Pictures From The First Twenty Years

The following pictures are from the not so ancient history of Cordele Boy Scout Troop 270. These boys are now grown men.

CAMP OSBORN ABOUT 1996

Troop 270 Scouts on their way to Scoutcraft at Camp Osborn ca. 1996. (L-R): Jonathan Nesbitt, Jay Mitchell, Jason Adams

All three are Eagle Scouts.

PATRIOTS POINT ABOUT 1997

Patriots' Point, near Charleston, SC, home of the World War II aircraft carrier USS Yorktown. The Troop camped out on the carrier ca. 1997.

FIRST EAGLE SCOUT BOARD OF REVIEW

This is likely a picture from Troop 270's first Eagle Scout Board of Review held July 24. 1997. Pictured are (L-R): Mark Alexander, Charles Luther, Douglas Beck, Bo Slenker, and Bill Stewart .

Douglas Beck is Troop 270's first Eagle Scout.

CAMP OSBORN 1997 OR 1998

Back Row (L-R): Jay Mitchell, Chuck Strickland, Doug Beck, Jason Adams, and Robert Lavender.

Front Row (L-R}: Chuck Luther, Jonathan Nesbitt, Stephen Guined, Mitch Tobias, Kristen Strickland, and Jackson Culpepper.

Scout Leaders: Jim Mitchell (on Left middle) and Stephen Partin (on Right rear). Fellow in blue cap may be Camp Staff.

At least four Eagle Scouts are pictured here.

FDR MEMORIAL TRAIL

PINE MOUNTAIN, GEORGIA

Troop 270 hiking along the FDR Memorial Trail/National Scout Trail at Pine Mountain, ca. 1998-99.

Back row (L-R): Steven Hornyak, Richard Thomas, and Jonathan Nesbitt.

Front row (L-R): Kris Herrick, Brandon Merrill, Stephen Guined, Jay Mitchell, and Jim Mitchell.

FDR MEMORIAL TRAIL

PINE MOUNTAIN, GEORGIA

Pine Mountain camping trip ca. 1998-99.

Pictured Left to Right are Richard Thomas, Jonathan Nesbitt, Jay Mitchell, (seated) Stephen Guined, Steven Hornyak, and leader Jon Nesbitt (Asst.Scoutmaster).

BLACK ROCK MOUNTAIN

Camping as a Venture Unit ca 1998-99. The sign "speaks to the event."

Pictured Left to Right are Jonathan Nesbitt, Carrie Nesbitt (Jon Nesbitt's daughter), Doug Beck, Jay Mitchell.

We picked Jon's daughter up at Georgia Tech...she was a student at the time !!

SECOND EAGLE SCOUT COURT OF HONOR

Jason Adams, Jay Mitchell, and Jonathan Nesbitt followed Douglas Beck as the earliest Eagle Scouts from Cordele Boy Scout Troop 270. Their Board of Review date is April 19. 1999.

Mitchell, Adams, and Nesbitt are pictured with Scouters Jim Mitchell and Jon Nesbitt.

LOST SEA, TENNESSEE 2001

The Lost Sea is an underground lake found in a series of caverns near Sweetwater, Tennessee.

Troop 270 members (L-R): Chuck Luther, ASM Shearer Turton, Jake Turton, SM Bo Slenker, John Ray, Walt Harpe, Ricky Sanders, Justin Lamb, Nick Herrick, and Mark Ray.

FORT PULASKI 2001

Likely identifications (L-R): Mark Ray, Tim Gray, Phillip Ray, unknown, Justin Lamb (hat), and Marie Slenker in the back ground.

THIRD EAGLE SCOUT COURT OF HONOR

Kris Herrick's Eagle Scout Court of Honor in 2002 was Troop 270's third such ESCoH. Kris was our fifth Eagle Scout.

Back Row L-R: Jason Adams, Bo Slenker, Alan Webb, Kris Herrick, Marie Slenker, Shearer Turton, T. J. Garten

Middle row: Brandon Merrill, Ronald Gonzalez, Nik Herrick, Josh MClemore, Justin Lamb, Joseph Piedra, Chuck Luther

Front row: Walt Harpe, Ricky Sanders, Jake Turton

Jason Adams, Kris Herrick, Brandon Merrill, Justin Lamb, Walt Harpe, Ricky Sanders, and Jake Turton, along with their Scoutmaster Bo Slenker are all Eagle Scouts.

CAMP BERT ADAMS 2002

CROSSOVER 2011

Ches Lapeza and Bailey Nipper.

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