Otena Lodge History - Officers of the lodge

OTHER KEY LODGE OFFICERS

The Lodge Vice-Chief, Secretary and Treasurer have all played a key role in the lodge. For the first eight years of the lodge there were only two elected officers - Lodge Chief and Secretary. The Treasurer's job was handled by the Scout office. In 1952 the Treasurer's job was added to the list of officers and in 1953 the Vice-Chief's job was added.

1964 Elected Lodge Officers (L to R): Bill Garner, Jimmy Woods, Morty Lehnis, Kenneth Journey,
Carl B. Sanders, Gary Orloff, Eddie Larner and Don Walske

By 1991 the lodge had expanded to have three Vice-Chiefs - one each for Indian Affairs, Camp Promotion and Activities. In 1999, Vice-Chief of Ceremonies was added. The job of Publications was dropped sometime prior to 1991.

1995 Lodge and Chapter Officer's Training at 4-H Center on Lake Brownwood

Here is a list of those officers that we were able to find from several different sources:

Date	Vice Chief	Secretary	Treasurer	Publications
1945	None	Estes E. Halkias	None	None
1946	None	Bobby Blair	None	None
1947	None	Walter Hart	None	None
1948 -	None		None	None
1949 -	None		None	None
1950	None		None	None
1951	None		None	None
1952	None	Dabney Kennedy	Arlie Brown	None
1953	Dabney Kennedy	Bobby Jack Snow	Arlie Brown	None
1954	None	John Minear	Leo Buckmaster	None
1955	Bryan Healer	James Smith	None	None
1956	James Smith	Don Buckmaster	Allan Pritchard	None
1957	Don Buckmaster	Allan Pritchard	Tom C. Graves	None
1958 -	James Smith	Jan Wall	Gordon Byrd	None
1959 -	Richmond Wilkins	Jan Wall	Gordon Byrd	None
1960 -	Billy Bailey	Jimmy Wilson	Larry Spore	Jimmy Erwin
1961	Jerry Templeton	Jimmy Wilkins	L.V. Benningfield	Jimmy Erwin
1962	Jimmy Erwin	Lewis Smith	Chet Cedars	L.V. Benningfield
1963	Bob Self	Lewis Smith	Jimmy Woods	Rhett Stone
1964	Kenneth Journey	Don Walske	Jimmy Woods	Gary Orloff
1965	Phil Duren	John Stephens	Mike A. Shillingberg	Lewis Herr
1966	Mike Shillingberg	John W. Cunyus	Bob Rothe	John T. Yantis
1967	Thomas A. Brashier	Steve Lund	John Cunyus	Randy Boles
1968	Ernie Meyer	Eddie Leatherwood	Porter Bird
1969	Ronnie Huse	Carl L. Hall, III	Clive McClelland
1970	Gary Walske	Richard McKinney	Fred D. Spencer III
1971	Rickey Masters	Michael Davis, Stanley Walker, Jr.	Larry Smith
1972	Charles Graham	Phil Watkins	Roy Hash	Frank Griffin
1973	Larry Smith	Scott Morelock	Mark Chastain
1974	James Reed	Matt Keith	Harold Mathias
1975	Pat Leatherwood	Larry Taylor	Mark Bethany
1976	John Allen	Chris Clement	David Martin
1977	Chris Clement	Hugh Keithly
1978	Ronald Shackelford	Jet Hays	Hugh Keithly
1979	Ricky Crenshaw
1980	Ricky Crenshaw
1981	Jet Hays	Charlie Trowbridge	Ricky Wilson
1982	Ricky Wilson	Glenn Deitker	Kevin Johnson
1983	Michael R. Bradle	Glenn Deitker	Dennis Petty
1984
1985	Zack Havens	Steve Gary	Chris Huse
1986	Chris Huse	Dale Herdman	John Hays
1987	Jim Knovicka	Louis Wall, Jr.	Willie Rodriguez
1988	Doug Cox	Gary Peaton	Cory Smith	None
1989	Jim Knovicka	William Higgins	Cory Smith	None
1990	Perry A. Wakefield, Jr.	David Hale, Jr.	Cory Smith	None
1991	Antonio Giustino David L. Rives Fritz Quast	Sam Mangrum	David Ford	None
1992	Antonio Guistino Cody D. Smith Fritz Quast	Cody Stephens	Domenico Guistino	None
1993	Rusty G. Arnold Cody Stephens Birk K. Billingsley	Jason Wakefield	Josh Hightower	None
1994	Kipp W. Koeppel James H. Hart Michael Denison	Jason Wakefield	Tracy P. Honea	None
1995	Michael H. Denison Michael D. Fulton Bradley J. Maples	Timothy K. Price	Joe M. McCollum	None
1996	James Hart Aleck M. Griffin Aaron Carpenter	Timothy K. Price	Trey Reno	None
1997	Aaron Carpenter Timothy K. Price Kirt Brown	Jason Carpenter	James “Jay” DeWitt	None
1998	Kirt Brown Trey Reno Lee Leatherwood	Jared Gist	Justin Moore	None
1999	Chad Firth Kirt Brown Aaron Carpenter Daryl Phillips	Jared Gist	Jeremy Seifert	None
2000	Chad Firth Chris Edwards Kirt Brown	Neal Mann	Jeremy Seifert	None
2001	Charlie Collins Zack Swann Joey Ellis Andrew Rollins	Chris Edwards	Adam Schluckebier	None
2002	Chris Harris Kendal Teague Andrew Rollins Buck Paolino	Neal Mann	Adam Schluckebier	None
2003	Jared Blair Jon Durand Andrew Rollins Chad Iley	Buck Paolino	Chris Harris	None

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