Plaque forged by XNGH, Don "Twobit" Davis, Eureka 101 Chapter
Dedicated by Gregg Smith, Rick "Capn Crunch" Saber and Steve Myers
Actual Dedication date was 4 May, 2003
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EPHRAIM BEE
1802 - 1888
BLACKSMITH, INNKEEPER, AN OPERATOR OF THE "UNDERGROUND RAILROAD", A CAPTAIN IN THE DODDRIDGE COUNTY MILITIA. A MEMBER OF THE FIRST WEST VIRGINIA STATE LEGISLATURE IN 1863: SERVING 3 TERMS, THE FOUNDER AND GRAND ROYAL GYASCUTIS OF THE MOST ANCIENT AND HONORABLE ORDER OF E CLAMPSUS VITUS, EPHRAIM WAS KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AS A GARRULOUS STORYTELLER AND PRACTICAL JOKER. LEGEND HAS IT THAT AROUND 1845, 1ST U.S. AMBASSADOR CALEB CUSHING RETURNED FROM NEGOTIATING A TREATY WITH CHINA & ENTRUSTED EPHRAIM BEE WITH THE SACRED MANTLE OF THE GRAND LLAMA AND RITUALS FROM EITHER THE MYSTERIOUS EMPEROR OF THE CELESTIAL KINGDOM OF CHINA OR BY THE REMNANT OF THE "SONS OF LIBERTY" NOTABLY AGENTS OF THE LATE GREAT BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND THOMAS JEFFERSON. BEE THEN BROUGHT FORTH AND PROMOTED THE RAPID GROWTH OF E CLAMPSUS VITUS. IN THE YEARS TO FOLLOW, ECV SPREAD "LIKE WILDFIRE" AND BECAME PROMINENT DURING THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH. IN 1931, ECV WAS REORGANIZED IN SAN FRANCISCO WITH THE MOTTO " CREDO QUIA ABSURDUM" AND BECAME THE THRIVING HISTORICAL PRESERVATION SOCIETY IT IS TODAY.
ERECTED 26 DECEMBER, 6007 (2002) BY MEMBERS OF BEEHIVE LODGE NUMBER ONE IN COOPERATION WITH WESTERN BRETHREN OF THE ANCIENT & HONORABLE ORDER OF E CLAMPUS VITUS