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OFFICERS OF CHAPTER @27 2007-2008
PRESIDENT Larry Olson
1ST V.P. Virginia Gagnon
2ND V.P. Ron Wahlstrom
3RD V.P
GRD.BD.DIR. Jodi Carson
SECRETARY CONNIE RATLIFF
TREASURER PAT FOX
HISTORIAN DAWN RATLIFF
SGT-AT-ARMS ROBERT JOHNSON
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
WELCOME TO OGDEN GOLDEN SPOKE CHAPTER #27. WE ARE LOCATED IN THE TOP OF UTAH NEAR SALT LAKE CITY. THE CITY AND SURROUNDING COUNTY IS HOME TO APPROXIMATELY 300,000 PEOPLE AND IS THE HEADQUARTERS FOR MANY CORPORATIONS AND WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY WHICH IS HOME TO ABOUT 17000 STUDENTS.
OUR ORGANIZATION WAS FORMED IN 1949 AND WAS THE 27TH CHAPTER IN THIS ORGANIZATION. WE HOLD MONTHLY BOARD MEETINGS THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH IN THE FOE (EAGLES) HOME LOCATED AT 9TH AND WALL AVENUE. WE CONDUCT GENERAL MEETING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE INVITE ALL MEMBERS OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY AND OTHERS WHO ARE SUPPORTERS OF LAW AND ORDER AND THE US CONSTITUTIONT TO JOIN. WE DON'T IN ANY WAY PROMOTE ANY POLITICAL AGENDA. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A GREAT GROUP TO SUPPORT AND JOIN, PLEASESEE THE HOME PAGE FOR AN APPLICATION. DUES IN OUR CHAPTER ARE CURRENTLY $25/YEAR WITH A PARTIALLY FUNDED MEAL IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER FOR ALL CURRENTLY PAID UP MEMBERS. OTHER CHAPTERS HAVE THIER OWN DUES STRUCTURE AND YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED UPON ACCEPTANCE TO THIER RESPECTIVE CHAPTERS.
WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN OUR CHAPTER AND MINGLE WITH A FUN GROUP OF PEOPLE OF ALL WALKS OF LIFE.
HISTORY
GOLDEN SPIKE CHAPTER #27 WAS FORMED AND INCORPORATED IN THE STATE OF UTAH, CITY OF OGDEN IN OCTOBER 1949. IT WAS THE 27TH CHAPTER TO RECEIVE THE APPROVAL FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS. MEMBERSHIP VARIES FROM THE ORIGINAL 27 TO THE CURRENT 70+ MEMBERS. IT IS ACTIVE PROMOTING FUN AND VARIED ACTIVITIES TO THE LAW AND CIVILIAN SECTORS. DONATION ARE MADE TO COPS-KIDS AND CHRISTMAS, MENTAL AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPED, SHRINERS CRIPPLED CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, YOUTH HOMES, OGDEN RESCUE MISSION AND OTHERS AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MAY SEE FIT. THE CHAPTER IS FINANCIALLY SOUND BY HOLDING VARIOUS FUND RAISING ENDEAVORS AND BY THE PRUDENT EXPENDITURE OF THESE FUNDS. MEMBERSHIP IS EXTENDED TO ALL WHO SHARE OUR GOALS TO UPHOLD THE LAWS OF THE STATE AND NATION. DUES ARE A PALTRY $25/YEAR WITH A PARTIALLY FUNDED DINNER THROWN IN TO ALL WHO ARE PAID UP MEMBERS PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER OF EACH YEAR.
PAST PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTER#27
1949-1950 MAURICE SCHOOFF 1965-1966 VERN BUTCHER
1950-1951 JOHN BULL 1966-1967 HAROLD PRICE
1951-1952 RAY CLAWSON 1967-1968 GEORGE FOX
1952-1953 HEINE WAGNER 1968-1969 ALDO DECORSO
1953-1954 LEROY HADLEY 1969-1970 PARLEY NORSETH
1954-1955 MATT EDEL 1970-1971 LEROY JACOBSON
1955-1956 CHARLIE PETTIT 1971-1972 AQUILA NEBEKER
1956-1957 MARCUS EVANS 1972-1973 VANCE TAMS
1957-1958 OTTO HENDERSON 1973-1974 HAROLD POWELL
1958-1959 FERRIN LARKIN 1974-1975 CHARLES KELLEY
1959-1960 WALLACE FELLER 1975-1976 ERIC SPEECHLEY
1960-1961 JACK LYONS 1976-1977 NICK BABILIS
1961-1962 JOHN ROSS 1977-1978 SIDNEY HAYES
1962-1963 MARK TILLOTSON 1978-1979 MARVIN CASTEEL
1963-1964 FERRIN LARKIN 1979-1980 LARRY THOMAS
1964-1965 BOB EKSTROM 1980-1981 TOM KINOMOTO
LOCAL PRESIDENTS FROM 1981 TO PRESENT
1981-1982 BEN RUDD
1982-1983 KEITH DALEY
1983-1984 LOWELL FOX
1984-1985 GEORGE FISHER
1985-1986 GLEN HANSEN
1986-1987 PETE BOAM (PAST NATIONAL PRESIDENT)
1987-1988 BOB HUMPHREYS
1988-1989 SAM VANDERHYDE
1989-1990 ROBERT JOHNSON
1990-1991 CHARLES JOHNSON JR.
1991-1992 RONALD JOHNSON
1992-1993 RONALD JOHNSON
1993-1994 RUTH THOMAS
1994-1995 BETTY JOHNSON
1995-1996 WILLIAM "BILL' ARNOLD (PAST NATIONAL PRESIDENT)
1996-1997 CRAIG CARSON
1997-1998 KENT ARAVE-2001
1998-1999 DAVE LARGE
1999-2000 CONNIE RATLIFF
2000-2001 MARIO ZAMPEDRI
2001-2002 TRACY WILKINSON
2002-2003 ROBERT JOHNSON
2003-2004 ROBERT JOHNSON
2004-2005 RAY BERTOLDI
2005-2006 GINA VIGOR
2006-2007 JODINE CARSON