The Goldwater Journal Newsletter of the Barry M. Goldwater Chapter Arizona Society Sons of the American Revolution November 2013 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Minutes of the September 19, 2013, Chapter meeting Location: Program speaker: Dr. Bill Hearter gave an Coco’s Restaurant outstanding presentation regarding: “Who were the 4514 E. Cactus, Phx, AZ first Americans.” Now , I cannot do his presentation the justice it deserves in this column , but in a nutshell, Our October 17, 2013, Chapter meeting was opened until the late 1990s, the accepted version of the earliest by Chapter President David Swanson at 6:30 p.m. We American settlement was that the first Americans, the had 16 Compatriots and guests in attendance. Clovis People, came from Asia via a land bridge over the Bering Strait in about 10000 BC. A distinctive, Business session : Chapter President David Swanson innovated flint spearhead unearthed at Clovis, New talked about the recent BMG fundraising event and the Mexico in 1933 has been associated with the “Clovis meeting at the Kona Grill (see article in this newsletter People” although no such spearhead or anything for further information). remotely resembling it has been found in the Asian Compatriot Ed Karr, Chairman of our Veterans area where these people originally lived. Committee and of the 2014 Officer Selection Board Fast forward to 1998 and the Solutrean hypothesis presented the proposed slate of officers for 2014: which is that our first settlers, the Solutreans, came President: David A. Swanson from Europe in roughly 20,000 to 15,000 BC, during Vice-President: William Hearter MD the latest Ice Age, from areas in France and Spain. Secretary/Treasurer: Scott Hewitt They traveled by boat along the ice pack that extended Sergeant at Arms: Chuck Stuller from France to North America. Evidence of their Chaplain: Rob Bohannan spearheads (distinctive and yet similar to Clovis) is Registrar/Genealogist: William C. Orr found in Europe and in areas of our East Coast, all of Chancellor: John Conrad which substantially predate Clovis. Additionally, DNA Publicist: J Michael Jones research of some Native American tribes has given BOM Representative: H. Robert Young strong evidence to the Solutrean hypothesis. War Service Medal Presentation: Robert D . Young His program was very well researched, (McNeese) was presented with his well earned SAR documented, and presented along with very interesting War Service Medal and certificate for his Vietnam artifacts (actual Solutrean and Clovis spear points). service by Chapter President David Swanson and Veterans Committee Chairman Ed Karr. Compatriot Bill Hearter (L-R) Ed Karr, David Swanson, Bob Young Page 2 50/50 raffle: Compatriot Winfield Orr won the money! The pot was $42 dollars and he donated his winnings to the Chapter. This is the second month in a row that he has won and donated the proceeds—Win keep that winning streak alive! A second drawing was held for a Grand Union Flag, donated by Bill Hearter, which was won by Compatriot Charles Smith’s sister Shirley. Congratulations! New Barry M. Goldwater Compatriots On October 7, 2013, Compatriots Charles W. Stuller and Christopher M. Stuller transferred their SAR membership from the Colorado State Society to the Arizona State Society and in particular the Barry M. Goldwater Chapter. Welcome to the Chapter! Chapter fundraiser a success On October 12, 2013, twenty-five Compatriots, Daughters, and guests attended the joint Barry M. Goldwater/Paradise Valley DAR fundraiser held at the Kona Grill, 5310 E. High Street #101 in Phoenix. Each organization realized proceeds of $352.50 thanks to the generous support of their members and viewers . (starting to sound like a PBS infomercial). The Kona Grill provided an outstanding array of unending appetizers on the outside patio reserved just for us. The food and service were excellent. The restaurant donated the $100 gift certificate and the food. If you are looking for a restaurant to patronize this is the one! Two drawings were held: one for the gift certificate and one for an IPod (which was donated by the PV Chapter). Dr. Bill Hearter was the gift certificate winner and Earl Atwood was the winner of A very special thank you to all of the Barry M. the IPod. (Now Earl can take pictures of Dr. Bill eating Goldwater Compatriots who purchased raffle $100 worth of food but only after he figures out what it tickets for this important Chapter fundraiser! is that he just won!) The attendees had a very nice time socializing and getting to know each other—which worked out well since we are having a joint meeting in November. Just what is Veterans Day? On Veterans Day, while we remember those who died, it is mainly set aside to honor all who have honorable served in the US Military during wartime and peacetime. Its emphasis is to thank living veterans for their service to this country. Memorial Day is a day for remembering and honoring military personnel who died in the service of their country. Anyway the number “11” is very prominent in the history of Veterans Day as spelled out by the US Department of Veterans Affairs: The two winners (l-R) Earl Atwood and Bill Hearter Page 3 A little bit of AZSSAR, SAR, and Arizona World War I – known at the time as “The history—continued Great War” - officially ended when the Treaty of By David A. Swanson Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of Speaking of veterans, here is a continuation of Versailles, France. However, fighting ceased information regarding the early members of the seven months earlier when an armistice, or AZSSAR taken from: temporary cessation of hostilities, between the Who’s Who in Arizona Volume I, 1913 Allied nations and Germany went into effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the John Campbell Greenway eleventh month. For that reason, November 11, John Campbell Greenway, general manager 1918, is generally regarded as the end of “the war of the Calumet & Arizona Mining Company, to end all wars.” Warren, Arizona, was born in Huntsville, July 6, In November 1919, President Wilson 1872, the son of Dr. Gilbert Christian Greenway proclaimed November 11 as the first and Alice (White) Greenway. He is descended commemoration of Armistice Day with the from a notable line of Southerners, his father and following words: "To us in America, the grandfather having soldiers under the Confederate reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with flag. Isaac Shelby, first Governor of Kentucky, solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in and Capt. John Campbell, of King’s Mountain the country’s service and with gratitude for the fame, are two members of the family whose victory, both because of the thing from which it names stand out conspicuously in the history of has freed us and because of the opportunity it has Colonial days. given America to show her sympathy with peace Mr. Greenway, who ranks today with the and justice in the councils of the nations…" world’s greatest mine managers, had splendid The original concept for the celebration educational advantages, but to this he added was for a day observed with parades and practical experience which, has fitted him for his public meetings and a brief suspension of present place in the mining world. He was business beginning at 11:00 a.m. graduated from the Episcopal High School at The United States Congress officially Alexandria Va., then entered Andover Academy recognized the end of World War I on June 4, at Andover, Massachusetts. He attended the 1926. University of Virginia and from there went to An Act (52 Stat. 351; 5 U. S. Code, Sec. 87a) Yale University, where he received his technical approved May 13, 1938, made the 11th of training. He was a conspicuous figure in Yale November in each year a legal holiday—a day to from his freshman year, when he was chosen a be dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be member of the “University” football team. He was thereafter celebrated and known as "Armistice graduated with the degree of Ph. B.; was voted Day." Armistice Day was primarily a day set aside president of his class, also most popular man. He to honor veterans of World War I, but in 1954, played right end on the famous McCormick and after World War II had required the greatest Hinkey football elevens of 1892 and 1893, and mobilization of soldiers, sailors, marines and was catcher for the famous “Dutch” Carter on the airmen in the Nation’s history; after American ‘varsity baseball nines of those years, an athletic forces had fought aggression in Korea, the 83rd career which is part of the history of the Congress, at the urging of the veterans service university. organizations, amended the Act of 1938 by Upon leaving college, Mr. Greenway sought striking out the word "Armistice" and inserting in to learn the practical side of the steel business, its place the word "Veterans." With the approval beginning at the very bottom. He was first of this legislation (Public Law 380) on June 1, employed as a helper in the Duquesne furnaces of 1954, November 11th became a day to honor the Carnegie Steel Company, where he worked for American veterans of all wars. a dollar and thirty-two cents per day. In time he was advanced to the post of foreman and was thus So here was a very brief but interesting history of engaged when the Spanish-American War was Veterans Day taken in part from: declared in 1898. http://www.va.gov/opa/vetsday/vetdayhistory.asp Leaving his work, he hastened alone to San Antonio Texas, and there enlisted as a private in Take time this November 11 th to attend Veterans the famous Rough Rider Regiment of which Day ceremonies throughout the Valley.