![]() Contact me for a Hospitality Room reservation. Make checks payable to Zelica Grotto Convention Fund. Hospitality Rooms are available at $50.00 per night. For those who like to golf, we have some good prizes to give away and transportation will be provided to and from the Golf Course. Visit the Supreme Council s website, for registration forms and to get information on tours. To those Grottoes that are growing, Congratulations! The recruiters of the months are: July: David Hinton PM of Samis Grotto, 8 new Prophets August: Chuck Shubert PM of Quetta Grotto, 2 new Prophets September: Victor Mann Monarch of Azim Grotto, 16 new Prophets October: Richard Taman PM of El Jaala Grotto, 10 new Prophets We would like to invite everyone to Mobile, Alabama for the 124th Supreme Council Session. ![]() Make the Grotto experience valuable If you do number 3, 1 and 2 will be OK. I would like to share three rules for membership: 1. Our goal for this year is to increase membership in the Grotto. It is hard to believe that we have been to nine Conventions in our first four months since installation. Hayward, WI nd VICE CHAIRMAN Shuards Sutherland, PGM 270 Burlington Cres London, Ont., Canada N5Z 3G5 SECRETARY Clayton E Simons, PGM, Peach Tree Rd Daytona Beach, FL TREASURER Frederick Dawson, PM 2502 Plymouth Place Pekin, IL The Grotto Magazineģ Grand Monarch s Message Prophets and Ladies, Lois and I want to thank all of our many friends who have gone out of their way to show us a good time in all of our travels. Administrative Assistant Phone: (614) Fax: (614) Website: Humanitarian Foundation Trustees CHAIRMAN Charles H Ferguson, PM Cindy Dr Benton, AR st VICE CHAIRMAN Donald LaBarre, PGM Ricko Ln. ![]() Administrative Assistant Phone: (614) Fax: (614) * Website: * * Website addresses have been changed to.org Humanitarian Foundation Dianna Bristle. Matt Wissel, PM, 33 9 Eldia Way Eastham, MA GRAND MARSHAL Michael Hosler, PM 2104 Eastbrook Drive Kokomo, IN GRAND CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD Tali Atala, PM, SW 86 Terrace Miami, FL PAST GRAND MONARCH David Rebmann, PGM 112 East Margarete Tremont, IL Supreme Council 430 Beecher Rd Gahanna, OH William Wears, PGM. Dempsey, PM 5377 E County Line Road Camby, IN Grand Orator Rev. Jackson, PM, Applewood North Little Rock, AR Grand Venerable Prophet Michael E. McCombs, PM 104 Sheffield Street Bellevue, OH Grand Treasurer Robert L. DDS East Park Avenue Houma, LA Grand MASTER OF CEREMONIES Mark L. Weinsting, PM Brentwood Drive Columbia, MO Grand CHIEF JUSTICE David C. The reason why only the ruins of the fort have remained can be explained by the fact that people probably lived in tents at the time, and it was not uncommon for a fort to be the only permanent structure of a city.2 Supreme Council Officers GRAND MONARCH Otto Thiergart, PM 9195 Gulf Beach Hwy Pensacola, FL DEPUTY GRAND MONARCH Mitchell C. At the deepest end of the sinkhole, a tunnel has been built that leads farther down underground, where the remains of sunken walls can be found. Other parts have sunk lower, but some are still clearly visible. Sections of the fort still stand at the edge of the sinkhole and can be accessed by visitors. The fort in Shisr, therefore, literally sank into the desert sands. Furthermore, part of this fort collapsed when a sinkhole formed underneath, and several feet of sand eventually covered all the ruins. The ruins suggest there used to be a fort surrounded by eight walls with a tower at each corner, a description that matches the description of the legendary Ubar in ancient documents. Whether or not the ruins called Ubar in Shisr are actually the remains of the legendary Ubar is contested.Īrchaeological excavations suggest this outpost was involved in the incense trade, meaning it may have been a sizable settlement. The ruins found in Shisr are officially named Ubar. This is fertile ground, where legends and archaeological studies plant their seeds for wild speculations to grow.Īccording to one of these speculations, the ruins of Ubar have been found in the village today known as Shisr in Dhofar Region, Oman. ![]() It’s even been dubbed the “Atlantis of the Sands.” Ubar and Atlantis have something else in common, too-there’s no unanimous consensus that either ever even existed.įinding the skeleton of a city that perhaps never existed can be a daunting proposition, but explorers and scholars are well aware of the prestige they could gain should they discover the ruins. Ubar is the Arabian equivalent of Atlantis, except that instead of sinking to the bottom of the sea, legend says it disappeared into the desert sands.
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