Invitation to Meeting

Fourth Quarter 1993 Meeting -- Lair No. 1

This meeting at Tramp's Grand Olde Saloon on December 4, 1993 presented all of the elements of the classical Rascal's Challenge. The Challenge, however, was self-presented. That is to say, Dan Morrison gave himself the challenge of finding something interesting that happened on December 4 and came up with the patenting of a cigar lighter by Moses F. Gale of Brooklyn. The program included a slide show about Gale and his many inventions. There were three songs by the Rascal Quartet under the direction of Greg Scheer, including "A Woman is Only A Woman, But a Good Cigar is a Smoke," and "My Last Cigar," now the RR&R theme song. Pennsylvania poet-laureate, Sam Hazo presented his commissioned poem titled When the Evening Gets Down to Cigars.

Among those present at this meeting were:

  • Howard Averbach
  • Jack Brice
  • Greg Bruns
  • Michael Goldman
  • Sam Hazo
  • Don Kellander
  • Reg Litz
  • Dennis Looney
  • Gordon Miller
  • Mark Miller
  • Richardo Moliterno
  • Dan Morrison
  • Harry Plantinga
  • Greg Scheer
  • Jeff Sivek
  • Glenn Vernon
  • Rob Viner
  • Karl Williams
  • Lee Wolfson
  • Sam Wood

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    1937 newspaper cartoon about Moses F. Gale.