John S. Townsend

Camp 108Cdr. Samuel R. Booth

258 W. State St.

Athens, OR. 45701

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Cotntnanders Corner:

Happy New Year and welcometo the new 2006

livinghistory/reenactment seasonl There is a lotgoing on this year, and the biggest announcement is arepeat of our past history. I want to welcome into theCamp,one new SUVMember,Brother Thomas Romine,and Twelveformer Members of Gov.WilliamDennison

Camp12S. who are transfering into our Camp. Wewillbe taking charge of all their Records and Property.The merging of Camp#12Swith Camp #IOg must be

lookedon in a positive light because it is part of ourpast. Isaac Weatherby Camp #IOg merged with ourown back in Ig92 and thereafter the Campgrew. Weexpect to see some of our new Members at our nextmeeting at Brother Howard Frost's Officebuilding onPomeroy Road in Athens.

A CivilWar Discussion Roundtable will be held at

the Athens Public Library on the g February at 7PM.Hopeto see some of you there. Other announcementsincludethe big congratulations to Brother DonaldDarby being elected to the National OfficeasCommander-In-Chief. We expect lots of exciting newsabout CommanderDarby's tenure this year, so givehim your support!

We regrettably lost two Brothers, Dennis HowardCharter Memberof Camp 12Sand Junior MemberNoah Gillogly,Camp109, this year and I would liketo thank all those who participated in the services forthem.

Our SVRBrigadehas had lots going on recently.The 63rd OVIreceived the SVRUnit Citation award at

the Gettysburg Remembrance Day Ceremonies.Congratulations goes out to all the members and their

most colorful Sergeant Lowery for all they do on the

field. Battery L1st Ohio Light Artillery was awarded

stewardship of the Battery I Monument at Gettysburg.

The Monument will be serviced during our annual

trips to the battlefield. The Ohio Valley Brigade wasinvited back by the National Park Service to perform a

weekend of living history on Cemetery Ridge. We, "'.hope to see a large turnout for this event. We had alot of fun doing this last year and it is an honor to beinvited back again.

Just a reminder that all future Campmeetings willbe held at the Frost Buildingon Pomeroy Rd.inAthens and NOTATTHEPONDEROSA May this findyou all rested, well and happy.

Regards Cotntnander Sam BoothCamp Dues:CampDues are due now. They are still $23.00, paidto IIJohn S.Townsend camp 109, SUVCW".Send toTreasurer Lowery at, Martin W.Lowery Sr., POBISg,Jacksonville,OR 4S74O. Please do it today so thiswill save on postage that has to be used to send outdues notices. Remember,the Camp only gets $1.00 ofthe $23.00 dues so you can see that the $1.00 goesfast if we have to send letters to the Membership.Postage is now 39 cents. We go in the hole everyyear by sending out four Newsletter issues to eachMember. Another way to save is to let SecretaryLowery know your e-mail address if you have one.We send a lot of information out over e-mail each yearwhich saves a lot of money if we would have to sendit by regular mailTreasurer M.Wayne Lowery

Consolidation of Camps: As most of you

know, the Gov. William Dennison Camp l2S

consolidated with this Camp in January. We have

acquired 12 new Members from Camp l2S so along

with all the Camp 108 Members I want to thank and

welcome them to Camp 109. They are listed later

within this newsletter. One of the reasons that Camp12S disbanded was because of low or no attendance at

Meetings. Lets hope that this Camp will always keep

its attendance up and one way to do that is to have

INTER£&-rINGPrograms. It is up to the WHOLECamp

to come up with Programs that will get the

Membership out to the Meetings. There are Members

in this Camp that are not in the SVR and so their

enjoyment comes from getting together at meetings

and talking about the Civil War. Not going to

Reenactments and Living History Events. Also wehope that each Member will be a recruiter and help

keep this Membership up so that we may have larger

attendance at Meetings. Another reason that Camp12S went down is because no one wanted to be an

Officer in the Camp. We need to push everyone to

volunteer to do some kind of work in the Camp. It

could be Grave Registration, Memorial Registration,

Recruiting at events, contacting speakers to giveInteresting Programs., serving on a committee, ordering

and setting new Stones at Civil War Veteran's Graves.

sites, or something that will keep the Members andyourself interested in the Civil War. Help raise money

for the restoration of the GAR Hall and the Camp.

Everyone should care what happens in this Camp. I

want to wish everyone a happy, and healthy NewYear.

Sec./Treas.M.Wayne LoweryNew Members:We would like to Thank and welcome all the new

Members joining our Camp. The first Member is a newMember in the SUV, Thomas H.Romine, whose CW

Veteran is GGGrandfather Isaiah Clark, a Musician in

the 18th OVLCo. C.,Brother Romine has informed me

that he will volunteer to play the Fife and Drums if and

when we need him. The following twelve Members

are transfering from Camp l2S into our Camp:

Michael Bash. George Foltz, Earl Funk, Carl Gaffin,

Donald Grant, Jeremy Grant, Michaell<1ine, Robert

l<1ine,Wayne McElfresh. Robert (Doc) Richmond., Jobie

Siemer, and Russell Tippett. We are glad they are

staying in the SUV and we give them a rousing

welcome to John S. Townsend Camp 109. With this

Consolidation lets hope that Camp 108 win keep

growing and keep doing the things that the SUVwas

organized for, and that was to be a Patriotic and

Educational Organization to carry out the traditions ofthe GAR. To remember our Civil War Veterans and to

help find and record their graves.

I want to thank everyone that was involved in getting

the Consolidation of the Camps completed. It got a

little rough at the end but everything turned out right.

Thanks. Sec. M.Wayne LoweryCamp Schedule:Feb. 12 Lincoln Day Dinner Stewart, OH.

March 16 Priamerica Building Athens, OH.

May 20 "Memorial Meet." Frost GAR Hall

June IS Priamerica Building Athens, OH.June 16-lg Ohio Dept. Encampment, Alliance, OH.

Sept 21 Priamerica Building Athens, OH.

Dec. 21 "Elections" Priamerica Building

An Regular Camp Meetings start at 7:00pm in Brother

Terry Frost Wife's business Building, Priamerica

Building, on Pomeroy Rd..Athens, Ohio. The Memorial

Meeting in May win begin at 12:00 noon at the GAR

Hall. The Lincoln Day Dinner will begin at 2:00pm atthe Stewart Methodist Church Stewart, Ohio.

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Lincoln Day Event:Camp 109 in conjuction with the Ladies Auxiliary win

hold a Lincoln Day Pot Luck Dinner and program, inthe basement of the Stewart Methodist Church located

at the corner of St. Rt. 329 and St. Rt. 144 in Stewart,

Ohio. It will be on the 12 February at 2:00pm. Bring acovered dish and! or dessert. There are no formal

programs planned so we would like everyone to bringan article on Lincoln and share it with us. We would

welcome a talk on Lincoln if someone would like to

volunteer to give us a short program on him. Hope to

see a good turnout for this. The Department has

requested that all Camps celebrate Lincoln's Birthday.This is his 197th birthday.

Camp Supplies:The Secretary has reported that he has in stock thefollowingitems for the Membership to buy:MemberBadge (3ea.) $20.00 ea.Associate Badge (lea.) 20.00 ea.ReflectiveSUVDecal (2ea.) 5.00 ea.Bronze TieTack (2ea.) 5.00 ea.

SVRCollarInsignia 1/2" (lpr.) 15.00 proSVRCollarInsignia 3/15" (lpr) 15.00 proSVRMembershipBadge (lea.) 11.00ea

Secretary M Wayne Lowery

Camp and Ohio Brigade Events Held in2005:Hurricane,WVA Reenactment

Gettysburg, PA LivingHistoryGallipolis,OR LivingHistoryAthens, OR Dennis Howard's FuneralMansfiellLOR C.W.ShowResaca, GA Reenactment

Frost, OR MemorialMeetingAlbany,OR LivingHistoryPhilipi,WVA ReenactmentAlliance,OR OhioDept. EncampmentNewark.OR Reenactment

Gettysburg, PA ReenactmentMcConnelsville,Ot!. Reenactment

Washington,OR LivingHistoryLancaster,OR 18'12OvertureNashua,N.R National EncampmentReynoldsburg,OR Tomato FestivalJacksonville,OR OldSettlers ParadeZoar,OR Reenactment

Athens, OR Heritage FestivalCorinth,MS. Reenactment

MorganCo.,OR Burr OakBoy Scouts RoundupSomerset, OR Gen.Sheridan Statue Reded..

Guyandotte,WVA ReenactmentAthens,OH. Veterans Day ParadeAthens County,OR Wyers Cern.Stone Setting & Ded..Gettysburg, PA Rememberance DayAthens county SUVFlagHoldersdedicated to

Travis Nott, and ClarenceFrost.

Albany, OR Noah Gillogly Funeral

Chaplin's Corner:We would like everyone to keep Brother Martin

Lowery Jr. in there prayers while he is being treated

for his Cancer. He is doing great right now and

expected to have a full recovery. Also would like for

all Members to keep in their hearts and minds the

Members that have passed the last couple years.

Newsletter Articles

Again I ask. NO I BEG,that Members please send inarticles for this Newsletter. It is very difficult for one

person to write up a Newsletter with just articles that

he thinks up. The next Newsletter will be put out in

May so please send an article by 20 April Thanks.

Secretary Lowery . ...

Civil War Veterans Tombstones:I would like to thank the following people for helping

in the finding of the three Veterans graves, ordering

the Stones, Setting the stones and dedicating them in aceremony at the Wyer Cemetery, Rome Twp.,Athens

County, Ohio. It was a beutiful day and everyone had

a very nice time. The Veterans Names are, PVT.

Thomas C. Johnson 56th OVI,PVT.Washington Moore36th OVIand PVT.John R. Noland 18'6th OVL The

Members were Norman Lowery, Trent Chaney, Cyrus

Moore, Matt Ashe raft, Sam Booth. Martin Lowery Jr.,

Wayne Lowery, Terry Frost and Earl Coen. Ladies

Auxiliary were May Frost, Judy Morgan and Mrs. Earl

Coen. I hope in the future more Members will help

with these tasks. It is a great feeling when you can

mark an unmarked grave of a Civil War Veteran. Try

it you will like it. Contact Cdr. Booth or Sec. Wayne

Lowery for information on how you can help. Hope to

see everyone at the Lincoln Day Dinner, remember

bring a covered dish and an article to share witheveryone. The Ladies Auxiliary will furnish the Drinks

and Paper Plates etc.

GOD BLESS THE USA.