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| Above, Dave Nicholson and yours truly at Pioneer Cemetery in Sylmar last year. |
The Los Angeles Times posted an article yesterday on the Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus.
In reading the article, it strikes me as odd that the Times didn't mention the fact that there's an active ECV chapter in Los Angeles County (the Times' home area), Platrix Chapter No. 2, and that they have plaques in L.A. County that includes one for Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
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| Above, the Godzilla plaque at Frank del Olmo Elementary School in Los Angeles. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
I guess we can't have everything.
Still, it is nice that they gave ECV a write-up.
It begins with:
Everyone had forgotten about the Butt Lake Dinky by the time workers in 1996 dredged up the rusty H.K. Porter steam locomotive that had been submerged in a reservoir for eight decades.
That lack of remembrance didn’t sit right with the Order of E Clampus Vitus, a men’s fraternal organization with chapters scattered around Gold Country. They commemorated the teeny train with a bronze plaque.
From his perch at the Plumas Club, a dive bar that serves as his chapter’s de facto headquarters, Ron “Right-On” Oxley swirled a vodka and cranberry juice and tried to sum up his often misunderstood group.
“A lot of people get confused and think we’re a bunch of drunkards,” said the resident of Quincy, a small mining town. “We’re actually a nonprofit historical organization.”
America is full of memorials for epic battles and soaring monuments and somber cradles of famous historical figures. The men of E Clampus Vitus — a.k.a. the Clampers — don’t bother with those.
“We believe in the absurd,” said Gene Koen, a Clamper from Oroville.
To read the full article, go here.
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