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Manchester Elks Lodge #2058 2242 Mason Lane – Manchester, MO 63021-7801 January 2012 Manchester Elks Lodge #2058 2242 Mason Lane – Manchester, MO 63021-7801 January 2012 Manchester Elks E-mail & Phone #: manchesterelks@sbcglobal.net and 314-821-4450

Note from the Editor – Elizabeth L. Browning

Thanks again to everyone for their input for our bulletin. Please don’t forget to let me know if you have anything to add to the bulletin by e-mailing me at ChezSquif@aol.com , leaving it for me at the lodge, or calling me at 314-966-5865 by the 25th of each month.

Past Exalted Rulers

Charlie Brown 1983 – 1984 Larry Mueller 1984 – 1985 Larry Mueller 1985 – 1986 Donald Cotner 1986 – 1987 Larry Mueller 1987 - 1988 Gerard Bax 1988 – 1989 Larry Mueller 1990 – 1991 Robert Bax 1991 – 1992 Dave DeLaurelle 1992 – 1993 Ron Meyer 1993 – 1994 Al Koke, Jr. 1994 – 1995 Bill Litzsinger 1995 – 1996 Jerry Donze II 1996 – 1997 Jerry Donze II 1997 – 1998 Gerard Bax 1998 – 1999 Ron Meyer 1999 – 2000 Jerry Donze III 2000 – 2001 Jason Perotka 2001 – 2002 Jason Perotka 2002 – 2003 Thomas Kelly 2003 – 2004 Carol Meatte 2004 – 2005 Bill Biggar 2005 – 2006 Murray Cates 2006 – 2007 Dale Obermoeller 2007 - 2008 Dale Obermoeller 2008 – 2009 Matt Perotka 2009 – 2010 Mary Schnure 2011 - 2012

Exalted Ruler John Buckner Esteemed Leading Knight Joseph Cichacki Esteemed Loyal Knight Tom Patterson Esteemed Lecturing Knight Bob Schimmel Secretary Laura Bergsieker Treasurer Julie Waddell Chaplain, Mona Dudash Esquire, P.E.R. Mary Schnure Inner Guard Rick Williams Tiler Norm Gentry First Year Trustee, P.E.R. Don Binz Second Year Trustee, P.E.R. Carol Meatte Third Year Trustee, P.E.R. Dale Obermoeller Fourth Year Trustee Murray Cates Fifth Year Trustee, P.E.R. Jerry Donze II

IN MEMORIAM

All is well.

SICKNESS & DISTRESS Mary Lou Robinson

Jerry Donze II Jack Wild

John Buckner Nikki Berger

Committee Chairpersons & Others

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Your Officers for 2011-2012

Lodge Bulletin Editor & Public Relations Elizabeth Browning Community Activities, Golf Tournament, P.E.R. Jerry Donze III Kids Christmas Chairperson, P.E.R. Matt Perotka Entertainment, & Charity Committee Joe Cichacki Member Service, & Insurance, & Accident Prevention Chairperson, P.E.R. Jerry Donze II House Committee & Visitation Chairperson Tom Patterson Veterans Chairperson Mike Fleishour Flag Day and Memorial Day, P.E.R. Gerry BaxYouth Activities, Hoop Shoot, E. N. F., Benevolent Trust Chairperson Bob Schimmel Scholarship & Government Relations Chairperson Tony Oldani Membership & Lapsation Chairperson Laura Bergsieker Indoctrination Chairperson, P.E.R. Dale Obermoeller Auditing and Accounting Chairperson Bob Bax Americanism Steve Sabo P. E. R. Association Chairperson, Board of Trustees Chairperson, P.E.R. Carol Meatte Lodge Activities Chairperson, Investigation Committee Chairperson, Bill Biggar & Boys & Girls Town Chairperson, P.E.R. Drug Awareness Chuck Martinez Webmaster John Buckner

From Your Exalted Ruler:

Happy New Year everyone!!!

Can you believe that 2011 has come and gone? May God be with you in 2012. May it be filled with happiness, health, prosperity, love and peace for each of you and your families. I hope that everyone enjoyed the holidays. For me it was all about my family, my children, and grandchildren. What joy

they bring to me. The events at the lodge during the holiday season were a great success and a whole lot of fun. Thanks to all who contributed. From the Christmas party, to the Veteran’s Committee breakfast and “Shop With A Cop”, to just socializing at the bar… everyone who got involved really outdid themselves. Thank you all!!! Again, Happy New Year to everyone. Please keep our troops in your prayers and I hope to see all of you soon at the lodge.

Thank you,

John Buckner Your Exalted Ruler

From Your Esteemed Loyal Knight, House Committee & Visitation Chairperson:

Well, Christmas has come and gone. I hope your Christmas was blessed and wish everyone a great new year. Remember to transfer all of the birthdays and other important dates to your new calendar and add one year. These notes will come in handy when buying birthday cards (especially for the little ones in your life).

The lodge had a very good year. All of us should feel proud of our accomplishments for 2011. I'm looking forward to 2012. Hope you are too. Tom

From Your Esteemed Leading Knight:

Messages From Your Officers and Committee Chairpersons

Greetings to all Elks: I hope that all of you had a very Merry Christmas. Now we are entering a new calendar year of 2012 and I want to wish each of you a very happy New Year. We have had a very good holiday season at the Lodge with all the activities, children’s Christmas party, Shop with a Cop, and various

other events, but, thanks to each of you who participated all events were very successful. This is what Elkdom is about. As we enter the new year of 2012 I hope that all of your wishes for the new year come true. And for those members who have had to deal with some illnesses and who still are, I extend my best wishes and pray for your well being. Together we as members of the Manchester Elks Lodge can and will make the new year a better year than 2011. Again I thank each and everyone of you for your support to the Lodge and wish each of you a Happy New Year. Your Esteemed Leading Knight, Joe Cichacki

From Your Secretary, Membership

and Lapsation Chairperson:

I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Please send me any updates if you have changed your e-mail, phone number or address, so we can update CLMS 2. Thanks!

Laura

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From Your Esteemed Lecturing Knight, Youth Activities, Hoop Shoot Director, E.N.F., Benevolent Trust Chairperson:

Happy Holidays to you and yours. I am hoping that all of you have had a wonderful holiday season. I have enjoyed the time off myself and am ready to take on the New Year. This year has been an eventful one and looks like 2012 will be the same. With that comes

the good news for the Hoop Shoot Contest. We will be fielding a full roster of young athletes for the District Hoop Shoot Competition to be held at Troy Middle School, in Troy, MO., Saturday, January 14, at 10 AM. The winners in their respective age groups were; 8 - 9 year old girls Paige Simmons 8 - 9 year old boys Grayson Eggers 10 - 11 year old girls Emily Hovey 10 - 11 year old boys Dawson Tomlin 12 - 13 year old girls Ashley Wicks 12 - 13 year old boys Effie Gist It was a great day for the young athletes and many of the rounds had to go into a shoot off to determine the winner. I would like to thank the students from Mehlville High TSA club who helped with the competition and those Elks who always help make this a success. Thank you all! Respectfully submitted, Robert Schimmel Esteemed Lecturing Knight Hoop Shoot Director ENF and Mo Benevolent Trust Chair

Messages From Your Officers and Committee Chairpersons (continued)

Bunko News Thank you to all that participated in Bunko this year. We gave out $500.00 in cash prizes and donated over $400.00 to charity over a period of five months. Our first bunko of 2012 will be on January 10th at 7:00. Questions or comments call Judy C. at 636-394-0225. Judy Cichacki

Hoop Shoot on Saturday, December 3, 2011

Judy Cichacki

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WHO AM I? was Michele Mendyk Last Month’s WAI.

Who AM I? You’ll find out next month! January Birthdays!!! a.k.a. “Who’s Who in January?”

Jerry Donze II 01-01-68 Roy Nelson 01-07-92 Laura Bergsieker 01-15-08 Greg Klohr 01-15-08 Justin Suscheck 01-15-08 Dustin Westhoff 01-15-08 Gerard Bax 01-16-88 Brian Fricke 01-16-07 George Carouthers 01-18-11 Ed Goellner 01-18-11 Jane Goellner 01-18-11 Diane Moore 01-18-11 James Burtelow 01-20-04 Paula Hayes 01-20-04 Mary Allsop 01-20-09 Steve Sabo 01-20-09

Bill Biggar 01-02 Larry George 01-02 Beth Browning 01-03 Michael LeGrand 01-05 Al Koke 01-07 Jerry Donze II 01-09 Norm Gentry 01-09 Dave Baldwin 01-15 Vernon Recker 01-16 Bob Schimmel 01-23 John Schentzen 01-27 Diane Moore 01-29

January Wedding Anniversaries

None reported.

January Elk Anniversaries

Initiation Dates

Note about: Letters To Our Lodge Column Please submit your letters and if you don’t want them published, please let me know. We would love to hear from you!

Letters To Or From Our Lodge & More Dirk’s Fund Golden Retriever Rescue Mr. Bob Tilley 11321 Cragwold Road St. Louis, MO 63122 Manchester Elks Lodge #2058 2242 Mason Lane Manchester, MO 63021 Thank you for your donation of $50.00 to Dirk’s Fund. We have sent an acknowledgement to the Fallon Family. I talked a lot with Tom when he called me. He was kind of a special guy. This is our latest newsletter. W e have NO employees & NO payroll. We are ALL volunteers. Thank you for the help! Bob From your Editor, Elizabeth Browning: In the newsletter, some of the dogs that Dirk’s Fund are currently trying to find homes for are listed with descriptions of each one. Unfortunately, I didn’t have room to include all of that here, but the letter is posted on the board in the lodge. The dogs listed are: Brian, Comet II, Maggie, Beau, Hope, Scooter, Clyde, Maybelline, Party-D or Finn, Rosebud, Justin,Brandon, Fannie, Brooke, Autumn, Lance, Holly, Yadi, Skip Albert, Buster, and Dixie.

I am adopted. I have a short nose. I am short in stature. I am not the first. I have brown eyes. I believe the world is my toilet.

Welcome New MembersManchester Elks Lodge #2058

None this Month

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Note about: Honored Veteran or Active Duty Person of the Month Column If you have a Veteran or person currently serving in the military that you would like to honor, please get a form from behind the bar at the lodge or write a paragraph or two in your own words. You can also e-mail me about your person at ChezSquif@aol.com. Your honoree does not necessarily have to be an Elk. He or she might be a relative, a friend, and they may be living or dead. You might even want to honor a famous Veteran in history or if you are a Veteran, tell us about yourself.

Ingredients:

1 pkg. (18 oz.) refrigerated ready to bake sugar cookie dough 1 pkg. (10 oz.) cinnamon- flavored baking chips 3 (8 oz) pkgs. cream cheese, softened 3/4 cup sugar 1 tsp. vanilla extract 1 cup solid pack pumpkin 1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice 3 eggs

Correction Corner

None to my knowledge.

If anyone has a recipe they would like to submit for the newsletter; please leave it for me at the lodge, call me, or e-mail me!

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from Carolyn Biggar Pumpkin Cheesecake Squares

Directions: Arrange 15 of the cookie dough pieces in a greased 9x13 baking pan. Pat out to cover bottom of pan. Sprinkle chips over dough. Bake in 350 oven until crust is lightly brown, 12-14 min. In a large bowl beat together cream cheese, sugarand vanilla until smooth. Add pumpkin and spice until blended. Beat in eggs. Pour batter over crust. Bake until center is set.30-35 minutes. Cool in pan on wire rack to room temp. Chill for several hours before cutting into squares. Cookie dough is crispy so push down to cut through it.

December Puzzle Solution Recipe of

the Month!

Honored Veteran or Active Duty Person of the Month Jimmy Doolittle from the Internet

In April 1934 Doolittle became a member of the Army Board to study Air Corps organization. A year later he was transferred to the Air Corps Reserve and in 1940 he became president of the Institute of Aeronautical Science. He went back on active duty July 1, 1940 as a major and assistant district supervisor of the Central Air Corps Procurement District at Indianapolis, Indiana, and Detroit, Michigan. He worked with large auto manufacturers on the conversion of their plants for production of planes. The following August he went to England as a member of a special mission and brought back information about other countries' air forces and military buildups.

On Jan 2, 1942 Doolittle was promoted to lieutenant colonel and went to Headquarters Army Air Force to plan the first aerial raid on the Japanese homeland. He volunteered and received Gen. H.H. Arnold's approval to lead the attack of 16 B-25 medium bombers from the aircraft carrier Hornet, with targets in Tokyo, Kobe, Osaka, and Nagoya. This one-way mission on April 18, 1942 gave America's war hopes a terrific lift. Doolittle and others who participated in the mission had to bail out, but fortunately landed in a rice paddy in China near Chu Chow. Some of the other flyers lost their lives on the mission.

President Roosevelt presented Doolittle with the Medal of Honor at the White House, for planning and leading this successful operation. In addition to our nation's top award, Doolittle also received two Distinguished Service Medals, the Silver Star, three Distinguished Flying Crosses, Bronze Star, four Air Medals, and decorations from Great Britain, France, Belgium, Poland, China and Ecuador.

(To be continued next month)

Don’t forget your District Deputy is there for advice. Bill Mandele (St. Charles Lodge #690) Address: 560 Saint Peters Howl Road, St. Charles, MO 63304-7118 Lodge & Lodge Office Phone: (636)447-5515 and (636)447-5515

Lodge Activities Events:

The Manchester Elks Lodge #2058 hosted Ladies Bunko night on Tuesday, December 13, 2011. Even some of the men joined in and had a good time.

The first Hoop Shoot event for our district this year was held on Saturday, December 3rd at Mehlville High School. See Bob Schimmel’s comments on Page 3 for the results There are also pictures on Page 3.

Our annual Women’s Shelter and Children’s Christmas Party was held on Sunday,

December 4th. There was a good turn out for this event. Thanks to Matt and Sarah Perotka, Bill and Carolyn Biggar, and Jerry Donze III for their hard work as well as all other helpers.

There was a Holiday Brunch at our lodge on Sunday, December 11th between 10:00 AM and 1:00 PM. The brunch benefited the Veteran’s Committee and Shop With A Cop. See Page 8 for pictures of this well attended event.

Upcoming Events

Ladies Bunko will be held every second Tuesday of each month. Players should arrive by 7:00 PM and play will begin at 7:30 PM. The date for January is the 10th.

The District Hoop Shoot Competition will be held at Troy Middle School, in Troy, MO., on Saturday, January 14, at 10 AM.

The District Talent Show will be held on January 28th at the Crestwood Elks Lodge #2503. The doors will be open at 5:30 PM

and dinner will be served at 6:30 PM. The cost is $12.00 per ticket and you need to RSVP by January 7th. They will also have a silent auction.

The Crestwood Lodge will have another Veteran’s Barbeque on February 14th.

The Missouri Elks will have a Bowling Tournament in Washington, Missouri on February 25th and 26th and on March 3rd and 4th.

Reminders:

Get to know the Elks better and meet new people. Have fun and go visit other Lodges.

If you are DELINQUENT with your dues, please pay them as soon as possible. Thanks!

COOKS are still needed for our Friday Lunches. Please let Al Koke know if you can volunteer. Don’t forget lunch at our Lodge on Saturdays and Sundays. Many thanks to Joe Cichacki. Call the Lodge or Elizabeth Browning for details about placing a reasonably priced ad in the newsletter if you are interested or know of anyone who might be. See Page One for e-mail addresses and phone numbers.

Important Notices:

If you have had a change of address or a new phone number, please let the Lodge know. If you have an e-mail address, that would also be helpful. Finally, if you are

married, please let us know your spouse’s name and your wedding date so that we can mention your anniversary in the newsletter. Thanks! The Manchester Lodge had some special visitors over the holidays. We were able to get a few pictures of them while they were there. Don’t forget to check out the events calendar at the West County Chamber of Commerce website. Since our lodge joined, we eligible to go to their events.

Mr. & Mrs. Santa Paws Alias Sue Waddell &

Nicky Browning

Congratulations: Congratulations to John and Geri Luechtefeld on the new addition to their family. Welcome Babe III!

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Pictures

Wrapping Presents for the Children’s Battered Women’s Shelter Party on December 2, 2011

The Children’s Battered Women’s Shelter Party on December 3, 2011

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More Pictures

Veteran’s Committee and Shop With A Cop Brunch On December 11, 2011

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Flower – Carnations, Snowdrops Birthstone - Garnet

“Bozo the Clown” TV Premiere

1959 Fo

Patented untain Pen

1890

Lodge Meeting 7:00 PM

New Year’s Day

1st Pineapples Planted in

Hawaii 1813

1st “State of the Union” Address

1790

1st U.S. Public

Museum Established

1773

“Scrabble” Board Game

Debuts 1955

Hoop Shoot Troy, MO 10:00 AM

District Talent

Show at Crestwood

6:30 PM

1st Atomic Submarine Launched

1954

Ladies Bunko

7:00 PM

1st Basketball

Game Played 1892

Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday (observed)

Lodge Meeting 7:00 PM

Accordion Patented

1854

U.S. Buys Virgin

Islands 1902

Electric Dental Drill Patented

1875

“Roe vs Wade” 1973

1st U.S. Glider Flight 1930

Australia Day 1788

Groundhog Day

Leap Day

Tootsie Roll

Introduced 1896

Ash Wednesday

Fidel Castro Retires

2008

Salem Wisch Hunt Begins

1692

Radium E First

Produced 1936

1st Bank Of U.S.

Chartered1791

1st Opera Performed In America

1735

Steamboat Patented

1809

President’s Day

British Petroleum

Formed 1907

1st Paper Money in America

1690

Lodge Meeting 7:00 PM

Lodge Meeting 7:00 PM

Ladies Bunko

7:00 PM

$1 & $3 Gold Coins Authorized

1873

Patent For Oiled Silk & Linen

1793

Valentine’s Socrates

Sentenced To Death

399

Boy Scout Day

U.S. Steel Corp.

Formed 1901

Birthstone - AmethystFlower – Violet, Primrose, Begonia

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Elks Quiz

1. Who is the current Grand 2. Who is the Grand 3. Who is the Grand

Exalted Ruler? Tiler? Treasurer? A. Michael Smith A. Richard Conran A. Bryan Klatt B. David Carr B. William Hart B. Harlan Huetson C. Earl Wilford C. Stephen McNally C. Richard Harris D. William Schindele D. Michael Gordan D. William Schindele

Answers:1. B. David Carr 2. A. Richard Conran3. D. William Schindele