Worthy Matron	Kay Merchant	marguerite@ncweb.com
Worthy Patron	Arthur Moore	amoore@kirtlandhills.org
Secretary	Bob Merchant	kb8ast@yahoo.com

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Calendar of Some of the Planned Events

for the year  2008

Jan. 25     Stated Meeting - Program by Lake County Historical Society, Mr. Larry Disbro protraying Gen. Jack Casement - a civil war   general and noted for laying the Golden Spike for the Union Pacific Railway.

Feb. 8    Stated Meeting,    Annual Sweetheart Dinner - potluck at 6pm.  Program following stated meeting Distinguished guests will be President James A. Garfield and his First Lady Lucretia Garfield and First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt.

Feb. 9     Line officers and Cornerstone Club lunch and meeting, Kingsville

Feb. 12     10:30 Fellowship in Conference Room followed by Lunch with residents of Breckenridge Village who are members of Eastern Star chapters. Notify W.M. if you plan to attend. (This is a new project for our chapter this year - it started in December and will continue on the 2^nd Tuesday of each month.)

Feb. 13     Deadline for reservations for Trip No. 2

Feb. 16     6:00pm District Charities Chili cook off, Geneva. Please come out and support our District Charities Committee.

Feb. 17     2:00 pm Officers Practice

Feb. 22     Stated Meeting - Initiation . Visit from Sparky and his trainer , Gordon Thompson, Painesville Township Fire Dept.

Feb. 25     Trip No. 2     Depart Painesville Masonic Building at 10:00am via Limousine Bus, Attend Brunch at House of Blues followed by Gospel Music Concert. Return trip to Painesville by 2pm. Cost $40. Includes transportation, drivers tip, brunch, and concert. Details are available by contacting W.M. Deadline with payment is Feb. 13^th. Sample of some of the brunch menu items: Chef Attended Omelet Station, Scrambled Eggs, Cheese Grits, Macaroni and Cheese, Crisp Bacon, Home Style Sausage, Roasted Garlic Potatoes, Muffins, Bagels, Mini Croissants, Fresh Sliced Seasonal Fruit, Peel and Eat Shrimp Cocktail, Carving Station, Chicken Jambalaya, Southern Fried Chicken, Cold Noodle Salad, Cold Vegetable Salad, Turnip Greens, Traditional Bread Pudding, Coffee, Tea, Soda, Juice, Mimosas.

March 14     Stated Meeting - Grace Chapter, Geneva will be our Friends. Program by OES Speakers Bureau, PGP Cliff Houck and his wife, Evelyn portraying Mr. and Mrs. Rob Morris, founder of our order.

March 28     Stated Meeting Program on Voices of Lake County Women in honor of Women's History month. Sponsored by Lake County Historical Society.

April 6     Tea and Vintage Fashion Show 2pm - 100 years of fashion

April 10     Urania Chapter will be friends of Rose Chapter, Conneaut

April 11     Stated Meeting - program by Morning Glory

April 12     Line Officers Meeting at Urania

April 25     Stated Meeting - Program on Hymns by Lake County Historical Society

May 4     Officers Practice

May 9     Stated Meeting - Inspection

May 23     Stated Meeting - Visitation by WGM and WGP, to honor our 100th Anniversary and the Grand Secretary. Dinner at 6pm

June 13     Stated Meeting - annual reports, elections, Program by Tom Lautzenhiser

June 27     Stated Meeting

June 28     Trip N0. 3

July 13     District Picnic, Geneva

Aug 24     Special Celebration

Sept. 10     District Meeting, Kingsville

Sept. 12     Stated Meeting Honor Past Matrons and Past Patrons, program by Lake County Historical Society

Sept. 13     Gala celebrating 100^th Anniversary for Urania Members, Manakiki Country Club

Sept. 26     No Meeting - Grand Chapter Sept. 26-28

Oct, 10     Stated Meeting Grand Chapter Reports

Oct. 24     Stated Meeting Farewell, Program by Lake County Historical Society

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History

Urania Chapter has been proud to support the General Grand Chapter and our Ohio Grand Chapter Charities: Heart, Cancer, 32nd Degree Masonic Learning Centers for Dyslexia, Masonic Youth Organizations - International Order of Rainbow for Girls, Job's Daughters, and Order of DeMolay for Boys. ESTARL (Eastern Star Training Awards for Religious Leadership), and the Ohio Eastern Star Home and Health Care Center at Mount Vernon, Ohio. - Operating Fund, Endowment Fund, Hobby and Crafts Fund, Needs List, and Christmas Wish List, Grand Chapter Benevolence Fund, Transportation Fund, W.G.M. special projects (this year it is to purchase a new bus for the OES Home). International Eastern Star Temple in Washington, D.C.

We have been the sponsoring body of Painesville Assembly No. 14, International Order of Rainbow for Girls since it was instituted in 1934.

The Chapter is currently sponsoring three ESTARL students.

In addition the Chapter also supports many local charities such as the American Liver Foundation, The Lake County Society for Rehabilitation, the Salvation Army, The St. James Soup Kitchen, Relay for Life, Painesville United Methodist ChurchFood Pantry, First Church Congregational, United Church of Christ Disaster Relief Fund, United Way of Lake County, Forbes House, Hope Chest, Disaster Relief for Painesville Flood Victims, and the Ohio Masonic Home.. We co-sponsor a Christmas Party for the children and grand children of the members of bodies meeting at the Painesville Masonic Building and their children’s and grand children’s friends.

 

Kay Merchant and Art Moore, our Worthy Matron and Worthy Patron in their "1908 Era Chapter regalia"

Urania Chapter No. 284

1908 to 2008

100 years

 

Urania Chapter No. 284

Order of the Eastern Star

Cordially invites you to attend the

100^th Inspection of Officers

Friday, May 9, 2008

7:30 P.M.

Painesville Masonic Hall

88 N. St. Clair Street

Painesville, Ohio

Inspecting Officer

 Deputy Grand Matron of District One of the Grand Chapter of Ohio, Debbie Dittebrand 

Worthy Matron                          Worthy Patron

   M. Kay Merchant                          Arthur Moore, Jr.

Secretary

G. Robert Merchant

Tel: 440 259 3555; Fax: 440 259 5635

Home Chapter of

Past Grand Matron, Grand Secretary, Barbara Price

Grand Representative of Massachusetts in Ohio, Barbara Denner

Urania Chapter No. 284

Order of the Eastern Star

Cordially invites you to attend a Visitation by the

Worthy Grand Matron, Cathie Jones

 and

 Worthy Grand Patron, Richard Barrick. 

 Celebrating the 100^th year of Urania Chapter and

Honoring

Past Grand Matron, Grand Secretary, Barbara Price

Friday, May 23, 2008

7:30 P.M.

Painesville Masonic Hall

88 N. St. Clair Street

Painesville, Ohio

Worthy Matron         Worthy Patron

   M. Kay Merchant          Arthur Moore, Jr.

Secretary

G. Robert Merchant

Home Chapter of

Past Grand Matron, Grand Secretary, Barbara Price

Grand Representative of Massachusetts in Ohio, Barbara Denner

Dinner at 6:00 P.M.

Painesville United Methodist Church

71 N. Park Place

Painesville, Ohio

Menu: Roast Pork, Cheesey Potatoes,

  Vegetable, Salad Bar, Rolls and Butte,r

Coffee, Tea, and Pie

Cost $9..00  

Guests

W.G.M. and spouse, W.G.P. and spouse,

General Grand Chapter Committee Members,

Past Grand Matrons and Past Grand Patrons,

Deputy Grand Matron of District One

Grand Representatives from District One

 

Please make reservations by May 16 to Secretary,

Robert Merchant, 88 North St.. Clair St. . Painesville, Ohio 44077.

Tel: 440 259 3555; Fax: 440 259 5635

Everyone attending the dinner must have a reservation.

 

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(Picture yourself back in 1908 - would a web page look something like this?)                      

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