in this issue-

·  2005-2006 State Officers

·  State Event Calendar

·  State Marksmanship Day 2006

·  From your SMC

·  From your SSC- Free Conclave anyone?

·  From your SJC-Gettin' the word out flap jack style!

·  From the desk of the Executive Officer

·  DeMolay Quick Trivia

·  1st District update- From Price Murphy

State Event Calendar

Look out for some awesome state activities coming your way !!

• June 10 - State Marksmanship Day (Cincinnati)
• June 14>17- DeMolay International and Congress Annual Session (Seattle, WA)
• July 27>30- Conclave 2006 (BGSU)

State Marksmanship Day 2006

Cincinnati Downtown Masonic Center, Saturday, June 10th

Address: 317 East 5th Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Time: 9am-11:30am

Cost: Free

All rifles and ammunition will be provided. It is illegal to bring any personal weapons.

Paramount's King's Island

Time: 1pm-10pm

Cost: $31.99 group rate, $29.99 at your local AAA store with membership, or $49.99 at the gate.

Groups of 15 or more pay $31.99 You will receive 1 free ticket for the organizer. Bus parking is free and drivers get in free.

Call 1-800-333-8080 to make reservations or ask questions.

Organizational groups may purchase tickets when they arrive, at the group sales ticket booth. It is located at the front gate area. You may adjust the number of tickets you need, at the time of purchase. Bus drivers get admission tickets at the guest relations window near the turnstiles. Just show your bus parking receipt.

Join Ohio DeMolay for a day jam-packed with fun with your brothers and friends!

OHIO DEMOLAY WILL NOT BE TAKING CHARGE OF TICKET PURCHASES. PLEASE ARRANGE GROUP RATE PURCHASES AT THE MARKSMANSHIP TOURNAMENT OR AN EARLIER DATE. THANK YOU.

Click here, and don't forget to bring your health form for the Marksmanship competiton!

From your SMC

Thanks to all those who helped out at and attended our State Devotional Day. The residents really appreciated it, as many of them told me after the service. A special thanks to Fairborn Assembly for making the trip and trying to beat us in volleyball.

The second-to-last 2005-2006 State Council event is State Marksmanship Day. This event will be held at the Cincinnati Masonic Temple and will start at 9:00 am.

If you are traveling from afar and need to stay the night, contact myself or the Executive Officer for places to stay overnight. This event will run until 11:30, after which we will be attending Paramount's Kings Island .

Instructions about Kings Island will be given out at Marksmanship Day, or, if you cannot attend Marksmanship Day, you can give me a call.

Keep up the good work, keep initiating new brothers, and keep supporting Ohio DeMolay - remember, it's YOUR organization.

In DeMolay Service,

Edward A. Jones

2005-2006 State Master Councilor

From your SSC- Free Conclave anyone?

What are you waiting for? Click on the picture above for Ohio DeMolay Conclave 2006 forms!

This month, let’s take a look at Fundraising for Conclave.

One resource offered to you by Ohio DeMolay is Ad Sales. For this it is really quite simple. Use the forms offered on the Ohio DeMolay website and simply fill them out. This year we are offering a special deal just for our members. If you sell $500 in ads then you will go to Conclave for free!

Let’s break that down a little bit. That means that if you sell 5 full page ads, you go to Conclave for Free. Sell 7 Half Page Ads, 13 Quarter Page Ads, or 20 Eighth Page Ads and get the same deal.

Who would buy one of these? Well talk to your local Lodge, Shrine, Commandry, Eastern Star Chapters, Ameranth, or even our sister organizations, Rainbow or Job's Daughters. These things practically sell themselves, especially if someone from your area is running for an Elected Office. Simply inform your Lodge (etc.) that John Doe is running for State Senior Councilor, Scribe, or State Master Councilor and ask them to place an ad in support of there candidate. So let’s say that you sell four full page ads, one quarter page ad, and one eighth page ad. That puts you at $465 Is that enough to let you go to Conclave for Free? No, unfortunately we cannot make any exceptions but an easy way to top that off is to either try and sell more ads or use the Patron list.

The Patron list is a section of the Conclave Program that lists everyone that donates $1 to DeMolay. Take your list to your local lodge meeting and ask the members to help you reach your goal.

If they don’t get you quite there do not be discouraged. Just go to one of the other organizations and ask them to do the same thing.

Good Luck!

Click Here for Conclave advertising forms.

From your SJC-Gettin' the word out flap jack style!

Here’s an idea that incorporates Masonic Service, fundraising and membership all into one easy-to-plan event.

Many chapters have hosted pasta dinners, pancake breakfasts and the like before as fundraisers. The majority of your Chapter’s customers have probably been Masons from your sponsoring body and surrounding Lodges.

The next time you have one of these fundraisers, have one or two DeMolays talk to the customers about DeMolay. Masons are a great source of members. Their sons or grandsons already have a background in Masonry and their fathers/grandfathers should be more than willing to help out the chapter later on down the road.

To take the fundraiser further, use the money raised at the serving to pay for the candidates to join.

Using this plan will not only bring in members but it will bring in quality members, future leaders of your home Chapter.

From the desk of the Executive Officer

Please take time to read the “News and Views” link off the web site on a frequent basis. You'll find out details about many interesting things happening throughout Ohio.

Usually my articles are fairly upbeat and restricted to DeMolay items but this month I felt I would like to share a couple of personal items.

This has been a fairly difficult and busy month for me personally. At the start of the month, I was told that after 21 years at work, I had 3 weeks to find a new job at work (inside the company) or adios. Luckily, I found two to choose from (both in Dayton) and will be starting the new job on June 7th. I’ll probably soon after that time have a new work phone number and will be getting it to the appropriate persons.

Also this month my father-in-law also became very sick and had to be taken in for open heart surgery. Unfortunately was not able to recover from the surgery and passed away shortly after the surgery.

I would like to thank George Tilden for stepping up this passed month to help assist me with some extra duties surrounding Conclave and the District Governors for their support this past month.

While this month’s message was fairly serious, I want to make sure I end by reminding everyone that Conclave is just around the corner and there are lots of FUN!!!!!!!!!!! surprises planned.

I hope to see you at Conclave.

In DeMolay Service,

Dad Shaw

DeMolay Quick Trivia

Last Month's Question: Which DeMolay Hall of Famer wrote some very popular novels often read during High School English class.

Hint: No grapes for you.

Answer: John Steinbeck

A quote from the DeMolay Cordon in March 1969 says it all. "Although Dad Steinbeck was an unwilling celebrity who zealously guarded his privacy, modestly took little part in the public literary life of his time, and rarely served on committees, he retained interest in and regard for the Order of DeMolay. At the time of his death, he was serving on the Executive Advisory Committee of our 50th Anniversary."

Steinbeck was a charter member of Watsonville Chapter in Watsonville, California, in 1921. He was inducted into the DeMolay Hall of Fame on June 16, 1995.

In 1939, The Grapes of Wrath won the Pulitzer Prize.

Steinbeck's thirty-three major works included seventeen novels (three adapted for stage and thirteen made into films), three original screen plays, and four books of short stories. His most notable works include: Tortilla Flat, 1935; Of Mice and Men, 1937; The Red Pony, 1937; The Grapes of Wrath, 1939; Sea of Cortez, 1941; The Moon is Down, 1942; Cannery Row, 1945; The Wayward Bus, 1947; East of Eden, 1952; The Winter of Our Discontent, 1961; and Travels with Charley in Search of America, 1962. Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962 "... for his realistic as well as imaginative writings, distinguished by a sympathetic humor and a keen social perception."

Congratulations to:

Robert Laing of Van Wert Chapter, and Keith and Will Smith of Upper Sandusky Chapter.

Here's your new question!:Which DeMolay chapter holds the title of being the oldest continually active DeMolay Chapter in the world?

Hint:I'm the largest city in my state as well as the birthplace of a president who served while the Ford Pinto was in production.

Good Luck!

The First 3 DeMolays to Email me with the correct answer will win a prize!

Do you know what the answer is?

Find out next month right here in Ohio DeMolay's digital newsletter!

DeMolay Hall of Fame

1st District update- From Price Murphy

Greetings Brethren and Friends of Ohio DeMolay!

The First District has been on a roll during April and May! Recent events included a big pancake breakfast. Northern Light Lodge #40 in Maumee, Ohio sponsors a huge pancake breakfast every year to raise money for The Kidney Foundation of Northwest Ohio. 5$ for all you can eat pancakes was quite a deal. The First District volunteered at the breakfast by bussing tables and doing whatever else was asked of them. In just 7 hours, the event raised over 5,000$ for the Kidney Foundation.

April 22 was State Tri-Youth Dodge Ball Day at Rossford High School, just on the outskirts of Toledo. DeMolay and Rainbows came from all over Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin to create 6-man teams and enjoy pummeling each other with dodge balls. 10$ was the entrance fee, but it was free to be a spectator. The day began with "open play" as folks were still arriving from various parts of the country. Then, a double-elimination style tournament began and fun was had by all.

The winning team consisted of SMC Eddy Jones, 2nd District Rep. Alex Marshall, State Chaplain Matthew Klepacz, Michigan's SMC Justin Rizzo, SJC Eric Small, and Rainbow/Job's Daughter Amber Stands. The Tri-Youth event was extremely successful and many requested that the event be held next year.

Also, membership is through the roof! We have been so successful in fact, that Van Wert Chapter in Van Wert and Black Swamp Chapter in North Baltimore have both applied for Charters to become chapters. Ottawa Chapter in Genoa, Ohio has begun meeting regularly again after being inactive for a few years.

The First District is blossoming with more and more new members every month.

Price's food for thought:

Will you be traveling somewhere in the near future for vacation, school, or sports? If you can answer yes, then why not Visit a local DeMolay chapter? There are currently 6 active chapters in the First District that would extremely enjoy any and all visitors.

That's all for now.

Do you need a form but can't seem to find one anywhere?

Allegiance

2005-2006 State Officers

• State Master Councilor----Edward A. Jones
• State Scribe ---- Alexander S. D'Ettorre
• State Senior Councilor------- Craig A. Loose
• State Junior Councilor--------- Eric W. Small
• State Senior Deacon-------- Brian E. Hare
• State Junior Deacon- -------Peter D. Wilson
• State Senior Steward- --------Ben J. Mills
• State Junior Steward-------- Jimmy M. Johnson
• State Chaplain---Matt T.Klepacz
• State Marshall---Jacob E. Wrightsman
• State Orator-----Brian G. Gorton
• 1st District Representative--Price H. Murphy
• 2nd District Representative-- Alex D. Marshal
• 4th District Representative-- Andrew Bauman
• 5th District Representative--Thomas J. Baker

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Does your Chapter want higher attendance at your local events?

Then send your term plans to your friendly State Scribe, Alex D'Ettorre and I'll publish them right here in the E-connection!

Email them to dettoa@bgsu.edu or mail them to 15345 T.H. 124, Upper Sandusky, OH 43351

Don't miss this golden opportunity!

There is a scholarship at Hiram College awaiting a DeMolay, Rainbow or Job. It's a 1-year scholarship which is renewable each year. Contact Hiram College, Hiram, Ohio about the Forrest Diehl scholarship.

Local Event happenings!

• June 15- Ivanhoe and Cincinnatus chapters are having a joint initiation at 7:30pm @ Norwood.
• June 24th- Youngstown chapter is holding its Installation of Officers (7:30pm) @ The Western Star Masonic Center.

In the 4th District

• July – 13 – 16 – Linden Chapter Fundraising @ Stream Threshers Fair in Plain City in Union County.
• July 15th – Groveport Installation – 7:30 p.m. @ Groveport Lodge Toy and Saltzgaber Rd.
• July 17th – Linden Initiation
• July 21st – 6:30 p.m. 4th District Banquet and Honors Night

FYI: Cincinnatus Chapter will be moving it's meeting site to Delhi Lodge. Contact Dad Cunningham for details.

Advisors! DeMolay International has newly released advisor recruitment presentations online! The files you will find here cover four basic topics of conversation that an adult recruiter may need to address. These files are compiled with a Powerpoint viewer embedded within. This means they will play on any PC, and Microsoft PowerPoint does not have to be installed.

Click here for Advisor recruitment presentations!

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