VENICE SHRINE CLUB PO BOX 572 VENICE, FLORIDA 34284 Volume 4 Number 3 March 2021 Hello Nobles: Wishing you all well as we enter Spring. We have been busy since I assumed the Presidents role with a Christmas Party and an amazing Steak Roast for our lovely Ladies on Valentine’s Day- Put it on next years calendar now, we will have fun topping that event, February 13, 2022. Arcadia is planning their Annual Rodeo and we will be in the Parade, times are not set yet but we will start with Pancakes at our building and return to a lunch of Hamburgers, Hot Dogs and Brats. Keep an eye on your email for times. Remember your Ladies are invited to participate, we all had fun last Noble President year. The building is transforming quickly into a lovely place to meet. We have Richard Moyer used the Patio a few times and it was great, (now we have ceiling fans) it also helps to know if it is too hot or rainy we can enter a nice A/C building. Storage has been tight and we now have modified the food trailer to www.VeniceShrineClub.org address this issue. Editor- Noble Russ Mattson At the March stated meeting March 16th we plan to have an informative speaker, again keep an eye on your email. Lastly Bob Collins with the help of Scott Gardner have revamped the Website, please every few weeks take a look at it for information and especially some great photos. Don’t forget to come to the 4th Wednesday Social March 24, 4PM with your Lady and bring some friends. Please stay safe and may God Bless you and your families. Richard Moyer Email: [email protected] Cell: (941) 408-4772 HAPPY MARCH BIRTHDAY Louis Maierhofer 3/11 Dennis Judd 3/13 Bob Krout 3/13 Bill Long 3/19 Mark Yates 3/26 Ron Morrison 3/27 Kenneth Bauman 3/28 Barry Hart 3/28 ______________________________________________________________________________________ Dates for your calendar March 4th 11:30am lunch at Hero’s Grill KOP meeting March 9th 11am Sausage and peppers, salad & rolls March 13th Arcadia Parade Breakfast and lunch provided Stated Meeting March 16th 11am Corn Beef –What did you expect? 4th Wednesday Social March 24th 4pm with Flag Retirement Ceremony at 5PM March 4th we wear our VSC Blue Shirt and meet about 11:30 at Sahib Hero’s Grill for lunch from the menu. No meeting just Fellowship. Bring a Friend, Brother, Noble and meet us there. Your can car pool from the VSC building. ATTENTION! ATTENTION Noble Bob Collins is your new webmaster, luckly I was osted from office and he is making a big difference, please go to our webpage: www.VeniceShrineClub.org Thanks Bob 4th Wednesday Social Nobles Ladies and Friends March 24, 2021 4 to 5:30 PM is the monthly gathering at the Venice Shrine Club to meet for an hour or so of friendship without any reservation, cost or agenda Have a musical instrument? come play it. Patio to be used depending on weather Noble Bob attempts successfully to beat your newsletter editor at Corn Hole- Next month I will change the rules so I win! HELP AID AND ASSIST YOUR VENICE SHRINE CLUB IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR MEMBERS TO GET INVOLVED. IT COULD BE ASSIST IN COOKING, GREETING AND HELP AT THE DOOR, CLEANING UP ETC. PLEASE STEP FORWARD AND HELP AID OR ASSIST WE HAVE A COOKING COMMITTEE, BUILDING COMMITTEE AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS ________________________________________________________________________________ VENICE SHRINE CLUB VALENTINE’S DAY LADIES APPRECIATION DINNER Forty Nobles and their Ladies had a wonderful Steak Dinner with all the fixings and a single red rose for our lovely Ladies. This event was very successful and will be repeated in 2022. **********SAHIB TEMPLE ********* WIDOW'S LUNCHEON We know it is later in 2021 but we wanted to let you know that on Thursday June 17, 2021 we will hold a Widow’s Luncheon for our Nobles who are no longer with us. Lunch will be served by the Cabiri. Heroes Grill is OPEN for Business!! Please consider stopping in and supporting YOUR Club and Restaurant. We are ready for your TO-GO orders or Delivery through DoorDash. For TO-GO and Pickup Call: 941-365-4412 From Gary Schweinshaupt VSC members please use the Sahib Twitter account. http://trowel.com/flamason/twittertimelinesahib.htm BUILDING COMMITTEE Repairing the Food Trailer for our future use. VSC Secretary Ill Sir George Wolfe “I submitted this message when I was Potentate of Nur Shrine. Since Presidents’ Day was last month, I thought this would be appropriate.” It is important to remember just a little history of masonry. Freemasonry found its way to the U.S. soon after four English Lodges organized the Grand Lodge of England in 1717. In the freer air of the New World, the order flourished. George Washington was a lifelong Freemason and served as the master of his lodge in Alexandria, VA. As you may be aware, other notable Americans as Samuel Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Paul Revere and Patrick Henry were masons. Of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence, many wore the white apron of a Masonic Lodge. Benjamin Franklin and John Hancock included. Freemasonry has appealed to men through the ages; the high, the low, the rich and the poor. Members are treated equally, all being on the level. A general may well sit with a private. President Theodore Roosevelt attended a Long Island lodge where his neighbor’s gardener was master of the lodge!! The white apron, known as a lambskin, is the badge of a Mason. Its whiteness serves to remind him of his innocence and purity of a righteous life. Members of the Shrine can be identified by proudly wearing the red fez at social functions and parades. Freemasonry is a stepping stone to many other organizations and affiliates: Shrine, York Rite, Scottish Rite, Tall Cedars, etc. Did you know that these men were also Masons? Steve Wozniak, Ed Rendell, Robert Dole, John Elway, John Glenn, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, Paul Harvey, Trent Lott, Brad Paisley, Kit Carson, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Ty Cobb, James Doolittle, Henry Ford, Walter Chrysler, Glen Miller, Will Rogers, Mark Twain, Francis Scott Key, Merriweather Lewis, William Clark, Rudyard Kipling, Wolfgang Mozart, Winston Churchill and fourteen Presidents of the United States. Want to know many more? Check out Wikipedia’s list of “Freemasons.” Contrary to what many believe, Freemasonry is not a secret society. It does not hide its existence or its membership. There has been no attempt to conceal the purpose, aims and principles of Freemasonry. It is an organization formed and existing on the broad basics of brotherly love, relief and truth. We should all remember this as we lead our busy daily lives. Let’s make the Venice Shrine Club an anchor in our masonic community. All we do and say should be in accordance with masonic ideals. I know you join me in this goal. I always closed with these words when I was Potentate: MAY THE SAND OF THE DESERT FILL YOUR OASIS WITH HAPPINESS AND FRATERNAL BROTHERHOOD. Yours in the Faith, George Wolfe PP, Secretary VSC WAGON OF CHEER We are doing it again, please donate a bottle at the next meeting. Tickets will be avalible soon. Questions to Barney Bonsall or Bill Moore. _______________________________________________ Tabs and empty Cans welcome, leave at the VSC door or bring to a meeting. FROM DA CHIEF!!!! . According to Women . Men Are Just Happier People! You are unable to see wrinkles in your clothes. What do you expect from such simple creatures? Your last name stays put. The garage is all yours. Wedding plans take care of themselves. Chocolate is just another snack. You can never be pregnant. You can wear a white T-shirt to a water park. You can wear NO shirt to a water park. Car mechanics tell you the truth. You never have to drive to another gas station restroom because this one is just too icky. You don't have to stop and think of which way to turn a nut on a bolt. Wrinkles add character. New shoes don't cut, blister, or mangle your feet. One mood all the time. Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds flat. A five-day vacation requires only one suitcase. You can open all your own jars. You get extra credit for the slightest act of thoughtfulness. If someone forgets to invite you, he or she can still be your friend. Your underwear is $8.95 for a three-pack. Two pairs of shoes are more than enough. Everything on your face stays its original color. The same hairstyle lasts for years, maybe decades. You can play with toys all your life. One wallet and one pair of shoes - one color for all seasons. You can wear shorts no matter how your legs look. You can 'do' your nails with a pocket knife. You have freedom of choice concerning growing a mustache... You can do Christmas shopping for 25 relatives on December 24 in 25 minutes. No wonder men are happier! EATING OUT · When the bill arrives, Mike, Dave and John will each throw in $20, even though it's only for $32.50. None of them will have anything smaller and none will actually admit they want change back. When the girls get their bill, outcome the pocket calculators. MONEY. A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn't need but it's on sale.