ABOUT THE WEBMASTER

	JIM  BOWLES

	HEADING TO THE 1967 NOAC Jeff Gieseke, Jim Bowles, Chuck Warne, Kevin Biddle & Jeff Doane

	IN THE PICO BLANCO TRADING POST IN 1971

	JIM L. BOWLES Esselen Lodge Historian  1957 ORDEAL 1958 BROTHERHOOD 1961 VIGIL HONOR AT RANCHO LOS MOCHOS MACHEK N'GULT LODGE 375 OAKLAND AREA COUNCIL 21  1962 LODGE CHIEF MACHEK N'GULT LODGE 375 OAKLAND AREA COUNCIL 21 OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA  1962-63 AREA 12-B TREASURER 1963 AREA 12-B CHIEF (RESIGNED AS AREA CHIEF DO TO MOVING FROM OAKLAND IN AREA 12-B TO ESSELEN IN AREA 12-D) 1967-1979 LODGE ADVISER 2008-  ASSOCIATE LODGE ADVISER ESSELEN LODGE 531 MONTEREY BAY AREA COUNCIL 25 SALINAS, CALIFORNIA   SCOUTER POSITIONS ASSISTANT SCOUTMASTER,  ASSOCIATE EXPLORER ADVISER, EXPLORER ADVISER,  NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSIONER, COUNCIL CAMPING COMMITTEE, LODGE ADVISER, COUNCIL MEMBER AT LARGE, VENTURE CREW COMMITTEE, ASSOCIATE LODGE ADVISER  NATIONAL OA CONFERENCES ATTENDED: 1958, 1961  CONTINGENT LEADER FOR ESSELEN:  1967, 1973, 1977 ASST.  LEADER 2006 & 2009 CONTINGENT LEADER FOR  MULTI LODGE CONTINGENTS:   1963, 1965, 1969, 1971, 1975 (made up with most of the lodges between Eureka and Orange County) Total of 12 NOAC's    DIMOND-O CAMP STAFF 1960-1962 OAKLAND AREA COUNCIL NEAR MATHER NEXT   TO YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK PICO BLANCO CAMP STAFF 1966-1978 PROVISIONAL SCOUTMASTER, CAMP COMMISSIONER, TRADING POST MANAGER, CAMP BUSINESS MANAGER  In 1972 I was to become the new Area 12-D Adviser for the Lodges of Central California (Stockton, Modesto, Fresno, Visalia, Bakersfield, San Luis Obispo and Salinas).  Before I was installed the 12 BSA Regions merged to become 6 Regions and the 5 OA Areas in California became 4 Sections.  It was Area 12-D that was disbanded and did not become a Section.  Esselen Lodge then joined Section W3A of the San Francisco Bay. 30 FROM ESSELEN ATTEND NOAC - 1973 Thirty Esselen members went by chartered Greyhound bus to the 1973 National Order of the Arrow Conference held at the University of California in Santa Barbara.  We spent a day at Disneyland before arriving at the conference.  It was the largest contingent Esselen has sent to a NOAC.   ISCA LIFE MEMBER #5303 INTERNATIONAL SCOUTING COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION

	1958 University of Kansas Machek N'Gult Delegate  1961 Indiana University Machek N'Gult Delegate  1963 University of Illinois Area 12-B Contingent Leader  1965 Indiana University Area 12-B & 12-D Contingent Leader  1967 University of Nebraska Esselen Contingent Leader  1969 Indiana University Area 12-D Contingent Leader  1971 University of Illinois Area 12-D Contingent Leader  1973 University of California, Santa Barbara Esselen Contingent Leader  1975 Miami University, Ohio  California Contingent Leader  1977 University of Tennessee Esselen Contingent Leader  2006 Michigan State University Esselen Assistant Leader  2009 Indiana University Esselen Assistant Leader

	1967 - Scout Executive Tom Moore asked me to be the Esselen Lodge Adviser two months after this photo was taken 1970 - Camp Pico Blanco Business Manager 1971 - With Carroll A. Edson, Co-founder of the Order of the Arrow in 1915 1972 - Trying on the official Lodge Chief's Headdress 1972 - At the OA desk in the Scout office 1972 - Going over Ordeal projects 1969 - Santa Cruz District Scout-o-rama 1976 - Lodge Banquet 1976 - Section W3A Conclave

	1961 NOAC at Indiana University as a member of Machek N'Gult Lodge of the Oakland Area Council Oakland Tribune, August 1961