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April 2007 - Vol 2, Issue 7
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  • April 21st State Officer Reception and Potentate Youth Dance
  • April 22nd State Devotional Day
  • May 19th Statewide Initiation with Canoeing
  • May 25-28th ODLE
  • TBA State Geauga Lake Day>

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  • Dance
    This months state events are the State officer reception and potentate youth dance in Toledo Ohio. This event will be held on the 21st of April. At the Zenobia shrine located at 1511 Madison Ave. Toledo, OH 43624. The event starts at 6:00 all reservations should be made to State Master Councilor brother Craig Loose by April 8th at 353 E. 13th Ave. Apt. 2C Columbus, OH or by email

    The second Event ,Devotional Day, for this month is to be held at 10 am on the 22nd the day after the state officer reception in Springfield OH at the Masonic Home their address is 2655 W. National Road Springfield, OH 45504. The devotional day will be followed by some volleyball, kickball and food.
    Craig
    Brethren,

    What a fun and exciting month! The month started with tremendous success when the Second District held its ceremonial and initiated thirteen young men into our order. Congratulations to all of our new brothers! I can’t wait to see all of them around the state. State Basketball came and went and I truly hope that all had a ton of fun playing basketball and enjoying the brotherhood. My finals were horrible but at least that signaled the coming of my spring break. During it I had the pleasure of visiting Denbrook and Medina. My mileage did not end there though as I went to Lawrence County Chapter for the Installation of Justin Allen. He will do a fine job as Master Councilor and I look for big things from that Chapter. I also made it over to Marvin E. Kneisley Chapter for their Installation. Those brethren are on the verge of something special and I cannot wait for them to get rolling. For all of those who did not make it over to the Tadmor Youth Dance, you really missed out on a great event.
    Heartland Ritual Competition is just around the corner and I have a feeling that Ohio has a great chance to bring back the hardware. All of the DeMolays who are going are great examples of how great Ohio DeMolay really is and I am eager to show off our brothers. The other big event this month is the State Officer Reception. This is a time that everyone has the chance to show their appreciation for all of the hard work that our State Officers do. They take time and money out of there lives to travel thousands of miles around Ohio talking the praises of our great order. The price is only $20 and includes a quality meal and dance. Please make sure that you place a reservation with me before April 8th so that you can ensure yourself a seat. I will see you around the state!

    Fraternally,

    Bro. Craig A. Loose
    State Master Councilor

    Think your Chapter has an event worth mentioning, invite the SMC and read his Article to find out if you are right
    Hear ye hear ye!!!!

    All those people who may want to become state officers next year Bro. Eric Small Invites YOU to fill out a state officer application.

    April Showers
    April Showers!

    Well gentlemen, spring is upon us and you know what that means. Time for some fund raising! We’ve got a lot of great events this summer including ODLE and Conclave. These are pretty expensive events for anyone with a minimum wage job so let’s think of some ways of covering costs. The saying goes April showers bring May flowers... but if no one plants the flowers there’s no way for them to grow this spring. Try organizing a flower sale with your chapter. Seeds can be purchased from your local garden center or hardware store and sold to friends, family, or door-to-door. Talk to the employees at the garden center about which plants will grow the best in the area, they’ll be happy to help you out. You can also pick up potted plants that are made for planting outdoors and all manner of other lawn decorations that could be resold.
    Irtonton
    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

    MARK YOUR CALENDAR.JUNE 30, 2007 at the Aladdin Shrine, the first ever Ohio DeMolay Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and the recipients will be Dad Merlyn Meredith, Dad Steve Krekus, Dad Chester Hodges (deceased) and Brother/Dad Mark Loose (deceased). As most know, Dad Meredith, Dad Krekus, and Dad Hodges were all Executive Officer for Ohio DeMolay. Brother/Dad Mark Loose was State Master Councilor and the only International Master Councilor from Ohio. In addition to being Executive Officer Dad Hodges was also Grand Master of DeMolay International. Words cannot describe what their accomplishments have meant to Ohio DeMolay

    . This past month Dad Korn and I traveled to Defiance Ohio in the Fifth Masonic District where I gave a short presentation on DeMolay. We then talked to a couple of the Worshipful Master’s from the District and have been invited to come and talk about DeMolay in greater detail at a couple of the lodges. Hopefully, we might have some additional good information to report in the near future about additional DeMolay Chapters in this area.
    I learned in the past month that there is a reason why adults don’t play contact sports after a certain age. State Dodgeball was a fun time but I really should have listened to my own common sense rather than allowing the DeMolay’s to convince me that, “no one will get hurt”. Luckily, I was able to walk again fairly well on the fourth day after the event.
    On March 2nd, I was pleased to be able to be present at the Inspection of Western Star Lodge where our State Senior Councilor Eric Small was raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason. Congratulations on this step in your Masonic Career.
    On March 3rd our State Master Councilor Craig Loose and I represented Ohio DeMolay at the Ohio State Shrine Association meeting. Craig did a nice talk on DeMolay and afterwards the Shrine took up a collection for a donation to Ohio DeMolay.
    Spring is almost here....let’s think about growing membership!

    In DeMolay Service,
    Dad Shaw
    A recipe for success

    So you’ve run out of membership ideas and your prospect parties are a little bit on the mild side. Look at it as if it were a recipe, you have the ingredients you need so in this case we want to make a kickin’ prospect party. So you need a ¼ of a cup of Demolay’s, two ounces of advisors, 1 place to hold it, 1 ½ lbs of candidates, ½ dozen pizzas, and the key ingredient that will make it this party like no other. The best part of this the ingredient it can be what ever you want but here is a list of few things you could do: Video game tournament, 3-3 basketball, STATE EVENTS, dances, dodge ball league, and camping. Mix well and place in the oven at 350 degrees (in order to make this party hot in hur’) bake for 2-3 hours and add a good assortment of girls for garnish let sit for 5 min and you got one kickin’ prospect party worth bragging about. Good luck and good cooking.
    First District

    Black Swamp Chapter


    Bowling Green Chapter


    Fallen Timbers Chapter


    Ottawa Chapter


    Van Wert


    3rd District

    Marvin E Kniesly


    Miamisburg


    Ralph H McMillan


    4th District

    Upper Sandusky



    Linden




    Gr oveport



    5th District
    Larwence County

    6th District

    Youngstown


    Canton


    7th District

    Hamilton
    4/7- Regular meeting
    4/21- Regular meeting

    Ivanhoe
    4/5- Regular meeting
    4/19- Regular meeting

    Cincinnatus
    This Months Question!

    Which US president was the first to recieve the Honorary Legion of Honor.

    The First DeMolay to send me the answer will be sent a fabulous prize! (please include your name in the Email)

    Last Months Question:

    What is the significance of the manner in which a DeMolay kneels to pray.

    Congratulations to CIAAGENTOO8@aol.com please send me your name.
  • State Master Councilor Craig A. Loose craigalanloose@ohiodemolay.com
  • State Scribe Jacob E. Wrightsman ohiodemolaystatescribe@gmail.com
  • State Senior Councilor Eric W. Small ytownsmalls@gmail.com
  • Dad Land Oval
    This publication is the Official Publication of Ohio DeMolay operating under the authority of DeMolay International, Founded by Frank S. Land, whose see is in Kansas City, MO.

    Jacob E. Wrightsman
    Ohio DeMolay

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