Brockton Chapter No. 87
Masonic Hall
279 Prospect Street
Brockton, MA
Meets 2nd Thursday
except July and August
1410th Stated Meeting
Thursday, February 9, 2012
7:00 PM
OFFICERS ATTIRE
Lady Officers may wear colored gowns
BUSINESS OF THE EVENING
To receive petitions, hear reports and to transact such other business
as may regularly come before the Chapter.
HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR LAST MEETING
The Chapter voted unanimously to accept the invitation to consolidate extended by Mayflower Chapter No. 65. Members cited the many positive experiences we have shared with Mayflower and the enthusiasm and dedication of their members. We await their final decision.
How does one keep from "growing old inside"? Surely only in community. The only way to make friends with time is to stay friends with people. Taking community seriously not only gives us the companionship we need, it also relieves us of the notion that we are indispensable. - Robert McAfee Brown
EVENING STARS
Evening Stars :
Tuesday, February 21
7:30
Home of Kathy LaMont for a Tasting Party.
The beautiful hand-braided rug made by Sister Karen Tucker was won by Sister Kathy LaMont. Thanks to everyone who supported the Chapter by participating, and especially to Sister Karen for her handiwork.
FROM THE WORTHY GRAND MATRON
Carol L. Jones
Happy new year to everyone!
I am looking forward to seeing everyone at upcoming receptions honoring Brockton Chapter members:
Tuesday, February 7. Reception for James W. Spurrell, Gr. Chaplain, Margaret L. Howard, Gr. Marshal,
Maureen A. Holmgren, Gr. Ruth, and Laura M. Fowler, Gr. Esther at Palestine Chapter No. 114 in Newtonville at 8
PM.
Wednesday, February 29. Reception for Karen E. Grabau, Grand Secretary , Barbara L. Miller, Grand Treasurer,
and all Past and Present Chapter Secretaries and Treasurers at Orient Chapter No. 31 in Framingham at 8 PM
Please show your support for their hard work by attending.
Association meeting Sunday, Feb. 26 at Billerica Chapter. Lunch at 1PM, meeting at 2. Candidates for Grand Chapter
Offices & Boards will be speaking. Reservations for lunch by February 21 to Suzanne Ward PM, 36 Tanglewood Ave,
Tewksbury, MA 01876, 978-851-3372, sfward@verizon.net. Chicken Pot Pie.
CONGRATULATIONS
Kelly Milne, PM on her appointment as Grand Representative to Florida
Wendy Moore, PM on her appointment as Grand Representative to North Dakota.
It gives us such pleasure to reward hard-working members for their dedication to our Order.
It is not too early to send in your Grand Chapter Housing / Busing reservations. Forms are available from your Secretary
or on the O.E.S. web site. We look forward to Brockton Chapter having a large attendance at our Grand Chapter Session in May.
As always, I cannot thank the Chapter and its members for your continuing love & support.
FROM THE WEST
Thank you to everyone who attended and filled in for officers at January's meeting. It was great to see visitors from other chapters as well as members from our newly consolidated Chapter at the meeting!
W are still looking for memorabilia from chapters that have consolidated with Brockton over the years. I would like to have each Chapter represented in our display case. Please let me know if you have something you would like to
display.
Kathy & Dwight
FROM THE SECRETARY
Thank you to everyone for the cards, thoughts, meals, and prayers you have sent my way. A special thanks to Karen E. Grabau, Gr. Sec. for filling in for me. You are all shining Stars. I am still having a lot of trouble with typing and writing, so please forgive me for a delay in my response time. Feel free to call me with questions.
FROM THE EAST
:Thank you all for stepping up and filling in for us while away last month for vacation. Your support means the world to
us.
Please see Sister Kelly Milne if you are interested in taking an office for the 2012 - 2013 year. We have many new faces in our Chapter from our newest members and our Consolidated members. You all offer the Chapter an opportunity
to change and grow. We welcome your participation.
This month we celebrate Valentine's day. Let us all take that extra moment to tell those around us how much they
mean to us. Keeping the lesson of Electa in our words and deeds, "let us LOVE one another.”
OFFICERS 2011 - 2012
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WORTHY MATRON |
Maureen A. Holgren, DGMTTGD |
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WORTHY PATRON |
Scott D. Holmgren, PP |
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ASSOCIATE MATRON |
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ASSOCIATE PATRON |
Dwight S. Jones, PP |
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SECRETARY |
Linda B. Kenney Logan |
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TREASURER |
Constance E. Vick, PGM |
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CONDUCTRESS |
Kelly J. Milne, PM |
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ASSOCIATE CONDUCTRESS |
Cathy Ann Hatch |
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CHAPLAIN |
Andrea A. Siciliano, PM |
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MARSHAL |
Cory N. Jones |
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ORGANIST |
Diane C. Landerholm, PM |
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ADAH |
Pamela A. Blood, PGM |
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RUTH |
Karen Tucker |
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ESTHER |
Geraldine C. Hatch |
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MARTHA |
Margaret L. Howard, PM |
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ELECTA |
Theresa G. Fawcett, PM |
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WARDER |
Mary Delsette |
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SENTINEL |
Arthur V. Fawcett |
Ritualist - Karen Grabau, Grand Secretary
Electrician - J. Russel Blood, PP
TRUSTEES
John C. Howard, PGP 2012
Caryn L. Holmgren - 2013
Alice C. Rider, PM - 2014
AUDITORS
Carol L. Jones, AGM
Jean Smith White, PM
James White
RELIEF AND VISITING COMMITTEE
Worthy Matron, Worthy Patron
Associate Matron, Associate Patron
CHAPTER REPRESENTATIVES
Isadore Forbes Benevolent Fund & Charitable Foundation Board
Linda B. Kenney Logan
Educational Fund
Maureen A. Holmgren, P.M.
International Temple Fund
David J. Goodrich, P.G.P.
Membership Committee
Constance E. Vick, P.G.M.
Past Matrons and Past Patrons
Evelyn M. Kenney Memorial
Scholarship Committee
Alice C. Rider, PM
Andrea L. Sicialliano, PM
Mary DelSette
Charlene E. Goodrich
Jeanette P. Murphy Memorial
Floral fund
John C. Howard, Sr., PGP
Kelly J. Milne, PM
Karen Tucker
HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS
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Claire C. Histen, PM Secretary Emeritus Constance E. Vick, PGM Pamela A. Blood, PGM June M. Evans, PM Treasurer Emeritus David J. Goodrich, PGP George L. Copeland, PGP
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John C. Howard, PGP James D. Grabau, PGP Carol L. Jones, WGM Healy A. Nowe, PGP Ruth Miller, PM Evelyn Amerigian, PM
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HONORARY MEMBERS
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Blanche H, Shaw, PGM Eunice K. Pollard, PGM Priscilla McKay, PM Mary Jane Eaton, PGM Dorothy E. Stackhouse, PGM Elizabeth K. Rogers, PGM Sally R. Dietrich, PM Ronald Newman, PGP Phyllis R. Mott, PGM Louise R. Swenson, PGM Doris M. Williams, PM Shirley EG Ayers, PGM James E. Dolan, PGP David T. Roy, PGP C. Joan Tinkham, PM Pamela R. Main, PGM Nancy E. Howatt, PGM Janet C. Hutchins, PGM Sharon G. Bush, PGM Bonnie J. Zumalt, PGM |
Judith A. Johnson, PGM Raymond C. Oberg, PGP Wayne Bartlett, PGP Craig S. Wallace, PGP George K. Bezanson, PGP Charles E. Koski, PGP Jean Anna Pudlo, PGM Natalie R. Jenkins, PGM Robert W. McBournie, PGP Anna B. Craig, PGM Robert Bruch, PGP Evelyn L. Norton, PM Phyllis J. Hidinger, PGM Healy A. Nowe, PGP Philip N. Hubbard, PGP Victor U. Taggart, AGP *Alan B. Kingsley, PP Elaine R. Wallace, PGM Alice T. Webber, PGM Martha L. Taggart, PM |
James E. Pattangall, PGP M. Elizabeth Davis, PGM Joan M. Atkinson, PGM Robert E. McDuffie, PGP Clifford A. Brightman, PGP Richard E. Black, PGP Miriam Alfred, PGM Joseph Russo Jr., PGP Patricia A. Simpson, PGM Donna Penney, PM Jill G. Edgecomb, PGM Hollie J. Zumalt, PM Fred Penney, PP Stephen Donahue, PP Susan A. Brown, PM Patricia Donovan, PM Eugene DeVine, PP Edithe Riley, PM
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CONSOLIDATED CHAPTER INSTITUTED DATE CONSOLIDATED
Herbert F. French No. 172 March 27, 1921 September 9. 2002
Easton Chapter No. 164 January 3, 1920 April 12, 2004
Huntington Chapter No. 197 September 27, 1924 October 10, 2011
Brockton Chapter No. 87
Instituted October 28, 1903
Constituted May 5, 1904
BROCKTON
The Chapter took its name in honor of its home city, which made history as one of the leading shoe manufacturing cities in the country. From 1821 - 1874 the city was know as North Bridgewater. On May 6, 1874 the name was changed to Brockton. The story goes that the name was suggested by Ira Copeland, a resident of the town, who some years before had heard the name called by a railway conductor as he rode on route to Detroit. Brockton is in the Province of Ontario, now a part of Toronto and was named after Sir Is sac Brock, a soldier and Lieutenant Governor of Canada.