NAMES
Our apologies to Colonel William Johnson... all 20 of them. We chose the Colonels Johnson to ask a favor of you. When contacting Headquarters by either email or snail mail, please give us a hint at finding you in our files. If you don't have your member number, an address will do the job. By the way, William Johnson is not the name most frequently appearing on our roster. That name appears to be Robert Smith which barely tops Robert Jones. We even have 4 Colonels with the name James Lindsey. Fortunately for the Hdq. staff, our Commanding General, the fellow who signs your membership card, prefers to use just Jim Lindsey.
WHY NOT ME?
An explanation: Several hundred Colonels have email addresses that are the same as their spouse or room mate. The email program we use to distribute email to everyone will not accept an address more than once. Thus, when we submit the list of addresses, it takes the first one it comes to and deletes the other. Usually it makes its decision on an alphabetical basis.
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Thank you for remembering the Good Works Program in your charitable giving.
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Colonel :
This edition of the Pomperoser will be a brief one. We simply haven't had time to work on it. October is always a busy, busy month at Headquarters and this year was no different. Many thanks to the nearly 19,000 Colonels who responded during the month with contributions to the Good Works Program.
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Kentucky Oaks - Kentucky Derby
"So what's the difference?" It's a question we get a lot when we issue invitations to both events simultaneously. Here's a thumbnail explanation: The Kentucky Oaks is sort of a derby for 3 year old fillies. The race is held at Churchill Downs on the Friday preceding Kentucky Derby Day which is always the first Saturday in May. Years ago, Oaks Day was known locally as "Louisville's day at the track". Today is much more like Derby Day with a crowd in excess of 100,000, all dressed in their finery with emphasis on hats. Except for the world wide attention, the day is actually much like Derby Day. Derby Day, as most of you know, is an elite day for thoroughbred racing. The highlight being the "Run for the Roses". (The Kentucky Oaks winner is given a garland of stargazer lilies.) Oh, there is one other major difference... tickets for Oaks Day cost about half what tickets for Derby Day cost.
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INVOLVEMENT
When you find a group of people doing good things don't be surprised if there isn't a Kentucky Colonel or two in the leadership. That certainly will be the case November 20 - 27 in Nashville, Tennessee when "Eight Days of Hope" moves in to help many of the 11,000 victims of last May's major flood. In fact, Colonel Peggy Hodges "moved in" a few weeks ago. Colonel Peggy is from Mississippi and volunteers her time to make preparations for Eight Day outings. This will be the 7th effort by the relatively young faith based group. In the first six, they repaired nearly 1,000 homes along the Gulf Coast and in Iowa. Volunteers from 43 states have participated. To learn more about the organization or to volunteer, visit this web site.
In Miami last month, Colonel Paul Miyares and daughter Samantha ran in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure 5K a couple of Saturdays ago. They raised $150 for the cause. Colonel Miyares says the race was "awesome". In everyday life, Colonel Miyares is Lieutenant Miyares of the Coral Cables Police Department. We welcome him to membership in the Honorable Order (Commission date 7-21-2010).
If you are involved in a community effort / project, let Headquarters know... send us a clipping, web site address, photo, etc.
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Howdy Colonel
 Although there have been several attempts at publishing a book about the Honorable Order, the only one that has ever made it to press is the one pictured here. 1947 was the publication date. Colonel Anna Friedman, long time Secretary and Keeper of the Great Seal, was the publisher. Now and again one goes up for auction on ebay. We have 5 copies in the Headquarters Archives. The 221 pages are filled with a folksy history of the early years of the Order with many somewhat grainy photographs from the day. The cover art was by Colonel Howard Chandler Christy. Christy was well known as an artist and illustrator during the first half of the last century. He is said to have been the designer of the original "Aide-de-Camp" pin used by the United States Military, a version of which was adopted by the first Kentucky Colonel organization and recreated last year by the Honorable Order. |
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Back issues of Pomperoser ARE AVAILABLE BY CLICKING THIS LINK
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