2008 Murat Divan

Cast
Reception Unit
Greg Miller
The members of the Murat Shrine
Reception Unit met for their monthly
Stated Meeting at the Murat Shrine
Center on January 8, 2008.
Bud Abel reported on the work of
the Murat Circus Committee and the
need for plenty of assistance at the circus.
You will need to work at least
three (3) shows to qualify for a free
meal at the Ringmaster’s Banquet this
year.
Our own Don Strawser won
$1,000 in last year’s calendar raffle.
Congratulations, Don!
We have been approved to assist
with beer sales at Lucas Stadium next
Colts’ season. Volunteers must have the
charity sales license from the Alcoholic
Beverage Commission. You can download
the form online, complete it, and
get it to Greg Miller or Kent Smith for
processing. It will cost you nothing.
Our newest members of the
Reception Unit are Nobles Dan Hunt
and Lance Johnson. We are happy to
have them and look forward to creating
several new members of the Unit this
year.
Finally, Past President Bill Rasner
recently presented Jay Warmouth with
the F. Gene Thornburgh Award in
recognition of his service to the
Reception Unit, especially for his work
as chairman of the Blood Bank
Committee.
Yours in the Faith …
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Congratulations to our new officers
for this year. Don Olvey is our President,
Carl Culmann is First Vice President, and
Mike Smith is our Second Vice President.
We are off to a fast start for the New Year
with our Sweetheart Party in February and
helping in the Masonic “One-Day Degree
Class” at the Scottish Rite on March 8. We
will be honoring our Illustrious Potentate,
Ron Elliott, at our annual “Brass Hat”
Night on March 12. Please contact Mike
Smith at (317) 997-1843 for ticket information.
The Cast is always looking for new
members who want to have a lot of fun
Johnson County Shrine Club
Carl Culmann
and participate in initiating new Nobles.
Come join a great group of guys!!!
Dave Alspaugh
Estelle Harrison on the Argosy
trip.
The winds of March are starting to blow …
with these winds, we’ll see lots of changes. Soon
temperatures will leave the freezing mark and start
climbing up the thermometer. Snow will be
replaced by green grass. Barren trees will spring
to life with new leaves, and spring flowers will be
blooming in those flower beds. Goodbye old
man winter and “hello” to spring.
Johnson County Shrine Club is also undergoing
some changes at this time. Recently, the
board of directors and the new officers of the Club
selected a contractor to remodel both the men’s
and ladies’ restrooms. We’re talking total remodeling.
The ladies’ lounge will soon be moved into
the area that was the men’s room. It will be larger
than their old one with all new fixtures, vanities,
mirrors, etc. The men’s room will also be
totally reworked. Everyone is quite excited about
this improvement.
Going along with the changes, our new president, Ray Miller, and his lady,
Jessica, recently spent a Sunday at the Club reworking the Photo Board. What originally
was a random grouping of photographs taken over the past three or four
years has been replaced with a nice three-part display. The new display will allow
updating by reworking any one of the sections. Great improvement! Good job,
guys.
Since we’re talking about changes, how many of you have noticed changes
in your body as you’ve aged passed 40? If you have, then you might want to consider
this … the Roman numerals for “40” are XL … enough said!
Plans are already being made for several Club events for the upcoming summer.
The Johnson County Fair will be in early July and once again the Ralph
Simpson Building will become a busy place. The Club plans to prepare and serve
three meals a day for the entire fair. Since the Club sits next door to the fairgrounds,
you can save yourself quite a walk by parking at the Club. We will have parking
available for the entire fair.
The annual Johnson County Shrine Club golf outing has just been announced
by Bill Sparks, our chairman. September 11 at 12 p.m., the golfers will tee off at
Hickory Stick Golf Course. For only $65, a golfer gets his cart, golf, driving range,
Zem-Zem at the course followed by a prime rib dinner and door prizes at the Club
afterwards. It’s a great day with tons of fellowship. Come out and join us!
We want to extend best wishes for a quick recovery to Estelle Harrison.
Estelle recently suffered a heart attack and is currently recovering at home. Hurry
up and get well, Estelle; the county fair is coming and we’ll need you on the cash
register. All joking aside, we all extend a hearty “get well.”
It’s time to wind this to a close, but before I go, I recently heard a comedian
say that “inside every older person is a younger person wondering, ‘What the heck
happened?’ ”
See ya’ll next issue.
THE MURAT MAGAZINE