El Kahir Foot Patrol A Pictorial History The First 100

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El Kahir Foot Patrol
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A Pictorial History
The First 100 Years
1907 - 2007
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President & Captain’s Message
One hundred years! Where has the time gone? You know, it’s said that time flies when you’re having
fun and I’ve been a member of El Kahir Shrine and the Foot Patrol for nine years and can safely say that
time has flown and that it definitely has been and still is fun! I was assured when considering joining the
Masonic Family that I would have to look long and hard to find a finer group of men. That has been true
and even more so within this great unit of El Kahir. Although the history and memories of our
predecessors may fade with time, I will say with a high degree of confidence that the members of today’s
unit carry the same spirit, principle and purpose that initially attracted and brought our founding Nobles
together to form and enjoy the El Kahir Foot Patrol.
Still, as in the past, members of the Foot Patrol are engaged in a wide array of activities that serve our
great Shrine and support the greatest philanthropy in the world.
I hope that you find the material in book as exciting as it was to me when I found it while doing the
research. This book is a historical collection of many items about El Kahir Shrine that I found in our
Temple’s actual minutes as well as a collection photos from many sources. This isn’t Life Magazine but
I sure hope you enjoy the many pictures and items that represent our Shrine over more than 100 years.
As we march into the future, let us be mindful of those that came before us and set a worthy and visible
example in our communities that others may choose to emulate. May our hearts, minds and talents be so
engaged to rebound to the glory of God, the service of mankind, the continued support of our children’s
hospitals and the realization of true friendship and fellowship in El Kahir’s first, oldest and one of its
greatest units - The El Kahir Foot Patrol.
Happy Birthday El Kahir Foot Patrol - Here’s to your next one hundred years!!
Michael Karl Moseley
2007 President and Captain,
El Kahir Foot Patrol
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What is a Shriner?
Someone may answer: "Oh yeah, Shriners are those guys who always have those parades with
the wild costumes, wearing funny hats like flowerpots and have those big conventions."
Another may think of Shrine circuses and Shrine clowns.
"I don't know about that," a passerby may add. "But I do know my little girl was born with club
feet and now they are straight, and she can walk like anyone else, thanks to Shriners Hospital
for Children."
"She can walk?" questions still another. "I thought the Shriners ran those fantastic burn
hospitals. I've read stories about them saving kids with burns on 90 percent of their bodies."
All those people are right. Each has experienced an aspect of the Shrinedom. What they cannot
experience, unless they are Shriners, is the camaraderie, deep friendship, good fellowship and
great times shared by all Shriners. What they may not know is that all Shriners share a Masonic
heritage and adhere to the principles of Freemasonry - Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth.
Thirteen Masons organized the first Shrine Temple in 1872. That first Temple was named
Mecca and was in New York City. They knew they needed an appealing theme for their new
order, so they chose the Arabic (Near East) theme. The most noticeable symbol of Shrinedom
is the distinctive fez that all Shriners wear at official functions.
There are approximately over 400,000 Shriners now. There are 191 Temples and clubs,
throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Republic of Panama. There are 22
Shriners Hospital for Children, 18 orthopedic hospitals, three burn hospitals and one hospital
that provides orthopedic, burn and spinal cord injury care. These hospitals have cured or
substantially helped more than 600,000 children at no cost to parent or child, since the first
Shriners Hospital opened in 1922.
Shriners Creed
Shriners believe in God and that He created man to serve His purposes, among which is service
to others in His name. We believe that care for the less fortunate, especially children who
suffer from burns and crippling diseases, is our institutional calling. We are patriots, each
willing to serve his country with fidelity and courage. We cherish independence under law and
freedom with responsibility. We honor family. We respect our parents, wives and children.
We should instill in our children the tenets of this creed, and the heritage from which it
emanates. As individuals we pledge ourselves to integrity, virtue and nobility of character. Our
intentions will be honorable, our relations will be trustworthy and our spirits forgiving of each
other. As brothers we offer each other fraternal affection and respect. Together we will support
each other in adherence to this creed, so that we and our communities will be the better because
of our fraternity and its principles.
As Shriners we look beyond ourselves to serve the needs of others, especially children who
cannot help themselves. We believe Shriners Hospitals to be the world's greatest philanthropy,
and we covenant with each other to support its "temples of mercy" with spirit, time, talent and
means.
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IN THE HEADLINES — 1907
US President: Theodore Roosevelt — US Vice President: Charles W Fairbanks
Second Hague Peace Conference, of 46 nations, adopts 10 conventions on rules of war.
Fall of the stock market sparks financial panic across the U.S.
Oklahoma becomes the country's 46th state.
Iran becomes a constitutional monarchy
The pandemic bubonic plague peaked in 1907 having spread to every continent and infected 52 countries.
Ringling Brothers bought out their chief rival Barnum & Bailey Circus
1907 Mileposts
Industry production totals 43,000 cars and 1,000 trucks in a year of economic depression
Total US auto registration pass the 140,000 mark and US car production surpasses all of Europe.
Selective transmissions are a major trend at the Seventh National Automobile Show
Cars at the show feature bigger brakes, bodies with up to 30 coats of paint, and more 6-cyclinder engines
Vanderbilt Motor Parkway, a private owned, limited access toll road, opens on Long Island, New York. It
introduces both concrete pavements and banked curves.
Irate at a $5 fare for a 15-block ride, New Yorker Harry Allen introduces 65 Darrarq taxicabs in NY City.
John D. Rockefeller switches over from a carriage to an automobile.
Secretary of State Elihu Root wants to send federal troops to Glen Echo MD, to block the local marshal
from arresting speeding diplomats who have diplomatic immunity.
Atlantic Monthly, Scientific America, and the New York Times call for mandatory car speed governors
American Automobile Association and the auto industry lobby unsuccessfully for a federal motor vehicle
licensing and registration law, hoping to preempt state legislation. This forces state cooperation.
Newspaper accuses New York City police of fixing tickets
Various engines have enclosed timing gears, and include mud aprons below
The Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers offers a formula for calculating engine horsepower, later to be used by many states for tax purposes
Humps are installed on some streets in Glencoe Illinois to discourage speeders
President William Howard Taft orders a White Steamer-the first official White House automobile
US Auto Makers
Chadwick Company builds a supercharged racer.
Oakland Motor Car Company (later Pontiac) is organized by buggy maker Edwards M. Murphy; its 2cyclinder car is designed by Alanson P. Brush
Packard and Ford make million dollar profits.
Ford is first US car with left-hand steering
General Motors formed with acquisition of Buick, Cadillac, Oakland (Pontiac) and Oldsmobile.
Fisher Body established
Cadillac is now focusing on four-cylinder models
The last of the famed one-cylinder Curved Dash Oldsmobile is built
Buick adopts a T-head four-cylinder engine with a three-speed, sliding-gear transmission
Oldsmobile begins nickel-plating trim components that had formerly been brass.
From Around the World
Paris-Peking race. Prince Scipione Borghese's winning Itala takes 60 days.
Renault becomes the largest manufacturer in Europe.
Andre Citroën becomes chief engineer at the nearby bankrupt Mors Company and buys it.
As Paris car registrations pass 4,000, Anatole France writes: "The future belong to the metal beast." French
courts rule horse owners must train their animals not to shy at the sound of a car.
Tokyo's Jidosha Seisakusho Company builds Japan's first gasoline-fueled car.
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Albany
Anderson
Atlas
Aurora
Bailey Electric
Barnes
Bay State
Belden
Brush
Bugmobile
C-F (Cornish-Friedberg)
Chase
Colt
Conover
Continental
Corbitt
Cosmopolitan (high wheeler)
Craig-Toledo
Crescent
Cunningham
C.V.I.
New Automobile Makes—1907
Detroit Electric
Diamond T
Duer (high wheeler)
Durocar
Earl
Euclid
Eureka
Everybody's
Falcon
Fee-American
Four Traction (Kato)
Gearless
Gifford-Pettitt
Great Smith
Griswold
Harper
Hatfield
Hay-Berg
Haydock
Ideal
International (high wheeler)
Automobile Production — 1907
Ford ............................................... 14,887
Buick ............................................... 4,641
REO................................................. 3.967
Maxwell .......................................... 3,785
Rambler ........................................... 3,201
Cadillac ........................................... 2,884
Franklin ........................................... 1,509
Packard ............................................ 1,403
Other Interesting Figures — 1907
US Population ............................... 87 billion
Federal spending ....................... $580 million
Unemployment ................................ 2.8%
DOW Average............................... 59
Average yearly income ............. $897
New Home (median price) ...... $4500
New Car (average cost) ............. $500
Gas (gallon) ..................................... 0.06
Stamp .............................................. 0.02
Bacon (pound) ................................ 0.21
Butter (pound) ................................. 0.33
Bread (loaf) ..................................... 0.05
Eggs (dozen) ................................... 0.29
Milk (gallon) ................................... 0.32
Sugar (pound) .................................. 0.06
Kingston
Klink
Lauth-Juergens
Lorraine
Marvel
Maryland
Miller
Monarch
Oakland
Pennsylvania
Perfection
Ranger
Regal
Selden
Senator
Simple
Simplicity
Speedwell
Triumph
Wolfe
New In 1907
Movie titles instead of commentators
Canned tuna fish (San Pedro California)
Helicopter-designed by Frenchman Paul Cornu
Household detergent (Persil)
Armstrong linoleum
Canada Dry Pale Ginger Ale
L'Oréal perfume and beauty products
United Methodist Church
Bullock's (Los Angeles) and Neiman-Marcus (Dallas)
department Store
The comic strip Mr. A Mutt, about the misadventures of
a tall, hapless racetrack junkie, settled in at the San Francisco Chronicle, running 6 days a week in its racing
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1907 - Masonic Temple.jpg
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1968 - Shrine - Time Capsule.jpg
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1941 - Shrine - El Kahir Temple & Iowa Consistory No 2.jpg
1964 - Shrine - Temple Palmer Building.jpg
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1969 - Shrine - Ceremonial Cedar Rapids.jpg
1969 - Shrine - Ceremonial Waterloo.jpg
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1925 - Band - Los Angeles.jpg
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1949 - Band & Patrol - Diamond Jubilee Imperial Council - Chicago.jpg
1956 - Patrol - 82nd Imperial Council Session Detroit-1.jpg
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1909 - Abu Bekr Patrol.jpg
1909 - Sesostris Patrol.jpg
1909 - Kaaba Patrol.jpg
1909 - Abdallah Patrol.jpg
1909 - Moolah Patrol.jpg
1909 - ZaGaZig Patrol.jpg
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El Kahir Foot Patrol Presidents
1958............... Ross C. Miller
1959............... Robert Leeper
1960............... Robert Mearveaux
1961............... Ralph Winsor
1962............... Herman Raddatz
1963............... Morse Crosier
1964............... Bobert Geiger
1965............... Elmer Hoff
1966............... T. T. Tilton
1967............... Joe Stephenson
1968............... Ronald Nelson
1969............... Robert Roof
1970............... Max Wortman
1971............... Malcom Klopp
1972............... George Humphrey
1973............... Ben Nollsch
1974............... Jim Low
1975 ...............Max Wortman
1976 ...............Ed Novotony
1977 ...............Al Puckhaber
1978 ...............Bob Ware
1979 ...............Bob Ware
1980 ...............Tom Clark
1981 ...............Bob Justin
1982 ...............Bill McDowell
1983 ...............Tom Clark
1984 ...............Bob Justin
1985 ...............Bill McDowell
1986 ...............Hank Wagner
1987 ...............Tom Clark
1988 ...............Tom Clark
1989 ...............Gary Miller
1990 ...............Francis Possehl
1991 ...............Ted Wienands
El Kahir Shrine
Foot Patrol Captains
1907 ............................... W. G. Haskell
....................................... Emil Pazdera
1931 ............................... E. E. Hruska
19?? – 1945 .................... Allen McElwain
1946 – 1949 ................... Clyde Landis
1950 – 1953 ................... Ernest Gundling
....................................... Ron Nelson
1954 – 1955 ................... Ray Murdoch
1956 – 1967 ................... Vernal Stimson
1992 ............... Jim Albright
1993 ............... Tom Clark
1994 ............... Ken Twachtmann
1995 ............... Ken Twachtmann
1996 ............... Jim Albright
1997 ............... Gary Miller
1998 ............... Tom Clark
1999 ............... Francis Possehl
2000 ............... Mel Pexa
2001 ............... Wayne Bryant
2002 ............... Robert Murray
2003 ............... Dave Kroeger
2004 ............... Larry Turner
2005 ............... Keith Zeigler
2006 ............... Bill Cooper
2007 ............... Michael Moseley
Potentates Who Were/Are
Also Foot Patrol Members
1935 ....................... R. L. Savage
1938 ....................... A. E. Kannewurf
1939 ....................... E. D. Monilaw
1943 ....................... James H. Smith
1947 ....................... Ed C. Rudin
1950 ....................... Levert. L. Dolson
1951 ....................... O. Lee Eckert
1953 ....................... Edwin E. Hruska
1954 ....................... Clyde G. Landis
1957 ....................... Ernest H. Gundling
1959 ....................... H. J. Bronson
1966 ....................... Richard E. Brisbin
1967 ....................... George W. Clifford
2007 ....................... Christopher D. Gilstrap
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1982 - Patrol - CSSA Des Moines Trophy.jpg
1985 - Patrol - CSSA StL Unit 1st.jpg
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2004 - Patrol - Captains Meeting Kansas City.jpg
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1968 - Patrol - Capt Vern Stimpson.jpg
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1968 - Patrol - Diving Board.jpg
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1980 - Patrol - Picnic Bob Procok at Possehls.jpg
2002 - Patrol - CSSPA Party - Bryants.jpg
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2002 - Patrol - Vern Carie - Max Fitz - Bob
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2006 - Patrol - Christmas Party - John Clark & Dave
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2006 - Patrol - CSSA St Louis - Jim & Mary Albright.jpg
2006 - Patrol - CSSA St Louis - Dave & Karen Kroeger.jpg
2006 - Patrol - CSSA St Louis - John & Wilma Clark.jpg
2006 - Patrol - CSSA St Louis - Sherry Murray
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2006 - Patrol - CSSA St Louis - Janet
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2006 - Patrol - CSSA St Louis - Judy
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