*Sorry---
The following reprinted books are all sold out now, but we are building a waiting list for another printing if you want some titles for your collection:
#5. Stormie the Dog Stealer,
#11.
The Red Castle or “Bones’ Great Club of the River”
#12. Mystery of the Stonewall House or “Dr. Drago and the Giant”
#13. Little Gil or “The Rabbit Mystery”
#14. The Lavender Light Mystery or “Stephan the Strange”
#15. The Ghost of Lake Tapaho or “The Mystery of the Lake”
#16. The Emperor’s Sword or “The Mystery of the Silent Watcher”
#17. Little Flower of the Sun or “Never Fail Friend”
#18. The Mystery of the Red Hand or “The New Lucky Coin”
#19. The Lacquer Fan or “The Sundial Mystery” or “Bob Longlegs”
#20. Gideon or “The Grotto of the Silent Pets”
#21. Stydle the Strong or “The Mystery of the Cave of Icicles”
#22. Trilogy I: Stattenham Manor Mystery;River Pirates; Green Light Mystery
#23. Gander or “The Cave of the Eagle Owl”
#24. Trilogy II: The Dog Snatchers; The Dugout Trailer; and Jericho
#25. Hackbury or “The Mystery of the Underground Room”
#26. Trilogy III: The White Bat; The Backwater Pool; The Nip and Tuck Gang
Thanks to all of you for your interest and support to make the Seckatary Club book reprinting adventure such a successful club activity. Without the Club member's dedication and continued support, it would not be possible. We are keeping a waiting list of club members who missed these previous books, so if you want any titles, send an email to get on the lists. Timing is not certain as yet. Only F&S Club members may buy these books. You are invited to join the club too - it is free.
In 2007, with the much appreciated encouragement and volunteer work of the F&S Club members, we began to publish in book form all the newspaper serial stories that were never in book form before. Club member George Beatty does all the retyping of the stories from the old, crumbling newspapers, manuscripts, Seck magazines, and other things Grandpa saved for us. Often, we have to knit together various resources, news pull sheets and proof copies in order to find the complete story. Only about 100 copies of each of these new books are printed and sold to active Fair and Square Club members. That effort has produced another 11 book titles and will continue until all 30 titles are made into real books for all Seckatary Hawkins readers to enjoy.
Then, if time allows, we will endeavor to make a few more books from the weekly serial short stories that were not really part of any titled story – and finally, there are several stories of the first two years - early "Our Club" and "The Rejiment" story serials prior to Stoners Boy when the club boys were only 6 or 7 years old; and in lots of troubles (hijinks as they used to say). Also, due to the constant urging of all the F&S Club members, I hope to then republish all the original 11 books to include all the missing chapters and missing illustrations that were in the weekly newspaper serials - but not in the original books. For example, the Stoners Boy serial stories include 10 chapters that did not appear in the book version. The need to conserve space for book sizes and mailing concerns kept many of the books smaller in size than the newspaper stories. There are books such as Stormie, the Dog Stealer that show only one illustration, yet every single weekly serial story had at least one illustration. All the Seckatary Club members agree that the illustrations add a lot of understanding, and help to visualize one's-self in the story. Plus the absolute genius of the artists who created these pen and ink drawings of simple and usually straight, lines, is remarkable art that should be appreciated by many. The stories are in serial fashion, yet each title is a complete story that can be read and enjoyed with a start and an end, without having to read all the prior stories. It is nice to know the history of prior stories; but this website features all the earlier comprehensive book reports so that you can find out what happened without having to read the entire book. You are invited to join the club and become a part of this adventure in history of the Fair & Square Club of Seckatary Hawkins.
Yours Fair & Square
Randy Schulkers
~A quitter never wins and a Winner never quits~
ITEM # OBE1
BOOKENDS
NOW YOU CAN HAVE YOUR OWN SET OF SECK BOOKENDS:
The new HAND PAINTED Seckatary Hawkins Statue Bookends have arrived and they are gorgeous!
There are only a few sets available, so order yours today!
WHY DID WE MAKE THESE SECK STATUE BOOKENDS?
We have had several disappointed inquiries about Seck bookends since we sold out of our first
production of solid beige bookends in 2001. These are now all hand painted by the factory
artists, so no two are exactly alike - again made in the modern, durable, Polystone-Resin
material. The coloring is weather resistant semi-gloss and features are as follows: Blue trousers
and white shirt for the club colors - with brown hair, flesh colored face and arms, blue eyes,
black boots and brown hair. The old riverbank brown
mud color is used for the base with the addition of “SECKATARY HAWKINS” letters inscribed in
silver gray block letters on the front of the base as a young child may have carved on a tree.
HOW DID THIS COLORATION COME ABOUT?
As I have been told, many club members from the 1930’s club chapters submitted their ideas for
hand painted bookends to the Fair & Square Club. This particular coloration was what Grandpa
picked as his choice favorite and it became the unofficially accepted style, although never
really adopted and mass-produced back then. The colors were chosen to reflect our club colors
of blue and white and muddy brown for the old riverbank.
Item name: Seckatary Hawkins statue bookends recast in durable polyresin.
Hand-painted in club colors.
Item name: Seckatary Hawkins statue Bookends recast in durable polyresin.
Hand-painted in club colors.
Item number: BE2
Price: $39.99 per pair
Item number: BE2.1
*NOTE – One statue may be purchased for $24.99 each.
Item name: Seckatary Hawkins goldtone Good Luck Coin.
*PLEASE NOTE – this is an original coin from the 1930’s and there are some tarnished spots due to age.
Item number: GC1
Price: $24.99
Please understand that hats and shirts are made to order by the factory that has to set up production time to get our small jobs done - and although many orders are done in a week; it sometimes takes 2 to 3 weeks or more to fill an order. This Fair & Square manufacturer is doing us a great favor to personalize these superb quality garments one at a time for the club.
Item name: Seckatary Hawkins Club Baseball Cap
FLEXFIT is a stretchable fitted cap made with 98% cotton and 2% spandex. Called “Unstructured, six-panel, low-profile fitted cap” in the clothing industry, it means top quality to you. Has a fused buckram and silver under-visor. Show your Fair and Square commitment by wearing the Seckatary Hawkins club hat. These make a great gift for anyone who has ever read a Seckatary Hawkins book or newspaper story or heard him on the radio – or someone who is just plain fair and square.
Comes in Adult: Black, Brown, Carolina Blue, Dark Grey, Dark Navy, Gold, Khaki, Navy, Orange, Purple, Red, Royal, Spruce, Stone and White
S/M (6 3/4 - 7 1/4)
L/XL (7 1/8 - 7 5/8)
Youth: Black, Carolina Blue, Dark Grey, Gold, Khaki, Navy, Orange, Purple, Red, Royal, Spruce, Stone and White
One size (6 1/2 - 7)
Item number: BBC1
Price: $19.99
Item name: Seckatary Hawkins Club Polo Shirts.
Show your Fair and Square commitment by wearing your Seckatary Hawkins club shirt.
Seckatary Hawkins Club Polo Shirts are full cut, and truly top quality which can be compared to the most prestigious name brand shirts bearing retail prices up to $99.99 at some high class department stores. These golf-type polo shirts are full 6.5 ounce - 100% combed cotton pique with matching collar and cuffs. Two-button continental placket has fashionable natural horn buttons. Fully taped collar keeps it shape through many washings. The double-needle stitched, hemmed bottom maintains shape. Permanent press is an over used term, but this shirt needs minimal ironing touch up. *NOTE – Canoe birch color is 99% cotton with 1% polyester for the quality color effect we thought necessary.
These make a great gift for anyone who has ever read a Seckatary Hawkins book or newspaper story or heard him on the radio – or someone who is just plain fair and square.
Colors: True Navy, True Royal, Baltic Blue, Forest Green, Black, Maroon, True Red, Butter, Sports Grey, Putty, White & Birch
Adult: S, M, L, XL, 2X, 3X, 4X
YOUTH 6-8, 10-12, 14-16, 18-20
Item number: SS1
Price: $34.99
**NOTE – if there is any particular Seckatary Hawkins item you want, send us an email and we will try to find it for you.
Send an email to Seck.
SATISFIED CUSTOMER UNSOLICITED COMMENTS
GF, San Antonio, TX I
received the latest two books yesterday. Very nice. Some excellent
touches with the comics and additional info on the inside. Thank
everyone for the great work.
YF&S, DJ, Bowling Green, KY
Thanks! – SA,
NY,
NY
BD, Los Angeles,CA
PH, Milford, OH CT, Los Angeles, CA thanks again.
Once again, Top of the line, Thank You. JL, Lexington, KY
Cheers and Fair and Square,
GH, Milton, OH
Hi,
More new books on the way? That is great news, and thanks again for
all your efforts in getting them published. Some of the questions I
had about the series have been answered with these new books. What
a goldmine! Do some more soon.
We can never thank you enough for making these high quality books
reprints of Stormie and Tapaho. They had gotten so expensive as
originals that we never thought we would get to read them. Now we
have a brand new set! So many thanks.
Thanks for the great job on the printing of new books. As always,
please count me in for a copy of the next title and any others that
may be forthcoming. Your time and efforts, are appreciated by all
of us Fair and Square Club Members. The entire riverbank is buzzing
with the news!
TP, Honolulu, HI
Books arrived on Saturday. fantastic!!! After the semester is over and I no longer have to struggle through Jane Austen, I plan to begin at the beginning (Stoner) and go straight through. I'll be a kid again.
BH, Cincinnati, OH
4/19/09
This morning in the mail I received my new books, Gideon & Stydle.
They look and feel great. What superb additions to our collection.
I honestly feel that THE WAIT WAS DEFINITELY WORTH IT.
DR, North Bend, OH
What a
treat, it's like Christmas around here. The day after the
club stamps arrived the new books came and they are
beautiful as well! They are exactly the same size as the
previous editions and the illustrations are fantastic, very
sharp and clear. Thanks to everyone who makes these
possible.
A tip for those of you who are on this list or in the club
and not getting the reprints, you're missing out on a great
opportunity. This is a chance to continue the Seckatary's
message another generation and at the same time build a fine
library of the entire collection at a very fair price.
DJ, St Cloud, FL
Yes to what all the others said! They're here and they're
great!
YF&S,
CC, Cincinnati, OH
WOW, Seck! You all have really outdone yourselves this
time! I think these books look better than any of the
reprints to date. Excellent, excellent work.
These books are truly priceless!
Yours F&S,
S&TR, Walton, KY
Just to let you know that the two beautiful books arrived
at the remote.
rainy upper left corner of the "Lower 48" this afternoon.
Thank you
sincerely for preserving and promoting your grandfather's
vision. Fair and
square! Now, more than ever!
PT, Langley, WA
Hi Randy,
The gorgeous, fabulous new books, GIDEON and STYDLE have arrived at my house today. Maybe some of yours came too.
Randy and All, the newest books look wonderful! The deep purple and the bright green are wow jacket colors. The illustrations are very clear. Very Authentic looking Seckatary Hawkins books! Treasures in our bookcases.
I think you all might say when yours arrive that they were worth the wait!
EF, West Chester, OH
Perhaps some of the others in the F&S Club have the same
yearning as I have to read the old books. Many of us grew up in
the 1950's and read the four second editions (CT,SB, GG, RR) and
saw in the back of the book "Next book in the series is
........." and were never able to find them in the bookstore.
So, we've been waiting for 50 years to read those titles. The
"new" books from the stories only previously published in the
newspaper are great and I've enjoyed every one. But I still
wonder about those "next books in the series" I missed so many
years ago when I was a kid along a river bank. I know that the
collectible book market is enhanced by the scarcity of those
titles so I can appreciate that keeping them scarce might be a
good thing for those of us who have invested in the first
editions. However, the "missing chapters" will essentially make
them first editions all over again and that would be a great
thing indeed.
JH, Ridgeway, CO
Randy,
I have been a member of the club for only a short time, but
my interest in the books goes back decades. A brief
story.... Back in 1993, another economically tough time, I
was laid off from a job I'd had for nearly 10 years. It was
quite a blow to my self esteem, and, times as they were, I
was out of work for 6 months. Being the first time in years
that I had some really "free" time, I decided that now was
the opportunity to find out what I could about this "Yellow
Y" book I'd read 30+ years earlier. Now, this was before
the internet, when research meant going to the library and
researching, one paper at a time. I have to tell you that
this research was one of the few things that kept me
motivated during that very rough time in my life. It gave
me something to focus on, a goal to achieve. I needed that,
and it was a Godsend....
I cannot understand why anyone would only get through a few
pages of these books, but especially when they have the
benefit of your direct, face to face promotion and
encouragement to pick them up. This is timeless literature,
with exciting adventures and believable characters, and
always , always good wholesome reading for any age. There
is so much trash on the bookshelves today; this is just
good, clean fun, with solid values...
Your Grandpa was right on track with the writing, just as it
is. To have the validation of Harper Lee, along with the
millions of boys and girls who read the books, joined the
clubs, embraced these endearing characters.... I'm sure your
Grandpa was quite satisfied with the legacy of terrific
literature he left for all to enjoy.
Randy, thank you, for understanding the importance of these
stories, and for continuing to spread the word, and for
giving us enthusiasts a forum to talk about the books we've
come to love.
Yours Fair & Square,
7/12/10 TS, Wilmington, MA