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1951 Area 12-A Conference

AREA XIIA Site * Camp RO KI LI, San Bernardino Mountains, CA.
MARCH 16-18 Host * San Gorgonio 298
1951 Chief * Loren Tarvin 225
Vice Chief * Jim Lang 252
Lay Adviser * George Aunger 252 (deceased)
Professional Adviser * Carl N. Helmick 127
Region Adviser * A. R. (Andy) Groenink 90 (deceased)

Comments: The area was redesignated during this year. Names in the program without titles were as follows: Kirby Hester 1271, Dan ____ker 249, John Dryden 90, Bob Brier 291. A Vigil ceremony was run for five arrowmen including Tubby Houston. It was very cold. There were 16 lodges.

This was the first known conference where a patch was given out. It famously arrived with the wrong year listed, as the design was based on the 1950 San Gorgonio Lodge Pow Wow patch, and the manufacturer failed to update the conference year to 1951.

1951 Area 12-A Conference Booklet

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  1. His correct name was Kerby Hester

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