LODGE ADVISERS OF OTENA LODGE

Over the years many great Scouters served as Adviser for the Lodge. They have given of their time, their talents and their knowledge to the officers of the Lodge to insure that the very best program of cheerful service was rendered to others. Here is a list of known advisers and when they served:

1946  Guy T. Smith, Brownwood
1947 Ben Sparks
1952-1953  Excell Segrest, Bangs
1954-1955  James M. Cooper
1957 Sam Etter, Brownwood
1958-1961 Manley Webb, Brownwood
1962-1963  Dabney Kennedy, Brownwood
1964 Manley Webb, Brownwood
1965-1967  C. W. Boles, Eastland
1967-1970  Vernon Honea, Cisco
1971 Mac McConnell, Brownwood
1971-1972  Gaitha Browning, Brownwood
1972-1976  Lois Gee, Dublin
1977-1992  H. Neal Pepper, Brownwood
1993  Gordon J. Place, DeLeon
1994-1995 Burton J. Phillips, Stephenville
1995-1998 Thomas “Tom” Ponder, Brownwood
1998-1999 Dale Carpenter, Stephenville
2000 - 2001 Jim DeWitt, Blanket
2001 - 2003 Sam Mangrum, Stephenville; Associate Adviser Robert “Bob” Rider, Brownwood

SUPREME CHIEFS OF THE FIRE

There has been only seven "Supreme Chiefs of the Fire" in the fifty-eight year history of Otena Lodge. As Scout Executives it was their job to see that the lodge adhered to national policies and to advise the volunteer Adviser and lodge officers.

1932 - 1953  Guy N. Quirl
1954 - 1961 Joe 0. Galbraith
1962 - 1969 John H. Pound
1970 - 1971 Harold DeHon
1972 - 1982 Eldon Sehnert
1983 - 1990 Alfred Havens
1991 - 1995 Frank T. Hilton
1996 - 2001 Eric Howell
2001 - 2003 David Foil
2003 Kent Brown


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