A Note from Your President

OCTOBER, 2012

A Note from your President :

Dear Sisters: Thank you to all the ladies and men who worked our last Texas Hold Em on Sept 21, 22, & 23rd. We made a profit of $950.40 after taking the $150.00 licensing fee and 10% Convention Fund donation out. Our next tournament in October 1st thru the 4th and we have all the 6-10pm shifts covered but we still need help from 10-2am. This is an easy job so if you don’t have to get up and go to work the next morning please consider working a shift! October will find many of us busy attending the LAOH Elizabeth Fagan Chocolate Affair on the 7th, the AOH/LAOH Souper Bowl on the 14th and ending with our own AOH Stephen Walsh Charity Ball on the 20th. Mary Underhill and Chris Scanlan have been chosen as Hibernians of the Year. Please get your tickets today from either Jim O’Kelly or myself and show your support for the AOH/LAOH, Mary and Chris, and of course Christ the King Parish, recipient of this year’s ball. They are only $45 and we are very excited to be in a new location this year, St. Aidan’s Activity Center, and I know it will be a great time for all! If you haven’t taken your Degrees yet you have the opportunity on the 27th. The Rose Kennedy Division will be hosting the St. Brigid Degree Team at our hall. Candidates and Observers should plan on being at the hall between 11:15-11:30. There will be a charge of $10 for Degrees, $5 to observe and $8 for lunch. The deadline to sign up is October 13th. I will have a sign up sheet at the October meeting. In November we will be starting off with the Pallotine Fathers Dinner Dance on the 2nd, the UIS Memorial Mass on the 4th at St. Patrick’s Church @ 11:00am, followed by the AOH/LAOH State Memorial Mass on the 11th @ 2:30pm at the AOH Hall. Usually we also have the LAOH State Famine Walk in late October or early November but due to conflicts with dates there will be a Non-Walk this year only. The LAOH State Board is asking each division to collect at least $50 in pledges and to collect non-perishable food items, paper products, or whatever to be given to a local food bank, nursing home or whatever charity we choose in honor of the Women in Ireland. We will collect this at our October meeting and decide where will donate it at this meeting. Don’t forget the LAOH Rose Kennedy Dinner and Variety Show on the 10th. We hope to have a sell out crowd! Chris Ayotte (aka Elvis) will be back to entertainment us with a collection of tunes and impersonations. Get your tickets today from Mary Underhill or myself. Dinner and the show is only $35! We will close out the month with an amazing concert here at the hall on Sunday November 25th. The WolfeTones will be here and the music starts at 5:00-7:30pm. You don’t want to miss this great chance to see them here at the hall. Get your tickets early from the AOH Building Corporation asap! Please keep Patricia Gingrich Collins and her family in your prayers. Her husband Cornelius passed away September 17th after a long battle with cancer. Also the family of Peggy Gray, on the sudden passing of her husband Gary. Dear Lord, may they rest in peace, Amen.

Call me if you have any questions or comments at 734.632.0334, or on my cell 313.475.7405, or by email [email protected]. In Friendship, Unity, and Christian Charity, Maureen Kelly

CHARITY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER:

Paper products, non-perishable food items to be given in The name of the Rose Kennedy Division on Behalf of the Women of Ireland Famine Walk. Thank you, LAOH State Board

Good & Welfare – Please be sure to include the following people in your prayers: All men and women in the military Carol Schenck Eileen Marshall, knee replacement Marie Seaser Bob Lustig Maureen Creighan ROS Cornelius Collins ROS Gary Gray ROS Andrew Mascara Patrick Martin Peggy Boland Jack Pike Burt Holliday Colleen Karagozian Paul Rose Fries Sue Lauster Ruth’s dad, Jack Norman & Myrtle Granger Patrick Duffy Mary Galvin Josie Kelly Barb Tighe ROS Lisa, Herman Marshall’s daughter October Hostesses Happy Octob er Birthdays! Oct 8 Maureen Celmer Julie Demery Oct 18 Anne Marie Mishowski Mary O’Connell Oct 20 Marcia Detter Marcia Detter Oct 20 Patrice Fix Trish Keith Oct 22 Mary Bryan Mary Underhill Oct 23 Norah Fix Maureen Kelly Oct 24 Joan Mackercher Elaine Madigan Oct 26 Patricia Suggs Oct 28 Alice Brooks Oct 28 Judy Brophy Oct 28 Beth Wurst

IMPORTANT: It has been a long time since orders for Rose Kennedy, LAOH sashes have been taken. We wear at functions such as masses, parades, conventions. Please call Sue Lauster 313-565-3317 or email [email protected] if you would be interested in a sash. The cost would $50. The minimum order would be 5 sashes and would be available After the first of the year.

NAME THE LAOH NATIONAL NEWSLETTER: Let the contest begin. The National LAOH website will have a National newsletter and President Maureen Shelton would like to get suggestions for names for the newsletter from The members of the State of Michigan. Let your creative juices flow. Submit your name choice to Sue Lauster, State President by October 30, 2012. 313-565-3317 or email [email protected] Good Luck!

Famous Irish Storyteller Batt Burns is coming to ALWAYS IRISH in Laurel Park, Livonia. The date and time have not been secured but it will be in October. Please contact Judy Valovich at Always Irish 734-462-7200 for information. Calendar of Events October Music Schedule Traditional Irish Music Session October Oct. 5 Fish Fry 6-8PM Special Meatloaf Oct. 7 Euchre 4PM Oct. 7 Chocolate Affair St. John’s Elizabeth Fagan Division Oct. 12 Fish Fry 6-8PM Traditional Irish Music Session 8PM Oct 14 Souper Bowl Fr. Solanus Casey & Ethel Kennedy Div Oct 14 Euchre 4PM Oct 19 Fish Fry 6-8PM Oct. 20 Charity Ball St. Aidan Oct. 26 Fish Fry 6-8PM Traditional Irish Music Session 8PM Oct 27 St. Brigid Degree Team conferring of degrees Nov. 2 Pallottine Dinner Dance Italian America Club Livonia Nov. 3 Breeder’s Cup Races at the AOH Nov. 10 Dinner/Variety Show @ AOH Nov. 11 Memorial Mass AOH 2:30 p.m. Nov. 25 Wolfe Tones 5pm-7:30pm at AOH Dec 1 & 2 Christmas Bazaar, contact Barb Murdock SAVE THE DATE 2013 Nov. 2 Testimonial Dinner for National President Shelton at the Dearborn Inn