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The Smokey Bear Association was founded in 1995.

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

A New Smokey Doll and Smokey’s Overalls ...…..2-3

Smokey in the Ozarks 2...4

Membership List…...10-17

The Night Smokey Was Buried……………….….18-19

News of Smokey And The Association

Our Mission

PRESERVE SMOKEY’S PAST

PROMOTE HIS PRESENT

PROTECT HIS FUTURE

One that got away!

Read more on page 2.

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The One That Got Away I should have reached out to the association but instead I reached out to the National keepers of all that is Smokey. When I saw the golden Smokey on eBay for sale, I could tell that because of its de-sign it was one of the very early issues. The pictures included showed that the plaque was not engraved so it was never issued. How someone came to own this is a mystery. The price at $375 was a bit more that I wanted to invest at the time and was hoping “they” would use some of the royalty monies collected to obtain this and keep it in good hands. This was not something they wanted or could do and by that time it was sold when I went back to bite the bullet and buy it. I contacted the seller and thru them the buyer and offered a bit more than was paid but to no luck. Was told the buyer was going to replace the plaque and give it to youngster who likes the out- of -doors. I am sure it will be loved but know they will never know what they have and the significance of the statue.

Here's a new Smokey doll available from the Smokey Bear Museum in Cap-itan, New Mexico. Jean Cunningham at the Museum says the doll is "ugly, yellowish", but he doesn't look bad to me and I figure he's still collecti-ble! Plus I'm a softie for anything from Capitan. 12" doll is $20, 8" $10.50, key chain size $8.00, plus tax and ship-ping. Phone number for Museum is 575-354-2748. Maybe this doll is sold other places too, but it was the first time I'd seen it and thought maybe you'd like to see it too. Karen

callto:575-354-2748

Smokey Overalls

In April’s newsletter I asked for help in finding information about a certain piece

of a child’s Smokey clothing. Although I did not receive any response from our

members, I did get a solution here at home. I was asked again to have a prevention

display at this year’s drive thru at PA. Forestry’s Roaring Creek State Forest, This

year the same lady who had given me the swatch of material last year showed up

with the pair of Smokey overalls. She said the more she thought about the overalls

it made her think she may still have them. This made her go look in her attic and

found them. Naturally I offered to buy them, but they are not for sale since her

mother had made them in the garment Factory and thought maybe her son would

probably want them later in his years. She did take my card and would call me if

they decided to sell them. Jim & Nancy Shaffer

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The Central Region will be hosting a Smokey in the

Ozarks 2 gathering on June 10, 2017 at the home of

Jackie and Roger Schmidt, 8948 Otter Drive, Neosho,

Missouri. We are hopeful that we can get as many

members as possible together to buy, sell, trade, and talk

about Smokey Bear. We will be having BBQ, snacks,

and, hopefully, some fun door prizes. Please feel free

to contact us with any questions or to let us know you

will be attending! We will be getting some motel rates

in the Joplin area, as we live outside of Neosho. Please

mark your calendars now and plan to come to Southwest

Missouri to meet up with your Smokey friends!!! Our

e-mail address is: [email protected] ; phone

numbers are 417-592-0402 (Roger) or 417-592-2944

(by: Jackie).

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THE SMOKEY BEAR

PATROL

Sometimes things work as

they are suppose to. Debbie

and I were in NY for the

Macy's Thanksgiving Day

Parade and during a trip to

Greenwich Village I saw

from a distance that ol famil-

iar “hat”. Smokey’s Hat …. but

boy it was not on our friend,

not even close. Having no

idea as to why the image was

used and not wanting to go in

and ask I decided to send the

image and info to the Smokey

Bear folks. They were quite

surprised to say the least and

this was the response I got

back.

Actually Fred, this time I can send

a cease & desist as they are adver-

tising a product/company with

Smokey’s image. It’s not just

sales of products, but advertising

a company, product, any-

thing. Where we cannot do any-

thing is when it is just used for a

flyer, as a cartoon, etc. As noth-

ing is being sold or advertised,

then it is not in violation.

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Last year I was able to check seeing the International Falls, MN Smokey statue off my bucket list.

He was still garbed in his fishing vest from a recent tourna-

ment in town. I was surprised at how big it was. I stopped at a number of state and national

forestry offices on the way, taking pictures and picking up some Smokey items. There’s me

with the MN DNR Orr Office sign with the fire danger still at medium and the USFS Cook, MN

office sign with the fire danger at low.

By far the most interesting piece I saw was in the lobby of the Koochiching Historical & Bronko Nagurski museum next to Smokey Bear park. It is the tepee shaped wooden sign pic-tured. The wording, best I can make out below the badge says, “put your campfires out with water prevent forest fires Minnesota State Forest St. Paul Minnesota”. Is this something any-one else has seen? I wondered how old it may be. Tim Taylor

This is a recent photo from an elementary school group in NE Georgia. A Fire Prevention Team was working the area where large fires were occurring and spent time talking with local children affected by those wildfires. We provided the Smokey Bear face masks for handouts.

Mike Davis Forest Fire Management Officer Forest Service USDA Forest Service

This is a reminder that the dues for the Smokey Bear Association are now due for 2017. Single membership is still $25 and dual membership is still $35. You may ei-ther use the PayPal system on our web site or mail a check to: Smokey Bear Association 159 MacNeil Road Pueblo, CO 81001-1021 To the best of my ability what follows is our membership list, current as of the payment of the 2016 dues. If you see any errors or omissions please contact me as I am the keeper of the official membership list. Rik Bergethon Secy./Treas.

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Adams Nathaniel

& Tina

4

0

8

8454 Duncan

Street

Douglasville, GA

30134

[email protected] 770-942-6477

Anderson Bob &

Margi

4

6

7

7235 Hilyard

Avenue

Klamath Falls,

OR 97603


Bafford Linda S. 4

6

9

P.O. Box 1762 Sisters, OR

97759


Bartel Laurie 2

9

6

P.O. Box 113 Glide, OR 97443 [email protected] 541-670-8045

Bartelt Shirley 1

6

9

15559 W.

Milledgeville

Road

Polo, IL 61064 [email protected] 815-946-2632

Bergethon Rik &

Karen

1

9

159 MacNeil

Road

Pueblo, CO

81001-1921

[email protected], [email protected]

719-544-1255

Bono Barbara 2

3

8

P.O. Box 181 Gasquet, CA

95543


Brenger Steven &

Marjie

4

2

2

P.O. Box 412 Copalis Beach,

WA 98535-0412


Brooks Dean &

Joan

4

8

0

3186 Orland

Rd.

Pasadena, CA

91107

[email protected] (626)583-8997

Brophy Chris 4

5

3

P.O. Box 5662 Bend, OR 97708 [email protected] 541-410-4473

Burks Sue 4

7

3

1412 Hillside Lebanon, MO

65536

417-532-3931

Capp Ray 4

1

7

9 Warwick

Lane

Nashville, TN

37205


Clark Jack 9

9

7

1600 Old Air-

line Highway

Paicines, CA

95043


tel:%28626%29583-8997

11

Cook Bob &

Terry

4

5

7

P.O. Box 1164 Darby, MT

59829


Creller Don &

Donna

4

4

1

3931

Pridemore Ct.

Concord, CA

94521-2629

925-676-1766

Croucher Don 1

9

8

24861 El Cor-

tijo Lane

Mission Viejo,CA

92691


Davis Mike 4

4

5

283 Gold Bul-

lion Drive East

Dawsonville, GA

30534


Dowdy Charlene 3

8

5

6746 Live Oak Kelseyville, CA

95451


Embich Gary &

Nancy

3

6

9

284 Rossmor

Drive

Saylorsburg, PA

18353


Fazio Jim &

Dawn

1

6

310 N. Main

Street

Moscow, ID

83843


Fitzgerald Joyce 4

8

4

772 Brooks

Ln.

Simpsonville, KY

40067


Friends of

Smokey

Bear Balloon

3

4

4

5912 Jones

Place

Albuquerque,

NM 87120


Frisque Cherie &

Harris

4

9

3

32726 N. 4th

Ave.

Spirit lake, ID

83869


Garlington Dick &

Judy

3

9

9

612 Thoreau

Drive

Burnsville, MN

55337


Garlington Melissa 4

5

5

10600 McCool

Court

Burnsville, MN

55337


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Gatchell Tim &

Vera

1

6

3

5202 14th

Street S.W.

Canton, OH

44710


Glass J. T. 4

4

9

1479 Wiscon-

sin Road

Derby, NY

14047


Groth Sandy 4

3

7

10889 Joshua

Cr.

Hayden, ID

83835

[email protected] 208-6611283

Gruno Mike &

Beverly

4

2

1

1098 Sunset

Road

Cherryville, NC

28021


Guldin Joel 1

2

4

1951 Kenbrook

Road

Lebanon, PA

17406


Hallahan Patrick M. 3

9

1

2718 Fletcher

Street

Salem, VA 24153 [email protected] 540-330-6932

Hansen Don &

Cheryl

1

9

7

7265 Valance

Lane

Cumming, GA

30040


Hargrave Mary Ann 4

9

2

P.O. Box 114,

202 Heath St.

Normangee, TX

77871


Herbertson Bruce R. 1

7

7

1439 Route 30 Ligonier, PA

15658

724-238-4673

Hert Ken &

Tamsen

4

2

7

4749 Sunset

Drive

Laramie, WY

82070-5734


Horton Virginia

R.

1

8

3

P.O. Box 294 Coolidge, AZ

85128-0005


Hunt James &

Rebekah

3

4

6

1018 Whittling

Wood Drive

Johnson City, TN

37601


Johnson Ann 3

7

6

7560 Gunter

Road

Pensacola, FL

32526


Klingbeil Jim 1

1

6

730 96th

Street NE

Bottineau, ND

58318


Krakauer Scott &

Mary

Ellen

4

8

2

4327 Windiate

Park Dr.

Waterford, MI

48329


Kramar James P. 1

5

8

1729 Mayfair

Boulevard

Mayfield Heights,

OH 44124-3113


Krause Ronald &

Susan

4

7

2

7725 Bally-

shannon

Street

Indianapolis, IN

46217


Kresek Ray & Rita 8

8

123 W.

Westview

Spokane, WA

99218


Kuesthardt Tim and

Deb

4

9

1

21902 Glen-

wood Rd.

Sonora,CA 95370 [email protected] 209-288-2331

Lashock Leo & Zaz

Hollander

4

9

0

P.O. Box 1128 Willow, AK [email protected]

Lent Robert 9

1

5511 37th

Street South

Wisconsin Rap-

ids, WI 54494


Loan Mary 4

2

0

5800 U.S.

Highway 95N,

Apt. F4

Winnemucca, NV

89445


Lundin Chuck &

Peggy

2

2

8

10609 - 176th

Avenue E.

Bonney Lake, WA

98391

[email protected]; [email protected]

253-863-9056

Matsen Jay &

Kathy

4

6

1

15002 27th

Avenue NW

Gig Harbor, WA

98332

[email protected]

2253-851-0116

McEachron Stephen 1

3

0

9525 Highway

157

Florence, AL

35633


Mendes Marjorie 1

3

7

1117 N. Rodg-

ers Road

Hanford, CA

93230-2739

559-582-3736

Meredith Su & Jim

Brain

4

6

3

6410W. Sun-

dance Dr.

Spokane, WA

99208


Metsker Larry &

Jan

3

8

9

2660 Shilo

Drive

Placerville, CA

95667


Nowicki Pete 2

1

8

1531 - 39th

Avenue

San Francisco,

CA 94122


Pauly Robert 4

0

9

1200 Allen

Market Lane,

Apt. 115

St. Louis, MO

63104-3980

314-621-9407

Phenix Charles &

Patti

2

8

7

1985 Kelly

Way

Grants Pass, OR

97527


Phillips Flo 1

8

5

930 Georgia

Avenue

Bristol, TN

37620


Pinkerton Les 1

4

9

18820 Flor-

ence Road

Alta Vista, KS

66834


Quarello Jane &

Meredith

1

2

8

1501 Reming-

ton Road

Pekin, IL 61554 [email protected]

309-241-3030

Ramos Adam &

Carolyn

2

1

528 Haehl St. Cloverdale, CA

95425

[email protected]

707-894-2037

Rice Matthew 4

7

4

P.O. Box 1654,

571 Ashlar

Drive

Crestline, CA

92325-1654


Rice Garth 4

7

7

10 Devon Cir-

cle

Paoli, PA 19301

Ross Jan 3

7

4

P.O. Box 565 Washburn, WI

54891

715-373-2446

Rouse Robert &

Jodi Rule-

Rouse

2

5

7

5436 Springer

Spaniel Ave.

La Vegas, NV

89131

[email protected] 702 648-1234

Schaufler Ronald 5

2

746 Hedy

Jayne

Medford, OR

97501

541-245-6168

Schmidt Ruth Ann 7

7

427 Walnut

Drive

Northampton, PA

18067


Schmidt Roger &

Jackie

3

4

5

P.O. Box 285 Neosho, MO

64850


Schramel Bonnie 4

3

9

12124 High-

way 34

Whitewood, SD

57793


Seidel John 4

8

9

8355 SE.

Clatsop Ct.

Portland, OR

97266

[email protected]

Shaffer James &

Nancy

2

6

3

208 Held

Street

Lehighton, PA

18235


Shaver Soni 4

8

6

295 Oak Dr. Blue Ridge, VA

24064


Smith Martha 4

2

3

5230 North

Road

North Street, MI

48049


Smith Gary &

Susanna

4

2

6

1710 Susan

Place

Neosho, MO

64850


Smokey

Bear Histor-

ical Park

4

1

8

P.O. Box 591 P.O. Box 591

Capitan, NM

88316

[email protected] 575 354-2748

Solarz Paul &

Heather

4

6

8

285 N.E. Ho-

gan Lane

Prineville, OR

97754


Sonstrom Susan 1

6

8

7 Ridge View

Crossing

Newington, CT

06111


Soreno Vincent 3

6

P.O. Box 2892 Arnold, CA

95223


Sotzky Glenn D. 4

8

8

2266 N. Silver

Oaks Dr.

Round Lake

Beach, IL 60073


Spicer James L. 1

9

5

4945 Maiden

Branch Road

Vienna, MD

21869


Suttles Keith 4

4

2

3106 Hunters

Ridge Ct.

Morgantown, NC

28655


Taylor Timothy

D.

2

5

6

133 Howard

Road

Sherburne, NY

13460


Tester Terrann C. 4

6

0

1251 Eagle

Creek Road

Wallace, ID

83873

208-682-4003

Thompson Deanna B. 4

7

0

685 Grubmore

Road

Marion, VA

24354


Tickner Butch 4

8

5

PO Box 326 Gradyville, PA

19039


Towar Jodee 4

2

4

24204 Forsyte

Street

Moreno Valley,

CA 92557


Tuck Jim 4

7

5

2829 N.

Fremont

Boulevard

Flagstaff, AZ

86011


Turck Fred &

Debbie

3

9

4

167 Greene

Acres Road

North

Standardsville,

VA 22973


VanMeter Jim 9

9

9

1663 Round

Up Road

Fernley, NV

89408


Walters Debbie 3

0

7

P.O. Box 97 Cloudcroft, NM

88317


Wassom Ron &

Kathy

4

6

2

P.O. Box 734 Hines, OR 97738 [email protected] 541-573-1329

Watkins Bunnie 3

5

8

1003 E. 1200

Road

Lawrence, KS

66047


Wheeler Harry 4

9

4

P.O. Box 2334 Fernley, NV

89408


Williams Craig &

Jill

2

1

6

4843 Sherwin

Trail

Bishop, CA

93514


Willinsky Joseph 1

3

3

417 S. Iowa

Avenue

East Wenatchee,

WA 98802

509-884-7331

Winchell Marian 1

5

1400 NE

Rocky Ridge

Dr, Apt. 105

Roseburg, OR

97470

[email protected]

Winchell Jack &

Nancy

3

7

7

17670 North

Bank Road

Roseburg, OR

97470


Winer Frank &

Deanne

1

7

5

780 Raycliff

Place

Concord, CA

94518


Writebol Larry &

Janice

1

0

4

1255 Oak Is-

land Court

Ft. Collins, CO

80525


The future of our Association is in its gatherings, its newsletters and

its membership. While we all are not able to travel to all the gather-

ings we all can contribute stories, pictures and info to the newsletter

and we all can maintain our membership. Along with this I challenge

each of you to encourage at least 1 person/family to become a new

member for 2017.

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Although it may -- or may not -- be possible to quibble with some of the details, I believe the es-sence of the story is accurate. The 1976 burial was supervised by Dick Cox, who happened to be the Forest Service res-ident fire staff officer in the area at the time, so he said the responsibility fell to him. I inter-viewed Dick at length at his home outside Capi-tan, and followed up with a few phone calls. Page 357 of Smokey Bear 20252 sets out the story Dick told me as it relates to the hunters. At my urging, Dick racked his brain for the names -- and searched his files for any ad-dresses -- of the hunters. He did come up with one name -- Otto Schulte, who I mentioned on page 357. I tried to find Otto, but since the only address I had was "Texas," or perhaps "Houston, Texas" I wasn't able to find him (and there was no internet when I was researching the book). Thus, to my disappointment I wasn't able to interview Otto and include more of him in the book.

Not sure if you happened to see a recent Facebook posting …

The Night Smokey Bear was Buried.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10211142301303189&set=o.20724741109&type=3&theater

Excerpt below. See picture on next page as well.

On a cold November night in 1976 five Texans helped bury a New Mexico legend. Much is written about this iconic bear's life, but very little is known or has been shared about his burial. "Buried with little fanfare," it has been said, but there is a story to tell. All they wanted that night, forty years ago, was some cold beer and some hot food. Five Texas hunters from the Houston area had just driven down to the small town of Capitan from their camp site in the Capitan Mountains of New Mexico, wanting to finally enjoy a meal they didn't have to cook over an open campfire. "A hamburger," recalled one of them. "I just wanted a plain, good hamburger." But they would all experience quite a bit more by the time they returned to their camp later than night.

Well I was contacted by the Smokey Folks to see if I knew if the story depicted was true. I had heard some but not knowing any specifics I did think if anyone knew it would be Bill Lawter. I reached out to Bill and this was his response.

https://webmail.vita.virginia.gov/owa/redir.aspx?C=QdJi-7dSlDQqnEpX85SJDcr7pjH2q8_qe5c6Ah4cbf8Yls7VrzzUCA..&URL=https%3a%2f%2fwww.facebook.com%2fphoto.php%3ffbid%3d10211142301303189%26set%3do.20724741109%26type%3d3%26theater

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Otto Schulte, of course, is mentioned in the story. Some of the other details in the story differ from the details in my book, but I don't really think that detracts from the credibility of the story. For example, Dick told me there were two hunters; the story says there were five. Dick told me the hunters had been enjoying themselves in a road-house across the street from the park; the story says they were at the Smokey Bear Cafe. The story says the Smokey Bear Cafe is next to the museum; it's actually a block or so away. Dick said they buried the bear a little after 9:00 p.m.; the story says 10:00. At the time I inter-viewed him, Dick was thinking back about 20 years; at the time this sto-ry was written, the hunters were thinking back 40 years. There is a good chance someone missed a detail here or there. However, the essence of the story is accurate enough that I would accept it as true. In fact, I'm envious of the story's author, be-cause I would have loved to have interviewed those hunters and heard their stories, just as I loved interviewing people like Ray Bell, Don Han-sen and Jim Sorenson. FYI, speaking of Ray Bell -- he told me he was not at the burial. I hope this helps. --- Bill Lawter

Lesson Learned: Members of the Smokey Bear Association either know more about Smokey or know someone who does and we should be recognized as such. I think we are by some and we must find a way to hand off this knowledge to those Future Smokey Lovers. If it were not for the tremendous efforts of folks like Bill Lawter (author 20252) and a few others who have written down what it is they know or have been told all we would have is our “family” stories hand-ed down from genera-tion to gener-ation.

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