OCEAN COUNTY SHRINE CLUB
PO BOX 58
FORKED RIVER NJ 08731
February 2012 NEWSLETTER
The installation of Club officers was held on Thursday, January 26th at the Captain’sInn. Illustrious Potentate Vincent Colasanti was assisted by Chief Rabban Henry Haughey in installing the officers for 2012. We had an excellent turnout of 42 nobles and their ladies.
Our next dinner meeting will be on Thursday February 23rd.at Charlie Browns on Rt. 70 inLakewood. Meal choices are: 8 oz. Top Sirloin, Baked Tomato Basil Tilapia, Parmesan Encrusted Chicken and a vegetarian Pasta Dish. The evening’s speaker will be Jim McNamara, Director of Group Sales for the Lakewood Blue Claws who will give us a “Behind the Scenes” glimpse of the team and how they got into the business. This will be a ladies night. Camel’s milk starts at6:00 PM with dinner at7:00 PM. Dinner price will be $25 per person. Please call Mike Marotta if you will be attending (609-693-9575).
Two of our Club members passed this past month. Both Carl Sterling and Vincent Tieto were taken from us by the black camel. We will miss them.
An Executive meeting will be held at Harmony Lodge #18 on Rte 37, Toms River, NJ on Monday, February 20th. at 7:00 pm.
If you haven’t been saving the aluminum tabs from your beverage cans, start now. John Yoder will be collecting them at our regular meetings and will see that they get toPhiladelphiaShrinersHospital.
Dues for 2012 are now payable. The fee is still $15. Please support your club and bring in new members.
The new shirts are in. If anyone wants an OCSC shirt please call Champ Coddington or Earl Etzel. The cost is $25.00 per shirt. They are green and it comes with or without your name as you wish. Get in touch with Champ Coddington (732) 364-4200 or Earl Etzel (609) 618-2322.
If you have not ordered your name badge, please get in touch with Champ Coddington at (732) 364-4200 or Champ@coddingtonadj.com. The badges are now $12.00 apiece.
Your Club Secretary will be emailing the Newsletter to those members for which we have a current email address. If you prefer to receive the newsletter via email vs. snail mail and save the club the postage, reply to the Secretary, John Yoder, and sedgeisland@verizon.net.
Let’s continue our efforts to bring in new Masons to the Crescent Shrine and the OCSC over the next few months. We will have many more friends & Nobles. It takes a Brother to invite a Brother to be a Noble.
Fraternally yours,
Mike Marotta – President 2012
2012 Annual Dues for the Ocean County Shrine Club
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