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18 RAJAH PROVOST GUARD Greg Lewis, PP As we look back on 2016 we have many blessings to be thankful for, and, as we look ahead, there are many blessings yet to come. The members of the Provost Guard would like to thank everyone that came out and supported us at our annual Spaghetti Dinner in October, and, having served fewer patrons than the year before, we are still encouraged and hope that you will put the date of Saturday, October 14, 2017 on your calendar for another big event in Rajah. President Dennis Loch would also like to thank the Rajah members and all the guests that came to the Sportsman’s Raffle and obeyed our parking regulations in putting all our participants in the parking lot without any major mishaps. During the year, we have many of our members on duty and working in various capacities at several of the events of Rajah and look forward to having more members participating at these functions as we fully support our Potentate and officers. We’ll also be at the Election and Stated meeting on Wednesday, December 7 and many of us will be participating in the new member ceremonial and memorial service on Saturday, December 10th. As this year fades in our memory banks, we must tip our FEZ to our President Dennis Loch and all our officers for a job well done and many of us look forward to serving another year in our respective offices. And all of this goes without saying, but I will: We must thank our Potentate, the Illustrious Sir Larry Bortz and his lady, Barbara, for their support and leadership in 2016. Although it is only one term as Potentate, we all know that Ill. Sir Larry will be around for a long time to come playing in the bands and supporting Rajah Shrine as a devoted Past Potentate and active member. We would also like wish our Chief Rabban Dave Evans and his lady Sarah, lots of luck in the coming year and to let them know that the Provost Guard will be here to help in any manner whatsoever to make his year a huge success! Now that the end of the year is upon us we would like to take this opportunity to wish all of you a Very Merry Christmas and have a Happy and Healthy New Year. RAJAH CHANTERS Greg Lewis, PP Even though we were not able to stage our annual Afternoon of Music in 2016, we still had a very busy year and are looking forward to presenting a terrific program in 2017, as we continue the tradition of our Afternoon of Music. The time and date will be announced early next year, so watch your in-box for the exciting news! Speaking of busy, is was another year of parades, concerts and competitions with the Rajah Chanters not sitting idly by, but always striving to make our unit a tighter organization by also getting together at parties, picnics and after our singing engagements. Although most of you only hear the finished product, many hours of rehearsal go into perfecting just one song. And to think we have at least 200 songs in our repertoire that we can sing at any one time. Also, add to the mix the two dozen or more Christmas selections that we have available to us and you can see it takes a lot of rehearsing and dedication to be a member of this very active unit of Rajah. We are extremely proud to have two of the finest musicians as our music leaders; our accompanist and co-director, Noble Bruce Rohrbach and Noble Brian Harman as our musical lead and music director. These are just two very hard working members of the Chanters, that along with our 25-30 active members, are always willing to entertain and go the extra mile to make each and every one of our appearances a command performance. But, through it all, not one of us would trade a minute for the pleasure and honor of being able to sing for an audience of appreciative music lovers. As this year comes to an end, we must hand over the baton of leadership to another member of the Chanters, Ill. Sir Ed Engle, PP, currently First Vice President, but first we must give a great big THANK YOU to our 2016 President Les Worley for the outstanding job he did in leading us this year. Les proved that being a leader is a job you have to work at every day and he did a great job of leading us through the year filled with excitement and challenges. Thanks also to his lady, Jane, for her support and sacrifices of Les’ companionship during the year. But, most of all, every member of the Rajah Chanters and our ladies, would like to wish all of you a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY, PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR.
Forks of the Delaware TIN LIZZIES Sam Ellis It has been a terrific year for Rajah Shrine and the Tin Lizzies. We’re looking forward to an even better 2017. We thank Henry Faust for a great job as president and for his re-election to the post in 2017. The rest of our 2017 officer lineup includes Bruce Johnson as First Vice President, Ron Barron - Treasurer, Sam Ellis - Secretary, Garrett Newhartz - Parade Director, and Larry Silfies - Assistant Parade Director. The club welcomed seven new members in 2016: Ralph Bryant, Szabolcs Tekete, Chris Yeager, Wayne Smith, Harry Wagner, Sam Beam, Dave DeTurk. All of the new members stated their desire to drive in parades. In fact, most of them will have by the end of the year. Pictured here are three new members who participated in the Slatington Parade. Chris Dave Sam Looking back on the year, we participated in 22 parades as well as MASA. Thanks to Parade Director Garrett Newhartz for all his hard work and to all the Club’s Nobles who drove our little model T replicas in all kinds of weather throughout the area. The Tin Lizzies take a winter break from baking and selling shoofly pies in November and December. It’s been a successful project to date and we want to thank all of the nobles and ladies who work so hard at baking and packaging the pies. This month we’re featuring Lee and Joyce Marsh. Lee joined the Tin Lizzies two years ago from Lodge 440 in Slatington. He is retired from PP&L after 38 years where he was a leader of electrical maintenance. Joyce retired from TAMA Manufacturing where she was a secretary. The pie bakes are our club’s main fundraiser and the Marshes are a welcome addition to the “work force.” Joyce & Lee As a Club our nobles and ladies are happy to support all of Rajah’s major fund-raising events including a few of our own. On October 21-22, Ladies Sally Johnson and Patricia Faust sold shoofly pies at the Sieples Farm Corn Maze in Bath, while the nobles participated in parades. The ladies worked through some nasty weather and had a very successful two-day sale. Terrific job, ladies! As the year draws to a close the Tin Lizzies would like to congratulate Illustrious Sir Lawrence Bortz III and his Lady Barbara for a wonderful 2016. We also want to thank Chief Aide Bryan Snyder and Lady Judithanne for their outstanding support of the Potentate and the Aides throughout the year. We look forward to the upcoming year as Chief Rabban Dave Evans transitions into the office of the Rajah Shrine Potentate for 2017 Finally, from all of the officers, Nobles and Ladies of the Forks of the Delaware Tin Lizzies, we wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy Healthy New Year. 19
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