Spring 2011 Department Dispatch

WISCONSIN

Department

“ DISPATCH”

SPRING 2011 Issue Published by the SUVCW Department of Wisconsin

Inside — Commander’s Column.1,2 Mid-Winter meeting …...2 Dept. Encampment….3,4,5 Camp 1, 2 News ……... ..6 Dept Pioneers …..…..…..7 Camp 8 News …………..8 Camp 49 ……………... ..9 Events Calendar..……...10

Comments From Your Wisconsin Department Commander Brothers, Finally Spring has come and Winter is finally gone. By the time this is published I will have attended the Lincoln Tomb and B. F. Stevenson Tomb and B. F. Stevenson Ceremonies in Springfield and Petersburg IL. I would like to thank the Brothers of Camp #1 and the Sisters of Auxiliary #4 for hosting the Mid-Winter meeting and Patriotic Luncheon. C-in-C Brad Schall and his wife Patti were impressed and the speaker, Jessica Michnia, (Mary Todd Lincoln) was awesome. A good job by all. I would like to thank Brothers PDC Bruce Laine and Dan Cronninger for assisting me with the officer installations of Camp #5 and Camp #49. I looked at the camp web sites for all of the camps in the department and noticed that they need some updating. Make sure that any information you have there, (Contact info etc.) is current with more recent pictures ( some pictures 2005 and earlier). I am sure you have more recent photos to post. Please forward your info to our Department Web Master PDC Kent Peterson’s e-mail [email protected] to update your web site. Remember your web site is an extension of your camp. If it has old information it tells a prospective new member you either don’t care or your camp isn’t very active. I know all camps participate in Memorial Day Ceremonies every year,, so try to update your website at least once a year. Reminder, every camp must file an annual 990N report with the IRS by May 15 each year or pay a fine of $25.00 per/day . If your camp has done one for year 2010 please forward a copy and a copy of the conformation e-mail to Department Treasurer Brother PCC Alan Hembel’s E-Mail – [email protected] ( if you need help) e-mail Alan he will help you get this done and Forward the same to the Department Secretary PDC Brian Peters’ E-Mail – [email protected] so he can forward them to the National Treasurer Richard Orr. Our Department Encampment is June 11, 2011 at the Waukesha Museum and Historical society, hosted by John Gibbon Camp #4. (I hope to see a good delegation from each camp.) SVC-in C Don Palmer will be attending our meeting. A good representation from each camp would be great. Also we will need to list a delegation for the National Encampment Aug.12-13, 2011. It is close to the Manassas battlefield. More info is on the National web site. It would be nice to have a bigger delegation than we normally have. Speaking of National Encampments the Department of Wisconsin has been chosen to host the 2013 National Encampment. Continued on page 2

“PRESERVED BY THE GRACE OF GOD”

PAGE 2 DEPARTMENT OF WISCONSIN SONS OF UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR

Commanders Column continued from page 1

CCCC----inininin----C Brad Schall Attends The MidC Brad Schall Attends The MidC Brad Schall Attends The MidC Brad Schall Attends The Mid----Winter Meeting.Winter Meeting.Winter Meeting.Winter Meeting.

Commanders Column continued from page 1 We will have our first planning session to set up committees and get things rolling and planning the encampment on April 19, 2011 at 7:00p.m. at the Soldiers Home District Blg. #1 at the Milwaukee VA .We will Contact camps on future committee meetings . We will try to have meetings on a Sat . or Sun. if possible for future meetings. We will need help from all camps to make this a successful event. Memorial Day is coming up lets all keep green in our minds the sacrifices and hardships that the Union Civil War Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines, went through 1861-1865. Also all branches of the military that fought for their country through our history and especially those in Iraq and Afghanistan, and their families especially those who made the supreme sacrifice with their lives.

Yours in Fraternity, Charity, and Loyalty, Thomas J. Brown, Commander

Above: C-in-C Brad Schall attended the

Wisconsin Dept. Mid-Winter meeting. He is

seated center front. A group photograph

was taken after the meeting.

Left: Dept. Commander Tom Brown presented

Jeff Lesar with a Certificate of

accomplishment for completing the 2010

Dept. Leadership Conference.

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Department of Wisconsin 128th Annual Encampment

Hosted by MG John Gibbon Camp #4

******** Saturday, June 11, 2011 ******** Waukesha County Historical Society & Museum

Registration should be received by Friday, June 3, 2011. The Registration Fee is $6 per person. A box lunch is available for purchase at $5 per person.

Tours of the museum will be available. This information plus a map and a list of restaurants is available on the www.suvcw.org web site or from your Camp Commander.

SUVCW Department of Wisconsin – 128th Encampment Registration Make checks payable to MG John Gibbon Camp 4, SUVCW and return no later than Friday, June 3, 2011.

Mail registration form and payment to:

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Patrick Lynch 5830 S. 92nd St.Hales Corners, WI 53130

Deadline: June 3, 2005

Name (s)______________________________________________________

Address ______________________________________________________

City/State/Zip _________________________________________________

Phone ________________________ E-mail _________________________

Affiliation _____________________________________________________

Number of registrations _________ x $6 = ___________

Number of lunches __________ x $5 = _____________

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128th Wisconsin Encampment continued

WAUKESHA

RESTAURANTS

Pizza Hut

447 W. Sunset Drive

262-547-6652

Golden Corral

1673 Arcadian Ave.

262-896-1000

George Webb 139

E. Sunset Drive

262-547-6661

Kalypso’s Family

Restaurant 500 E.

Broadway

262-549-9002

Michael’s Restaurant

1400 S. Grand Street

262-549-0406

Murf’s Frozen Custard

1345 S. West Avenue

262-547-7944

Sunset Family Restaurant

535 W. Sunset Drive

262-524-9555

WAUKESHA AREA

HOTELS

Best Western

2840 N Grandview Blvd

Pewaukee 262-524-9300

Comfort Suites Lake

Country

N14 W24121 Tower Place

Pewaukee 262-506-2000

Country Springs Hotel

Water Park Conference

Center

2810 Golf Road

Waukesha

262-547-0201 / 800-247-

6640

www.countryspringshotel.

com

Hampton Inn

575 North Barker Rd.

Brookfield 262-796-1500

Milwaukee Marriott West

W231 N1600 Corporate

Court Waukesha 262-574-

0888 or 800-228-9290

www.marriotthotels.com

Directions to Waukesha Historical Society

From I-94

Take Exit 295, Hwy F, South towards

Waukesha

At the intersection of Hwy 18/ Moreland Blvd

& Hwy F,continue straight, the street turns

into St. Paul Avenue

Take St. Paul Avenue to Barstow Street Turn left onto Barstow Street

From I-43

Take Exit 50, WI-164 toward Waukesha/ Big

Bend

Turn left onto WI-164 North

WI-164 North becomes South East Avenue Turn left onto Main Street Free parking is available on city streets and in nearby city lots. On Saturdays, parking is available in the Waukesha Freeman parking lot which is at the southwest corner of the Museum.

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128th

Wisconsin Encampment continued


Hotels continued

Quality Inn & Suites

20150 West

Bluemound Road

Waukesha 262-785-

0500

Radisson Hotel

N14 W24140 Tower

Place Pewaukee 262-

506-6300 or 800-333-

3333

www.radisson.com/pe

waukee

Ramada Limited

2111 East Moreland

Blvd Waukesha 262-547-7770

Camp 4 to Host 2011 Department Encampment

Brothers, and Sisters,

It is my honor as Commander of Gen. John Gibbon Camp #4, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War to welcome you all to the Annual Wisconsin Department Encampment and to the city of Waukesha. This year marks the 150th Anniversary of the beginning of the Great Rebellion and as such should spark renewed interest and enthusiasm for honoring the noble sacrifices of our Union Army and Navy ancestors whose brave efforts helped preserve the United States of America. I hope you will all join together with me in conducting the honorable affairs of business set forth by the Wisconsin Department but also in commemorating this great anniversary of the Civil War itself.

In Fraternity,Charity, And Loyalty,

Craig Wheeler, Commander, M.G. John Gibbon, Camp #4, SUVCW, Dept. of Wis.

----------------- Tentative Schedule ------------------ 7:30 a.m. Doors open

8:30 a.m. Final registration 8:45 a.m. Opening ceremony

11:30 a.m. Lunch 1:00 p.m. Encampment resumes

4:30 p.m. Memorial Service

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CAMP 1 and 2 NEWS


Left: Jeff Lesar pays

attention at the Leadership

Conference.

Right: Past C-in-C Steve

Michaels and PDC Bruce

Laine talk about SUVCW

badges.

Below right: Tom Myers and

Tom Mueller(foreground)

listen to the speakers at

the Conference.

Below left:

Patriotic Luncheon emcee

PCinC Steve Michaels

presented keynote speaker

Jessica Michna with a

certificate of thanks for

her fine impression of Mary

Todd Lincoln.

Camp 2 - Photos by Bill Raftery of H. Harnden Camp #2 laying wreaths at Forest Hill Cemetery

on Saturday December 18, 2010, for Wreaths Across

America.

C A M P

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Camp #2

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Charles C. Townsend

By PC-in-C Steve Michaels

In 1897, our nation was just emerging from a depression that had lasted four years. The Wisconsin Dept. Encampment in Eau Claire continued to lament the considerable loss of membership. Only 38 delegates were present; representing 700 members in 37 Camps. In 1890, there had been 1560 members in 68 Camps. After a year’s hiatus, this Encampment was again held in conjunction with the GAR and its Allied Orders. The two leading candidates for Dept. Commander were Captain J.W.T. Ames of New Richmond and Captain Tase of Oshkosh. In an upset, 28-year old Charles C. Townsend of Benton was elected. Townsend had served on a couple of Encampment committees in 1895, and was elected a delegate-at-large to the National Encampment and appointed Dept. Inspector in 1896. Charles C. Townsend was born in Jan 1869, the middle child and only son of Addison and Marian (Trewhela) Townsend, in Shullsburg, Lafayette County, Wis. Addison A. Townsend enlisted in June 1861 in Co. I, 3rd Wis. Inf. and took part in the Battle of Winchester and others. He was discharged due to sickness on April 23, 1863 and later served in law enforcement and as an insurance agent. The younger Townsend graduated from UW’s Law School in 1893. Two years later, he helped organize Union Camp #7 in Benton and got married . He and wife Winifred had one daughter, Beryl, born in 1897. During DC Charles Townsend’s term, Berlin’s John H. Williams Camp 40, East Troy’s Harold H. Rogers Camp 41, Plymouth’s Wolf Camp 47, and River Falls’ Richard Lovell Camp 48 were chartered. That year, Wis. members served on two important National committees: one outlining plans for a closer union between the GAR and the Sons, and one on legislation, affecting the Order as a U.S. Army reserve. Boscobel’s John Stahel Camp #34 held an entertainment in January 1898, after which DC Townsend installed the Camp’s officers. Br. Townsend’s mother died in February and he was absent from the Dept. Encampment in Appleton that year. However, he returned to serve as Dept. Judge Advocate in 1900. On April 12, 1898, Baraboo tried again to organize a Sons Camp, but this news was overshadowed by the announcement of U.S. intervention in Cuba. The Wisconsin Dept. supplied 19 members who served. The Townsends moved to the young city of Greeley, Colorado in 1901. Sadly, Union Camp #7 disbanded shortly afterwards. Greeley was established in 1874 as a planned community of temperate and educated citizens. In 1905, Charles constructed a classic Queen Anne style home at 1103 10th Avenue, which is now on the city’s historic register of homes. In addition to a law practice, he published the Weld County Republican and the Greeley Pioneer. He was elected mayor and later, to the state senate on the Republican ticket. He made several trips back to Wisconsin, where he visited his father and his alma mater, the last time in 1913. In 1920, Addison Townsend was admitted to the Soldiers Home in Leavenworth, Kansas, to be closer to his son. He suffered from arterial sclerosis and circulation problems. He died four years later at age 86. Daughter Beryl married dentist Harry R. Faulkner in 1921. Their son, Douglas, became a pilot for Pacific Southwest airlines and had three daughters. Br. Charles Townsend died in June 1949 at the age of 80 and was buried in Greeley’s Linn Grove Cemetery. Winifred moved to San Diego in January 1950, where she lived with her daughter and son-in-law. She died there on September 3, 1959 at the age of 88 and was brought back to Greeley to be buried with her husband.

Sources:

Ancestry.com Greeley Daily Tribune, 13 Jan 1950, 9 Sep 1959. Greeley Historic Register, 1996-2010 UW Alumni Directory 1849-1919


Wisconsin Department Pioneers

Your Camp news could be here but it needs

to be submitted.

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CAMP 8 NEWS


Left: PCC Kim J. Heltemes, talks at the Waupaca Genealogy Society about local Civil War history from some of his collection. He also talked about graves and ordering new markers. He spoke about graves registration and how to research when doing a cemetery, Above: Camp 8’s set up at the Trade Fair in Oshkosh.

Left: Camp Commander, Vince Barker, talks to people at the Oshkosh Public Library. Lower left: Behind the table are Vince Barker and SVC Jim Schmann as they talk with visitors at the Oshkosh Trade Fair while Alan Petit shows them from the other side. Below: Vince talks at the Waupaca Historical Society for the Waupaca Genealogy Society about

the GAR and SUVCW.

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CAMP 49 NEWS


PCC Dan Chroninger talked on the 150th anniversary of the Civil War to locals at a church in the Viroqua area. Brother Steve Woodhouse and his wife, Karen, also helped. The program lasted about 2 hours.

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May 14 - Armed Forces Day May 30 - Memorial Day Ceremonies in your community

June 11 - Wis. Dept. SUVCW Encampment at the Waukesha County Historical Society & Museum June 14 - Flag Day July 4 - Independence Day

Aug11-14 -130th SUVCW National Encampment, Reston, Virginia

EVENTS CALENDAR

Dept. Officers

Commander Tom Brown [email protected] SVC Kim J. Heltemes [email protected] JVC Alan Petit [email protected] Secretary Brian Peters [email protected] Council 1 Bruce Laine [email protected] Council 2 Andrew Bollen [email protected]

Council 3 Kent Peterson [email protected]

Spring 2011 Department Dispatch

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department encampment

camp web sites

midwinter meeting

suvcw department of

john gibbon camp

officer installations