v o I ume 92 OCTOBER 199 Number .1.0

MEETINGOCTOBER MUSTER CALL

date: Thursday8 October 1992

time: 6:15 p . m.Mess Cal 1

place: Wyatt's CafeteriaHancock Center

Last month's program wasbrought by Greg Hector and quest

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Kyle Etie, playing and singingConfederate Songs. This month RonTrower will present an update onFt. Magruder in Austin.

NEW SCV CAMP

Division Lt.Cdr. Carl Lehmbergaccompanied by Cdr. Bob Browntraveled to Laredo recently toestablish a brand new camp for theTexas Division and the South TexasBrigade. The new camp's name isCol. Santos Benavides Camp. Thenew commander is M.B. Bravo, Jr.Congratulations to Carl and Eiob ona job well done.

CAMP NEWS

The Camp now has a squarebattleflag, trimmed in white.Come see it at the meeting.

Greg Hector journeyed to Wacoin August to present a program ofConfederate Songs. He will alsopresent a like program at the Tex.Division UDC convention onSaturday, 3 October.

The Cl ai borne-Kyl e Cabin inKyle held their annual gettogether on Saturday, 26September. Those showing -up inuniform had a wonderful time. Toobad you missed the food andfellowship. Brigade Cdr. KerryHelllums represented the Cavalryalong with David Couch. GregHector, Bill Campbell, MatthewCampbell, and Cdr. AllenMatetzschk represented theArtillery. An information tableon the SCV was manned by thetroops. Greg Hector sangConfederate Songs accompanied onthe banjo. Beautiful Southernladies also helped in the personof Amanda Campbell (in periodattire) and Donna Hector.

The Battle of Ogletree Gap(Copperas Cove) will be Halloweenweekend. We have promised auniformed trade for help at theFarm. Would you like to go for alittle fun?

In the early history of thiscamp around 1980, we struggledhard to provide members with agood camp and really had to cajolefor part i ci pat i on . Then we wentthrough a period where it seemedthat our growing pains were over.Attendance at meetings wasgood- -both members and guests,, Wehad good participation atuniformed events. It seems thatthat period is past. Meetingattendance is very poor! We aresuffering from a severe case ofthe' doldrums and a lack of desireto participate in outsideactivities. Camp responsibilitiesand duties are not being carriedout, perhaps due to lack ofinterest. Members who used to beregular do not attend meetings andfail to bring their families andguests. We have tried to make themeetings more attractive by-

altering the format and stillattendance is poor. For the firsttime since the award's inception,this camp failed to win thedistinguished camp award from theDivision (awarded to activegrowing camps). Our programs aregood, our fellowship friendly, andour uniformed events areentertaining and enjoyable whiledoing our duty to the Cause. Whatmore can we do to entice yourparticipation? Do you fit thedescriptions in "Ways to Kill anOrganisation" elsewhere in thisnewsletter? More members weresuspended for non-payment of duesthis year than ever before. Askyourself this question, "If myConfederate ancestor had been asdedicated to the Confederacy as I

am to the camp and its activities,how well would the Confederacyhave done in the WBTS?"

How To Kill An Organization

In 14 Easy Steps1. Don’t attend meetings. If you do, arrive late.

2. Be sure to leave before the meeting is over.

3. Don’t say anything at meetings; wait until you get outside.

4. Vote for anything, then go home and do nothing.

5. Find fault with your officers and fellow members.

6. Take no part in organizational affairs.

7. Take all the organization will give you, but give nothing

in return.

8. Talk cooperation, but never cooperate.

9. Never ask anyone to join the organization.

10. If asked to help, just say you don’t have time.

11. Never accept an office; it’s much easier to criticize.

12. Threaten to resign at every opportunity! Tell others they

are tolerating far too much.

13. Never read anything pertaining to the oi ganization. You

might find out too much.

14. Don’t do anything more than you have to. When others

willingly and unselfishly use their abilities to help the causes,

howl because the organization is being run by a "clique".

QUOTABLE QUOTES

“The Confederacy never died; we(the SCV) are the Confederacy-

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In our work to keep ourheritage we should “be like the•farmer's fence: horse high, bullstrong, and hog tight."

“Make the SCV your only bank intown. It has your heritage init. “

"If he (our Confederateancestor) fades away, it's as ifhe never existed at all."

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George V. Littlefield Camp N& 59,

Sons of Confederate Veterans.

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WBTS HAUNTINGS

WgjMLMiIMPORTANT

DATES

mark your calendars- IMPORTANT

!

The -following events should be

attended by uni -formed members.

First, we are to provide a Color-

Guard and troops for grave markerdedications near Llano. We will

mark one grave and the UDC will

mark the other one. Respondaffirmatively when Cdr. Matetzschkcalls for you to volunteer. The

date is 10 October.Each year as regular as

clockwork, we participate in the

Fall Festival at the Pioneer Farm.

All uniformed troops have received

a letter of notification of this

event. Your participation is

expected. Plan to work either or

both days. You will be called to

schedule your parti ci pation

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Cavalry, infantry, and artilleryare called for. Don't let your

camp down! The dates are October

17 19.

"A nation which does not

remember what it was yesterday,

does not know what it is today,

nor what it is trying to do.

We are trying to do a futile thing

if we do not know where wecame from or what we have been

about.

"

-Woodrow Wilson

Inhabitants of certain areastell of haunt ings associated withthe WBTS. On the banks of theChoctawhatchee River, Newton,Ala.

,a hole dug to hang a Confed.

deserter in 1864 is said to becursed by his ghost; campers who•fill in the hole awake to find it

"swept out clean." At OaklawnManor, Franklin, La., a Southernbelle spotted strolling herecaused a dual between soldiers.In a 19th Century house, Gil sum,N.H.

,the ghost of a young man who

lived there before dying in theWE-iTS is said to sit in thekitchen, turning lights on andoff. IN Midland Park, N.J., a War-

era mansion is haunted by a numberof ghosts including a yellow andwhite cat who leaves warm spots.At the Liberty Memorial Bldg, inBismarck, N.D., the ghost of Gen.Wm. Henry Harrison Beadle is seensitting in a classic car nearwhere his statue once stood. Atthe Car nton Mansion, Franklin,Tenn.

,a lone Confed. walks in the

house and marches around the yardnear where 1481 Con-feds. areburied. In W.Va.at Harpers FerrySt. Peter's Church, on mistynights, the dying words of awounded soldier, "Thank God I'msaved," can reportedly be heard atthe threshold of the church. Howabout that--bel i eve it or else!

FRUITCAKES AGAIN RESULTS OF POLL

Ways and Means againFruitcakes -from the CollinBakery, 401 W. SeventhCorsicana, Tx .

of f ersStreetAve.

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75 110,#903-872-8111 as a fundPrices include deliveryat $13.35. Please ordermore and ask credit beCamp #59, Sons of Confed.in Austin. Ourappreci ates i t

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rai ser

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and startone or

given toVeteranstreasury

CONFEDERATE CALENDARS — 1993

Ways & Means will take orders•for the 1993 Confederate Calendarup until December. The retailprice is $8.95 (same anywhere).However ,

the camp makes acommission if you buy it throughus. How about it? May we haveyour order?

A poll conducted at the Univ.of N. Carolina shows that 427. ofadult Southerners don't know if

their ancestors fought in theWBTS. Only 2S7. of those over 65could not answer the questionregarding whether any of theirfamily fought in the War. Gf the819 adults contacted, a third saidtheir ancestors fought in the War

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307. said they had not and 377. didnot know. Households weresurveyed across the South.Amazing! Is it that they are toofar removed from that period? Oris it that only older people getinterested in their ancestors?They will ask the question againin 20 years and see. We think weknow that it is the lack of pridein their heritage which existsbecause of the schools' curriculaand the attitude prevalent in

today ' s soci ety

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- THELITTLEFIELDLETTERS -

Official Publication of the

SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS

Major George Washington Littlefield Camp NQ 595914 Sunshine Drive • Austin, Texas 78757

Gregory T. Hector, Editor

Todd Hector, Distribution Ed.

DIXIE DONORS

These Compatriots have contributed $10 or mare to-ward the publication o-f this newsletter and thecontinuation of the Cause.

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