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TUCSAR BUGLE May 2017

The TUCSAR Bugle is a monthly publication (except during the months of June, July, and August when there will only be a special

summer edition published sometime after the National Congress) of the Tucson Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution. It is

published at the first of the month and will be distributed by the 7th of each month by email for those members with email and USPS for

those without. Articles, suggestions, and ideas are solicited and welcome – please sent them to the future editor, when announced.

Visit our Tucson SAR Chapter Website at: http://www.azssar.org/tucson/index.html

A Message from the Editor

Compatriots,

The temperature today hit 100F in the Old Pueblo. The Tucson

summer is officially here and the snowbirds are flying away until

late fall. As you prepare for your summer, remember that we still

have delegate openings at the SAR National Congress this year.

I hope that you can attend and if so, please contact the state

secretary and register (free) as a delegate to help give us our full

share of weight for any voting. The Congress will be in

Knoxville, Tennessee from July 7 – July 13th. One outcome we

are hoping for is that our own Warren Alter will be elected into

the Secretary General office. Warren is currently the Treasurer

General for SAR.

If you can participate in the Memorial Day Event at East Lawn

Cemetery, please contact Rick Collins. We need your support if

you are around.

For those of you staying closer to home. We will again be in the

Summerhaven July 4th parade. Plan to be a part (uniforms or

period clothes are not requirements). Contact Rick Collins for

more details. It’s delightful to be in the cool pines in July.

Finally, we have word that the President General will be in

Prescott, AZ. For any non-natives, that’s pronounced “Preskitt”.

First join us in the Prescott Veterans Day Parade, then later on

November 11th is a ball. We haven’t done that in a few years so

let your significant other drag you out on the dance floor and

enjoy the evening. Stay for the State Meeting on November 12.

I wish for you all a safe and enjoyable summertime. See you in

September, if not before.

Bugle Editor,

Bill Aurand

Arizona SAR BOM and Meeting The April State meeting was at Casa Grande on April 29th.

Membership dues collections will now be made by the

Chapter. It was noted that National is requesting Patriot bios

from members, but be sure to include the patriot number

when submitting. If attending this year’s Congress, please

contact the State Secretary to register at a delegate. We have

open delegate slots to fill. The President General, Larry

Guzy will be in Prescott Arizona on November 11 and 12th

and will march in the Prescott Veterans Day Parade on the

11th. Later that evening there will be a dinner and ball.

Please plan on attending!

(Have a ball in Prescott for Veterans Day)

GEORGE WASHINGTON TIDBITS George never had wooden teeth. His various

dentures were made of human, cow or horse teeth,

ivory with lead, copper and tin alloys.

George did not wear a white wig. He powdered his

hair

George never lived in the White House

George lost more battles than he won in the

Revolutionary War. He was however a capable and

resilient leader.

George belonged to no political party. In fact, he

warned against them in his farewell address.

George and Martha had no children together. They

did raise two of Martha’s children from a previous

marriage

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Children of the American Revolution

Kachina Society Report

May 2017

The National Children of the American Revolution’s Annual

Convention was held April 20-22 in Arlington, Virginia.

Members of the Kachina Society were not able to attend this

year but received national recognition for the National Merit

Award and the Kids Helping Kids and Mountain Schools

contests. This year the Kachina Society won a blue ribbon for

their National Merit Award work. We took second place

nationally in the Kids Helping Kids Contest for our volunteer

work and/or donations to Davidson Elementary School,

Military Liaison Office (MLO) at the Tucson Airport, Casa

de los Ninos, Lions Eye Bank, Ronald McDonald House,

Tucson Community Food Bank, Fisher House, JROTC

Program at Cienega High School and the Crazy Sock Drive.

We also placed second in the Mountain Schools contest for

our local and statewide “Crazy Sock” collections. The

Kachina Society collected 406 pairs of socks that were sent

to the Tamassee DAR School in South Carolina and the

Crossnore Children’s Home in North Carolina. (The DAR

just recently took on the responsibility of a foster care for the

Children Home.) The Kachina kids would like to thank all

those people that supported us during the past year and those

that donated socks to our drive.

On April 27 the Kachina Society and the Tucson Chapter

Daughters of the American Revolution co-sponsored the

Awards Ceremony at the Cienega High School’s NJROTC

Program. We helped set up, serve and clean up the light

refreshments and snacks for the ceremony. There were 50

senior cadets that were honored. The Kachina Society made

a patriotic banner wishing the seniors good luck.

Frank Pierce Beverly Giordano

President Senior President

Kachina Society Kachina Society

(Bill Aurand and some CAR members at the NJROTC Awards Ceremony

at Cienega High School in Vail, AZ)

(The Kachina C.A.R. Crazy Sock Drive Program)

YOUTH PROTECTION TRAINING

AZ SAR

EDUCATION AND OUTREACH

NEEDS YOU

All Compatriots who represent SAR and interface with persons

under the age of 18 should complete the Youth Protection

Training (YPT) program and printout the certificate. SAR has

partnered with the Boy Scouts of America to be able to use

their training module which includes a certificate. Go to the

web site

www.scouting.org/training/youthprotection.aspx

After you gain the certificate, please send a copy to Chris

Francis, our Tucson SAR Chair, Education and Outreach

Committee. Exposure to youth can include giving medals or

certificates, helping to enter SAR youth contests, attending

C.A.R. events, make a presentation to youth, etc. It would not

be required if they have constant parental control.

Tucson Chapter

Treasurer’s Report By John Bird

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It is JROTC Award Season

(Compatriot Bob Hoover with Cadet Dean Friskey at Desert View H.S.)

(Cadet Tyler Sears at Cholla H.S.)

(U of A Joint Sevice Color Guard)

(Nogales H.S. Cadet Diego Favela with Bob Hoover)

2017 ROTC/JROTC Awards Report

Outstanding Cadet National Competition

Tucson Chapter 1st Place

Cadet Carson Lopez/Sahuarita Navy ROTC-Walden Grove

High School (took 2nd place for Arizona)

Tucson Chapter 2nd Place

Cadet Marie Ames

Note: The 2nd Place State Award and Chapter 1st and 2nd Place

awards will be presented at the Sept/Oct Chapter meeting by

Rick Collins (Chapter President).

University of Arizona ROTC-Silver Medal

April 26, 2017 in UA Joint Awards Ceremony

Air Force ROTC Cadet Glynis Facciano

Army ROTC Cadet Abelardo Macias

Navy ROTC Midshipman Edward Perea

High School JROTC- Bronze Medal

May 10, 2017

Buena HS-Army JROTC Cadet Daniel Vance

April 20, 2017

Flowing Wells HS-Army JROTC Cadet Clayton Teague

April 15, 2017

Globe HS-Army JROTC Cadet Marlin Rustin

April 27, 2017

Desert View HS-Air Force JROTC Cadet Dean Friskey

April 20, 2017

Nogales HS-Air Force JROTC Cadet Diego Favela

May 1, 2017

Sahuarita HS-Navy JROTC Cadet Ashley Brunette

April 25, 2017

Cholla Magnet HS-Army JROTC Cadet Tyler Sears

April 11, 2017

Rio Rico HS-Army JROTC Cadet Molina Dabdoub

April 13, 2017

Tombstone HS-Army JROTC Cadet Marie Ames

April 27, 2017

Cienga HS-Navy JROTC Cadet Joseph Smith

(Tombstone H.S. JROTC Cadet Marie Ames, receives her Bronze Medal)

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April Law Enforcement Recognition By Al Niemeyer

The Tucson Chapter held it's annual Law Enforcement Awards

ceremony at a breakfast at the historic Arizona Inn on

Saturday, 15 April 2017. Host Dr. Rudy Byrd gave attendees

an overview of the SAR and recognized guests with a special

standing recognition of D-Day Veteran, Harper Coleman.

Attendees then helped themselves to an excellent buffet

breakfast. Awards to the Honorees (below) followed the

breakfast:

Officer Daniel Rowan, Marana Police Department

DEA Task Force Officer Shawn Patze, Sahuarita Police

Department

Group Supervisor Tracy Mendez, U. S. Drug Enforcement

Administration

Intelligence Research Specialist Rachel S. Heinrich, U. S.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Trooper Dwayne Edwards, AZ Department of Public Safety

Officer Brian Kleinberg, Oro Valley Police Department

Sergeant Brian Kunze, Pima County Sheriff's Department

Staff Sergeant Raffi R. Stambultsyan, Davis-Monthan AFB

Agent Nathan M. Elenbaum, U. S. Customs & Border

Protection

Special Agent Benjamin T. Trentlage, FBI

Editor’s note: We are sorry, but unable to have a picture of

US DEA, Tracy Mendez.

(Group picture of most of the Award Recipients)

(Oro Valley PD, Brian Klingberg with two charming young ladies by his side

receives his commendation and medal)

(Officer Shawn Patze, Sahuarita PD with his wife, receives his

Commendation Medal by Jeff Coleman)

(Davis-Monthan Staff Sergeant Raffi R. Stambultsyan with his fellow

officers receiving his Commendation from David Milan)

(Law Enforcement Commendation Medal by Jeff Coleman to DPS Trooper

Dwayne Edwards)

(Jeff Coleman presents to FBI Special Agent Benjamin T. Trentlage)

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(Law Enforcement Commendation Medal by Jeff Coleman to Marana PD

Officer Daniel Rowan)

(Law Enforcement Commendation Medal by Jeff Coleman to Pima County

Sheriff's Department Sergeant Brian Kunze)

(Past President Gerry Lawford presents US ICE Intelligence Research

Specialist Rachel Heinrich’s commendation and medal)

(Law Enforcement Commendation Medal to Customs & Border Protection

Agent Nathan M. Elenbaum)

(Hopefully, our new home for the Law Enforcement Awards Ceremony. The

Historic Arizona Inn)

(A potential future C.A.R. member waiting for her father to receive his

commendation)

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(Compatriot Robert Irwin and Past President Gerry Lawford)

Robert Irwin inducted into the Tucson

Chapter, SAR

At the February Chapter Meeting, Robert Irwin was inducted

into the Chapter and already has been actively supporting our

efforts and attended the Law Enforcement Celebration this year.

Welcome to Tucson Chapter, SAR.

John Irwin – Virginia Militia Patriot By Compatriot Robert Irwin

Robert's patriot ancestor is his 3x Great Grandfather, John

Irwin, who served for three years in the Virginia Line of the

Continental Army. A record copy from the DAR also indicates

that the same John Irwin served in Col. William Linn's militia

regiment under the command of Gen. George Rogers Clark on

a successful retaliatory expedition against the Shawnee Indians

in the summer of 1780. John received a bounty land warrant of

100 acres on 20 June 1788. John was born about 1736 in

Augusta County, Virginia. About 1767, he was united in

marriage with Margaret McFarlane in Augusta County. This

marriage produced 10 children. John died in January 1826 in

Nelson County, Kentucky. Several of John's descendants (with

the Irwin surname) took up arms to preserve the Union in the

Civil War; two grandsons served in Indiana regiments; one

grandson (Solomon) fought in a Kentucky Union regiment and

three great grandsons enlisted in Indiana units. As an item of

interest, grandson Solomon Irwin was a childhood playmate of

Abraham Lincoln.

No May Chapter Meeting this Year

There will be no May Chapter meeting this year. Enjoy the

summer break.

(Eagle Scout Sebatian Rahmer with Color Guard Member Bill Aurand)

EAGLE Scout Sebastian Rahmer

Eagle Scout Sebastian Rahmer had his Court of Honor at St.

Cyril Church on April 28th. Color Guard Members Rudy Byrd

and Bill Aurand attended and presented the new Eagle Scout

with the SAR Eagle Certificate. It needs to be noted that his

mother remembers that the Tucson Chapter, SAR Color Guard

attended her naturalization ceremony several years earlier.

The family, originally from Chile, is a true American success

story. We look forward to Sebastian’s bright future.

(Compatriot Rudy Byrd protecting the Eagle Court of Honor)

My Last Issue of the

TUCSAR Bugle

This is my last TUCSAR Bugle as editor. Thank you for all

the articles, photos and suggestions over the years. I have

truly enjoyed serving in this position and I want to thank

Warren Alter for the chance to take over what he had been

doing for so long in his tenure. I believe I started this gig with

the November 2010 newsletter. I hope that the Bugle won’t

go into a hiatus mode, but so far no one has come forward to

take and run with the baton. If you have a couple hours free

near the end of the month, won’t you give it a go? Thank you

for considering the opportunity.

- Compatriot and Editor, Bill Aurand

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U P C O M I N G C A L E N D A R O F

E V E N T S

07/04/2017 Memorial Day at East Lawn Cemetery

Details pending.

07/04/2017 Independence Day Parade

Summerhaven, AZ

Details pending.

09/23/2017 September Chapter Meeting

American Legion Morgan McDermott

post #7 , 330 W Franklin St, Tucson, AZ.

Meeting time at 9 am

10/28/2017 October Chapter Meeting

American Legion Morgan McDermott

post #7 , 330 W Franklin St, Tucson, AZ.

Meeting time at 9 am

11/25/2017 November Chapter Meeting

American Legion Morgan McDermott

post #7 , 330 W Franklin St, Tucson, AZ.

Meeting time at 9 am

11/11-12/2017 State Board Meeting with PG

11/11 Prescott Parade with PG

11/11 at 5:30pm - Dinner & Dance Ball

11/12 BOM and State Meeting

Prescott, AZ. Details to come.

Tucson BOM Contact Information

Members are welcome to contact any BOM member with suggestions or questions. See list below: President: Richard Collins Email: [email protected] Phone: 429-0598 Vice Pres: Gerard Lawford Email: [email protected]

Phone: 797-0583 Sec-Treas: John F. Bird Email: [email protected] Phone: 608 444-2396 Genealogist: A. Ruddell Byrd Email: [email protected] Phone: 742-1672 Registrar: David Milan Email: No email on record

Phone: 256-503-4314 Historian: Robert W. Vint, Email: [email protected] Phone: 323-0166 Chaplain: John Agner Email:[email protected] Phone: 398-5107 State Brd of Mgrs: John F. Bird State Brd of Mgrs: John Niemeyer Email: [email protected] Phone: 520-559-5148 Immediate Past President: John Niemeyer Chap Brd of Mgrs: Bill Aurand Email: [email protected] Phone: 603-6682 Chap Brd of Mgrs: Tom Sorensen Email: [email protected] Phone: (708) 921-9455

Tucson Chapter WEBSITE LINK: Your chapter’s website has a great deal of information.

Visit it at: http://www.azssar.org/tucson/index.html Want to check the latest calendar events, go to:

http://www.azssar.org/tucson/calendar.html

Tucson Chapter Birthdays

May Birthdays June Birthdays 5/2 Carlton Spain 6/6 Arthur Woodard

5/4 Robert Spare 6/19 Steven Alter

5/6 Kay Curtis 6/23 John Lyons

5/7 Warren Alter

5/8 Nicholas Ruman

5/13 Stephen Harrington

5/16 James Kimbrough

5/17 Allan Church

5/20 John Wallace

5/22 Dale Hodge

5/22 James Williamson

5/27 Albert Niemeyer

5/27 David Alter

HAPPY BIRTHDAY COMPATRIOTS! Historical Quote

Promote then, as an object of primary importance,

institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to

public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be

enlightened.

– Excerpt from Gen. Geo. Washington’s Farewell Address,

1796

Memorial Day, May 29

Arlington Cemetery

Tomb of the Unown Soldier

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