The Sons of the Copper Beeches
AscionsocietyoftheBakerStreetIrregulars
TheSonsoftheCopperBeecheswillmeetin(ir)regularsessionon
Friday,April15,2016at
ThePhiladelphiaRacquetClub
215South16thStreet,Philadelphia,PA19102
☛ Scholarlyimbibement(cashbar)willbeginat6p.m.withtoastsofferedunderthedirectionof
ToastmasterPeterBlau.
☛ Dinnerwillbeginpromptlyat7p.m.,withHeadmastiffRobertKatzintheChair.
☛ Triflingmonographsthatwillentertainandastound.
☛ AdministrationofTheMusgraveRitualtoApprenticeswillbeconductedbySteveShalet.*
☛ Adastardlyquizwillbeofferedafterthemeal.Sonsareadvisedtoread,study,andotherwise
cogitateupon“TheAdventureoftheBlueCarbuncle.”Prizeswillbeawardedtothesurvivors.
☛ Pleasecompletethereplyformandhaveitpostmarkednolaterthan
Friday,April8,2016.
☛ Checksintheamountof$75perpersonshouldaccompanytheform
andbemadepayabletoRayBetzner.
PleaseDONOTmakeyourcheckspayabletotheSonsoftheCopperBeeches.
☛ ReservationspostmarkedafterApril8orprofferedatthedoor
onthenightofthemeetingwillbeatthepriceof$90.
☛ [email protected]
*“ExcerptFromtheCondensedVersionoftheBy-LawsofTheSonsoftheCopperBeeches,”
explainsthatApprenticesarethosewhohaveattendedthreemeetings,moreorless,andshall
ascendtotherankofJourneymenbyparticipatinginTheMusgraveRitual.Apprenticeswillstand
and“makethecorrectantiphonalresponsesoftheMusgraveRitual,whenquestionedthereon.”If
theresponsesaresatisfactory,theApprenticebecomesaJourneymanCopper-Beech-Smith.
(HUZZAH!)TheJourneymancanthenpursuetheexaltedrankofMasterCopper-Beech-Smith.
“Comeatonceifconvenient–ifinconvenientcomeallthesame”
The Sons of the Copper Beeches
Checksintheamountof$75perpersonshouldaccompanytheformandbemadepayable
toRayBetzner.
ReservationspostmarkedafterApril8orofferedatthedooronthenightofthe
meetingwillbeatthepriceof$90.
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