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FIRST WOMEN INDUCTED INTO OTENA
LODGE
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REVE
PONDER, Assistant Scoutmaster of Troop 1, Brownwood, who had spent many
weekends with her dad at camp years before, and BETTY HART, an Assistant
Scoutmaster of Troop 103, Eastland, were the first ladies inducted into
Otena Lodge. This was accomplished at the summer induction in 1991 during
Perry A. "Butch" Wakefield, Jr.'s term as Lodge Chief.
ReVe Ponder and Betty Hart
reached the Vigil Honor. ReVe was killed in an automobile accident
on March 27, 1996. Arrowmen, who were attending Spring Conference
at Camp Billy Gibbons, attended the funeral which was held in Brownwood.
A small bag of soil from the OA Ceremony Ring was placed in the casket
with her. |
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Betty Hart
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ReVe Ponder
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In the summer
of 1993, CATHY MAPLES, Assistant Scoutmaster of Troop 99 of Lampasas was
inducted into the Ordeal, thus becoming the third female to be in the Lodge.
Since 1993, nine other women
have been inducted into the OA and six have become Brotherhood members.
PAM (BARNES) RIDER AND SHIRLEY TEAGUE were two of the last Vigils inducted
in Otena Lodge before it consolidated with Kotso Lodge to form the new
Penateka Lodge in January 2004. |
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Pam (Barnes) Rider
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Shirley Teague
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| Name |
Unit
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Town
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Elected
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Brotherhood
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Received Vigil
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| ReVe Ponder |
T-1 |
Early |
1991
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1992
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1995
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| Betty Hart |
T-103 |
Eastland |
1991
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1992
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1996
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| Cathy Maples |
T-99 |
Lampasas |
1993
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1994
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| Carla Goodwin |
T-12 |
Brownwood |
1994
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1995
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| Hilda Griffin |
T-67 |
Comanche |
1995
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1996
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| Pam (Barnes)
Rider |
T-1 |
Brownwood |
1999
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2000
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2003*
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| Shirley Teague |
T-14 |
Brownwood |
1999
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2000
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2003*
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| Lisa Rollins |
T-200 |
Lampasas |
1999
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2000
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| Christy Swann |
T-14 |
Brownwood |
2001
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2002
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| Janet Griffin |
T-14 |
Brownwood |
2003
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2005
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| Marie Wilson |
T-1 |
Brownwood |
2003
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| Laura Stair |
T-200 |
Lampasas |
2003
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* Final Vigil Adults elected to Otena Lodge
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