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Fraternal Correspondent
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Members of this GJ collected puzzle pieces as attendance incentives and brought those pieces to the “Friendship and
Southern Hospitality Session” in Birmingham.
The WGM of the 118th “Simple Pleasures of Life” session meeting urged the 1198 members attending
to BELIEVE in Miracles. She used a bee hive as her emblem, and their Grand excursion was a bus trip to
northwestern NY, including the Finger Lakes, a winery, and the
Corning Museum of Glass. (I’ll bet Lisa Davis knows this one!)
The motto for our neighbor to the west was “WE THE
PEOPLE.” When asked, “HOOSIER presiding
officer?” the answer was WGM Debby Thomas.
While addressing the State adult youth leaders at the 110th
“Treasured Memories” Session, the WGP advised to “Do all the good you can, by all the means
you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all
the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you
ever can.”
The program of the 110th “Hands of Service” session
of this Tri-State Friend boasts an illustration of the
Rob Morris home on the cover.
GOLDEN MOMENTS
In this Canadian jurisdiction, 50- and 60-year
presentations were done with non-OES members of the family invited into the
Chapter Room if at an event other than a Chapter
meeting.
Something happened at the 121 “Stars of Love” session that had
NEVER happened in the 127 years that OES has been in the state. For the first only time, a PGM and PGP who served together 50 years ago were able to celebrate the golden
anniversary of their session. Sister Jeanne Johnson of Superior and
Brother Curtis Lang of Milwaukee.
There were 7 70-year members, 1 75-year
member, and 1 80-year member at the 123rd
“Random Acts of Kindness” session held in Pierre in this
Grand Jurisdiction.
At the 137th “Let There Be Light” Session held in Lincoln, 142 50-year members were honored by
the WGM and WGP at a luncheon. When the WGM
asked a 74-year member if she was coming to the session, she
replied, “Oh no! I’m on the clean-up committee.”
138 50-year members were recognized by the WGM during her official visits,
including 82-year member Dorothy Burgess, 102 years young during her “Canopy of
Stars” year.
EXCELLENCE
The Ritual competition in this SUNNY state is not
individuals, but complete teams who present the
initiatory work. Teams may be from one Chapter or
many different Chapters. Six teams compete at Grand Chapter for recognition.
This West Coast Grand Chapter held its first Ritual
Competition at its 123rd “Dreams, Devotion, Direction” session in
Pendleton. The competition included the WM, AP, Star Points, and Signet Work.
This southern Grand Jurisdiction recently held its
113th “Faith, Hope, Joy, Love” session in Alexandria and
presents “Purr”fect Personal Achievement Awards to
members.
Two awards presented at the 108th session held in Roanoke were the
Maintenance Plus award for increasing membership (13 Chapters
were recognized) and the Cardinal Club award for member who
attended every official visit. The WGM said there are no dues, but it is one of the most expensive clubs
you can join.
During the 120th “Let Our Star Shine” session, the
WGM of our most northeastern state presented
116 Travel Club ribbons to members who visited other
Chapters, attended events of another fraternal body, and
helped with a Chapter Service Project.
IRREGULARITY
It may seem “CORNY” to you, but an irregularity for
poor attendance at Schools of Instruction was given in
the Cornhusker State which boasts 94 Chapters with
8,139 members.
Porch book being signed long before the start of the meeting was an irregularity, but posting the Canadian
flag before the American flag was not in this GJ to the
north, whose Grand Chapter was held in Kamloops.
The WGM of the 122nd “Celebration of Life” Session
held in Manchester had to give an irregularity (and ultimatum) to a Chapter refusing to pay
per capita fees.
Some irregularities noted by the WGM of the 115th “Stars in My Heart” session held in Casper
included the Conductress using her left hand to exemplify the
signs, a WP joining the Circle of Prayer, and a Chaplain giving the closing prayer during the
opening.
Eating in the Chapter room must not be an irregularity as
pre-ordered box lunches were delivered and eaten
during the business session of the Grand Chapter at the 118th “Simple Pleasures of Life” session held in the
Keystone State.
RULES ®ULATIONS
In this Grand Chapter, which participates in Hands across the Border with Quebec, all requests for dispensations are forwarded to the WGP. Last year there were 33.
At the 107th Building the Future” session held in
Reno, any fundraising that competes with local gaming
in illegal.
Annual Reports went electronic the year of the 118th “Precious Moments” session. The many
of the Roughrider state’s Chapter minutes are stored at
the office of the Grand Secretary (whose first name is Roberta). She is
encouraging them to investigate other available options.
Legislation in this Land of Lincoln Jurisdiction included
prohibiting School of Instruction on Sundays.
Suggestions to reduce the # of long form openings required, for Grand Officers to serve
two-year terms, and to translate the Ritual into French
were made in this Grand Jurisdiction—the only one that
rhymes with (Alex) Trebek.
DOUBLE JEOPARDYJUST SAYIN’GOING TO THE DOGSAll in the
GRAND FAMILYFaith, Hope, &
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The emblems of WGM Jean Chance at the 113th “Wings of Friendship” session in Ocean
City were butterflies and puzzles. And, the last name of their Grand Ruth was difficult
for many to pronounce: Sylvia Spriesterbach.
(What do you think of that, Linda Prochazka?)
WGM Eleanor Tesch, presiding at the 123rd
“Beacon of Hope” session held in Great Falls in this
BIG SKY state, has a sister in Findlay, Ohio, and a
brother in Athens, Ohio. The AGP is Clint Frank (not
Frank Clifton).
Member RON KELLER was presented a check for $50 on
behalf of DeMolay in this FIRST STATE’s 91st Session.
The WGM of the 122nd “Celebration of Life” session held in Manchester used bee hives and honeybees as her
emblem. For entertainment, a beekeeper (the husband of the
Grand Organist), brought 6 pounds of bees and let gave an
informational presentation. BTW, there are 60,000 bees in 6
pounds!
The 65th “Reflections of Love and Music” Session was held July 3, 4, and 5, as it is not a
national holiday in this jurisdiction. The WGM’s
emblem was the forget-me-not, honoring “faithful members of all
our Chapters who regularly attend meetings even though
they do not hold an office.”
Faith, Hope, &CHARITIES
WGM organized a murder mystery dinner based on the
board game CLUE, giving one clue at each Grand
Visitation during the year. The finale dinner in Salt Lake City raised $2365 for Breast
Cancer research.
At the 118th “Simple Pleasures of Life” session of this Grand Jurisdiction, held in York, it was announced that WGM’s special project for MS raised $98,031.64.
At the 113th “Wings of Friendship” session in Ocean
City, $27,622.84 was raised for their special project of
therapeutic riding. The money was donated to Horses for
Hope, and Horses for Heroes, assisting veterans.
The WGM special project for the WGM of the 138th Sym-PHONE-y of Love” session
held in Springfield was “Cells for Soldiers.” 675 donated
cell phones were sold to buy 40,000+ minutes for military
members.
The Pantomime Committee had three performances this year, raising nearly $9000 for the OES Home, Education, and Youth Day. The committee
chairman even got the WGM to gather props, make tickets,
programs, and contacts. The chairman was her husband.
ALL IN THE GRAND FAMILY
This jurisdiction just held their 14th biennial session.
Because GC meets every other year “Down Under,”
everyone in this Grand Family holds his or her respective
Grand office for two years.
At the 107th Building the Future” session held in
Reno, the WGP Richard Sidford was the husband of
Grand Conductress Elizabeth Sidford.
In the 138th Symphony of Love” Session in the Land of Lincoln, The Grand Officers
were Golden Notes, the Grand Representatives were Silver Notes, and the Grand Escorts were Totin’ Notes!
At the 65th “Reflections of Love and Music” session held in Charlottetown, the WGP Fred Lipskey and
Grand Esther Peg Lipskey were husband and wife.
It was “ALL in the FAMILY” as WGM Mary Heskett and WGP Gerald Busch served with their spouses Grand Warder Gerry
Heskett and Grand Ruth Bonnie Busch.
The 96th “A Moment in Time” session of this Northern Province was held in North Battlefield (not
Saskatoon.)
GOING TO THE
DOGS
This west coast jurisdiction meeting in Fresno raised
$80,000 for Paws for Purple Hearts, enough to train 5
assistance dogs for military members.
Wife and husband Hazel and Martin Bless were the WGM and WGP presiding at the 118th “Precious
Moments” session held in Mandan. They endorsed “Denim for Dogs” to raise funds for their Grand Project for service dogs. For a donation,
members could attend two meetings wearing denim—including JEANS!
($6700 was donated.)
The 44 chapters of this Grand Jurisdiction sponsored 5
service dogs for children with diabetes. Dog Casey and boy Tyler met for the first time at
Grand Chapter in the mile-high city.
Paws for Patriots raised over $10,000 for service animals for our veterans in this SUNSHINE
state. Corporal Michael Jernigan (USMC retired)
presented the Marine Corps flag during the informal pre-
opening with the assistance of his guide dog Brittany.
At the 146th “Nature’s Beauty” Session of the oldest Grand Jurisdiction in the World, the
WGM promised to dye her hair purple and green, and WGP
promised to shave his head if the goal of $90,000 was raised for Paws for a Cause. They kept their word when $90,050 was
donated.
JUST SAYIN’
Fraternal correspondents are two GRs in this jurisdiction
that boasts chapters named Mesa Starlight, Saguaro,
Casa Grande, Grand Canyon, and Desert Star.
The idea of fraternal correspondents was conceived
in this New England state in 1876--there were only 8 Grand
Jurisdictions at the time. It helped keep us “CONNECT”-ed.
The fraternal correspondent for the 111th “Soaring Eagles”
session was a PGM. I wonder if she
VOLUNTEERed?
The Empire state has only one fraternal correspondent.
However, she reports only on 10 jurisdictions. Just sayin’
There was one HEAD fraternal correspondent plus
17 assistant fraternal correspondents giving the report the 142nd “Winter
Wonderland” session held in Atlantic City of this
Jurisdiction.
FINAL JEOPARDY
GRANDEST JURISDICTION
This Grand Jurisdiction is celebrating 125 years of charity, truth, and loving-
kindness. They have learned that in the journey of life,
love is the key.
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