WANDERINGS AND
MEETINGS
How To Keep in Touch!
Michele N. Boston
Mary Kay Independent Beauty Consultant
PO Box 785/24A Riverview Drive
North Berwick, ME 03906
www.marykay.com/mboston
JEWELS
We have a special request of our
members. Please keep in mind that our jewels
are passed down from member to member
and those jewels that have been worn by
others have special meaning to those of us
who knew them or often were related to them.
So, when one of our member’s passes
away we are asking you to please give their
Eastern Star or Masonic Jewels back to their
chapter or lodge.
Carrie L. Tracy, Worthy Matron
209 Webber Hill Road, Kennebunk, ME 04043
207-985-2857 cell 207-468-2965
[email protected]
Edward (Ted) Eldredge, Worthy Patron
P.O. Box 612, Wells, ME 04090
207-604-8700
[email protected]
Suellen Goodman, AM -Sunshine Committee
PO Box 115, Kennebunk, ME 04043
207-710-7603 [email protected]
Marc Precourt, - Secretary
48 Pleasant Street, North Berwick, ME 03906
(H) 207-676-7962 cell/messages 207-332-2134
[email protected]
Judie Wilkie, PGM at the Star News.
[email protected]
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Contact Carrie @ 985-2857 or
[email protected]
Thank you to Sister Kandis Hayes and
Brother Marc Precourt PP for doing the
refreshments after our April 17th meeting.
Thank you both.
Dragonfly is at Sarah Orne Jewett
in South Berwick. I’m
thinking we might want to
retrieve our puppy on
May 1st.
Sarah Orne Jewett Chapter #176 meets the
first Tuesday of each month in St John's
Lodge in South Berwick.
They will be meeting Tuesday
May 1st at 7:30.
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Annette Chapter #184 meets the second
Thursday of every month at 7:30, at the Saco
Masonic Hall on Main St. They will be meeting
on May 10th at 7:30.
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"Aurora Chapter #190 meets the first
Wednesday of the month at 7:00 PM at
Arundel Lodge in Kennebunkport.
Their next meeting is May 2nd.
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Ruth #14 Meets in Springvale on the first
Friday of the month and their
Meeting will be May 4th at 7:30.
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Madonna’s next stated meeting is May 22nd
, at 7:00 PM. We will be recognizing our Life
Members and 25 Year Members. Please bring
a life member who perchance doesn’t manage
to attend often and your name and theirs will
be put in for a raffle.
The new officers will be doing their
work for the first time for some of you so
please look over your parts as we will be doing
long form..
For those who are new officers: If you
are unable to attend as an officer it is your
responsibility to try and ask someone else to
replace you and to let me know. It makes for a
much smoother start to our meetings if it is
known in advance who will be at the meeting.
Thank you for attending to this in advance.
REHEARSAL
For our May meeting
Will be held on
Sunday May 20th at 2 PM
Those of us who are taking stations for
the ensuing term are requested to come
for this rehearsal. We will be going
over parts and marching so we start the
new term confident in our work.
We will be doing a special
Memoriam service at our next
meeting in memory of our beloved
Brother Robert Boston, Sr.
SUNSHINE NOTES
May Birthdays:
Christina Boston
Marilyn Mitchell
Helen Moger
Frances A. Wentworth
We wish you all a wonderful birthday and an
outstanding year ahead!
Please let us know when your birthday is
and we will remember you!
Prayers go out to our Sister Heidi
Porter who is now at Hyder Family
Hospice House, at 285 County Farm
Road, Dover, NH 03820.
Our Brother John Staley could use
calls and loves letter writing.
Special prayers of sympathies are
extended to Sister Michele Boston for the
loss of her husband Brother Robert
Boston, Sr. After being ill for a long time
he lost the battle and won the war.
Sister Roma Pelletier is still on the
road to recovery from her second surgery.
Let’s keep her in our prayers and I’m sure
cards or calls would be appreciated.
Sister Pamela Precourt’s dad
Curtis Dinsmore passed away April 20th
and was buried 4/26/12 at a lovely
graveside service in Lyman. Please
remember Pam and Marc in your prayers
during this very difficult time.
Apologies to those of you who were
going to participate in our
installation only to find that the
April 7th installation had to be
rescheduled. My Error!
WM
SCHOLARSHIP RAFFLE
The raffle for the lovely ecru hand
crochet keepsake bedspread will be ending at
the installation. It is queen size spread and on
display at the upcoming installation. We will
be pulling the winning ticket at this event.
Please buy a raffle ticket. You can let us know
if you’d like to buy a ticket for it even if you
cannot attend by contacting Nancy Eldredge,
Carrie or Marc to obtain tickets. They are $1
each or 6 for $5. Please support this most
worthy cause.
The winner of the bedspread will be
drawn at during collation after installation.
Good luck and thank you for supporting this
endeavor.
INSTALLATION
MADONNA #144 OES
th
April 28 2012 at 7 PM
An open installation for the officers of
Madonna will be taking place on this Saturday
Evening.
Those of us retiring from our stations at
the upcoming installation on April 28th and
those continuing on or taking new stations
would very much appreciate your attendance at
this important event. We have three new
members taking stations. We will be starting
at 7 PM with refreshments afterwards being
prepared by the Past Worthy Matrons and
Patrons of Madonna. Many Thanks.
Please bring a friend and join our
celebration.
MADONNA
CHAPTER No. 144
ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR
WEST KENNEBUNK, MAINE
Instituted October 7, 1908
Stated Meetings:
Third Tuesday of Each Month
7:00 PM
With the exception of May meeting on the 4th Tuesday
Masonic Temple
Alfred Road
(West) Kennebunk, Maine 04043
April/May 2012
West Kennebunk Star Newsletter
Worthy Matron: Carrie L. Tracy
Worthy Patron: Edward (Ted) Eldredge, PM
Marc Precourt, PP, Secretary
Carrie Tracy, Newsletter Editor
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SNIPPETS FROM THE
4/17 MEETING &&&
It has been a tumultuous time
of it
for Madonna what with having to redo
some of the work we thought was
accomplished at our annual meeting held
in March. We had to reelect our officers
and reschedule our installation. We
waded through recommendations by the
finance committee with regards to the
points made. Here are a few highlights
from the meeting.
1. The Sunshine Sister will continue
to receive $200 towards cards and
communications. (cutting this
figure in half was recommended)
2. The by-laws committee will
review the cost of rituals and the
expense of a new member joining
and will make recommendations
back to the chapter.
3. A committee was appointed to
review how we proved the
newsletter to our members with
the committee being made up of
Sister Lori Matthews, Sister
Suellen Goodman and Brother
Marc Precourt.
4. The current budget will be
reviewed by the finance
committee, the treasurer and
secretary with the intention of
making recommendations on
modifications, if any, to the
chapter.
5. Our year was ended with the
chapter having more than $6000 in
our collective accounts to go forward
with.
6. No bills were submitted.
7. A motion was made and accepted to
change the policy concerning
disposition of the profits from any nonbean suppers put on by the chapter
from the Scholarship Fund to being
split between the general funds of the
chapter and the Scholarship fund
effective immediately. The scholarship
fund has close to $2000 in it after the
most recent suppers and prior to the
gifting of this years scholarship which
will actually take place after Jan. of
2013.
8. A new finance member was elected on
a 3 year rotation making this years
finance committee of Sister Mary
Saucier 3 years, Sister Pam Precourt 2
years, and Sister Naomi Smith 1 year.
9. By-laws committee for the ensuing
term will consist of Sister Kandis
Hayes, Sister Suellen Goodman, and
Brother Marc Precourt as appointed by
the worthy matron.
10. The supper put on by Madonna for the
Masons of High Pine, in Wells, for
their Wood Choppers Degree was a
resounding success with in excess of
$225 being earned after expenses.
Thank you to the ladies and of course
Marc for putting on that supper. Way to
go.
11. Sister Nancy and Brother Ted Eldredge
will be presenting Sister Emily Butler
with her 25 year pin.
Musings from your Worthy Matron
Sisters and Brothers,
As I complete this newsletter on
the fly…. I am pleased to see the
end of our term finally arrive and
am sorry that the year ended on such
notes of discord.
However, we go forward bonded together by
difficulties worked through and smarter for the
process that was used.
Many thanks to Laurie Works, our DDGM
who was most helpful keeping us on task and
in protocol at the meeting on the 17th of April
Your assistance was invaluable!
We are grateful for your presence and support
over the past two years Laurie. Thank you
very much for being there for us.
We arrived at the other side after much ado
and reelected our new slate of officers. Many
thanks are extended to those willing to serve
this term. Your chapter will be a stronger and
more welcoming place because of your
willingness to participate and contribute.
As always your thoughts and input are much
appreciated and welcome.
I would like to dedicate a part of the
newsletter to information from the members
regarding what is happening in their lives. So,
please contact me with items to share.
A list of members addresses will be at the
meetings for you so that keeping in touch will
be a bit easier. Donations for printing would
be appreciated.
With gratitude for all the support received
this year I end the term humbled.
See you in chapter!
Respectfully submitted,
Carrie L. Tracy, WM
NEWSLETTERS once again if you
please.
It is time for us to ask if you personally
want to continue receiving our
newsletters. We try to keep you informed
about the happenings of the chapter and
of our members but there is a cost
involved. If you have an email address
please let me know and we will save the
stamp and printing fees.
If the
newsletter is of no interest to you
anymore please let us know and we will
remove you from the list. On the other
hand, if you know a friend of Madonna’s
that would really like to be kept up to date
with our happenings, please let me know.
We also extend to you the opportunity to
insert items of interest into the newsletter
or information about each other or
ourselves that you would like to share.
Contact Carrie at 207-468-2965 or
[email protected]
NOTABLE HAPPENINGS
Still in the works
We at Madonna were requested to do a theme
basket for Grand Chapter and Sister Helen
Newton offered to coordinate the basket. The
theme is birds. If you want to contribute to
this basket please contact Helen at
9851223. Contributions can still be brought to the
installation on the 28th and will still make it to
the Grand Chapter in May.
There are a few members who have yet
to send in dues. If you have not sent in
your dues for 2012, please do so as soon
as possible. If there is some reason you
are unable to pay your dues, please
contact me as soon as possible. Thank
you. Marc Precourt, Secretary, 207-6767962."
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BOTTLE DRIVE FOR RAINBOW GIRLS
Please keep in mind that Heidi & Catey will
be collecting your bags of bottles to
support Rainbow, Sanford Assembly #7.
As a reminder…….. Officers cannot be
installed without paying their dues!!!
Thanks for supporting their recent
fundraiser at Applebee’s in Sanford. Yum!
SHINING STAR GRAND
CHAPTER
May 13-16, 2012
Lewiston ~ Kora Shrine Temple
Grand Chapter is coming up soon. How
quickly Sister Stephanie and Brother
John’s Grand Term has gone past.
They have graciously visited us
often and have been very
supportive to our chapter.
Quite a few members from
Madonna #144 are planning
on attending Grand Chapter this
year. Our chapter is supporting
it’s Secretary and Treasurer by
paying their Grand Chapter
membership dues and the Worthy Matron
and Worthy Patron’s Banquet.
Our new district deputy Sister Mary
Zimmerman will be installed for the
ensuing term at grand chapter.
Our Sisters Pam Precourt and
Nancy Eldredge will be recognized as
Grand Representatives at Grand Chapter
too!!!! Way to go ladies.
Our Rainbow/Eastern Star Sisters
Heidi Hammerle and Caitlin Dalrymple will
be at Grand Chapter as Grand Officers and
will be introduced and will participate in a
ceremony as well.
Let’s go and show our support of
our Sisters and Brothers at the Grand
Chapter in Lewiston. It’s close enough for
a day trip this year.
See you there!
Carrie
INSTALLING SUITE OF OFFICERS
Susan A. Gaines, PGM
Annette # 184
INSTALLING OFFICER
Bernie Gaines
Annette # 184
INSTALLING PATRON
Mary Zimmerman
Sarah Orne Jewett # 176
INSTALLING CHAPLAIN
Riley Greenwood, PP
Ruth # 14 ~ Springvale, ME
INSTALLING MARSHALL
John Moulton
Sarah Orne Jewett # 176
INSTALLING ORGANIST
OFFICERS FOR 2012-2013
Madonna #144
Worthy Matron
Worthy Patron
Associate Matron
Associate Patron
Secretary
Treasurer
Marshall
Chaplain
Adah
Ruth
Esther
Martha
Electa
Conductress
Associate Cond.
Warder
Sentinel
Carrie L Tracy, PM
Edward Eldredge, PP
Suellen Goodman, PM
Wayne Smith, PP
Marc Precourt, PP
Lori Matthews
Patti Hammerle
Nancy Eldredge, PM
Patricia Casey
Jane Remilliard
Heidi Hammerle
Mary Saucier
Pamela Precourt, PM
Kandis Hayes
Sonya Macleod
Naomi Smith
Ronald Newton, PP
Madonna #144 Order of the Eastern Star
% Carrie L. Tracy, WM ~ Newsletter Editor
209 Webber Hill Road
Kennebunk, ME 04043