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| With only a handful of pioneering Somalis and even fewer humans to assist them these are the cats, the people and the events that launched a breed and with it a worldwide phenomenon. |
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Somali Cat Club of America printed its first newsletter |
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Our first newsletter is dedicated to all the
devoted members of the Club who are working for
the recognition of the Somali...
Please save for your records. MEET YOUR OFFICERS
President Mrs Harry Mague (Evelyn)
Gillette, NJ 07933
Lynn-Lee Cattery
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Mrs Susan Jenner
London, Ontario, Canada |
Mr & Mrs j. Gerbino (Rosalie)
Linden, NJ 07036 |
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Mr & Mrs Stephen Negrycz (June)
Brooklyn, NY |
Mr & Mrs M. Rauch (Ina)
Floral Park, NY |
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Ms Dorothy J. Drake
Villa Park, IL Lollirand Cattery |
Ms. Mara Senkevics
Thorndale, Ontario, Canada |
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Mrs John Nicholas (Mary Ellen)
Columbia, MD Mary Ellen has been working on an article for us to be published in Cats Magazine and will be the owner of a Female Somali kitten shortly. |
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Mr James Forsyth
Sault Ste. Marie, Canada Jiama Siamese Cattery Jim has been working very hard in Canada to help us with our Canadian battle for recognition. Although he does not own a Somali personally, he does have two girls (twins) in his cattery who have a Female Somali. |
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ICF recognized the Somali for Championship status
as of June 1974.
As you already know, NCFA recognized the Somali for Champion 1973. |
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It is to these earliest pioneers as well as
those whose names have eluded the pages of
history and faded from memory that this site is
dedicated.
Without the efforts of these people who gave so freely of their time, money and love to the Somali there would be no such breed today. It is our hope to honor our dear friends and other early fellow Somali breeders by preserving that history and their names within the confines of this site. This is our memorial to the events, people and history of more than three decades ago. |
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Somali Cat Club of America |
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Lynn-Lee's Pollyanna
ruddy female Br/Ow Mr & Mrs Harry Mague |
Lynn-Lee's Petunia
ruddy female Br/Ow. Mr & Mrs Harry Mague |
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Golden Boise of Lynn-Lee
ruddy male Br. Miss L. Des-Porch Ow. Mr & Mrs Harry Mague |
Du-Ro-Al's Samson of Lynn-Lee
ruddy male Br. Alma Cowell Ow. Mr & Mrs Harry Mague |
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Don-Al's Trish of Lynn-Lee
red female Br. Mr Don Richings Ow. Mr & Mrs Harry Mague |
Saffrons Falstaf of Lynn-Lee
red male Br. Mara Senkevics Ow. Mr & Mrs Harry Mague |
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Araby's Pansy of Aim-Su
ruddy female Br. Mr. Ronald Moberg Ow. Ms. Aimee Green |
Saika-Sham's Black Rose
ruddy female Br. Ms. Lori McClain Ow. Mrs. Bob Burke |
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Mei-Len's Sunflower of Margus
ruddy female Br.L. Giarraputa Ow. Mrs. Margery Hoff 1st Champion Somali in the U.S. (NCFA) |
June's Dancing Moon
ruddy male BR/Ow. Mr & Mrs Stephen Negrycz Photo used on newletter cover to represent breed (logo) |
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Margus Ulysses of Chapaka
ruddy male Br. Mrs. Margery Hoff Ow. Mrs. Pat Kalil |
Penelope of Chapaka
ruddy female Br. Mr & Mrs Stephen Negrycz Ow. Mrs Pat Kalil |
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Don-Al's Flashette
ruddy female Br/Ow Mr. Don Richings |
Don-Al's Leroy
ruddy male Br/Ow Mr. Don Richings |
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Don-Al's Deliala
ruddy female Br/Ow Mr. Don Richings |
Don-Al Rivka
red female Br. Don Richings Ow. Mrs. Susan Jenner |
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Margus Tafne
ruddy female Br. Mrs. Margery Hoff Ow. Mr & Mrs J. Gerbino |
Peck's Pepper
ruddy female Br. Ms. Alice Peckham Ow.Mr & Mrs Gerbino |
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Saffron's Caprice of L'air de Rauch
ruddy female Br. Mara Senkevics Ow. Mr & Mrs M. Rauch 1st BEST Kitten Championship Award, NCFA |
Holiday Hills Tafi-Babi
ruddy female Br. Lila Rippy Ow. Dorothy Drake |
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Alvi's Chimo of Lollirand
ruddy male Br. Alf Turner Ow. Dorothy Drake |
Lets Welcome New Members! Laura and Lois Saker Ontario, Canada Saffron's Tanga of Falconsview ruddy female Br. Mara Senkevics Ow. Laura and Lois Saker |
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A short club meeting was held at the Toronto CCA
Cat Show 8/17/74. The Following members were
present: Evelyn Mague, June & Steve Negrycz, Pat
Kalil, Susan & Doug Jenner, Laura & Lois Saker,
Mara Senkevics and a new member Beverly Reilly.
The drawing for the ceramic plate was presented
and approved.
Thought you'd enjoy knowing 6 SOMALIS were entered, which to the best of our knowledge is the most entered in any one show. By the way there were only 5 Abys! |
IMPORTANT
| All the associations have recognized the name SOMALI with the exception of two (CFA & ACFA). CFA hasn't recognized the name because their requirements haven't been met as of yet, but why hasn't ACFA accepted it? It would be helpful as SOMALI owners to request a name change from Longhaired Abyssinian to SOMALI. Please write a note to the ACFA BULLETIN asking them to be consistent with the other associations. |
IMPORTANT
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We are now in the process of applying to CCA for
RECOGNITION and need your help!
OWNERS: For those of you who have not registered your cats CCA please do so immediately. BREEDERS: If your female has produced kittens you are classified a breeder! We need 6 breeders as members of CCA to apply for recognition. Please fill out the enclosed membership blank and send it in. Once you have done so inform E. Mague so we can proceed. |
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Excerpts - Newsletter # 3 |
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For the record - Pollyanna made the finals in two
rings at the NCFA show.
Birth Announcements -
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Miss Bev Reilly
Toronto Canada Taffita of Mem-Marti Ruddy female Br. Miss L. Des-Porch |
Mrs. Lyn Pierce
North Kingstown, RI Don-Al's Amaniti Spreta of KenLyn Br. Mr. Don Richings |
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Mr. John Forsyth
Saika-Shams Black Bart Br. Miss Lori McClain |
Mrs. Lillian Mitchell
Sarnia Ontario Don-Al's Deliala Ruddy female Br. Mr. Don Richings |
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Special Note
Mrs. Mitchell (Lilli-Pet Cattery) has a shorthair red Abyssinian that carries the longhair gene: Ch. Lili-Pet Rufus Red male Abyssinian
Mara Senkevic has a new kitten:
The remainder of this newletter consists of a reprint of the SCCA by-laws. |
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Excerpts - Newsletter # 4 Winter 1974 |
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As some of you already know---request for recognition in Championship status with CCA was denied. The requirements were met (20 registered cats and 6 member breeders), but the Board of Directors were able to find a technicality to prevent recognition. It is stipulated in CCA's rules that any new breed applying for recognition must present to the Board of Directors the twenty pedigrees for the twenty registered cats. Of course the CCA recorder has these pedigrees, they were supplied when the cats were registered. Our club was informed that recognition was denied because the twenty pedigrees were not presented at the meeting, we were also told that never before had the Board requested pedigrees (no other breeds were required to submit them). It is quite obvious that CCA is playing dirty, with two sets of rules (one for Somalis and the other for ALL OTHER BREEDS). So now we must try even harder to achieve recognition next year. This means everyone must cooperate (power in numbers). Those of you who are members of CCA must renew membership, those who never became members must join in 1975 (under the Somali breed section). CCA would like us to quit in disgust, let's surprise them and fight "fire with fire".
As of November 1974 CROWN recognized the Somali for Championship status. |
New Members
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Miss Becky Eister
Denver Colorado No name given ruddy male Br. Mrs. Margery Hoff |
Miss Sheila Bos
Scarsboro Ontario Don-Al's Segeema of Dekater red female Br. Mr. Don Richings |
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Mrs. N. Kalski
Detroit Michigan Dalia's Tangle-weed of Saffron ruddy female Br. Miss L. Des-Porch |
Mr. Mark Scott
New York, NY L'Air De Rauch's Clark Tai-Foon ruddy male Br. Mr. and Mrs. M. Rauch |
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Mrs. Kathleen Jones
Lincoln, NE Falconsview's Ezekiel of J.R.R. ruddy male Br. Laura and Lois Saker |
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Somali Cat Club of America
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The last newsletter of 1974 contained:
the 1975 SCCA Officers and Regional Directors and the 1974-75 membership list. The list contained 21 voting members and 31 Somalis. Most members owned one cat except for Evelyn Mague who in 1974 listed six Somalis in her cattery. These were Lynn-Lee's Pollyanna and Petunia, Golden Bosie of Lynn-Lee, Du-Ro-Al's Samson of Lynn-Lee, Don-Al's Trish of Lynn-Lee, and Saffron's Falstaf of Lynn-Lee. In December of 1974 the CFF Recorder informed the SCCA that we were only 10 registrations away from Championship status. CFF required litter registrations before individual registrations. All SCCA members were asked to fill out those litter registrations and mail them as soon as possible. |
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