Wimodausis Chapter No.106 OES

Wimodausis Chapter #106

Star Light News

February – March 2006 Issue 6

Great News!

Our March meeting will be a busy night.   We not only will hold election of officers for the coming year, we will hold an initiation with 2 candidates!! Since it will be a busy night, we voted at the January meeting to request a special dispensation to start the meeting at 7:30.  If you are an officer and you know that you will not be present at the meeting, please let Sister Wendy know as soon as possible, so a pro-tem can be found.  If you are not currently an officer and are willing to pro-tem, please contact Wendy.   At our February meeting we will be balloting.   Please attend our upcoming meetings!

Chapter Installation

As noted in the last newsletter, our chapter installation will be held on March 21st, at 7:00 pm. The invitation is listed later in the newsletter. We hope you can attend and help get a new term off to a great start.

School of Instruction

We will hold a school on February 16, at 7:00 pm for the installation and to cover opening/closing for the new officers. We plan to cover both topics to save in having to schedule another night out for a practice. We scheduled the time a little earlier to help in not making it a late night. We understand that it might create a problem with some of your work schedules, please notify Sister Dottie Brown if you have a problem with the time.

Fund Raisers

Catering

As a reminder, we cater anywhere from 3-4 dinners a month for other organizations that meet at the lodge.  We are always looking for assistance with these dinners.  They are the main projects that bring funds into our chapter.  We raised over $1000 this term from these dinners.  If you can’t be at the lodge to serve the meals, perhaps you can prepare the meal at home and another member can serve it at the lodge.    We have two in the month of February, on the 3^rd and 23^rd.  Please contact Sister Ruth Cross, if you are available to help.

Chapter Trip

The chapter voted to sponsor a trip to Lancaster, PA. A flyer with details is included later in the newsletter. Invite your family and friends to join you on this trip and support your chapter at the same time.

Community Service

The chapter voted at the last meeting to sponsor a local family in need. As a chapter, we will remember this family during holidays throughout the year and at their birthdays. More information will be posted in the upcoming newsletters.

A note to the Current Officers

It is that time of the year again when we need to have all Chapter Rituals and Black Books that are assigned to the officers returned, so they can be reassigned to the new officers. Please bring the books to the February meeting or school of instruction and turn them in the chapter secretary.

Sickness and Distressed:

Please remember the following member that is in need of our thoughts and prayers:

·         Brother Bill Jordan - who is recovering from knee surgery.

If you know of any other members, family or friends who need to be remembered, please contact Sister Diane Brown (703-393-8338)

Our chapter sends it sympathy to Brother Walter Alvis, Past Grand Patron, on the passing of his wife, Sister Lucy, who was a Past Grand Matron. Please remember the Alvis family during this difficult time.

Prince William Installation

The DeMolay will hold their installation of Officers on February 11^th, at 2:00 pm. Please attend and show your support to these young men.

A Special Thanks

Our chapter would like to thank Sisters Sandy Graves and Dori Malone for coming out the last 2 years and pro-teming as Organist. It makes the meeting much nicer to have it accompanied by music.

Important Phone Numbers:

Wendy Bozenhard, Worthy Matron

703-335-6313

wmn104@comcast.net

Edwin Elliott, Worthy Patron

703-361-2921

Robin Dawson, Secretary

703-791-4787

hmdred@aol.com

Becky Moose, Treasurer

703-335-1760

Dottie Brown, Associate Matron

703-393-8338

Arnie Brown, Associate Patron

703-393-8338

MANASSEH LODGE