Camp Orders 2013-05 Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Grand Army of the Republic “Old Abe” Camp #8 Wisconsin Department September 2013 Camp September 16th Meeting Will Be Held At Marden Hall At The Veterans Home In King, Wisconsin Our next Camp meeting will be held at the Veterans Home located in King, Next Old Abe Wisconsin. Camp 8 Meeting We will meet in Marden Hall, which is located where the red star is in the above picture. will be on th Enter through the main doors and go to your left. When you get to the September 16 elevator take the elevator down a floor. When you exit the elevator go left, then a quick right to get to the entrance of the theatre where the meeting will be held. Meeting starts at 7:00 PM Wade House 23rd Annual Location is: Civil War Weekend Marden Hall at the September 28th & 29th Veterans Home in Greenbush, WI King, WI. More information on Wear Your this event on page 13 of Membership Badge this newsletter. Page 1 of 21 Commander’s Remarks Williams (no relation). Welcome Brother Jeff! Hope to see you all at meeting in King on 9/16 and Weyauwega on the 20th and 21st in Weyauwega! In F, C, & L, Vince Weyauwega Living History Wreath Presentation, Parade, & Ghost Walk The weekend of September 20th & 21st in By Camp Commander Weyauwega, WI Old Abe Camp #8 will be doing Vince Barker a living history as well as conducting a wreath presentation, participate in a parade, & have a dedication and ghost walk. Greetings Brothers, I hope you were able to enjoy our beautiful Wisconsin summer and spend some time with family and friends. Friday & Saturday we will be having a living Summer is over but Packer and Badger football are upon history encampment. us, finally! Camp 8 has a few events coming up within the next month and of most immediate concern is the Friday night there will be a wreath presentation Weyauwega Horse & Buggy Days event on 20-21 September. Dept. Commander Kim Heltemes has been at the soldiers monument at 6 pm. working with the organizers of this event and they have asked that Camp 8 participate with several events, Saturday will be a parade starting at 1pm. including a living history display and parade. We will also be conducting a memorial service at the Soldier's Saturday evening starting at 6 pm there will be Monument on Friday evening at 6pm, as well as marker dedications and a Ghost Walk at Oakwood Cemetery on a dedication followed by a cemetery “ghost Saturday evening. Details are in this newsletter. We are walk.” This will be quite the time for those of you calling for a maximum effort from the camp to support who have never participated in one before. these events, particularly those members who are also reenactors who can support the living history portion of the The living history takes place at the park along weekend. Please contact Kim if you can participate. This is a great opportunity for some of our newer members to get Highway 10 and County X. When going north on involved. No uniform is required for the memorial service, Highway 10, turn east on Highway X. It is the dedication, or parade, but please wear your membership first driveway on the right. badge. If you have a uniform, please wear it. The camp also has some spare uniforms and equipment if you wish I you have questions about this event you can to wear one. contact Kim Heltemes. Our September meeting will he held in the Marden Center at the Wisconsin Veteran's Home in King on More information will be available at the Monday, 16 September. We will discuss more details of September Camp meeting. the Weyauwega event at that time. We have another new member to welcome this month, We are hoping to get as many Camp members Jeff Williams of Oshkosh. Jeff's ancestor was Pvt. August to help participate in this event. Zeichert who served three years in the 27th Wisconsin Infantry. Jeff learned of Camp 8 thru Ken and Luann Page 2 of 21 Above is a photo of the Peeters family at the 150th Gettysburg reenactment, July 3 –9, 2013. Jesse Peeters is on the left with Dennis Peeters on the right. Deb Peeters is in the front. Deb & Jesse’s ancestor was James Scraton of the 6th New York Cavalry. The unit was with General Bradford on the 1st days battle. James is buried in Royalton cemetery on highway 54. Jesse Peeters is a Camp #8 member. Photo & story submitted by Deb Peeters. Page 3 of 21 Edward S Bragg #8, ASUVCW Edward S. Bragg Auxiliary 8 Meeting Minutes 7-15-13 Inaugural Meeting of the Auxiliary of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Place of Meeting: Lutheran Country Church outside of Poy Sippi and Auroraville. President LuAnn Williams brought the meeting to order. Kathy Balza, Kathy Flanagan-Blaney, Brenda Stout, Stephanie Barker and Debra Bolden were absent. Present were Fran Galow, Kathy Heltemes, LuAnn Williams, Rachel Williams, Angela Shirley (visiting from California), Lucy Peters and Anne Kirk. There are no reports as of yet. Rachel Williams opened the Bible. Fran gave us a prayer Angela Shirley, Anne Kirk, and Fran Galow were newly initiated into full membership in Edward S. Bragg #8. LuAnn installed the Vice-President-elect, Rachel Williams. Fran Galow was installed as 1st Trustee and Chaplin, Rachel Williams as Patriotic Instructor. Kathy and Lucy were installed as Trustee and Secretary/Treasurer at Boscobel in June at the Dept Encampment. President Williams brought up the idea, the use of the sale (purchase) of ASUVCW logo shirts. She mentioned there is a slip in the given folders for individual or group purchase. There is also a schedule of events for the National Encampment in the folder given thus. Kathy Balza though not present is very involved with marketing and promotional events. President Williams suggested we have bake sales and brat stands at said grocery stores for fundraising. President Williams said the bylaws would be brought up at the September mtg. With regards to the National Encampment recommendations, the Dept of California suggested the application fee be raised from $5.00 to $20.00. The ladies did not meet this suggestion favorably. President Williams also suggested the Vietnam Vets are having a Glory Flight at EAA and that we as an auxiliary could welcome them home. This would be August 2, at the Oshkosh Phillips 66 Plaza. President Williams adjourned the meeting at 8:10 p.m. w/ a prayer (closing) by Fran. Rachel came up and slowly closed the bible. Respectfully Submitted by Sister Lucy M. Peters, Secretary/Treasurer National Encampment, Brookfield, WI August 8, 9, 10 and 11, 2013 Lucy Peters, Kathy Heltemes and myself attended the National Encampment this year. The encampment officially started Thursday evening, you could register, but that was about it on Thursday. Some of the orders had displays set up with items for sale. Friday morning started with a joint meeting (memorial service) with all of the Allied Orders after which each order went to their meeting room. The meetings took place from 9-11:30, break for lunch and meetings again in the afternoon. Friday evening they held what was called a Campfire. This was a joint meeting. Old Abe Camp 8 presented a program featuring the Mohican Indians in the Civil War, given by Jo Ann Schedler. Afterwards there was a "roast" of the outgoing Presidents. Saturday meetings were scheduled for most of the day along with voting for next year’s officers. Saturday after lunch the four new auxiliaries received their official charters. Page 4 of 21 Edward S Bragg #8, ASUVCW They are absolutely beautiful and something to be proud of. We are a part of an honored organization Ladies. When I have it framed, we will be displaying it at each meeting. Saturday evening was the banquet and then entertainment, which turned out to be a magician. Pretty good! After the program we were invited, at least the Wisconsin Department, to a hospitality room. All in all, it was a wonderful encampment. As President of a new auxiliary, it was a learning experience and one I won't forget for a long time. Even though most of the meetings were the business of doing business, it was wonderful to see what all of these women bring to the table. Next years encampment is in Marietta GA, and if at all possible I plan on attending. Upcoming meeting Our next meeting will be at the Veterans Home in King at 7 pm on Monday the 16th of September. We may have a guest attending so please try to make it. This meeting will once again be rather informal. We have lots of time to learn Roberts Rules of Order, eventually we will get there. If you have a Ritual, please bring it along with you. Also wear your badge if you have one. I want to place an order with the Supply Officer soon, so if you want to order anything you may want to let me know to save on postage. Remember Ladies, that the easiest way to get new members is to talk about our organization, both the Sons and the Auxiliary. Each of us received a brochure that was in the packet I gave you at the last meeting, throw the brochure in your purse, have it handy to invite someone to attend a meeting, Drop Page 5 of 21 Edward S Bragg #8, ASUVCW some off at your local library; they are a great addition to their community items display.