This is the March 3, 1999 newsletter that was send to all who registered with our Website.
Subject: 1999 International Hillbilly eNewsletter, Issue #4
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 01:56:53 -0500
From: Gary Schweinshaupt garysch@trowel.com
Organization: Hillbilly mailing listHi cuzzins,
You have received this message because you have signed our guest
book at http://trowel.com/hillbilly99 , sent me an email about
the Hillbilly Convention or you have some connection with the
1999 International Hillbilly Convention. If you do not wish to be
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mailto:garysch@trowel.com and ask to be removed. If you have
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should be on our list, send me their name and email address and I
will add them. Your response to forward the last newsletter was
great, we had quite a number of cuzzins request to be on the
mailing list - thanks.
A big favor please, I send this eNewsletter out with the entire
TO: and CC: list to give you an idea of who is receiving it, it
would be inappropriate for any of you to use this list to spam
recipients for anything other than Hillbilly business. Since we
are all brothers, I know I shouldn't have to ask this, but I have
seen evidence that at least one person has used this list for
other purposes. We will all appreciate restraint in this matter,
thanks.
This is the fourth Official 1999 International Hillbilly
Convention eNewsletter, if you would like to see previous
newsletters, we are now keeping an archive on the Web home page.
We will try send out eNewsletters periodically to keep you
updated on what the convention officers are working on and to
provide you with details that we hope will help you all
have a great 1999 Hillbilly Convention.
This time we have added something new. So many of you have
written notes for help, offering help or offering entertainment,
that I have added some of your messages at the end of
this newsletter. We do so appreciate your interest and support.
You can help us by letting us know what you need that the Website
is not giving you and by letting every Hillbilly and every Clan
you have contact with, know about our Website. Please forward
this newsletter to other cuzzins or temple members that you think
might be interested. To be successful, we need EVERYONE to know
our Website is available. PLEASE HELP!
Best regards,
Gary Schweinshaupt, Webmaster
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INTERNATIONAL HILLBILLY CONVENTION
http://www.trowel.com/hillbilly99
Sarasota, Florida
October 6-9, 1999
The Registration form is available on the Web home page, send it
on in.
Don't forget, we will have a breakfast at Sahib Shrine Temple
each morning and a free lunch each day at the Sarasota County
Fairgrounds, where all the activities are going to take
place.
There will be a ladies luncheon at Sahib Shrine Temple on Friday.
We will have a special area at the fairgrounds for the
hospitality rooms. The registration desk will be open as needed
from Wednesday at 12:00 Noon through Saturday till Noon.
Camping Committee Chairman Ed Wentzel told us he would be at the
fairgrounds on Monday for early arrivals. Come on ahead, we'll be
ready for you'all!
Pages that have been added or changed on the Hillbilly99 Website:
"Your Hillbilly99 Webmaster Recommends..."
http://www.trowel.com/hillbilly99/recommend.htm This is my
attempt to give you some recommendations on places of interest in
our city based on my wife's and myself experience with convention
going. We will try to add more to it as we think of it.
Thanks to the courtesy of Imperial Raban Jim Harris, we add:
History of the Grand & Glorious Order of the Hillbilly Degree
http://www.trowel.com/hillbilly99/history.htm
Constitution and By-Laws of
the Grand & Glorious Order of The Hillbilly Degree
http://www.trowel.com/hillbilly99/bylaws.htm
The maps http://www.trowel.com/hillbilly99/maps.htm have been
updated to show coordinates so you can tell where hotels and
venues are and all venues and locations of attractions will have
map coordinates so you can easily tell where they are. I will
probably put a simplified map of the area up, that will be easier
for you to print.
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Subject: International Hillbilly Queen
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 15:24:03 -0500
From: "Larry Phillippe" <PhilSech@email.msn.com>
Could you please make a link to my page:
http://www.geocities.com/~larryphillippe for
information that the Hillbilly Gals might use for the
International Hillbilly Queen contest. My wife (Faye
Judy-Phillippe) is the reigning Queen, and will be officiating at
the next contest.
Thanks,
Larry Phillippe
Clan 82 Outhouse 1
Guardian of the Still
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[Jim Harris is the oldest Hillbilly in membership, probably
because he wrote the Degree, obtained the copyright, obtained IRS
exemption, etc.]
Subject: Re: Hillbilly Convention
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 22:58:07 -0500
From: "Jim Harris" <jimac@wwd.net> Imperial Clan Raban
I am a rank beginner at this computer and e-mail message
business. I worked as a Professional Engineer at Armco steel
plant here for many years and had a group of about 50 assorted
Engineers working under my supervision. About 5 or 6 years before
I retired the top brass decided to put the Engineering Dept. on
computers and gave me six of them which I promptly assigned to
Engineers. I soon discovered that most of the computer time was
spent on games. I shuffled the things around and took early
retirement when the Japanese purchased half of the steel plant.
As WW2 vet with front line duty I could not work with the Japs.
So I had no computer experience Last Sept. I became fully aware
of the computer growth and purchased myself one for Christmas.
Wow! I soon found out that I had a heap of learning to do. I
concentrated on e-mail and got a fairly good handle on it.
Believe it or not, my first venture into the Internet was the
Hillbilly99 Website. That is true.
(Webmaster's Note: Imperial Raban Jim and 'Maw' confirmed they
will be with us in Sarasota for the convention).
Jim Harris wrote in the Hillbilly99 guestbook:
This WEB IS FANTASTIC! Shows what good men can do if they are
working for a good cause and enjoy it. That is what has made the
Hillbilly Degree grow like it has. You have set the
pace for all future Hillbilly Conventions.
Maw and me have attended every Convention, there are really only
two kinds; Good and Better. We have an added incentive for this
Convention; your Grand Raban of the Imperial Clan has twin great
grand children living in the area. Twin girls, that might be a
clue to my age.
The greatest achievement in my life was originating the Hillbilly
Degree. Never in my wildest dreams could I imagine what all you
fine Hillbilly nobles and gals have done with this Degree. Surely
you are the finest people in the world. Thanks to all of you. Is
the Hillbilly Degree still growing? Clan 159 in AL ASKA Temple
Anchorage, Alaska Oct. 1998 and Clan 160 in EL KARUBAH Temple
Shreveport, LA Dec. 1998. More to come.
Respect to the Crescent,
Jim Harris, Imperial Raban
Jim Harris, Raban of Imperial Clan <jimac@wwd.net>
Ashland, KY USA - Wednesday, February 24, 1999 at
18:42:18 (EST)
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Subject: Hillbilly Days 1999
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 12:33:35 -0800
From: Danny Fred Hayes <outhouse@se-tel.com>
We invite you to come to the 23rd Annual Hillbilly Days Festival
in Pikeville, Kentucky on April 15, 16, and 17 of 1999. We have
been working hard to make it better than last year.
This is one festival that you don't want to miss.
So far in planning, we have a carnival planned in the river fill
again this year, over 200+ arts and crafts booths and of course,
lots of food, traditional Bluegrass and country music
from local performers. One of which is The Mule Band with Larry
Webster.
Thursday is to be the Welcoming Ceremony at the city park from
5-6 p.m.. music from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. all three days, and
Saturday, the big parade starts lining up at 11 a.m. and steps
off around town at 2 p.m.
Come join us in the miracle of the mountains for Hillbilly Days
1999. If you have any questions on the parade, call 606-427-6950,
or 1-800-844-PIKE or visit us on the Website at
http://members.xoom.com/hillbilly or email us at
mailto:outhouse@se-tel.com
Uncle Dan
Hillbilly News Spreader
Clan 1 Outhouse #2 Pikeville, KY
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We have tried to reach the following clans with information about
the 1999 convention, but letters were returned as not
deliverable, if anyone can help us correct them, we would sure
appreciate it.
Clan 14 OH 2
Glen Edwards
294 Henryville-Bluelick Rd.
Henryville, IN 47126
Clan 1
ELHASA Hillbilly Clan 1
P.O. Box 884
Flatwoods, KY 41139
Clan 1 OH 2 ELHASA
John L,. Mauldin
P. O. Box 2223
Pikeville, Ky. 41501
Clan 8 OH 2 ALADDIN
Merle Schultheis
420 Front St.
Marietta, OH. 45750
CLAN 10 BEKTASH
Hillbilly Clan No. 10
R. R. 2 Box 7
Woodsville, NH 03785-9506
Clan 14 OH 2
Glen Edwards
294 Henryville-Bluelick Rd.
Henryville, IN 47126
Clan 48 HASAN
Hillbilly Clan 48
Albany, GA 31702
Clan 50 TRIPOLI
Wisconsin Badger Clan 50
Menomonee Falls, WI 53052
Clan 61 ISIS
c/o Isis Temple
P.O. Box 2778
Salina, KS 67402
Clan 61 OH 1 ISIS
W. Duane Nye
P.O. Box 394
Colby, KS 67701
Clan 75 OH 3 ZENOBIA
Bob Hileman
Box 285 RR 2
Ohio City, OH 45874
Clan 82 OH 2 OMAR
Ronald Thompson
105 Six Iron Drive
Summerville, SC 29483
Clan 86 TEHAMA
Hillbilly Clan No. 86
P.O. Box 91
Hastings, NE 68902
Clan 109 YAARAB
James R. Flanagan
P.O. Box 2874
Atlanta, GA 30301
Clan 130 SAHARA
Jim Hood
4701 N. Rockwood Dr.
Pine Bluff, AK 71603
Clan 147 BEKTASH
White Mountain Korn Huskers
Claude L. Gadwah
R.R. 2 Box 70
Whitefield, NH 03598
The following has moved and
forwarding address has expired.
Ambassador Clan 82
Omar Temple
Jim Hady
311 Dimmit
Corpus Christi, TX 78418
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Subject: FW: Enjoy
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 13:31:49 -0500
From: Ron McLeod <k1ftb@ewol.com>
Check out this Red Neck poetry.
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From: Kermit Baker <kbbaker@home.com>
To: Ron McLeod <k1ftb@ewol.com>
Subject: Enjoy
This was too good (bad?) not to share!
Kudzu is green, my dog's name is Blue
And I'm so lucky to have a sweet thang like you.
Yore hair is like cornsilk A-flapping in the breeze.
Softer than Blue's And without all them fleas.
You move like the bass, Which excite me in May.
You ain't got no scales But I luv you anyway.
You're as graceful as okry Jist a-dancin' in the pan.
Yo're as fragrant as SunDrop Right out of the can.
You have all yore teeth, For which I am proud;
I hold my head high When we're in a crowd.
On special occasions, When you shave yore armpits,
Well, I'm in hawg heaven, I'm plumb outta my wits.
Still them fellers at work They all want to know,
What I did to deserve Such a purty, young doe.
Like a good roll of duct tape Yo're there fer yore man,
To patch up life's troubles And stick 'em in the can.
Yo're as strong as a four-wheeler Racin' through the mud,
Yet fragile as that sanger Named Naomi Judd.
Yo're as cute as a junebug A-buzzin' overhead.
You ain't mean like no fire ant Upon which I tread.
Cut from the best pattern Like a flannel shirt of plaid,
You sparked up my life Like a Rattletrap shad.
When you hold me real tight Like a padded gunrack,
My life is complete; Ain't nuttin' I lack.
Yore complexion, it's perfection, Like the best vinyl sidin'.
Despite all the years, Yore age, it keeps hidin'.
And when you get old Like a '67 Chevy,
Won't put you on blocks And let grass grow up heavy.
Me 'n' you's like a Moon Pie With a RC cold drank,
We go together Like a skunk goes with stank.
Some men, they buy chocolate For Valentine's Day;
They git it at Wal-Mart, It's romantic that way.
Some men git roses On that special day
>From the cooler at Kroger. "That's impressive," I say.
Some men buy fine diamonds From a flea market booth.
"Diamonds are forever," They explain, suave and couth.
But for this man, honey, These will not do.
For you are too special, You sweet thang you.
I got you a gift, Without taste nor odor,
Better than diamonds it's a new trollin' motor!
Author Unknown
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Subject: Hillbilly Clip Art
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 08:59:56 -0800
From: "Stanley B. Miller" <flymiller@mindspring.com>
Hello Cuzin's
I am from the Sudan Hillbilly Clan # 58. I am wondering if you by
chance have any "HILLBILLY CLIP ART" available?
Yes, I am looking for some to help some decor to various
Hillbilly documents.
If you have it for sale, or possibly tell me where I can download
it, I would surely appreciate it.
Thanks,
Stanley Miller, Raban,
Hillbilly Clan # 58
Honor the Cob
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Subject: Masonic Campground
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 06:13:02 EST
From: Cuznzelda2@aol.com
I thought it might be a good idea if you could tell RV'ers who
are coming to the convention about the campground, since all of
them are Masons. Here goes:
The name of the park is "Masonic Park & Youth Camp". It is about
35 Miles south of Tampa, on Highway 30, located at Wimauma, FL,
which is 3 miles south of Sun City Center. It would
only be about a 30-minute drive into Sarasota.
The rates are $210.00 per month, and I think it is $8.00 per
night. There are no sewer hook-ups, but there is a dump station
in the park, or they do come around on Tuesdays and
Thursdays and pump for you at a cost of $5.00. You feel very
secure in the park, because everyone is "one big, happy family".
If you need further information, let me know soon, because we
leave tomorrow morning, and do not have E-mail down there.
Sincerely,
Mabel Ruth Johnson
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Subject: Sadie Hawkins Day Dance
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 17:03:38 EST
From: Tom McVey <Dodymcvey@aol.com>
HI COUSENS Hillbilly Clan #45 is going to have a Sadie Hawkins
Day Dance on Sat. March 27 at the ARABA Shrine, Ft. Myers. I
would like to have any information and ideas on the
Sadie Hawkins Day Dance that you or anyone else may have.
Tom McVey
Reban of the Clan
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Subject: Technology for Country Folk
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 15:59:36 EST
From: Cuznzelda2@aol.com
Technology for Country Folk
LOG ON: Makin a wood stove hotter.
LOG OFF: Don't add no more wood.
MONITOR: Keepin an eye on the wood stove.
DOWNLOAD: Gettin the farwood off the truck.
MEGA HERTZ: When yer not careful gettin the farwood.
FLOPPY DISC: Whatcha git from tryin to carry too much farwood.
RAM: That thar thing whut splits farwood.
HARD DRIVE: Gettin home in the winter time.
PROMPT: Whut the mail ain't in the winter time.
WINDOWS: Whut to shet when it's cold outside.
SCREEN: Whut to shet when it's blak fly seasin.
BYTE: Whut dem dang flys do.
CHIP: Munchies for the T.V.
MICROCHIP: Whut's in the bottom of the munchie bag.
MODEM: whatcha do to the hay fields.
DOT MATRIX: Old Dan Matrix's wife.
LAPTOP: Whar the kitty sleeps.
KEYBOARD: Whar ya hang the keys.
SOFTWARE: Them plastic forks and knifs.
MOUSE: Whut ets the grain in the barn.
MAIN FRAME: Holds up the barn ruf.
PORT: Fancy Flatlander wine.
ENTER: Northerner talk fer,C'Mon in ya'll.
RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY: When ya cain't 'member whut ya paid fer the
rifle when yore wife asks.
MOUSE PAD: That's hippie talk fer the rat hole.
That's all for now!!
Cuzzin Zelda
Smokey Mountain Clan #24 in Knoxville, TN