Groundhog Day Program, February 2, 1963 (Back)

The Colerain Township, Pa. Web site describes the Slumbering Groundhog Lodge of Quarryville, Pennsylvania, as a club whose members "throw away worries, cares, and woes and have a good laugh at themselves." This is obvious when you take a look at the back the lodge's 1963 program (above), where comical job titles--like Director of Groundhog Dietetics and Impresario of Groundhog Music--are listed for each member. See below for the entire list of "Lodge Titles and Assignments."

For additional information about the Slumbering Groundhog Lodge, see an
enlargement of the groundhog illustration on the front cover of the 1963 program, the full front cover of the program, and the lodge's 1921 Groundhog Day menu.



Lodge Titles and Assignments

Prefect of Progeny
Surgeon-General and Secretary of Internal Affairs
Ear and Radar Technician
Potentate Exalted
Consultant for Whistle Pigs and Whistle Stops
Sunsighter
Lecturing Patriarch
Defender of the Right of Eminent Domain
Prefect of Slumber
Watchman by Night
Able Sleuth and Locator of Holes
Pedagogical Prophet
Director of Groundhog Diatetics
Assistant Eye Rubber
Senior Official Greeter
Duke of the Ducats
Chief of Secret Service
Ambassador Plenipotentiary
Director-General of Communications
Topographical Engineer
Patriarch of Enlightenment
Impresario of Groundhog Music
Agricultural Representative with Rank of Prophet
Clipper de Pate-De Luxe
Chief Oiler and Lubricator
Specialist in Chronometer Synchronization
Doctor of Pow But Not Wow
Enlightener DeLuxe
Peer of Penumbra
Nabob of the Basket
Thrice Venerable Patriarch
Coordinator of Shadows
Maestro of Melodious Music
Inspector of Incisors and Bicuspids
Director of Groundhog Migration
Reguis Professor of Arctomancy
Grand Inquisitor
Director of Gastronomic and Nutritional Research
Patriarch of Degrees
Operator Operandi
Watchman by Day
Junior Official Greeter
Inspirational Patriarch
Patriarch DeLuxe
Ambassador without Stipulated Designation
Consultant for Hole Improvements
Chief Eye Rubber
Councilor for Insurance and Assurance
Bailiff of the Bailiwick
Lord Chief Justice of Groundhog Jurisdiction
Venerable Patriarch
Greeter of Distinguished and Extinguished Guests
Maestro Strummer of Strings
Guardian of the Clover
Ambassadorial Patriarch
Junior Patriarch
Welder of Fraternalism
Grand Shillalah and Shamrock
Commodore of Seafarers and Safaris
Grand Actuary of Action and Reaction
Chief Surveyor of Holes
Grand Scribe of Scribble and Script
Lord High Executioner