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National Sojourners, Inc. James Monroe Chapter No. 549

Charlottesville, Virginia

Proudly serving the cause of Patriotism May 2017 Newsletter

June 2017 Meeting

The next meeting will be on Wednesday, June 7th, 2017 at 1830 hours (6:30 pm) at the home of Bother Goldie Tomlin and Lady Sara’s home: 52 Hunters Point, Nellysford, VA 22958. Please see the President’s message for more infor-mation and page 5 for the details.

All your ladies are invited and encouraged to come! Please see further information on page 6 of this Newsletter.

Secretary/Treasurer Kent Schlussel

1171 River Chase Ridge Charlottesville, VA 22901

(434) 973-8189 E-mail: k2j2@earthlink.net

President Edgar (Ed) M. Crebbs

175 Waldrop Road Gordonsville, VA 22942-6203

(540) 832-2708 E-mail: ed.crebbs.1949@gmail.com

Purposes

The Purposes of National Sojourners shall be to organize current and former mem-bers of the uniformed forces of the United States and Honorary Members, who are Master Masons, into Chapters, for the promotion of good fellowship among its members, for assisting such as may be overtaken by adversity or affliction, for culti-vating Masonic ideals, for supporting all patriotic aims and activities in Masonry, for developing true patriotism and Americanism throughout the nation, for bringing together representatives of the uniformed forces of the United States (past and pre-sent) in a united effort to further the military needs of national defense, and for op-posing any influence whatsoever calculated to weaken the national security.

Included in this issue Page 1, June 7th meeting Page 2, President’s Message. Page 3, Jack Jouett Camp info & Commander’s message Page 4, Nominations for Coming Year Page 5, Upcoming Meetings and other Chapter News Page 6, Useful Information Page 7, Other information of interest Page 8, Chapter Roster

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President’s Message Brother Sojourners: Our next gathering will be at Brother Tomlin’s home in Nellysford. We will gather at 1830 hours for social and dinner around 1915 hours and the business of the Chapter. This is a time change to accommodate several who have a distance to travel and earlier commitments. Please RSVP brother Tomlin at ddgm2017gwtjr@gmail.com or at Lady Sara’s e-mail at Peacerose1@verizon.net. This should be done by Monday, 5th of June 2017. The program for the evening will be the election and installation of officers for the Chapter and the Camp. If you are interested, and I encourage you, to become an officer (besides those who have volunteered), please give me a call. Participation is highly encouraged. The date of the August Sojourners meeting will be on Sunday, 27 August at Fort King Solo-mon (aka King Solomon Lodge in Crozet, VA) at 1700 hours. For those of you who are He-roes, a Bivouac will proceed this meeting beginning at 1500 hours. We need to practice for a Hero degree. Hope to see all of you at the June meeting. Fraternally,

Ed Crebbs

President James Monroe Chapter #549 National Sojourners Inc. Charlottesville, Virginia

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Jack Jouett Camp Heroes of 76

Officers 2016-2017

LT Edgar (Ed) W. Crebbs, Commander COL Kent Schlussel, Chief of Staff

CPL James A. Fields, Jr., Assistant Chief of Staff SGT Henry Booth, Adjutant

MAJ Mike D. Griffin, Commander of the Guard Jeffery E. Hodges, Officer of the Day

SSGT David N. Goodwin, Senior Lieutenant M.E.& 1SG Scott L. Fielding, Junior Lieutenant MAJ Mike D. Griffin, Commander of the Guard

CT2 Harvey L. Fleshman, Sentinel M.E. & SGT Russel G. Snodgrass, Chaplain

Heroes— We will be having a Bivouac on Sunday, 27th of August 2017 to practice a Hero degree.

This will occur at 1500 hours and will be followed by the Sojourners meeting at 1700

hours.

We have several events coming up to include the bi-centennial of the University of Vir-

ginia on Friday, 6th of October 2017. Others are planned but not all finalized so keep

your eye on e-mails for details.

Until out next gathering.

Fraternally,

Ed Crebbs

Commander

Jack Jouett Camp of Heroes of 76

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Nominations for 2017-2018

Thanks to Brother Scott Fielding for “volunteering” the following broth-ers to take on areas of responsibility for us:

Sojourners Nominations President Edgar (Ed) Crebbs 1st Vice President Jim Fields 2nd Vice President Scott Fielding 3rd Vice President Fred Soutter Jr. Secretary/Treasurer Kent Schlussel Marshal Hank Booth Chaplain Russ Snodgrass

Heroes Camp Nominations Commander Edgar Crebbs Chief-of-Staff Kent Schlussel Assistant Chief-of-Staff Jim Fields Adjutant Hank Booth Commander of the Guard Mike Griffin Officer of the Day Jeff Hodges Senior Lieutenant David Goodman Junior Lieutenant Scott Fielding Sentinel Harvey Fleishman Chaplain Russ Snodgrass

Thank you to the above Brothers who will be giving their time and talents for us.

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UPCOMING JAMES MONROE CHAPTER

MEETING on June 7th!

Social Begins at 1830 hours (that is 6:30pm)

Casual dress (e.g. polo shirt) will be the uniform of the day. However, bring a light jacket or sweater as it gets cool when the sun goes down.

All your LADIES are invited and encouraged to come.

Brother Goldie Tomlin and Lady Sara will host our meeting at their residence on June 7th at 1900 hours. Brother Bill and Randy are providing the whole meal of Smoked Texas Style Brisket and 3 or 4 salad dishes (all suitable for those who do not partake of red meat). If you like, you can bring a dessert to share with everyone.

Since our numbers vary from meeting to meeting... It suggested that all who plan to attend please send your RSVP to Brother Goldie or Lady Sara by June 5th, 2017. His phone number is: 434.361-0386 or email him at ddgm2017gwtjr@gmail.com. Their address is: 52 Hunters Point, Nellysford, VA 22958. You may also RSVP to the Secretary, Kent Schlussel, at 434.973.8189 or email k2j2@earthlink.net.

Future Meetings:

—Sunday, 27 August 2017: Fort King Solomon (aka King Solomon Lodge, Crozet, VA)

—Wednesday, 4 October 2017 (Place TBD)

—Wednesday, 6 December 2017 (Place TBD)

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INFORMATION YOU CAN USE

Americanism and Youth Leadership Conference: We have been presenting the Americanism Award to the local JROTC and ROTC units. Thank you to all the brothers who have pre-sented.

We will again be sponsoring high school students this coming year. If the students are anything like the students we had this past summer, we can be please by this activity as we promote patriotism and Ameri-canism to these students. This is not limited to JROTC students, but could be a deserving Boy Scout or Girl Scout. It is a great way to promote patriotism among our youth!

We will be discussing the nominations at our June meeting. We have several nominations but a limited amount of money. Be ready to make a decision!

Remember these things cost money. The Youth leadership Conference costs approximately $500 per stu-dent. Donations are always welcome to help cover these costs. Checks and cash are acceptable to the Chapter for these activities.

Special Request from your Secretary: Each year I am required to report to HQ our activi-ties during the year. This Chapter and Camp is very active and has number of activities ranging from pre-senting the flags, Bridge of Light talks, and Americanism activities. At each activity, your secretary re-quests that someone from that activity send to the secretary of what was done, when it was done, how many participated, and how many people were at the activity (e.g. audience). Pictures would be great al-so.

This Memorial Day, remember all the veterans that are no longer with us. Thank them for their service

in defense of our Freedom

Have a Great Summer

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Publication of Members Information After many comments, we will not be publishing information on our members except for that which is listed in this Newsletter (re: personal info). With good reason, our members are con-cerned the information can be used for other purposes other than for chapter business. If a member needs to contact another member, they can always call, write, e-mail the Secretary for the information that is needed. Certain officers (e.g President and Secretary) will have per-sonal information on each member. This includes the member’s: —Name —Address —E-mail —Phone(s) —Wife’s name —Dues information —Membership information —Service Branch —Last four SSN This information is provided by Sojourners Headquarters to the Secretary annually and is safe guarded.

No Change in Meeting Days

Results of the poll conducted and reported in the last meeting minutes, there will be no change in the meeting day. Hence, we will continue to meet on the first Wednesday of the even num-ber months. However, in August 2017, we will be meeting on a different day.

Brother Steve Young presented the American-ism Award to Cadet Margrita Hernandex-Perez of Harrisonburg HS JROTC. Following awards, the Battalion conducted a change of command ceremony. Cadet Hermandez-Perez was promoted to the rank of Cadet/Command Mas-ter Sergeant at that time. Cadet Michelle Pineda was selected as the Ca-det/Battalion Command-er. The Chapter spon-sored Cadet Pineda to the Youth Leadership Pro-gram at Valley Forge last summer.

Cadet Pineda (left) and Cadet Hermandez-Perez (right)

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Officers James Monroe Chapter #549

Lt. Edgar (Ed) M. Crebbs, President M.E., R.E. and CPL James A. Fields, Jr., First Vice President

MAJ Christopher (Kirk) N. Sheap Second Vice President 1SG Scott L. Fielding, Jr., Third Vice President

Col. Kent Schlussel, Secretary/Treasurer Sgt. Henry Booth, Marshal

SGT Russel (Russ) G. Snodgrass, Jr., Chaplain Color Bearer

Chapter Members, *Membership In Perpetuity (MIP)

LT Allan G. Anderson* MAJ Stephen S. Barranco, Jr.* SSGT William F. Baskerville*# SGT Henry Booth*# 1LT Louis K. Campbell*# LTC Robert M. Carlisle SSGT Reese E. Carroll, Jr.* LT Edgar M. Crebbs*# **TSGT H. Arthur Dechent* Mr. William T. Ellison, Jr.*# 1SG Scott L. Fielding*# CPL James A. Fields, Jr.*# CT2 Harvey L. Fleshman*# LtCol Randolph Geck*# SSGT David N. Goodwin*# MAJ Mike D. Griffin#

LTC William E. Hershey, Jr.*# DR Jeffery E. Hodges*# COL William F. Hughes* LTC Carl E. Hollar, Jr.*# COL Mike Jaffee, MD *# **CAPT Charles M. Johnson, III* SGT Christopher R. Kintner*# SGM David C. Merchant* CSM Charles W. Moubray* CPT John A. Muhler* LTC Charles E. Reinhold* LTC William F. Reinhold* LTC Harry E. Sanders, Jr.*# MSGT Charles S. Sarbaugh*# COL Kent Schlussel*# MAJ Christophoer N. Sheap*

MR Fred G. Soutter* CT2 Robert E. Simpson*# MR Paul D. Sleeper* SGT Russel G. Snodgrass# ENCM James L. Starcher* SSGT Goldie W. Tomlin, Jr.*# LTC William G. L. Turner*# LTC Charles M. Ward* **CAPT Kent S. Webber*# MAJ Richard W. Williamson*# LT Stephen L. Young*# #Heroes * MIP **Deceased

Birthdays

U. S. Army, 14 June 1775 U. S. Navy, 13 October 1775

U. S. Marines, 10 November 1775 U. S. Coast Guard, 4 August 1790

U. S. Public Health Service, 16 July 1798 National Oceanic & Atmospheric Service, 1917

U. S. Air Force, 17 September 1947