1959 - 1960

1959 - Troop 177, Smyrna, GA
Same photo as in the newspaper image on the right, but not cropped and a little better image.

First Row (seated, L to R) Bill Orange, Mike Wheelock, Eddie Silvey, Jon Hemmer, Mr. JD French, Mr. LM Orange (scoutmaster), Mr. Roy Wheelock, Mr. Bill Spencer, Ray Golz, Henry Cunard

Second Row (L to R) Mike Strickland, Eddie Davis, Lonnie Lovell, Joel Burrows, Ronnie Murphy, Bob Higgins, Mike Gable, Ricky French, Tom Spencer, John Knodel, Glen Whiton, Jimmy Wade, Charles Gilliam, Dale Smith

Third Row (L to R) David Champion, Wilson Brock, George Hunt, Stanley Phillips, Eddie Silver, Rex Morrison, Jay Gibbons, Larry Bowen, Dan Robles, Tommy Driskell, Rowland Phillips

1959 - Troop 177
This is the home troop of your humble webmaster.  That's me, second row, 5th from the left.
(Submitted by Danny Robles) 

1959 - Trading Post at old camp
Another view of the trading post at old Bert Adams (looking strangely unpopulated!  But it was only open a few hours per day as the staff that ran the trading post also taught merit badges or had other duties)
Submitted By: Bob Higgins

1959 - Axe Yard
Axe yard at old Camp Bert Adams, located across the main road from the handicraft and quartermaster building.
Submitted By: Bob Higgins

1959  Camp Capital Campaign
We have dated this as 1959, but it's likely earlier. The new camp was constructed in 1960-61, so the capital campaign to raise the money for the land and construction had to be at least a year or more earlier.  I had saved this from my youth and I didn't join scouting until 1957 and wasn't aware Bert Adams was moving until the year I was first on staff, 1960.  So, I doubt I would have saved this newspaper clipping much before 1960.
Submitted By: Bob Higgins

1960   Last Camping Season for Bert Adams in Vinings
This article, from the Marietta Daily Journal dated June 12, 1960, tells of the opening of the last summer camp season at Camp Bert Adams in Vinings.  Since this article was in the Marietta paper the four youth in the photos are all from Cobb County.  Bill Orange (Smyrna) and Randy Rakestraw (Mableton), Bob Higgins (Smyrna) and Rob Cross (Marietta).  The two unidentified scouts looking over Lake Darby are Bill & Randy.  Also, note that near the end of the article there is reference to a Woodbadge training course being held September 3-11, 1960.  According to reliable sources there were multiple Woodbadge courses held at Bert Adams in Vinings beginning as early as 1950 and, with the exception of 1952, held yearly through 1954.   The following information on Woodbadge courses held at Bert Adams in Vinings was provided by Chuck Olson, Unit Relations Advisor, Egwa Tawa Dee Lodge, Order of the Arrow.
WB #12, September 1954, Joseph Thomas, Scoutmaster (Course Director)
WB # 28, September 1951, Stanley Mate, Scoutmaster (CD); John D. Morgan, SPL
WB # 44, September 1953, E. E. "Horsey" Horsington, Scoutmaster
WB # [?], September 1954,  (no information about this course)
Submitted By: Bob Higgins

 1960  Bob Higgins (staff '60) at Nature Lodge (Museum) at old camp
Bob Higgins standing in the doorway to the Nature Museum.  It is believed this building was formally a staff hut (see maps in the "Where in Vinings" page).  In 1960 we had turtles, snakes, including a five and half foot Eastern Diamondback rattlesnake, which the camp director milked every Wednesday (see photo below).  The turtles could be checked out by troops and entered in the Great Turtle Race which was held once a week.
Submitted By: Bob Higgins