<p> B-5</p><p>B.I.L. Initiation Ceremony – 1983 Chapter CD, Manitowoc</p><p>1. As President I call to order the first, last, and only meeting of 1982-83 for Chapter SEEDY Manitowoc B.I.L.s.</p><p>2. Opening Ode (John)</p><p>Our Opening Ode appeared as the theme for last year’s B.I.L. meeting and went un-noticed by our membership to the great glee of our sisters.</p><p>I am told that the following description was published with help and sanction of one of our own members. QUOTE (Macbeth from Macbeth, I, 3)</p><p>“What are these so withered and so wild in their attire</p><p>That look not like the inhabitants of the earth, And yet are on it.</p><p>You should be women and yet your beard forbid us To interpret that you are so.”</p><p>3. The GUARD is requested to pass the word and call the roll. (Steve)</p><p>4. A treasurer’s report for 1982-83 will now be received. (Jon) (Treasurer’s report included)</p><p>(Candidates now leave room) – wigs and robes or dressed up in some unusual manner</p><p>Steve Dvorak Wife – Melanie David Gratz Wife – Linda</p><p>5. Membership Report (Steve) (B.I.L.s to be initiated)</p><p>1 6. Balloting by membership (Steve, Jon, John)</p><p>Results of the balloting are as follows:</p><p>Members absent _____ O’Leary, Fuhs, and Drohman ate their jelly beans Two members were in the powder room Black Beans 0 White Beans – Put in by Gib Stannard, suspected of being color blind One Orange Bean from Randy Blake labeled “For distemper or BIL maladies 7. Initiation (Jon)</p><p>A. Wife Identification Candidates’ wives, along with several others, stand behind curtain, but legs from knees down are exposed. Stocking feet only. Each initiate identifies his own wife’s feet.</p><p>Melanie Dvorak Linda Gratz Jim Fuhs (A BIL) Bev Hamann Susie Miller</p><p>B. String Measurements: Candidates guess how large wife’s waist, ankle, etc measurements are.</p><p>8. Pin and Tree Presentation (John)</p><p>A. B.I.L. pin was daisy with sunflower seeds in center. Guard was picture of a Margarita (cocktail)</p><p>B. Telephone tree was a branch of a tree with all B.I.L.’s names and phone numbers on tags hanging from the “tree”</p><p>9. Song (Jim) (words included) All B.I.L.s (To the tune of the Wiffenpoof song)</p><p>John Westerberg, Jon Dalton, Steve Hamann, David Fanta—CD Manitowoc B.I.L.s 2 B.I.L. Treasurer’s Report May 20, 1982</p><p>Income: Bake Sale at the jail $ 648.50 Rubbish Sale 2,837.00 Item sold: Gary Drohman’s antique Manitowoc Crane 5,000.00 Charity Basket 4.95 (It didn’t move from Gib Stannard’s)</p><p>Total Income $ 8,490.45</p><p>Disbursements: BIL dues to International $2,450.00 BIL dues to National 450.00 BIL dues to State 400.00 Catered dinner with entertainment 3,638.00 Cottey College annual dues 5.00</p><p>Total Disbursements $5,993.00</p><p>Cash in check book $ 5,000.00</p><p>Cash in Money Market Fund $ 15,000.00</p><p>Manitowoc Co. Stock $150,000.00</p><p>Total Assets of Chapter Seedy BIL treasury $170,500.00</p><p>WE DO NEED A FUND RAISER SOON!</p><p>3 B.I.L. SONG (To the tune of the Wiffenpoof song)</p><p>To the auctions at each meeting And the bake sales at the mall,</p><p>To the pies and cakes and cookies we love so well;</p><p>Sing the B.I.L.s assembled With their checkbooks raised on high,</p><p>While the bidding of our sisters drain us dry.</p><p>Yes, the lateness of their meetings And conventions loved so well,</p><p>Cottey College and the rummage and the rest.</p><p>We will stay home every Monday while our strength and patience last, Then we’ll pass and be forgotten with the rest.</p><p>We’re poor little boys who have lost our way, Baa, Baa, Baa.</p><p>We’re home in the basement where we’re told to stay Baa, Baa, Baa.</p><p>Gentlemen songsters off on a spree Doomed from here to reciprocity</p><p>Lord, have mercy on such as we. Baa, Baa, Baa.</p><p>4</p>