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Chapter Ten
Wm. Bull Meek – Wm. Morris Stewart
“Orphans bless us, and the widow’s heart is glad”
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“All the news that fits”
E CLAMPUS VITUS
HEWGAG-MONITOR
Volume 32, No. 1
Nevada City, California
Joel Borstad
February, 2015
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OUT WITH THE “Xs”
IN WITH THE NEW
Our one-year experiment with an all XNGH
corps of Officers came to an end on December
6th in Nevada City. New Officers were chosen in
conjunction with our annual Election of Officers
and dinner, held at the Seamen’s Lodge in Ne
vada City.
XNGH Randy Burk prepared a great steak
dinner with salad, noodles in Italian sauce and
cheesecake for dessert. We have the best-fed
Board of Directors in all of Clamperdom! Just
make a “gut check” sometime!
Election Results
This year, the first nomination for each of
fice was made by the current holder of that ofThe nominee had been “shadowing” that
fice.
man, and had supposedly absorbed a lot of prac
tical knowledge during the year. Additional
nominations from the floor were made as usual.
Election Proctors again were XNGHs Brian
White and Tyler Souter.
Noble Grand Humbug
John Edens, Grass Valley
1st Vice Noble Grand Humbug
Jeffro Winge, Grass Valley
2nd Vice Noble Grand Humbug
Don McKay, Nevada City
Grand Noble Recorder /
Gold Dust Receiver
Jason Thorn, Penn Valley
DamnFool Doorkeeper #1
Sean Nutall, Yuba City
DamnFool Doorkeeper #2
(chosen by DFDK #1)
Josh Webb, Nevada City
Grand Clamp Parade Master
XNGH Buzz Miller, Grass Valley
Grand Imperturbable Hangman
Mike Antrobus, Yuba City
These officers will be installed at the Sweetheart’s Ball on Feb. 21st.
46th ANNUAL SWEETHEARTS BALL IN
GRASS VALLEY ON FEBRUARY 21st, 2015
Our new NGH John Edens, and the Officers and Directors of Chapter 10 invite all Redshirts to come to our 46th annual Sweetheart’s Ball. It will take place at the SAME LOCATION
as last year. We will again be using the St. Canice Church Hall. It has lots of parking and a great
kitchen. To get there, take Hwy. 49 to the Gold Flat Road exit, between Grass Valley and Nevada
City. Exit to the northwest side of the freeway and then turn right on Zion.
Go a short distance to Reward Street
on your left. St. Canice Hall is at the end
of Reward Street. NGH Edens says,
“You’d better not miss this one!” This
by XXNGH Tyler “IT” Souter
event will be available by ADVANCE
Humbug in 1999 and 2014
RESERVATION ONLY, due to the need
to know how much food to prepare, and
First, I would like to thank everyone for the
will be limited to the first 200 entries, due
support we (the Xs) received this last year. The
to the somewhat limited space available at
notion that all members are officers and all offithe hall. We will have only enough tables
cers are of equal indignity was apparent. It wasn’t
and chairs for 200.
MY year; it was OUR year and the members of
The cost for this extravaganza will be
Chapter 10 proved that point. Whether it was helpthe same as last year, $70 a couple and
ing an officer with his duties or filling in wherever
$40 for Stags, preferably of the feminine
needed, more members stepped up to make this a
gender. This includes a buffet dinner,
very successful year.
dancing to live music (band not decided
We had two well-run and well-attended
on yet, but we’re told that all of them are
doin’s in the Spring and Fall, both of which were
still alive) and all the fun you can squeeze
financially rewarding to the chapter, and an ininto an evening. We will have a great
credible plaque dedication for the 150th Annivercostume contest for the ladies, and ansary of The Union newspaper in Grass Valley in
other one of Chapter Ten’s big raffles,
October. After hours spent cutting, grinding and
with lots of goodies to be won! Please
polishing that huge chunk of serpentine, I am perpatronize the Hawker and the Raffle sales!
sonally proud of the monument for that plaque in
Our new belt buckles are now available
front of the offices of The Union. I feel that it is
for sale at $60. They’re beauties!
among the best looking of all the many historical
We’ll be running the Bar again this
plaques in Nevada County.
year with our Libationists pouring the
I hope the trend continues with the future ofshots. (John will be busy as NGH and
ficers and brothers of this chapter. We support our
head honcho of the doin’s. The bar
new board and want to respect them as you reopens at 4:30 PM and closes at 9:00
spected us, the current board of officers.
PM. Sorry, NO doggy bags for the bar!
My final advice would be this: Lead by exAgain, please notice this important
ample and remember; the world is watching! So
stuff! Due to the church hall being in a
ACT like a horse’s ass…. Don’t BE a horse’s ass.
residential area, we must clear the hall by
We will only get out of our Brotherhood that
TEN pm. The music will stop at 9:30 or
which we put into it. Help us maintain our presso. We will, consequently, start at 4:30
ence as a respected historical association in the
pm with dinner at 5:30 pm. Please plan
West as well as the rest of America.
accordingly so you don’t miss dinner!
Send paperwork to the Chapter Ten
Recorder at the address below:
Humbug's year of the X
in review
GNR/GDR XNGH Jason Thorn
P.O. Box 843
Penn Valley, CA 95946
for PayPal info go to ecv10.com
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SHORT HISTORY OF
E CLAMPUS VITUS
DIRECTOR’S MEETINGS OF 1977
We’ll continue this time with the history of
the Chapter Ten Directors meetings. At least
some of these minutes are written down in a
and seem to be readable. However,
booklet
some of them are out of order and mixed up.
None of the individual months are attached to
other months. Some are just loose papers. (Edi
tor’s comments in parentheses and Italic.)
January 28, 1977
Officers for the year:
NGH John “Jay” Palm, 1VNGH Doc
“Charlie”
Lewis, 2VNGH H.O. Buck Jones,
Recorder Bob Wyckoff, DFDK, ParadeMaster
and Hangman not recorded.
Under old business, a report from the
Blood
Bank on our chapter’s blood account
showed a credit of nine pints. To be used by
us, they need to be used by the end of January.
Wyckoff moved that we dispose of the credits
by giving them to the general blood fund. No
opposition.
The Sweetheart’s Ball is still a go at the
N.C. Armory, just off freeway 49/20 at the
Sacramento St. exit.
A motion was made and unanimously secto have the new batch of belt buckles
onded
made. (They were made up and were later sold
for $7.00 each.)
For new business, Doc Stauffer announced
the theme for the Malakoff Homecoming as
“Fraternal Organizations,” and asked for a
brief speech by the Humbug on the subject.
Wyckoff asked the Directors for the Chapter
attitude toward Homecoming and our participation in the Park, in general. Dick Scriven
said he has outlived his participation in the
Malakoff as a result of the State’s interference
in the makeup of the Citizen’s Committee.
(This item is in reference to a new revelation
that some in the upper management of the park
system feel that the current Park Association is
not a representative of the ethnic makeup of
the State, and it should be dissolved until provisions can be made for it to be “more inclusive.) Capt. Bergman said we shouldn’t give it
up. We’ve got too much time and work invested. Some publicity gave the Masons credit
for a lot of work in the Park (referring to the
second floor of the Knotwell Drug Store), most
of which we did. Other opinions were that we
should continue our association and not back
out. State administrators and Park Rangers
come and go, and we remain.
Upcoming plaque ideas were discussed.
Lucky Gillet said he couldn’t get a suitable
rock in time for a plaque at the Indian Petroglyphs. Wyckoff said we could do the Narrow
Gauge RR, which is on city land. Someone
brought up possibility of getting our hands on
a stamp mill. Directors agreed to plaque the
Railroad site in Grass Valley, and explore the
stamp mill for the future. (The Narrow Gauge
site in Grass Valley was done in May, and the
Stamp Mill site would wait until October 1982.
February 25, 1977
The financial report for the Sweetheart’s
Ball was welcome news, as we now have
$1300 in the checkbook. A suggestion was
made to save some of the money for a band for
next year.
Several guests were introduced including
one named Will Derryberry, and another was
John Riggs from Snowshoe Thomson Chapter.
Jack Douglas was late as usual.
In new business, Buck Jones reported on
the menu requests for next year’s Sweetheart’s
Ball. Some very strange ideas were presented!
A pitch was made for Murphy’s Creek Yacht
Club cards at $1. Capt. Bergman has registered
the MCYC with the international yachting
association, and reciprocal rights of visitation
have been granted. Durand moved that the
chapter make an $80 donation towards a quilt
to be raffled off at next Homecoming. Motion
passed with the usual NO vote by Dr. Charlie
Lewis. Price for beer tickets at Homecoming
was set at 50¢ ea. or 3 for $1. More on the
Yacht Club cards. The cost for printing was
$84, and any sales over that amount were
money in the bank. XNGH R. Peter Ingram
spoke in support of the chapter donating some
money to aid the restoration of the Lola Montez house. No amount stated. The Bok Kai
Parade is to be on Mar. 26th and we will meet
at the Chiseler’s Inn beforehand. XNGH Riggs
of Snowshoe Thomson Chap donated $100 to
the chapter to help fund our various projects.
March 25, 1977
Meeting called to order by Charlie Lewis
in the absence of NGH Jay Palm.
Capt. Bergman was given a round of applause. (No reason stated, but the next day, at
the Chiseler’s Inn gathering before the Bok
Kai Parade, no red shirt could buy a drink.
The good Capt. kept feeding the bartender Cnotes, with the instruction to pay for any drinks
for redshirts, and let him know when that one
ran out.)
Pre-registration for the May Party will be
held at Duffy’s Bar in Nevada City from 11 to
12. Plans for the May Party were discussed.
We need a new ParadeMaster. Acting NGH
Lewis asked for volunteers. Charlie Tuna suggested Dave Manchester. Dave graciously
accepted with the words, “It’s an honor!”
(Dave would go on to serve as ParadeMaster
until 2000, and his gold painted boots were
seen at parades all over Northern California.
He went to the Golden Hills in 2004.)
After the break, guests were introduced, including: Riley Powers, Pukin’ John Riggs, Joe
Allison, Mike Sprule, and Al “Beady Eyes”
Lewis.
Barry moved and Al Lewis seconded that
we buy the first batch of belt buckles. Buck
Jones voted “no” because Charlie Lewis is
presiding, and couldn’t do it. Pukin’ John
wants a belt buckle sent C.O.D. Clementine
(our flatbed truck) will be in the Bok Kai Parade. Seemly decorum is required of riders.
XNGH Barry reported on the upcoming
dissection and rebuilding of Lil’ Clyde, beginning tomorrow, Mar 26th. Anyone that wants to
help is welcome.
In new business, Charlie Tuna announced
that a mining contest (hand drilling a hole in a
rock) will be open for anyone to compete.
Wyckoff gave a short history of the methods of
drilling used by the early miners.
Scriven announced that the blood bank was
going to put our 9 pints credit into the general
fund. The plaque for the May Party was
authorized and Wyckoff will see to it.
April 29, 1977
Suggestion was made to change our patch
provider so as to obtain better prices. The
Plaque dedication and May Party was discussed. Recorder reported that $711.02 remained in the checkbook.
Durand reported that we got the blue ribbon in the misc. vehicle category at the Bok
Kai Parade. There were 140 entrants, and we
made appearances on TV twice.
Tom Barry played a tape of the first firingup of Lil’ Clyde’s new engine. He reported
that he spent $504.78 total for the rebuilt engine, gaskets, carb. rebuild kit, radiator hoses
and new clutch pressure plate and disc. Clyde
runs very well, now! A round of Satisfactory!
rang out!
After guests were introduced and Byars
announced a change of address for The Clamper, Durand started a discussion of the expenses we give our NGH, 1VNGH and Recorder to attend the Grand Council in Murphys. Early reservation at Murphys Hotel is
$24.50 a night and the Bazinett in Angels
Camp was only $9.00. A motion to increase
the total given our representatives to $35 was
made, seconded and passed.
We were informed that the State will now
only take electronic (Ticketron) reservations
for the group site at the Malakoff and the cost
will be $40.00. No May Director’s meeting
due to the GC meeting in Murphys.
June 24, 1977
Called to order by Buck Jones, in the absence of NGH Jay Palm. VNGH Doc Lewis
was also out screwing around someplace and
couldn’t fill in for the NGH. Minutes of last
meeting could not be read due to the absence
of Recorder Bob Wyckoff, who took them
with him wherever he has gone.
In old business, Jim Springer, John Riggs
and Harold Case spoke on and on about the
Malakoff. Buck Jones then had a few words to
say about the Malakoff. “We wuz ripped off!”
Someone got away with a fair quantity of the
chapter’s booze supply, apparently gin. Harold
Case rose to state that he does not drink gin.
The Directors seemed relatively unconcerned,
or perhaps reconciled, about the loss. Nothing
could be done retroactively, as you can’t undrink gin. Rakow reported on needing pictures
for the wall of XNGHs here in the Sam Bass
Room. Borstad brought some pictures for the
wall, and glee and joy broke out among the
Directors, who were glad to have some good
news. Derryberry spoke on some dead members of the Board. Since none of them were
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present, the meeting continued with a report of
the need for a first aid kit to be kept with the
Cook Crew trailer. Motion to buy a First Aid
Kit costing around $10 was made by Buck
“Geez, that knife is sharp!” Jones, and it
passed satisfactorily.
XNGH Dave Durand moved that the chapter present XNGH Francis Rakow with a
Grand Clamper Extraordinaire, in recognition
of all he does for the chapter. Motion passed
unanimously. After the piss break, Dave Manchester reported on the upcoming 4th of July
Parade. We’ll meet at the Holbrooke Hotel in
Grass Valley at 10 AM.
On a motion by Francis Rakow, with a
second by Lucky Gillett, Pukin’ John Riggs
from Snowshoe Thomson Chapter, was to be
made a Director of Chapter 10 at the first
available opening. Motion passed. Jim Knight
spoke about reducing the SNGH benefits, specifically the retirement checks. He was told by
all XNGHs in the room to sit down, shut up
and he did, seeing the tempest brewing among
the gathering storm of wrath from the XNGHs.
C. Lucky Gillett then took the floor and spoke
for what seemed like an extremely long time.
No one was able to tell what or why he was
talking, but due to his rank as an exalted
XNGH, he was allowed to ramble on for a few
minutes.
July 29, 1977
Meeting was called to order by Buck Jones
due to the absence (again) of NGH Jay Palm
and 1VNGH Charlie Lewis. Guests included
Will Derryberry, Riley Powers and Red Walsh.
Dave Manchester reported on our participation
in the 4th of July Parade. We all managed to
survive once again.
Pukin’ John Riggs of Snowshoe Thomson
chapter presented us with a certificate and a
plaque (minutes say plague!) for our donation
for the Snowshoe Thomson monument atop
Carson Pass. He also offered to sell us some
badges from the dedication. Acting Recorder
Byars also offered some of our new belt buckles for sale. Sales were slow for both.
XNGH R. Peter Ingram called for the chapter to place a plaque on the Lola Montez house
in October. He made this official in the form of
a motion, which was quickly seconded by
Campbell Johnson, and it passed with only one
dissenting vote by XNGH Harold Case, who
was standing in for the absent Doc Charlie
Lewis, who always voted NO on everything.
XNGH Ingram will do all the legwork and
tend to all details for this plaque, which has
been one of his pet projects for years. XNGH
Case spoke on the overnighter possibly not
being at the Malakoff in October. (Due to the
dust-up with the park system management.)
Much discussion ensued. Acting NGH Buck
Jones appointed XNGH Jerry Leisk to look
into an alternative venue, and Derryberry
quickly volunteered to assist in this effort.
After the break, XNGH Barry reported on
the completion of the engine and clutch overhaul on the fire truck. All is well! XNGH
Scriven reported again on our blood bank
situation. We need to bleed more, as we only
have five pints in our reserve account. XNGH
Leisk introduced two of his neighbors, Dave
Altobell and Gene Gruver as guests. (Gene
would rise quickly in the ranks of the Chapter
and become NGH in 1986.)
Borstad brought up a possible plaque site
and date. The Chisler’s Inn in Marysville has
been neglected all these years and deserves a
Clamper plaque. We could do it on the day of
the next Bok Kai Parade. No motion was presented, however. (The plaque was made and
dedicated on Mar. 11, 1978.) The hat was
passed for the beer fund and Chris Lewis and
Dick Scriven spoke briefly on the benefits of
beer. (“Beer builds bodies and helps stamp out
mental health.”)
(Meeting minutes of the June, July and
August meetings were taken by XSNGH Bill
Byars, due to the absence of XNGH Bob
Wyckoff, but were not included in the collection of documents available at press time.)
September 30, 1977.
Checkbook balance reported to be $1331.42.
Turnout for this meeting was small, due to the
upcoming Fall Party tomorrow, Not much was
discussed other than the management of the
Holbrooke didn’t want us to bring our own
beer into the meetings, but rather buy the beer
from them at $11.00 a case. Some suggested
that we might start looking for another meeting
site, but others pointed out the many benefits
we have enjoyed by meeting at the hotel.
XNGH Ron Leick moved to have us pay the
price asked and that would save us a little bit
of trouble in rounding up the beer. Motion
passed. Guests were introduced, including
Hank Hanlin, Jerry Jarvis and Geo. Marshall,
all close friends of Bro. Ben.
Buck Jones noted that we have enough stuff
in the Cook Crew’s equipment supply to warrant buying a trailer to carry it and make setup
at a doin’s much easier. Dennis Griffith said he
sold 2000 memberships in the Murphys Creek
Yacht Club, but a peg-legged guy with a parrot
on his shoulder stole almost all of it. He presented the Board with $87.00 he was able to
save from the vicious pirate/parrot.
October 28, 1977
The October Party made some money and
there was enough for the upcoming Director’s
Dinner and some for a reserve fund for the
Sutler. (Hawker.)
A letter of complaint about our initiation
practices was received. While the specific
incident is not listed in the minutes, it probably
had to do with the mud crawl, as well as the
fact that many of the Candidates had been
severely pre-initiated. Other Directors voiced
opinions that we needed to clean up our act, or
maybe we need a kind of police force among
the chapter to keep a lid on things. Nothing
specific came of that one, but it was agreed
that we all need to be more vigilant to prevent
unseemly decorum. A lot more discussion
ensued, as had happened on numerous occasions in the past. Once again, we vowed to
exert greater control on the treatment we give
our candidates.
At this point in the minutes there is a bit of
confusion as to the actions taken. Example is:
Tom Barry moved that we $300…………
Seconded by Doc Lewis. What this item pertained to is not written, but the discussion went
like this: Can we afford it? Should we wait?
They are $8000 in the hole. We can afford the
$300. A vote was taken and passed by split
vote of 13 Ayes and 10 against. (I cannot find
out any other information about this in the
minutes I have, but will keep looking.) Scriven
said we should know that our contribution be
put forth. The Chair took this under advisement, whatever that means.
No meeting was held in November, and the
Election of Officers took place on Dec. 2,
1977. We had a successful year with two
plaques placed, a third one in the works. We
mostly recovered from the financial disaster
we had last year and the Chapter fire truck, Lil’
Clyde was back on his wheels, including new
tires. Life was good for William Bull Meek –
William Morris Stewart Chapter this year!
More history next time.
Rhett
Reddeye,
ECV
by
Bro.
Ben
“Yup,
Zeke,
they
DO
seem
to
look
alike;
but
after
a
coupla
doin’s
they
usually
shape
up
purty
good!”
WORDING ON ORIGINAL
PLAQUE
1864 - THE UNION - 1964
GRASS VALLEY - NEVADA CITY
OF THE MANY HISTORIC NEWSPAPERS
STARTED IN THE NORTHERN MINES OF THE
GREAT MOTHER LODE DURING THE FAMOUS
GOLD RUSH ERA, ONLY THE UNION OF GRASS
VALLEY AND NEVADA CITY EMERGED A
SUCCESSFUL DAILY PUBLISHED FOR 100 YEARS.
BORN IN CRITICAL TIMES - CIVIL WAR AND
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION - THE UNION HAS
EVER STRIVED FOR UNITY AND HAS EVOLVED
AN INDEPENDENT VOICE SUPPORTING MAN
AND MEASURE OVER PARTISANSHIP. THE
UNION IS ONLY THE SEVENTH DAILY
NEWSPAPER IN CALIFORNIA TO CELEBRATE
ITS CENTENNIAL UNDER THE ORIGINAL NAME.
CENTENNIAL DATE - OCTOBER 28, 1964
WM. BULL MEEK - WM. MORRIS STEWART
CHAPTER 10
E CLAMPUS VITUS
NEVADA CITY, NEVADA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
WORDING ON NEWEST
PLAQUE
1864
THE UNION
2014
IN RECOGNITION OF THE UNION’S 150 YEARS
OF BRINGING TRUTH TO LIGHT AND
CONNECTING THE COMMUNITIES OF
NEVADA COUNTY
DEDICATED OCT. 28, 2014
WILLIAM BULL MEEK WM. MORRIS STEWART
CHAPTER 10
E CLAMPUS VITUS
NEVADA CITY, NEVADA COUNTY, CALLIFORNIA
THE UNION 150TH
ANNIVERSARY EVENT IN
OCTOBER GOT RAVE
REVIEWS BY ALL
The replaquing of the 100th Anniversary of
the founding of The Union and placement of
an additional plaque noting the passage of yet
another 50 years of business for this venerable voice of Nevada and Yuba counties was
deemed a huge success by all concerned. The
replacement of Chapter Ten’s original plaque
on its new site was handled by XNGHs Tyler
Souter and Mark Sellards, as well as other
members of the chapter.
Originally mounted on the front of The
Union office building at 151 Mill Street in
Grass Valley in October, 1964, the plaque
was moved to the interior of the new offices
of the newspaper when they moved to the
Sutton Street location in the 70s. Unseen by
the public (unless they ventured into the
building) for many years, it was taken down
again when the not-so-new any longer building underwent a recent expansion and remodeling. We were contacted by some staff
members of The Union and asked it we
would like to participate in the remounting of
this jewel of a plaque, as well as do another
one for the 150th Anniversary. We jumped on
that one! As to the location, we (along with
the Publisher) thought the plaque would be
very much more visible to the public if it
were mounted in the edge of the planter area
next to the front door.
At about this time, NGH Tyler Souter’s
neighbor informed him that he had a big rock
that might be of use as the base of a plaque
monument. It was a pretty huge block of
serpentine, maybe 2 feet by 3 feet and 6 feet
tall, rough on the outside but beautifully figured on the inside. Tyler made the decision
and had the block put in his yard, whence he
proceeded to cut a flat spot on the front with
room to remount the original plaque and add
another, smaller one just below noting the
additional 50 years the paper was celebrating.
After cutting and grinding, even more
grinding and then many more hours for polishing, the deed was done. Someone with a
big enough truck and a lifting rig was recruited and the rock was taken to the parking
lot of The Union. The new, smaller plaque
would be mounted in the style of a “hangar
bar” just below the original, with a couple of
copper “rings” appearing to be attaching the
plaques together. The plaques and rings were
actually mounted in deep holes with quick-set
epoxy. See wording of plaques to the left.
The Union held a public Open House on
Thursday, September 25th at which time the
original, remounted plaque was revealed.
Some speechifying ensued and a nice catered
buffet was served. Tours of the building were
made available. Then, on October 28th, the
second, smaller plaque was mounted below
the first one, and the Chapter gathered for the
formal dedication of the 150th Anniversary
plaque, 50 years to the day after the 100th
Anniversary dedication.
HEWGAG-MONITOR
7935 Aviara Place
Sacramento, CA 95829-8031
(Note:
This
address
is
for
the
newslet‐
ter
only!)
See
insert
inside
for
Recorder’s
ad‐
dress.
Coming Events 2015 CY 6020
Feb. 21 Sweetheart’s Ball – see this issue
May 2 n d Hammon Grove Spring Doin’s
June 13 t h Malakoff Homecoming at the park
10 AM. Bring the family and join in on the
day’s fun stuff! Bring money for food at the
Clamper Cook Shack!
October 3 r d & 4 t h Overnighter at Scott’s Flat
Lake
Interested in becoming a Director? Come to
Seamen’s Lodge on in Nevada City on the last Friday of the month at 8 PM. (No meetings in May, November and December due to holiday conflicts.
First
Class
Mail
William Bull Meek - William Morris Stewart
Chapter Ten, E Clampus Vitus
is pleased to announce our
46th Annual Sweetheartʼs Ball Clampyear 6020
To be held at the St. Canice Church Hall on Feb. 21st, 2015, beginning at 4:30 pm, followed by a fantastic buffet
dinner at 5:30 pm. This is the same location as last year. We will have a live band again this year, so bring your
dancin’ shoes (or brogans)! New officers for Clampyear 6020 will be installed during a brief, tear-filled ceremony.
There is no conflict with the LSD #3 Bean Feed on this date. Come on up and enjoy the day looking around the
area, then party with new NGH John Edens and the rest of us!
ClampChef XNGH Randy Burk and his Cook Crew will prepare another one of the delectable meals you have
come to expect from his kitchen and extraordinary crew.
The price will be the same as last year, too: only $70.00 a couple! We will admit Stags at $40 each. Our crew of
libationists will be dispensing “Tirebiter Tea, Smartass Sassafrass,” and other medicinal beverages beginning at 4:30
pm. Water and soft drinks will also be available. Be sure to have a designated sober driver for the evening.
To get there, take Hwy. 49 to Gold Flat Road, which is between Nevada City and Grass Valley. Exit to the northwest and turn right on Zion Street. Go a couple of short blocks and turn left on Reward Street. The hall is at the end
of the street at 236 Reward Street. You can’t miss it, as they say.
St. Canice is a small venue, and we must therefore limit this event to the first 100 couples, or 200 people. We also
must have ADVANCE RESERVATIONS as we must know how much food to bring.
We recommend that you prepare for inclement weather, as we have had this event in the rain, snow and sleet that
can come at this time of the year in the Sierra.
We’ll have a costume contest for the ladies, a great raffle, great food, and best of all, a great time dancing and carrying on till ten pm, maybe even later!
Please identify any Non-Clamper guests for us, to avoid us putting them on our mailing list by mistake. They are
most welcome, however, and who knows, they may even want to join after they see how great a party we throw!
GNR/GDR Jason Thorn
P.O. Box 843
Penn Valley, CA 95946
Don’t
forget
to
feed
the
Sick
Jackass
if
you
can’t
make
it!
It
costs
big
bucks
to
get
this
out
to
you!
Get your reservations to the Recorder by Mon. Feb. 16th, 2015! Make checks payable to ECV 10.
Or, go to our website at ecv10.com and use the Pay Pal option.
Here’s my (our) Advance Reservation gold dust for the 46th Sweetheart’s Ball in Grass Valley!
Ticket Price......$70 per couple, $40 Stag. No tickets sold at the door! Bring a guest couple to look us over!
Clamper’s Name_____________________________________ Widder’s Name_________________________________
Address_________________________________________City____________________________________________
State_______ ZIP ________________ Phone (________)______________ email____________________________
If you bring a non-clamper guest couple, please fill out the following lines for them.
If another Clamper couple is coming with you, please indicate “Clamper” below.
Guest’s Name_______________________________________
Widder’s Name_________________________________
Address_________________________________________City____________________________________________
State_______ ZIP ________________ Phone (________)______________(use back side for more
names, if needed!)
Guest is a Clamper! _____YES
_____NO
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