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Gispert Birthday Hash
SBH3 Hash Number: Fifty-nine
Date: Tuesday, August 3, 6:15 PM
Hares: Dragon Dick & Tall Man Standing
Location: Evergreen Park, Goleta, CA
Cost 5.00
Notes: A.S. Gispert, recognised as the Father of Hashing, was born July 31, 1903 in London to Catalan Spaniard parents who had emigrated to England.
A. S. Gispert suggested the name "Hash House Harriers" after the Selangor Club Annex, where the men were billeted, known as the "Hash House" for its notoriously monotonous food. Apart from the excitement of chasing the hare and finding the trail, harriers reaching the end of the trail would be rewarded with beer, ginger beer and cigarettes.
ALBERTO STEPHANO IGNATIUS GISPERT = ALBERT STEPHEN GISPERT = GISPERT = "G"
- 1903 - Born in London to Catalan Spaniard parents who had emigrated to England
- 1928 - Admitted to the Institute of Chartered Accountants in UK
- 1928 - Joined Evatt & Co, an accountancy firm, in Singapore, one of the Federated States of Malaya
- 1937 - Son Simon was born in UK; marriage was to come later, after the mother got her divorce. It cost "G" £200 to pacify the husband.
- 1937 - "G" appointed branch manager in Malacca
- 1938 - "G" transferred to the Kuala Lumpur branch of Evatt & Co
- 1938 (December) - "G" started the inaugural Kuala Lumpur paper trail which he called the "Hash House Harriers" .
- 1938 - "G" became Capt Gispert, OC of the Selangor Battalion of the Federated Malay States Volunteers
- 1941 - Prior to going on leave to Australia with his family, "G" took over as manager of Evatt & Co in KL
- 1942 (January) - at the end of his leave, he returned to Malaya as the Japanese advanced down the Malay peninsula to Singapore. Gispert was made a 2nd Lieutenant of the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. He was later field-promoted to Captain.
- 1942 (11 February) - "G" is killed valiantly defending Singapore Island, where he was serving as a mortar officer with the Argylls. (More on Wikipedia)
- Gispert is buried in the Kranji War Cemetery and the annual Gispert Memorial run is held on the Monday closest to 11 February each year.
"G" - a description: "No pretensions to athletic prowess, being short, rather rotund, and a bon viveur, great sense of fun, and humour, but underneath noble instincts ... he epitomises great fun, good fellowship, with solid qualities." - Cecil Lee
Source: Gil Jennex, Cairns, 2000
Directions:
From Ventura - Take 101 North to Glen Annie Rd / Storke Rd (Exit 108). At the light turn right towards the mountains and go to Cathedral Oaks. Turn left at the light and go past the high school and golf course, about 3/4 miles. Turn left on Evergreen Drive, wind around until you see the Evergreen Open Space on your left. LFH
From San Luis Obispo - Go south on Highway 101. Take exit 110 for Hollister Ave toward Winchester Canyon Rd and bear left to the stop sign. Turn left onto Hollister, cross over the freeway and turn right onto Calle Real. Take the first left you can onto Cathedral Oaks Rd. From here it is a little over a mile to Brandon Drive - it will be the first right after the bushy center median. Go two blocks on Brandon, take the first left onto Evergreen Drive, wind around until you see the Evergreen Open Space on your right. LFH.
Monica Lewinsky National Head Day Hash
SBH3 Hash Number: Sixty
Date: Tuesday, August 17, 6:15 PM
Hares: Sleazy Rider & Blistered Hand Job
Location: To Be Announced
Cost 5.00
Notes: President Bill Clinton took Lewinsky into an Oval Office bathroom after recording a radio address. Forensic tests later “conclusively” showed that the blue dress she was wearing “was stained with the President’s semen,” according to the Starr report. On August 17th, 1998, Clinton finally admits he had an "improper physical relationship" with the White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
This begs the question. What was improper about the BJ? Was it done wrong? What could have made it proper?
Fortunately, August 17 is National Head Day to highlight the wonderfully sexy act between two (or more) people. Wear blue to commemorate the blue dress Monica wore, or to signify your need.
Campout 2010 - Poor Bastard Revival!
SBH3 Hash Number: Sixty-one
Date: August 27th, 28th, & 29th, 2010
Hares: Santa Bastard Mismanagement and you
Info and Registration
Lewis and Clark Trail Mix Hash
SBH3 Hash Number: Sixty-two
Date: Tuesday, August 31, 6:15 PM
Hares: Need Hares
Location: To Be Announced
Cost 5.00
Notes: August 31, 1803 - Lewis and Clark start one of the longest unmarked, shiggylicious trails known in Hashdom. Their zen to the west began by leaving Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at 11 o clock in the morning.
August 31 is also National Trail Mix Day. Come out and play, celebrate shiggy with a little Santa Bastard Style Trail Mix. Eh-eh-eh.