American Guild of Town Criers

ESTABLISHED IN JULY OF 1997 IN PHILADELPHIA PA..

CREATED AS A WAY FOR MODERN DAY TOWN CRIERS TO MEET

AND COMPETE TO SHOW THAT THIS ANCIENT AND HONORABLE

PROFESSION STILL EXISTS.

ALL CRIERS ARE DULY APPOINTED

The officers of the American Guild :

(pictured below)

Elected June 2013

Roger (Rip) Pellaton, President

Denis Austin Vice-President

Frederick Taylor, Treasurer

Rich Riddell , Secretary

David Rose, Director

Tim Yuskaitis, Director

Karl Neugebauer, Director

AMERICAN GUILD OF TOWN CRIERS MEMBERSHIP

To find out more about a crier listed, contact them via e-mail or the Guild, (at bottom of the page)

If a town crier is what you are looking for to add Historic color to an upcoming event.

REDMOND O'COLONIES, with his partner in town crying SHEENA CARLSON. (click on photo) He is the former President of the American Guild. He is another member who has dual country town crierships. He represents Esquimalt B.C. in Canada as well as The County of Contra Costa in California Has competed all over the World. e-mail rocolonies@yahoo.com

JOHN KARSTEN, former President of the American Guild.from Holland Mich.

Host annual TULIP FESTIVAL. (his escort is his wife WIEDA)

has competed World wide.

WILLIAM JOSEPH, former Secretary, pictured with his wife, Alma. represents

Morris and Sussex Counties plus Belvidere , NJ and Newton , NJ. You can contact him at: www.billjosephtowncrier.com

his e-mail below THIS WEB SITE MANAGER

TEL# 201-230-1614

MICHAEL LIEBER , former Treasure From Toledo Ohio. represents the Greater Toledo and Sylvania area. Has been seen on "To Tell the Truth". contact him via his e-mail below

ROGER (RIP) PELLATON town crier of Charlton and Strubridge, Mass. web page: PELLAVISION.COM

PRESIDENT of The American Guild

contact him via his e-mail below

DENNIS AUSTIN AND MARIA.VICE-PRESIDENT of the Guild he is the Warren County NJ Crier reach his e-mail at: adennis@nac.net

JERRY AND BEVERLY PRAVER these two American criers

reside in Cambria , Calif. Bev represents Cambria and Jerry represents San Luis Obispo County, They can be reached at their e-mail below. Bev recently placed second in the 2011 North American Championship and First in the Top American

DR. CLIFF HOCHBERG represents Plainsboro, NJ. he is a.

Chiropractic Doctor and a scuba diving volunteer. he can be reached at his e-mail

He has been seen on TV on the FOOD NETWORK

WILLIAM KNEPP Married to Nancy. Represents Miami Twp / Clermont County Ohio. Can be seen riding in his GLORY MOBILE !

A.DAVID FRITH represents St. George's, Bermuda is one of several criers who have dual status as criers of different

countries. he can be reached at his e-mail below

OUR NEIGHBORS T THE NORTH HAVE TOWN CRIERS ALSO. IF YOU'D LIKE VISIT THE ONTARIO GUILD OF TOWN CRIERS OF CANADA, JUST CLICK ON THE ICON

ADDITIONAL MEMBERSHIP ...WE ARE AWAITING PICTURES

CHRISTIE BREMER (escort JAMES) from Wenatchee, WA cclcteach@aol.com

WILLIAM MOSS from Harvard Mass T/C Strawberry Banke Museum no e-mail

HANK KLEINFELDT T/C Mariemont , Ohio HKLIEN304@AOL.COM

DECEASED MEMBERS.there bells are silent but their memories live on.

.RON LEHEW Charter member from Salem NJ who was a graphic artist who

created the patch we wear on our uniforms.

NAPOLEON POYANT was t/c for Provencetown Mass and Naples Florida original charter member

JOHN YAGERLINE (escort. Yoshe) t/c from Alexandria Va.

Philip Barbou crier from Kansas and member of the Sons of the Revolution

LAWERANCE FITTON town crier from Attlesboro Ma.

WALTER TAYLOR (escort Joan) died March 2013

PHILIP BARBOUR Town crier and member of Sons of the Revolution died 2014

RICHARD ALLEN LaLENA (escort Tina) Founding President of Guild (1997-2002) Crier for: Historic Towne of Smithville, NJ, Boro of Berlin,

County Crier for Camden County, NJ

Carpenters Company of the City and County of Philadelphia,

The NJ State League of Municpalities. Plus an ordained minister who performs

weddings (see his website below)

contact him via his e-mail at RICHLALENA@GMAIL.COM

tel# 856-685-8636

JOHN AND MARY WEBSTER John is one of several criers and escorts that represent towns from both USA and Canada. John can be reached by his e-mail

FREDERICK TAYLOR TREASURER of American Guild

T/C Annapolis Maryland ,Baltimore County Crier in Maryland , Sykesville and Catonsville, Md,

He can reached at: squirefrederick@hotmail.com

KARL H. NEUGEBAUER DIRECTOR OF THE GUILD

he is the past-president of the Historical Society of Watertown

T/C Watertown , Mass. they can reached at his e-email.

karl@watertownartorg or the listing below

DARRYL MORGAN T/C Cape Garardeau, Missouri with his

wife (escort Betty) . you can reach them via there e-mail below

NEMO TURNER T/C Montreal Canada with his faithful stead "Jolly". he can be reached via e-mail. He has a little magic in his soul. visit: www.societymagic.com

Recently presented the rank of KENTUCKY COLONEL

JIM BUSH T/C Macedon, NY Village Crier of Palmyra, NY can be reach at his e-maill..He also has some magic in his tri-corn hat

.JOHN AND CHRISTINA NEITZ T/C Minneapolis Minn has a web site www.facebook/com/minneapolistowncrier

2010 Chester England World Tournement winner of best

Dressed and Best Ambassador.

he can be reached via e-mail just click below

LARRY SMITH T/C Jacksonville, Oregon town crier and reenactor. can be reached via e-maill below. (click on photo)

RICHARD RIDDELL former GUILD SECRETARY T/C Official Town Crier of Anacortes Washington. American Winner in 2008 North American Town Crier's competition. Winner of the 400th Anniversary comp in Bermuda 2009. e-mail contact below.

web site: www.richardriddell.com

.VERONICA (RONNIE) STEVANS escorted by her

husband Daniel. Town Crier of Hampton Twp.NJ

Winner of amature town crier contest Newton NJ '04

KIMON (KIM) GREGORY his wife is Carol

He is the town crier representing Historic Deerfield.

Hails from Erving Mass.

contact him at his e-mail below

TIM YUSKAITIS AND JENNA GUILD DIRECTOR T/C FAIRLAWN NJ His wife is Dianne and has a son Timmy. he is escorted by his daughter Jenna. He is an officer for

NJ Transit. his emial is below

DAVID ROSE W/ WIFE KIM GUILD SECRETARY t/c Easton Pa. when not town crying in either colonial or Civil war attire he is a Para Professional for local Vo-Tech school. She works for Northampton Cty Historical and Genealogical Soc.