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January • Volume 79, Issue 1 • St. Louis, MO

Illustrious Sir Don Taylor130th Moolah® Shrine Potentate

Illustrious Sir Don Taylor130th Moolah® Shrine Potentate

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Jim Cain Imperial Potentate 2018-2019

2019 Elected Divan & Board of DirectorsDon Taylor...............................................................PotentateRussell Georgen...............................................Chief RabbanJoe Shivley..................................................Assistant RabbanMitch Weinsting.....................................High Priest & Prophet Richard Weber........................................................TreasurerDennis Kelley, Sr. PP................................................RecorderRobby Dirkers.................................................Oriental Guide

2019 Appointed DivanShaun Ruether.....................................1st Ceremonial MasterJack Melton.......................................2nd Ceremonial MasterPatrick Hensley, PP.......................................Director GeneralRick Pollock..............................................................MarshalMark Rethemeyer..................................Shrine Club MarshalGreg Dortch............................................Captain of the GuardChuck Stratton...................................................Outer Guard

Representatives to Imperial CouncilDon Taylor Joe ShivleyRussell Georgen Mitch Weinsting

Representatives to C.S.S.A.Don Taylor Joe ShivleyRussell Georgen Mitch Weinsting

Moolah Temple Association

Randall I. Ottinger, P.P................................President

James W. Smith ........ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1983 Richard H. Haag .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1988 Kenneth E. Myles...........................................................1992 Randall I. Ottinger ..............................................1993 Lawrence D. Jones ............................................1994 Douglas E. Maxwell ...........................................1996 Stephen F. Pieper.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1997 Ronald D. Woods ................................................2001Albert Faulstich ..................................................2003Gale F. Bennington .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2004John G. Smith .................................................2005Merle R. Truckenmiller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006Lester “Al” Greene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007Frank “Pancho” Windler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2009William I. Drake ................................................2010James C. Brandenburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2011Andrew Metzger .................................................2012Patrick Hensley ................................................2013Dennis Kelley ......................................................2014David Dieckhaus............................................................2015Lenny Martin..................................................................2016Dean Isbell.....................................................................2017Kyle McEvoy.................................................................2018

Director General

Assistant Directors General

Potentate’s AidesRich Viner, Chief AideWallace BowmanWilliam Bradford Michael DavisKyle EckhardtGary FangerGale GoingHarold HargissDale HeiseGary HollandDave HopeBill HueyAdam IwanowDick LongDennis MartinMatthew MayerRichard MayerJohn McDougal

Patrick McEvoyMatt NiedringhausTim RadleyRichard RammelsburgBrandon RareyMike ReeseDave SchmuckerJohn SpraulAlan ThalCasey ThompsonDon WanderBud Waters

Potentate’s Personal AidesArt BardmassGreg HeinsKevin HeinsDave JacobiRon ReynoldsRandy SchmidtRon Taylor

Shrine Club AidesCape SCJoe SinningCapital SCBenjamin DennisonJim TrammelDaniel Boone SCDon Newman, Jr. ECMO SCD. Bryan EatonDennis EatonJohn HagertyFour Rivers SC Eugene HopwoodJoachim SC Logan SantschiLittle Dixie SCScott HuntJohn Lowry

Moolah Appointed PositionsDavid Dieckhaus, PP................................................AlmonerDavid Dieckhaus, PP.....................Ambassador Co. ChairmanDennis Kelley, PP.......................Ambassador Co. Chairman Wayne Price.............................................Building ChairmanRon Reynolds......................................................... ChaplainMark Rethemeyer...........................Clinic Referral ChairmanSteven Pieper, PP...............Donor Relations Co-ChairmanKenneth Myles, PP................Donor Relations Co-ChairmanTed Dearing.................................................General CounselDavid Jacobi, Sr......................Grand Lodge RepresentativeJoe Shivley............................................Insurance CommitteeAl Earls..............................................License Plate DirectorDavid Schmucker................Memorial Brick Walk ChairmanJeff Kittsmiller, Sr...........................Membership ChairmanDennis Burkholder.....................Public Relations ChairmanJim Tracy...................................................Technical Advisor

Moolah Shrine CircusRussell Georgen...........................................Circus ChairmanRon Reynolds...............................................Circus Director

Wayne Price...................................Parade Marshal EmeritusRichard Sopp.................................Parade Marshal EmeritusJack Morrison................................Parade Marshal EmeritusMark Rethemeyer..........................Circus Director Emeritus

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Douglas Maxwell, P.P. 96Past Imperial PotentatePast Imperial Chairman of Board of Trustees 2009-2015

Shriners Hospital for Children

St. Louis 314-432-3600

Executive Board of GovernorsGale Bennington, PP.........................................ChairmanDavid B. Schneidewind..........................Vice ChairmanTim Evans........................................................TreasurerAdrian Croissant.............................................Secretary

Appointed Board of GovernorsDavid Dieckhaus, P.P. Gale Bennington, P.P. Robert Berry Scott Link

Associate MemberDean Isbell, PP

Emeritus MembersLester “Al” Greene, P.P., Ron P. Krueger IIStephen K Lambright, Gene McNary*, Douglas E. Maxwell, PIPJohn B. Morgan, Stephen F. Pieper, P.P., John Schloot, James W. Smith, P.P.*Fred Caress, Ronald Risher*, Doug Bachman, Ted Dearing*, William Tracey, Charles M. M. Shepherd

*Past Board Chairman

Donor RelationsKenneth E. Myles, PP.................................Director, MO Stephen Pieper, PP..............................Director, St.Louis

Public RelationsDennis Burkholder

Emeritus Representatives Shriners Hospitals for Children,

A Colorado CorporationGale Bennington, P.P.

Lawrence D. Jones, P.P.Kenneth Myles, P.P.

Merle R Truckenmiller, P.P.

Moolah Temple Staff314-878-6301

Gale Bennington, PP AdministratorExt. 113 - benningtong@moolah.org

Monica Smith, MembershipExt. 100 - monica@moolah.org

Lauren Whittington, Graphic DesignerExt. 101 - lauren@moolah.org

Diane Kitsmiller, AccountingExt. 102 - diane@moolah.org

MaintenanceExt. 150

MidMo SC Rick UebingerKevin WorleyNemo SC Melvin GordonJack KairyMichael O’CheltreeMike ShulseSemo SCTerry BuntingGregg PricePaul RoseThree Rivers SC Justin DortchDaniel PhillipsJimmie SandersTiger SCAllen JamesPatrick TalbottMatthew Weinsting

Bernard G SteverJoe ShivleyWilliam Bradford

Patrick Hensley, PP.........................................................2013

Gale Bennington, PP.......................................................2004Dennis Kelley, PP...........................................................2014

Moolah Temple12545 Fee Fee Rd.

St. Louis, MO 63146Phone: 314-878-6301

Fax: 314-434-5393Toll Free: 888-9Moolah

Jerry GanttPast Imperial Potentate 2015-2016Chairman of the Board of TrusteesShriners Hospital for Children

Potentate’s Emeritus AidesJohn HewittChief Aide EmeritusCharles BakerDonald BaurRichard BraunRobert CallawayRichard Carlson, Jr.Robert DanielsMark DavisJohn DodgeAlbert EarlsDonald GabelBrett GrimmRobert GrimmRobert HolscherJames HubeliConrad H. Jacobi, PP

Mark LylesRobert MeansRaymond MooreJohn Morrison, Jr.Dale NagelFred PloughWayne PriceMark RethemeyerWilliam RossTed SchamburgJames StahlRichard WattsMitch WeinstingKenneth WillDonald Worley

Dennis Kelley, P.P........................................Secretary

Living Past Potentates

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Nobles,

Thank you for putting your faith in me to be your Potentate for 2019. I am proud to hold this position and look forward to a great year. This year will mark the 130th Po-tentate of Moolah Shrine in conjunction with my 30th year as a Shriner. I have made many new friends since being on the Divan advancing line. Getting to know more of our Club members has been very enjoyable. Our Shrine Clubs are a big part of what makes Moolah one of the best Temples in North America. My motto for this year is “Together We Are One”. It refers to going back to your Blue Lodges to support and being involved with them as much as you can. By helping them grow, it will, in turn, help us grow. Our Blue Lodges are our roots and we need to let them know we are here to help.

Our Ceremonial Cast is one of the best. I believe we need to have all of our candidates see the great job they do. I have two ceremonials scheduled for 2019 and I do not plan to do any short forms on meeting nights. Potential candidates can still come to your unit events and see what we do. By waiting, it may help keep them active when they become Shriners.

We will kick off 2019 with our first bus trip to Hannibal, MO to install the new officers at Nemo Shrine on January 5th. It will be the first of many installations to take place throughout the first three months of the year. Our Potentate’s Ball is February 23rd. This will be a black-tie event. First Lady Diane and I hope you will join us for a night of fun. We will have hotel information and shuttles available soon.

Circus preparations have been well under way. Circus Chairman/Chief Rabban Russell Georgen and Circus Director Ron Reynolds have pledged to do $1 dollar better than last year to beat that great year we had for 2018. I think they can do it! Remember, the Circus is a Temple Callout. A Temple Callout is a call to all members to come out and help. There are things to do before, during and after the Circus. This is our biggest fund raiser and it takes a lot of people to pull it off. The Shrine Clubs can help too. We have committees that need help during the Circus. Come for one or two shows or whatever you have time for. If you can help, please see our Circus Director, Ron Reynolds.

We will also have the Sportsman Raffle again. This event has been a success and is getting better and better each year. It is also an event that every unit, club and committee can get involved in as well.

As most of you know, the Ballroom needs some renovating. This is going to be a big project this year. We will be proposing new carpet, wall coverings, lights, dance floor and other features to bring it up to date. Besides work on the dance floor and new AC units, not much has been done aesthetically to that room since we took over the building. We hope to have details ready at the January meeting.

Speaking of the January meeting. I am going to be starting the Stated Meetings at 7:00PM instead of 7:30PM. The Ladies are welcome, and Bunco will be played during the meeting for them.

As I close, as your Potentate for 2019, Lady Diane and I are there for you as you need us. We have been so blessed to have been supported in our journey by our families and our friends and will continue even stronger for yet another great year.

Fraternally,

Illustrious Sir Don Taylor

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These we do not forget “Es Selamu Aleikum”

We do not lose the ones we love they only go before,

Where there is everlasting life. Where sorrow is no more. And there the soul will always live

and peace is everywhere. We do not lose the ones we love, God

takes them in his care.

NovemberCarrol L Blackwell

John K BurrowsRobert E CookJohn M CordellBernard B EderWelton B Gilbert

John B GillisDonald R Hoover

Barry R HyattHarold E Jones

Jewel E McMikleKenneth Muehlrath

Alvin R NanceMichael D Nipper

Steven A PriceEverett J Scharenborg

Harry M StonerAlpha H Walker Jr.

God is a good God, and he has good plans for your life. Other people have bad plans for your life, and you may make some bad plans yourself, but God only has good plans for your life.

Not everything in your life may be good—God didn’t promise that. He didn’t say everything that happens in your life would be good. We live on a broken planet. Nothing works perfectly. Your body is broken. It doesn’t always work the right way. Your mind is broken. It doesn’t think the right way. The weather is broken, the economy’s broken, and relationships are broken. Nothing is perfect.

God did not promise us perfection. That’s called heaven! In heaven, there is no sorrow, sadness, sickness, or suffering. We should not expect heaven to be on earth, because the earth is filled with brokenness. But even in the middle of all this brokenness, God has a good plan for your life. He is greater than your bad choic-es, and he can fit even foolish decisions into a good plan. What a God!

The Bible says in Romans 8:28, “We know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his pur-pose for them”. This is not a promise for everybody in the world. Not everything is working together for good for everybody. But everything is working together for good for those who say, “God, I give you my life. I want to fulfill the purpose you made me for.” And even then, it doesn’t say all things are good. It says they all work together for your good—even the bad and even the bitter.

Have you noticed that when you make a cake, the individual ingredients don’t taste good? Flour by itself does not taste good. Raw eggs do not taste good. Vanil-la by itself does not taste good. But mix it all together, and you can create a tasty masterpiece.

When you let God work all the “ingredients” together, God can take the bitter, put it in the batter, and make you better. Why? Because he’s a good God.The more you pray, the better you’re going to know your purpose. And the better you know your purpose, the more God can use everything in your life—even the bitter and broken things.

Let us pray to work together for an outstanding year with God’s blessing.

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DON TAYLOR2019 MOOLAH® SHRINE

POTENTATEDon was born and raised in the St. Louis area. He grew up in Spanish Lake and attended Hazelwood High School before graduating from North County Technical School in 1975, with Machine Shop as his trade. He is employed at BRI Inc., anindustrial pump distributor in Fenton, MO. He started out modifying industrial pumps to fit the customer’s needs. He worked in field service and system trouble shooting, before moving into Sales, where after 41 years, he is still working for the same company. Don and his wife Diane have been married for 43 years and reside in St. Peters. Diane is an Office/Customer Service Manager for Superior Home Products. They sell and manufacture custom cultured marble, mirrors, shower doors,

and shelving for the new home construction/ remodel industry. Don and Diane have two sons, Dan and his wife Julie, Doug and his wife Jessica along with two beautiful granddaughters Emma and Adelyn.

Noble Don was raised a Master Mason in Florissant Lodge #668 in 1989 and served as Master in 1993 / 1994. He was elected secretary in 1995 and held that position until the Lodge merged with Overland Occidental #623 in 2009. Don was appointed District Deputy Grand Master by Most Worshipful Bro. John Nations in 2005. Don has also served on the Grand Lodge Credentials Committee since 2006 and was named chairman in 2019. Don joined the Scottish Rite and Moolah Temple in 1989. In 1995, he joined Gateway 500. He served as their President in 2000 and their Pit Boss from 2001 to 2012. Don was made a member of the ARCA #21 Order of Quetzalcoatl in 1999 and was Camaxtli in 2009. He received the Honor of High Pontiff of the Order of Knights, Eagles and Tigers. (OKET #25). He is also a member of R.O.J. Court 81. Don has had the proud pleasure of raising his son Dan a Master Mason and putting the Red Fez on his head. Dan was elected Master of his Lodge, Columbia Lodge, in Boston and Don had the honor of being his installing Chaplain. In 2012, he was appointed Marshall of Moolah Shrine by IL Sir Jim Brandenburg and again by IL Sir Andy Metzger. Don was appointed to the advancing line in 2013 by IL Sir Patrick Hensley.

“TOGETHER WE ARE ONE” -ILLUSTRIOUS SIR DON TAYLOR

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POTENTATE & HIS DIVAN

Don TaylorPotentateRussell GeorgenChief RabbanJoe ShivleyAssistant Rabban

MARK RETHEMEYERSHRINE CLUB MARSHALMark was born and raised in St. Louis and grew up in south county where he graduated from Affton High School in 1973. He attended Fontbonne University where he earned a BS degree in Business Administration, and then attend-ed the University of Missouri St. Louis (UMSL) where he received an Advanced Project Management certification. Mark has been an IT Project Manager and a member of Project Management Institute (PMI) for over 35 years.

Mark met his Lady Debbie [Herzog] while attending Fontbonne University, and they have been together ever since. They married in 1979 and have been married for 39 years. Mark retired after being an IT Project Manager for 35

Mitch WeinstingHigh Priest & ProphetRobby DirkersOriental GuideRichard WeberTreasurer

Dennis Kelley, PP Recorder/Asst. Dir. GeneralShaun RuetherFirst Ceremonial MasterJack Melton2nd Ceremonial Master

Patrick Hensley, PPDirector GeneralGale Bennington, PPAsst. Director GeneralGreg DortchCaptain of the Guard

Mark RethemeyerShrine Club MarshalRick Pollock MarshalChuck StrattonOuter Guard

Noble Hensley was raised at Kirkwood Lodge #484 in early 2001 and joined Moolah Temple in November that same year. Hensley is a Charter Member of Noble Lodge #684 and has served as an Elected Officer from 2004 to 2007.

Hensley served as the Illustrious Potentate in 2013 and appointed Noble Don Taylor Jr. as Outer Guard that year. Hensley currently is serving as Captain of the Marching 48, President of the Ceremonial Cast, 1st Vice President for TCAA and Director General.

A native of St. Louis, Noble Hensley graduated from DeSmet Jesuit High School, received a BA from Saint Louis University in 1995 and an MBA from Webster University in 1999. He currently owns Hensley Insurance and is in his 20th year in the business.

According to Hensley, his biggest blessing came to him on May 5, 2004, with the arrival of his daughter, Kathryn Lauren Hensley. She was his Little Lady Katie throughout his ascent to Potentate and what a fun time they had.

Hensley is honored to serve as Illustrious Sir Don Taylor Jr. as his Director General and is looking forward to another great year for Moolah in 2019.

PATRICK HENSLEY, PPDIRECTOR GENERAL

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Rick was born and raised in the St. Louis area, graduating from River Gardens High School, and currently resides in St. Charles. Rick has been married to his high school sweetheart, Nancy, for 43 years. They have two children, Jessica (their angel in heaven) and Justin, who has blessed them with two wonderful granddaughters, Emma and Jessica.

Rick earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Missouri-St. Louis and an MBA from Lindenwood University. Prior to retirement in 2011, he was a sales manager in the pharmaceutical/medical industry. Nancy earned both her undergraduate and master’s degrees at Linden-

wood University. She was an Ethics Advisor at The Boeing Company prior to retirement in 2015.

While in high school,Rick began his Masonic journey as a member of Paul Revere Demolay. He continued his Masonic service at Clayton Lodge #601 in 1997, serving as Master in 2003. Rick is a member of Overland Occidental Lodge #623 after the merger of the two lodges. Also, in 1997, he became a member of the Scottish Rite and Moolah Shrine.

Currently, Rick is a member of the Gateway 500 unit, the Guides unit, and the Yomo unit, serving as past president of Gateway 500 and past treasurer of Yomo. He was elected to the Guides Board of Governors for 2019. Rick was appointed as an Aide to the Potentate, serving for 9 years, and was made an Ambassador in 2010. Rick is a member of ARCA 21Order of Quetzalcoatl, where he served as secretary for seven years. He received the Honor of High Pontiff of the Order of Knights, Eagles and Tigers (OKET #34) in 2016. Rick is also a member of the Royal Order of Jesters Court #81.

RICK POLLOCKMARSHAL

CHUCK STRATTONOUTER GUARDChuck Stratton was born and raised in Southeast Missouri. Chuck and his wife of 17 years, Carrie have resided in Chaffee Missouri along with their 3 children Lacie, Colby and Addison for the past nine years.

Chuck was raised to Master Mason at his home lodge, Whitewater Missouri #417 in 2009. He joined Moolah Shrine in the Fall of 2010. He is a member of YOMO, and both the Cape and Three Rivers Shrine Clubs. He was elected Pres-ident of the Cape Club in 2016 and 2017. He Chairs the annual golf tournament, the Patient Christmas Party, and has been a driving force behind Cape Shrine Club’s new Building Project slated for a Spring 2018 completion.

Chuck was named Moolah Shriner of the month in July, 2016 by Illustrious Sir Lenny Martin. He served as Shrine Club Aide in 2017, Out State Marshall in 2018 and serves on the Concession Committee for the Moolah Shrine Circus, and is a member of the Moolah Membership Committee.

He and Carrie own and operate an Auto Transportation Company and 2 Auto Transport Brokerage’s, as well as a dump trucking company and a wholesale auto exchange. In his free time, when not at Shriner functions you can find Chuck fishing a Bass Tournament and spending time with his family in the outdoors hunting or fishing, and serving their community through their church.

years, and Debbie retired as Vice President of Sales & Marketing for Document Technologies, Inc. Debbie is a member of the Daughters of the Nile, Temple Club, and Ladies Oriental Shrine. Their hobbies include traveling, and snow-birding to warmer climates during the cold months in St. Louis. They both volunteer their time to several charities, but their favorite charity is of course Shriner’s Hospital for Children.

Mark's Masonic journey began in 1980 when he joined Florissant Lodge #668, and he is now a member of Overland Occidental #623. In 1981 he joined Scottish Rite before becoming a Moolah Shriner that same year. He joined the Moolah Shrine Clowns and took on the persona of Retread the Clown, a Happy Hobo. Over the years his clown persona changed to various costumes and characters, and his main character today is “Marky-Mark” the Clown. Mark served as Moolah Shrine Clowns President in 1989 when he was honored to present [on behalf of the Moolah Clowns] a Moolah Shrine Fez to Red Skelton, making him an Honorary Moolah Shrine Clown.

Mark is a member of the YOMO, Gateway 500, and Guides Units, and is most active in the Daniel Boone Shrine Club where he has served as President for the past many years. Mark was invited to join the Order of the Quetzalcoatl Arca #21 in 1996 where he served as Camaxtli (President) in 2013, and received the Honor of High Pontiff of the Order of Knights, Eagles, and Knights (OKET #33).

Mark is a Potentates Aide Emeritus and an Ambassador of Moolah Shrine Temple. He joined the Circus Committee as Ticket Chairman in 2001, and was asked to take the position of Circus Director in 2007 and held that position until 2015 when he was honored as Circus Director Emeritus.

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2019 Shrine Circus UpdateRussell Georgen – Circus Chairman (636-459-6606)Ron Reynolds – Circus Director (314-732-2121)

The 2019 Moolah Shrine Circus committee is hard at work. Mark your calendars for March 21st through March 24th. We are getting close to our circus with the Billy Martin Circus.

Please get out and get sponsors and advertisers for our circus. All you have to do is ask. Most companies are putting together their budgets now and could easily add us to it.

You should have your Circus Tickets and Child Coupons by now, so let’s all sell as many as possible.

The Circus Committee is meeting on the second Wednesday of each month from September to March in the Guides unit room. Any and all volunteers are welcome to join us. There is always plenty to do. Arrive at 5:30 PM for a light dinner and the meeting begins at 6:00 PM. Please RSVP so we know how much food to prepare. 314-732-2121 or rdreynolds6@charter.net.

Our goal is to continue to make our circus the best ever, and to keep the seats full.

January Shriner of the MonthJim Politte

Jim was raised as a Master Mason at Magnolia-Euclid Lodge #625. He joined Moolah on November 3, 2001, and is an active member of the Arab Patrol. As a humble Shriner, he has on several occasions volunteered at our hospital by offering free haircuts to our patients along with Noble Dick Long. Noble Politte has consistently been top in circus sales each year and volun-teers each year to work the novelty booths. The Moolah® Public Relations Committee is proud to have Noble Jim Politte as our January Shriner of the Month.

2018 Shriner of the Year Jeff Kitsmiller, Sr.

Our Shriner of the Year for 2018 is Noble Jeff Kitsmiller Sr. Noble Kitsmiller’s Masonic journey started as a DeMolay Member. He is a Past Master Councilor Gardenville Chapter, Past State Master Councilor Missouri DeMolay, Legion of Honor, Cross of Honor, Honorary Member International Supreme Council Order of DeMolay.

He was raised a Master Mason in 1974 at Gardenville Lodge, He is also a member of Noble Lodge. He has served as Worshipful Master, District Deputy Grand Master, Past Chairman Grand Lodge Public Relations Committee, Junior Grand Marshal for the Grand Lodge of Missouri.

Noble Kitsmiller is a member of Keystone Royal Arch, Jeremiah Council, Ascalon Commandery and Scottish Rite Member since 1974. As a member of the Scottish Rite, he is a Knight Commander of Court of Honour, Wise Master St Louis Chapter Rose Croix, Inspector General Honorary 33 degree and President 33rd Association.

Joining Moolah in 1975, Noble Kitsmiller has served as President of the Moolah® Clowns, President of the Moolah Past Mas-ter, President of the DeMolay Committee and is currently serving as Membership Chairman of Moolah®.

From every aspect of our fraternity, Noble Kitsmiller continues to give back from our Masonic Lodges to our Hospitals. From the Moolah® Public Relations Committee it is an honor to select Noble Jeff Kitsmiller as the Shriner of the Year!

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Moolah® Statistics as of October 31, 2018

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Hotel Reservations for the Presentation BallHampton Inn St. Louis/Westport for $99.00 per nightAddress: 2454 Old Dorsett Rd. Maryland Heights, MO 63043Phone: 314-298-7878Check in: 2/23/2019Check out: 2/24/2019Hampton Inn does have a shuttle with the last return from Moolah being at 11:45pmFree Breakfast

Courtyard St. Louis Westport Plaza for $72.00 per nightAddress: 11888 Westline Industrial Dr. St Louis, MO 63146Phone: 1-800-321-2211 or 314-997-1200Check in: 2/23/2019Check out: 2/24/2019Courtyard does not have a shuttle service

Drury Hotels for $81.00 per nightAddress: 12220 Dorsett Rd. Maryland Heights, MO 63043Phone: 314-576-9966Check in: 2/23/2019Check out: 2/24/2019Drury Hotels does not have a shuttle service

2019 Moolah® Shrine CircusImportant Information

RINGMASTER CLUB – HERE IS HOW TO BECOME A MEMBERIn years past you got a hat for selling 2 books of tickets ($300), you got a hat and a shirt for selling 5 books of tickets ($750) and a hat, a shirt, and a jacket for selling 10 books of tickets ($1500). Well this year, as long as you hit DOLLAR AMOUNTS, whether ads, tickets, or banners, you will get the items listed above. So sell those tickets, ads, sponsorships and banners.

CIRCUS PARADE IN ST. CHARLES AND KICKOFF AT MOOLAH• The Circus Parade is moving back to St. Charles. • Parade starts at 11:00am. Line-up is 10:00am but we recommend arriving at 9:00am.• Line-up is at ACF Foundry Art Centre 520 N. Main Street, St. Charles, MO • You MUST register to hold your space in the parade. Applications can be found at https://moolah.org/shrine-circus-parade/• If you have a float with exposed wheels, you need to have “Wheel Walkers” walking alongside your float to keep kids from getting under the wheels. • This is a “community parade” so remember the Imperial Shrine Rules. Our Ladies are welcome to ride as passengers in vehicles with at least 4 wheels. Ladies may NOT drive the float or a vehicle; they can only participate as a passenger• We will also be participating, in a limited way, in the Cottleville St. Patrick’s Day Parade. All units are encouraged to go to the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in St. Louis.

CIRCUS – MARCH 21 - MARCH 24 AT THE ST. CHARLES FAMILY ARENA. Child coupons are good at “ALL” performances. General Admission Only

• Thursday, March 21st at 7:00pm – Grand Entry • Friday, March 22nd at 10:30am – Modified Grand Entry• Friday, March 22nd at 7:30pm – Grand Entry & Color Guard• Saturday, March 23rd at 10:00am - Modified Grand Entry• Saturday, March 23rd at 2:30pm – Grand Entry• Saturday, March 23rd at 7:30pm – Grand Entry• Sunday, March 24th at 1:00pm – Grand Entry & Hearing Impaired• Sunday, March 24th at 6:00pm – Grand Entry

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Co-ChairmenPP Dennis Kelly 314-324-6456

DK815@gmail.comPP David Dieckhaus 314-223-8124

Custom636@gmail.comTreasurer: Don Wander 314-426-2582

Dandmat3119@sbcglobal.netSecretary: Wally Bowman 314-498-6915

wallygloria@sbcglobal.net

January is the Month of empty pockets. January is also the month of renewal and inspiration.

The Christmas season is over and what a great time it was at Moolah. There were so many parties and activities it was impossible to attend them all. It is hoped you and your family had a joyful and happy Christmas.

In 2018 Illustrious Sir Kyle McEvoy lived up to his motto: “Having Fun for Generations to Come”. There were many activities that kept all of us busy having fun. Who can forget the two Ceremonials, the Cardinal baseball game, the Mizzou football trip, and the First Lady’s Rock-n-Roll Bingo fundraiser. The highlight of the year was the Potentates’ Christmas Ball. The food was excellent, the music was known to us and people had fun dancing. A “big thank you” to Illustrious Sir Kyle.

The Ambassador Christmas party was well attended. It was a time for all to relax, see old friends and make new ones. It was a pleasure to see widows enjoying their time with us. The entertainment was fun and helped get people into the Christmas spirit.

Several activities are planned for January. Put down the bus trips for January and February on your calendar. January 5th is to NEMO and January 19th-20th is to Three Rivers, and Feb-ruary 16th is to Jefferson City. Sign up by calling Monica at 314-878-6301.Space is limited. Do not forget the Stated Meeting on January 16th. See the Camels’ Tales for other Moolah activities.

At the November Ambassador lunch, Jack Melton gave a list of upcoming Moolah events. Bill Brad-ford gave a hospital report. There is a need to fill the toy chest for hospital patients. Jeff Kittsmiller encouraged all Ambassadors to ask a fellow Mason to become a Shriner. Ron Reynolds spoke about the circus. Ads for the circus book are needed. Car Shield is again a corporate sponsor. Also, the Circus Angel program needs donations from units and clubs to help send kids to our great circus. Plan to attend the Ambassa-

dor luncheons on the second Friday of the month. We will be meeting on January 11th. Call Wally at 314-498-6915 or send an e-mail to wallyglo-ria@sbcglobal.net for a reservation.

Happy Birthday to all Ambassadors who have a birthday this month. Come to the Ambassador luncheon and be the first in the food line. What an honor!!!!

It is with sadness that we remember the loss of John Michael “Mike” Cordell. He was an outstanding Shriner who never complained or said anything negative. He organized the Patient Party making it very successful. Prayers go out to his family.

It is also with sadness that another Ambassador has passed. Robert Lang passed away in No-vember. He was a 33rd degree Mason and the Director Emeritus of the Moolah Shrine Chanters. Prayers go out to his family.

Several Ambassadors are in sickness and distress. Remember them in your prayers. On a happier note: Russell Georgen is in good spirits and improving every day. He is now back at work.

As Shriners, it comes as no surprise, to have so many famous men who were Masons and Shri-ners. The list is endless. We need to acknowl-edge them and their contributions. Some of the names are very recognizable while other are not. One name that is familiar is Harry S. Truman. He became the 33rd President of the United States leading the country through the difficult post-war years. He was the first Worshipful Master of Grandview Lodge, a 33degree Mason, the 97th Grand Master of Missouri and a member of Ararat Temple.

Trivia about Truman: 1. Only President to receive a 33rd degree 2. Captain in the US army 3. Only Pres-ident to receive a 50 year Masonic pin 4. Assassi-nation attempt was made on his life while President. Extra Trivia: Do you know what the “S” stands for in Truman’s name? Answer in next month’s Camels’ Tales. No fair looking up the answer.

ONCE AN AMBASSADORALWAYS AN AMBASSADOR

Gone West..... Noble John Michael Cordell......…. It is with much sadness that we report the passing of our friend and brother, Noble John Mike Cordell. Regardless of how you knew him name wise, he was an all around great individual. He was a CAN DO kind of guy and was a driving force in many or of events, activities and causes. Please keep his bride Carla and family in your thoughts and prayers.

Happy New Year!!!! The 2019 PIC’s are ready to take command. Congratulations to the New Team that will lead the Air patrol during 2019 ** Stay tuned for 2019 Officers / Election had not taken place at this time.

A big tip of the Fez to our out-going Air Patrol Pres-ident Noble Bill Stears and his crew. Thanks Bill for an outstanding tour of duty. Pretty sure the New Crew at the Head Table have a great Flight Plan. Consider yourself briefed. The Fasten Your Seat Belt Sign is on.. so.. Hang ON.. Wheels up in....

Plans are in the making for The Air patrol Presen-tation of officers. The date is set for ????. Stay tuned for details.

Thanks to everyone that contributed to make and put into action, A very successful Santas Party for our Shriners Patients. Hundreds of our kids and their families had a phenomenally good time. Mark your calendars for A Night with The MO-TOWN Review at Moolah. Mark your calendar for Saturday, February 16rd. Come on up, Support the Air Patrol and GET YOUR GROOVE ON. Check out the Moolah Printed Camels tale for all the info. ** Cash Bar available – Get a Table together and save on the admission price. Membership to the Air Patrol is a bargain and comes with LOTS of incredible perks. Dues for 2019 are due and we now have the ability to process them via charge or debit card. Contact our Secretary Noble Chris Grau and he will take care of it for you .

Circus 2019 is March 21 through the 24th. Get those Ads, Booster sheets and tickets sold. ** Check the NOTAMS regarding Circus parade and Kick-off. http://stlshrinecircus.com/

Winter Flying is great fun ** Once you get that cockpit warmed up a bit. Check that Tarmac breaking action on initial Taxi.....

Tailwinds,Dan-O – N600SR

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John Frederick (Barley) DirectorLee Mueller (Green Jeans)- PresGary Fanger (Duffer)- 1st Vice PresSteve Leassner (Slap-Shot) 2nd V ice Pres.John Tremblay ( Shabba-Dabba)- Treas

What a great December! Lots of events which means lots of fun for all. The patient party was great with a few clowns getting on TV that night. Thanks to Duffer (Gary Fanger) and his lady Lucy for an awesome Clown Christmas Party. Lots of food and lots of kids, who could ask for a better time.

Congrats to all of our new officers and we all are looking to have another great year for our Unit. Within a week we'll be hosting our 4th annual Trivia Nite on January 12th. Hopefully you all have a lot of friends coming and deposited all your donations for door prizes and basket items for our ladies to organize. Here's a big THANKS for all the preparation work you all have already put towards our fundraiser. Also thanks to all the workers who helped out that night. Hope you all have a great time.

Captain Patrick Hensley P.P. 314-330-7028President Rob Boland 314-482-8866

Greeting to Nobles and Ladies!Follow us at www.arabpatrol.webs.com Save the date! One of the biggest events of the year will be the 2019 Arab Patrol Officer’s Presentation. It is scheduled for February 2nd in the Moolah Oasis. We will be sharing the dance floor with the YOMO, Gateway 500, and the Air

Director Emeretis: Jerry Lee Gaddy 636 458-8951Director: William Bradford 314-974-3084President: Barry Spitzer 314-239-8179 Treasurer: William Bradford 314-974-3084Secretary: John Glass 314-805-83761st Vice President: Jim Gesell 636 925-0098

It saddens us to lose a friend. The loss of our dear friend, Nobel Robert M. Lang is to his family, friends, the Shrine, the Chanters and most of all to his dear wife, Lady June, a loss that will not soon pass for where there was music, there would be the Langs. Music began their lives together when Bob fell in love with the singer in his band, a beautiful songstress named June. Music continued to be their passion throughout their lives for wherever music could be heard, there you could be certain to find the Langs. Bob

Director: Dave Evans President: Keith Schilb Vice President: Tom Shumate Secretary: Jim GesellTreasurer: Tom Nelson

The American Muscle Unit has rennovated their new room at the Shrine. The room has a brand new large screen TV, new lights, and new ceiling fans. Stop by and check it out!

The American Muscle Unit is an active parade Unit, and we most recently paraded our Muscle Cars on November 17th in Granite City, Illinois. We are looking for additional new genies to pilot our Flying Carpets. Please consider joining us if you wish to show off your Muscle Car or if you would like to delight those attending our parades by piloting a Magic Carpet.

The American Musclemen will meet on Wednes-day, January 2 at 5 pm to paint the Unit Room. The regular monthly business meeting will follow.

The American Musclemen will work with the Smokin' Nobles to conduct our Annual Memorial Day BBQ event at Jefferson Barracks on Saturday, May 18, 2019. This popular event feeds all our veterans and the hospital staff at Jefferson Barracks pork steaks, chicken breasts, cole slaw, potato salad, drinks, and individually wrapped desserts.

If you have a muscle car you would like to show or parade, join us. If you do not have a mus-cle car but would like to drive one of the Unit's Mystical Flying Carpets, join us! The American Muscle Unit meets at 6:30 pm the first Wednes-day of every month. Our Unit room is on the same level as the office, in the SouthWest corner of the Shrine

Patrol. More information to follow. Rob Boland is our Chairman and reservation clerk.

The Patrol was well represented at the 2018 Potentate’s Christmas Ball. We are definitely one of the largest and most active units at Moolah. Great turn out by the Ladies and their Patrol men. Ho Ho back at ya!

The Patrol Room was used to support the Grand Lodge MO Chip Program during the Santa Break-fast on December 8 th and 9 th. Noble Lodge and Kirkwood Lodge were the host organizations for this event. We were happy to be a part of the Masonic Children’s Identity Program. Our room provided a great atmosphere for the kids and their families.

A big Atta-Boy goes out to the Marching 48 ground crew for the Fall Ceremonial. We had the longest hole in the tournament. I mean the height of the grass. Tim and his acquisition of HS “as-tro” turf provided a challenging par 48 hole. The putters were kept shiny and the golf balls were the cleanest on the course. Hitting it straight was not an option.

The Shrine Circus is here – Yes we have Ele-phants !!! Mark the dates! March 21-24th at the St Charles Family Arena – You should be selling ads and tickets now. Tim McCraw is our ticket Chairman this year. Sell Sell Sell !!!

Circus Parade is March 9th – Start time TBDCircus Kick Off to follow the Parade at the Temple – Need Patrolmen to operate the Jail and sell tickets to our Raffle Item.March 16 th, 2019 – We are planning to partic-ipate in the St Pat’s Parade Down Town. Save the date and dress warm. More information will be announced at the business meeting.

“48 in 2019” May all your marching be down hill!“PROUD TO BE A MOOLAH PATROLMAN” – SPREAD THE WORD – JOIN THE BEST

was a teacher of music and our conductor for many years. He and Lady June traveled to many places to hear music of many kinds.

We are very fortunate to now have as our conductor Nobel Jim Gesell. As Bob did before him, Jim carries on the duties as conductor in a manner that continues that success leading us to a level of musical pleasure.

With the joy of Christmas behind us and the hopes of a prosperous New Year ahead, we Chanters continue to please those fortunate enough to be within the sounds of our melodious award winning voices. In the coming year we hope to please with our sounds and deliver to your ears tones to be always pleasing.

“Shrine land” is busy with Nobles going about their philanthropic work with expectations that they hope the future success of our efforts holds for our kids in this New Year.

The Chanters’ future is hinged on the group of worthy new officers leading us in the direction of bettering ourselves to a point beyond any previous year. They are listed above and we have hope that these Nobles have more success than any officers who have ever led the Chanters in years passed.

This is the time his Illustrious Sir Kyle McEvoyy and First Lady Kerry retire from office. The Chanters very much appreciate their service and wish them every future happiness.

We will like to thank all fellow Nobles for making our time as pleasurable as it could ever be with such a wonderful organization as our Moolah.

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Director- Dave Glenn 314-560-4431by Jim Hubeli At the Fall Ceremonial on Nov. 17, the day ended with a shrimp and sausage boil with potatoes put together by Potentate Kyle and First Lady Kerry and their crew. We all enjoyed this different feast and there was plenty of food for everyone. Right before this was the Masters Golf Tournament with courses in many of the unit rooms. Our President Dave Glenn with help from Christian Wester-mayer put together a tough par 3 hole with green carpet for putting. We had plenty of players come through and scores were recorded. Prizes were awarded at the shrimp boil later.

At the Drum Corps meeting on Nov. 10, the following officers were elected for 2019. Director - Rick Gwydir, Drum Major - Dave Glenn, Presi-dent - Richard Watts, Vice President - Christian Westermayer, Secretary - Rick Gwydir, Treasurer - Dave Glenn, Sgt. at Arms - Joe Shapiro, Exec-utive Committee - Don Baur and Tom Wigginton, TCAA Directors - Bob Atwell, Jay Traxel and Jim Hubeli. Chaplain - Don Baur. With this fine slate of officers, we know the Drum Corps will have another successful year of fun, fellowship and service for Moolah and Shrinedom. The Drum Corps wishes to congratulate Illustri-ous Sir Kyle McEvoy and First Lady Kerry for an outstanding and successful and productive year for Moolah in 2018.

Director: Bud Waters 636-225-2354President: Dennis Martin 636-293-3348Vice President: Gary Fanger 636-447-2361Secretary: Dwayne Hepler 314-324-3453Treasurer: Charlie Haas 314-575-5020

We Dance So Kids Can WalkNow that January and February are here the pace of life slows down a little bit, so plan on joining us on Friday night and enjoy good music and friends. During the month of January we have four Friday night dances to choose from, January 11 and 25 are DJ nights. January 4 and 18 are band nights.In February we have four Friday night dances to choose from, February 1 and 22 are DJ nights. February 8 and 15 are band nights. Enjoy Friday evenings in the Oasis and please remember we are open to everyone, so please tell your friend.

On January 4 the Moolah Shrine Swing Dance is proud to present Serapis in the Oasis- one of Saint Louis premier bands playing R&B, Blues and Rock and Roll. On January 18, the Moolah Shrine Swing Dance is proud to present Crossfire in the Oasis Room. They play a wide variety of music from Pop, Motown, R&B, Rock Classics.

On February 8 the Moolah Shrine Swing Dance is proud to present Trilogy. They are a great band that keeps the dance floor full.On February 15 the Moolah Shrine Swing Dance is proud to present the Charlie Mann Band playing the Classics from 1960 thru 1990.

We provide a cash bar and sell pizza by the slice while they last, at each of our dances. You are welcome to bring your own snacks. No outside drinks are allowed.

Admission is $6 on DJ nights. Doors open at 6:30 pm. Basic dance lessons start at 7 pm. The DJ plays from 7 pm to 11pm.Admission is $10 on band nights. Doors open at 6:30 pm. Band plays from 7 to 11 pm. No dance lessons are provided on band nights.

If you are looking for a place to have a party with music, a dance floor and a cash bar, the Friday night Swing Dance Club is the place to be. Reserve a spot for 20 or more guests and we

President: Bill BradfordVice President: Ernie DeClueTemple Coordinator: Matt SchoonoverHospital Coordinator: Andy MaineSecretary: Jim GesellTreasurer: John Spraul

The Hospital Reception Committee Christmas Party was held on Friday, December 7. Attend-ees were treated to a wonderful meal, great company, and Christmas Carols.

The Racquet Ruckus racquetball tournament was held on Saturday, December 1, 2018 at Vetta near 270 and Tesson Ferry. The on-line silent auction (which began on November, 22nd ) ended on December 9th. As always, the orga-nizer Bob Berry did an outstanding job running both the racquetball tournament and the Silent Auction. The money collected will be used at our St. Louis Hospital to fund things not paid for by Tampa, including Hand Camp, Dobbs Bars and prosthetic supplies for POPs, food for Research patients and their families, PT/OT equipment, Pain-management materials, and BBQs for Hospital patients, families, and staff. Over the past 7 years that Bob has run this event, he has donated over $320,000 to our St. Louis Shriners Hospital for Children. We all owe Bob a gigantic “Well Done” and “Thank You” for all his efforts for the Hospital patients.

Committee responsibilities include collecting the password at Stated Meetings, running the Shrine Gift Shop, collecting tickets and donations at Shrine meals, and other duties requested by the Potentate. Our certified members conduct BBQs at the Hospital for patients, their families, and staff and also provide tours of the Hospital. Some Committee members are volunteers who staff the reception desk at the Hospital to greet and welcome our patients and their families and to provide a small gift to each child when they leave. Additional volunteers are always needed to help at the Hospital during clinic hours in the morning, afternoon, or both. If you are available, please contact President Bill Bradford at (314) 974-3084.

Our Shriners Hospital for Children sees on average 800 patients per month in the outpatient clinc. This does not include patients for surger-ies, the POPS Department, Research, or therapy visits, all who also receive a toy upon departing the Hospital. This brings the total to more than 1,000 children and toys a month, and this does not include the siblings of patients who also

receive a toy upon departing our Hospital. To help fund the purchase of these toys, the Committee vot-ed to donate $1,000 to the TCAA Toy Chest Fund.

If you like to interact with and support your fellow Nobles and our Shriner Kids and their families, then we would love to have you join us. Because of the responsibilities of the Committee members at Stat-ed Meetings, we now meet the second Wednesday of every month at 7:00 pm.

Its about time to start practicing for the skits. We will meet every Monday until the skit director feels that we are Oscar ready. This probably means every Monday because he is a tough taskmaster. Not only do we have to get timing down but we have to be able to move the props effienctly to and from the ring. Also if you do not have a part in the skits your presense on the ring is important to the act itself. So hopefully you all can dance while sitting.

Future events coming up will include the R-V show and Home show which help to promote our circus. Get you circus tickets from Gonzo (Erie Gonzalez-Rubio) our man in charge of sales. By the way thats another thankless job so thanks Gonzo for volunteering again.

We need everyone ready for the upcoming America's Got Talent Show. Merlin (Tom Dolan) informed me that he made it to the second round where he will compete on TV against the other contestants in Las Vegas in February. He told me that his talent has something to do with his toes but would not go any further. He just said we have to watch and vote for him. So get ready to dial brothers.

Surpise sex is the best thing to wake up to. Unless you’re in prison!!!

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President Jim Gasell 636-925-00981st VP Tim Carlson 314-774-06792nd VP Patrick Hensley3rd VP John Jaegers Sec'y Treas/Scribe, Bob Daniels H-636-441-4917

C-636-675-4590 E-MAIL insurancebob@yahoo.com

*** Happy New Year!! ***Congratulations to the newly Elected Potentate and the rest of the Divan line along with All the other Units and Club Officers at Moolah for 2019, especially for newly Elected officers of TCAA.

Director: Illustrious Sir Lenny MartinPresident: Stan Zurosky1 Vice President: Dan Coffey2nd Vice President: DJ HermenTreasurer: Tim CarlsonSecretary: Bill Pires

Happy New Year to all Nobles and their Ladies from YOMO.

We are YOMO, the guys in the little yellow cars you see in parades. Right now we are in our clean up, repair, get ready for the year mode. We will start with the Mardi Gras in February, then finish up in December. We will do about 100 events a year, including everything from parades to events where we have the cars for display. We all owe a huge thank you to Cpt Greg Heins, and his two Lieutenant’s Stan Zurosky, Kevin Heins for all their hard work during the year for the Mini Patrol. Also a thank you to Rob Hynes and his lady Nikki for great work on making our static displays go so smoothly.

A thank you for a job well done goes to our retiring president Rick Smith and his Lady Susan for all their hard work in 2018. We also owe a debt of gratitude to retiring Direc-tor Gary Holland, for his many years of advice and help. Fortunately Illustrious Sir Lenny Martin has agreed to be our new director.

A thank you to Paul Smith for his excellent job, gathering donations for the YOWAY 250.

Lastly a thank you to Dave Schmucker for updat-ing our by-laws.

President Stan and his Lady Gretchen have a fun year planned for us. We also love to include our ladies as much as possible. We have several family events during the year.

We look forward to helping Illustrious Sir Don Taylor making this one of the best years ever.

Come to a meeting, check us out, we meet on the 2nd Wednesday in the YOMO room.

President: Bob Atwell 314-609-6457Secretary: George Pryor 636-926-9942Director: Rich Schomaker

CALLING ALL RETIREES!If you belong to AARP or you could belong, you belong here on the THIRD MONDAY of each month. This is our regular business meeting date.

In addition, we also meet on the FIRST MONDAY of each month. On both dates we meet at 9:00 A.M. in the Guides Room on the 3rd Floor of the Temple and play Poker or Gin Rummy. We usually play until noon and then break for our brown bag lunch; then back to the game and play until 2:00pm.

Come when you want and leave when you want.

A lifetime membership dues is $1.00 for which you will receive a card attesting to your membership.

This is a good opportunity to get out of those “honey do” chores for a while.

TRY US, YOU WILL LIKE US. Call any one of the officers above for more information.

will provide a cake and reserved tables for your celebration. Regular admission fees apply. Just give us advance notice in order for us to provide a cake.Plan a date night and join us for a fun filled evening. Invite your friends, too. There is plenty of room to dance on our 2,600 square foot dance floor.

Did you know as a Moolah Shriner, you are also a member of TCAA? As a member of TCAA you may also be a guest at one of our monthly board meeting (normally the 4th Wednesday of the month in the Air Patrol room around 6:30pm), we just ask that you call the Secretary or President in advance so that we have head count for refreshments.

If you hear or see a child or a family with a child that may be able to use the services of our hospital, please let them know. Our Hospital needs patients. * * * What is TCAA * * *As members of Temple Charity Activities Associ-ation, we help provide and assist Our St. Louis Hospital with some of their needs and request for the hospital and/or patients. Ask your Unit Rep-resentative or call Bob (636-675-4590) and we can come out to your meetings and give a brief talk. Who are the Unit Representatives? Each Shrine Unit can have up to 3 of their members to represent your Shrine Unit and can have a vote at our TCAA Monthly meetings.

TCAA has "HLP-KDS" License Plate Stickers for sale--only $3.00 each. Ask your unit representative.

TCAA is looking for “Corporate Donations", to ul-timately provide necessary funds to support The Saint Louis Shriners Hospital. We need your help in our mission to support our St. Louis Shriners Hospital. Please give Bob a call (636-675-4590) if you know a company with surplus items to be donated that can be used to sell.

Ever thought about purchasing ID Theft Protection and/or Pre-Paid Legal assistance, give us a call and we have a program in place that just may help you out while also supporting TCAA.

The new Hospital is going well and here are the newer Hospital statistics: November – Inpatient 15, Outpatient 733, Outpatient Surgery 62, Tele-health - December - Hospital statistics numbers not yet available. With the recent passing of John Cordell, TCAA lost an active TCAA Repetitive who contributed a lot of time and talent to TCAA. He will be missed. REMEMBER OUR HOSPITAL NEEDS KIDS, SO SPREAD THE WORD. PLEASE ALERT THE OF-FICERS WHEN YOU KNOW OF SICKNESS OR DISTRESS.

Director: Ken Wright 636-288-1130President: Derrick Bruce 636-634-5357Treasurer: Mark Ballance 314-795-4058Secretary: Wayne Mosher 314-432-5718

Greetings Brethren. Hope you all had a wonder-ful holiday season and are ready to swing into motion for this year’s circus.

This is a fairly quiet time of year for our unit since most of the festivals we participate in take place in the summer and fall. We can use this time for planning both for the circus and for our unit events. This is a perfect time for brothers consid-ering joining us to get to know us in our informal meetings before the heavy season kicks off. Just call one of us for details about our next meeting.

Our best for a happy, blessed New Year for all, including our Shriners’ kids and their families.

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President: Fred Burks 573-881-4777Secretary: Patrick Talbott 573-489-3539By Mitch Weinsting

Well a new year is starting and hopefully we all enjoyed a Tiger win at the Liberty Bowl. Things continue to stay busy at Tiger Shrine. Make it a news year’s resolution to get more involved. Congratulations to our new Potentate, Illustrious Sir Don Taylor and his Divan. Tiger is looking forward to 2019!!

Due to the weather in November our Frog Leg dinner was postponed. At this writing it is planned for our January meeting which will be held on January 28. Come out and enjoy some good ole frog legs.

Be sure and mark your calendar for our installation of officers. It will be held on 2/16/19 in Mexico at the Elks lodge. This is the same location as before and it is always a good time. Look for details in the mail as we get closer to the event. I am sure we will have a bus for the trip.

The January meeting will be 1/28/19. Folks start showing up around 5:30pm. Come out and enjoy the club and have a good meal and some cool drinks.

The Tiger Shrine club is located at 2315 N Stadium Blvd, Columbia, MO 65202.

President: Dave Larkin 636-734-7718 We had one of the best Holiday Parties in the his-tory of Daniel Boone! Besides the huge turnout, the appetizers were fantastic (a big thank you to everyone that brought one to share), the food was outstanding. Also, back by popular demand we had Anita Rosamond as our entertainment and she brought a Sax player with her that really added a special level of entertainment. My favor-ite part was seeing the special musical talents of our own members. But, above all the highlight of the evening was the fellowship within our Shrine Club. We are truly blessed to have such a friend-ly group of nobles and Ladies.

We are a friendly and sociable group that include our Ladies in all our activities. We meet on the last Thursday of the month at JJ’s Restaurant in O’Fallon. Arrive between 6:00 and 6:30 for dinner. We order off the menu and have separate checks. After dinner (around 7:30) the guys have a meeting and the Ladies play bunko.

Whether you are a member of Daniel Boone, or not -- we would love to have you and your Lady join us. We’ll make sure that you and your Lady are greeted when you arrive and that you’ll al-ways feel welcome. If you want to join us for one of our dinners – just show up!!!

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MISSOURI

Foreigner recently partnered with Shriners Hospitals for Children to re-record their biggest hit, I Want to Know What Love Is, alongside a choir

of Shriners patients. The song will be released in January, along with an awesome new music video. Stay tuned! #ShowThemLove

Learn more on the Foreigner website: foreigneronline.comPhoto provided by foreigneronline.com

Foreigner records special version of 80’s hit song to benefit Shriners Hospitals

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Worshipful Master: Tony White 314.704.8394tonyw290@att.net

Secretary: John Schembri 314.878.4129 jschembri4129@gmail.com Asst. Secretary: William Benson 636.219.9249

william.h.benson@gmail.com

Noble Lodge’s Regular communications will be held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month but there will not be a meeting on Jan 1st. Plans are underway for a special activity on January 29th, more details to follow. The February meetings will be on the 5th and the 19th. Light dinner begins at 6:00 pm with our gavel falling at 7:00pm. All Nobles of the Shrine are invited to attend.

We tentatively plan to do EA degree(s) on the second Tuesday of every month. The first line signer or sponsor for each candidate can submit the Petition for Degrees in person or via mail along with a fee of $150 in cash or a check made out to Noble Lodge #684. Once received, the petition will be read and the candidate will be notified of the next steps to be taken. The lodge address is 12545 Fee Fee Road, St. Louis, MO 63146. The lodge is located at the rear of the Moolah Temple on the far left hand side of the builing.

Noble Lodge conducted a MOCHIP event at the Moolah Shrine, Arab Patrol Room, on December 8th. There were many parents who participated getting the benefit of getting important digitized information that could be provided to the local police should their child or grand child ever be missing.

In addition, as part of the Lunch with Santa, Noble lodge spon-sored 20 families in need from the Pattonville School District who received a $50 gift certificate from Schnucks Markets, and their children also received a stuffed animal and other small toys.

We would like to express that we morn the passing of John Michael Cordell who was a strong supporter of our lodge and the Shrine. He was also the sponsor of many new candidates who became master masons. He was highly respected and will be dearly missed.

Noble Lodge now has a book rack outside the Lodge Room. It has various books and publications about Masonry. Feel free to borrow any thing you would like to read, or if you have some books you would like donate, please do so.

To get the most up-to-date information on what is happening at Noble Lodge, check out our website at http://www.noble684.com.

If you have any questions, contact the Master or Secretary from the information listed above.

Noble lodge # 684

Queen: Joyce-Ann Jailette-Lobener 314-874-9095Secretary: PQ Mary LaTragna 314-566-4727

Happy 2019, another New Year, time to begin again with a fresh start. Time to work for the Children at the Hospital*.

The last couple of months was busy as well as being a lot of fun and hard work. We had our Bazaar, then Thanksgiving and of course Christmas with our Nobles. Decem-ber was full of a lot of activities. We welcomed a new princess and hope she enjoyed her night at Sydyk Temple No. 107.

Any woman 18 years of age or older can become a princess in Sydyk Temple. All they need to do is ask one of us for information and they are on their way. To find out more about Daughters of the Nile you can all PQ Mary LaTragna at 314-566-4727; she is our Secretary.

In February we will hold a Soup and Chili Supper on February 10th. It is close to Val-entines Day so bring your Valentine Sweetheart out and join us for Dinner. The meal will be served at Rose Hill Masonic Temple on 11122 Olive Blvd, Creve Coeur 63141.

March is just around the corner and the Circus right on it’s heels. It is the most fun time of the year for us because we get to work with the Nobles from our Shrine. So keep March in mind and get ready to work for the Children.

March is also a change of officers for Sydyk. We will make sure the date and time of our installation is printed here.

daughters of the Nile sydyk temple #107

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!It is with great joy that we begin a new year that is hoped to be filled with all good things for all of us.

At our December meeting, we installed our new officers:Christine Dieckhaus, PresidentPatricia Aaron, Vice PresidentKathy Meyers, SecretaryKathy Kelly, Treasurer.

Congratulations to Darlene Newman on a great year as president. We had a fun year!!

We had a great time at the luncheon and sold lots of goodies at our bake sale. Hus-bands were invited and many were in attendance. The social hour began at 10:30 with wine and Hors D’oeuvre’s. Lunch was served at noon.

Do you wish you could join Temple Club and have a lot of fun while helping support the Temple but you don’t know if you’re eligible? Women 18 or older recommended by a Temple Club member or related to a Shriner in good standing in any Shrine Tem-ple, preferable by – but not limited to – birth, marriage or adoption shall be entitled to membership in Temple Club. Dues are $12 per year. We’d love to have you as part of our fun friends. Call any of us or ask us at Bunko.

Here’s wishing you all a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Marcia Jacobi

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Member Benefits for Moolah Shriners & Immediate Family:Ballroom: $875Oasis: $550$500 security deposit (refunded if no damages are found)

Non-Shriner & General Public Events:Ballroom: $1,750Oasis: $1,100$500 security deposit (refunded if no damages are found)

Booking: Moolah Office 314.878.6301Exclusive Caterers: Genesis Catering 314.894.7073, Russo Catering 314.427.4955, Valenti’s Catering 314-691-7958

Come on in and book your next event with us! If you would like to take a look at our rooms feel free to stop by 9:00a-4:30p Monday-Friday. Events must use one of our catering companies with their event!

Weddings • Receptions • Class Reunions • Birthday Parties • Graduation Parties

2018 Donations We thank you!

OctoberTransportation Fund: Meramec Valley Aerie No. 3781 $2,051.00, Precision Daylighting, Inc. $300.00, First Motion Products, LC $300.00, Wilbur & Susan Heath $50.00, Thomas Turner DBA Turner Trucking Co. $100.00, Arca Teocalli #21 Order of Quetzalcoatl $6,000.00, Nailah LOS of North America $268.00, Drum & Bugle Corps $5,000.00, TCAA $1,000.00, Air Patrol $1,000.00, Yomo $2,000.00, Danielle & Marie Lambert $420.00, Gateway 500 $2,000.00, Yomo $500.00Moolah Temple: Dorothy Bennett $20.00, James Moats $50.00, Lionel Goede $5.00, Harry Allen $2.50, Wayne Bridges, $100.00, Thomas Groves $5.00, William Greening $25.00, David Crader $10.00, Richard Porterfield $5.00, Ronnie Inman $5.00, Timothy Reinhold $20.00, Donald Scoville $25.00, Billy Swyres $5.00, Stephen Unnerstall $65.00, Ryan Georgen $10.00, Chad Casalone $100.00, Timothy Reinhold $20.00, Donald Werth $5.00, Frederick Deveydt $20.00, Todd Geraghty $5.00,Gary Julius $32.50Circus: Guides Bingo $1,500.00, Guides Bingo $1,800.00

NovemberTransportation Fund: Shrinettes $150.00, Air Patrol $1,000.00, Guides $2,000.00, Joseph Ryan $150.00Moolah Temple: Philip Keim $12.00, Judd Presley $15.00, Irvin Waller $10.00, James Lambrich $25.00, Arthur Montgomery $50.00, David Devine $10.00, Gerald Oden $20.00, Eugene Loche $15.00First Lady Fundrasier: Valenti’s Meat Market & Bakery $190.00Circus: Daniel Boone Sc $600.00Other: Guides $1,600.00 for Potentate Cups, Ladies $51.00 for Pote Suite

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March 9th, 1pm-4pm in the Moolah Gym (following the Circus Parade)

Bring your friends, family, and potential members to this FREE event!

Petting Zoo, Carnival Games, Funnel Cake, and More!(Some booths may have a charge)

Complimentary Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, and Refreshments

For Booth Reservations, contact Joe Shivley at joeshivley@tcmax.net or 573-778-6117

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Meeting Schedules

Units & CommitteesName Date & Time Location Contact Air Patrol 2nd Mon. American Muscle 1st Wed. 6:30pm Unit Room Dave Evans 314-724-8606Arab Patrol 1st Mon. Drill Practice 4th Mon. Patrick Hensley, PP 314-330-7028Band Every Wed. Jack Scherrer 314-644-5362 BBQ Smokin’ Nobles 1st Wed. 7:30pm Unit Room Dennis Burkholder 314-570-1904Chanters 1st Mon. Business Meeting 7:30pm Unit Room Bill Bradford 314-974-3084 Rehearsal every Mon. 7:30pm Clowns 3rd Mon. John Frederick 314-541-4985DeMolay 3rd Wed. 6:30pm Jeff Kitsmiller, Jr. 314-991-1511Directors Staff 1st Mon. Fred Zurfluh, IV 314-910-3950 Drum Corps 2nd Mon. David Glenn 314-560-4431 Rehearsals 1st, 3rd, 4th Mon. Gateway 500 2nd Tues. Dave Hope 314-406-0744Guides Last Friday Wayne Price 314-540-5859Hospital Reception Comm. 2nd Wednesday 7:00pm Unit Room Jim Gesell 636-352-5146Legion of Honor 4th Tues. Gale Going 314-703-0548Motor Patrol 2nd Mon. Steve Lovell 314-898-2372 Mounted Lancers 2nd Wed. Ranch Allen Coggins 314-602-7454Provost Guard 2nd Mon. 7:00pm John Ledbetter 314-229-5824 Seniors 1st Mon. 3rd Mon. Business Guides Room Ken Zesch 314-610-7452Sound Unit 2nd Mon. Mike Reese 314-229-3682Sportsmen Unit 3rd Mon. 6:30pm Sheik’s Club Brett Grimm 314-606-4622Stage Crew 1st Wed. Mark Davis 314-227-2178Swing Dance Unit 1st Mon. 6:30pm Bud Waters 314-712-6622TCAA 4th Wed. 6:00pm Oasis Gary Fanger 636-697-5290 Unique Motors 2nd & 4th Mon. Ken Wright 636-288-1130YOMO 2nd Wed. Lenny Martin, PP 314-795-6561

ClubsName Date & Time Location Contact Cape SC 4th Wed. 6:00pm Call for Location Albert Blumenberg 573-576-7414Capital SC 2nd Tues. 6:30pm Capital SC David Lewis 573-338-5537Daniel Boone SC Last Thurs. 6:30pm JJ’s Restaurant David Larkin 314-734-7718Ecmo SC 1st Fri. 7:30pm ECMO SC Todd Inserra 573-631-2278Four Rivers SC 2nd Mon. 7:30pm Gray Summit Tim Hopwood 573-226-3239Joachim SC 2nd Mon. 7:00pm Shekinah Lodge #256 William Kohout 636-399-4814Little Dixie SC 4th Wed. L.D. Shrine Park Larry Mitchell 573-721-1288Mid-Mo SC 2nd Wed. Call for Location Nemo SC 3rd Thurs. 6:00pm Call for Location Semo SC 1st Fri. 6:30pm Semo SC Paul Rose 573-703-4182Three Rivers SC 3rd Fri. 6:30pm Three Rivers SC Daniel St. Lawrence 573-772-2085Tiger SC Last Mon. Tiger SC Billy Neal 573-864-4500

Stated MeetingsJanuary 16thFebruary 20thMarch 20thApril 17th

May 15thJune 19th July 17thAugust 14th

September 18th October 16th November 20thDecember 18th (election)

Stated Meeting Reminders: Dress in business casual, Dues Cards are required, babysitting is provided, dinner is served at 5:30pm and meetings begin at 7:00pm, along with balloting on all new petitions for memberships.

Bill Stears 636-279-0888

Jim Day, Jr. 636-359-3280Paul Kempke 573-470-3329

Appendant BodiesName Date & Time Location Contact Daughters of the Nile 1st Wed. Noble Lodge #684 Marie Preble 314-578-1671Ladies Oriental Shrine 3rd Mon. Noble Lodge #684 Lisa Kennedy 314-471-8003of North AmericaTemple Club 4th Wed. Oasis Christine Dieckhaus 314-960-6721

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PETITION FOR INITIATION AND MEMBERSHIPMoolah® Shrine

To the Potentate, Officers and Nobles of Moolah Temple, situated in the Oasis of St. Louis, Desert of Missouri, I, the undersigned, hereby declare that I am a Master Mason in good standing in_________________________ Lodge, #________, located at _______________________________,________ which is a Lodge recognized by or in amity with the Conference of Grand Masters of North America. Furthermore, I have resided at my current address for not less than 6 months, as required by the By-laws of The Imperial Council. I respectfully request that I may be made a Noble of the Mystic Shrine, and become a member of your temple.

If I be found worthy and my request granted, I promise to conform to the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Imperial Council and the Bylaws and Ceremonies of the Moolah Temple.

Print Full Name:_____________________________________________ Wife’s Name:_____________________________Birthplace:___________________________________________________________Birthdate:______/________/________Were you ever a DeMolay?________ If so, what was the Chapter name and location?_____________________Profession or Occupation:______________________________________________________________________________ Hobbies/Interests:______________________________________________________________________________________Have you previously applied for admission to any temple of the Order? Yes________ ______No______________If so, to what temple?____________________________________________________________ When?________________Address:_______________________________________________________________________________________________City, State, Zip:________________________________________________________________________________________Home Phone: (_____)___________________________ Business Phone: (______)________________________________Cell Phone: (______)____________________________ Fax: (_______)__________________________________________E-Mail Address:_________________________________________________________________________________________Signature:______________________________________________________________________________________________

Initiation Fee: $100.00 (Payment must accompany this petition)Dues: January-March= $135 April-June= $110 July-October= $85 November-December= $2525 years of age and younger= $45 (No initiation fee)

Recommended and Vouched for on the Honor of1. Print Noble’s Name:_________________________________________________________________________________Signature:______________________________________________________________________________________________Member Number:______________________________________________________________________________________2. Print Noble’s Name:_________________________________________________________________________________Signature:______________________________________________________________________________________________Member Number:______________________________________________________________________________________

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January1st New Years Day - Office Closed4th Swing Dance presents Serapis5th Nemo SC Installation11th Ambassadors Meeting12th Clowns Trivia Night16th Stated Meeting - Ladies Welcome18th Daniel Boone SC Installation Swing Dance presents Crossfire19th Three Rivers SC Installation Clowns Installation & 50th Anniversary Party23rd Temple Club26th Guides Presentation

February2nd Gateway 500, YOMO, Air Patrol, & Arab Patrol Presentation3rd Superbowl Party8th Ambassadors Meeting Swing Dance presents Trilogy9th ECMO & MidMO Installation15th Swing Dance presents Charlie Mann Band16th Tiger/Capital/Little Dixie Installation Motown at Moolah20th Stated Meeting - Ladies Welcome23rd Potentate’s Presentation Ball27th Temple Club

March1st Swing Dance presents Pennsylvania Slim Blues Band8th Ambassadors9th Circus Kickoff and Parade15th Swing Dance presents Fanfare20th Stated Meeting - Ladies Welcome21st-24th Circus27th Temple Club29th Swing Dance presents Charlie Mann

April7th LOS Installation12th Ambassadors Meeting17th Stated Meeting - Ladies Welcome19th Good Friday - Office Closed24th Temple Club26th Swing Dance presents Trilogy28th Grand Masters Breakfast

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