HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE FOUNDER OF THE HASH HOUSE HARRIERS!!!

THE NAME "G" WILL LIVE ON!!!

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From: "I is EZ" <gfv@...>
To: kchhh@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Kansas City HHH Announcement Happy Birthday G?
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 19:58:42 -0000

GtBaR says today would be G's 103rd birthday*!

So...happy birthday G.

*information is assumed to be correct, but not guaranteed.

History on "G" and his buddies, for whoever doesn't know this by
now:

The Hash House Harriers as we know it today was founded in
Malaya (now Malaysia) by Albert Stephen Ignatius Gispert, an
English chartered accountant - he lived from 1903-1942.

It was sometime during 1937 when Gispert (or simply "G" as he
was known to his friends) acquired a taste for the paper chase
with the Springgit Harriers in Malacca (also in Malaya). Shortly
after being transferred by his accounting firm to Kuala Lumpur
he gathered together a number of fellow expatriate
businessmen to form a harrier group. The first run was held in in
December 1938 and the founding members included Cecil H.
Lee, Frederick "Horse" Thomson, Eric Galvin, H.M. Doig, and
Ronald "Torch" Bennet.

The group's name came about primarily because local
authorities required legal registration of the club. While the
"Kuala Lumpur Harriers" would have appeared a logical choice,
"G" decided instead to use the nickname for the Selangor Club
where a number of the local harriers both lived and took their
meals. It seems that due to its lackluster food, the dining room
was commonly referred to as the "Hash House."

The philosophy of the original Hash House Harriers from the
1938 charter:

* To promote physical fitness among our members
* To get rid of weekend hangovers
* To acquire a good thirst and to satisfy it in beer
* To persuade the older members that they are not as old as
they feel