June Class of Candidates to Honor Past Potentate

THE ANAHGRAM
JUNE 2011
June Class of Candidates to Honor
Past Potentate Donald W. Maxim
Potentate 2000
“LET’S DOUBLE OUR FUN IN DOUBLE ONE”
The Anahgram
Monthly Messenger of Anah Shriners, A. A. O. N. M. S.
P.O. Box 735, Bangor, Maine 04402-0735
Website: www.Anahshriners.com - email: anahshriners@myfairpoint.net
Volume 79
Number 6
JUNE 2011
Gerald L. Harvey - Editor/Advertising Manager
WINNER OF SIX DROMEDARY AWARDS
Circuses are both fun and rewarding as the Anah Family comes together to work
and put on a good show for the public and have some fun at the same time. Having
fun is demonstrated in the photo above as Potentate Bill Dawson shows that he is a
good sport by having a whole pie all to himself. The pie presentation surely didn’t
come as a surprise to him as it is a tradition carried out by the Aroostook Shriners.
Welcome to Belfast
The word is out – The City of Belfastby-the-sea is rolling out the red carpet
for the Shriners and Ladies that represent the entity known as the Anah
Shriners. There are events planned
that will honor Past Potentate Donald
W. Maxim who served as Potentate in
2000. Current Potentate William “Bill”
Dawson has played an important role
in guiding the planning of the many
events. One of the highlights of the
weekend festivities will be the initiation of new members. Potentate
Bill hopes for a class of candidates
of about 211 for 2011 to keep Anah
strong and growing.
Shriners will begin to arrive on
Thursday to get together and meet
old friends. The evening will be filled
with a cribbage tournament at the
Waldo County Shrine Club.
Friday will be occupied with golf
tournaments for men and women at
the Northport Country Club and at
Searsport Pines. Activities in the evening will be at the Belfast Armory
which includes a social hour followed
by a Pig Roast and Chicken Bar B Q.
EVENTS
FOR
to be followed byCOMING
a dance with
D. J.
Dana Wilson providing the music.
Saturday members will assemble for
the traditional parade to be followed
by initiation of the new members. The
evening will feature a feast of lobster
or steak at the Belfast Armory. Dancing will follow to Steel Rail Express.
A social hour will be available after
the dance at the Belfast Comfort Inn.
Members will need a paid-up dues
card in order to attend the week end
activities. Dues cannot be paid at the
Ceremonial. Be sure to stop in at the
Recorder’s office to pay your dues if
your dues card does not say 2011.
Nobles
There is still time to be a
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Candidates and earn a
distinctive Anah Shrine
watch.
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speed up production.
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THE ANAHGRAM
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
1
COMING EVENTS FOR...
Aroostook S C
Meeting
12
8
7
6
Provost Guard
Meeting
Hancock
Shrine Club
Meeting
13
14
Funsters Meeting
19
Lobster Feed at
Heath’s
15
Mini-Car
Meeting
FRIDAY
2
3
4
9
10
11
Schoodic S C
Chanters Meeting
Waldo County SC
Meeting
16
Springfield
Hospital Screening Clinic
Special Olympics
18
17
Ceremonial Activities - Belfast
Tri-County SC
Washington
County S C Lobster
Feed
Past Masters
Meeting at Ceremonial
20
21
22
23
27
28
29
30
24
25
NASCAR
Golf Tournament
Flag Unit
Softball
Tournament
Fathers Day
26
Daughters of the
Nile, Stated
SUNDAY
Keystone Kops
Meeting
Aroos S C Circus
Appreciation
Dinner
MONDAY
TUESDAY
SATURDAY
Northern Penob
Shrine Club
Patten
JUNE 2011
5
THURSDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
1
COMING EVENTS FOR
SATURDAY
2
JULY 2011
3
4
Aroostook S C
Meeting
10
5
Independence
Day
11
6
7
8
12
9
Daughters of the
Nile, Golf Tournament, Barren View
Provost Guard
Meeting
13
14
15
16
Waldo County SC
Meeting
17
18
19
25
26
Past Masters
Meeting
Daughters of the
Nile, Official Visitation, Ceremonial
24
Keystone Kops
Meeting
20
27
Schoodic S C
Lewey’s Island,
Princeton
FORCES
21
22
23
28
29
30
31
Many items for the calendar are provided a year in advance. If your Club or Unit changes a date for an activity
please advise the Editor by the 15th. of the month prior to publication.
Editor
JUNE 2011
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Greetings Nobles and Ladies of Anah!!
An amazing 2011 Anah Circus season
has concluded. Words cannot express adequately the heartfelt appreciation that
this Pote has for all of the Nobles and
Ladies who made our Bangor Circus and
Presque Isle Circus a tremendous success
this year. A million and more thank you’s
to you all, and Tip of this Potentate’s Fez
to each and every one of you . . . .
We undertake the Anah Shrine Circus
every year to raise money for our Temple
budget and to pay for the expense of running our Shrine Center. But it is more. We
sometimes forget the huge impact that the
Shrine Circus has for our public relations
and our membership efforts. Here are two
stories that make the point.
While visiting Presque Isle, your Potentate was honored to visit two local elementary schools with a cadre of Shrine
Klowns, including Boss Klown Richard
“Sprinkler” Wark, along with Nobles Phil
Walton, Bud Wilson, and Chief Rabban
Tony Bowers. We journeyed down the
halls of each school visiting classroom
after classroom. You can only imagine the
William “Bill” Dawson
Potentate
hilarity of a Shrine Klown behind a school
teacher’s desk trying to take charge of a
classroom full of little kids surrounded by
Klowns. We’re talking real fun. The kids
loved it, but we loved it more. On more
than one occasion we Nobles were filled
with emotion and close to tears. We met
more than one Shrine Hospital patient during our travels. We met a lovely schoolteacher who was a Shrine widow. My
favorite moment, however, was having
a Klown say, “Hey Bill, there’s a young
man over here who would like to meet
you.” My reply? Simply, “Me?, why me?”
It turns out that this young student named
Sam had written a school report about
Shriners and the Shrine Circus. He had cut
and pasted my picture right into the report
from the Anah website, and he wanted my
autograph on the report. Unbelievable.
The rest of the last story goes like this.
On Saturday night at the Presque Isle circus, my new found friend Sprinkler presented me with a nice present: a shaving
cream pie in the face. Anah Klown FizzEd, who was nice enough to lift my Pote’s
Fez off first, was also nice enough to walk
me through the crowd to the restroom, and
help me get cleaned up. We emerged from
the restroom to find a little girl waiting
for us. She says, “Are you Bill Dawson?”
I say “Yes, how do you know me?” She
says, “You were in my classroom today!!”
I soon learned that she is a classmate to
Sam, the little boy who wrote the school
report. Thank you Anah Klowns for sharing a magical morning with me as we visited the kids. That’s public relations.
The second story comes from the Bangor
Circus. During one of our shows, we had
a grandfather come with his eleven year
old granddaughter. Your Potentate opened
that show with his own granddaughters
who assisted us in doing a clown trick
called “One, Two, Three, Sit!!” During
the intermission, this other grandfather
and his little granddaughter came to center
ring and personally met all of the Shrine
Clowns with the help of Dave “Busta” Denis. Your Potentate and all of the Clowns
posed for a nice photograph with this little
girl. Nobles and Ladies, keep this young
girl in your prayers. Sadly, she has a very
rare form of brain cancer. The rest of this
Continued on page 4
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THE ANAHGRAM
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Academicians....................................... 10
Aroostook S C ..................................... 24
Athletics....................................................
Band..................................................... 11
Bangor-Brewer S C..................................
Boosters................................................. 6
Calendar................................................. 2
Chanters............................................... 17
Circus................................................... 24
Clowns (Bangor)................................... 21
Clowns (Aroostook)..................................
Convertibles......................................... 26
Daughters of the Nile............................ 17
Drum & Bugle....................................... 25
Editor........................................................
Flag Unit............................................... 23
Funster Unit.......................................... 25
Go-Karts Unit............................................
Hancock County S C............................ 23
Highlanders............................................ 8
Hospital News...................................... 21
Indy Cars................................................ 7
Kampers Klub...........................................
Kanteen Corps.........................................
Keystone Kops..................................... 13
Lobster Boat Unit......................................
Looking Back........................................ 29
NASCARS............................................ 16
Membership..............................................
Mini-Car Unit........................................... 5
Mini-Bikes............................................. 27
Mystery Person...................................... 9
Northern Penobscot S C ..................... 16
Obituaries............................................. 34
Past Masters Unit.....................................
Patrol........................................................
Photo Unit............................................. 28
Petition................................................. 31
Potentate................................................ 3
Provost Guard...................................... 20
Public Relations........................................
Second Section.................................... 14
Schoodic Shrine Club...............................
Sunshine Club...................................... 28
Tri-County S C...................................... 27
Waldo County S C ............................... 26
Washington County S C....................... 12
Wheelers.............................................. 22
4x4 Unit................................................ 20
Continued from page 3
story goes as follows. The other day I received a warmly written letter from the
grandfather, thanking us for bringing a
magical moment to the life of his granddaughter, and informing me that he is
making application to join Anah Shriners.
That’s public relations, plus membership.
So you see, the fun we have putting on
our Anah Shrine Circus does more than
just help the budget. It does far more, and
I once again thank each and every one
of you for being there, show after show,
as you sold novelties, helped with lighting, ushering, cotton candy, snow cones,
clowning around, cooking and serving
meals, etc., etc.
When you receive this issue of the Anahgram, the summer Ceremonial will be
upon us. Let’s have a great Ceremonial
weekend!! We here in Waldo County really look forward to welcoming you all. The
Temple Chaplain, Alton Kenney, promises lots of sunshine, and he and his Lady
Ellen and other volunteers will be waiting
to greet you at the Waldo County Shrine
Club with welcome bags When you get to
Belfast, make sure to stop by the Waldo
County Shrine Club to register and pick
up your welcome bag (one per couple).
Registration times are scheduled at the
Shrine Club throughout the weekend. Ladies, Lauri wants me to remind you all to
wear “something denim” to the Ladies’
Luncheon on Saturday. It will be a casual
fun time, so wear your denim jeans, skirts,
overalls, etc. We also thank the Bangor
Savings Bank for making a nice donation
to help fund this year’s Ladies’ Luncheon.
Ladies, your Nobles will be coming right
by the luncheon at the American Legion
Hall shortly after 2:00 p.m., as the parade
goes by, and we look forward to everyone
gathering for fun and fellowship at the
Waldo County Shrine Club following the
parade.
We have added a Sunday morning breakfast at the Waldo County Shrine Club to
the schedule which is being hosted by the
Belfast Lions Club with all proceeds being donated to the Shrine Club Building
Fund. We look forward to you all stopping by for breakfast as the weekend concludes.
Ceremonial Director General Ryan Otis,
and a large contingent of Waldo County
Nobles and Ladies, have worked tirelessly for almost two years to plan this year’s
Ceremonial weekend. My gratitude is immense. If you have a good time during the
weekend, and we know you will, please
Tip your Fez to them, and thank them personally during your visit to Belfast.
Remember, “Shriners having fun and
helping kids is what we live by.”
Yours in the Faith,
William L. Dawson, Jr.
Pontentate
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Gerald L. Harvey
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ANAH’S DIVAN
Illustrious Potentate......William L. Dawson, Jr..
Chief Rabban
Anthony V. Bowers
Asst. Rabban
F. Lee Kaufman.
High Priest & Prophet.............Thomas Clukey
Oriental Guide..............Donald “Jesse” Thomas
Treasurer...............................Julian S. White, Jr.
Recorder.......................Harold W. Crocker, P.P
SHRINER’S PLEDGE
I pledge allegiance to my flag and
to the country for which it stands,
one nation under God, indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all.
If you saw a house on fire, what three authors might you name? Dickens, Howitt, Burns.
JUNE 2011
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Noble Mike Beal, Reporter
The Unit held its monthly meeting at Tall
Barney’s Restaurant on Tuesday, the 10th,
with 11 Nobles in attendance. Captain
Todd provided copies of this summer’s
parade schedule, so look for the MiniCars in at least nine parades this summer,
starting with the Special Olympics on
June 10th – gentlemen, start your engines!
Of course, before all the fun and festivities, Nobles need to get together to dust
the cobwebs off the cars and make sure
they are ready for parading. Many thanks
to Robert Look, who is providing garage
space to do just that.
Unit Nobles checked in with business
and upcoming activities, both old and
new. We were pleased to be able to donate $100 to the Daughters of the Nile
Golf Tournament – glad to lend a helping
hand. The Unit’s opportunity to co-host
the Divan visitation last month was successful in many ways. Great fellowship,
a chance to earn a little funding to use for
the purpose of helping children and the
chance to hear our Illustrious Potentate’s
jokes.
Nobles were reminded to sell the raffle
tickets for the bear hunt. – not everyone
is a born salesman, but please remember
this is how we are able to do what we do
to help others. We challenge Nobles to
make sure they are asking family members and co-workers at the very least.
By the time this hits the press, the Unit
will have hosted a softball tournament on
5/21. We have eight teams signed up so
far, and with the concessions and Ladies
who make them happen, it will undoubtedly be a good time for families to get together and enjoy a Saturday.
A happy belated birthday wish to Noble
Stevie Tibbetts, who celebrated back on
March 19th. We celebrated several other
birthdays and anniversaries for March,
April and May but somehow forgot Stevie – remember, get your dates to your
reporter if you haven’t already.
Although mentioned in other parts of
the Anahgram, we want to mention the
Screening Clinic for children that took
place in our neck of the woods on 5/14 at
Down East Community Hospital. Noble
Dave Weaver spoke about it at the meeting, reminding Nobles and Ladies to keep
their eyes open for children who need the
help and support that the Shrine is fortunate enough to be able to provide.
Also, please remember how important it
is to support and participate in the June
Ceremonial. We hope to see you all there.
Also, the Washington County Shrine
Club’s Schoodic Feed is 6/15 – sounds
like a fun week.
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Noble
Blair Bubar,
Reporter
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Welcome from Indyland. As I write
this, it is the middle of May; it has been
a cold and wet spring, but when you read
this I am sure we will be having sunny
weather.
Although it has been a late spring, the
Indies are on schedule. Work night May
17th and two parades for Memorial Day.
The revving-up party is May 28th at Blair
& Judy Buber’s, so it looks like the same
schedule as always. The parade schedule
is still being worked on, but looks like a
busy summer ahead of us.
Plans are being made to go to the June
Ceremonial. As always this is a good
time. It looks as if we will have a good
turnout for this.
I’m sorry I don’t have more to share with
you at this time, but it just doesn’t happen
this time of the year. So with that being
said, let’s all plan on meeting at the June
Ceremonial.
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ANAH SHRINERS
2011 CAR RAFFLE
The Anah Campers recently had a Spring Campout which featured a cribbage tournament. The campers above shown L-R
won ribbons. 1st Dan and Darlene Wilson, 2nd Don & Felicia
Wiswell, 3rd Sonny Colburn and Charlie Larson. Charlie was
not available for the photo. Photo by Noble Jim Bennett.
Noble Daryl Briggs, Reporter
The Bangor-Brewer Shrine Club had its
Annual Ladies Night on April 21, 2011
meeting at the Shrine Center. The meeting
was called to order by Club Treasurer Earl
(Yogi) Seymour. There were 53 Nobles
and Ladies at the meeting. The invocation was given by Past Potentate Larry
Hersom. The meal was a buffet by Steve’s
Stagecoach Catering. There were flowers
on the tables and May baskets for the Ladies. A big thank you goes to Club President Denny Smith and his wife, Marge, for
arranging the event. A big thanks to Yogi
and Doris Seymour for coordinating the
festivities on the day. A great social time
was had by all.
The 50/50 drawing of $45.00 was won
by Past Club President Brent Spaulding.
There was no treasurer’s report. The secretary’s reports are in the Anahgram. The
Past Potentates were represented by Harold Crocker (1983), Larry Hersom (1986),
Albert Gibson (2004), Chuck Kennedy
(2010). The Divan was represented by
Second Ceremonial Master Steve Trimm,
First Ceremonial Master Bob Turner,
Recorder, P.P. Sonny Crocker, Oriental
Guide Jesse Thomas, and Illustrious Potentate Bill Dawson. No old business. No
new business.
Illustrious Potentate Bill Dawson reminded everyone that membership is a
must for 2011. Find candidates and mentor them all the way.
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THE ANAHGRAM
Noble
Mike Murphy
Reporter
The cadence is picking up! Your Highlanders played at the Husson Graduation
on May 14th and it was a great scene as
always. This year the Governor was the
keynote speaker. When we looked out at
the crowd, one cannot think of the sea of
debt these poor students have amassed,
but as we all know, with a virtuous education, our own endeavors, and the blessings of God, we can accomplish anything.
After the graduation we will rush across
town and perform at the Sea Dog.
In June the Highlanders are planning on
performing at the College of the Atlantic
graduation on the 4th, the Special Olympics on the 10th, the Ceremonial on the
19th.
In July we will start the month off in
Bar Harbor on the morning of the 4th, and
perhaps to Jonesport for their evening parade (not by my vote mind you). Keep
your calendars clear for the Scottish Tatoo at Fort Knox on the 9th (rain date July
10th). This is a great venue, with several
bagpipe bands performing their meticulously practiced repertoires one cannot
help but get chills up their spine. Your
Highlanders, partly due to our dapper
dress and partly due to our inspired leadership under the direction of Pipe Major
Paul Hazzard, usually steal the show.
Now it is trivia time. Last month’s
trivia question, was “From concept to paper production, how long did it take the
Great Northern to build the “big” mill
in Millinocket?” The answer is about 2
years. According to Dorothy Laverty’s
book “MILLINOCKET A Magic City
of Maine’s Wilderness”, Garret Schenck
resigned his position from the Rumford
Falls Paper Mill in August of 1898. The
Bangor Daily News reported that on May
2, 1899 construction had begun and then
on November 7th 1900 the first paper
started to roll off number seven paper
machine. The reported cost to construct
the mill which was to house the first eight
machines was nearly $3 million.
Here is where I am going to get into
trouble. This may end up being my last
Anahgram Article. I’m not interested in a
blame game. Hum, this was before computers, some pretty skilled people doing
the logistics don’t you think? Keep in
mind, there were no roads into Millinocket. They supposedly used just two steam
shovels for the excavation work and the
rest was horses, oxen and manual labor.
They dug a nearly one-mile canal, built
Stone Dam, Ward’s Dam, the Mill, and
they started to lay out the town, because
when they started there was just one house
where Millinocket is now located.
Yes, they dammed the river, built a factory and cut down trees, but guess what, the
sun still rose every day. The water continues to run and to this day, over 100 years
later, people consider the West Branch of
the Penobscot pristine. They come from
all over the world to fish and white water
raft. Of course without the Great Northern
there would be no access to Mt. Katahdin
and there would be no whitewater rafting
in the late summer.
The Great Northern was a huge economic engine for the People’s Republic
of Maine. Given recent events, it is reported that the region has lost 450 jobs.
When peak employment levels are used,
we have lost 4,000 jobs! If projects that
were planned and/or not allowed are added to existing and lost assets, we have lost
nearly $1 billion worth of taxable infrastructure. If that were not bad enough, the
region has lost nearly ½ of its population.
We have paid our dues in the Katahdin
Region, God has a plan and it isn’t up to
us to question it. However, if tourism is
to be the answer, Millinocket would need
something on the scale of a Bush Gardens
or Sea World to replace the lost jobs and
taxable infrastructure.
If I don’t get fired, I’ll be back next
month for another exciting trivia question.
Perhaps it will relate to booze. Everyone
seems to like that. Please forward any
questions, concerns or comments to pipingleprechaun@hotmail.com . For anyone
who sends comments, I will talk uncharacteristically nice to them.
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JUNE 2011
9
Who is it ???
Visa and Mastercard may be
used at the Recorder’s office
by new members joining
Anah at the Belfast Ceremonial. Billing will not be processed until the week of the
Ceremonial. Checks made in
payment will likewise not be
cashed until the week of the
Ceremonial
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Photo courtesy of Paper Talks Magazine
The May Who is it person was Mrs.
Wilma “Willie” Bradford, wife of Past
Potentate Merrill R. Bradford. Joyce
Pinkham was the first to identify her
and Monica Bronson was second.
If you know this month’s entrant, or
think you do, call Recorder Sonny
Crocker at 942-2254 or email the Editor with your answer at MAPA46@
AOL.COM. First one to call gets the
free booster listing.
More photos are needed to keep this
piece working. If you have a photo you
think would be of interest email, mail
to or drop it at the Recorder’s Office
for future use. The photo should not
show the Noble in his Fez or other
Shrine regalia as it might make it too
easy to be recognized. There is no
guarantee your photo will be returned.
BUSSES FOR NESA
Bus Reservations for The Northeast Shrine Association Field Days
in Hyanis, MA are now available
through Transportation Chairman
Noble Dan Thompson. Send
requests to:
Anah Shriners
Attn: Noble Dan Thompson
NESA Bus
P.O. Box 735
Bangor ME 04402-0735
Busses for the trip to the Northeast are as follows:
Depart Thursday, August 25 at
8:00am - $93.00 per person.
Depart Friday, August 26 8:00am $75.00 per person
Busses leave Anah Shrine Center
and return Sunday, August 28.
Make checks payable to “Northeast
Bus Transportation”
Visa™ and Master Card™ are accepted at the Recorder’s Office.
The trouble with some of today’s smart children is that they don’t smart in the right place.
10
THE ANAHGRAM
Noble Ron Bilancia, Reporter
Hello Fellow Academicians.
As of this writing we have not yet had the
May meeting, so more on that next time.
Donnie Copeland has recently had some
cardiac health procedures completed and
reports that the physician and medical
staff did a great job and that his “ticker”
is operating well.
Jim and Ruth Newcomb have recently
returned to Maine from their annual winter stay in the sunny south. Welcome back
folks, and have a great summer.
Thanks to everyone who worked at the
Circuses. I attended in Bangor the first
evening. Good crowds. I’m sure we had
another successful year.
Sally, Lauren and I had a great trip to
Disney World in April. It was very nice
to enjoy all that sunny 85 to 90 degree
weather. One highlight was the Disney
Princess Dinner at the Cinderella Castle
in the Magic Kingdom. Lauren attended
in full costume as Princess Jasmine and
got to meet the “real” Jasmine along with
Cinderella, Belle, Snow White, and Ariel.
Such a thrill for a little one! Next year we
hope to return to the Caribbean for some
more fun in the sun. Our very next trip is
planned for late June when we will visit
friends in Pennsylvania and tour the Gettysburg Battlefields.
Dave and Linda Ballard again were in
Florida during January and February. In
March Dave spent a lot of time skiing
at Sugarloaf. They have decided to purchase a second home in Florida and will
be living half the year there and other half
here. Dave looks forward to a lot of bicycling and motorcycling over the summer and fall, and he and Linda also plan to
spend considerable time with their grandchildren.
The June 18th ceremonial in Belfast
will be here very soon. Please contact
your Section Master or a Unit officer if
you have not already been contacted and
would like to be involved in the Ceremonial. Communication always has to be a
two-way street, so please don’t hesitate to
communicate.
Those Ritualists who are participating
in the Ceremonial will have practice, per
our usual custom, on Sunday June 12th at
4pm at the Shrine Center.
We go “dark” for the summer. The next
big event will be the September Picnic.
So have a good one.
Have a great June everyone. Summer will
be here before we know it. As always,
don’t hesitate to contact me at 989-2617
or rbilancia@roadrunner.com with any
news, comments, concerns, gossip, jokes,
outright lies, or just plain old complete
and utter nonsense that you would like to
generously share with our Nobles, Ladies,
and Anah Shrinedom in general.
Message from our Director - “I think
the Circus went very well. It was a very
good show and the performers were great
to work with. Attendance seemed to be
down a bit, but everything one had a good
time and many hands made light work as
usual. The Circus could not go on without the Nobles, their wives and kids that
give their time over the weekend to to do
the work while the Circus is in town. My
hat is off to all the volunteers especially
the ones who show up on Thursday and I
see every day of the weekend giving their
valuable free time to support Anah. Volunteering at Circus is easy and one need
only show up and visit the manpower table find a job. I personally want to thank
the members of our Unit who attended
and helped this year. My apologies if I
miss anyone but I noted Galen Knowles,
Ed Leighton, Chris Holyoke, Glen Clark,
Darren Gray, Robin Holyoke, Richard
Bowden, Larry Greenlaw, Barry Woodard, and non-Academicians, Bub Smith
and Frank Theriault. If I did not see you
at the circus and missed thanking you I am
sorry I missed you. I traveled to Presque
Isle on Wednesday May 4th to observe the
setup there and their crew is like a welloiled machine. They have a great show up
there and it is no doubt due to the dedicated crew that works the Circus every year.”
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Photo at right shows Allison Botting of Staceyville at the Bangor
circus on Sunday with Clowns
Flip Flop and Jappo. She is a long
time patient of the Shriners’ Burns
Hospital in Boston and has had a
total of 13 operations with more to
come. She was happy to be at the
circus where the Clowns paid lots
of attention to her. Photo by Noble
Dennis Bryant, Master of the
Anah Photo Unit.
Noble Earl Lord, Reporter
Can you imagine an 80-piece band
marching down the streets of Bangor all
in full uniform? Sonny gave me a copy
of that picture from the 1920s. What a
sight! The research for information about
the history of the band is discouraging as
all of the records provided to me don’t go
back very far- less than 20 years. I tried
to remember those retired members and
apologize in advance for missing any of
you in the list for the Ceremonial newspaper insert. The group picture was the
most current we have as far as I know. If
you have some, please pass them on for
our archives. Perhaps some of our older
retired members would contact the current members they know and provide us
with the many gaps we need to fill. We’d
love to have the music Carl Gray wrote
for our repertoire.
Lee Kaufman has assisted again in preparing the Shrine Band truck for use.
Weldon kept the trailer very well in his
barn during the winter and a little touch
up will make it all ready for the Memorial Day Parade, Special Olympics, the
June Ceremonial in Belfast and our future
summer engagements to raise money for
the hospitals.
Potentate Bill added a special line in the
information forms to help us recruit new
members from this year’s class. We can
use anyone willing to drive and care for
the truck and trailer, do logistics, help
with setup for events, and even do some
clerical assistance.
As we attend our Blue Lodges, seek out
and recruit for the Shrine and the Band.
We’d love to have those 80 pieces again!
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THE ANAHGRAM
Noble Robert Look, Reporter
Hello all, it’s going to be nice weather
soon, we all hope. It’s getting time for going to lakes and I would like to remind you
all to keep a close eye on the little ones.
We have a rule at our camp; if you can’t
swim don’t go out on the dock without a
life jacket. It’s impossible to watch them
every minute and it only takes a second for
them to fall in.
Our meeting in May was at the Lee Pellon
Center in Machias. Those in attendance
were Bill Sternbergh, BJ Cherry, Jake Orcutt, Dick Kilton, Walter Merritt, Bill Sinford, Mike Doran, Donnie Wright, Dave
Weaver, Mike Bailey, Todd Alley, Robert
Look, Keith Lentovich, Ed Sprague, Ed
Pellon and Brad Prout. Brad is working
on getting the carnival back this year; he is
looking for a place for it to set up.
June is right around the corner and you
know what that means, it’s Ceremonial
time again. It’s in Belfast and it’s time to
get your plans made. Every first-line signer will be entered into a drawing which is
paid transportation to and from Hyannis
for the Northeast Field Days and room for
the two nights. Also don’t forget every
first-line signer for three candidates gets
a watch.
Our most important part of our meeting
was to start impeachment proceeding for
President Bill, seems there wasn’t any
Scotch and that’s not good. We’re looking
for some that costs around five bucks a jug
and we should have it by our next meeting.
Sorry Bill, you’re not going to get out of
your job that easy.
Our next meeting will be on June 15th
at the American Legion Hall in Lubec, it’s
a joint meeting with the Scoodic Shrine
Club. Come and enjoy fellowship and a
great meal of steak and seafood chowder.
Our July meeting will be at the Blue Bird
Ranch Restaurant on July 7.
Some good news is that Dave and Leni
sold the Pleasant River Take Out. I think
Dave is happy I’m not so sure about Leni,
she loved the customers and will miss that.
Not sure what they’ll do with their spare
time, but enjoy your retirement, or are you
folks looking for another job?? I don’t
think I’ll retire. Every time I speak with
someone that’s retired they tell about how
busy they are. I tried to get my brother-inlaw, Vern Scott, to go on a ride, no time,
too busy. Same with George Alley, he
works one day a week some weeks, and
that’s only when Shelia makes him work.
So that’s why I’m not going to retire, at
least working I have time to do a few
things I want to.
Anniversaries for the month of June are
Albert & Barbara Gibson, Donald & Bert
Maxim, Elliot & Joyce Tarbell, Alward &
Karlene Mehan, James & Joni Cox, Norris
& Linda Nickerson.
Those celebrating birthdays in the month
of June are Marilyn Bagley, Anita DeMeyer, Judy Farnsworth, Jullian White
Jr., Joyce Tarbell, Darlene Mehan, Gayle
Sprague, Steven Fernald and Susan Chandler. Congratulations to everyone that is
celebrating a birthday and/or anniversary
in June, enjoy your day.
Well that’s all for now and have fun the
remainder of this spring. If you have any
news that you would like for me to put
into the article, drop me a note at slook@
maineline.net. And remember Cat is
where it’s At.
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for the June Ceremonial.
How many have you signed up?
Most husbands would like their wives to wear their dresses longer – three or four years longer.
JUNE 2011
13
Noble
Fred Beylerian,
Reporter
Well, May 2011 is upon us and it’s still
raining. New saying, May showers will
bring June flowers.
The Anah Shrine Circus has come and
gone for another year and surely it was
very successful again. The Keystone
Kops enjoyed the part they played and
Chief Buddy Bruns would like to thank
all who helped make it a success.
Schedule of coming events update: June
10, 2011 Special Olympics Parade, at the
University Maine Orono; June 11, Parade Bradley, July 2, Parade Jonesport;
July 3; 200 Anniversary Parade, Lubec,
Maine; July 4, Parade Eastport, July 23,
Parade Lincoln; August 4, 2011 Bangor
Truck Equipment Steak Feed; August 6,
2011 Dover- Foxcroft Parade and August
19, 2011 Keystone Kops Annual Steak
Feed.
Birthdays during the month of June:
Nobles Greg Hall, Lewis Beal, Shawn
Cowan, Fred Beylerian, Dr. Dick Levasseur and Erick Emery. There are no Ladies’ birthdays, but there are anniversaries: Jim & Kris Savoy, JR. & Cindy
Tozier, Wayne & Judy Walls and Fred &
Dianne Clarke. Congratulations to all and
may you have many more.
Last month’s two- part question was:
First: Which Keystone Kop now has the
nickname Tinker Bell. Answer: Steve
Smith. Second: Which Keystone Kop has
the nickname Boots Who? Answer: JR
Boots Tozier.
This month’s question is: In what year
did J.C. Penney Co. open its doors?
For extra credit name the state.
The time has come to close the blotter for
this month. As always, remember it’s all
about the kids.
The next Keystone Kops meeting is June
28, 2011.
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THE ANAHGRAM
Noble Fred Patterson, Reporter
Greetings Nobles and Ladies. The second Section held a Ladies Night on May
6 at the Shrine Center and was very well
attended by both Nobles and Ladies.
Honorary Noble Gordon Smith and Lady
Jackie were in attendance for the evening.
Tip of the Fez to the kitchen crew for a
splendid meal of barbeque chicken and
plenty of salads and desserts. The Unit
would also like to thank Howard Lodge
#69 for allowing us to use their grill that
evening. A thank you also goes out to the
group of members present at the trailer
cleanup Saturday morning following our
meeting. The Second Section would like
to welcome Noble Ronald Overlock to
the Unit. He was voted into the Unit at
our May meeting and was sponsored by
Nobles Doug Dulac and Jay Redmond.
A great job by everyone who attended
and helped at the Circus. The programs
group sold over 2,800 books over the
weekend. We sold out once again part
way through the last show. A special
thank you goes out to Noble Raleigh
Hanscom and Lady Judy for their assistance with this task. Noble Dana Hewes
was once again the big seller this year but
had some real competition from Noble
Joe B. Rollins’ daughter Samantha and
her friend Kathryn who did a great job
and making Joe B. look good. I never realized how selling programs at the Circus
could make such a difference in a child’s
life. After hearing that our own Second
Section member, Noble Dana Hewes
recognized that a little girl who was having a little trouble walking, may possibly benefit from the Shriner’s Hospitals.
He talked to the girl’s mother about her
condition and found that indeed she may
be able to use our help. He then walked
them inside and got them in touch with
information on how the Shriner’s Hospital may be able to help. I don’t know
where everything went from there, but I
know Dana is looking to keep track of the
girl’s progress to make sure she can get
any help we Shriners can give her. That’s
what we’re all about. The kitchen crew
did a fantastic job and served over 750
meals throughout the weekend. It seems
that everyone just pitches in and everything seems to go off without a hitch. The
Dawson surprise on Sunday was a huge
hit and everyone wished we had more to
serve. There were many compliments
given out for the work of everyone over
the weekend. Excellent job to everyone
involved and thank you to all of Ladies
and Nobles who volunteered their time
and donated their food.
The June Ceremonial is just around the
corner on June 16-18 in Belfast. It’s
sure to be fun so plan to attend. See your
Anahgram for times for all of the weekend’s activities. Note that these times differ from previous years as we will perform
our Second Section before the parade this
year. Be sure to have the proper dress for
the parade and work of the afternoon. If
anyone has any questions of the proper
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dress, contact one of the officers or a senior member for assistance. In case of inclement weather, be sure to have your red
unit jacket on hand. If anyone needs a red
jacket, contact Noble Chris Robison. Illustrious Potentate Dawson is looking for
211 candidates, let’s all do our part and get
those new candidates signed up. Director
Doug Dulac will have a Hospitality Hour
(or so) in his suite at the Comfort Inn in
Belfast for the Second Section members
and significant others on Friday from 4:30
– 6:00 PM and Saturday of Ceremonial
from 5:00 – 6:00 PM.
When you receive this article we will
have already completed between two and
three of the parking details for the Waterfront Concert Series. These are proving
very lucrative to the Unit and everyone
is asked to help out with this. We have
a number of dates scheduled so we’ll be
asking for help. Nobles Tom Breitweg
and Mike Gray are heading up the parking
and if anyone wants any particular information on dates and times, contact them
for assistance. We have purchased cones
and safety vests for the workers. All of
the Second Section would like to thank
John Miller and ERA Dawson Bradford
Co. Realtors for their generosity for allowing us the parking at their facilities.
The Second Section Second Annual Noble of the Year Night is scheduled for October 1, 2011 at the Shrine Center. This
will be a night you won’t want to miss
as we recognize our own Second Section
member John “Bob” Mott for his years
of service to Anah Shrine and the Second
Section. It will be a night of dinner and
dancing to DJ Dana Wilson. More information on the night will follow in next
month’s Anahgram. Tickets for the event
will be available for sale at the June Ceremonial.
Our next meeting after June will be in
September. We voted to hold our September meeting on September 9th because
of the Labor Day holiday. Like always,
everyone will receive a note or email informing them of the date. Summer will
also bring our annual summer barbeque
held at Noble Bob Mott’s house. More information to follow on this event as well.
Once again if anyone has an email address
and would like to receive Second Section
correspondence by email, drop me a line
to anahsecondsection@yahoo.com.
June birthday wishes go out to Nobles
Doug Dulac, Doug Hardison, Dana Hewes, Albert Higgins, Charles Libby, Donald
Piper, Jason Snowdeal and Ladies Debbie
Hill and Monica Patterson.
Happy wedding anniversaries go out to
Burnham & Amy Gaff, Dick & Sharon
Newcomb and Ron & Beverly Watson.
Barbara,
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Noble Perry Fowler, Reporter
At the writing of this is a cold, windy,
rainy night. I’m not sure if summer will
ever come this year. It is hard to get excited about parade season when you are
still wearing sweaters. Hopefully it will
be nicer when we kick off parade season
at the Special Olympics June 10th.
The newest excitement in the world of
the NASCARS is we are in the planning
process of a second NASCAR weekend
at Timberland Acres Campground in
Trenton. I know you have read about
our big weekend at Katahdin Shadows in
Medway every year and now we will do
the Richmond night race at Timberland.
It will be a weekend of fun and entertainment including a pancake breakfast
prepared by the NASCARS unit. I know
Medway is a long ways to travel for many
and hard to reserve do to our popularity
so please take advantage of our new venue and book your site now at Timberland.
The Tony report is simple “I hope my
season of parades is better than his race
season” although all I have to do is finish.
I’d like to wish happy birthday to Benjamin Lee, Earle (the historian) Archer, Jeff
Swett, and Kevin MacDonald, Jr.
Don’t forget our Golf Tournament at the
Bar Harbor Golf Course on June 25.
June seems to be the month for anniversaries the first being my own to Heather,
Kevin & Marjorie MacDonald, Rick &
Michelle Miles, Bruce & Cindy Walls,
and Keith & (the so tolerant) Andrea
Swett.
the Nobles ladies were invited to the meeting, they enjoyed a great night of no cooking or washing of dishes. We extend to the
snow club, as always, a huge thank you
for a meal well prepared and served.
After the enjoyment of the meal, good
conversation, and jokes, President Al Bay
led the Shriners and their Ladies in the
flag salute. Dignitaries were introduced
and welcomed. The Secretary and Treasurer reports were read and approved.
There were no Fez fines this month. Circus Chairman, Jerry Anthony gave a report on this season’s sales. The members
discussed having a picnic when the summer weather is more apparent. The next
directors meeting will make plans and let
the Unit know when and where. Cards of
condolences were set to Doug Segee and
Sheldon Cole.
By the time the Anagram, is published
the Circus will have left town and closed
down for another season. Due to circumstances beyond our control, Virginia and I
missed both the Bangor and Presque Isle
Circus. We missed being part of the activity, excitement, the big tent, and camping
out. Next year, we plan to be back and
work extra hard to help out.
The NPSC adjourned at 8:30. Until next
time, I wish you all good health, happiness, and an enjoyable summer.
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Noble Don Copeland, Reporter
The Northern Penobscot Shrine Club
met for their May 4th meeting with a
supper at the East Branch Snow Rovers
Club House in East Millinocket.
The
club fixed and served BBQ chicken, potato salad, broccoli salad, and cake for
dessert. Ken Perkins, Chaplain, offered
a prayer of thanks for the meal and the
blessings bestowed on each of us. Since
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CHANTERS
Nobel Carl Stewart - Reporter
Greetings Fellow Nobles:
With the Ceremonial coming up the
Chanters are getting ready. We have
skipped a couple of meetings and some of
the songs are not coming out the way we
remember they are supposed to. Our parade wagon was damaged by all the snow
we got this winter and will not be repaired
in time for the Ceremonial so we will not
be participating in the Ceremonial parade.
Ron Moll reported that Janet is doing
much better now at Ross Manor. Janet
had a stroke and is now in rehabilitation.
We wish her and Ron all the best on her
road to recovery.
Jimmy Leighton is recovering from a
quadruple bypass and is now staying with
his stepson, John, in Portland. Jimmy, we
miss you, come back soon.
Alex Phillips has been undergoing dialysis treatments. It may be a pain but Alex
says it won’t be bad once he gets used to
it.
Janet and Ron Moll, as well as Suzanne
and Orland Shorey are celebrating their
wedding anniversaries in June. Alex Phillips is celebrated his birthday in May and
Charlie Johnston in June. Congratulations to you all.
SECOND MILLION DOLLARS donated
to this hospital! Addressing the crowd at
this dedication on behalf of Imperial Potentate George Mitchell and Shriners International was Past Imperial Potentate
Nick Thomas. A gold plaque is added to
the hospital Philanthropic Wall for each
$1 Million contribution. Daughters of
the Nile now have two Gold Plaques in
12 hospitals. The goal is to place two in
each of the 22 Shriners Hospitals for Children. In July 2009, a third gold plague was
added to the Canadian Hospital in Montreal representing contributions of over
$3,000,000 to that hospital.
APQ Judy Bourget, Ankh Temple
Chairman of Charitable Giving, reported
the Ankh Temple Ladies of the Household
were generous this year. The Supreme
Charitable Giving Committee introduced
the Incentive Program in June of 1997.
The My Gift Incentive Program is a means
for members and friends of Daughters of
the Nile to contribute a specific monetary
gift, while receiving a gift in return.
At each session, a 50/50 raffle is held
and loose change is cast into a pair of
baby booties.This money is donated in
the spring to the Wheelchair Fund of Shriners Hospital Springfield Unit. PQ Lorena
told us that the little booties were actually
worn by a baby, who was a patient at the
Montreal Shriners Hospital in Canada. PQ
Ellen Kenney told us that there is a big
need for wheelchair funds by the Shriners
Hospitals in MA.
Several of the Ankh Temple Ladies will
be attending the Supreme Temple Session
in Tampa, Florida, June 12-16. This event
is hosted by Supreme Princess Royal
Laura Richardson and Elim Temple No
76 and will be held at the Tampa Convention Center. The theme is “Sand and Sea
Fun in the Sun”. As Tampa is the home of
Shriners International Headquarters and
the Shriners Hospital for Children-Tampa,
the ladies are hoping to visit these facilities. The Ankh Temple Swingers Dance
Unit will be performing during the evening of the Supreme Session. The Unit has
been very busy practicing and I hear they
may have a new costume for their performance.
Downeast Daughters Club reported a
successful return on their second annual
spring event recently held Downeast.
Children who attended designed get well
cards for the children in the Shriners
Hospitals. These cards were sent to the
Springfield Unit and it has been reported to the Club that the cards were a joy!
Thoughts are already underway for next
year’s event.
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Reporter
“Working together for the Children”
Ankh Temple finished the fiscal year
with the report of Ways & Means Committee. Profits from our various fund
raising activities of the Temple allowed
us to give a generous donation to the
Daughters of the Nile Foundation. The
Daughters of the Nile Foundation makes
it possible for the Daughters of the Nile
to contribute over $1 Million annually to
the 22 Shriners Hospitals for Children.
Due to the generosity of the members,
their families and friends, Daughters of
the Nile has achieved Gold Plagues in all
of the 22 Shriners Hospitals for Children.
Since 1924, the contributions to support
the Shriners Hospitals for Children total
more than $46.9 Million. In December,
2010, Supreme Queen Sue Layman and
members of the Supreme Temple, Daughters of the Nile Foundation, dedicated a
second Gold Plague on the Philanthropic
Wall at Shriners Hospitals for ChildrenLos Angeles. This plaque represents the
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Noble
Harold Adams
Reporter
Greetings to all and Happy Father’s Day
to all Nobles.
Where’s the sun?? Enough of the rain
already!! Keep your fingers crossed it
changes before we get to parade season.
Both circuses have come and gone. What
busy Weekends, but what fun. Thank you
to all of you who helped . It was nice to
see you all. A special thank you to Carmel
for the goodies. Harold and Grayson really
enjoyed them. We all hope you are feeling
better. We know the rainy weather doesn’t
help.
We didn’t have a May meeting in lieu of
going to the Presque Isle Circus, but our
next meeting is Tuesday, June 7. Upcoming is the Special Olympics in Orono Friday, June 10 at 5 o’clock, then to Belfast
the next week for the June Ceremonial,
Saturday, June 18. The parade steps off at
2:00 at the Belfast Area High School. We
hope to see everyone at both of these. We
can use a lot of help for these, the more
the merrier.
June happy birthday wishes are sent to
Noble Grayson Wentworth, Lady Jeri-Lyn
Shoro, and Noble Kenneth Perkins.
June wedding congratulations go to Noble Harry & Lady Judith Pratt Sr., Noble
Kenneth & Lady Nancy Perkins, and
Noble Ray & Lady Marion Campbell.
Weddings bells rang for one of our newest
members in March and we want to wish
him and his bride Best Wishes for a happy
life together. Congratulations Noble Norman & Lady Joyce Sleeper, Mr. and Mrs.
forever.
Reminder, our next meeting is Tuesday,
June 7, at 7 o’clock at the Shrine Center.
Hope to see everyone there and at our upcoming parades. Until then keep dry.
lovely Lady Betty were in attendance.
Birthdays wishes this month go out to
Paula Hanson, Paul Scott, and Alton
Shedd. Anniversaries this month are Neil
& Paula Hanson, Charles & Vikki Ryder
and Dale & Joanie Porter.
A special note, last month I missed the
fact that Perline Libby has put up with
Bob for 52 years. What a woman!
Do any of you know a Shriner that was
never a Mason? Attend your Blue Lodges,
you will always be welcome.
Until next time, SEE YA.
Ken Hanscom Jr. Reporter
Here we go, off and running. Special
Olympics on the 10th, and Ceremonial on
the weekend of the 17th and 18th.
We had a work day on the 15th of May.
Most all of the trucks are ready to go. Parades locked in so far are, Lincoln, Dover
Foxcroft and Pittsfield. Our golf tournament will hopefully be held this fall.
On May 7th we had our annual meeting
at the Oriental Jade Restaurant in Bangor. Thirteen members and their Ladies
plus our Divan Rep. Steve Trimm and his
If some of us got what we deserved, we’d be in real trouble.
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Noble John Kidder,
Reporter
As the new Reporter for the Unit, I look
forward to giving you a monthly “behind
the greasepaint” view of our events and
activities. We’ve been very busy and the
summer appearance and parade schedule is
filling up very fast.
First, long overdue congratulations to
Piggy who received his Craftsman Clown
award at the Northeast Clown Institute this
past January. This is a significant achievement that recognizes his many clown competition wins, attendance at the institute,
and ISCA Red Nose Awards in 2008, 2009,
and 2010.
On April 12, many kids in the Milo and
Brownville schools were excited to see
Gizmo, Babycakes, Coota, and Ducky appear to help local Masonic Lodges deliver
new bicycles to lucky readers/winners in
their Books for Bikes programs.
Ty-Dy and Jasper taught elementary kids
in Greenbush to make themselves up as
clowns for a school play on April 14. The
play was about different groups of clowns
trying to discover the secret of life and
learning about cooperation and teamwork
in the process.
Busta kicked off the Shrine Circus season
by appearing with the Kora Clowns at Circuses in Lewiston on April 15 and 16 and
Augusta on April 22 and 23.
The Circus Kickoff-Anah Shrine Awareness Day on April 16 was well attended
by Babycakes, Coota, Div-It, Fou, FlipFlop, Gizmo, Piggy, Shamrock, Slapshot,
Squiggles, Sweet-P, TC Trashcan, and new
apprentice clown Hot-Rod. Later that day,
Div-It, Sweet-P, and Flip-Flop twisted balloons and entertained at the Third Annual
Robyn Tate-Brown Memorial Bowl-AThon at Family Fun Lanes in Bangor to
benefit Pathfinders and Hospice of Eastern
Maine.
On April 23, Ty-Dy and Flip-Flop had a
great time clowning around at a Masonic
Widows and Family Night Event at Mariner
Masonic Lodge in Deer Isle-Stonington.
Thanks to Worshipful Master Robbie Gray
for inviting us. We dedicated our appearance in remembrance of Mike Haskell who
now resides in the celestial lodge above. In
true Masonic fashion, Mike lived respected
and died regretted.
Patches and Sweet-P took care of business
at Home Depot Childrens’ Workshop on
April 23 as they helped kids make Easter
baskets and a tool caddy.
In advance of the Anah Shrine Circus in
Bangor, Iggy, Fou, and Scooter did several makeup seminars to help children and
adults overcome “clownaphobia”. These
seminars were held at Bangor Public Library on April 23 and Amicus in Bangor
on April 25, 26, and 28.
Squiggles twisted many, many balloons
and entertained adults and children alike
at the annual McGraw School Ice Cream
Social in Hampden on April 28.
Gizmo, Coota, Diggah, and apprentice
clown Petals helped Caitlin McKenney’s
Make-A-Wish Foundation dream come
true by parading in Harmony in her honor
on April 29. Caitlin is currently under
treatment for kidney cancer. These great
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By Rodney Pinkham, P.P. and Noble Brad
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Prout
Hospital Board Members
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Chairman, Frank Preble
presents Richard Martin with a
two Star Award
Donating to the Hospital Through Charitable Gift Annuity Program
by Karen Motyka, Development
Mr. Richard Martin is an 88 year old, retired Engineer from the City of Springfield.
He served in the Army in WWII and was wounded at Normandy. After his discharge,
he volunteered for more then thirty years as the financial secretary for Disabled Veterans, and volunteered for more then twenty years for the Boy Scouts.
Recently Mr. Martin took advantage of the Charitable Gift Annuity program offered
by Shriners Hospitals for Children®. What is the CGA program you ask? A charitable
gift annuity (CGA) is a contract where you transfer cash, securities, or other assets
to Shriners Hospitals for Children® in exchange for guaranteed regular payments for
life. Interest rates on the annuities range from 5% to 9.5% depending on your age;
and you choose the frequency of your payments. CGA annuities are available in
several options – single-life; double-life (you name a second beneficiary who receives survivor’s payments throughout their life) and deferred payment annuities.
CGA is a wonderful way for you to secure steady payments for yourself and loved
ones, while furthering the Hospital’s mission of helping
children overcome medical problems and improve their lives beyond what as thought
possible.
When Mr. Martin was asked, “Why did you choose to donate to Shriners Hospitals
for Children®?” He stated that he is very careful where he spends his money. And
that he has always been impressed by the good work done by Shriners Hospitals.
He was glad to see that the money was used where it is directed - toward direct
patient care.
Thank you, Mr. Martin for supporting Shriners Hospital through Shriners’ Charitable
Gift Annuity program.
If you would like more information on Charitable Gift Annuities and other
planned giving vehicles, contact your local hospital Donor Relations/Development Office or email shcdonorrelations_ne @shrinenet.org.
Parents or Guardians who wish to get information on admission to Shriners Springfield may call directly to The Intake
Department (toll free) at 800-322-5905
No one but the government can afford to pay people more than they are worth.
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clowns with great big hearts helped to
make Caitlin’s parade wish come true.
It’s hard to believe that the Shrine Circuses in Bangor and Presque Isle are now just
a memory. The Circus is always a yearly
high point for all of us. Over 48 Clowns
were in the ring at the Saturday afternoon
performance in Bangor. Pote Bill Dawson
had a good time playing clown dominoes
to get us to sit during the intro to each
show. We were pleased to be joined in
Bangor by County Klowns Jinx, Camo,
Jeb, Sprinkler, Papi, Sci, Hearty, Moochie,
Doogie, and Gampy. Thanks for making
the trip South! It was also great to clown
again with Emeritus Clowns Jingles,
Hammer, and Yah-Hoo. Thanks also to
the County Klowns for making us feel
so welcome when we traveled north the
following weekend for the Presque Isle
shows.
Slapshot and Four make exquisite balloon hats (think Royal Wedding and Kentucky Derby) which the Brits call “fascinators” during a PTO-sponsored Teacher
Appreciation Luncheon at Suzanne Smith
Elementary School in Levant on May 6.
Slapshot did a little teaching of his own
that day in helping faculty correctly pronounce the word, “Levant”.
On May 7 while many of us were in
Presque Isle, Div-It, Fou, Patches, and
Squiggles capably held down the fort at
Home Depot Children’s Workshop and
Hot-Rod covered the Shrine Hospital
Screening Clinic in Dover-Foxcroft.
May 14 was a busy day. The Screening
Clinics in Waldo County, Machias/Calais, and Bangor, respectively had clowns
Shamrock, Jiggs, and Flip-Flop in attendance. In Bangor, the doctor evaluated
seven new prospective patients and accepted four. At Home Depot Customer
Appreciation Day/Children’s Workshop,
Sweet-P, Patches, Fou, Div-It, and LugNut kept the rain away during this outdoor event. Later that evening, Spiffy and
Scooter entertained at a benefit fundraiser
for the Hemophilia Association of Maine
at Backdoor Dance Studio in Eddington.
Life Flight’s First Annual Pediatric Patient Celebration was held at Owls Head
Transportation Museum on April 15 with
Spiffy, Div-It, Flip-Flop, and Petals on
hand to twist balloons and entertain the
children and adults who braved the rainy,
raw weather to attend this event. The ceiling was too low to fly the Life Flight helicopter to this event, what a bummer!
As the June Ceremonial in Belfast nears,
why not approach Master Masons in your
lodge who are not yet Shriners and encourage them to take that very worthwhile
caravan journey across Anah’s desert to
help kids in our Shriners Hospitals in Boston, Springfield, and worldwide. No one
stands so tall as when they stoop to help
a child.
Until the next Anahgram, take someone’s
frown and turn it upside down!
Our parade Units, i.e. Wheelers, are coming out of storage. Washing, waxing, oil
and tire changes are happening everywhere. More and more parade requests
are coming in and being voted on.
We Wheelers met last on Friday the 13th
in Ellsworth. The meeting was well worth
attending as we were briefed by our Divan Rep., Jesse Thomas, on the upcoming
Ceremonial in Belfast. We also found it
strange that since becoming our Treasurer,
Barry Curtis has taken to wearing a suit
and tie to our casual meetings. (Very suspicious!)
Well, it’s June, and the list of anniversaries denotes just that. So! To Ladies and
Nobles Kathy and Dean Hoke, Sandy &
Phil Finley, Kim & Tony Smith and Kathy
& Robby Gray. Happy Anniversary!!
To Lady Kathy Hoke - have a happy
birthday.
Teddy TaTa Reporting
Hooky is when a small boy lets his mind wander and then follows it.
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Wow, what a turnout we had for making
cotton candy. Great job everyone. It was
sticky but fun.
It’s birthday time, let’s see who is getting
younger this month, Nobles: Allen Fernald, Arthur Grant, Richard Dionne, Ladies: Brandie DeWitt and Juanita Higgins
- blow out the candles and have some fun.
It is anniversary time for the following
Nobles and their Ladies: Edwin & Ellen
DeWitt, Paul & Linda Davis, James & Lucille Campbell, Lewis & Juanita Higgins,
Barry & Melanie Knowles, Best Wishes.
So are the blackflies out yet? How are
the cookouts going? Are we ready to
march?
with Noble Forrest DeMeyer attended a
Lobster Boat Unit meeting on April 11th
at Jordan’s Restaurant in Ellsworth. The
July calendar tickets are on sale from
the members at $10.00 each. If you get a
chance, buy a ticket and help support one
of Anah’s great units. It also looks like
they are getting ready for a busy fishing
season.
John Fernald had a chance to talk with
Bud Bordeaux, who is doing well after the
loss of his wife, Grace.
Last of the gun raffle winners are David O’Clair, Faith Colburn, David Colson,
Tony Brown, Spencer Preble, Mike Look,
Kelley Church, Jim Saucier, Ray Wight,
Chris Goodwin, Terry Lee, Stephan Snow,
Ronnie Bragg, Joan Nicholas, Peter Cote,
Patrick Jordon, and Foster Smith.
Don’t forget the June Ceremonial will be
held in Belfast, the home of our Illustrious
Potentate, the weekend of the 16th, 17th,
and 18th. Let’s all get out and support him.
Forrest DeMeyer and I had an occasion
to take a trip down the Sunrise Trail and
had a great outing.
Oops!!! I just had to hit the brakes-thought I saw a “For Sale” sign on Wayne
Butler’s camper at Molasses Pond. Got to
get home and call him to see what’s hap-
pening.
Those celebrating birthdays are Anita
DeMeyer, Michael Haskell, Nancy Madore, Marilyn Crocker, Stephen Fernald,
David Ballard, Kathy Hoke, Esther Rodick, Lori Foster, Forrest DeMeyer, and
Noyes Albee.
Honeymooners are Norris & Linda Nickerson, Bud Jr. & Kathy Prouty, Wayne
& Phyllis Butler, Bruce & Cindy Walls,
James & Cynthia Lambert, David & Linda
Ballard, Larry & Joyce Wasson, and Ray
& Glenna Ellis.
As you finish reading this report, the
sands to Belfast should be getting hotter.
We welcome sunshine, warm temperatures and don’t forget the blackflies.
HOW MANY
CANDIDATES DO
YOU HAVE FOR
THE JUNE
CEREMONIAL?
There was so much going on, I didn’t
get a chance to attend the May 3rd meeting, but the one thing I do know is that the
Annual Lobster Feed at Alvin Heath’s in
Penobscot is going to be June 8th. Let’s
get out, bring a fellow Shriner or Mason
and have a good time. It will also be a fun
time to be with our Potentate. Maybe Bill
will give us some lasting guidance. Hope
he doesn’t have any furniture to move.
The next regular meeting will be June 7th
at Pat’s Pizza.
Heard Carole (with an e) got a visit
from the tax assessor about her new bathroom. Somehow she locked herself out
of her house and had to call John Fernald
for help. John also said his son, Cecil, is
getting a new dock. Must mean his old
one isn’t big enough. One morning John
Fernald said he saw Yours Truly picking
up cans on the side of the road. I had to
inform him I was working on Earth Day
actually beautifying the road that leads
to Mount Desert Island. I drove by Geddes Simpson’s driveway one morning and
it looks like he had a commode planter.
Stopped to check it out but they wouldn’t
answer the door. They must have thought I
was a bill collector.
Steve and Wanda Fernald, and young
John had a good time visiting with their
daughter, Emily, in Columbia, SC. The
Somesville Masonic Lodge has had a new
facelift on the inside. Heard it really looks
great. Also heard that Cecil Fernald is remodeling his woodshed. I wonder if that
means he is moving in. Yours Truly along
About the time a man gets his temper under control, he goes out and plays golf again.
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THE ANAHGRAM
Noble Denny Hill
Assistant Circus Director
As everybody knows the 2011 Circus
is behind us. Director Charlie Grindle and
the rest of the Circus Staff would like to
thank the Units, Clubs, Nobles, the Ladies and the kids that make the Circus
a great success year after year. Special
thanks to P.P. Sonny Crocker and Carol
Hersom for selling tickets at the office.
The Food Committee did an outstanding
job again this year. In Bangor they served
750 meals. Thank you to all the people
that donated food, soda, water and supplies. This is a huge bonus for the Circus
workers. (For the record, Piggy didn’t
have food poisoning). Thanks to Nokomis High School for selling the novelties,
cotton candy and snow cones again this
year. They do a great job and it makes our
job a lot easier. Thank you to the Units
and Clubs for their donations to fund the
Bike Program. For those that don’t know
we give away two bikes at each show. For
those of you that bought programs don’t
forget to fill out the Savings Bond slips
and get those mailed in. The address is on
each slip.
The June Ceremonial is right around the
corner so get your candidates signed up
and let’s support Potentate Bill Dawson
in Belfast.
Once again thanks to everybody that
helped out at the Circus in Bangor and
Presque Isle.
Don’t forget about the Presque Isle Circus
Appreciation Supper that will be held on
June 25th at the Aroostook Shrine Club.
It should be another good night of friendship and a great way to say thank you to
all who helped.
The May meeting of the Aroostook
County Shrine Club was held on May 1st
with about 40 members present, which
was a respectable number, given that a
dozen or so members were traveling back
from Bangor after attending their Circus.
A great breakfast was prepared by the
Club’s Indy Unit. A few new faces were
seen, which is a great sign and no FEZ
Fines were handed out and the 50/50 was
won by Boomer. Blair Bubar filled in for
the Secretary (Me) who was absent at the
meeting due to his being ordered to appear
in Newfoundland (girlfriends parents) for
a much needed vacation.
The Club’s condolences go out to Mike
Crawford whose son-in-law passed away
recently and also Kris Delong who had
a sister-in-law pass away. A wish for a
speedy recovery goes out to Hollis Irvine
and his Lady and also a speedy recovery
to PP Richard Hallet who just had surgery
on his leg.
This year’s Screening Clinic was held on
May 14th at the Aroostook Shrine Club.
The Presque Isle Circus Appreciation Supper will be held at the Aroostook County
Shrine Club on June 25th and don’t forget
about the June Ceremonial in Belfast. The
next meetings for the Aroostook County
Shrine Club will be held on June 5th with
the “Klowns” working the breakfast and
the July meeting is tentatively scheduled
for July 3rd, but may be moved due to that
being a holiday weekend and this will be
discussed at the June meeting. The Club’s
Building Trust Committee will be taking
care of the July breakfast.
For any information please contact myself at Secretary@aroostookshrineclub.
com or 207-551-3144. Our mailing address is Aroostook Shrine Club, PO Box
1601, Presque Isle, ME 04769, Attn: Secretary. Thanks again and see you next
month.
Noble Ken Stewart, Reporter
Wow, another Shrine Circus has come and
gone. All that work and then in the blink
of an eye the Circus is over. As usual, a
big thanks goes out to all who helped put
on another wonderful and successful Circus. No matter the amount or what type of
help you all contributed to the Circus, it is
all very appreciated and gladly accepted.
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     


JUNE 2011

     

Noble

Hal Knowles

Reporter
     

WHOA!
It’s the 15th
and I

of May

haven’t written the report for June’s

Anahgram.
It will
not 
be too
long
since I



have very little news.

I have
talked
to Dennis
in Florida


 and
he
said he is recovering just fine from heart

surgery. They plan on driving the big rig

home the 1st of June, if the Doc says ok.
I had my annual stay in the hospital a
couple of weeks ago. This time with Cellulites. I’m trying them all. This was in
my right leg.
Herb has talked with Dennis and they
decided to let the band do the Anthem
 
 

honors
at the Ceremonial
this year
and

 


perhaps
we will be 
in 
better
shape
for

January 2012. There is not much going

on except rain every other day, which al
lows you to mow the lawn twice a week.

I haven’t heard from any of you guys so

I’m going to assume you all are doing

ok. Let’s extend birthday wishes to Zeke

Leighton and Ed Libby.

June looks like a month of love with all

the
anniversaries. Best wishes go out to

 


Gerry
& Jackie
Hayes, 
Carlton & Rose

and

mary King,
Zeke
& Ella Leighton
Hal

 
  
 Libby

& Andree
Knowles.
Ed & Eleanor

were also married in June.

Well, I managed to ramble on long

enough to fill a page of lined paper.
Have a good month and may the good
Lord take a liken’ to ya!
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Anah Clown Jiggs is shown here with three of his subjects at a recent event sponsored by the Downeast Ladies of the Daughters of the Nile. Photo by Noble Dick Kilton.
Leavitt, Dakota Hasey, Harold (Grover)
Batson, Carol Ann Cammack, April Cookson, Heidi Cookson, Hayley Hurd, Joshua
Frost, Gary Harris, Dean (Shrek) Jordan,
and Taylor Wilson.
The Funsters would also like to send out
anniversary wishes this month to Jesse &
Brenda Thomas and Roger & Julie Grin
dle.
Just as a reminder, the next monthly
meeting will be Monday, June 13th, at the
Shrine Center in Bangor at 7:00.
Noble
Frank Wilson, Reporter 
Greetings Nobles and ladies. The Circus has come and gone and the June Ceremonial is quickly approaching. As usual,
the Funsters had an excellent showing at
the Circus this year.
We have just had our May monthly
meeting, where the secretary and treasurer reports were read and accepted. We
are doing the Special Olympics parade on
Friday, June 10th with a 5:00 lineup and
6:00 step off from the parking lot by the
Center for the Arts. We will also be in
Belfast for the Ceremonial in June. Make
sure to find our table and get your new
Bill Dawson t-shirt!
We voted to make a donation to the
$100 million club in Charlie Lyndsey,
Sr.s name. He is the father of our Cookie
Monster who sadly passed away recently.
The Funsters would like to send out
birthday wishes for the month of June to
Jeremy Clark, David W. Hasey, Brenda
Someone has said that horse sense is simply not betting on them.
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THE ANAHGRAM
Noble Wally Fenlason, Reporter
Did I miss seeing you at our “27th Super
Supper? Or did you really miss out on this
“super time”?? The meal was prepared
masterfully by the Anah Clowns and music was provided by “Rockn’ Ron” for our
dancing pleasure.
Flowers for the tables were arranged
by Jenna Colson, a six year old “Shrine
Child” from Birch Harbor. She was born
with PFFD and has under gone several
surgeries and received several prosthetic
legs. Jenna, with the assistance of her
Aunt (owner of the Bud Connection of
Ellsworth), provided beautiful flowers for
each table. Thank you Jenna, you are why
we Shriners do what we do!!
Throughout the evening, many received gift certificates and various prizes
from “loam to large sums of money”!!
The “Losers’ Pot” (of over $ 800.00)
was shared by Doris Seymour & Tom
Bowden. The 50/50 drawing of almost
$ 600.00 was won by Floyd Hardison.
Prizes were awarded from a “free ticket”
to next year’s event (to Tom Forney) to a
$ 500.00 cash prize presented to Charlie
Sargent.
TheNESA
“Top Two”
prizes FORM..indd
were com06-07
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bined (to make $ 6,000.00) and shared (3
grand each) by Karl Gurschick & Don
Maxim!! Congratulations to all, hope to
see everyone next year.
Those blowing out candles this month
include: Nobles John Shear & Alden
Tracy
Having taken the “BIG PLUNGE: this
month are: Bud & Theresa Morrison and
Alden & Pam Tracy (sounds like “jewelry
time” to me Boys!! Everyone enjoy your
special day!!
The Unit’s next event is the Special
Olympics Parade in Orono on June 10th.
This is always a great event. The following weekend is the Anah Ceremonial in
Belfast…see ya there!!
I guess I have “rambled on” long enough
for this month. Drive safely, hope to see
you at the next parade…MOTHER…
PUT YOUR TOP DOWN & WE’LL GO
FOR A SPIN & SOME ICE CREAM!!
Noble Charlie Plourde, Reporter
President Ryan Otis brought the May
12th meeting of the Waldo county Shrine
Club to order with about 40 Nobles in attendance. The meal was a roast pork dinner prepared by Dave Bowen and President Otis. Since yours truly was not there
I’ve little to report on the meeting, but I’m
sure a good time was had by all.
The June Ceremonial Committee invited
Unit members to meet at the Belfast High
School and review the location of the upcoming Ceremonial. A large group of
around 40+ came and discussed the schedule of events, reviewed the parade route,
and then gathered at the Waldo County
Clubhouse for pizza and camels milk. The
pizza was generously donated by The Belfast Variety and we thank them for that! It
seemed like a real productive meeting
and, as we head down the home stretch,
the plans are coming together fine.
One new aspect of the Ceremonial is that
the Parade will be after all of the work has
been conducted. It will start at 2pm and
end at the Clubhouse where there will be
entertainment and refreshments for all to
enjoy. Potentate Bill Dawson has guaranteed a sunny day! This should be a lot of
fun for all Nobles and Ladies and a great
time to welcome the new Nobles and their
Ladies.
As well as the dinners for Friday and Saturday night there are breakfasts for you all
to enjoy. Mariner’s Lodge #68 is serving
breakfast on Saturday morning from 6 am
to 10 am at the Waldo County Shrine Club.
Sunday morning the Belfast Lions Club
will serve a special breakfast from 8 am to
10 am at the Waldo County Shrine Club
for the Shriners with the net proceeds to
benefit the Waldo County Shrine Club
Building Fund. Come on over and get your
day started!
Don’t forget golf and cribbage tournaments. I’m sure if you haven’t signed up
for golf that PP Donnie Maxim can get
you in! And Ray Paul has plenty of cards
ready for the cribbage tournament!
Work will start on May 16th at the Waldo
County Shrine Club to replace windows,
make foundation repairs, improve insulation, and paint the building and a host of
other work. A lot will done between now
and the Ceremonial. Hopefully the rain
will end soon so this all gets done!
Hope to see you all in Belfast for the Ceremonial!
HOUSING RESERVATION FORM
NESA 2011 FALL FIELD DAYS
HYANNIS ON CAPE COD MA
AUGUST 25, 26, 27, 2011
Anah will be staying at
THE RESORT & CONFERENCE CENTER AT HYANNIS
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ADDRESS___________________________________________________
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PHONE (H) ________ (w) _____________
ARRIVAL: Thursday Friday Departure Sunday
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$144.00 deposit required: Rooms are $129.00 per night plus tax
MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO: Anah Shrine Housing
ALL MAJOR CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED
Credit card deposit will show up around July 10
Credit card Name and Number _________________ Exp. __________
ALL ROOMS AVAILABLE ON A FIRST COME-FIRST SEERVED BASIS
MAIL RESERVATION FORM AND PAYMENT TO:
Earl “Yogi” Seymour
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Brewer ME 04412
Home: a place to go when all the other joints are closed.
JUNE 2011
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Noble Paul Jerome, Reporter
Greetings from under the white Anah helmet. I’m writing this on Friday the 13th,
two days after having our first Mini-Bike
practice of the season. Nine riders made
it to practice, which bodes well for our
parade routine. There are five more bikes
just waiting for riders. Does one of them
have your name on it? There’s another
mini sitting in the Shrine Center lobby,
just waiting to be won by some lucky person. See a Mini-Biker for tickets, or you
can purchase tickets at the Shrine Center.
Check out the bike the next time you’re
there. The raffle will be held in October.
A big thank you to Past Captain and current Chief Director Brent Spaulding for
filling in at the Circus sales table this year.
As a Circus newbie, I really appreciated
his help and guidance. Thanks, Brent!
By the time you read this, the Special
Olympics Parade will have come and
gone. In fact, you’re probably picking
this Anahgram out of the mailbox on your
way to Belfast for the Ceremonial. The
parade season is upon us, and I hope all
the units have a very active and SAFE parade season. Our presence in parades does
not just earn money to support our good
works. Every time a unit performs is a
chance that someone will become interested in the Shrine and in Freemasonary.
Every man who views our work is a potential Mason.
Remember your Blue Lodge roots Nobles. New Masons are being raised every
month. Someone should provide information about the Shrine. That someone
might as well be you. Besides, our Lodges need active members just as much as
the Shrine.
June birthday wishes go out to Lady
Marilyn Crocker and Nobles Dick Ireland
and Walter Eugley. Happy Anniversary
to Larry and Libby Hersom.
Alright Nobles, it’s time to wipe off the
dust, blow out the pipes, and crank up that
ride. See you on the parade route.
dent Merrill called the meeting to order.
The Invocation was given by Noble Dannell Starbird. Flag Salute was led by the
President.
After an excellent meal of baked ham
and all the fixings, President Merrill called
the meeting back to order. Nobles that
were introduced were: Unit Heads, Doug
Dulac of the Second Section, Gerald Carey of the Flag Unit, Ambassadors in attendance were Roger Chesley, T-Bob Buckland and Seth Libby. Aides in attendance
were Roland Herrick and Ron Watson,
Aides Emeritus in attendance were Ron
Green, Don Mitchell and Allan McGown.
Representing the Divan this evening was
Tri-County’s own Assistant Chief Rabban, F. Lee Kaufman. Units in attendance
were the Clowns, Keystone Kops, Band,
Convertibles, Flag Unit, Second Section,
4X4’s, Past Masters and The Belly Whistlers. Tri -County thanked the kitchen
crew for an excellent meal. Tri- County
voted to purchase a bike for the upcoming
Circus. Assistant Chief Rabban Kaufman
spoke about the various events coming
up for Anah. He especially asked all the
Nobles that could, to help at the Circus.
Having just returned from the weekend of
the Circus, I would like to thank all the
members of Tri- County that helped out.
For the Nobles that couldn’t help this year,
there’s always next year. A special thanks
to my wife, Phyllis Mosley. She sits there
all weekend and puts names on hats for
children that ask for it. Not an easy job.
Winner of the 50-50 Raffle was Noble
Roland Herrick. No further business,
meeting was adjourned by President Merrill.
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WE
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CAN USE NEW MEMBERS.
Tri- County Shrine Club held their
monthly meeting on the 20th of April, at
the Piscataquis Valley Fairgrounds. We
had 44 Nobles and 1 Master Mason guest
present. After the Libation Hour, PresiOne reason a dog is such a loving creature is that the tail wags instead of his tongue.
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PHOTO UNIT
Noble
Bob Hodgkins
Reporter
Howdy from the Photo Unit.
We had a meeting in Bangor on April
17 at 2:00 pm: Thanks to Editor Jerry for
his wise input and attendance. He gave us
insight on photos for the Anahgram.
We discussed Circus assignments for
Bangor and Bob Hodgkins, Jim Bennett,
Dennis Bryant, Lloyd Day, Russ Barber
and Merland Clark , along with Chet Davis, all were assigned to different shows;
glad that was over.
Members in attendance for the meeting
were Director, Dennis Bryant, Russ Barber, Jim Bennett, Lloyd Day, Chet Davis,
Bob Hodgkins and Sec/Treasurer Merland Clark.
Look to the E-Mail for news about the
June Ceremonial in Belfast:
We voted to grant Jim Bennett, emeritus
status in accordance with our rules. This
means you are old but not out of the picture:
Happy ring day to Merland & Gilmay
Clark in May, Lloyd & Peggy Day in
June. Birthdays: Dennis & Libby Bryant
both have June birthdays. One dinner out
for both who has to pay? Gloria Bennett
has a June birthday also. Russ Barber and
Mary Bigelow have belated May birthdays. Happy, Happy to all.
Not many flowers yet in downtown Hartland, but the turkeys are blooming –bangbang!
That’s all from streamside.
Later - The Flashbulb.
after having done four years of “church
camp” one- week training sessions in
Eastport, Maine. Thirty to forty students
will be going to teach and build homes
and schools. There was a wonderful slide
show put together by Ellison Haddix.
Corresponding Secretary Norine Holt
read a letter of appreciation from Mark
Niederpruem, Board of Governors from
Springfield Hospital. He thanked us for
the $500.00 donation to the Springfield
Ronald McDonald house.
Deb Dunham, Vice President, read the
Transportation report in the absence of
Becky Trimm, our Transportation Chairperson. We have had 15 transportation
cases so far this year.
Sue Black, Chairperson of Holiday Marketplace, gave us a detailed report on the
upcoming marketplace. Everything is going well. We will be working on the parking issues at the Shrine Center.
The By-Law changes approved by the
membership are as follows:
Article 1V, Section 1 --- Delete “at 1:30
p.m. unless a different hour is specified in
the call.”
Article V1, Section 1 --- President and
Section 2 --- Vice President include “or
until a replacement is elected.”
There will be 750 new By-Law Booklets
printed for the Sunshine Club.
Sue Black invited everyone to the Anah
June Ceremonial in Belfast. The Ladies
Luncheon will be held at the American
Legion Hall and followed by the parade.
Bonnie Turner
Reporting
The Sunshine Club for Children met on
Monday, April 11 at the Shrine Center.
The Executive Board met at 5:45 followed by a Social Hour at 6:30 and then
our General Meeting at 7:00.
Peggy introduced our speaker for the
evening, Reverend James Haddix and his
assistant Renee Garrett, from All Souls
Congregational Church in Bangor. They
spoke about All Souls Students in Service
to Jesus Christ. Junior high school students will be going to Honduras in June
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Looking Back at
Anah’s Past
LOOKING BACK 50 YEARS
From the June 1961 Anahgram
• It was announced that the spring 1961
Ceremonial would be held at the Bangor
Auditorium on June 3.
• Earl L. “Danny” Webster, Chief
Rabban was Chairman of the Membership Committee. The message has not
changed. “Candidates needed to keep
Anah Strong” • Anah had a Blood Bank
working in 1961. Noble Charles McInich
was appointed to head the effort replacing Noble Walter Washburn who headed it for three years. Noble Walter was
Anahgram Editor and was serving as a
temporary head of the blood drive effort.
• The Imperial Council AAONMS headquarters located in Chicago has moved to
a new location in Chicago.
• The Imperial Council session was held
June 20-22 in Miami.
• Potentate Stephen “Rex” Buzzell returned from a visitation to Kora Temple
and Palestine Temple only to head to the
Aroostook County Shrine Club in Caribou the next day. He commented that the
hospitality in Caribou was exceptional.
(Some things never change) • The June
8 Springfield Hospital clinic saw 160 patients.
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LOOKING BACK 40 YEARS
From the June 1961 Anahgram
• Noble Roger White of Brewer was
elected Grand Master of the Grand
Lodge of Maine • P. P. Earl “Danny”
Webster was elected Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Maine • Merrill R. Bradford was serving as Potentate
of Anah in 1971.
• The Second Section hosted a, first ever,
dinner dance with the Pine Tree Council
Knights of Columbus at the K of C Hall.
• The Anah Mounted (Horse) Patrol was
active according to reporter, Noble John
G. Tracy in his Anahgram column. • The
8th. Anah Shrine Circus was reported to
have had 55,000 people attend. Lloyd
O. Coffin P.P. served as general Chairman with Frederick B. Lunt and James
Halkett as co-chairmen. All the Circus
Chairs mentioned served as Potentates of
Anah.
Where is the best place to go when you’re broke? Go to work!
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Scenes From the Bangor Circus
Photos by Noble Chet Davis of the Anah Photo Unit
Photo at left: Potentate Bill
presents one of the many bikes
awarded at the Circus. The
bikes are donated by the various Anah Clubs and Units;
photo below left shows Potentate Bill welcoming attendees
to the Circus and the photo at
bottom right shows Anah Circus Chairman Charlie Grindle
and the Kora Circus Chair
comparing notes on Circus operations.
Taking it with you is not as important as the problem of making it last until you are ready.
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Scenes From the Presque Isle Circus
Photos by Noble Steve Summerson of the Anah Photo Unit
Photo top left: Program Book Sellers display their wares; top
right: Chief Rabban Tony Bowers tries his luck at blowing up
a balloon with some guidance from friends; center left, cotton
candy makers ply their trade and bottom right, Noble Mike
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The Ladies shown at left worked at
the May 10 Screening Clinic in Bangor registering prospective patients
as they arrived. They are L-R Bonnie Turner, Brenda Thomas and
Libby Hersom. Photo byMerland
Clark of the Anah Photo Unit.
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PASSED TO THE UNSEEN TEMPLE
ROBERT B. WHITED
No. 4879 Noble Robert B. Whited of
Bridgewater was born April 3, 1929, in
Mars Hill and died April 22, 2011, at his
home.
He attended Bridgewater schools and
graduated from Ricker Classical Institute in 1946. Knowing the importance of
further education, he went on to attend
the University of Maine, Orono, for two
years in the agriculture program. He was a
member of Phi Eta Kappa fraternity. After
completing his education, he came home
to the family farm to raise a family and do
what he was proud of, raising seed potatoes for the next 40 years.
He had an understanding of what was
important in life to him - be it rides and
picnics in the woods, spending time at
the camp on Number Nine Lake, hunting, fishing, snowmobiling, creating special projects in his woodworking shop or
spending time with his family.
He attended St. Anne’s Episcopal Church,
Mars Hill. He was a past Noble Grand
of Bridgewater Odd Fellows Lodge. He
learned to play golf later in life and spent
many happy hours at Mars Hill Country Club. He served on the Bridgewater
School Board and Maine Seed Board for
many years.
His Masonic affiliations included more
than 56-years of membership in Aroostook Lodge No. 197 AF & AM of Mars
Hill and the York Rite Bodies. As an Anah
Shriner he was a member of the Aroostook
County Shrine Club and the Royal Order
of Jesters of Bangor. His enrollment in
Anah Shriners was recorded as January
13, 1956.
JOHN S. HOWLAND
No. 10051 Noble John Sheldon Howland
was born Dececember 14, 1942, in Bangor
and passed away Monday, April 25, 2011,
at his home.
After graduating from Vanceboro High
School he entered the U.S. Air Force serving in communications. In 1963 he returned home and worked in the woods until being hired by St. Croix Pulp & Paper,
where he worked for more than 30 years.
While employed with St. Croix Pulp &
Paper, he initiated the Employee Assistance Program, which was eventually adopted by all of Georgia Pacific’s mills. He
was a member of William T. Wren Post
No. 23 American Legion, Baileyville. He
enjoyed fishing, hunting, cribbage, darts
and most importantly, spending time with
his family.
He was a member of the Odd Fellows of
Baileyville serving as the district deputy,
and also with the Encampment in McAdam, New Brunswick.
His Masonic affiliations included membership in St. Croix Lodge No. 46 AF &
AM of Calais and the York Rite Bodies.
He was a member of the Schoodic Shrine
club. His enrollment in Anah Shriners was
recorded as June 23, 1990.
LOST I POD
“If anyone found an I-Pod in the
Civic Center Ladies restroom on
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return it to “it’s” owner please call
Gayle Sprague at 255-3618 in Machias. The owner is her granddaughter. Thank you, “
Photo above was taken by Anah Photographer Noble Merland Clark at the 34th
annual get-to-gether of the Tri-County Shrine Club and the Knights of Columbus. Featured L-R are David Mosley, President of the Tri-County Shrine Club,
Potentate Bill Dawson, Guest Speaker Greg Powell CEO of the Alfond Foundation and John Parola, Grand Knight, Knights of Columbus.
JUNE 2011
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Anah’s Membership Statistics: What the Numbers Tell Us
What do membership statistics tell us? All in all, Anah actually does very well with membership retention. Out of all 191
Shrine temples, only fifteen (15) other temples do better than Anah in retaining members. At the same time, Anah loses far
fewer members to the black camel when compared to other temples. As a percentage of total temple membership, only nine (9)
other temples lost fewer members due to death in 2009.
The bottom line is that Anah creates far fewer Nobles in comparison to other temples. We rank 77th out of all 191 Temples
when it comes to recruiting new members. We bring far fewer new members into the Shrine compared to other Temples. Recruitment of new members must get more attention, not just this year, but every year.
Anah ended the last year with 3,303 members. A decade ago Anah Temple was pushing its way toward more than 4,000 members. Anah had a total of 3,732 members six years ago but it has been losing members ever since. On the average, Anah has lost
more than 175 members annually over the last six years due to the black camel, suspensions, or demits.
You see the trend. It is downward, and all downward trends eventually lead to zero. When you consider deaths and other
membership losses, Anah needs a class of at least 200 candidates each and every June if we are to have a positive membership
gain for the year. Noles, It can be done with your help. Let’s start NOW and build a big class of candidates for June, not just this
year but every year. Remember, every time that you are a top line signer for a new candidate in June, your name will be entered
into a drawing for you and your lady to win round trip bus tickets to the Northeast Field Days on Cape Code in August, along
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Anah
Membership by the Numbers
Anah Temple has suffered a net loss of more than 400 members in the last six
years. This net loss in total membership is due to suspensions, demits, or the black
camel combined with low levels of new member recruitment.
Here is where Anah Temple stands in relation to all 191 Shrine Temples:
Expirations Ranking: 10 out of 191
Demits Ranking: 56 out of 191
Suspensions Ranking: 16 out of 191
Restorations Ranking: 130 out of 191
Creations Ranking: 77 out of 191
Total Anah Membership: 3,303 members
Overall Membership Ranking: 19th largest out of 191 Temples
Northeast Membership Ranking: 2nd largest out of 15 Temples
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