range
Turbyfill, Russell -  Waterfront 1943, Waterfront Administration 1944
Underwood, J. C. - Staff 1940s (Council Scout Executive of ETAC)
Wark, James - Ammunition 1956
Watkins, Fred Paul - Archery 1956
Welch, Bob - Staff 1958-63
Whitten, Jimmy - (Lufkin)  help run Canteen in about 1950-51
Williams, Bob
Williams, Harry - Waterfront 1962-63, Waterfront Administrator 1964
Williams, Paul - Staff 1938-48
Willie, Walter - Staff 1940s
"Winky"- Cook
Winkfield, Gene A. - Cool 1956
Winkfield, Wilburn - Chef 1956
Woodruff, Bob - Staff 1963
Work, James
Yantis, Lynn B. - Commissioner 1956

F.M Arnold

Unknown

"Termite" Sims from Hawkins -
Trading Post 1948 - 50

Campfire Program Director 
Tommy Stewart, Tyler (On Left)
& Unknown Quartermaster

Jerry Branson
District Scout Executive
1948

Cecil Sims - 1948
Waterfront Instructor

Swimming Instructor - 1948
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Our thanks goes to James Dixon Graves, Jr., John Gumert and Robert Hightower for providing us with this staff information.

Last Updated:  July 1, 2012