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El Kahir Foot Patrol

A Pictorial History The First 100 Years

1907 - 2007

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time has flown and that it definitely has been and still is fun! I was assured when considering joining the

Masonic Family that I would have to look long and hard to find a finer group of men. That has been true

and even more so within this great unit of El Kahir. Although the history and memories of our

unit carry the same spirit, principle and purpose that initially attracted and brought our founding Nobles

together to form and enjoy the El Kahir Foot Patrol.

Still, as in the past, members of the Foot Patrol are engaged in a wide array of activities that serve our

great Shrine and support the greatest philanthropy in the world.

I hope that you find the material in book as exciting as it was to me when I found it while doing the

research. This book is a historical collection of many items about El Kahir Shrine that I found in our

I sure hope you enjoy the many pictures and items that represent our Shrine over more than 100 years.

As we march into the future, let us be mindful of those that came before us and set a worthy and visible

example in our communities that others may choose to emulate. May our hearts, minds and talents be so

greatest units - The El Kahir Foot Patrol.

Happy Birthday El Kahir Foot Patrol -

Michael Karl Moseley

2007 President and Captain,

El Kahir Foot Patrol

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What is a Shriner?

Someone may answer: "Oh yeah, Shriners are those guys who always have those parades with

the wild costumes, wearing funny hats like flowerpots and have those big conventions."

Another may think of Shrine circuses and Shrine clowns.

"I don't know about that," a passerby may add. "But I do know my little girl was born with club

feet and now they are straight, and she can walk like anyone else, thanks to Shriners Hospital

for Children."

"She can walk?" questions still another. "I thought the Shriners ran those fantastic burn

hospitals. I've read stories about them saving kids with burns on 90 percent of their bodies."

All those people are right. Each has experienced an aspect of the Shrinedom. What they cannot

experience, unless they are Shriners, is the camaraderie, deep friendship, good fellowship and

great times shared by all Shriners. What they may not know is that all Shriners share a Masonic

heritage and adhere to the principles of Freemasonry - Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth.

Thirteen Masons organized the first Shrine Temple in 1872. That first Temple was named

Mecca and was in New York City. They knew they needed an appealing theme for their new

order, so they chose the Arabic (Near East) theme. The most noticeable symbol of Shrinedom

is the distinctive fez that all Shriners wear at official functions.

There are approximately over 400,000 Shriners now. There are 191 Temples and clubs,

throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Republic of Panama. There are 22

Shriners Hospital for Children, 18 orthopedic hospitals, three burn hospitals and one hospital

that provides orthopedic, burn and spinal cord injury care. These hospitals have cured or

substantially helped more than 600,000 children at no cost to parent or child, since the first

Shriners Hospital opened in 1922.

Shriners Creed

Shriners believe in God and that He created man to serve His purposes, among which is service

to others in His name. We believe that care for the less fortunate, especially children who

suffer from burns and crippling diseases, is our institutional calling. We are patriots, each

willing to serve his country with fidelity and courage. We cherish independence under law and

freedom with responsibility. We honor family. We respect our parents, wives and children.

We should instill in our children the tenets of this creed, and the heritage from which it

emanates. As individuals we pledge ourselves to integrity, virtue and nobility of character. Our

intentions will be honorable, our relations will be trustworthy and our spirits forgiving of each

other. As brothers we offer each other fraternal affection and respect. Together we will support

each other in adherence to this creed, so that we and our communities will be the better because

of our fraternity and its principles.

As Shriners we look beyond ourselves to serve the needs of others, especially children who

cannot help themselves. We believe Shriners Hospitals to be the world's greatest philanthropy,

and we covenant with each other to support its "temples of mercy" with spirit, time, talent and

means.

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IN THE HEADLINES 1907

US President: Theodore Roosevelt US Vice President: Charles W Fairbanks

Second Hague Peace Conference, of 46 nations, adopts 10 conventions on rules of war.

Fall of the stock market sparks financial panic across the U.S.

Oklahoma becomes the country's 46th state.

Iran becomes a constitutional monarchy

The pandemic bubonic plague peaked in 1907 having spread to every continent and infected 52 countries.

Ringling Brothers bought out their chief rival Barnum & Bailey Circus

1907 Mileposts

Industry production totals 43,000 cars and 1,000 trucks in a year of economic depression

Total US auto registration pass the 140,000 mark and US car production surpasses all of Europe.

Selective transmissions are a major trend at the Seventh National Automobile Show

Cars at the show feature bigger brakes, bodies with up to 30 coats of paint, and more 6-cyclinder engines

Vanderbilt Motor Parkway, a private owned, limited access toll road, opens on Long Island, New York. It

introduces both concrete pavements and banked curves.

Irate at a $5 fare for a 15-block ride, New Yorker Harry Allen introduces 65 Darrarq taxicabs in NY City.

John D. Rockefeller switches over from a carriage to an automobile.

Secretary of State Elihu Root wants to send federal troops to Glen Echo MD, to block the local marshal

from arresting speeding diplomats who have diplomatic immunity.

Atlantic Monthly, Scientific America, and the New York Times call for mandatory car speed governors

American Automobile Association and the auto industry lobby unsuccessfully for a federal motor vehicle

licensing and registration law, hoping to preempt state legislation. This forces state cooperation.

Newspaper accuses New York City police of fixing tickets

Various engines have enclosed timing gears, and include mud aprons below

The Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers offers a formula for calculating engine horse-

power, later to be used by many states for tax purposes

Humps are installed on some streets in Glencoe Illinois to discourage speeders

President William Howard Taft orders a White Steamer-the first official White House automobile

US Auto Makers

Chadwick Company builds a supercharged racer.

Oakland Motor Car Company (later Pontiac) is organized by buggy maker Edwards M. Murphy; its 2-

cyclinder car is designed by Alanson P. Brush

Packard and Ford make million dollar profits.

Ford is first US car with left-hand steering

General Motors formed with acquisition of Buick, Cadillac, Oakland (Pontiac) and Oldsmobile.

Fisher Body established

Cadillac is now focusing on four-cylinder models

The last of the famed one-cylinder Curved Dash Oldsmobile is built

Buick adopts a T-head four-cylinder engine with a three-speed, sliding-gear transmission

Oldsmobile begins nickel-plating trim components that had formerly been brass.

From Around the World

Paris-Peking race. Prince Scipione Borghese's winning Itala takes 60 days.

Renault becomes the largest manufacturer in Europe.

Andre Citroën becomes chief engineer at the nearby bankrupt Mors Company and buys it.

As Paris car registrations pass 4,000, Anatole France writes: "The future belong to the metal beast." French

courts rule horse owners must train their animals not to shy at the sound of a car.

Tokyo's Jidosha Seisakusho Company builds Japan's first gasoline-fueled car.

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Albany

Anderson

Atlas

Aurora

Bailey Electric

Barnes

Bay State

Belden

Brush

Bugmobile

C-F (Cornish-Friedberg)

Chase

Colt

Conover

Continental

Corbitt

Cosmopolitan (high wheeler)

Craig-Toledo

Crescent

Cunningham

C.V.I.

Detroit Electric

Diamond T

Duer (high wheeler)

Durocar

Earl

Euclid

Eureka

Everybody's

Falcon

Fee-American

Four Traction (Kato)

Gearless

Gifford-Pettitt

Great Smith

Griswold

Harper

Hatfield

Hay-Berg

Haydock

Ideal

International (high wheeler)

Kingston

Klink

Lauth-Juergens

Lorraine

Marvel

Maryland

Miller

Monarch

Oakland

Pennsylvania

Perfection

Ranger

Regal

Selden

Senator

Simple

Simplicity

Speedwell

Triumph

Wolfe

New Automobile Makes 1907

Automobile Production 1907

Ford ............................................... 14,887

Buick ............................................... 4,641

REO ................................................. 3.967

Maxwell .......................................... 3,785

Rambler ........................................... 3,201

Cadillac ........................................... 2,884

Franklin ........................................... 1,509

Packard ............................................ 1,403

Other Interesting Figures 1907

US Population ............................... 87 billion

Federal spending ....................... $580 million

Unemployment ................................ 2.8%

DOW Average............................... 59

Average yearly income ............. $897

New Home (median price) ...... $4500

New Car (average cost) ............. $500

Gas (gallon) ..................................... 0.06

Stamp .............................................. 0.02

Bacon (pound) ................................ 0.21

Butter (pound) ................................. 0.33

Bread (loaf) ..................................... 0.05

Eggs (dozen) ................................... 0.29

Milk (gallon) ................................... 0.32

Sugar (pound) .................................. 0.06

New In 1907

Movie titles instead of commentators

Canned tuna fish (San Pedro California)

Helicopter-designed by Frenchman Paul Cornu

Household detergent (Persil)

Armstrong linoleum

Canada Dry Pale Ginger Ale

L'Oréal perfume and beauty products

United Methodist Church

Bullock's (Los Angeles) and Neiman-Marcus (Dallas)

department Store

The comic strip Mr. A Mutt, about the misadventures of

a tall, hapless racetrack junkie, settled in at the San Fran-

cisco Chronicle, running 6 days a week in its racing

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