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“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.


Welcome to the Squibob Saloon.... Please vist often, this site is upadated regularly on Chapter Events and news...  ~ Webmaster DJ David Site Last updated February 04, 2010 Squibob Time is:


1st Vice Noble Grand Humbug, Ed Ketchem
has directed the sounding of the heygag to announce the:

SQUIBOB 2010 R.E.S.C.U.E.
(Revisit Every Squibob Clampsite Until Exhausted)

“Eddie’s Lost Legion Escapade”

February 19-22, 2010
American Legion Hall, Borrego Springs, CA

Flyer available HERE!!


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EVENT BOOKS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT THE SQUIBOB STORE!

Contact the storekeeper, Mike Warner to check availability.

http://www.wreckn-ball.com

Proceeds from the sale of this book benefit Squibob Chapter programs and projects.


Squibob Chapter Is All Over The WWW!

Squibob on Myspace!

Yes brothers, Squibob Chapter is now on MySpace.  Come visit and join our new MySpace group at http://groups.myspace.com/squibob


Cruise to Alaska with Squibob
E Clampus Vitus!

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


2009 Squibob Event Calendar & Squibob Newsletter
Now Online!

As usual, all dates, times and locations might be changed (most likely) at the whim of the Humbug!!


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Hats, Shirts, Flags, Accessories, Patches & Pins
Leather Vests, Door Magnets & Signs, and much more!

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FROM THE DESK OF NGH ANDY...

Brothers of Squibob Chapter, 

Another outstanding Widders Ball and Demotion Dinner has come and gone.  We had more than 120 folks show up and share in the fun, enjoy the food and listen to the hot sounds of the “Cool Cats”.  I want to take a moment to again thank everyone that had a hand in helping make it a success! 

I am really looking forward to a fun year ahead for the chapter.  1st VNGH Ed Ketchem has a great RESCUE weekend planned for February 19-21 at Borrego Springs.  Rub is $25.00 for each redshirt or guest (one guest is allowed per redshirt and must be male and 21 or over).  Information may be found in the RESCUE flyer that was mailed in December.  If you did not receive a flyer, you may download by clicking on the gray ‘Members’ button at the left and then logging into that portion of the site.  The username is clamper and the password is….well, you should know it by now!

 Our Squibob Big Wheel, XNGH John “Five Hats” Eugenio (aided and abetted by Ass. Big Wheel Jim Lamphere and SGNR Gary Glud), is organizing the fifth second annual 4x4 Extravaganza at the EGL Ranch in Imperial County.  This offbeat off-road offering will be held the weekend of March 26-28.  Be looking for the flyer to arrive in your mailbox within the next few weeks, at which time it will also be available for download from here. 

Plans are being finalized for the Spring Clampout at Ocotillo in Imperial County.  This roisterious assemblage will take place on the weekend of April 23-25.  The flyer should be arriving in your mailbox in early March and will be available for download from here at that time as well. 

Our events are open to all ECV redshirt brothers in good standing and warmly welcome our brethren from other chapters.  Squibob Chapter is committed to the ECV Grand Council rules regarding the administration of PBCs, including rules for initiation.  All redshirts and PBCs that attend Squibob Chapter functions will be expected to comply with these rules as well. 

As always, check back here for the latest chapter information, including any last-minute changes to locations, dates and times.  The 2010 calendar and all flyers are now being posted to the password-protected ‘Members’ section of the website, to that the phone numbers and other contact information are not publically visible and fall into the wrong hands. 

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

 



John Finn
, less than a month from his 100th birthday,
attends a party in his honor at the La Posta Diner in Pine Valley

By Tony Perry

Reporting from Pine Valley, Calif. In a clear, strong voice, John Finn told the group that gathered to honor him Saturday that he did not understand all the fuss being made about him.

"I can't believe this," Finn told the 1500-plus people outside the La Posta Diner. "All I ever was was an old swab jockey.  What I did I was being paid for."

What Finn did was take control of a .50-caliber machine gun at the Navy base at Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, and fire at the Japanese attack planes that violent morning that changed the world, Dec. 7, 1941.

Wounded five times, he refused to be evacuated and kept firing at the planes that were strafing the base and its sailors. Watching Finn's courage, other sailors rallied to his side, manning other guns.

For his actions, Finn was awarded the Medal of Honor.

Now he is less than a month from his 100th birthday, making him the nation's oldest Medal of Honor recipient and the only living recipient from the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Several veterans groups and others assembled at the diner Saturday to honor Finn in advance of his July 23 birthday. It was a morning full of commendations, including a proclamation from the San Diego County Board of Supervisors marking Saturday as John Finn Day.

"He looks great, doesn't he?" said Supervisor Dianne Jacob.

Bud Wharton, the La Posta Diner’s owner, organized the event. Finn's son, Joe, worked at the La Posta for several years. Located on Old Highway 80, 50 miles east of San Diego, the diner is a favorite haunt of motorcyclists tooling along Interstate 8.

At Wharton's request, dozens of motorcyclists revved their engines in appreciation of Finn. A plaque honoring Finn from the John P. Squibob Chapter 1853 of the Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus, a Western state historical group, was placed at the diner.

Finn, a Los Angeles native, was a chief petty officer and aviation ordnance man on the morning of the attack. He retired as a lieutenant in 1956 and has lived in eastern San Diego County.

He has had a series of honors recently. He stood beside President Obama on March 25 as the president laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery.

A ceremony in Finn's honor was held last week at the Navy facility in Bahrain, and a flag is making its way to Finn after flying above several aircraft carriers.

"He represents all that is good and right with this country," said Navy Capt. Russ Thompson, commanding officer of the El Centro Naval Air Facility, who emceed Saturday's event.

INVITATION


* 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.

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