NEXT MEETING

 

The next meeting of SCV Camp 469 will be Thursday, October 2, 2008 beginning at 7 pm at the Sara Hightower Regional Library.

 

Our guest speaker will be former camp commander Alan Youngblood. Commander Youngblood will speak on the disinterment and reburial of the Confederate soldier found along highway 20 west of Rome in 1991.

 

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

 

Volunteers are needed immediately to assist with the Camp’s table at the Coosa Valley Fair.  The fair runs from September 30th until Oct 4th. Each year at the fair the Camp recruits new members and sells it wares. This is one of the most important annual Camp events.

 

Please contact Camp Adjutant Stephen Carnes to reserve your evening at 706- 512-1515 or check the Camp’s website for available time slots.

 

CAMP 469 POLO SHIRTS

 

The Camp has purchased a limited number of SCV polo shirts with the Camp’s name embroidered on them for Camp members. Several have been paid for and the rest are available on a first come - first served basis. The cost will be $25 for large and $27 for XL and XXL which is $15 below catalog price. Shirts will be available at the October meeting.

 

NEWSLETTER EDITOR NEEDED

 

Camp 469 is seeking a new Camp newsletter editor beginning January 2009.  After serving as newsletter editor for the past several years it is time to pass this prestigious assignment along to another Camp member. All that is needed is the basic command of the English language, a computer and access to the internet.  If you are interested in serving in this capacity, contact 1st Lt. Commander Jim Dugger at [Strollinjim@Gmail.com].

 

REDNECK RUMMAGE SALE

 

Thanks go out to all Camp members who assisted Merroll Smith with the Redneck Rummage Sale held on Sept. 20th.  It was a big financial success and a great way to represent the Camp. Thanks to Merroll Smith, Bobby Barton, Ben Terry, Austin Goggins and Merroll’s brother-in-law for taking time out of their weekend for this project.

 

EVERYONE  SING DIXIE !

 

A  NON-POLITICAL REMINDER

 

The local Camp of the SCV is made up of many individuals with many opinions on any given subject. It has always been the policy of SCV Camp 469 to remain a non-political organization with no official ties to any particular party or organization.  Camp members are encouraged to be active members of their community, but they are also encouraged to leave their politics behind when they pass through the meeting doors each month.

 

Although it is an election year, the only election we need to concern ourselves with is the election of 1860.  Just as a reminder, the election pitted four candidates for the office of President. John C. Breckinridge, Southern Democratic Party from Kentucky, Stephen Douglas, Northern Democratic Party, Illinois, John Bell, Constitutional Union Party, Tennessee and Abraham Lincoln, Republican Party, Illinois. We all know the ultimate outcome of the election, but did you know that the Constitutional Union Party was formed from members of the former Whig Party and Know Nothing Party who could not support either the Democrat or Republican Party.

 

SCV CAMP 469 ELECTIONS

 

A nomination committee has been formed for the selection of potential Camp officers for 2009. Please contact Don Adams, Merroll Smith or John Butler with your suggestions.

SCV Camp 469 Newsletter

76 Plantation Drive

Rome, GA  30165

Editor: Jim Dugger