vol. 74 no. 11 november/december 2019 why do you pay...

Vol. 74 No. 11-12 WEB SITE: lodge1221.moosepages.org November/December 2019

Why do you pay your membership dues year after year? Moose is a fraternal organization that supports a Child’s City and a Sen-ior Living Center. We be-lieve that all children should be cared for with

loving and supportive adults in their lives. Some-times that’s not possible in their current situa-tion. So, they come to Mooseheart where they have a chance for an education, to be healthy and happy, and have a safe environment to grow into happy healthy adults. The Senior Living Center offers a home for the Seniors so they have no worries, except what they are going

Thank you Ironworkers Local

392 for refurbishing the grill on

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IT’S THE MOOSE

Published bimonthly by Belleville/Swansea Lodge #1221

Loyal Order of Moose Address: 2425 North Illinois St.

Swansea, IL 62226 Office: 233-2600 Fax: 233-3958

Social Quarters: 233-1450 WOTM Contact: (618) 660-7783

CO-EDITORS: Mike Bruss, Wendy Dodd, Mary Williams

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BOARD OF OFFICERS Jr. Past Governor….……. Brad Holcomb Governor………….…….. Mike Bruss Jr. Governor………….…. Phil McCann Prelate……………...….... Butch Hotz Treasurer……………....... Bob Thurgood Trustee 1 Yr… ……...… Terry Schmidt Trustee 2 Yr …...…….... Roger Cudney Trustee 3 Yr ……..……. Ed Denton Administrator………..….. G. M. Ortiz APPOINTED OFFICERS Sgt.-At-Arms……………. Royce Braden Asst.-Sgt.-At-Arms……… Inner Guard……………… Outer Guard…….……….. Steve Simpson

LOUNGE HOURS

Sun - Thurs: 11:00 am - 11:00 pm

LODGE OFFICE HOURS Monday - Friday - 8:00 am to 3:00 pm

PRIVACY POLICY

Our Lodge as a private fraternal organization is governed by the Privacy Policy. This means that all persons who enter the quarter’s must have a Moose I.D. card, a paid Moose or Chapter Dues Receipt.

If a male member brings in a guest (male or female) the guest must wear a guest identification badge. The same holds true for a chapter member.

Being considered a guest means that you are welcome here. However, you are not allowed to make a purchase in the lodge and you must leave when the member leaves.

RITUAL FUNERAL SERVICE AVAILABLE

Please call the office at 233-2600 for arrangements.

Dear Moose Members,

Thanks to everyone who volunteered to make the Moose Family

Picnic a huge success. From the comments that I heard all members

and guests had a great time.

Supreme Governor Rodney Hammond will be visiting our lodge on

Dec 2. He will be here for a luncheon in his honor. We will need

volunteers to help prepare and serve on this day. This event should

only take a couple of hours to prepare, serve and clean-up. I look

forward to making this an enjoyable event for Supreme Governor

Hammond.

We are still in need of volunteers to work in the kitchen. Your help

at our daily meals, Fish Fry, Wings, Bingo, and other special events

is greatly appreciated. Please contact Mike Davis or Mike Bruss if

you would like to volunteer a few hours a week.

The Kids Room is almost complete. Volunteers to help decorate the

room, help clean, and slightly used toys are needed. Contact Jeanie

Morgan to help with the room. Donations of toys can be left at the

Lodge Office or put in the new kids’ room.

The new Moose sign and lettering is now complete except for some

electrical work to be preformed by an outside electrician.

Our annual Veteran’s Appreciation Dinner will be on Nov 13th.

Please pick up registration form and other information at the Lodge

or see Phil McCann.

Fraternally,

Mike Bruss, Governor

LOOM NEWS IN MEMORY

Member Enrolled Deceased

John Fowler 10/01/1983 09/28/2019

Dennis Hermann 03/29/2018 08/15/2019

Bruce Nowak 01/20/2014 10/15/2019

Welcome To Our New Lodge Members—

Thank You Sponsors!

New Member Sponsor

Mark Rodriguez Julie York

Ronald Krietemeyer David Keck

Donald Dahm Mary Anderson

Ken Bunton Gary Naumann

Taylor Holt Mike Bruss

James Schnipper Lupe Ortiz

John Laker Ed Henrichs

The Kid’s Room

Looking for toy donations.

Photo of two newest

Moose Legionnaires of

Lodge 1221. Pictured

left to right: sponsor

Mike Davis for Dallas

Alleya, Wayne Leh-

mann sponsor Frank

Whittaker.

THANK YOU!!!

For donating baskets, cakes, fall items, etc. for the Family Picnic.

Thank you for attending, working and everything you did to make the Family Picnic successful.

It was a good time for all.

Also, the Old-timer’s baseball game that day was fun.

November 2019 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

Zumba Gold Mon-Tues-Wed-Fri 10:30-11:30

Senior Fitness Camp Thurs 10:30-11:15

All dinners are served 4:30-7:30

1 Qtr Rama 7

Doors Open 6 Steel Tip 7 Fish Fry - Jack Salmon Drawings 8

2

Power of One Coat Distribution 10

Pivate Wedding

3 Daylight Saving Time Change

Bingo 6:30

Kitchen Open 5

Moose Riders Breakfast 8:30

4

Joint Board Meeting 7

Loom Board 7:15

WOTM Board 6

Pot Roast

5

Family Dinner

Pork Loin, Mashed Pot/Gravy, Peas

6

All You Can Eat Tacos $5.00

7

Wings & Things

C/W Dance Lessons 7-9:30

8

Fish Fry

Higher Degree Drawing 8

Q of Hearts 8

9

Trivia 7

10

Bingo 6:30

Kitchen Opens 5

11

WOTM Activity College of Re-gents 7

Loom Membership 7

Fellowship Meet-ing 7:30ish

Fajitas

12

Family Dinner

Pork Steaks, Macaroni Salad, Green Beans

13

Veterans Appreciation

Dinner 5:30

14

Wings & Things


15

Fish Fry


Q of Hearts 8

Rock-n-Roll Bingo Henry Raab School

16

Elvis

Impersonator & the Vinyl

Frontier Band

Doors open 6

Show 7

Food available 17

District 9 Meeting

Mascoutah 9:30

Bingo 6:30

Kitchen Opens 5

18

LOOM Board 7

Membership Mtg to follow

Pork Sausage and Kraut

19

Family Dinner Fried/Roasted Chicken, Mashed Pot/Gravy, Green Beans, Salad-Jack Mueller Music

20

Smoked Pork Chops

21

Wings & Things


Moose Riders Dinner Ride 6:30

22

Fish Fry


Q of Hearts 8

23

C/W Dance 7:30-10:30

24

Bingo 6:30

Kitchen Opens 5

25

No Zumba

Moose Riders Meeting 7

Babette’s Green Cap Activity Night

Fried Chicken

26

Family Dinner

Wurstmart

27

WOTM Business Meeting 7

Rotisserie Chicken

28

Happy Thanksgiving!

Serving a full Thanksgiving Dinner

11-3

29

Fish Fry

Whole Catfish


Q of Hearts 8

30

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Bingo 6:30 Kitchen Opens 5

2 Joint Board Meeting 7 LOOM Board Meet-ing to follow WOTM Officers Meeting 6 Lunch for Supreme Governor

3 Family Dinner Baby Back Ribs, Lumberjack Beans, Green Beans

4 All You Can Eat Tacos, Rice and Beans

5 Fellowship Christmas Party 5:30 Wings & Things C/W Dance Les-sons 7-9:30

6 Fish Fry Featuring Jack Salmon Higher Degree Drawing Q of Hearts 8

7 WOTM Christmas Party 11-1 Trivia—Gateway Pet Guardians 7

8 Purse Bingo Bingo 6:30 Kitchen Opens 5

9 LOOM Member-ship Meeting 7 Chicken & Dumplings

10 Family Dinner Suffed Green Peppers, Pot & Gravy, &Vegetable No Zumba

11 WOTM Activity Night 7 Wurstmart Legion

12 Wings & Things C/W Dance Lessons 7-9:30

13 Fish Fry Higher Degree Drawing Q of Hearts 8

14 Kids Christmas Party 11—1


16 LOOM Board/ Membership 7 Beef Stew

17 Family Dinner Fried/Roasted Chicken Dinner, Mashed Pot & Gravy, Corn Jack Mueller Music

18 Pork Steaks

19 PSOP C/W Dance/Lunch 10:30 - 1:30 Moose Rider Dinner Ride Wings & Things

20 Fish Fry Higher Degree Drawing Q of Hearts 8

21


23 Enchiladas

24 Lunch Served 11—2

25 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!! Lodge Closed

26 Wings & Things C/W Dance Les-sons 7 - 9:30

27 Fish Fry featuring Whole Catfish Higher Degree Drawing

28 C/W Dance


30 Fettuccini Alfredo

31 New Years Eve Party 8

Zumba Gold Mon-Tues-Wed-Fri 10:30-11:30

Senior Fitness Camp Thurs 10:30-11:15

All dinners are served 4:30-7:30

December 2019

BOARD MEMBERS 2019-2020

Senior Regent………… Joice Schmitt Junior Regent…………. Linda Mehrtens Secretary/Treasurer….... Wendy Dodd Recorder………………. Mary Williams Junior Graduate Regent.. Babette Rensing

Appointed Officers

Guide………………….. Patti Brown Assistant Guide……….. Nikki Wilcoxen

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Committees

Membership/Retention….. Amanda Becker Mooseheart/Moosehaven .. Denise Becker Community Service………Jeanie Morgan Activities/Sports ……… Debbie Hernandez Higher Degree………....... Wendy Dodd Ways and Means………… Babette Rensing

Funeral Ritual Team

Senior Regent………….Wendy Dodd Jr. Regent……………....Debbie Hernandez Recorder………….……Carolyn Jung Jr. Graduate Regent……Debbie Voellinger

Special Committees

Sunshine……...…….. Janet Schmitt

Sunshine Child/Grandparent…..…. Julia Roberts

Funeral Luncheon… Lynn McCurdy

Application Review ....

Catherine Jake

Jackie Voegtle

Audit………….…... Marcia Beeler Brenda Barton

Sandra Johnson

WOTM NEWS

IN MEMORY

Member Enrolled Deceased Lena Gamblin 03/10/1976 07/27/2019 Betty Nolte 01/29/1995 08/10/2019

Welcome New Co-Workers

Thank You Sponsors

New Member Sponsor

Marilyn Blaha Raymond Page

Jody Page Raymond Page

Jennifer Cook Patricia Simmonds

Susan Davis Cheryl Duncan

Melissa Finley Mike Davis

Angela Lalicker Chris Greene

Melissa Rock Ed Denton

Sharon Rodriguez Mike Davis

Kristen Farmer Johnny Murray

Klynn Graf Jeanie Morgan

Heather Kloeppel Jeanie Morgan

Lori Swanson-Rodriguez Julie York

One District / One State

Women are encouraged to attend District Meetings.

The Senior Regent and Recorder will be on the roll

call for these meetings and will need to give a report

similar to the report that LOOM gives.

Dear Moosettes,

As you might know the IL Moose Association sponsors a day for the chil-

dren at Mooseheart every year called Illinois Day. I have heard about

this day for many years. This year 5 ladies got together at 5:30 a.m. to

head to Mooseheart. We arrived about 11 just to be greeted by one of

our own men! Russ had gone up on Thursday to help with this event.

We didn’t get up there in time to enjoy all the activities but what we

were able to do was great. Two of us played volleyball with the girls.

We walked until we hitched a ride on the tram around the campus to

see the different houses, the church, (called The House of God), the

school, the post office and the shop. Once you visit this place called

Mooseheart you understand the importance of what we do.

The most important part of the whole day was to meet our Sunshine

child, Jesse. We weren’t able to pick him out of all the kids hanging out

in the gym because he lost weight in the last 2 years. We found him

through talking to the house parents. When we finally found him the

look on his face when he met us was so heartwarming. He was so happy

to meet some of the ladies that sponsor him. He wanted hugs from all

of us and of course we were happy to do so. I bet he hugged us 3 or 4

times. This young man graduates in May of 2020. He has his head on

straight and such a nice guy. If you have a few minutes you could spare

to write to him he would love it. We have labels in the women’s re-

stroom on the bulletin board to make it easy to send a quick note or a

long letter. Jesse would like to know what you are doing or anything

you would like to share with him.

Until next time, Joice Schmitt, Senior Regent

Kid’s Christmas Party Registration

December 14th from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

All children must register for the party so we may buy age and gender appropriate gifts.

Registration deadline November 20, 2019

Affiliated Moose Member _______________________________________________________________

Moose ID#:_________________________________ (Children must be accompanied by Moose Member.)

Child’s Name (First and Last) Age Gender

__________________________________________________________ ______ ______

__________________________________________________________ ______ ______

__________________________________________________________ ______ ______

S T R I V I A V M L

N R E P U L W O E A

L E R M O O S L E N

D X K E D D R U T R

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N T E K I E E T N T

N E M O W H N E G A

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Moose Dinner Lodge

SrRegent Lupe Meeting

Women Trivia Volunteer

Men Chicken Fraternal

FRIENDLY REMINDER:

The Kids Room is finally looking great!!!

If anyone has some gently used toys or new

toys that you would like to donate, it would

be greatly appreciated.

WORD SEARCH

Just for a little fun!

If you have an article or something you would

like to contribute to the newsletter, please

contact Mary Williams or Wendy Dodd. You

can also send via email to:

[email protected]

Belleville/Swansea Lodge 1221

LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE Moose Home – 2425 North Illinois Street Swansea, Illinois 62226-2948

Non-Profit Organization U.S. Postage

PAID Permit No. 27 Belleville, IL

Current Occupant or

Hall Rental

For information on renting the hall or pavilion for wedding receptions, anniversaries, family reunions, etc., contact the Moose Office between 8 am and 2 pm Monday through Friday.

FISH Fry

Fridays - Serving 4:30 to 7:30 pm ————————————

Jack Salmon Available First Friday of the Month

November 1st and December 6th

Whole Catfish Available Last Friday of the Month

November 29th and December 27th

Bingo! Bingo! Bingo!

Join us every Sunday evening at 6:30 pm for bingo. Fun and prizes, open to the public, food & drinks available for pur-chase. We need volunteers once every four weeks-contact Bingo Chairman Mike Buelhorn, Governor Mike Bruss,

or Kitchen Manager Mike Davis.

The WOTM Christmas Party will be held on Saturday, December 7th at 11 a.m.

The menu is Brisket w/mushroom gravy, cheesy scalloped potatoes, glazed carrots, roll, salad, dessert, tea and

coffee. Cost is $10 per person. Please R.S.V.P. by Wednesday, November 27th.

Name: ________________________________________________________________________________________________

Number of attending: ____________________________________ Amount enclosed: ___________________________

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