25 Year Club

The Babcock Hovey Alumni Association acknowledges camp supporters, either volunteers or camp participants, after twenty-five years of attendance by hanging a plaque in the dining hall on the 25 year club plaque. Camp supporters who have fifty years of attendance join the Old Turtle Patrol and have their name added to a large walnut turtle with an engraving recognizing their achievement.

Rules for Admittance –

  1. 1. Must by 30/31 years of age. (Tiger scout/lion joining age plus 25 years)
  2. Must participate in an official Camp Program for 25 years or support financially.
  3. Out of Country Military Service is exempted as long as you write home every year.
  4. If you think you are eligible please email Hank at hroenke@verizon.net.
Camp Babcock-Hovey 25+ Year Club
# 50 Year Club Year
1 Skip Cepuch* 2001
2 Vern Trickey* 2010
3 Jim Waldorf 2010
4 Joe Whitcomb* 2013
5 Bill Stobie 2014
6 Admiral Lord 2016
7 Steven Wheeler 2017
8 Gerald Strong* 2017
# 25 Year Club Year
1 Arnold Barben* 1991
2 Vern Brown* 1991
3 Carlton Brownell 1991
4 Hal Button 1991
5 Dave Bush 1991
6 George Campbell* 1991
7 Fred Carr* 1991
8 Skip Cepuch* 1991
9 Doug Cramer* 1991
10 Don Croll* 1991
11 Earl Dean* 1991
12 Jay DeBadts* 1991
13 Robert Docteur, Sr.* 1991
14 George Dutcher* 1991
15 Esther Gage-Brown* 1991
16 Fred Harding* 1991
17 Ralph “Gramps” Hart* 1991
18 John Heiderich* 1991
19 Seward Irland* 1991
20 Dick Johnson* 1991
21 J. Walter Keating* 1991
22 Tom Kemp* 1991
23 Lyman King* 1991
24 Fran Kuryla 1991
25 Louis Laude* 1991
26 Tom Lewis 1991
27 Ann (Long) Calder 1991
28 Gordon “Sandy” MacLaren* 1991
29 Todd Miller* 1991
30 Dave Prosser* 1991
31 Fred Reynolds* 1991
32 George Ryan* 1991
33 Bill Stobie 1991
34 Andy Stobie, Sr.* 1991
35 William Tichenor* 1991
36 Vern Trickey* 1991
37 Rose Venuti* 1991
38 James Waldorf 1991
39 C. George Walker, Jr.* 1991
40 Joe Whitcomb* 1991
41 Don Worden* 1991
42 Mike Burrows* 1992
43 Steve Wheeler 1992
44 Scotty Jensen* 1993
45 Admiral Lord 1993
46 Tom Coleman* 1995
47 Tom Wilson* 1995
48  John Wendt 1996
49 Irma Prosser* 1996
50 Tim Coughlin 1997
51 Gerry Strong* 1997
52 Gary Bird* 1999
53 Arnold Schofield* 1999
54 Harold Legg* 1999
55 Pete Heiderich 1999
56 Dave Brink* 1999
57 Ron Sutherland* 2000
58 Dave Herrmann 2000
59 Al Pomerantz 2001
60 Yolanda Schofield* 2002
61 Lee VanDelinder 2003
62 Dave VanDelinder 2003
63 John Side* 2005
64 Dave Haag 2005
65 Jane Stobie 2007
66 Doug Luke 2007
67 Jay Laitenberger 2007
68 Mike Smith 2007
69 Hank Roenke 2008
70 Victor Lonsberry 2008
71 Al Walker 2010
72 Jason Dunham 2011
73 Debra Staples 2011
74 Eric Falkman 2011
75 Conrad Wedding 2012
76 Jim Wilck 2012
77 Noel Kessler 2013
78 Greg Elling 2013
79 Ray Howard 2013
80 Martha Wheeler 2017
81 Matthew Crance 2017
82 Bill Garman 2017
83 Stephanie Garland 2017
84 Bill Tilley 2017
85 George Stanton 2018
86 Alexander Peck 2018
87 John Conley 2019
88 Tom Hodge 2019
89 Tom Langley 2019
90 Bill Garman 2019
91 Don Tennies 2019
92 Jason Mellen 2020
93 Tim Russell 2020
The Babcock Hovey Alumni Association acknowledges camp supporters, either volunteers or camp participants, after twenty-five years of attendance by hanging a plaque in the dining hall on the 25 year club plaque. Camp supporters who have fifty years of attendance join the Old Turtle Patrol and have their name added to a large walnut turtle with an engraving recognizing their achievement. The list was started in 1991 so anniversaries prior to that date are also shown as ”1991”
Rules for Admittance –
1. Must by 30/31 years of age. (Tiger scout/lion joining age plus 25 years)
2. Must participate in an official Camp Program for 25 years or support financially.
3. Out of Country Military Service is exempted as long as you write home every year.
4. If you think you are eligible please email Hank at hroenke@verizon.net.