Page Composed 2004
Roster of the Billerica Massachusetts Boy Scouts Fifty Mile Hike
Summer 1970
 Last Update 15Dec25
Alfred J. Oxton. Then: 29 years old, Fifty-Miler Group Leader, employed as communications technician and weather observer at the Mount Washington Observatory

Now: 74 years old, owner/operator of The Cat Drag'd Inn, A Summer Camp B&B on The Road, mentor for hire, grandfather for rent.

ajo 2003
Artie Rogers. Then: Group First Aider, Indian Dance Team member. 
Then: Age: ; School: ; Grade: ; Interests: .

Now: Age: ; Bio: Last time I met Artie had to be about 1993-94 in Florida. He was living with a cat in a big truck, driving for some moving company and scuba diving between loads.


Bill Inman. Then: Age: ; School: ; Grade: ; Interests: Other Bio.

Now: Age: ; Bio:


Bob Loring. Then: Age: 36; Fifty Miler Group Co-Leader and Explorer Post Leader. Other Bio.

Now: Deceased at age 81; Bio: Bob lived in a house on a hill in Center Conway New Hampshire.


Bobby Loring. Then: Age: 14; School: ; Grade: 8; Interests: Other Bio.

Now: Deceased at age 56; lived in Colorado, Electrical Engineer computer peripherals, Web Site Designer .

1998 with Merl Saunders's
                arm over his shouler.
Chick MacLean. Then: Age: ; School: ; Grade: ; Interests: Other Bio.

Now: Age: ; Bio:


Chris Dahl. Then: Age: 12; School: ; Grade: 7; Interests: can't remember. Other Bio.

Now: Age: 54; Bio: Living in Italy for the last 17 years.  Network Manager with the DOD schools in Europe. Recently returned to CONUS.
Daughter 25, attending university in Venice.

Chris Dahl, 2004
Dave Bagdigian. Then: Age: ; School: ; Grade: ; Interests: Other Bio.

Now: Age: ; Bio:


Dave Loring. Then: Age: 13; School: ; Grade: 7; Interests: Other Bio.

Now: Age: 55; Bio:
Lives in Colorado.


Eileen Loring. Then: Age: 34; Fifty Miler Co-Leader and Explorer group Leader. Other Bio: Group Witch.

Now: Deceased; Bio:
Last resided in Colorado.


Kathy Alhin. Then: Age: ; School: ; Grade: 10; Interests: Other Bio.

Now: Kathy Kinser. Age: ; Bio: Living in Talent Oregon, mother of two(?), grandmother of one(?).


Mark Hogan. Then: Age: ; School: ; Grade: ; Interests: Other Bio: What some kids will do just to get out of doing the dishes...

Now: Age: ; Bio: Do you still have the scar?


Mark Pendergast. Then: Age: 15; School: Billerica High School; Grade: 10; Interests: Other Bio.

Now (2010): Age: 57; Bio: Owner of Salmon Falls Nursery and Landscaping in Berwick, ME.  165 acre nursery.  Employ 55 people.  Commercial and Residential landscape construction, irrigation, wholesale nursery, and landscape maintenance.
    3 daughters ages 27, 29, and 31 and a grandson, 5, and granddaughter, 2.
    Living in Berwick, ME with wife and 2 dogs.


Randy Bunny. Then: Age: ; School: ; Grade: ; Interests: Other Bio.

Now: Age: ; Bio:


Tony Messina. Then: Age: 14; School: ; Grade: 8; Interests: Other Bio.

Now (2008): Age: 56; Bio: Living in Clarksville Tn. Director of operations for a forest products company. Daughter 22 years old, Junior at UCA, other daughter 20 and a Senior in high school.



Along the AT from
                  Kinsman Notch to Pinkham.
Photo by Bobby Loring of
                Loring Design