Sunday, May 30, 2010

Stated Meeting – December 15, 2009

Merry Christmas!
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Merry Christmas to friends!
Merry Christmas to foes!
The world's bright with joy, so
Forget all your woes.
The earth's full of beauty, of
Love and good cheer.
Merry Christmas to all and a
Happy New Year!

SERVICE ANNIVERSARIES FOR DECEMBER

Olga Lambutsky - 51 years
Pauline Clarke - 43 years
Vi Bainbridge - 41 yeas
Frank Nemeth - 31 years
Terry Radford - 17 years
Richard Teague - 14years

BIRTHDAYS FOR DECEMBER

Lynda Shackell - 3rd
Heather MacDonald - 10th
Norma Hobson - 11th
Barbara Wheaton - 12th
Joyce Thompson - 28th

This was our Christmas meeting with Sister Heather MacDonald and Brother Frank Nemeth as our Pro-tem Worthy Matron and Worthy Patron.

We were please to welcome 1 GGCCM, two Past Grand Matrons, one Past Grand Patron and two Grand Officers.

After the minutes and correspondence were taken care of, Sister Terry Clark was installed as Associate Matron. Sister Anita Young acted as Installing Matron and Sister Brenda Shaw-Radford was the Installing Marshal.

Under Good of the Order, the Trustees and Card Convener presented their annual reports. As the books had not yet been audited, the Secretary, Treasurer and Auditors will give their reports at our January meeting.

Sister Debbie Gamble and Brother Frank Nemeth were presented with Grand Representatives Commissions – Sister Debbie to Saskatchewan and Brother Frank to Wisconsin. Sister Anita Young presented these on behalf of the Worthy Grand Matron.

The meeting closed early allowing us more time to enjoy fellowship and lots of Christmas goodies. During the social, we also had our gift exchange and a ½ & ½ draw.

Special Meeting – November 24, 2009

The wild November come at last
Beneath a veil of rain;
The night winds blows its folds aside,
Her face is full of pain.
The latest of her race, she takes
The Autumn's vacant throne:
She has but one short moon to live,
And she must live alone.
~ Richard Henry Stoddard, November ~

SERVICE ANNIVERSARIES FOR NOVEMBER

Florene Goodfellow - 50 years
Josie Wilkinson - 38 years
Bryan Jackson - 28 years

BIRTHDAYS FOR NOVEMBER

Alana Farrell - 5th
Pierrette Langevin - 11th

A Special Meeting was held on November 24, 2009 for the purpose of Installation of Officers.

The Bible was reverently opened without ceremony at 9:30 p.m. after which the Special Meeting was declared open.

The following officers were installed:

Worthy Matron - Barbara Wheaton, G.G.C.C.M. & PGM of VT.
Worthy Patron - Robert Wheaton, P.P.
Associate Patron - Terence Radford, P.G.P.
Secretary - Alana Farrell, P.G.M.
Treasurer - Gordon Young, Grand Sentinel
Conductress - Brenda Shaw-Radford, G.G.C.C.M.
Associate Conductress - Anita Young, P.G.M.
Chaplain - Dorothy Winder, P.M.
Organist - Dorothy Sanderson, P.M.
Adah - Debbie Gamble, P.M.
Ruth - Tootsie Wise, P.M.
Esther - Heather MacDonald, P.M.
Martha - Pauline Clarke, P.M.
Electa - Josephine Nemeth, P.M.
Warder - Frank Nemeth, P.P.
Sentinel - John Wise, P.G.P.

After the Grand Marshal proclaimed the officers regularly installed, the Worthy Matron, Sister Barbara and Worthy Patron, Brother Bob gave their acceptance addresses and the Worthy Matron thanked the officers for taking their offices this year. She is glad that we have a full slate. The Worthy Matron then thanked the Installing Officers, who were:

Installing Matron, Sister Huguette Daguerre, WGM; Installing Patron, Brother Armand Lono, WGP; Installing Chaplain, Brother Glenn Munkres, Grand Chaplain; Installing Marshal, Brother Barry Yaxley, Grand Marshal; Installing Organist, Sister Huguette Strassbourg, Grand Organist; Installing Warder, Sister Maria Roussakis, Grand Warder and Installing Sentinel, Brother William Winter, P.G.P.

Sister Fabienne Winter, AGM, who was our Pro-tem Associate Matron and Brother Terry Radford, PGP, our Associate Patron presented Sister Barbara and Brother Bob Wheaton (who were also our outgoing Worthy Matron and Worthy Patron) with a monetary gift from the chapter in lieu of a bar.

Sister Huguette Daguerre, WGM; Brother Armand Lono, WGP; Brother Robert Evans, GGCCM and Sister Fabinne Winter, AGM all addressed the Chapter and all wished the chapter continued success in the coming year.

Sister Anita Young, on behalf of the members wished the Worthy Matron and Worthy Patron a safe trip out West. They are going to visit family and attend the Winter Olympics, and will only be returning in March.

The Bible was closed informally followed by the Mizpah Benediction, and the Special meeting was closed, after which the Worthy Matron and Worthy Patron were escorted to sign the Bible. After the meeting, we all sat down to enjoy a wonderful social of friendship and fellowship and lots of great food.

Officers for 2009-2010 along with the Installing Officers

Welcome!

Welcome to Friendship Chapter #15. This blog will work in conjunction with our Chapter’s website in letting our members know what is happening.

A lot of our members, for various reasons, cannot attend meetings on a regular basis. Hopefully, through this blog, they will be able to keep up with what is happening in the Chapter.

Updates will be posted within a few days of our Chapter meetings, or after any special events that have taken place. Joys & Concerns as well as Birthdays & OES Anniversaries will also be posted. Please note that mailing addresses will not be posted, therefore if you need a mailing address to send a card, etc. please contact the Chapter Secretary.

I will be playing catch up and will be posting what has happened so far in our Chapter since our Installation of Officers in November 2009. Hopefully I will be all caught up by the end of the week. In the meantime, please take a tour of this site and check out all the pages of information. Comments to any post are more than welcome.

If any of our members living outside the province wish to let us know what is happening where they are, just send a little blurb to the secretary, and I can post it in your name.

Enjoy!