November 2014 newsletter - The Tewksbury

Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Charity, Justice, Brotherly Love & Fidelity
NOVEMBER 2014
Exalted Ruler
Secretary
Manager
BINGO
Joseph M. Tarlowski,
PER
George Kear
[email protected]
Eileen Caulfield
(978) 657-6333, #3
(978) 657-6333, #3
(978) 657-6333, #1
Grill Room
Web Site
Fax #
(978) 657-6333, #2 (978) 657-6333, #4 www.elks2070.com (978) 657-0658
The 1,223rd lodge meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 at 7:30 p.m.
The 1,224th lodge meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 19, 2014 at 7:30 p.m.
Lodge News
Sickness and Distress
Al Hayward - Windsor Place, 92 West St., Wilmington, MA
Les Gauthier - Portsmouth NH Hospital
Recovering at Home:
Joe Cozza, Arthur Jensen, Phil Reynolds, Leon Murphy, Walter Deputat CM,
Dennis Sullivan., Frank Criscitello
Material for next Month’s newsletter must be submitted to
Joan Tremlett or placed in the secretary’s box NO LATER
THAN LAST meeting of the month.
Cards, telephone calls and/or visits would certainly be appreciated and welcome. We would
appreciate a family member calling the lodge to advise us of any hospitalization or death of a
member. If the family would like a ritual for a deceased member, please call the Lodge
secretary at the lodge telephone number is (978) 657-6333.
Please notify member Nancy Zabawa of any bereavement or illness of Elks’ members or their
immediate family. Telephone number (978) 851-3023.
The clock of their day has stopped and across its dial the
Motionless shadows mark the hour of eleven.
In appreciation of the Charity, Justice,
Brotherly Love and Fidelity
of our departed members:
RONDALD E. LaLaberte, LM
Initiated: October 20, 1963
Passed: September 27, 2014
Eternal rest grant them O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.
Sleep my brother, peace be with you
LIFE MEMBERSHIP
Having met the conditions of Article XIV, Section 14.260 of the Annotated Statutes,
Members: John Brown, Charles E. Coughlin, Michael J. Corricelli, John Michael
Scannell, Joseph F. Duffy, Edward D. Harrison, Paul E. Marchessault, and James R.
Micelli has requested Life Membership. A ballot will be taken at the November 19, 2014
meeting.
Congratulation to the following Members for being voted in for Life Membership:
William A. Wareham, Jr,
David C. Thompson, Jr.
Paul R. Stevens III
Paul R. Curtin
Golf Rides
Tewksbury Funeral Home
Custom Golf Carts, Parts & Service
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Authorized
Dealer
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We will be assisting with the Senior Thanksgiving Dinners
on Thursday, November 6th for Wilmington residents &
November 13th for Tewksbury residents.
Hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving.
DEATH OF OUR MEMBERS
John Hovey
1398 Lakeview Ave.
Dracut, Ma 01826
EMBLEM CLUB #381
The next meeting of the Tewksbury-Wilmington Emblem
#381 will be on Monday, November 10, 2014 @ 7:30 p.m.
This is our Memorial meeting.
Always in Emblem,
Janet Ventullo, SPP
Corresponding Secretary
BINGO COMMITTEE
The lodge is in dire need of help for Bingo on Tuesday
nights. Bingo is looking for a few people to come down
and help the Lodge with its biggest fundraiser. We are
looking for help selling the following:
Refreshments from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Strips from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Pull-tabs from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Call winners back from 8:45 - 10:30 p.m.
ATTENTION ALL MEMBERS
According to our House Rules, members may bring in a
guest once a week
All guests MUST be signed in by a member.
The MEMBER is responsible for any guest they bring
in.
Please remember to watch your language in the grill
room.
Members will be brought before the House Committee
if this procedure is not followed.
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1 Dewey Street - Corner of Main St (Rt. 38)
Tewksbury, MA 01876
Phone # 978-957-6347
1-800-851-2950 Toll free in MA
Fax # 978-674-8031
(978) 851-2950
(978) 851-2061
[email protected]
www.golfrides.com
Walter J. Deputat - founder
05/10
Joel W. Deputat
Dennis W. Graham
Mark J. Mahoney
28 Pomfret Road
Wilmington, Ma 01887
978-604-4765
Roofing/Siding/Painting
Kitchen and Bath Remodeling
Windows/Doors/Decks
Frame to Finish Carpentry
[email protected]
Masonry/Landscaping/Cleanups
Licensed and Insured
Snow Removal
HIC#162118 CS#93854
05/10
UPCOMING EVENTS
Every Tuesday - Bingo 5 pm - 10 pm
Every Friday - Meat Raffle—Here for the beer 6 pm
Last Friday of the Month- 50/50 Drawing 8 pm
Wednesday, November 5 - Bd. Of Directors Meeting 6:00 p.m.
- Lodge Meeting 7:30 p.m.
- DD Visitation, Haverhill Elks, 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, November 6 - Wilmington Senior Thanksgiving Dinner 7 p.m.
November 7 - 9 - Regional Soccer Shoot, Auburn/Webster Elks 9 a.m.
Wednesday, November 12 - DD Visit, Chelmsford Elks, 6:30 p.m.
- Governing Body Meeting 7 p.m.
Thursday, November 13 - Tewksbury Senior Thanksgiving Dinner 7 pm
Sunday, November 16 - Regional Meeting, Elks 9:00 a.m.
Wednesday, November 19 - Bd. Of Directors Meeting 6:00 p.m.
- Lodge Meeting 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 22 - DD Homecoming, Billerica Elks, 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, November 27 - Happy Thanksgiving
Wednesday, December 3 - Bd. Of Directors Meeting 6:00 p.m.
- Lodge Meeting 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, December 4 - Veterans’ Outing, Bedford VA Hospital
Saturday, December 6 - ENF Fundraiser, Newburyport Elks 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, December 7 - Memorial Service, Elks 8:30 a.m.
Wednesday, December 10 - Governing Body Meeting 7 p.m.
Saturday, December 13 - Members Christmas Party
Sunday, December 14 - Children’s Christmas Party, 10:00 a.m., Hall
Sunday, December 25 - Merry Christmas
Tuesday, December 30 - Lodge Hoop Shoot Wynn School 6pm
2015 ***
Thursday, January 1 - Happy New Years
Wednesday, January 7 - Board of Directors Meeting 6:30 p.m.
- Lodge Meeting 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, January 10 - North District Hoop Shoot Locke Billerica
Wednesday, January 14 - Governing Body Meeting 7 p.m.
Wednesday, January 21 - Board of Directors Meeting 6:30 p.m.
- Lodge Meeting 7:30 p.m.
2012 NORTH DISTRICT VISITATION SCHEDULE
Haverhill
Chelmsford
November 5, 2014
November 12, 2014
Homecoming
Billerica
Please print your card number, name and address
Mail card to me,
Mail to:
Secretary, Tewksbury-Wilmington Elks #2070
777 South St
Tewksbury, MA 01876
We are still collecting donations for any food items etc. for the local
Food Pantries in both Tewksbury and Wilmington
There is a basket in the members lounge to place any food items you
have.
50/50 DRAWING
The lodge will be starting a 50/50 drawing that will be
held the last Friday of the month. The next drawing will be
Friday, November 28, 2014.
Cost of the drawing will be $20.00.
APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP
PROPOSAL FOR MEMBERSHIP
Applications have been received from the following.
NAME
CITY
OCCUPATION
PROPOSER
Kaileight Michullewicz Lowell
Front Desk Coordinator Arthur Lockhart
Terry Flynn
Tewksbury
Retired
Robert Canning
Congratulations to our newest members: Patrick Burke, Robert Gillis, and
David Tallini who were initiated on October 9th.
NORTH DISTRICT DDGER CLINICS
Billerica
April 27, 2015
Dinner at 6:30 p.m. Meeting at 7:30 p.m.
Coming in November to an Elks near you
Tewksbury / Wilmington Elks
Lodge 2070
presents:
Doo Op (Sock Hop) A FUN NIGHT
YOU WONT WANT TO MISS!!!!!!
Date: Saturday, November 8, 2014
Cost: $15 per person
Details will be available Soon watch the bulletin board
Bring your own munchies...
Any questions see Linda Carlino
NEW YEAR”S EVE PARTY
The lodge will be hosting a New Year’s Eve party. Come down
and celebrate the end of this year and the start of a New Year with
your Elk friends. All are welcome!!!
Details will be available Soon watch the bulletin board.
Any question see Linda Carlino
PER MEETINGS
The PERs will be meeting every three months on the last Monday of the
month. We would ask that every PER make an effort to attend these meetings.
We encourage the officers of the lodge to also attend these meeting. All of the
meetings will begin at 7:00 p.m. at the lodge. The next
meeting is scheduled for December 29, 2014.
BULLETIN ADVERTISING
ALL WORK GUARANTEED
Your company can be advertised to all of
our members
Iron Specialties
Portable Welding . Fire Escapes . Stairs
Fences . Wrought Iron Railings . Porch Coloumns
Jake McCormack
(978) 664-2883
Cell (978) 580-7815
12/12
I will pick up at lodge
Proposal for transfer demit from the Melrose Lodge Joseph Reardon. A vote will be
take at the second meeting in November.
November 22, 2014
Cocktails: 3:30 - 4:45 pm, Visitation 5 pm
Dinner and Dance to follow
FREE ESTIMATES
DUES FOR LODGE YEAR 2014-2015
The secretary is now accepting dues payments for the lodge year 2014-2015. Please
complete the coupon below and mail to, the
secretary or leave it at the secretary’s office.
Annual dues $57.00 (regular) or $37.00 (life)
Please include self-addressed stamped envelope.
The cost will be $100.00 for a year.
Your ad will be placed in the
bulletin on a first come first serve basis.
NEW ENGLAND CUSTOM
EXHAUST & PLOW, Inc.
Plow Installation . Repairs
Service available during Storms over 3”
Mufflers. Stock & Modified
Brakes. Shocks. Struts . Metal Fabrication
Trailer Hitches & Accessories
Hydraulic Hoses Made on Site
109 Industrial Ave, East
Phone: 978 454-9100
Lowell, Ma 01852
Fax: 978 454-9114
12/12
Thanksgiving Senior Dinner
It is that time of year again for your Thanksgiving Senior Dinners.
Once again we need help getting gifts.
This year the dinners will be held on Thursday, November 6th for
the Wilmington Seniors and Thursday, November 13th for the
Tewksbury Seniors.
We are looking for people to go around Wilmington and
Tewksbury to ask Merchants for any type of gift.
We are always looking for people to help out with the cooking,
serving and cleanup both of these nights.
ELKS 2070 GOING GREEN
If you wish to receive your bulletin via e-mail, please go onto our website
(http://www.elks2070.com). Select “Contact Us” from the top menu bar. In subject
line put “e-mail bulletin”. Enter valid e-mail address and put your member number
in the message text or leave note in secretary mail slot.
Please make sure that you include “e-mail bulletin”, your member number, name
and e-mail address. A test e-mail will be sent to verify and afterward you will only
receive an electronic bulletin.
REMINDER
MEAT RAFFLE
EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT 6:00 P.M.
Thank you to Art Lockhart for his
dedication for doing this year after year.
Please consider helping make this night a special night for our
seniors.
The officers of the
Tewksbury/
Wilmington Elks want
to wish everyone a
Happy and Healthy
Thanksgiving.
HONORARY LIFE MEMBERSHIP
A ballot will be taken at the second meeting in November on the
nomination for Member Joan Tremlett for Honorary Life Membership.
Below is the letter nomination Joan for this honor.
VISIT TO VETERANS’ HOSPITAL
Members of the lodge will be visiting Bedford VA Hospital to liven up the
day for the patients on Thursday, December 4, 2014. We will be visiting the
patients in Building 4 to bring some cheer before the Christmas Holiday.
Cake, ice cream, Santa Claus and music will be present as we try to cheer up
our veterans who gave so much that we may be free. If you are interested in
attending this evening, please contact Member Ray Metcalfe or the
secretary for particulars.
MEMORIAL SUNDAY
In accordance with our Statutes, December 7, 2014, the first Sunday in December,
is designated as Memorial Sunday. We will fondly remember those members who
departed this past year as well as all departed
members.
There will be breakfast from 8:00 to 9:30 a.m. with services to begin at 9:45 a.m.
The Tewksbury Interfaith Choir will lend their musical talents.
ELKS SCHOLARSHIP FOR SENIOR AND COLLEGE STUDENTS
WHO GRADUATED FROM TEWKSBURY, WILMINGTON AND
SHAWSHEEN TECH
Scholarship
Date Available
Filing Deadline
ENF Legacy Awards
Now
January 31, 2015
ENF Most Valuable Student
Now
December 6, 2014
State Most Valuable Student
Now
December 6, 2014
MA State Scholarship
Now
February 1, 2015
MA “Vocational” Grant
Now
March 1, 2015
The ENF scholarship information can be found on-line at: www.elks.org/scholars.
The Ma Elks “vocational” grant can be pick up at guidance office or lodge.. The
Ma Elks scholarship can be pick up at lodge. Please mail application to:
Lou Connolly
16 Floyd Ave
Tewksbury, Ma 01876
BULLETIN ADVERTISING
Your company can be advertised to all of
our members
M. & S. SERVICE, INC.
Bruce Crockett, Proprietor
Auto Repair - Towing
1875R Main Street
Tewksbury, Ma 01876
978 851-9393
978 851-6800
Fax: 978 858-0946
03/12
The cost will be $100.00 for a year.
Your ad will be placed in the
bulletin on a first come first serve basis.
WRIGHT & ASSOCIATES, P.C.
Douglas W. Sears, Esq.
(Of Counsel)
Cell: (978) 376-7390
P.O. Box 669
Tel: (978) 851-2291
1445 Main Street
Fax: (978) 851-2292
Tewksbury, Ma 01876 Email: [email protected]
Tewksbury/Wilmington Elks #2070
777 South St
Tewksbury, MA 01876
Non-Profit Org.
U.S. POSTAGE
PAID
Tewksbury, MA
01876
Permit # 3
Lodge Officers
Exalted Ruler: Joseph M. Tarlowski, PER
Esteemed Leading Knight: Edward J. Tucker Jr., PER, HLM
Esteemed Loyal Knight: Gary Millward
Esteemed Lecturing Knight: Michael Winitzer
Secretary: George Kear
Treasurer: Diane Bushway
Tiler: Janice Higgins
Esquire: Maureen Kear, PER
Chaplain: Raynor R. Metcalfe, PER, PDD, LM
Organist:
Inner Guard: Joan Tremlett
Trustees
1 Year: Mark Mahoney
2 Year: John R. Bushway
3 Year: Virginia Colbert
4 Year: Linda Carlino
5 Year: Patricia Brothers
PAST EXALTED RULERS
*Deceased
*George A. McDermott, HLM, PDD
*Charles M. Kelley, HLM
*John A. Morrissey, HLM
*Louis Picanso, HLM
*John H. Hart, HLM
*Harold Jenkins, HLM
*Arthur F. Doucette, HLM
*Charles F. Kent, HLM
*Alfred C. Thompson, HLM
*Anthony J. Cappucci, HLM
*N. John Powers, HLM
*Edward J. Turowsky, HLM
*Albert L. Parsons, HLM, PDD
*Leroy C. Thing, HLM
*Thomas G. Burris, HLM
*John L. McPhee, HLM
*Arthur L. Griswold, HLM, PDD
*Merton E.Curtis, HLM
*Edward F. Carlton, HLM
*Ernest P. Roy, HLM
John J. Whitman, HLM
*Benjamin J. Higgins, HLM
Carl Magnusson, HLM
*Robert Woodland Sr., HLM
*James E.Jones, HLM
*Francis C.Connolly, HLM
William A. Bannon, HLM
Louis J. Connolly, HLM, PDD, PSP
*Albert F. Parker, HLM
*Stewart Kinloch, HLM
*Robert Clark, HLM
John D. Richards, HLM
James M. Sullivan, HLM
*Ernest M. Harris, HLM
George F. Cangiano, HLM
David Parent, HLM
Daniel P. Sullivan, HLM
*James L. Carriere, HLM
Raynor R. Metcalfe, HLM, PDD
Gerald A. Boudreau, HLM
William Savosik, HLM
*Melvin F. Keough, HLM
Ernest P. Dykeman, HLM
*Gerald A. Rudolph, HLM
Allen C. Rock, HLM
Edward J. Tucker Jr., HLM
Harry L. See, HLM, PDD
Patricia E. Dascoli
Robert M. LeFave
David M. Penney
By Affiliation: Conrad L. Rock, Jr, HLM, LM; *Wesley A. Rogers; Arthur E. St. Clair; *William Townsend; Gerald W. Melanson; John Micheal Scannell, PDD;
Joseph Tarlowski, Maureen Kear, Brian Cadman