The SBTC/USA Club Bulletin No. 14
August 4, 1971
Notary Public Marvin Green's sworn statement on the outcome of the election is enclosed. Briefly, Al Brown of Phoenix is the new President, Joe Orday of Sebring, Florida, is the new Vice-President, Steve Stone of Bellevue, Nebraska, is the Secretary, Sam Farris of Birmingham, Alabama, is the Treasurer, and Sally Bichel of Omaha, Nebraska, Frank McNolty of Sunnyvale, California, and Pete Sparks of Starke, Florida, are the Directors. Most areas of the United States are represented, a nice geographical spread. The Notary mailed out 74 ballots; one was returned Unclaimed from a vacation address and one non-owning Member declined to vote on grounds of non-ownership. Thus, 51 ballots out of a possible 72 were returned, making a 71 percent voting record, which must surely be considered an overwhelming mandate.
Also enclosed is the updated Membership List, superceding former ones. Ten new Members have joined since ballots were sent out. They are: Lawrence Antonio, Ralph Beach, Howard Benson, Mary Bernady, James Boggs, William Heitert, Bush Jackson, John La Boda, Dudley Morgan, and Del Stites - all of them owners. Complete addresses are listed, and we welcome them heartily into our ranks. (Please forgive faulty alphabetizing in the "C's" and please send updates or corrections to the Secretary).
Another enclosure is a newspaper article from The Record of Park Ridge, New Jersey, about Ed Rowland's Milgarth Powerpack ("Rusty") and about Staffords in general. Incidentally, early word is that more than half a dozen families have pledged to attend the Rally at Ed's home on August 8th, so any Eastern fanciers who might be undecided as yet can bank on being warmly received. Members might like to use the enclosed article as a kind of format if and when they have a chance to get their own Staffords into the local press.
William Heitert of Omaha became acquainted with the Breed almost by chance and quickly lost his heart to Pacific's Lockjaw Hammerhead By Ironies ("Brick"), an excellent 3½ month old brindle dog pup bred by Dick Ettress of Gardena, California; however, he did express some perhaps understandable reservations about how well the new pup would get along with his children's guinea pigs. Not only does Brick get along with them, but when they go into their cages he sticks his paws between the bars and scratches their backs. And they love it. By contrast, however, Sally Bichel's recent litter in Omaha went out into her back yard one morning when they were six weeks old and three of them returned carrying a very-much-worse-for-the-wear garter snake! Jim Gray of Coralville, Iowa, reports that his yearling bitch Bearcats Bellefire ("Tippy") is doing extremely well in training to be a dry-land retriever just as her great-great-great grandfather Buller of Looe did for Tom Wall in pre-war England.
Tom Stuckey of New Orleans had a flea problem with his litter and he solved it by using Baby Oil! In his own words: "I tried it this morning, and it works. I don't believe it kills them on contact, even though they do look dead. What I think happens is that it makes their legs stick together which incapacitates them. It also coats their abdomens, covering their respiratory openings, and suffocates them. At any rate, it gets rid of them and is harmless to the pups and the mother... I saturated each pup's neck all the way around which means that the fleas will have to crawl through it when they move toward the head to drink from the eyes, nose, and mouth (something they must do at least once every 24 hours). It worked for me, so I thought I would pass it on."
An announcement by the American Kennel Club concerning the acceptance of the Staffordshire Bull Terrier into the AKC Miscellaneous Class is expected within two or three months. This would mean that Stafford owners would be allowed to apply for an Indefinite Listing Privilege and then show their Staffords in the Misc. Class at AKC shows. No points towards Championships are awarded in the Misc. Class, but it would put our dogs for the first time before the American public and may eventually lead to full recognition and AKC registration. In order to avoid confusion at a later date regarding the now-separate Stud Books of the California and Nebraska-based Clubs, efforts are being made to ameliorate the situation that has existed for the past year. A progress report will appear in the next Bulletin, early September.
No new litters at the moment, following the rash of Spring litters with an inordinate preponderance of dog pups, but Tom Stuckey in Louisiana and Bob Lee in Oregon still have a couple of youngsters left, both sexes. Nevertheless, no less than five Members owning yearling bitches have already indicated their firm intention of producing (first) litters this Fall. More power to them.
The Secretary has been in touch with his good friends in Finland, Cohn and Kirsti Smith, and there is an excellent chance that they will visit the US next spring or summer. In that event, the SBTC/USA will organize several shows for them to judge as Cohn is a Championship judge in England for Staffords and so is Kirsti in Finland, both thus being fully qualified specialist judges for our Breed. More of this anon.
The Secretary is still taking orders for autographed copies of Mr. John F. Gordon's three Breed books at $2.00, $5.00, and $6.50, respectively, and for handsome English handmade collars at $8.00 apiece in addition to subscriptions to The Stafford magazine published quarterly in England at $2.00 per annum, dealing in Stafford news from all over the world. This is a non-profit service for Members only.
Election Results
LAW OFFICES
ROBERT W. GREEN
214 SWANSON BUILDING
8401 WEST DODGE ROAD
OMAHA, NEBRASKA 68114
TELEPHONE 393-8400
ROBERT W. GREEN
MARVIN L. GREEN
Of COUNSEL
ELEANOR KNOLL SWANSON
LARRY W. MYERS
I hereby certify that I mailed election ballots to 74 members of The Staffordshire Bull Terrier Club of The U.S.A. and received 51 ballots by return mail. The results of the election are as follows:
| SBTCA/USA Office | Candidate | Vote total |
|---|---|---|
| President: | Al Brown | 30 |
| Jim DeGroff | 19 | |
| Vice President: | Joe Orday | 30 |
| Peter LaPaglia | 10 | |
| Jim Wesley | 8 | |
| Secretary: | Steve Stone | 49 |
| Treasurer: | Sam Farris | 47 |
| Directors: | Frank McNolty | 24 |
| Pete Sparks | 24 | |
| Sally Bichel | 18 | |
| Buddy Beale | 3 | |
| Preston Cook | 9 | |
| Atch Hott | 6 | |
| John Jefferies | 12 | |
| Mrs. F. Katz | 10 | |
| Bob Lee | 14 | |
| Larry McAdams | 7 | |
| Dale McKown | 12 |
I hereby certify that these are the true and actual results of the election.
August 4, 1971
M. L. Green
Notary Public
| Membership List August 1, 1971 |
|---|
| *Lawrence Antonio, California |
| *Ralph Beach, Nebraska |
| Buddy Beal, Nevada |
| *Howard Benson, Minnesota |
| *Mary Bernady, Nebraska |
| **Sally Bichel, Nebraska |
| *James E. Boggs, Nebraska |
| Roy Brewer, California |
| **A1 Brown, Arizona |
| Helen K. Brown, Arizona |
| Mrs. Henry Carlson, California |
| Barry Crowe, California |
| **Jack Crowther, California |
| Andrew Craik, New Jersey |
| **P.M. Cooke, Canada |
| **Preston Cook, Jr., Massachusetts |
| **Nick Davlantes, Illinois |
| John Day, Arizona |
| Jim DeGroff Florida |
| Mrs. Frank De Legge, Illinois |
| **Dick Ettress, California |
| **Sam Farris, Alabama |
| Robert Fidler, Texas |
| Ed Findlay, Ohio |
| Ray Garverick, Ohio |
| Jim Gray, Iowa |
| Marvin Green, Nebraska |
| Benjamin Greshin, New York |
| *William Heitert, Nebraska |
| John Herbine, Pennsylvania |
| Atch Hott, California |
| **Bush Jackson, Arkansas |
| John Jefferies, Connecticut |
| Bill Johnston, Virginia |
| Levy Jones, Minnesota |
| Benjamin Katz, Pennsylvania |
| John Kielian, Nebraska |
| *John La Boda, Ohio |
| H.L. Lackey, North Carolina |
| Peter La Paglia, Maryland |
| **Bob Lee, Oregon |
| **D.L. Lewis, California |
| John Lloyd, Alabama |
| Joan Lyman, Massachusetts |
| Walter Mack, New Jersey |
| *Dudley Morgan, New York |
| Reg Morgan, New York |
| **Robert Murphy, California |
| Lawrence McAdams, Massachusetts |
| **Dale McKown, Arizona |
| Frank McNolty, California |
| **Joe Orday, Florida |
| Frank W. Parker, North Carolina |
| Reid Randall, North Carolina |
| Jack Reuting, Nebraska |
| George Riggs, Maryland |
| **Stan Rosenfield, Nebraska |
| Ed Rowland, New Jersey |
| Inez Sako, Michigan |
| Bob Sarafin, Ohio |
| Wenda Sindlar, Ohio |
| J.M. Shea, Nebraska |
| Howard Sholl, Nebraska |
| **Don Smith, California |
| Pete Sparks, Florida |
| *Del Stites, Nebraska |
| **Doug Stone, Texas |
| **Steve Stone, Nebraska |
| **Tom Stuckey, Louisiana |
| **Ambassador J. Fife Symington, Jr., Trinidad and Tobago |
| Daryl Ward, Louisiana |
| **Sid Ward, Iowa |
| Dorothy Wendell, Arizona |
| **Jim Wesley, Ohio |
| * designates new Member |
| ** designates experienced and active breeder of Staffords |