News from the James A. Garfield Camp #142 News from the James A. Garfield Camp #142 S.U.V.C.W. Jan. November 2006 Volume 2006, Issue 1 Inside this issue: Front Page 1 2006 Annual Meeting/2007 Nominations Sick Call / Camp Calendar 3 2 THE JAMES A. GARFIELD CAMP 2006 RAFFLE JAG Camp Information 4 Commander s Comments 4 Emily Story 5 Sept. Meeting Minutes 6 Nov. Meeting Minutes 7 Nov. Meeting Minutes (pg2) 8 Back Page 9 If you find any errors please contact Ken Freshley at 440-942-2559 or email at SignalOfficer@ OhioSUV.com Look Even Cleveland Mayor Jackson got his ticket! It s already November, Get your tickets in to Tim Graham ASAP or bring to the December 10th Meeting! This years raffle has a 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Prizes. 1st Prize: Original Colt 1851 Navy.36 cal (or $1000) 2nd Prize: Original Colt 1849.31 cal (or $1000) 3rd Prize: 1860 (Hollywood) Light Calvary Sabre (or $200) The Drawing will be held on December 10, 2006 at our Annual Camp meeting at the Brother Tim s House. Our past and current newsletters The Muster Roll are now online at http://www.ohiosuv.com/campnewsletters/jag142/jag142_newsletter.htm
PAGE 2 JAN. NOVEMBER 2006 DECEMBER ANNUAL CAMP MEETING Our December meeting will be held on Sunday, December 10th at 1:00pm NOT on the 9th, due to many of the key people will not be available. The Location will be at Tim Graham s home located at 2895 Chamberlain Blvd., Hudson, Ohio 44236. Directions: Take I-271 south to I-480 east, Continue to on 480 to Rt. 91 South, Turn Left on Old Mill Road, Right turn on Stow Road. Turn left on the 2nd Street on left (Chamberlain Blvd), last house on left at the cul-de-sac Contact Brother Tim Graham at 330-656-9051 for more information. Here are the Nominations for the 2007 Camp Officers Brother Jon Silvis Camp Commander Brother Gage Georgeff Senior Vice Commander Brother Tim Graham Junior Vice Commander Brother Fred Previts Camp Secretary Brother David Britton Camp Treasurer Brother Bill Smith Camp Chaplain Brother Ralph Gilbert 3yr Camp Council Brother Ken Freshley 2yr Camp Council Brother Bill Smith 1yr Camp Council
PAGE 3 JAN. NOVEMBER 2006 SICK CALL None Reported THE CAMP CALENDAR Nov. 2006 November 18 Remembrance Day Parade, Gettysburg, PA November 18 Garfield Monument, Lakeview Cemetery @ 1:00pm Dec. 2006 Dec. 10 Annual Camp Meeting & Elections & Raffle Drawing at Tim Graham s House, at 1:00 pm Jan. 2007 January 13 Mid Winter Dept. Meeting at Columbus Veterans Center @ 10:00am The rest of the year To be determined at next meeting - Please Submit New Events to Ken Freshley at signalofficer@ohiosuv.com or 440-942-2559
PAGE 4 JAN. NOVEMBER 2006 THE NEW CAMP MEDAL We are proud to present our new camp medal, it will be suspended from a blue and gold ribbon, members can get the medal at a Camp meeting or a Camp Event COMMANDER S COMMENTS I hope everyone had a grand and healthy Thanksgiving. It has been a pleasure serving the camp as Commander. I hope our esteemed Commander to Be will continue the guest speaker series. Harold George author of a book on Ohio Monuments is not available for December meeting but would be willing to speak another time. Also, General Grant would love to come back an visit the camp again. I believe Ms. Day's project needs to be a top priority. Membership, probably the toughest of all projects, needs to continue to grow. In today's world fraternal groups take a back seat to much more pressing concerns. I want to give special thanks to Brother Freshley, Brother Silvis, Brother Graham and Brother Previts for all their help and support this year. We are very lucky to have Brother Previts. Fred is a rock to be relied upon. So is Tim, but he knows it. I want to give thanks to the membership that gave me their support. Thanks to all for allowing me to learn on the job and learn by the mistake and error method. If times were better I would consider continuing. Maybe another term in the future, maybe at that time I would be more apt to get it right. I have been working behind the scenes on the Ohio Military Monuments Board. Now that we have some new leadership, maybe we can see some movement on this issue. I hope our camp can continue the fine reputation it has developed. On the Department level thanks to Commander Freshley and Jr. Vice Graham for their support of the Camp. Tim will keep Garfield Camp's voice loud and strong at Department. Happy holidays to all, In F, L and C, Commander Chris Greene
JAN. NOVEMBER 2006 PAGE 5 Emily Miller Civil War Flag Project Emily Miller received a Proclamation of Special Tribute from Governor Jennifer Granholm, honoring her work to preserve a battle flag carried by the 1st Michigan Engineers and Mechanics Regiment during the civil war. She started to raise the needed $1000 after visiting Lansing and seeing that many of the historical flags were not in good condition, some of them were in several pieces, some of them were destroyed, and some of them were missing. She chose to adopt the1st Michigan Engineers and Mechanics Regiment, of which her great-great-great uncle Ira Wilson was a member. The regiment was responsible for repairing roads, bridges and buildings for the Union, sometimes under fire. Raising the money took a couple of years, but she managed to raise the money at area festivals, at a talk at the Lions Club, collecting bottles and cans, and soliciting historical groups. That is where the James A. Garfield Camp got involved, at a Civil War reenactment, Emily came by the Camp Recruiting / Raffle booth and bought some raffle tickets and discussed with us what she was doing, and at that point the Garfield Camp seen an opportunity to preserve history in reference to our SUVCW motto and donated $100. A copy of the Proclamation will be placed on the Ohio SUV website for viewing.
JAN. NOVEMBER 2006 James A. Garfield Meeting Minutes PAGE 6 James A. Garfield Camp 142 - Minutes of September 30, 2006 The meeting was called to order at Gray s Armory by the Camp Commander at 10:15 am. Commander Greene led the camp in the Pledge of Allegiance and with a prayer for all veterans. Commander s Report: Camp property lists need to be submitted to Commander Chris Greene as soon as possible. Garfield Birthday Celebration - November 18 th Congratulations to Brothers Freshley to his election to Ohio Dept. Commander and to Brother Graham to his election as Ohio Dept. JVC Possible speaker - for December Meeting, Harold George, about Ohio Civil War Monuments. Guest Speaker- Michelle Day, Special Project at Woodland Cemetery, Restoring the Col. Crieghton and Lt. Col. Crane headstones, they are missing the eagles that were mounted on top. She is requesting that the James A. Garfield Camp act as an agent to receive donations for this project and disperse as necessary. Motion to present to Camp Officers and Camp Council for consideration. Motion seconded, Motion Carried. A motion was made and seconded to dispense with the reading of the minutes. Motion seconded, Motion Carried. Commander Green (for Brother Britton) gave the financial report of the Camp. Motion to accept the Treasurers report, subject to audit. Motion seconded, Motion Carried. SVC Report - None, JVC Report - None, Patriot Instructor - None, Chaplain - None A motion was made and seconded to dispense with the reports, Motion carries. Department Report- Commander Freshley, Thanked Michelle Day, Attended Dedication Ceremony for Buffington Island, Walnut Grove Cemetery dedication to 2 Brothers headstones. State of Ohio Encampment in June, Kudos to the Garfield Camp for the best showing at the State Encampment. Attended the National Encampment. Kudos to Brother Graham for providing the Ohio Delegates for National. Brother Graham, gave us a summary of his long tale with the National C of A trying to get the 125 th Anniversary Ohio State medal approved. Brother Tim Graham has books of raffle tickets available for the members attending the meeting today. The tickets are $2.00 for l ticket and $5.00 for 3 tickets. The prizes this year are: 1 st Prize - Original 1851 Colt Navy Revolver.36 cal. 2 nd Prize - Original 1849 Colt. 31 cal, 3 rd Prize - 1860 (Hollywood) Light Cavalry Sabre If you would like tickets please contact Brother Graham at 330-656-9051 Old Business: None New Business: Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Day event moved to Woodland Cemetery The business meeting was adjourned at 11:05 am. Next Meeting Nov. 11, 2006 Respectfully submitted, Ken Freshley for Fred Previts - Secretary Camp Website: www.geocities.com/garfieldsuv
JAN. NOVEMBER James A. Garfield Camp #142 PAGE 7 James A. Garfield Camp 142 - Minutes of November 11, 2006 Pg. 1 The meeting was called to order at Gray s Armory by the Senior Vice Commander Ralph Gilbert at 9:05 am., and then led with camp in the Pledge of Allegiance. Brother Gilbert asked to Camp Secretary to read the email from the Camp Commander stating that he could not make the meeting due to a work commitment. Brother Chris Greene stated that he would not accept nomination as Camp Commander for another term due to work commitments. The Camp Secretary, Fred Previts, distributed a copy of the Sept. 30 th meeting to those members present. A motion was made to accept the minutes. The motion was seconded and passed. A financial report was not given because the treasurer was not present. Brother Tim Graham stated that the raffle fund had about $2500.00 in the account. He will be going to Gettysburg for Remembrance Day and hopes to sell tickets there. Brother Gage Georgeff mentioned that any new members should be directed to the Camp secretary or to Tim Graham, Jr. Vice Commander of the Dept.of Ohio. Our new member is Steven Houser of Cleveland Hts, Ohio. Brother Jon Silvis PDC, and the Camp s Patriot Instructor presented an update on the Special Project at Woodland Cemetery, Restoring the Col. Crieghton and Lt. Crane headstones, that are missing the eagles that were mounted on top. Individuals and groups are encouraged to contribute ASAP so that the project can be completed for Memorial Day in May 2007. The Camp will go to the Woodland Cemetery for Memorial Day 2007. Brother Jon Silvis, continued that the J.A. Garfield Camp is currently working with the Board of County Commissioners in Canton, Ohio regarding the disrepair of monuments of Civil War veterans in the Rowland Cemetery in Stark County. Brother Bill Stark, the Camp Graves Registration Officer, was unable to attend the meeting, but emailed the following information to be included in the minutes: All new members to the camp should provide graves registration information and that it be forwarded to me to make sure that it get into the SUV data base. I need the veterans names from existing members who may have even submitted information to the date base already. I am requesting that members do this at or by the December meeting. If there are research problems I will be glad to help. Mail to Mr. Bill Stark, P.O. Box 26055,. Cleveland, Ohio 44126 or email wcstark103@aol.com Old Business: Brother Ralph Gilbert will coordinate with Brother Tim Graham as to whether a speaker is necessary for the December Meeting. It was proposed in September that Harold George be invited to speak to the camp. Brother Gilbert mentioned that next Saturday the Camp will assembly at 1:00 pm at the Tomb of President James A. Garfield at Lakeview Cemetery for his Birthday Celebration. New Business: A motion was made to eliminate from the Camp s Constitution - Article V - Meeting, Section 8 - That the Annual Meeting in December be held near the site of Garfield s Home (Lawnfield) in Mentor, Ohio. The motion will be voted on at the next meeting in December.
JAN. NOVEMBER James A. Garfield Camp #142 PAGE 8 James A. Garfield Camp 142 - Minutes of the meeting November 11, 2006 - Pg 2 A motion was made to donate $1,000 to the Gray s Armory out of the Camp s raffle fund.. After a discussion a vote was taken and passed by the majority of members present. Donations were approved by motion and vote for $25.00 each to the Friends and Descendants of Johnson Island and the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson s Research. Brother Ken Freshley, Dept of Ohio Commander announced that the mid-term meeting will be held in Columbus Ohio on Saturday, Jan 13 th, 2007 at the Veterans Memorial Bldg. Brother Jon Silvis announced that a meeting of the Soldiers & Sailors Association will be held on Saturday, November 18 th at 10:00 am at the Cleveland Skate Club. Ohio Veterans Home in Sandusky will be the site of the Saturday, March 10 th, 2007 meeting of the James A. Garfield Camp. Brother Jon Silvis requested that we hold the meeting there for the purpose of inventory the items that the camp received pertaining to the Spanish-American War. Further information directions and time will be coming. The nominating committee has contacted the members of the Camp pertaining to the upcoming election. The following members have accepted nomination for a offices in the Camp next year: Camp Commander : Jon Silvis Sr. Vice Commander Gage Georgeff Jr. Vice Commander Tim Graham Secretary Fred Previts Treasurer David Britton Camp Council (3 yrs) Ralph Gilbert Nominations may be made at the meeting in December. Annual Meeting Changed: The Annual Meeting was scheduled for December 9 th. It has come to the Camp s attention that 4 members, including the Camp Commander, were required to be in Columbus for Dept.of Ohio business. A motion was made to hold the meeting on Sunday December 10 th at 1:00 pm. Brother Tim Graham offered to have the meeting at his home in Hudson. Brother Tim s address is 2895 Chamberlain Rd.; 330-656-9051. The Camp raffle will take place during the meeting. The Camp Secretary will notify members of the change in date and location. Being no further business after a motion was made and seconded the meeting was adjourned at 10:00 am. Respectfully submitted, Fred Previts Camp Website: www.geocities.com/garfieldsuv
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