Order of the Golden Chain hospitals and convalescent homes for the sick, aged and orphaned. During World War II, the Order of the Golden Chain sold more than four million dollars of War Bonds, donated ambulances, mobile kitchens, and an airplane named "The Spirit of the Golden Chain." The United States government accorded the Order of the Golden Chain the honor of christening a Liberty ship, the "Louis L. Bamberger", in recognition of their good deeds. The Order incorporated its Charity Foundation and in 1945 in Blairstown, NJ, that Foundation established Camp Golden Chain for underprivileged children of all races, creeds and colors. Members of
Pyrops candelaria Pyrops candelaria Pyrops candelaria ("Laternaria candelaria" and "Fulgora candelaria" in older literature) is a species of planthopper that lives in Vietnam, Hong Kong, Laos, Thailand and other parts of southeast Asia. It is the type of the genus "Pyrops" erected by Spinola in 1839. Members of this genus are sometimes called lanternflies (although lanternflies do not emit light). Like all Fulgoridae, "P. candelaria" feeds on plant sap: including longan and lychee trees (Sapindaceae), among others. Its long, slender proboscis is used to pierce tree bark to reach the phloem. They are often sought-out by collectors, attracted by their fore wings