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The Greybeards of PXL Invite You to Join
Our 64rd Noble Grand Humbug,
Rick "Hardluck" Veiga at
Our 2025 Spring Doin's We're Calling a...
Thur April 10 - Sun April 13 (6030 CE)
Fermentation! The Good Lord gave it to man, and our second favorite use for it is making bread. So don't you think it's about time that we raised a glass of our favorite fermentation to a celebrated pioneer bakery? The 1905 Steam Bakery in Randsburg, California.
So please join us starting Thursday, April 10th at noon for our four-day "Randsburg Uprising!" We're being hosted by Brother Neil Shotwell and his Widder Holly, proprietors of "The Joint," which is the saloon which occupies the historic building that once was the bakery, and which may date back to 1898, not long after gold was discovered on Rand Mountain by Charlie Burcham and his partners. Neil's grandfather bought the place back in 1955, and it's been a family-owned business ever since.
We also have the good fortune of having a nice and easily accessible place to Clamp. Neil purchased the building and grounds of the public school in Johannesburg when it was put up for auction not long ago, and he is making it available for our use during this Clampout.
We'll have outdoor space for 100 guests and their vehicles, plus plenty of indoor space for fraternizing and carrying on. But please, sign-up and pay as soon as you can because Clamping the Rand Mining District is both popular and hard to arrange. The cut-off is when we reach capacity, but no later than April 4th. After that, no amount of begging or bribing will get you in.
So get your Clamping gear in order, and get ready to kiss the Widder and the Critters goodbye. We understand that some of us may be getting a little crusty, but you don't want to be toast, which is what you'll be if you miss PXL's "Randsburg Uprising!" Click on the links below (and above) for more information. See you in Randsburg!
- Sign up electronically or by mail by Friday, April 4th!
- Order Your Event Shirt by Midnight, Sunday, March23rd!
- Use Zelle to Fork Over Your Dust
- Weekend Event Schedule
- PBCs and Sponsor Instructions, and PBC Handbook
- Download the Flyer
- A Personal Invitation from Our Humbug
- About Clamping in the Randsburg Area
- Directions to the Doin's Site
- Rules for the Weekend
- Whom to Contact for More Information
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YOU MUST PRE-REGISTER AND PREPAY FOR THIS EVENT!
Brother, this is going to be a good one. Randsburg is a blast from the past. Sometimes called a "living ghost town," it dates to the 1895 Rand Mountain Gold Strike, and is a living desert community that you should visit at least once in your life, and now you can! Just sign-up for PXL's 4-day spring Clampout we're calling our, "Randsburg Uprising!" It starts Thursday, April 10th, and will cost you a measly $75, plus $85 for your PBC. But remember, we don't accept walk-ins or retreads, so register and pay by April 4th or miss out! Attendance is capped at 100, and we don't take walk-ins or retreads. So sign up, pay up, and we'll plan on seeing you soon.
Just use the link below to download our infallible fillable flyer, or better yet, use our electronic sign-up form. Then snail mail or Zelle us your rub. Either way you'll be reserving a spot at one of the best Clampouts in all of Clamperdom.
Hey! Is your PBC paying separately from his Sponsor? No Problem! Just make sure he includes your name on the memo portion of his check or by attaching a comment to his Zelle transfer.
And remember, regardless of how you sign-up, if your jackass gets sick, just call our GDR, or email us at Registration@ECV1866.org, before the start of our event, and we'll likely make sure you're comped for next time. You just have to be nice about it.
If you do not see a "submit" button at the bottom of the form use a different web browser. Chrome or Edge work best.
ECV Brothers who are on Active Military Duty who preregister by the prepay deadline get in free. Just mention it on your registration form and make sure to bring proof, like a copy of an official email showing your current orders, or an active military ID.
All Chapter Hawkers are welcome to ply their goods. But be prepared to do some trading.
PXL now requires a current written waiver from all attendees. You can speed things up for yourself and your PBC by downloading the form ahead of time and filling it out for each of you. We've also included one in the infallible fillable flyer. These waivers are an ECV wide policy imposed by Grand Council to help keep E Clampus Vitus in existence. So no carping. If you read it ahead of time, it will only take you a minute to initial and sign a copy at the Doin's, even if you forgot yours at home. Click here to read the waiver.
You can snail mail your application and rub to our Gold Dust Receiver at: Peter Lebeck #1866, c/o Dale "Top" Turner, XNGH/GDR, 24415 Lisa Kelton PL, Newhall, CA 91321, You can also Email your application to Registration@ECV1866.org,
Make checks payable to "Peter Lebeck, Chapter #1866" Payments using Zelle should be sent to: paypeter@ecv1866.org
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Click Here to Download a PDF Copy of the Infallible Fillable Flyer.
We are partnering with "Impressions in Thread" to provide screen printed event shirts for this Doin's, but you'll have to order and pay on-line by midnight Sunday March 23, or miss-out. Shirts are still $25 each up to 4X. You'll be able to pick up your order at the Doin's. Sorry, shipping is not available. Frankly we liked being able to order shirts from the Illinois non-profit in support of the handicapped, but the shipping fees made this unsustainable.
Do not count on our Hawker having a red shirt in your size if you do not pre-order, his supply of shirts is extremely limited. While you are at it, say a prayer for the recovery of Brother Paul "Ragman" Gleim who previously supported us through his Rfocus webstore.
Impressions in Thread is a local vendor which also does custom embroidery including items with your name and our logo. Just ask: https://impressions-in-thread.printavo.com/merch/peterlebeckchapter1866
SCHEDULE OF EVENT IMPORTANT S**T TO CONSIDER READ THESE CRUMBS!
TENTS AND RV PARKING ARE ALLOWED ONLY IN AREAS DESIGNATED FOR OUR USE. EXPECT NO HOOK-UPS. BURN BARRELS MUST BE KEPT OFF THE GROUND FOR FIRE SAFETY. BRING PLENTY SHADE AND WATER AND NO DOGS, NO WEAPONS, NO WIDDERS AND NO RETREADS. All PBCs must have a bribe for the board and do a 5 min. historical presentation as part of their interrogation. PBCs will submit and remain under the control of our Hangman upon entry to the Clampsite, no exceptions! AND again, No Retreads!
Thurs. April 10: Gates opens at 12Noon. You are on your own for all Thursday meals.
Fri, April 11: Gates opens at 0700 (7am) for Redshirts & PBC's. You will be on your own for breakfast & lunch.
10:00am & 4:31pm: -- Early check-in at the check-in table.
4:03 pm: HUMBUG'S Meet & Greet open to all. XNGH's & NGH Meet at the PXL Tittie Bar for a Greybeards' meeting.
5:03 pm: "F" the Humbug Brauts for dinner.
6:01 pm: PBCs must present themselves to the Hangman for survival instruction by the NGH &VNGH at the Bar.
6:20 pm: : "Who was Peter Lebeck?" by XXNGH Al Price, followed by Clamper Poetry, Redshirt Tales & other BS, plus the "PXL Pickers."
Sat, April 12: A great day of Clamping with the Brothers...
6:03 am: All PBCs report to the cook shack for our PXL Graybeards' breakfast preparation/bonding ritual.
7:03 am: Potluck breakfast - We provide the EGGS! You bring sausage, ham, frozen hash browns, tortillas, salsa, bacon, etc. Our cook team will prepare a meal guaranteed to cleanse your colon. PBCs to do the clean-up!
9:06 am : Redshirt check-in at the Check-in Table (No Grub-stub, no meals). No Kiddin'.
9:33 am : BRUNCH PROVIDED BY CHAPTER. DO NOT BRING ANYTHING except your appetite. Our cook team will prepare a meal guaranteed to cleanse your colon. PBC's to do the clean-up.
9:41 am : PBC & sponsor check-in at the cookshack. PBCs will be Clean & Sober.
10:12 am : Plaque Dedication at "The Joint" - ALL PBC's MUST ATTEND.
11:33 am : Our Historian will impart an ECV History Lesson to our would-be Brethren - All Redshirts are welcome.
1:13 pm: PBC interrogations, entertainment, bribes, presentations, tomfoolery, etc.
2:33 pm: PBC interrogations, entertainment, bribes, presentations, tomfoolery, etc.
3:03 pm: Necrology Ceremony & Hall of Comparative Ovations.
4:44 pm: Dinner.
8:17 pm: Raffle and Fireside fun - stories, jokes, male bonding, pass the bottle and the usual BS.
Sun, April 13: The dreaded "morning after."
7:00 am: A continental breakfast at the cook tent. Aspirin & Rolaids for those who survived.
8:09 am: Camp clean-up. Everybody helps, from XSNGH to XPBC! ANY PBC/ FORMER PBC WHO LEAVES EARLY WILL NOT RECEIVE HIS SHEEPSKIN AND ID CARD --- AND WILL HAVE TO EARN THEM ALL OVER AGAIN!
10:06 am: Drive back to the orphans and widders. But do it SOBER!! And get ready for the Tax Man.
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Special PBC Requirements
SPONSORS! IGNORE THE FOLLOWING AT YOUR PERIL!
Upon arrival at our Clampsite, all PBC's must check in with our Grand Imperturbable Hangman, Robert "Pointer" Sanchez. While on site, they will remain under Pointer's exclusive and complete control. He'll know just how to sharpen up your supine sucker. He'll have your initiate standing up and performing firmer and quicker than you can say "Viagra," for they don't call him "Pointer" for nothing! He'll have your guy seeing Alice in no time. Just remember, PXL allows no private PBC "hazing" or bossing around of any kind, and we abide by Grand Council Rules.
All infirmities that might affect your PBC's ability to do moderately physical tasks MUST be disclosed to the Hangman. Vertigo, bad knees, bad ticker, claustrophobia, diabetes, flatulence, all that stuff counts. Failure to disclose will result in PBC washout and possible sanctions for his sponsor. Our initiation is intended to be a mind f**k not an endurance test! If your friend has health issues we will get him properly initiated without sending him to Para-medic-landia, but a failure to disclose health problems endangers everyone and is not appreciated.
Lastly, ALL PBCs must bring a bribe and prepare a five minute historical presentation for our Board of Inquiry. PBCs will not wear RED until they have completed their sacred ordeal. Membership at PXL is open only to men 21 or older with good attitudes. Pissy PBCs need not apply. Do as you're told and no one gets hurt.
ALL PBCs ARE ADVISED:
That from the time of their arrival all PBCs are guests of the Brothers of Peter Lebeck, ECV and will be under the protection and control of our Hangman & his Vigilantes.
As is our custom at PXL, PBCs may fraternize with the Brethren through Friday night but must show good attitude and submit to the directions of the Hangman from the time of their arrival, including being of service when so instructed by our Hangman.
All PBCs in Camp on Saturday Morning must report to the Cookshack at 6:0 a.m. for Kitchen Duty on pain of foregoing initiation. Last call for PBCs is 9:01 a.m. Saturday morning, but only if the Humbug accepts his excuse for not showing up. PBCs must be knowledgeable of all educational materials provided to them, especially the Handbook, be prepared to stand and deliver before our Board of Inquiry, and remain sober throughout the initiation. No Exceptions!
The PXL PBC Handbook should be downloaded Here!
PXL adheres to all Grand Council Rules which will be strictly enforced. It will be a clean, but memorable initiation as befits our Honorable Order.
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These are the Rules--So Read 'em!
RULES FOR THE WEEKEND- read them closely & follow them religiously: Our guys are always respectful of the places we visit, but a little extra info will keep us out of trouble:
We are guests of Brother Neil Shotwell and his Widder Holly. Neil is the third-generation proprietor of the "The Joint," which once housed the original 1898 bakery owned by Henry Rott, and which became the Steam Bakery in 1905 with the addition of an Edison Heating and Lighting Plant by Rott and his partner Martha Lidy. On Saturday we will be plaquing the location at 10:12 am, and the public will be present. Seemly decorum is required of every Brother, and it wouldn't hurt to comb your hair and wear a clean red shirt, either.
We'll be Clamping in nearby Johannesburg, at the former "Rand School" property. We'll have use of the building for our indoor activities, and outdoor parking will be adequate for our purposes, but be prepared to take directions from our Clamps Hostrix so that everyone can be accommodated, or expect to be parking out on US 395. Feel free to bring your rig or your tent, but we have a firm limit of 100 guests on this one.
Spring weather in the desert is typically mild but can be unpredictable, so pack accordingly. Check the forecast before you leave home and watch for flash flooding.
The Clampsite opens at noon on Thursday for those who are willing to help with set-up. Gas and food are available nearby, but you are encouraged to bring what you'll need. The chapter feeds everyone from Friday afternoon on, and we will gladly share any snacks you'd like to contribute to Friday afternoon's Meet 'n' Greet, but DO NOT bring anything for Saturday's breakfast. In order to avoid wasting food, there will be no Potluck on Saturday morning. Instead, brunch will be provided by the chapter.
Lastly, we don't have to remind Clampers to clean up after themselves, but please pitch-in when we break-down and pack-up on Sunday. Guys remember the Redshirts who sit on their hineys when others are working or who split early to avoid helping out. Our bestest Bro's don't run away, they join "Petey's Flying Circus!"
So have a great time at our Randsburg Uprising, it's gonna be fun!
DO BRING: Shade, raffle/auction prizes, water buckets, libations for yourselves and your Brothers, good PBCs, ideas for PBC games, trash bags. Please bring personal hygiene items for the ladies and toys for the kids at the Women's Shelter in Bakersfield. Burn Barrels OK but must be off the ground.
DON'T BRING: Dope, firearms, explosives (including females), anything extra for Saturday's breakfast, weaponry, anyone under 21, pissy PBCs, or any of the usual No Nos. Violation means expulsion without refund. So, don't risk it. This applies to everyone! . . . . . . AND NO DOGS OR RETREADS!
Saturday's Breakfast is no longer a Pot Luck - The chapter provides everything!
ALL PBCs must have a suitable bribe for the board and a five minute historical presentation. PBCs will submit to the authority of our Hangman upon entry to the Clampsite and remain under his control. PBC Harassment is the exclusive province of our Hangman so hands off! We don't care if you brought him yourself.
NOTE: This chapter respect and adheres to the rules of the Board of Proctors of E Clampus Vitus®, Inc.
REMEMBER - The PXL bar has snacks, sodas, iced tea and water. Want more? Bring it yourself.
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So You Want Directions?
The actual Clampsite is in Johannesburg at what was formerly "The Rand School."
From Bakersfield: Take CA-58 through the Tehachapi Pass then take exit 167. Turn left onto CA-14 east and go about 17.5 miles to exit onto Redrock Randsburg RD. Travel 12 miles to a fork in the road then keep right. At another 8.4 miles take the left fork to stay on Redrock Randsburg RD. then follow it to US-395 and turn right. Continue 1 mile to St. Elmo ST and turn right. The Clampsite is 6 blocks down on your left.
From L.A. and Santa Clarita: Take CA-14 north. If you are coming from L.A. take the I-5 north and transition onto CA-14 as you enter the Newhall Pass. From Santa Clarita just take CA-14 north.
Once on CA-14, drive past Lancaster for another 24 miles to Mojave. At Mojave you will drive down a bridge where the 14 freeway transitions into a surface street. Go another 1.3 miles and turn right onto CA-14, then another 20 miles to exit onto Redrock Randsburg RD. Travel 12 miles to a fork in the road then keep right. At another 8.4 miles take the left fork to stay on Redrock Randsburg RD. then follow it to US-395 and turn right. Continue 1 mile to St. Elmo ST and turn right. The Clampsite is 6 blocks down on your left.
From any place else, you're on your own.
Questions?
For more information contact:
Rick "Hard Luck" Veiga, NGH (661) 645-4609 or Humbug@ecv1866.org
Dave "Boulder" Staley, VNGH (661) 245-0613 or VNGH@ecv1866.org
Kelvin "Dr. Klapper" Swanson, XNGH (661) 252-9443 or Clampatriarch@ecv1866.org
Mike "MGM" Ramirez-Mares, Cyberrecorder (818) 517-8781 or Cyberrecorder@ecv1866.org
