Sellersville Moose Family Center #1539 Women of the Moose Chapter #471 Serving our Members and Community Editor: Harry Ricker November/December 2008 Issue #10
A Message From The Governor Brothers, Ladies, and Co Workers, The holidays are just around the corner. It s hard to believe another year is almost over. The month of November holds several items of interest. The Lodge will be having a comedy night on November 29 th. Those of you who attended our last comedy night know how enjoyable it was. The men are offering a raffle for a trip to Disney World. The tickets are $5.00 and there will be only 1000 tickets sold. Look for more info in this newsletter. We are also selling chances on two tickets to see the Flyers. These fund raisers are being run to rebuild our cash reserve after depleting our reserve on the new roof. The meat shoot will also occur on November 9 th along with the WOTM breakfast. The month of December is always a busy month for activities. Farm night will be held on Friday December12th. Remember the doors will be closed at 8:00 P.M. The women will sponsor a dance on December 6 th. Plan to attend. This year s Christmas sing along will be December 19 th. The kids Christmas party will be December the 21 st. This year we will be having the New Years Eve party with a slight change. We will be serving dinner from 4 to 8 P.M. at a cost of $20.00. The dance and party will be from 9 P.M. to 1 A.M. at a cost of $30.00. You will be able to attend both for $50.00. Or, you can elect to attend one or the other of the two functions. I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a joyous holiday season. Come out and support your Lodge in the coming months. Fraternally yours, Charles E. Staley Governor
From The Administrator Hello everyone. Hope you all had a great summer. With the holiday season almost here, we expect to be busy. Please keep in mind that there are lots of events going on within your Lodge. Keep checking the board for more information. The door system is or will be fixed shortly. Within the next few weeks your access cards will need to be reprogrammed. Details will be on the board in the Lodge, and on our web site. Keep checking both places. The rules for renting the grove or banquet hall have changed. If you have a rental for next year, please contact me in regard to these changes. Have a safe and happy holiday season. I hope to see all of you soon. Thank you for everything you do for our great family fraternity. Fraternally Yours, Phil Febus Administrator
Dear Co-workers The cold winter nights will soon be upon us and Xmas is just around the corner. We have a busy schedule coming up in the next two months so we will need all the help we can get, so if you can spare some of your time it would be greatly appreciated. Ask me or any of my officers what you can do to help. Tuesday Nov 4th is the W.O.T.M. banquet at 6:00pm. Friday December 5th is our cookie sale, prepare a batch of your favorites and bring to the lodge by 4:30pm so that the ladies can wrap them and sell them. This is always a good fundraiser so please bake some cookies. Saturday December 6th is our oldies dance $10:00 per ticket if you want to have a good night come out and listen to D.J.ROCK "N" RON. Any questions ask Dolores Smith P E P committee chairperson. Friday December 19 is the W.O.T.M. SINGALONG starting around 8:00pm until our voices run out, join us and have a great evening. The Moose Children's Xmas party is on Sunday December 21 from 2:00 till 4:00pm. A sign up sheet will be on the table by the front door, please put your child s name, age and if a boy or a girl. Our fundraisers run from breakfast to breakfast. So keep watching and participating in them, this is how we make money for Mooseheart, Moosehaven and all the charities we donate to. In November we will be having a food drive (non perishable foods) for the needy families in our community.watch for the basket in the lodge. I would like to thank all my officers, chairpersons and coworkers for all their time and hard work. Happiness is the best face lift. THANK YOU. Fraternally Yours, BettyThomson Sr. Regent.,
WOTM PRESENTATIONS We all should be proud of our Senior Regent, Betty Thomson, who was selected to be the WOTM Novice Co Worker of the Year for all of Pennsylvania. At the September College of Regents Committee Activity Night she was presented with her certificate which was a well kept secret from her. Her immediate family know about the award. At the same meeting Barbara Staley, who received her College of Regents degree in 2007, was invested with her red tassel. Congratulations to both. WOTM CO WORKERS FOR THE MONTHS OF Congratulations to July August September Sherri Welch Janette Miller Liz Hernandez WELCOME NEW CO-WORKERS Donna J. Souder Janet E Cutler Suzanne Banman Maureen Sawicke Denise Richards COME OUT AND JOIN US AND SUPPORT THE WOMEN OF THE MOOSE OLDIES DANCE Saturday December 6, 2008 D J - ROCK N RON & CO. $10.00 per Person DOLORES SMITH PEP COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON COME OUT AND JOIN US
Chris Perry Induction into Moose Legion
Hello Everyone, I hope everyone had a great summer!! We will continue to run a few $5.95 specials on Friday nights. The specials will be everything from sandwiches to full platters. Check our web site (www.sellersvillemoose.com) for a list of all specials and stop by and enjoy. What are you doing New Year s Eve??? We are having a party. Keep this in mind for a good time. Sign up is Nov 1 through December 24 only.upon request we will be selling 3 types of tickets for this function. Buffet only $20.00 Serving dinner from 4:30-9pm Combo of Buffet and Dance $50.00 Dance only $30.00 Dance and open bar from 9-1 Limited amount of combo & dance tickets on sale First come first serve Thanks again for all your support, Jack NEW YEARS EVE MENU 2008 7-9 PM SHRIMP BOWL SLICED ROAST BEEF BAKED CHICKEN BREAST w/ white wine sauce SLICED HAM w/ pineapple sauce OVEN BROWN POTATOES GREEN BEANS w/ sliced mushrooms & bacon BUTTERED CORN SPRING MIX OF GREENS HOT BACON DRESSING COLE SLAW PICKLED BEETS APPLE SAUCE ROLLS & BUTTER ICE CREAM CAKE ROLL w/ whip cream CHIPS AND PRETZELS PASTRIES at midnight
Barbara Staley Receives Her Red Tassel Betty Thomson Pennsylvania Mooes Novice Co Worker of the Year
FUN PAGE FOR YOUNG AND OLD NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 16 KIDS/ADULTS cannot win on same ENTRY ADULTS QUIZ WINNERS AND ANSWERS IN NEXT ISSUE CROSSWORD Fill in and return to the 1 2 3 4 5 6 MOOSE before December 12 7 One entry per KID 8 9 10 11 PRIZES One entry per ADULT Adults;Thursday Night Must have both answers correct 12 13 14 15 16 Buffet Certificate 2 Per ADULT 17 18 19 KIDS: Candy Package 2 Per KID 20 21 22 23 24 ADULT NAME 25 26 27 28 29 Last Issue Winner 30 31 RICHARD CALLENE 32 33 34 OrKIDS NAME AGE 35 36 37 Last Issue Winner AGE ADAM YEAGER ACROSS DOWN 1 Small appearance in a movie 5 1-27Round Christmas decorations 7 5 One from a bee is sore 5 2 Song and dance show 7 7 Derisive cheer 3 3 Order of the British Empire (abr) 3 HIDDEN WORD 8 Nativity in the garden 5 4 Allentown/Bethlehem airport symbol 3 10 Mesh 3 5 Sing these 5 L G 12 Cooking instruction 6 6 Give and receive them at Christmas 5 I G 14 Seen at night in the sky 5 9 First one the angels did sing 4 S 17 American League (abr) 2 11 Drink that sounds like a golf peg 3 T I 18 Sit here to talk to Santa 3 13 Sick 3 E N 20 Barbie 4 15 Road covering 3 22 Baby back 4 16 Steal 3 Fill in the missing letter to 25 Catholic Leader 3 19 Much about nothing 3 make a word around the 27 On Santa's face 5 21 Poem about Billy Joe 3 figure. 29 Chief executive officer 3 23 Fragrance 7 It can be in either direction. 30 A verification of being true 4 24 Frosty a cold guy in the garden 7 32 Dead language 5 26 Harbors 5 Clue; Lustrous 34 On your shirt if you drip gravy 5 27 See 1 down 5 35 Saucers mates 4 28 Waltz or polka 5 36 Frighten 5 31 Catch sight of 4 37 Putting surface 5 33 To be announced (abr) 3 KIDS QUIZ GENERAL KNOWLEDGE FAMOUS PERSON 1 Red berry decoration? Rearrange the letters to make a famous person. RTFYSO HTE NNMOSWA 2 They brighten up your Xmas tree? Clue; Jolly happy soul 3 What santa rides in? November/December Solutions 4 November holiday? Famous Person/Thing General Knowledge Gymnastics 1 David Cook 5 Children's get together at Xmas? Hidden Word 2 Maddy Cheerleaders 3 Cafeteria Crossword 4 Grandview Across 5 Labor Day 1 volunteers, 6 sc, 8 sponsor, 9 hotel, 11 toe, 12 surface, 13 harmony, 15 iowa, 16 mar, 18 sticks, 21 games, 23 or, 24 spa, 25 pun, 26 international. Down 1 visitation, 2 loosen, 3 nasal, 4 ear, 5 shoo fly pie, 7 caller, 10 au, 12 sump, 13 ham, 14 ark 17 ave, 18short, 19 shawl, 20 want, 21 gun, 22 sun, 24 sin, 25 pi.
Holiday Hours Explained Thanksgiving Day 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Kitchen Closed New years Day 11:00 AM 3:00 PM
WOTM UPCOMING CALENDAR DATES November 4 Annual Banquet 6.00pm November 9 WOTM Breakfast 9.00 am -12 00 pm November 11 Communities Activities Meeting 7.30pm (Star Recorder) November 18 Joint Officers Meeting 6.30pm November 18 Officers Meeting 7.00pm November 25 Communities Activities Meeting 7.30pm (Business Meeting) December 6 Oldies Dance 8.00pm 12.00am December 9 Communities Activities Meeting 7.30pm (Community Service) December 14 WOTM Breakfast 9.00 am -12 00 pm December 16 Joint Officers Meeting 6.30pm December 16 Officers Meeting 7.00pm December 19 Xmas Sing a Long December 21 Kids Xmas Party 2.00pm - 4.00pm December 23 Communities Activities Meeting 7.30pm UPCOMING FUND RAISERS `OCTOBER/NOVEMBER` TOSHIBA 19 TELVISION. `NOVEMBER/DECEMBER` JOAN RIVERS CLASSIC COLLECTION ALL CHANCES ARE $1 `FRIDAY DECEMBER 5` COOKIE SALE Please Contact our Chaplain Kathy Ferrigno At 215-538-2960 if you have information about a Co-Worker who is ill, or has a death in the family. This will allow for the appropriate actions to be taken.
News from the golf links Another Sellersville Moose golf league season has come to an end. In the semi-final matches, Terry Ament and Tom Ament defeated Gene Beck and Dan Heusler to win the National (late) Division. Whitey Dietrich and Dennis Hollenbach defeated Milt Jeinnings and Jon Moyer to win the American (early) Division. Terry and Tom went on to defeat Whitey and Dennis in a close final match on October 6. Congratulations Terry and Tom our 2008 overall league champions. Thanks to all 88 league golfers and substitute players for your participation this past season. On behalf of the league officers, we appreciate your cooperation, support and sportsmanship. We hope to see you all back again in 2009. Mark your calendars now! The annual banquet will be held at the lodge on Saturday, January 31, 2009 (Super Bowl weekend) for all golf league members and guests. Way to go Jim Menszak! Jim had his first hole-in-one on September 8. His ace was on hole #14 at Fox Hollow, and yes, was witnessed by his league partner Jim Ruth. Tom Ament and Brian Weirback participated in the 2008 PA State Moose Tournament on September 13 at the River Valley Country Club in Westfield, PA. The tournament was followed by dinner and an awards ceremony at the Ekland Moose Lodge #746 (Wellsboro area/tioga County). Thank you Tom and Brian for representing the Sellersville Moose Family Center. A final thank you to Glenn Miller-Chairman of the Sports Committee, the staff, Board of Directors, and bartenders of the Sellersville Moose for your help and support. Fraternally yours, Terry Weirback Golf League President
TRIVIA TRIVIA 9 took place on Friday October 10. The winners were Bill & Tracy James TRIVIA 10 will take place on Friday December 12. The fun starts around 9.00pm and is all over by 10.15pm. Prizes are a Thursday night BUFFET CERTIFICATE and a BOTTLE of WINE. MOOSE NEWS FUN PAGE Once again we have a new winner for the adult part of the FUN PAGE in Richard Callene. The KIDS part was won by Adam Yeager a repeat winner. To all you parents and grandparents have the KIDS participate and put their entries in. Extra copies of the FUN PAGE are always available in the MOOSE. Just ask your friendly bartenders or waitresses for a copy when you are next at the MOOSE and fill them in while sitting at the bar or having dinner in the restaurant. Upon completion drop them in the box on the table for a chance to win. If anyone would like to make up the questions for the kids part of the FUN PAGE let me know or drop them in the box on the table and we will use them in the future. Prizes are a Thursday night BUFFET CERTIFICATE for the adults and a CANDY PACKAGE for the kids. We would like to hear from previous winners of the KIDS quiz, Nathan Claus and Brian Hoyle please get in touch so we can give you your prizes.. Call me at 215 257 2176. WEDNESDAY BINGO There is a strong rivalry between the bar and the backroom but always remember the balls are what makes the winners. SING A LONG There will be a XMAS QUIZ at this event as well as all the other activities. Join your fellow members and enjoy yourselves in these fun events. FOR ALL UP COMING EVENTS WATCH THE NOTICE BOARD or VISIT OUR WEBSITE. Blair Thomson (Activities Chairman)
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEN Charles Staley, Governor George Keefer, Jr. Past Governor Joe Borrajo, Jr. Governor Phillip Febus, Administrator Al Ernry, Prelate Steve Wampole, Treasurer Glenn W. Miller, Trustee #1 Harry Ricker, Trustee #2 Mike Sagel, Trustee #3 Russ Handy, Sgt of Arms Whitey Dietrich, Asst. Sgt. Of Arms Chris Perry, Inner Guard Jim Gallagher, Outer Guard WOMEN of the Moose Betty Thomson, Sr. Regent Sherrie Welch, Jr. Grad Regent Maureen Frye, Jr. Regent Kathy Ferrigno, Chaplain Dottie DeWolf, Secretary/Treasure Fran Demarco, Recorder Julia Karcher, Guide Helene Thompson, Asst. Guide Jeanette Miller, Sentinel Loyce Frankenfield, Argus Elaine Balinski, Musician Questions or information on hall or grove rental for Weddings, Parties, Picnics, etc. can be directed to the lodge office at 215-257-4380 MOOSE NEWS SELLERSVILLE MOOSE #1539 301 W. Park Avenue P.O. Box 147 Sellersville, Pennsylvania 18960-0147 Moose News Published every two months. Subscription paid automatically as part of annual membership dues.