You are not alone Marilynn, I once received a stern scolding from a delegation of young Masons for signing an application to the Rainbow Girls for a young girl with skin of a darker hue that my daughter had nominated for membership. Needless to say.... Robert E. Armstrong DVM, MS. in Houston, TX Marilynn Masten wrote: >Oh, they WERE a bawdy bunch, weren't they? One reason I left DAR was when a >state Registrar didn't want to approve a certain person because she wasn't >"Our Kind." Wrong color. Just happens my very best friend is someone she >would consider wrong color. She's brown and I say I am, with all these >freckles, polka-dot. I'm sure not white. I don't know what I'd do without >her. >Marilynn >IBSSG > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Patti Armstrong" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 10:52 AM >Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] [DAR and history > > > > >>Why is it we tend to think the Pilgrims were nice? They were a bawdy >>bunch. >>The rebels of the day. The founding fathers weren't so whippy either, but >>like our own DNA that's it! >> >> >> >> > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- Sincerely, Bob Armstrong in Houston, TX picture "I have fished through fishless days that I remember happily and without regret." Roderick Haig-Brown ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Robert E. Armstrong, DVM, MS, member Dog Writers Association of America, author of the veterinary mystery/thrillers, CANIS - paperback, ISBN 0-595-29795-1 or eBook, ISBN 0-595-75078-8 and INDEX OF SUSPICION - ISBN: 0-595-20485-6 Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble Visit my home page at http://home.houston.rr.com/rarmstrong9/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~