Where`s The Party? - Hillbilly PHC Hang Out

The Hillbilly ParrotHead Club’s
OCTOBER 2013
Proud Golden Coconut Winners 2007
“Charley” Gingrow
Editor
Visit Us On Line At www.hillbillyphc.com
FROM THE SCROLLS OF FRIAR BUCK
Hello Parrot Heads!!
I hope everyone is enjoying the fall cool down.
Halloween is just around the corner and so is Meeting of the
Minds! Several of our crew will be heading to the islands at
the end of this month for the biggest party of the year. One
week of music, cool drinks, seeing our old friends and meeting
new friends. Don’t forget about the sunny beaches!! Be sure
and catch the November social for “Oh the stories we will
tell”.
Saturday October 5th we will be cooking for the RMD house
with a social to follow. We will be e-mailing out location of
the social soon. Tim Lovejoy needs 2-3 people to help with
the cook team. Contact him or me if you can help. His email
address is: jollymon08@yahoo.com
For the Key West crew Joe and Charley Gingrow will be hosting a get-together on Saturday, October 19th to discuss our
party strategy for the islands and check out our costumes for
Halloween. All club members are invited!! We will start
around 6 and if you need directions e-mail her. Her email is
Qnofsmwrhot@yahoo.com
Everyone, please mark your calendars for Wednesday, November 13th. My daughter Ashley and I will be doing celebrity bartending at Stateline Bar in Bristol, TN. Be take over
the bar between 5-8 pm. Also there will be a raffle
prize. All of our bartending tips that night go to the Make a
Wish Foundation. If anyone would like to help, please
e-mail me. My email address is:
tbtbolling@gmail.com
That's all for now Parrot Heads!!
Friar Buck
Where’s The
Party?
Ronald
McDonald
Cook
October 5th
***
JOIN US
FOR A
PHLOCKING
GOOD TIME!!
If We Couldn’t Laugh...
THE BAR ...
It was Halloween and three vampires went into a saloon and walked up to the
bar.
"What will you have?" the bartender asked.
"I'll have a glass of blood," the first replied.
"I'll have a glass of blood, too, please," said the second.
"I'll have a glass of plasma," said the third.
"OK, let me get this straight," the bartender said.
"That'll be two bloods and a blood light?"
The Hillbilly Parrot Head Club
2013 Officers & Contact Info
Inside this issue:
Pages 2-3
Club Members Info
Pg 3
PRESIDENT: Terry Bolling,
email: tbtbolling@gmail.com
Pg 4
UPDATED Fall Calendar
Pg. 6
Key West History
VICE-PRESIDENT: John
Angelopoulos, email:
Pg. 8
HBPHC Club Classifieds
Pg.10
HBPHC Membership App.
greatgrek@charter.net
SECRETARY: Linda
Bolling, email:
lbolling5@gmail.com
TREASURER: Margaret
Sells, email:
margaret_easttn@yahoo.com
NEWSLETTER EDITOR:
Charley Gingrow,
Qnofsmwrhot@yahoo.com
ESTABLISHED
PHiP CHAPTER
SINCE 2001
CLUB WEBSITE:
www.hillbillyphc.com
CLUB EMAIL:
hbphcmembers@gmail.com
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Editor’s Note: If you have an article of
interest, HBPHC Member Happy
Announcement or a good joke you would
like to share with the membership, please
email Qnofsmwrhot@yahoo.com by the
25th of each month and we’ll include them
in the next issue.
HILLBILLY LADIES COMPETE IN FIRST EVER
OCTOBERFEST IDIOTAROD !!
THE RACE: The 1st Annual
Octoberfest Idiotard 2013
THE CHALLENGE: Race a 5K
with a Shopping Cart. Race course
with obstacle course challenges
THE GOAL: Don’t Die!!
HBPHC Member Shira Evans received an invitation to put a 5
member team together to participate in the First Annual Octoberfest, Tennessee Idiotarod” in
Kingsport, TN.
The race would be held on September 28th, 2013.
What is an Idiotarod you ask?
The Tennessee Idiotarod is a shopping cart race in which teams of
five “idiots” grab onto or tie themselves to a (sometimes modified)
grocery store shopping cart and
run through the streets of Kingsport. The race usually features
people in costumes and themed
carts. It’s a lot of crazy fun and
unique in it is also a Food Drive
with a percentage of the proceeds
going to the 2nd Harvest Food
Bank. It’s the most fun you’re going to have giving back!
The Hillbilly Parrot Head Team
was made up of: Shira Evans,
Margaret Sells, Linda Bolling,
Charley Gingrow and Sonya
Grubb. We were the women of
awesome at that race.
Our theme was a rolling Tiki Bar.
Our costumes were hand made
parrot suits and hats designed by
Margaret Sells & Charley (aka
Lucy & Ethel).
We had three weeks to get our cart
converted to Tiki Awesome and
finish sewing the costumes.
After a few adult beverages brain
storm meetings we got to work!!
Everyone had assignments!
The Cart was a labor of love &
worked upon by Terry, Linda,
Margaret, Joe, Charley and Shira.
Our cart was on loan to us by
Kroger (Johnson City).
The costumes were designed by
Margaret Sells and she completed
five wonderful costumes that received rave reviews by the Race
officials and other competing
teams.
We tied club HBPHC business
cards on beads & they were distributed to the spectator crowd on
Saturday afternoon by the best
Athletic Supporters around.
The team was fed by Sonya
Grubb, Olive Garden. Go by & eat
at her OG in Kingsport, TN.
A HUGE THANKS TO KATHLEEN HOLBROOK, TERRY
BOLLING and JOE GINGROW
for giving out beads, taking photos
and giving up precious “Beir Garden time to support us throughout
the day!!
The race start was delayed due to
the fact it was being filmed for a
possible TV Pilot. Our Master of
ceremonies was Ben Bailey (of
Cash Cab & Comedy Central
Stand Up fame).
Once we got off the
start line the race
was on and the
challenge wasn’t
only pushing the
cart but also running through water
balloons, pool noodles, playing beer
pong, running
through tires, propelling the cart off
a ramp, tossing and
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carrying greased pumpkins … all
just to acquire challenge cards all
along the route.
How did we do? We finished dead
last but we weren’t that far behind
the other teams. ALL of our competitors (who were much younger
than us) were also exhausted by
race end.
We did win an award (all awards/
trophies are recycled objects).
What we really gained that day
was the knowledge we could compete in something so strenuous but
come across the finish line laughing & feeling like we’d just completed the Boston Marathon.
Best of all …
We didn’t die!!
From The
Tankard of
Friar Buck
To The Home of Joe & Charley Gingrow
IT’S THE ANNUAL “BEFORE WE
GO TO MOTM” PARTY!!
SATURDAY,OCTOBER
19th, 6PM
Black Devil
Martini
WHAT TO BRING:
•
A FINGER FOOD (We’re serving chili)
Ingredients:
•
JACKETS (We’ll have a Fire Pit if weather permits)
2 oz. Rum
•
BYOB (Bring your own beverage of choice)
•
FOLDING CHAIRS
1/2 oz Dry Vermouth
Black Olive
Orange Sugar
Directions:
Mix first two ingredients in
a shaker with ice. Rim Martini glass with orange sugar
(Orange sugar is granulated
sugar with orange food coloring added). Strain shaken
mix into glass. Add olive.
KICK
BACK &
ENJOY!!
Friar Buck
ALL HBPHC MEBERS ARE WELCOME WHETHER YOU
ARE ATTENDING MOTM OR NOT!!
RSVP BY OCT. 15th TO
hbphcmembers@gmail.com
INVITE YOUR
FRIENDS TO A HBPHC
SOCIAL OR MEETING
ANYTIME!!
***
WE LOVE TO MEET
NEW PEOPLE WITH A
CARIBBEAN SOUL !!!
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Public Gets First Look As Shelter Opening Date Nears
EDITOR’S NOTE: After many
years of volunteering to spruce up
the old Elizabethton/Carter
County Animal Shelter, assisting
at Chili Cook Offs and other Animal Shelter benefits, HBPHC
members are proud to have
helped in making the new shelter
a reality!
We would like to also acknowledge HBPHC members John &
Julia Bland who had visions of a
better place for those furry
friends in need of a good home
until adoption. Their hard work &
dedication brought the new shelter to fruition. BRAVO to you
both!!
The Following Article
By Ashley Rader, Elizabethton
Star
After years of planning and fundraising, the new Elizabethton/
Carter County Animal Shelter is
near completion and could be
ready for use in October.
A grand-opening Open House
was held for the shelter Saturday
afternoon, with the public invited
to tour the shelter to see the progress on the facility.
“We are really excited to be at
this point,” said shelter manager
April Jones.
Work toward the new shelter began in 2008 with the formation of
the building committee. Several
fundraisers and other drives were
held to raise money for the project.
Two years ago, the city and the
county agreed to a joint-funding
proposal for the shelter and a new
site for the shelter was chosen on
Sycamore Shoals Drive near the
current animal shelter.
The new shelter is a 2,724square-foot building, with concrete block walls on a concrete
foundation. The shelter has a
large dog kennel area with kennels on each side with a six-foot
space in the middle. The kennels
have an indoor and an outdoor
space. Two of the dog kennels are
double-sized kennels that will be
used for mother dogs with puppies or multiple dogs that get
along.
There is a concrete slab in the rear
of the building to add outdoor
kennels, which will be needed
before the shelter can move to its
new location.
“We don’t know exactly when
we can move in,” Jones said. “We
hope that we can come to the new
shelter in October. We have a few
more kennels to build in the back
so that there will be enough space
for the dogs, and we have some
other
equipment
that needs to
be brought
over from the
current
shelter.”
A FEW PICTURE SHARES FROM COLOR ME RAD 2013 …
Didn’t Volunteer?? You’ll be able to again next year! Watch For Next Year’s Date Announcement!!
THANK YOU MARGARET SELLS FOR
COORDINATING THIS FUN EVENT!!
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This Month in Keys History ...
COUNT VON COSEL
AND HIS IMMORTAL
LOVE
(Many of you have read the book
Von Cosel & have remarked what
a great true story to be shared at
Halloween. Once again we are
sharing with our new members a
glimpse at Carl Von Cosel & his
obsession with Elena Hoyos ..
Even after the grave was sealed)
…
During the Great Depression,
Count Carl Von Cosel, a fiftysome years old German immigrant
worked as a civilian x-ray technician at the U. S. Marine hospital in
Key West. Actually he was not a
count and his real name was Carl
Tanzler but he did come from Germany where his ex-wife and two
daughters lived.
While working in the Marine hospital he met a 22-year old patient
named Elena Hoyos. She was a
beautiful young Cuban girl who
had been an entertainer until contracting tuberculosis. Von Cosel
fell in love with Elena even though
she consistently resisted his advances. By her x-ray reports Von
Cosel knew that Elena only had a
short time to live. He convinced
the young patient that he could
cure her with a special x-ray machine combined with daily doses
of a certain tonic made from gold
and water.
But in a short time Elena’s disease
progressed and eventually led to
her death. She was first buried in a
common grave but the despondent
Von Cosel obtained approval from
her family to move her body to a
nice stone mausoleum. During the
move he found that Elena’s body
had never been embalmed and was
in a horrible state of decay. Von
Cosel hired a local mortician to
clean and fix-up the body before
placing it in the new tomb. What the
family did not know was that Von
Cosel had the only key to the crypt.
Von Cosel became so obsessed with
his morbid love affair that he secretly visited Elena every night
bringing gifts and flowers, and according to some accounts, he installed a telephone in her tomb so
he could talk with her. He believed
that she could communicate with
him through voice and song.
After two years Von Cosel removed
Elena’s remains from her tomb and
took them to a make-shift laboratory he had built inside the wingless
fuselage of an old airplane behind
the Marine hospital. There he began
work on Elena’s corpse by wiring it
together and using wax, plaster of
paris, and glass eyes to restore her
to “life.” He dressed Elena in a
wedding dress and often slept with
her as his wife. To keep her body
preserved he rubbed on various oils,
chemicals and perfume to mask the
odor of decomposition.
Local folks became a little suspicious when Von Cosel kept buying
perfume and women’s clothing and
a paper boy reported that he had
seen Von Cosel through a window
dancing with a big doll and began
the gossip that Elena’s corpse was
inside his house. Elena’s sister Nana
demanded that Von Cosel tell her
the truth about the rumors. Reluctantly, he agreed to show Nana her
dead sister’s corpse all dressed in a
wedding gown and propped-up in a
chair. That was it; Nana immediately went to the police.
Count Von Cosel was arrested and
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charged with grave robbing and
abusing a corpse. He was convicted
of grave robbery, but by the time
the case went to trial the statute of
limitations had expired and no sentence was imposed. During the trial
what really outraged the judge was
when Von Cosel asked if he could
have Elena’s body back!
Because there had been so much
publicity about the case that officials decided to put Elena’s corpse
on public display at the local funeral home so the curious could
view it. Afterwards Elena’s remains
were put into a metal box and buried in a secret location.
Von Cosel left town and for the
next decade he resided in Zephyrhills where he died in 1952. It was
later learned that Von Cosel had
made and secretly kept a death
mask of his former bride of death.
FROM THE
PARROT HEAD
BOOKSHELF …
The Lost Diary
Of Count Von
Cosel
Carl Von
Cosel (Author)
David L. Sloan
IV (Introduction)
In this chilling memoir, Von
Cosel reveals the spirits of ancestors who guided him, conversations with Elena's ghost, detailed
accounts of his attempts to reconstruct and revive her and the truth
about their postmortem wedding.
A great follow up book to Von
Costel by Tom Swicegood ...
THE PHIP
NATIONAL
DISCOUNT
PROGRAM
Aloha Parrot Heads ...
In our never-ending quest to
provide substance and value
to Parrot Head Club Members, your PHiP Board
is pleased to announce a new
member benefit.
All members in good standing of a sanctioned PHC will
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You'll enjoy 24-hour online
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See our 2013 MOTM Convention Guide Ad for details
(Pictured Right)
Stay tuned for more details on
this exciting new PHiP Perk
for Parrot Heads!
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Director of Membership
PHiP, Inc.
BECAUSE PHIP/HBPHC CLUB
MEMBERSHIP HAS IT’S PRIVILEGES !!
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Pumpkin Bread Recipe
INGREDIENTS:
•
2 teaspoons salt
•
3 cups white sugar
•
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
•
4 eggs
•
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
•
2/3 cup water
•
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
•
2 teaspoons baking soda
•
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
•
1 teaspoon baking powder
•
1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
•
1 teaspoon ground allspice
•
1 cup vegetable oil
DIRECTIONS:
•
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 7 x 3 inch loaf pans.
•
Mix oil, sugar, and eggs together in a large bowl. Mix in pumpkin puree and water. Stir together flour,
soda, baking powder, salt, and spices. Add to the pumpkin mixture, and mix until just combined. Stir in
nuts and raisins. Divide batter into prepared pans.
•
Bake for 1 hour. Cool on wire racks.
CRAZY FALL FUN HBPHC EVENTS
•
OCTOBER 5th- Ronald McDonald Cook Team
(Social Follows - Social Location TBA)
•
OCTOBER 19th – PRE– MOTM Party
•
NOVEMBER 13th - CELEBRITY BARTENDTING, State Line Bar, Bristol, TN 5pm -8pm
MORE DATES TBA:
November Social (Date to be announced due to 1st Friday is during MOTM)
Ronald McDonald House Needs Collection
Possible Date for the HILLBILLY PH CHRISTMAS
PARTY - December 7th (To be confirmed soon) Christmas Party will be held at the home of Terry & Linda
Bolling. Please Bring a New, unwrapped Toy to donate
to Toys For Tots!
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If you have something you
would like to be considered
for the 2014 HBPHC Calendar, please email Terry Boling
at:
tbtbolling@gmail.com
HOPE TO SEE MANY OF
YOU AT AN HBPHC
EVENT OR SOCIAL!!
SOUTHEAST PARROT HEAD CLUB EVENTS
OCT 24
OCTOBER 2013
PHC of Charlotte Social
OCT 5
All American Pub, 5:30PM
Pickwick PHC Walk to End Alzheimer’s
Info: tracyrktect@yahoo.com
Pickwick Landing State Park
Atlanta PHC
Info: jimmeeks48@gmail.com
13th Annual MOTM Welcome To
The Island Party
OCT 19
The Bull and Whistle, 224 Duval
Street, Key West FL, 8PM
Coast of Carolina PHC Social
The Crooked Floor Tavern, Murrells Inlet SC, 6-9PM
Music by TJ Walsh
Happy hour prices all night
Info: kywttime95@aol.com
OCT 30
TRAVELING?
Entertainment by James "Sunny
Jim" White and Scott Nickerson
Filming for the documentary
"Parrot Heads: The Movie"
Drink specials all night
Check Out
MORE
PHIP Regional
Calendars At
PHIP.COM
Info: Parr0tHd51@aol.com
HBPHC CLASSIFIEDS
Bollings Construction Company,
Inc.
Building homes in the Bristol, VA
& TN area. For more information
call Terry Bolling 276.669.3570
or email tbtbolling@gmail.com
REAL ESTATE AGENTS: John
& Julia Bland. Mountain Homes
Realty. Specializing in Custom
Log Homes and Real Estate in
Northeast Tennessee and
Southwest Virginia 423.538.0807
www.mountainhomesrealty.com
HB BEVERLY-Singer, Songwriter & Entertainer. Will play for
Private Parties and functions. To
Book HB, Contact:
hbbeverly@gmail.com
FREE TO A GOOD HOME:
Two Bunnies PLUS cage!
FREE to a good home. The kids
have moved to school and are
busy and these guys need someone who can spend some time
and play with them.
We have a good sized wood
cage, litter box and water bottle
and all this comes free with them
Call Terry Bolling
276-669-3570
(Pictured
rabbit below is
representative and
not actual
rabbit
photo of
the Bolling rabbits)
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TELEGRAPH!
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month and need to be submitted
by the 20th of each month for
publication.
***
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2013 HBPHC Membership Application
The Hillbilly PHC prorates membership dues. Prorated Dues are as follows:
Single Dues
Couple/Family Dues
Jan-March $15.00
Jan-March $30.00
April-June $11.25
April-June $22.50
July-September $7.50
July-September $15.00
October-December $3.75
October-December $7.50
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Make checks payable to Hillbilly PHC & Memo Your Check HBPHC Dues
MAIL YOUR RENEWAL OR NEW MEMBER APPLICATION TO:
HBPHC
c/o Margaret Sells,
104 W. 12th Avenue
Johnson City, TN 37604
"This contribution/membership money is not deductible as a charitable contribution
for Federal Income Tax purposes."
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