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Triple Links BulletinFebruary 2011

2011 Contract

This is the Year

Happy New Year

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Grand Master’s Message

Thomas Wildey Day

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All You Can Eat Brunch

Turkey Pot Pie Supper

Sugaring Off & Bingo

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In Memoriam

Secretaries on the Radio

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Unity #8 Christmas Wreaths

Holiday Dinner

Encampment Pizza Supper

New Hampshire One Day Degree Rally

42nd Annual Canadian War Memorial

Weekend

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

2011 CONTRACT After serious and cautious consideration--

--Your contract of Friendship has beenrenewed for the year 2011----It was a veryhard decision to make----So try not to screwit up!!!

My wish for you in 2011:May peace break into your house and thieves come to steal yourdebts,May the pockets of your jeans become a magnet for $100 bills,May love stick to your face like Vaseline and may laughterassault your lips,May happiness slap you across the face and may tears be thatof joy,May the problems you had, forget your home address.In simple words...May 2011 be the best year of your life! HAPPY NEW YEAR! Grand Master Ernestine Whipple.

To support in friendship,

love and truth

To inform. To educate.

To entertain. To inspire.

2011 THIS IS THE YEAR

This is the year, WE think is bestTo turn our Order aroundTo get new members is our requestWe know they can be found.This is the year, WE think is bestTo make our Order growWE must work hard before WE restFor it's a hard row to hoe.This is the year, WE think is bestTo make our Order better

If each of us will get just oneOur Order will last forever.This is the year, WE think is bestTo make our Order greatOur Jurisdictional leadersHave brought this request.Now let's all get togetherTo make this year the best.

(International Rebekah News 1955 - 1996

Arthur Dyer, Grand Master, Rhode Island)

This year, 2011, is a great year to celebrate Odd Fellowship, tointroduce prospective members to your Lodge and to inform the

people in your community about your Lodge and Fraternity.



Greetings one and all.

Now that Christmas is over, and we all hope that it was good for you all, we wish you

every success, health and happiness for 2011.

Many thanks to all those Lodges that invited me, the Grand Master and Arnold, toparticipate at lovely receptions, with excellent food and fellowship. Nice to meet you allon less formal occasions. Also thanks for the novelty gifts - they are treasured. Knowlton

Lodge # 28, Victoria Lodge # 16, Fidelity Lodge # 33, Alexandra Lodge # 59 held jointly and Golden Rule #13 all celebrated with the Grand Master. Greetings were received from several members of both Odd Fellowand Rebekah Lodges. THANKS.

Now comes the time to prepare for our 2011 Sessions in Granby on May 27th & 28th.. I hope for much lessstress and conflict. We should have the interest of all members and I truly hope it is so.

I believe all visitations have been completed for the Jurisdiction of Quebec and most of those for the USA.Some sessions are due in April and May and I plan to attend these God Willing. There will still be GrandLodge executive meeting this spring.

Have a nice break to the Lodges that are in recess for the months of January and February. To those lodgeswho brave the Canadian winters may your meetings be well attended and successful in promoting OddFellowship.

''The owner of a golf course in Florida was confused about paying an invoice, so he asked his secretary forsome mathematical advice. She had graduated from the University of Florida so he felt she should be able toadvise him. He asked her, ''If I were to give you $20,000 minus 15%, how much would you take off?'' Shethought for a moment, then replied, ''everything but my earrings''.

In F. L. & T.,Ernestine Whipple Grand Master

Grand Master’s Message

Thomas Wildey Day

THOMAS WILDEY DAY...is January 15th, 2011.Celebrate the anniversary of the founder of the

Independent Order of Odd Fellows in America. Incelebration of the occasion initiate new members or

introduce new candidates in your Lodge.



Saturday March 5 Unity #8 Hall, 4150 rte 147, Waterville

5:00—7:00pm

Princess Rebekah Lodge #4 will be holding a Turkey Pot Pie Supper!

Adults: $10Age 6—10: $5Age 5 and under eat free

For information or to buy your ticket: 819-569-0452, [email protected]

Sugaring Off & Bingo

All You Can Eat Brunch

Turkey Pot Pie Supper

Union Encampment #3 invites all members, their families and

prospective members to its annual Sugaring-off and Bingo Night, tobe held at the IOOF Hall, 4150 rte. 147 in Waterville, on Wednesday,March 23 at 7pm. Bingo cards are 10 cents per card per game. Wewill also have a half-and-half and prize draw. For more information,call 819-569-0452 or email [email protected]. Hope to see many of you there, and don't forget your dimes!

Submitted by Thomas Barton, Scribe.

QUEBEC

Sunday February 27 Unity #8 4150 rte 147, Waterville10:30am—1:00pm

Unity Lodge #8 will be holding an All You Can Eat, Restaurant-styleBrunch fundraiser. Eggs (fried, scrambled, omelette), pancakes, homefries, bacon, sausage, beans, toast, coffee, tea, juice)

Adults: $8Age 6—12: $4Age 5 and under eat free!

For more information: 819-340-1391, [email protected]



Past Grand Master and Past Grand Patriarch Oscar Gayton passed away onJanuary 15, 2011 in Lynn, Massachusetts. Brother Oscar was a member of Beaver #6 and of Princess #4. He was also the Goodwill Ambassador for the

Jurisdiction of Quebec for many years.

The Wake was held at the C. McGinn Funeral Home from 3PM to 7PM onJanuary 22nd. Odd Fellows and Masonic funeral services were held. Therewere over 70 Odd Fellows at the service, and a Patriarch’s Militant HonorGuard was present at all times. Sympathies are extended to Oscar’s wifeCarol and family.

Words of Truth from President Barack Obama in Tucson, Arizona. ''We recognize our own mortality and weare reminded that in the fleeting time we have on this Earth, what matters is not the wealth, or status, or power,

or fame----but rather how well we have loved and what small part we have played in making the lives of otherpeople better.''

In Memoriam

TO INFORM. TO EDUCATE. TO ENTERTAIN.

DGM Thomas Barton; GM Ernestine Whipple; GChap Joyce Copping; and PGM Ed Copping travelledto Lynn, Mass onJan.22 to attend funeral of Oscar Gayton. The chauffeur Ed was excellent and his GPShelped guide and was good. Although the weather was very cold travelling was good both ways.

The funeral service by Oscar`s lodge was VERY well attended and very nice. The Masons had a service. ThenGL of Mass. held a service. After the services all were invited to the Hall for a banquet with all kinds of delicious food. We toured the Meeting Hall which was steep and high stairs to a beautiful meeting room. Itwas something to see the three-chair unit for NG & supports ;same for VG. They have simply beautiful and

original gowns-clean and not musty. They keep in showcases Jewels and news items downstairs where theycan be viewed by everyone, as well as pictures of interest .Many thanks to Ed and Joyce for making room forme and for the nice drive, and tour of Macy`s store. We were warmly welcomed and had great fellowship. Oursincerest sympathies to Oscar`s family, lodge members and friends. ew

Secretaries on the Radio

Following the Membership Seminar on November 27, 2010, Grand SecretaryWilhelm Loken and Assembly Secretary Gloria Green were interviewed by David

Teasdale of CJMQ Radio! To hear the interview, please visit the CJMQ Website(www.cjmq.fm), click on “interviews” on the left side of the page then scroll downuntil you see “Odd Fellows and Rebekahs.” Alternatively, you can contact Dawn([email protected]) and you will be sent the link that brings you directlyto the interview. CJMQ is a Communityradio station, serving the community at

large with varied programming to appeal to all age groups andtastes as well as cultural community content. You can listen toCJMQ live at any time from your computer by going towww.cjmq.fm and clicking on “listen live.”



Unity #8

Christmas

Wreaths

New Hampshire One Day Degree Rally

In November and December 2010, themembers of Unity Lodge #8 took orders forChristmas wreaths then had a fun eveningof decorating before delivering to thehappy customers. A few dozen wreathswere sold at $15 for a decorated wreath and$12 for a non-decorated wreath.

Holiday Dinner

On Wednesday, December 15th Beaver Odd Fellows Lodge # 6 hosted their annual holiday friendship dinnerin Granby. Our Canadian winter snow storm, icy road conditions and poor visibility prevented somemembers from attending the social evening of great fellowship enjoyed by others who were able to make itthere.

Encampment Pizza Supper

ENCAMPMENT PIZZA SUPPER at Jerry's Pizza in Lennoxville was held on Wednesday December 8thprior the last meeting of 2010 at the Odd Fellows Hall in Waterville

On Saturday morning November 6th at the Beaver Brook Odd Fellows Lodge # 36 in Keene, NewHampshire, the Grand Lodge Degree team opened the morning meeting. 50 Odd Fellows were present whenthe Initiatory Degree was conducted for the benefit of 14 candidates from 5 Odd Fellow Lodges. Then 21candidates from 8 Odd Fellow Lodges received the degrees of Friendship, Love and Truth. In between thedegree work a break for lunch was held with a delicious pork roast served to all. Regional SGL and IARAmembership chairpersons offered encouraging words to all present and were proud to attend this successfulone day degree rally. They admonished all members to take an active part in their Lodges. New HampshireGrand Master Kevin Taylor extended greetings and thanked all who attended and assisted in making this oneday degree rally a success. A spring rally will be planned.

42nd Annual Canadian War Memorial Weekend

42ND ANNUAL CANADIAN WAR MEMORIAL WEEKEND will be held in Ottawa, Ontario on June3rd to 5th, 2011. The Travel Lodge Ottawa Hotel & Conference Center will be the headquarters Hotel. Theannual banquet ($35 per person) will be held on June 4th at 5:30PM (social hour) and a multi course buffetdinner (6:30PM) followed by entertainment. On Saturday a tour of the Diefenbaker Museum will be held.Departure at noon. Return by 4PM ($25 per person). Contact Muriel White sec'y, PO Box 571, Kemptville,ON, K0G 1J0 for further details.

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