Jack Boyd

Several weeks ago Chris Callaway posted an excerpt from his and Heard's fascinating book, Camping with Jack. The content has been moved to the Jack Boyd page.

New Forum Member

Welcome to our newest forum member, Mark Ellis.

Mark was a member of Post 52 in the late 80’s and was on WR Camp Staff in 87 and 88. We look forward to some great contributions regarding that era in post history and perhaps some interesting content about WR staff experience from those days.

Captain Kidd Content

If you would like to see a demonstration of how to take something from someone else's site, plaster it with links back to the site and add a copyright attribution in the hope of avoiding the wrath of the powers that be, check out the Worth Ranch page. By the way, if someone could give some background on the Captain Kidd patches and program, this would be appreciated.

Jack's house was at 3550 Winston Road SW/4 of Biddison and Winston.  He used to park a troop bus in the front yard when his other vehicles were operable.  This greatly annoyed the neighbors. 

Chris Callaway

Jack's House

A streetview image of Jack's house, located two and a half blocks from Trinity Episcopal and a half block east of Boyd Avenue. We never used the front door, so here's the view that counts.

I remember that he lived with his mother back then. I also remember his "day sleeper" sign on the kitchen door. Years later, at the WR 75th, Bill Gabriel and I dropped by the cemetery in Mineral Wells and it pleased me to see that sign hanging on the stone.

Not that it has any relevance to anything, but the last time I saw Jack was sometime in my college days when I visited my old stomping grounds at Southwest High and discovered that he was teaching science there. He was wearing a tan suit and a navy tie that day. I guess for some reason I must have been thinking he wore his Scout uniform 24/7.

Worth Ranch Song

I remember this song we used to sing at Worth Ranch:

If you've had the smell of cedar in your nose,
If you've hiked the trail with very little clothes,
If youve baked in wind and sun
   till you're very nearly done
And you've grinned and come back for more.

If you've ever felt that feeling wild and strange,
That called you to that old Kyle Mountian Range.
If you've ever felt the grip
of that Worth Ranch fellowship,
You will wear the Worth Ranch brand forevermore.