The Early Years of Camp Tsungani (Town North YMCA - Dallas, Texas)

Camp Tsungani began on the Trinity River near Sandy Lake. In the summer of 1970, it moved to a new location on Lake Lewisville (within the community of Highland Village). It is still operating, but it is now called "Camp on the Lake". 2020 marked the 50-year anniverary of the camp at the Lake Lewisville location.

The following is a list of the camp staff that has been identified (so far) for the period 1966-1985. It is sorted by first name with the female staff first.

KEY TO POSITIONS: ACD=assistant camp director; AQ=aquatic director; AW=assistant wrangler; BD=bus driver; C=counselor; CD=camp director; CIT=counselor-in-training; CR=crafts director; JC=junior counselor; JW=junior wrangler; SC=store clerk; W=wrangler
First Name Last Name Sandy Lake Lake Lewisville Notes
'66 '67 '68 '69 '70 '71 '72 '73 '74 '75 '76 '77 '78 '79 '80 '81 '82 '83 '84 '85
Anne Jordan
Barbara Boemer
Beth Boemer (McMahon) C
Beth Foster
Beth Roberts (Guest) C ACD ACD ACD ACD
Cheryl Semones (Elmer) CIT JC JW AW AW
Christenson Kim
Cindy Morris (Arnold) C C
Diane Kern
Dion Bernard
Humphries Mary
Janis "Cherokee" McCulloch (Langford) CR CR CR CR CR
Judy "Bozo" Lovell
Kathy Martin (Weatherford)
Kathy Rix (Hogan)
Kim Christiansen
Kim Lacey
Laura Lacey
Lauri Capri (DeStefano)
Leslie Langston (Steele) C C
Pam Teal (Atkins)
Peggy Weir ACD ACD
Tanya Semones (Elmer)
Huffines
Bill Boemer SC SC SC SC SC SC
Bill Hervey C ACD ACD ACD
Bill Huffines Ray, Jim, Phillip, Donald?
Bob Campbell C
Bobby Aga CD CD CD CD CD
Brett Ave
Bruce Wiland C C C ACD, BD
Charlie
Charlie Shine?
Clay Butler
Craig Gray C C C C AQ, BD
Craig Hollingsworth
Dan Gilmore BD
David Besser
David Weatherford
David Wiggans
Eddie
Evan Evans C
Glenn Lacey
Greg Ave
Greg Bernard
Jeff Hoy C C
Larry "Snakeboy"
Larry Humphries
Mike Langford W W deceased 2014
Paul Kingsley
Pete Dunnam W deceased 1984
Randy
Rick Swalanok BD
Steve Tennyson
Tim Sullivan
Tom Turet C C C C
mormon guy (name?) C
KEY TO POSITIONS: ACD=assistant camp director; AQ=aquatic director; AW=assistant wrangler; BD=bus driver; C=counselor; CD=camp director; CIT=counselor-in-training; CR=crafts director; JC=junior counselor; JW=junior wrangler; SC=store clerk; W=wrangler

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If you remember any of the other staff or have any photos from this period, email me and I will add them.

Tsungani Invitational Golf Classic (formerly the Tsungani Open)

Group Photo from the Tsungani Invitational Golf Tournament in Denton, August 1976
Left to Right (click on the photo for a larger version)
Cart 1: name?, name?, Kathy Martin, David Weatherford
Cart 2: Mike Langford, Janis McCulloch
Cart 3: Rick Waechter (between carts, blue shirt), Kathy Rix, Steve Barker, name?, Bill Boemer (in green cap), Anne Jordan, Brett Ave (between carts)
Cart 4: Craig Gray, Diane Kern, Bill Hervey (standing behind), Cindy Morris
Cart 5: Leslie Langston (between carts), Bruce Wiland, David Wiggans


More Photos from the Tsungani Invitational Golf Tournament, August 1976
David Wiggans, ???, Bruce Wiland, Bill Hervey, Mike Langford, Craig Gray, and Bill Boemer Kathy Rix and ???
Leslie Langston, Beth Foster, and Anne Jordan Craig Gray, Janis McCulloch, Mike Langford, and Bruce Wiland