Lodge Installations

Saginaw Lodge #77 and Pioneer-Salina #79 have their installations next week Tuesday and Wednesday respectively.

Saginaw Lodge has a dinner beforehand, served by our members.  If you can, please come out and help the Matrons and Conductresses cook, serve and clean up.

Pioneer-Salina #79 has their installation on Wednesday.  There will be treats afterward.

Please come out and support our Lodge Brothers.  They are part of the reason we are involved.

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December Message

Our School of Instruction went well under the leadership of the Grand Conductress Nancy A. Martin. My officers did the excellent work. A BIG thank you to all who attended.

December is a joyful and busy month. To start, we will be doing the installation dinner for Saginaw Lodge #77 on December 8th. Our congratulations to Brother John Carstensen as he assumes the leadership of the Lodge.

Our trip to the Masonic Pathway is planned for December 16th. We will car pool this trip, leaving the Saginaw Masonic Center at 1:30. We will visit our five members and two adopted freinds who reside at the home and any others we may know. If any blue Lodge brothers wish to join us as there are a few you may like to visit. So just join us on this trip to see those unable to make our meetings.

Yes it is December, this is the BIG SHOPPING month. As you run around from store to store remember the Red Kettles, Toys for Tots and others who need help to see that the needy also have a good Christmas. Yes, I shop because my head tells me that is what I am supposed to do this time of year. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Helen and Lawrence

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School of Instruction

Please do not forget about our School of Instruction on November 30th.  We are having a practice on Monday, November 23rd.  This school is required for all officers who are serving the Chapter in the ensuing year.

"Special" dress is required (white outfits for ladies, black suit or tux for men).

If you have any questions, drop me a line at the email address listed over on the side.

4-Star Bazaar

The 4-star Bazaar is this Saturday from 9 am to 3 pm.  Lunch is served from 11 am til 2 pm or until the food runs out.

Martha Washington will be collecting your Christmas Crafts and baked goods on Friday from 3 pm to 7 pm.

Come out and enjoy the crafts and baked goods!  Help is always welcome, so if you can drop by to give breaks and help at one of the tables, feel free!

November Message

As the adage goes, "many hands make light work". That is right! We need salesperson, help in the kitchen and clean up help. 

Our School of Instruction is early this year. The officers are working hard too, with their part. Remember the School is for everyone; come and support your Chapter officers.

Sisters and Brothers, if you know of anyone who needs a card to cheer them, let Charlotte Campbell know. She can only do her job if she has been made aware of the need. If you can't get a hold of her, call the Worthy Matron.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving

Helen and Lawrence

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Christmas Bazaar

The Christmas Bazaar is November 7th from 9 AM to 3 PM with lunch served from 11 AM to 2 PM (or whenever the food runs out).  We have assignments for who's working where, but if you want to come by and relieve people at the craft and baked goods tables, feel free.  It will be lots of fun, and I hope everyone can come out and buy stuff.

Also, please note that drop off for the Bazaar will be Friday, November 6th in the afternoon.  I am not clear on the time right now, but when I am, I will post again.

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Installation

Our Installation will be on October 26th at 7:30 PM.

This is open to the public and anyone who is interested in coming should come and see what Martha Washington is all about.

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New Feature!

Attention everyone!

I've now added an email option to this blog.  You can now enter your email address into the box to the right and get the updates sent directly to your email inbox.

NOTE: This email list is NOT managed by me.  It is from Blogger/Blogspot/Google (the host and software for this blog).  There will be an unsubscribe link in each email message from the blog if you wish to quit receiving the messages.

I'm excited about this.  In addition to RSS, this is another way to get the word out on new things happening in our Chapter.  If you have feedback, feel free to shoot me an email (rpgirl1981[at]gmail[dot]com).

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Annual Meeting

Please Note!!!!!

The Annual Meeting will be the first Monday in October per our by-laws because of the conflict with Grand Chapter.

All reports must be submitted by this date.

There will be lots of announcements at this meeting, so please attend so you can be the most up-to-date.  I strive to keep this blog as up-to-date as I can, but the meeting is where you will HEAR IT FIRST!

Don't forget to add our calendar to your Google Calendar software so you can track what we are doing and plan what you want to come to.

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Harvest Dinner

Attention Everyone!

The Harvest Dinner will take place at the Saginaw Masonic Center on September 28th from 4:30 pm til 6:30 pm or until the food is sold out.

There will be turkey, potatoes, squash, vegetables, rolls and pie for dessert.

Cost is $8 for adults and $4 for children under 12.

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Zenobia Chapter Friends Night

There's to be a dance on Wednesday night at Zenobia Chapter #129 on Wednesday night.

This is their Friend's Night, as they are dark when friend's nights usually happen.

Please go out and enjoy yourself at the dance.  I'm sure it will be lots of fun.

Burrito Dinner

There will be a Burrito Dinner at the St. Charles Lodge on Friday, September 11th from 11 am to 6 pm. This dinner is to benefit Bernie and her Grand East Fund.

The burritos are delicious and not too expensive. Come out and get a great burrito and support Bernie and her trip to the Worthy Grand Matron position of Michigan.

You can come out to eat, but also feel free to come out and work! We will find something for you to do!

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October Message

Our June meeting went very well. All the ladies had fun bidding for the pleasure of serving our brothers their lunch and coffee after the meeting. We were honored by a visit of the Grand Associate Matron and her husband Bob. We were also honored with a visit from the officers and members of the Heart o the Mitten Association. President Hazel Chapman had a very nice message for us. It was nice to see so many on the sidelines. We also enjoyed music sung by Joyce Mixer with Jean Thompson on the organ.

The pot-luck picnic at Ellen and Steve Fisher's home had a wonderful turnout. Several younger members went for a swim. It was a shame that the rain ended it so soon. We thank Steve and Ellen for turning their house over to us. They were very gracious to us.

A special thank-you goes out to those who worked so hard on our luncheons and card parties. It was great to see several Life Members who haven't been to Chapter for several years attend the luncheon in their honor. It would have been super to have had more people come ad visit with use, but summer is a busy time for everyone.

The Past Matrons' and Past Patrons' club met at the Texan on July 27th for a short meeting and election of officers. We had a very social evening. August 30th saw a pot luck picnic at our Temple for the Heart of the Mitten Association. We thank President Hazel Chapman for asking us to do this for her.

We were sorry to hear sister Betty Iles is now in a nursing home on Bay road. Please keep her on your list with all the other members who may need a prayer or a visit.

Our condolences go to the families of Ailene Husen and Ruth Boguette who were both life members of our chapter as well as to Sister Carolyn Burgess on the loss of her beloved husband Jerry.

September 14th is our next meeting and our annual memorial during the good of the order. We will also be honoring sister Carolyn Everett PGM, by presenting her with a 50-year pin. Please come and share this evening with her. She is a very special lady and we don't see her as often as we'd like. I also have a surprise fun time planned, but you will have to come to find out what it is. :-)

September 28th is our Harvest Dinner. It will start at 4:00 pm. Helen McGlone is in charge of this important event. I'm sure sh can use all the help and donations you can give. Please come and bring a friend.

Our annual meeting will be October 5th due to Grand Chapter being the following week. Be sure to have all reports ready to be read and filed. All raffle tickets and money must be turned in to Bobbi so she can have her report ready. the money must be in before the 30th of September as that is when the books are closed for the final audit for this year. No tickets will be sold in October ad the drawing will be held on October 5th at 8:30 pm. I thank everyone who helped sell the tickets and also to those who purchased them.

WM Marge and WP Bill

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Card Party

Martha Washington is putting on a card party at the Masonic Center.

Food will be served at noon on Monday, August 10th.

The public is welcome, so please come out and enjoy good food and fellowship.

If you are interested in a tour of the building, that can be arranged.

Price is $7.

Come on out and have some good food and fun.

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Card Party

Martha Washington is having a Card Party on Monday, July 13th at the Saginaw Masonic Center.

It starts at 11:30 am. Lunch will be served. Cost is around $7.

Come out and play cards, have lunch, and have fun.

Hope to see all the members there.

June Message

This is late, but this is the type of information that will be put into this blog.

Well, it has finally happened; the flowers are out and our snowbirds are back. Looks like warm weather is here to stay at last. Time to get out and have soe fun and what better way than to meet with our friends, playcards or just talk abou what has been happening in your life? As you can see, we hav esome dates planned to do just that. We will be talking more on these plans at our June meeting. We will also be showing our brothers how much we appreciate them with a special fun activity planned just fot tme after we close our Bible. Please come and help with any sugestions or ideas you may have to the enjoyment of these events, I know summer is a busy time for everyone, but it is nice to keep in touch with if only once a month with our sisters and brothers of Eastern Stars.

At our May meeting, we honored all the ladies with a bundle of joy. Some ot more thn expected. Officers honored were Amy Hussey. Life membership was presented to Sonja Gross by Bobbi Kapusto. I wish to say thank you to all the officers who did such a beautiful job at our initation. It would have been nice to have had real candidates, but everyone went that extra mile and did their best for our pro-tems.

At the Heart of the Mitten Association meeting in HArrison on May 5th, the annual report of what the Chapter has been doing was read. The Wothy Grand Matron and the Associate Grand Maton came up to me later and said how pleased they were to hear what a beautiul job our chapter has been doing. The said I was to congradulate all our members for their hard work and didication to the order. We can be prowud of our Chapter and the members who come and sit on the sidelines to give their support. Everyone is neede to make a successful chapter.

Our sunshine lady is doing a great job, ut she can only do so if she knows about an illness you or someone you know may have. Be sure to make her aware of this person. Now that the weather is nice, maybe you could visit a shut-in. Remember to keep them in your prayers.

We were glad to see Dorothy Nevelle and Nancy Royal at our meeting. It has been a while since we were able to visit with them. Maybe now that it's nicer more members will come. It's always nice to see new faces.

We hope to see you at one or all of our card parties. If not, have a very save summer and may God watch over you!

Star Love,

Marge Lindszuhn, WM and Bill Kehrer, WP