Rajah News - April 2022

GOLF CLUB
Frank Einsel, Treasurer
Rajah Shrine Golf Club is still looking for new members and our golf season is about to start. Any current
Shriner or Mason is welcome to participate in one of our monthly get-togethers.
Our first golf outing will be held on Wednesday, April 20th , 2022 at Berkleigh Golf Club located along
Route 222 near Kutztown. The golf format will be a scramble and there will be a food voucher, redeemable at
the golf course, given to each participant.
We, the officers, look forward to welcoming many current and prospective members of the Rajah Golf
Club at this new venue. If you feel that you might enjoy participating in the fun and fellowship at our Golf Outing, please contact
any one of the following Club officers:
Gilbert F. Darlak, Home# 610-678-4963; Frank L. Einsel, Cell# 610-223-4709; Arlan J. Werst, Cell# 484-333-5316; Lamar G.
Hartline, Cell# 610-468-2749
We are currently working to make the pricing of this tournament as affordable as possible. We all know that prices are on the
upswing everywhere.
Duane Dellecker,
Chief Rabban
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
HOW CAN WE HELP?
The membership committee has been meeting diligently to come up with new ideas to retain and expand
membership. Under the leadership of Illustrious Sir Marvin Miller, in 2020 the committee was directed
to come up with ideas to improve membership participation & increase membership. As a result, we put
together an orientation program to help educate new members on what the Shrine has to offer. In the last 2
years, many nobles have gone through this program.
Next, as we are all Shrine Masons, our membership comes directly from the Masonic Fraternity. With
this in mind, Illustrious Sir Joe Hagan has asked the committee to come up with short messages for members
to share with their blue lodges that may spark interest in joining Shriners.
So, what message can we take to the Blue Lodges? How about simply sharing stories with your brethren
that embody the true fun & philanthropy of Shriners International and Shriners Children’s Hospitals. At the
end of the meeting, when the Master asks if you have anything to offer, simply share a few words like… “Blue
lodge is great, we have lots of fun together as Masons. But, as Masons, we have the opportunity to join with
Shriners International to benefit the world’s greatest philanthropy… Shriners Children’s Hospitals. In this organization, you and your
lady become part of a team that helps children with very specialized needs such as Spinal/Muscular disorders, Burns and Cleft Pallet.
As you must be a Mason to join the Shriners, we invite you to sign up.”
If you would like to become a part of this committee or learn more, simply show up at 6:30pm on the 4th Wednesday of the month.
The committee meets just prior to the Clubs & Units meeting. We are all ambassadors for this great philanthropy. So, please help share
this message with all who will hear.
Regnal
Leibensperger,
Pres.
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SCHUYLKILL COUNTY SHRINE CLUB
Greetings from the Schuylkill County Shrine Club. We held our first meeting in the new year on Saturday,
February 19, 2022. Every year this is a popular meeting. It seems the nobles enjoy coming out at 9 a.m. for a
breakfast meeting.
This year we were at the Blue Mountain Restaurant at Shartlesville. We always invite the ladies to come to our
meetings. With the members and the guests, we had fifty people present. It was quite a nice turnout for our meeting.
We held our annual necrology service to honor in memoriam those members from our club who passed through
the West Gate in the past year. This past year eight of our members died, two of which were Past Potentates of
Rajah Shrine – Ill. Sir Walter Wagner and Ill. Sir Glenn Sattizahn.
Our last meeting was held Tuesday evening, March 22, at the Friedensburg Country Restaurant. April’s meeting
will be held Monday, April 25, at 6:30 p.m. at the JABuffet, A Chinese buffet restaurant, 1752 Tilden Ridge Road,
Hamburg, PA 19526.
We have all new officers this year; I, Regnal Leibensperger am president, Bob Engleman is our First Vice
President, Paul Grube is Second Vice President, and Les Werley is Secretary & Treasurer. Special thanks to these
nobles for stepping up to support our club.
And a great big THANK YOU to all the nobles of Rajah Shrine who got up early to come to the Schuylkill
Shrine Club in February.