TEX_WALLY

A Camp Longhorn veteran, Wally Pryor is being inducted into the Texas Swimming and Diving Hall of Fame at a luncheon April 10th on the TCU campus. More information can be found at www.tsdhof.org Wally grew up next to Pat and Tex when they lived in Austin and helped with the construction of their home at Inks Lake that Pat still lives in today. He was a camper and counselor in the 40's and is the man behind those famous CLH road signs. He was a swim bay director and started the CLH "Wawa PoPo" tournaments that we still have today. Wally is also famous for naming our bathrooms, Libraries. He is the son of long time Inks Lake Girls camp director Mary Pryor for which Mary's cabin is named. His grandsons, Larsen (camper) and Jensen Dempsey (counselor), attend Indian Springs 2nd term.

wallyWally Pryor: An Austin native, Pryor is a pioneer of water polo in Texas. He was a standout swimmer and All-American water polo player for Tex Robertson's Longhorn teams from 1948-1950. He also produced and directed the famous Aqua Carnivals of the 50's. After serving in the U.S. Army, he returned to Austin to coach the Austin Aquatic Club. As a genius at marketing, Pryor organized the Texas Open Swimming Championship and helped to establish TAGS. He served 35 years as president of the Working Exes for Texas Swimming - the organization that convinced UT to build the Lee and Jamail Texas Swimming Center. He was a waterfront director at Camp Longhorn. Pryor was long known as the "Voice of the Longhorns" as announcer for all UT sports from 1953 - 2001 and he served the Austin community for many years as a television producer and popular emcee for charity events and fund raisers.

 

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JACKFISHING with JACK!

Country singer Jack Ingram went on a promotional tour with Country Music Television in Beaufort, North Carolina for a promotional tour for his fans to go deep sea fishing with him for a day.

Jack spent many years at camp as a camper and counselor. He has made many surprise visits to camp to entertain us.