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Good Evening,
I am very familiar with that situation. I bought a large number of items that came from the estate of Warren A. Cole's daughter. I got to know the woman who was selling the items quite well over a month or two of buying things from her. When the Gamma Zeta "Charter" came up on e-Bay, I placed a bid. She contacted me shortly thereafter to tell me that individual Lambda Chis, some from IHQ, were threatening her because she had this "Charter." It was like she had stolen it.
However, I noticed that the document was not signed by the proper officers and therefore had never been issued. As most every Lambda Chi knows, Warren A. Cole issued Charters in anticipation of all necessary approvals and so forth. Meaning that this one was probably never issued because the Chartering date would have been wrong on the document! I believe that he kept this one in his personal collection and it eventualy was passed on to his daughter. I offered to buy it from her and then turn it over to IHQ.
She eventually gave it our Fraternity. I put a "little heat" on a few people at IHQ because I felt that they did not act as gentlemen toward this very nice lady. Eventually, she contacted me again saying that she got a letter and flowers from our fraternity.
Obviuosly, that "Charter" is an important document for our archives. It helps demonstrate that Warren A. Cole was working feverously to help our Fraternity grow. It is also a great example of how his zeal and enthusiasm got ahead of his usual planning....
Yours in ZAX,
Mike Raymond, ZUZ
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