Welcome to the E Clampus Vitus®-Squibob Chapter Web Site!
San Diego County * Imperial County *
Baja California
“E Clampus Vitus®” and “ECV®” are registered trademarks of E Clampus Vitus®, Inc. and are
used by expressed permission. All Rights are reserved. E Clampus Vitus® is
a non-profit, men's fraternal organization, currently involved in
humanitarian and public help programs while maintaining a steadfast program
of historical preservation. The history of E Clampus Vitus® involves an old organization of the same name, started in the
Ol' West's gold rush era and revitalized about 1931 at the Clift Hotel in
San Francisco and now encompassing Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada,
New Mexico, Utah, Washington DC, and in the near future, Washington and
Oregon States.
The prime requisites to becoming a Clamper are a sense of humor, an interest
in Western history, an open mind, and a cast iron stomach. If a man has
those qualities, and strikes up a friendship with a Clamper or two, he may
find himself taken in to (and by) the Ancient and Honorable Order. But one
can't simply walk up and say, "Can I be a Clamper?" It is for the Brethren
of ECV® to invite prospective members to join. And if a man is asked, he
should know that the invitation is only given once. If it is refused, it is
never tendered again. But a man of any intelligence and character so invited
would hardly be likely to turn down such a signal honor. And remember, as
the Brethren of E Clampus Vitus® maintain, Clampers are not made, they're
born. Like gold, they just have to be discovered.
Site Last updated
March 08, 2010
Squibob Time is:
ECV In The Press...
Odd group preserves obscure Calif.
history
You can thank the gentlemen of E Clampus Vitus for keeping obscure
western history alive. Courtesy of ABC 7 - KGO-TV San
Francisco, CA
2010 Squibob Event Calendar
Now Online!
Some noted upcoming event to stick
in your calendar:
St Patrick's Day
Parade - March 13
Squibob 4x4 Extravaganza - March 26-28
Spring Clampout - April 23-25
Squibob Family Clampout and Picnic - June 11-13
As usual, all dates, times and locations
might be changed (most likely) at the whim of the Humbug!!
The Squibob/ECV®
Email Mailing List
You wanna know what's happening in the world of
ECV®-Squibob Chapter? Subscribe to our email list and get up-to-date info
on chapter stuff.
Our email list is a for chapter members and other
brothers of the Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus®
This email list will be used to notify chapter members of important
information, updates to the Squibob Saloon Web site, and any other crap
we can think of.
NOTE: This list WILL NOT be sold, donated, or
otherwise given away to anyone for any advertising uses and/or SPAM
EVENT BOOKS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT THE SQUIBOB STORE!
Contact the
storekeeper, Mike Warner to check availability.
All Clampers, Their families and friends are invited
to Join
XNGH Dooooooooooooogie, NGHBB-09 Bombay Bob, GDR (2010)
Warren (Hopsing) Geiske and their Widders for:
Cruise to Alaska on the Carnival Sprit
Departing Seattle, Washington on
June 22, 2010
Itinerary
Tue Seattle
Wed Fun day at Sea
Thu Cruise Tracy Arm Fjord
Fri Skagway, Ak
Sat Juneau, Ak
Sun Ketchikan, Ak
Mon Victoria, BC
Tue Seattle
Anyone interested in joining in on the cruise please call
Widder Carin Graves @
(619) 444-4888
Squibob's Storekeeper, Mike Warner
Complete Online
ECV® Inventory E Clampus Vitus® Apparal
Hats, Shirts, Flags, Accessories, Patches & Pins
Leather Vests, Door Magnets & Signs, and much more!
http://www.wreckn-ball.com
Upcoming Squibob Events...
Thanks to the Grey Beards of Squibob Chapter,
we now have our own official and “loosely sanctioned” 4x4 Off-Road
Group!
Lead by XNGHJohn “5-Hats” Eugenio, Jim
“Lamp” Lamphere, and XNGHGary “OMG I’m going to be a
Sublime NGH in 2012!!!” Glud,
on
March 26-28 somewhere on the EGL Ranch property in Imperial County,
we will gather for the first official:
Phoenixian
Hobnobs and Roisterious Trailmasters (P.H.A.R.T.) ECV Squibob 4x4 Group!
The rub is $25 (pay at the event) and hopes to be a
great series of 4x4 treks!
(Rub Includes a Free “P.H.A.R.T. Charter Member” giveaway for the
first 100 attendees!!)
Bring your 4x4 vehicles out for a fun weekend of desert
off-roading and ECV merriment!
See you in the desert!
Highway 8 Clean-up Saturday, March 20th. Meet at the La Posta
Café, La Posta, CA at 8:00 am for breakfast and dis-organization
The last Highway Clean-up only had 8
Red Shirts show up. It really works best with at least twice that number
so that we have four guys per mile (I have equipment for 22). We are
finished by 11:00. Please RSVP and come out to help with our civic pride
project.
Take Interstate 8 to the Kitchen
Creek/Cameron Corners exit, 1 exit east of Buckman Springs Rd. Go south
then east one mile to the La Posta Café.
Wear long pants & sturdy shoes/boots.
Gloves, vest, hats, water & refreshments, and equipment provided. Kids
16 or older welcomed.
Questions? Call XNGH Larry
Van Rickley for more info.
Over 150 redshirt brethren and guests attended the recent RESCUE 6015
(“Eddie’s Lost Legion Escapade”), held at American Legion Post #853 in
Borrego Springs. An emphatic ‘SATISFACTORY’ goes out to 1st VNGH Ed
“Captain Cactus” Ketchem for organizing a get weekend, as well as to our
fantastic hosts at the American Legion. Thanks also to our Lost Leaders
(Dennis Calton, Dennis Spelts, Bob Stuckey, XNGH Doogie Teasley and
others), for a series of great 4x4 runs on Friday and Saturday.
Coming up next will be the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade, to be held
on Saturday, March 13th in the Banker’s Hill section of San Diego.
Squibob Chapter has been a participant in this parade since the
beginning. Our Prayed Organator, Mike ‘O’Neville, will be emailing
information on the time to gather to get our vintage Seagrave fire
engine all spruced up and ready for this grand occasion. Erin go braugh!
The first of our highway cleanups for 2010 will take place on Saturday,
March 20th. Highway Bossman, XNGH Larry Van Rickley says to have
everyone meet at the La Posta Café in Pine Valley at 8:00a (earlier, if
you want breakfast). Be watching for more information from Larry in the
coming days.
Be watching your mailboxes very soon for flyers for the 2010 Squibob 4x4
Extravaganza, to be held March 26-28 at the famous EGL Ranch in Imperial
County. Squibob Big Wheel, XNGH John “Five Hats” Eugenio promises a fun
weekend with some great runs for all skill levels.
Our Spring Clampout will be upon us soon as well. Please join us at
Ocotillo on April 24-26 for what is shaping up to be a really fantastic
weekend. Plans are being finalized to dedicate a moment to noted
archaeologist Jay von Werlhof. Brother Jay was a member of Squibob
Chapter and was also the person whose vision and efforts led to the
formation of the Desert Museum at Ocotillo. Lost leaders Dennis Spelts
and Bob Stuckey are planning a great 4x4 run across the Yuha Basin for
those arriving early. And there are many other things planned as well –
watch for your flyer arriving soon!
Credo quia absurdum,
Andy Davies
Noble Grand Humbug 2010 “What, me worry?”
Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus
John P. Squibob Chapter #1853 San Diego and Imperial Counties
* The NEW *
ECV®
Grand Council Rules NOW POSTED
Brothers of Squibob Chapter-ECV®,
Please take a moment to read,
review, memorize and implement the following Official ECV®
Grand Council Rules. The John P. Squibob Chapter of ECV®
is most serious about the adherence to Grand Council Rules
regarding the treatment of PBCs during their initiation weekend.
