Dates to Note

Regular Meeting
February 2, 2026

It was another cold night, following a cold snowy week, and some of our members stayed safely at home tonight!    But those present surely enjoyed the shredded chicken sandwiches, pasta salad and relishes provided by Bill and Nancy Instine and the pineapple upside down cake and no bake cookies made by Jeanette Roberts.  Several went back for seconds!  We were grateful to have Gil Smith willing to wash the dishes!  Especially in the midst of the kitchen renovation when there is no hot water, and all the items from the kitchen are spread around the dining room!

 Our Worthy Matron, Cindy Pience, was home fighting Covid, and her daughter, Taylor, our Esther, was afraid she might be a carrier.  Worthy Patron, John Pience, had other masonic obligations, so our West became our East, and we thank Pam Moore  and Bill Instine for their fine leadership.  We were also missing our Ruth, Jody Bails, who has been ill, our chaplain, Jamie Carlson, who was with our Worthy Patron, and our Associate Conductress, Paula Holmes, so we only had 18 tonight.  We were grateful to Nancy Instine, Teresa PIence and Al Johnson who fllled in for Ruth, Associate Matron and Chaplain.     

Our honored guests tonight were our very own members:  Aide to the District Vice President, Rick Bails; Grand Chapter Historian, Marion Johnson; and Charities Director, Jeanne Godden.  We are always pleased to recognize our Honored Masons (4), 50 year members (8), our Past Matrons and Patrons and former grand appointments.

We had one bill presented for the meat for the Inspection Dinner.  There should be one more bill for supplies for the dinner.  We served 42 plus 10 helping.  We were pleased with the positive comments we received from the meal and for the $1000 from Mechanicsburg Lodge who paid for all 50 of the meals they “ordered.”  Bill Instine, Worshipful Master, expressed a huge thanks to all who helped.

Worthy Matron, Pam, announced that we had lost two members and appointed Resolutions of Respect committees for Patrick Ritchie and Juanita Bishop.

Our sunshine fund was collected and agreed to be donated to the Heart fund since this is Valentine’s month.  We made plans to visit Jim Oliver on February 8th and distribute valentines to some of the residents of the Masonic Home.

Our Charities Director, Jeanne Godden, thanked everyone for their help and participation at the Chris Cakes Pancake Flip on January 17th.  The 44 Club contributed $500 and she collected $1020, so she sent $1520 to the District Charities.  She is still working on a date for the Talent Show in May and asked us to be planning our “talent.” 

We were reminded of our plans to assist at the North Lewisburg Food Pantry on February 8 from 2 to 5 and the Union County Breakfast on April 18 from 8 to 11 in Plain City.  
We sang Happy Birthday to our February recipients and Happy Anniversary to those as well.

Lee Ann Smith presented the “Giving Plate” to Dave Peters.  She was grateful that he had shoveled the ramp in front so she didn’t have to manage the steps in the back.

Our March 2nd meeting will have dinner prepared by Karen Baughman and Kim Burnett.   It was suggested that perhaps pizza would be a good idea since our kitchen is under renovation.  We will have Initiatory work in March, April and May. Come and join us!