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National Sojourners, Inc. James Monroe Chapter No. 549

Charlottesville, Virginia

Proudly serving the cause of Patriotism January 2018 Newsletter

February Meeting

The next meeting will be on Wednesday, February 7th, 2018 at 1800 hours (6:00pm) for a social and dinner at 1830 hours (6:30 pm) at the Mi Rancho Mexican Restau-rant located at the Lodges at Old Trail, 1015 Heathercroft Circle in Crozet. We have a room reserved for us and will be ordering from the menu. Please RSVP to Bro Goldie Tomlin before January 30th. Please see the President’s message for more information and page 5 for the details.

All your ladies are invited and encouraged to come!

Secretary/Treasurer Kent Schlussel

1171 River Chase Ridge Charlottesville, VA 22901

(434) 973-8189 E-mail: k2j2@earthlink.net

President Edgar (Ed) M. Crebbs

175 Waldrop Road Gordonsville, VA 22942-6203

(540) 832-2708 E-mail: ed.crebbs.1949@gmail.com

Purposes

The Purposes of National Sojourners shall be to organize current and former mem-bers of the uniformed forces of the United States and Honorary Members, who are Master Masons, into Chapters, for the promotion of good fellowship among its members, for assisting such as may be overtaken by adversity or affliction, for culti-vating Masonic ideals, for supporting all patriotic aims and activities in Masonry, for developing true patriotism and Americanism throughout the nation, for bringing together representatives of the uniformed forces of the United States (past and pre-sent) in a united effort to further the military needs of national defense, and for op-posing any influence whatsoever calculated to weaken the national security.

Included in this issue Page 1, February 7th, 2018 meeting Page 2, President’s Message. Page 3, Jack Jouett Camp info & Commander’s message Page 4, Toys for Tots and Remem-brance Page 5, Upcoming Meetings and other Chapter News Page 6, Useful Information Page 8, Chapter Roster

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President’s Message

Brother Sojourners and Ladies, I greet you from the warmth of my house after several days of ridiculous low temperatures. This appears to be our quiet period. The holidays are over and the beltlines are stressed for some of us. Brother Tomlin did a fantastic job with Toys-for-Tots again this year. Thank you, sir. The December meeting at Aberdeen Barn was well attended and our cadet guest was a great example of what we are looking for in our Valley Forge at-tendees. The February meeting will be at a Mexican restaurant in Crozet. Brother Tom-lin has already promulgated this information in an earlier email. Until February, be safe, be happy, and be at our meeting if possible. Fraternally,

Ed Crebbs

President James Monroe Chapter #549 National Sojourners Inc. Charlottesville, Virginia

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Jack Jouett Camp Heroes of 76

Officers 2016-2017

LT Edgar (Ed) M. Crebbs, Commander COL Kent Schlussel, Chief of Staff

CPL James A. Fields, Jr., Assistant Chief of Staff SGT Henry Booth, Adjutant

MAJ Mike D. Griffin, Commander of the Guard Jeffery E. Hodges, Officer of the Day

SSGT David N. Goodwin, Senior Lieutenant M.E.& 1SG Scott L. Fielding, Junior Lieutenant MAJ Mike D. Griffin, Commander of the Guard

CT2 Harvey L. Fleshman, Sentinel M.E. & SGT Russel G. Snodgrass, Chaplain

Brother Heroes— Your performance at the degree this month was stellar. We have a new He-

ro who was deeply impressed with the program. I saw him the other night

and he was again thankful for the honor we have bestowed upon him.

Our next event will again be at Louisa Baptist Church on Friday, 16 March

2018 at 1800 hours to present the colors at the official visit of the Grand

Master to the 7th and 10th Masonic Districts. We will muster there at 1730

hours.

There is also a request for the Traitor play which we must discuss.

Until we meet again, keep smiling, it makes others wonder what you're up

to.

Fraternally,

Ed Crebbs

Commander

Jack Jouett Camp of Heroes of 76

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Toys for Tots

Congratulations to Brother Goldie Tomlin for chairing a suc-cessful program this year. We had six full boxes of toys and over $1700 (Charlottesville and Waynesboro) in donations. The only disappointment was not being able to “officially” present

the toys and donations due to weather.. Nevertheless, Brother Tomlin and President Crebbs delivered all the toys to the dona-tion site two days later.

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UPCOMING JAMES MONROE CHAPTER

MEETING on February 7th!

Location: Mi Rancho Mexican Restaurant in Crozet

Social Begins at 1800 hours (that is 6:00pm)

Dress will be coat and ties (James Monroe Chapter tie if you have one) .

All your LADIES are invited and encouraged to come.

We will be ordering from the menu. Mi Rancho have gotten very good reviews. Even if you do not Mexican food, there are other items to order. They have received a 4.7 out of five star rating! Their website is http://www.miranchomexican.com/.

Please RSVP to Brother Goldie Tomlin; e-mail is ddgm2017gwtjr@gmail.com and phone number is 434-361-6386 by January 30th, 2018.

Jack Jouett Camp, Heroes of 76: The next bivouac will be an-

nounced in the near future. Look for the announcement in your e-mail.

Camp Followers: The “book club” is currently reading “Women Heroes of

the American Revolution”. This will be discussed at the February meeting. One does not need to be a Camp Follower to join in the fun. If you have questions, please con-tact Lady Susan Hodges.

Future Meetings:

—Wednesday, 4 April 2018: At the home of Brother Bill and Lady Randy Baskerville. This will include a meal and a Flag Disposal Ceremony. Please plan on attending.

—Wednesday, 6 June 2018: Location TBD and elections!

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INFORMATION YOU CAN USE

Americanism and Youth Leadership Conference: Spring is really not that far away. We will need assistance in the presentation of our Americanism Award to desiring cadets from both our JROTC and ROTC programs at the various schools in our area. Please plan on participating in presenting the awards to the various schools and colleges. I know that Brother Scott Fielding will greatly appreciate your help in this endeavor of our chapter.

You should have received information about the 2018 Sojourners’ program at the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge’s Spirit of America Youth Leadership Conference,. Our funds for this program and for the Americanism program are low. We have you to encourage your Lodges and others to contribute to this worthy program. We have just below $94.00.

As attested by the programs for the past couple of meetings, the students we attend gain a great apprecia-tion of America and of American patriotism. We sent four last year and hopefully be able to afford to send four this coming summer. Please help!

Thanks to the Lodges and brothers who have given, but we need more!

If you can gave, please do! Checks can be sent to your secretary or bring one to a meeting !

Special Request from your Secretary: I will be filling our annual report with Headquar-ters in July. Thank you to all the brothers who kept me informed of their Sojourners activities. This Chapter and Camp is very active and has number of activities ranging from presenting the flags, Bridge of Light talks, and Americanism activities. At each activity, your secretary requests that someone from that activity send to the secretary of what was done, when it was done, how many participated, and how many people were at the activity (e.g. audience). Pictures would be great also.

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Officers James Monroe Chapter #549

Lt. Edgar (Ed) M. Crebbs, President 1SG Scott L. Fielding, Jr., First Vice President

CPL James A. Fields, Jr., Second Vice President Fred G. Soutter, Third Vice President

COL Kent Schlussel, Secretary/Treasurer Sgt. Henry Booth, Marshal

SGT Russel (Russ) G. Snodgrass, Jr., Chaplain Color Bearer

Chapter Members, *Membership In Perpetuity (MIP)

LT Allan G. Anderson* MAJ Stephen S. Barranco, Jr.* SSGT William F. Baskerville*# SGT Henry Booth*# 1LT Louis K. Campbell*# LTC Robert M. Carlisle SSGT Reese E. Carroll, Jr.* LT Edgar M. Crebbs*# **TSGT H. Arthur Dechent* Mr. William T. Ellison, Jr.*# 1SG Scott L. Fielding*# CPL James A. Fields, Jr.*# CT2 Harvey L. Fleshman*# LtCol Randolph Geck*# SSGT David N. Goodwin*# MAJ Mike D. Griffin#

LTC William E. Hershey, Jr.*# DR Jeffery E. Hodges*# COL William F. Hughes* LTC Carl E. Hollar, Jr.*# COL Mike Jaffee, MD *# **CAPT Charles M. Johnson, III* SGT Christopher R. Kintner*# SGM David C. Merchant* CSM Charles W. Moubray* CPT John A. Muhler* COL John Thomas Province LTC Charles E. Reinhold* LTC William F. Reinhold* LTC Harry E. Sanders, Jr.*# MSGT Charles S. Sarbaugh*# COL Kent Schlussel*#

MAJ Christophoer N. Sheap* MR Fred G. Soutter*# CT2 Robert E. Simpson*# MR Paul D. Sleeper* SGT Russel G. Snodgrass# ENCM James L. Starcher* SSGT Goldie W. Tomlin, Jr.*# LTC William G. L. Turner*# LTC Charles M. Ward* **CAPT Kent S. Webber*# MAJ Richard W. Williamson*# LT Stephen L. Young*# #Heroes * MIP **Deceased

Birthdays

U. S. Army, 14 June 1775 U. S. Navy, 13 October 1775

U. S. Marines, 10 November 1775 U. S. Coast Guard, 4 August 1790

U. S. Public Health Service, 16 July 1798 National Oceanic & Atmospheric Service, 1917

U. S. Air Force, 17 September 1947