GRAND PRAIRIE MOOSE LODGE 1818 WOMEN OF THE MOOSE CHAPTER 1650 WE DO IT FOR THEM! VOLUME 16, ISSUE 11 NOV 2016 Congratulations to Our New Officers Governor Jim Lynn Administrator - Eno Diangson Treasurer Matt Hehr Friday Night Dinners Nov 4 Pork Chops Moose legion Nov 11 Chili Dinner WOTM Nov 17 Soups Nov 25-Turkey Day Leftovers KOTM SUNDAYS at 2PM Early bird start at 1:00pm ARE YOUR DUES DUE? YOU CAN RENEW YOUR DUES ONLINE AT https://secure.mooseintl.org/quickpay/ OR BRING YOUR RENEWAL NOTICE WITH YOU TO THE LODGE WITH YOUR PAYMENT AND WE CAN TAKE CARE OF Bi-Monthly, 2nd & 4th Wednesdays @7pm. Attend to have your voice heard! Don t forget to bring a dollar for the Moose Endowment Fund Follow us on our lodge web page at HTTPS;// lodge1818.moosepages.org
Page 2 Governor's Call Jim Lynn was elected Governor on October 25. I am sure we will be hearing from Jim in the upcoming Months. Remember to congratulate Jim when you come by the Lodge Moose Legion Notes Hello Legionnaires, had a great time at the Halloween party! On Nov 4th we will be having our Friday night dinner. We are serving pork chops with TX toast, gravy carrots, and desert. Nov 6th will be having Breakfast from 8 10 am followed by meeting. Ray Fletcher Moose Legion Chairman MEMBER Sam Wilson Welcome Our New Members SPONSERS Catherine Chavez HAPPY BIRTH- DAY!!!! Come celebrate your birthday at the Moose Lodge with a free drink on Nov 18thfrom 8pm to close Edward Adams Jim Crisp Sam Wilson William Maitland Keith Rodgers Tom Shewmaker John Carpenter Thomas Warner Gary Luman Glen Hughes John Knudsen Bill Young Patrick O Conner Keith Murden Michael Shell Jr. Matthew Hehr Kurtis Slagel Tyler Suentzenich Nov Birthdays
Page 3 WOTM Chapter 1650 Message from our Senior Regent October was a great month, had the Supreme Governor Fritz and His Lovely Wife Beth visit us. It was a Grand Night with all the First Responder's and the city Officials from Grand Prairie and Arlington. Also, one of the first responders told us that he lived just 5 miles for Mooseheart, and that he never knew that until now. A Big Thank you to all that worked so hard to make that night an enjoyable one. Also, thank you to all, for an awesome "Trick and Treat" night for the Children and the Adults. It was great seeing our children have fun. November is a time to be Thankful... We have a busy month coming up. On Saturday November 5 th, we have Our Membership/Retention Phone a thon. I would Love to see volunteers come out and help, mingle and have a fun time with all. On November 5, at 10am, the Women of the Moose will be baking at the Lodge for a Christmas Bake Sale. We need Bakers and Laughter, come out and lets bake and make new ideas happen. On November 11, we will be saluting our Veteran's. When you see a Veteran, walk up and let them know how important they are as both Member and a Veteran. Also, that night the Women of the Moose are hosting a Chili dinner and Murder Mystery game. Come out and have some fun. On November 19th, The Women of the Moose are having Our Collage of Regents Ceremony, We will be honoring 2 Collegians, Charlie Pyron and Lauren Stubbs, as they get to change their Tassels. Come out and congratulate them. As you all know we are coming up on our Holiday season, and we need everyone's help at this time of the year. We need donations for our Thanksgiving Dinner, November 24, along with help in preparing this feast. Left Overs from our Feast will be dinner on Friday. Yummy! On November 26, at 10am we will be decorating for Christmas, please come out and get in the Spirit of the Holidays.LET'S DECK THE HALL and SOCIAL QUARTERS together, see all there. Don't forget that we are having an Angel Tree in the Social Quarters, pick a name of a child and hold that feeling of giving in your heart, as you buy for that child. More info to come. Don't forget we have Dinners every Friday night, come out and have a good dinner and enjoy! Check the calendar in the newsletter for the menus. I look forward to seeing everyone at these Great events. We are so thankful for all of you that come out and lend a hand in all we do. Let s not give up as we are all kind hearted members and need your support for Mooseheart, Moosehaven our Lodge and Chapter. We need your Donations and your support. Love, Lori Diangson Sr. Regent
Page 4 WOTM Chapter 1650 From the Recorder s Desk Hope everyone had a FUN Halloween and enjoyed the activities at the Lodge. We have some changes and special dates for the Women of the Moose in November, so please mark these special events: Wednesday, November 2nd - there not be a WOTM meeting. Wednesday, November 9th will be the WOTM Board of Officers Meeting @ 7 pm Wednesday, November 16th will be a General Membership Meeting @ 7 pm Friday, November 19th will be the College of Regents Dinner and open Meeting, we will be honoring Charlie Pryon and Lauren Stubbs who will be receiving their Tassel change. This is a very special event and we would like for everyone to attend to support these co-workers. Our Deputy Grand Regent Melody Kraft has been invited as our special speaker. Right after Thanksgiving, we will have the Angel Tree set up, so please pick an angel to help have a very Merry Christmas. Also we want to remember our Sunshine children and our Sunshine Grandparent. We have a new child from Mooseheart and we want to make her first Christmas at Mooseheart very special. Her name is MiMi and she is 10 years old. Happy Holidays Hilda Maitland Recorder WOTM Higher Degree DINNER & TASSEL CHANGE CEREMONY Honoring: Charlie Pyron & Lauren Stubbs FULL REGALIA EVENT Sat., Nov. 19, 2016 6pm-7pm Rose Ceremony & Tassel Change 7pm-8pm Dinner, Entertainment In The Social Quarters Following Dinner Dinner $7.00/person Polynesian Pork, Rice, Broccoli, Ambrosia Fruit Salad, Deserts *****TO ALL W.O.T.M. MEMBERS***** MONDAY, NOV. 7th MANICURE DAY FOR THE SENIOR LADIES COME ONE COME ALL We will meet at the facility at 10:30a.m., please wear W.O.T.M. shirt (if you have). Bring your nail polish, etc. and let s help make a senior lady smile. CRESCENT PLACE ASST. LIVING & MEMORY CARE 225 W. PLEASANT RUN RD. CEDAR HILL, TX 75104 SEE MARIE CANTRELL OR PEACHES COLEMAN
Page 5 WOTM Chapter 1650 Council of Higher Degrees To start I want to say thank you to everyone who participated in the Halloween wreath raffle! The money for that is designated to the Boy s at the James J. Davis house for Christmas gift cards. Membership retention week is November the 6-12. Please take this time to check on your membership, But most of all check on your friends. If there is someone you haven t seen in a while, give them a call. Check out the calendar and plan an evening with your Moose Family you haven t seen in a while. Our next meeting is Saturday November 5 th at 1:00. We are going to spend some time calling our Moose friends to invite you all to special events coming up! Thank you! Jennie Norman, President COHD New Members: Amber Wilson Sponsor Jennie Norman Want to learn more about Moose & our Mission? Moose links! Visit these http://www.mooseintl.org/ http://www.moosecharities.org/ http://www.moosehaven.org/ http://www.mooseheart.org/
Page 6 SHUFFLEBOARD Day or Night you pick when you would like to play. Monday night with a $5 buy in and $2 to the tip jar for the Lodge. Also Thursday morning at 11 AM with $2 buy in. Both times we do a blind draw for partners, Some come enjoy old friends and make new ones and a fun game. Hope to See You Either Day Rhonda Dossey Chairwoman Mondays 10-3 1st Peggy & Jimmy 2nd Vickie & Rosedale 10-10 1st Cheryl & James 2nd Vickie & Rosedale 10-17 1st Cheyl & Rhonda 2nd James & Robert 10-24 1st Cheryl & Rosedale 2nd James & Rhonda Congrats to Our Winners 9-29 Thursdays 1st Leo & Jimmy 2nd Jean & Rhonda 10-6 1st LB & Rosedale 2nd Ann & Rhonda 10-13 1st LB & Rhonda 2nd Doris & Jean 10-20 1st Leo & Ed A. 2nd Jimmy & Sandy
Page 7 Lodge Happenings Don t Forget on Wednesday evening @ 8PM is Super Drawing for a chance to win 50/50 or more, and then there is also Saturday Night Draw.. Our Moose Pages website is back up and now being updated regularly. Check us out at HTTP:// Lodge1818.moosepages.org. If you have any item you want to see on the site contact or email the office or myself at gmonsson@twc.com. Also we are working on bringing up a new Facebook page for all to use. More info to follow. Be sure to check the calendar for all the events happening this Month MEMBER RETENTION WEEK is the 6th 12th. Check your cards and your friends to make sure current. If you know of anyone that has lapsed let s get them signed back up LOOKING for something to do on Sundays. Why come down to the Lodge and try your Luck at BIN- GO. 1 PM Early Bird 2 pm regular start. Plus the Café and Bar is open for your enjoyments Sponsor Club Newsletter sponsorship for $20.00. With a sponsorship, you are helping offset the printing and mailing costs of the newsletter. With a sponsorship, you re name will be printed in the newsletter as a sponsor for the calendar year. Thank you to our sponsors: Jim Lynn & Marie Cantrell Pat Norris Flo Humphries Pat & Dawn O Connor Leo Dotter David Bull Rhonda & Jimmy Dossey Frank Roseberry Nolan & Sue Blain Larry & Mary Koftan Cass & Donna Carmona Judy Who Freudenberg J.W. Smits/Carol Fuos Joyce Ward Linda Doty Vickie Werla Lori and Eno Diangson Marvin (Capper) Capps Community Service Report Food to G. P. Co-op-130.5 lbs. of food Misc. to Mission Arlington- 6 boxes baby clothes- box of books, misc. baby itemsbaby bed, bassinet- 2 boxes male & female clothing Purchased 8 boxes of TOMMY MOOSE-donated to first responders during Sup. Gov. visit. Endowment-$200.00 ATTN Members;:The Winter Months will soon be upon us and The Grand Prairie Co-op is in need of Donated new and used Coates and Sweaters. So dig through that closet and see if there anything you can donate to help out. A Box will be available in the Main Hall foyer to drop off your donations Endowment Sup. Gov. 2 cks totaling $409.36 $25 ea. to Special Olympics, Safe Surfin &Youth Awareness at Mooseheart
Page 8 November 2016 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 COR DINNER FULL REGALIA 6pm-7pm Rose C mony&tassel Change 6-7 PM 7-8pm Dinner Mtg to follow Saturday Night Draw 8pm 20 21 22 23 24 26 27 28 29 30
VOLUME 16, ISSUE 11 NOV 2016 GRAND PRAIRIE MOOSE LODGE 1818 2522 EAST PARK ROW ARLINGTON, TX 76010 (817) 543-1818 ML1818@sbcglobal.net Social Quarter Hours (minimum): Monday Thursday : Noon to 9pm Friday and Saturday: Noon to Midnight Sunday: Noon to 8pm Office Hours: Monday through Friday: 9am to 4pm (Except Holidays) Your 2016-2017 LOOM OFFICERS Governor: Jim Lynn Junior Governor: John Carpenter Junior Past Gov; Adam Kirchhoffer Treasurer: Matt Hehr Prelate: Shannon Davis Administrator: Eno Diangson Trustee: Ray Fletcher 3 year Don Simpson 2 year Aaron Upchurch1 year Nov2016 Your 2016-2017 WOTM Officers Senior Regent: Lori Diangson Junior Regent: Donna Carmona Junior Grad Regent: Recorder: Hilda Maitland Secretary/Treasurer: Jennie Norman