The first Lodge Banquet was held December 22, 1952, at Chisholm's restaurant in Brownwood under the leadership of Lodge Chief Burts Kennedy. The opening ceremony was led by Dabney Kennedy with all Arrowmen giving the Obligation. President Thomas Taylor of Howard Payne College gave the address. Mr. H.O. Wilson presented a magic show for the main program. Following this program the election of new officers for 1953 was held. The banquet closed with the OA song led by Brantley Hudson, a professional Scouter of the Council. The menu for this first banquet featured a typical Christmas event with turkey and dressing, creamed potatoes, English peas, combination salad, cranberry sauce, apple cobbler, tea and coffee.

We know that the annual Lodge banquets were held for the next thirty-three years, usually in December or January. They were the highlight event of the year with the recognition of achievements for the year and the elections of new officers for the coming year.

Dabney Kennedy in a letter written to the Lodge in 1963, said, "We've come a long way since that first banquet in 1952. Printed programs, Hotel Roof Garden, beautiful dates, -- few will remember those crayon colored programs, Chisholm's old restaurant, and Arrowmen attending stag."

1952 - Chisholm's Restaurant 1954-1963 - Hotel Brownwood Roof Garden 1964 - Browntower Motor Inn 1965 - Rooms A & B, Brownwood Coliseum 1966 - Holiday Inn, Brownwood 1967 - Gomez Mexican Restaurant 1968 - Tarleton State University  1969 - Howard Payne College  1970 - Howard Payne College  1971 - Par Country Club, Proctor Lake  1972 - Holiday Inn, Brownwood  1974 - Howard Payne University  1975 - Holiday Inn, Brownwood  1977 - Par Country Club, Proctor Lake  1982 - First United Methodist Church, Ranger  1983 - Howard Payne University  1984 - Par Country Club, Proctor Lake  1985 - Scheduled for December 7 Place unknown 1994 - 4-H Center, Lake Brownwood (This was the first banquet in many years) 1995 - First United Methodist Church, Comanche (50th Anniversary Banquet) 1996 - First United Methodist Church, Stephenville 1997 - First United Methodist Church, Stephenville 1998 - First Christian Church, Brownwood 1999 - First Christian Church, Brownwood 2000 - Council Service Center, Brownwood 2001 - Council Service Center, Brownwood 2002 - Austin Avenue Church of Christ, Brownwood 2003 - Austin Avenue Church of Christ, Brownwood	Lodge Chief Dabney Kennedy 1955 Lodge Banquet
Lodge Chief Carl B. Sanders 1963 Lodge Banquet	Elected officers at 1964 Banquet L to R: Bill Garner, Jimmy Woods, Marty Lehnis, Kenneth Journey, Carl Sanders, Gary Orloff, Eddie Lehner, Don Walske
1966 Lodge Banquet  Lodge Chief Bill Boles giving New Lodge Chief Jerry Jackson the Lodge Neckerchief	Left to Right:  Lodge Chief Bill Boles, Guest Speaker "Running Elk," Publication Chairman John Yantis 1966 Lodge Banquet

Vigil member Frank Griffin, loaned to Otena Lodge a complete display of all the patches and neckerchiefs of the lodge at the 1996 Lodge Banquet held at the 4-H Center on Lake Brownwood.  The displays were returned to Griffin upon the consolidation of the Otena and Kotso Lodge into a new Penateka Lodge on January 1, 2004.  Griffin made each of the frames, and for several years, the patch collection was displayed at the Comanche Trail Council office in Brownwood.