Stories of Brotherhood

I went to war ... and died.

Irving Rathblott is gone. Death, ironfaced and silent, came suddenly on Janunary 9, 1945 ... in the dirty hold of a Japanese prison ship ... as it wallowed helplessly under a rain of American bombs in Taku Harbor, Formosa. Quiet, efficient, a habitual pipe-smoker with groomed mustache, a pleasant voice, conscientious and thorough, practical — he is forever a Sigma Alhpa Rho symbol.

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California, here we come.

Feburary 21, 1960, Brother Bob Greenburg, Supreme Scribe and Exalted Ruler of MDC was going to move out to California. He rose and promised to do everything possible to spread Sigma Alpha Rho "Across the Nation". Two brothers then contacted Bob. One gave him the name of a brother in California. The other told Bob that he was soon going to move to California.

Within two weeks of Bob's arrival a meeting took place — two brothers and one prospective. S.A.R. was explained to the boy and , as a result, he promised to bring some frirends to meeting number two. That meeting saw three prospectives. The folloing meeting brought seven. The next saw then — and the "group" became a "contact"

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