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One Hundred and Twentieth Annual Encampment MRS. CYNTHIA FOX NATIONAL PRESIDENT 2005 - 2006 Department of Pennsylvania Auxiliary to Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War One Hundred and Twentieth Annual Encampment NATIONAL OFFICERS 2005-2006 PRESIDENT: Cynthia Fox 104 S. Main St. #2, Muncy, PA 7756 VICE PRESIDENT: Barbara Mayberry 141 Donbray Rd., Springfield, MA 01119 COUNCIL MEMBER #: Michelle Langley 3191 CR 139, Interlaken, NY 14847 COUNCIL MEMBER #2: Judy Trepanier 130 Nooks Hill Rd., Cromwell, CT 06416 COUNCIL MEMBER #: May Frost 7901 SR 144, Guysville, OH 45735 SECRETARY: Frances Murray 1257 Washington St. #6, Bath, ME 0450 TREASURER: Betty J. Baker 7555 Rt. 96, Interlaken, NY 14847 PATRIOTIC INSTRUCTOR: Carole Gunby 115 Thomson Ave., Paulsboro, NJ 08066 CHAPLAIN: Helen Geppi 9507 Gun Hill Cir., Baltimore, MD 21236 PRESS CORRESPONDENT: Carolyn Lawson 25 Russell Ave., Auburn, ME 0420 WASHINGTON DC REPRESENTATIVE: Mildred Ames 11508 Highview Ave., Wheaton, MD 20902 MEMBERSHIP AT LARGE COORDINATOR: Cynthia Brown 92 Pond St., Salem, NH 03079 HISTORIAN: Beatrice Greenwalt 2449 Center Ave., Alliance, OH 44601 CO-COUNSELOR: Eileen Coombs 3070 W. Shore Rd., #B-4, Warwick, RI 02886 CO-COUNSELOR: Joe Long 505 Marcy St., Duryea, PA 18642 CO-CHIEF OF STAFF: Faye Carlisle PO Box 23, Cogan Station, PA 17728 CO-CHIEF OF STAFF: Mary Jo Long 505 Marcy St., Duryea, PA 18642 PERSONAL AIDE: Jean Lamb 5105 Oxford Ave., Philadelphia, PA 191242 SUPPLY OFFICER: Michelle Langley 3191 CR 139, Interlaken, NY 14847 4 One Hundred and Twentieth Annual Encampment NATIONAL OFFICERS 2006-2007 PRESIDENT: Barbara Mayberry 141 Donbray Rd., Springfield, MA 01119 VICE PRESIDENT: Judy Trepanier 130 Nooks Hill Rd., Cromwell, CT 06416 COUNCIL MEMBER #: Cynthia Fox 104 S. Main St. #2, Muncy, PA 7756 COUNCIL MEMBER #2: Virginia Twist 2966 Hayts Corners Rd., Ovid, NY 14521 COUNCIL MEMBER #: Eleanor Becotte Kingston Pines Apt. #1B, Kingston, NY 03848 SECRETARY: Judith Morgan 8250 Frost Rd., Coolville, OH 45723 TREASURER: Betty J. Baker 7555 Rt. 96, Interlaken, NY 14847 PATRIOTIC INSTRUCTOR: Janice Harding 8616 Richmond Ave., Baltimore, MD 21234 CHAPLAIN: Nancy Hilton 1306 Paul Jack Dr., Hampton, VA 23666 PRESS CORRESPONDENT: Helen Geppi 9507 Gun Hill Cir., Nottingham, MD 21236 WASHINGTON DC REPRESENTATIVE: Mildred Ames 11508 Highview Ave., Wheaton, MD 20902 MEMBERSHIP AT LARGE COORDINATOR: Cynthia Brown 92 Pond St., Salem, NH 03079 HISTORIAN: Beatrice Greenwalt 2449 Center Ave., Alliance, OH 44601 CO-COUNSELORS: Cynthia and Ellsworth Brown 92 Pond St., Salem, NH 03079 CO-CHIEF OF STAFF: Mary Seiffert 102 Monrovia St., Springfield, MA 01104 CO-CHIEF OF STAFF: Vivian Rockey 22 McBride Ave., Carlisle, PA 70 PERSONAL AIDE: Nancy Fournier 104 Monrovia St., Springfield, MA 01104 SUPPLY OFFICER: Michelle Langley 3191 CR 139, Interlaken, NY 14847 One Hundred and Twentieth Annual Encampment 5 DEPARTMENT PRESIDENTS 2006-2007 Colorado-Wyoming. Martha Van Gundy Connecticut . .Joyce Norman Iowa. Marilyn Rittel Maine . Carolyn Lawson Maryland-Delaware . Janice Harding Massachusetts. .Nancy Fournier Michigan. Linda Kronberg New Hampshire . .Florence Jennison New Jersey. Viola Loder-Smithcors New York . Janet Hilyer Ohio. May Frost Pennsylvania . Margaret Shuttlesworth Rhode Island . Dorothy Mattos Vermont. Louise Blodgett Wisconsin. Danielle Michaels AUXILIARIES W/O DEPARTMENTS Dr. Mary E. Walker Aux. #52, CA-PAC. .Rachelle Campbell Fort Donelson Aux. #, TN. .Cindy Lynn Duffel Rachel Cormany Aux #2, OK. .Kathryn Rusk PROVISIONAL AUXILIARY Auxiliary #2, Beaufort, SC . Lucy Williams T. E. Bowman Aux. #2, CO-WY . .Karen Kots Nancy A. James Aux. #, MO. Jeanette James One Hundred and Twentieth Annual Encampment 7 IN MEMORIAM MRS. CATHERINE ZAPATKA PAST NATIONAL PRESIDENT 1988-1989 Department of Connecticut Auxiliary to Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War One Hundred and Twentieth Annual Encampment 9 IN MEMORIAM MRS. ESTHER PEIPER PAST NATIONAL PRESIDENT 1986-1987 Department of Pennsylvania Auxiliary to Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War One Hundred and Twentieth Annual Encampment 11 GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD TOUR AND 50TH ANNIVERSARY REDEDICATION OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC MEMORIAL Thursday, August 10, 2006 Members boarded buses at 12:00 noon for the tour of the Gettysburg Battlefield. We had a very enjoyable, informative tour with some very knowledgeable tour-guides. At 4:00 p.m. we met with the people on the other buses from Harris- burg at the Albert Woolson Monument for its re-dedication ceremony. A moving ceremony was held with heads and representatives from all five of the Allied Orders in attendance. JOINT MEMORIAL SERVICE SONS OF UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR AUXILIARY TO SONS OF UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR LADIES OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Friday, August 11, 2006 8:00 A.M. Prelude . .Keith Ashley Musician, SUVCW Processional . Keith Ashley Musician, SUVCW Draping the Three Charters . Jerome W. Kowalski National Chaplain, SUVCW Helen Geppi National Chaplain, ASUVCW Beth Ann Thomas National Chaplain, LGAR Lighting of the Candles . Donald Darby Commander-in-Chief, SUVCW Cynthia Fox National President, ASUVCW Opal Nelson National President, LGAR Invocation . Jerome Kowalski National Chaplain, SUVCW Hymn. .What a Friend We Have in Jesus 2 One Hundred and Twentieth Annual Encampment Reading . Helen Geppi National Chaplain, ASUVCW Memorial to the Grand Army of the Republic. Bruce Butgereit Nat’l Patriotic Instructor, SUVCW EULOGY Donald L. Roberts, PC-in-C . Danny L. Wheeler PC-in-C, SUVCW Esther Peiper, Past National President . .Faye Carlisle PNP, PA, ASUVCW Catherine Zapatka, Past National President. Judy Trepanier National Council Member, ASUVCW TRIBUTES OF MEMORY Past Commanders-in-Chief, SUVCW. Stephen Michaels PC-in-C, SUVCW Past National Presidents, LGAR. Nancy Conaway PNP, LGAR Past National Presidents, ASUVCW. .Danielle Michaels PNP, ASUVCW Deceased Officers & Members, SUVCW. Robert Grim PC-in-C, SUVCW Deceased Officers & Members, LGAR. Eleanor Lowe PNP, LGAR Deceased Officers & Members, ASUVCW. Helen L. Geppi National Chaplain, ASUVCW Benediction . Beth Ann Thomas National Chaplain, PNP, LGAR Extinguishing of Candles . .National Heads Closing Hymn. Rock of Ages EULOGY TO ESTHER GENEVIEVE GLADHILL PEIPER Esther Peiper was born to Sarah A. and Howard A. Gladhill, being the 8th child of 12 children. Her father was a fireman on the railroad, later an engineer, but was hurt, rendering him unable to work about the time of Esther’s birth. Howard would do odd jobs to bring in a few cents, but his heart condition made very difficult times for the younger children. Esther would go without food, giving her share to Kenny be- cause he was so hungry that he would cry at night. She would drink wa- ter to keep her own strength. Many times she would say that they would live off the mountains where she, Charles, Larry and sometimes Kenny One Hundred and Twentieth Annual Encampment would pick the fruit and nuts that grew on the mountains of Emmitsburg, Maryland. She married Ralph E. Peiper January 23, 1937, moving to Carlisle, Pennsylvania, his hometown. They were married for 5 years before his passing on December 11, 1989. At his funeral she told people that, “worse things could happen - I could break a hip,” which did happen the following March, 1990. This turned out to be as she predicted a heart- ache and challenge for her due to the surgery not being done correctly and having to be corrected by another surgery ½ months later. She was never able to walk without at least a cane after that surgery. The walking problem curtailed her shopping, which she loved. Her husband used to say when passing by a store that was going out of business that she must not have shopped enough there because they were closing. She loved finding a bargain. As she once said, “When times were rough emotionally, shopping for something new, different or that which she had been wanting for a long time was better than paying a psychiatrist and a lot cheaper!” Esther enjoyed sewing and could look in a magazine, make her own pattern and duplicate that dress or suit. She thought that she would have liked to be a dress designer if she would have been able to attend school. She made beautiful embroidered quilts, over 54 in her lifetime, giving them to family members and friends. Many of the Department Officers of the Auxiliary and Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War from Penn- sylvania were recipients of her labor in the making of these beautiful quilts. Everyone that received a quilt was told they had to use it because she made it to keep them warm. She slept in a cold room with very few blankets available when she was growing up and wanted to give people something that was practical and pretty. In the Auxiliary #50 to the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Camp William Brindle, Carlisle, she devoted many enjoyable years. She was a member 49 years. During her years in this beloved Organization, she not only did a money raiser baking and selling bags of peanuts, but held many offices in the local, Department and National levels. Some of the offices she held were Auxiliary Secretary, Vice President, Presi- dent, Department Chief of Staff, Department Treasurer for eight years, Department Vice President, Department President in 1970-1971, Na- tional Treasurer for over 11 years, National Budget Director and National President 1986-1987. The year as National President, she and Ralph trav- eled to most of the states of the Union, even to California. This