Staffordshire Bull Terrier - Stafford Exchange

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, 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.

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.

President:	Al Brown	30 votes
	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

*Lawrence Antonio, California

*Ralph Beach, Nebraska

*Howard Benson, Minnesota

*Mary Bernady, Nebraska

Buddy Beale, Nevada

**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