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A MESSAGE FROM
THE GRAND MASTER
Wishes To Everyone For A Happy And Active New Year!
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would like to thank everyone for your support of my Charity and Program. I am happy to be able to introduce RAINE to the Odd Fellows and vice versa. Their Work Relieving All In Need Everyday fits with Our Command to Relieve the disstressed. I hope this relationship grows after my term as Grand Master has ended. My term is moving quickly. I am at the half point. An update on my goals, 1st to build on the theory that Odd Fellows were people from different or “odd” trades. As I have mentioned previously wanted to start a member directory. Which Members who wish to, can list their trade or business. The Samaritan, is starting a section for this information.
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I want to encourage lodges to be Active. The active lodges seem to be the lodges gaining new members.
Scholarship. There was a copy of the application in the last issue of The Samaritan and is located on page 23 of this issue. We are trying to simplify the process. Some copies will be mailed to the lodges and will be available on the Grand Lodge web site. I also want to encourage Lodges to be Active. The active Lodges seem to be the lodges gaining members. Some examples: from New Brusnwick Lodge No. 6, Diane Brierly came to a pancake breakfast and became a Grand Master of New Jersey, Donna Douglas came to an East Brunswick Community day and is now the Nobel Grand of New Brusnwick Lodge No. 6, and our newest member, Susan Cooper, joined after our golf outing. In closing, I would like to wish everyone a Happy and Active New Year. In Friendship, Love, & Truth, Tom Calabrese, Grand Master
It’s Official!
Grand Master Calabrese and his staff visit his home lodge, New Brunswick No. 6. Don Anderson was presented with a Special Achievement Award by Mike O’Connor. Photos courtesy of Tom Calabrese.
The second goal, to use our group status to offer members benefits. In October we had an open enrollment for dental insurance. I hope to grow this program and add other group discounts My third goal, was to insure that as Odd Fellows who are commanded to bury the dead; was to help member accomplish just that. Therefore, the Grand Lodge started a Death Benefit. It has guidelines for members to take a more active role in their lodge, and to stay active. If a member has been a Noble Grand and is a current member in good standing, they will be eligible for a $500.00 death benefit and an additional $500.00 for Past Grand Masters. I hope we do not have may members passed, but if someone from your lodge does be sure to get their information to the Grand Lodge Secretary. Another program that changed this year is the New Jersey Grand Lodge
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Welcome to
The Samaritan The Official Magazine of the New Jersey Grand Lodge of Independent Order of Odd Fellowship.
It’s Not Odd to Give Thanks
Please send any and all IOOF related news with any identifying info to ioof_nj@comcast.net This is YOUR magazine so any comments or suggestions are always welcome, too!
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What’s So Odd About Christmas?
Steven Wooton Fact Checker
Cover Photo: IOOF Heart and Hand Staff (ca.1890)
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609-386-0025 or 609-519-8504 GRAND LODGE MEETINGS First Saturday of each month at 9:00 am
Grand Master Message........................................ 3 Grand Patriarch Official Visit.............................. 5 Rebekah President Message................................ 6 Broken Links..................................................... 21 Good of The Order .........................7,10,11,16-19 Philanthropy..................................................... 15 Hire An Odd Fellow............................................ 2 Events ............................................................... 22 The Samaritan
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OFFICIAL VISIT BY
THE GRAND PATRIARCH
Michael Popik Encampment No. 117 Official Visit
Photos by Ed Molina and Pastor Roman Grand Patriarch Brian Simmons and staff on a visit to Michael Popik No. 117 in November 2015. Tips for a healthy encampment are on page 14. The Samaritan
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A MESSAGE FROM
THE REBEKAH PRESIDENT
Winter Is A Great Time To Develop Membership
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reetings, Wishing all my Brothers and Sisters a Happy New Year filled with peace, love and health. During these winter months it is the perfect time of year to relax and focus on ways to increase our membership. The following is a quote from a poem, author unknown: One life can make a difference One tree can start a forest, One smile begins a friendship, One sunbeam lights a room, One step must start a journey; One hope will raise our spirits, One voice can speak with wisdom, One life can make a difference, and that ONE is you. Fraternally, Marcia Lopez-Araujo, President, Rebekah State Assembly
Photos by Ed Molina and Pastor Roman
Amor y Verdad Lodge No. 118 celebrated 39 years of friendship, love, and truth on November 8, 2015. Congratulations to the Rebekahs of Amor y Verdad!
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GOOD OF THE ORDER
THE ART OF BEING ODD
Start The New Year With A New Exhibit And Book
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or more than 20 years, Bruce Lee Webb (BW) has collected work associated with fraternal orders, like the Masons or Oddfellows. Webb is co-owner, with his wife, Julie, of Webb Gallery in Waxahachie. Now, he’s also a co-author. Photos of his collection anchor the new book “As Above, So Below,” which he wrote with Lynne Adele, an art historian specializing in folk and outsider art. Webb stopped by the KERA newsroom to chat about how his collection, and his involvement in fraternal organizations, led him to a deeper understanding of history. Not to mention a friendship with musician David Byrne, who wrote the forward to “As Above, So Below.” This article was written by Anne Bothwell (A) December 3, 2015. Here are some more excerpts: A: Fraternal orders really took off in the United States after the Civil War. There were something like 70,000 local lodges and maybe 5.5 million members. Can you explain what these fraternal orders are and why people were so drawn to them? BW: I think it has to do with the camaraderie. If they had been in some type of military engagement during the Civil War, a lot of soldiers maintained their fraternal ties. Whether they were Free Masons or if they were Odd Fellows, then they often would have that insignia. In some cases, it probably saved some of their lives to have been a member of a masonic lodge when they were captured in the South or vice versa. To me, fraternalism is part of true Americana. It’s part of the makeup of our constitution and a lot of it we probably borrowed from France. Liberty, fraternity, equality are the basic ideals of fraternalism. After the Civil War, I think a lot of people were lost and there was a great coming together through fraternal associations that maybe men had fought against each other during the war. Afterwards they put all that aside and could meet on fraternal basses, put aside politics and differences of religion. Those were some of the principal tenants about the lodges. You’re not allowed to talk about religion or politics in a sectarian way. That’s one of the things that is good about fraternal groups – it brings people together from different mindsets A: Why were secrets so important to fraternal orders? BW: To conceal a secret, to only reveal it in a ceremonial way, that’s kind of what the basis of what makes a fraternal order work. You have to have secrets. You’re essentially selling a secret, or the revelation of that secret. There’s a progression to the way the information is dispersed, and a lot of times it’s through symbolism. It’s also through an actual ceremonial ritual where it’s like a play and the candidate who’s being initiated is one of the main characters in the play. A: It’s a way to bind the group together? BW: They’d all gone through the same ceremonial ordeal to become one with the group. A: All of the objects – banners and costumes, works on paper, wooden carvings – how do these come in and why are they important? BW: The lodges put on theatrical performances and some of the props I really like are simple things. Like a carved eyeball. Or the heart and hand, one of my favorite symbols. Or an emblem of mortality, skull and crossbones, something of that nature. These are the props that go along with the ceremonies, the rituals. There’s also a good bit of didactic material – charts
Mystery and Benevolence: Masonic and Odd Fellows Folk Art From the Kendra and Allan Daniel Collection New York, NY January 21-May 8, 2016
IOOF Hand Staffs, ca. 1850 (artist unknown) and below, Initiation Shoes, ca. 1900.
IOOF Plaque (artist unknown) Photos courtesy of American Folk Art Museum and www.artandseek.org
with printed words or, more symbolism with kind of arcane mystic maps that through initiation you would be able to interpret the meaning of. For me, the artifacts speak so much more than words and they go beyond differences in language, time and place. I think everyone interprets symbols differently. These symbols are kind of like archetypes, in our subconscious. We see them and we think of what it means. Even without words. A: How did you start collecting fraternal paraphernalia? BW: I came along at a time when some many lodges were closing, and I encountered fraternal costumes at a flea market and bought bushel baskets of the hats and Odd Fellows collars. I just thought the stuff was neat. I started to research it. And then moving to Waxahachie, I joined the Masonic lodge in 1987, and then the Odd Fellows. It gave even more meaning to go through the ceremonies. I’ve really liked that so much of the ceremony is unchanged for a hundred years or more. There’s that sense of history, and I also love a good mystery. That’s the thing sometimes you don’t have to know the full meaning behind something. I like things like sort of being a little bit in the shadows you could say. Some of these things really do look mysterious… BW: That’s probably what I really like about them is, that mysterious look and feel. It kind of alludes to the old world, old America. A: You have been collecting these items for 25 years? BW: Yeah, 25 years, maybe a little bit more. My parents used to set up at the Canton flea market in East Texas and I’d go with them. I started to buy and sell things at a young age. You learn how your eye can discern great things in a pile of junk and somehow you’re able to hone in and see that item or object that
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you’re really interested in and pick it out of a big group of things that you’re not interested in. Going to flea markets is kind of the basis of a lot of it for me. My grandparents were missionaries to South India and my grandmother collected books on occultism, Hinduism and things like that. When I was growing up I would visit my grandparents and kind of be left alone in my grandmother’s library, and I just really love looking at old books. A lot of it has a love of old books is kind of the basis for what I collect. A: Do you remember the first piece of fraternal order related paraphernalia that you acquired? BW: Other than books, the first thing that I acquired that I still have, it’s a carved wooden axe that’s kind of oversized. It’s got a heart and hand painted on the blade of the axe. I bought it at the Canton flea market from a dealer from Nebraska. I think it’s probably from the 1880s, maybe 1870s. The heart-in-hand painted on the blade eludes to charity and to give from the heart. The broad axe was often taken around the lodge room by the warden of the Odd Fellows, and the brothers would put change or money on the flat blade of the axe and that would be either given to a member that in distress or some type of charitable situation where the lodge was trying to direct funds. A: There’s a whole chapter in the book on the heartin-hand image, which shows up in other folk art. BW: It does. The Odd Fellows are the prime fraternal group that use it. I know that the Shakers used the symbol. It was also used by a bunch of trade guilds in Europe. It means to put your heart into your work. I’ve heard it explained like this, “Whatsoever may the hand find to do, may the heart go forth in unison.” I think that’s one of the really beautiful things about Odd Art continued on page 14
What’s So Odd About Christmas?
Santa Claus, an honorary NJ Odd Fellow, was very busy visiting all the good girls and boys this past December. We captured some of the magical moments from the parties of Amity Lodge No. 166, French Lodge No. 89/Emmanuel Cancer Foundation (South) and Odd Fellows/Emmanuel Cancer Foundation (North)/ Johnson & Johnson. Thanks to all who help make these annual parties a success!
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Photos by Sandy Clemmens, Brooks Crandall, & Beth Garvin
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GOOD OF THE ORDER
INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS
Congratulations! As the seasons changed from Summer to Autumn, so did Odd Fellow and Rebekah Officers throughout the IOOF of NJ. Pictured on pages 10 and 11 are installations from lodges Alvarez del Portal No. 285, Catalina Garcia No. 193, Patria y Libertad Lodge No. 280, Sanchez Moya No. 282, and Union No. 213. Photos by Beth Garvin, Ed Molina, and Pastor Roman
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GOOD OF THE ORDER
INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS
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TESTIMONIAL DINNER
GRAND MASTER TOM CALABRESE
A Man Of Vision, Initiative, And Drive Gets The Job Done
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hy are we here tonight? Let’s get to the topic at hand: our Grand Master, Tom Calabrese. What can I say about Tom that all of you don’t already know? Let me start with a quick story. Tom puts so much time and energy into the Odd Fellows that sometimes his lovely wife Marion gets concerned with his health — Is he getting enough exercise? Is he sleeping OK? Is he eating properly? Her most recent fear was
Photos by Beth Garvin and Pastor Roman that Tom was losing his hearing. She asked me if I noticed it and I said I hadn’t but I would look for it. At the next New Brunswick No. 6 Lodge meeting (God bless NB No. 6!), I quietly told my lodge Brothers and Sisters about Marion’s concern and asked if they noticed it. Diane Brierley, always one to offer sage advice, suggested a test to find out the extent of the problem. “I’ll stand far behind him and ask him a question, and then slowly move up and see how far away I am when he first responds.” I thought that was a really good idea. So, standing around 20 feet away with his back turned, Diane asked, “Tom, what’s your charity this year?” After receiving no response, Diane tried it again 15 feet away, and again no response. Then again at 10 feet away and again no response. Finally, Diane was 5 feet away “Tom, what’s your charity this year?” And without any sign of anger or impatience, Tom turned, looked Diane right in the eyes and said “For the fourth time …it’s … the…RAINE …Foundation!” First allow me introduce Tom’s mother, Ruth, she is here tonight. She is the lovely woman over there who is beaming with pride and rightfully so. Tom’s father passed away a couple of years ago, but I know how proud he was of his son. No doubt, he is looking down smiling on the man we honor tonight. With all sincerity, I can say that my feelings for Tom have done a 180
degree turn since we first met. He is was so, how could I say no? Son of goal-oriented, demonstrates more a Biscuit maker! So, I decided to disperseverance than anyone I know, has suade Tom from working with us — I a heart as big as the Great Outdoors, would be the worst client he ever had. and goes to great lengths to help those When a lock box didn’t work, I’d go in need. I didn’t know any of that into a rant. When he called I was alabout him when we met. ways too busy to talk and passed him Let me share a story about Tom’s on to Ann. I did everything I could results oriented determination. Tom’s think of to get him to walk away from parents retired to North Caroli- working with me. But Tom was on a na a decade or so ago. I called them mission, he was going to find a house one day to see how they were doing. for us, he was steadfast and I could During the course of the conversa- NOT dissuade him, no matter what I tion, I mentioned that my wife, Ann, did. During that time, Ann grew very and I were planning on moving. No fond of Tom. She saw the strength of sooner had those words come out his character, his kindness, his willof my mouth, Tom’s father told me I ingness to go to any lengths to help HAD to talk to Tommy, that he sold us. The more he persisted, the more real estate, and he would help me with my resistance faded and the more I the whole process. Now, Annie and saw the same qualities that Annie had I just fired an agent that was recom- seen all along. Naturally, he found us mended by a friend of my sister-in- the house. law because he was terrible. So, I’m Tom brings that same dogged-desour about Real Estate Agents already. termination to his work leading our Now, here I am on the phone with a Order. He doesn’t demand or comBrother Odd Fellow who is trying to mand. He tirelessly, relentlessly, tepush his Real Estate Agent son on naciously stays on course until the me. Tommy wasn’t a member of the goals are reached. Less than desirOrder at that time and I didn’t know able results won’t stop him, he’ll keep anything about him, but his father plugging away, building allies one at The Samaritan 12
a time, increasing participation in state-wide events slowly, but surely. His strong principles always guide him. He can be persuasive. Tom’s quiet demeanor and soft voice can belie his unquestionable leadership. If leadership is vision of what could be, measured by results, and driven by motivation - Tom has already shown great leadership. One vision is that members have a GOOD time while doing GOOD for others in a way that can be repeated and sustained. One example of his leadership is the annual Golf Outing.
As a member of New Brunswick Lodge No. 6, he single-handedly showed us how to enjoy a successful golf outing. He met with a variety of golf courses to negotiate the best deal, determined the best date and reserved the course, secured and delivered deposit monies, determined the format, organized the event with Tee Sponsors, created signs, took photos of foursomes and had pictures developed before the round ended, planned lunch and refreshments, delegated responsibilities to lodge members with knowledge of our individual skills and ability to execute, motivated members to recruit foursomes and ads, purchased all supplies and prizes, confirmed numbers with the Golf Pro, and delivered every item to its proper place in a timely manner. He accounts for all monies, writes a report, presents it to the lodge and delivers a check to the family. He did all that, assigned
each of us one or two small jobs, and directory and find Brian Simmons, thanked US for the work that was Computer programming – find Steve Wooton, Camera Repair see Pastor done. He’s amazing! On the Grand Lodge level, Tom Roman, take your wife out to a night started a statewide Hockey Night of dancing – see Guido Miranda, etc. fund raiser, established a Dental Think of it— plumbing, accounting, program for members, proposed baked goods, tutoring, legal advice, and enacted a program of incentives barber, whatever we need we have a to spur membership and service, Brother/Sister who can provide that and re-started the Family Activi- service. You’re going to pay someties Bowling Tournament. When one, why not support your Brothers our Order was first established, well and Sisters. You’ll probably even get before any social programs were in a discount. No question Tom has viplace, our forefathers pledged their sion, initiative and the drive to see sacred honor to protect and support projects through to fruition. our families if anything happened Tom does great deeds with great to us. Tom went back to the prin- humility. Tom’s heart is in the right ciples of the early days by finding a place, his motives unquestioned. way we could look after one anoth- One of his most impressive qualer again by establishing a Careers/ ities is that he never presumes to Skills/Jobs Directory. If each lodge know everything. He gets an idea supports this idea, whatever services then searches for the insights and you need, could probably be provid- perspectives of others. The vulnered by a Brother or Sister in our Or- ability he shows when he reaches out der. Need a carpenter, look in the to others for advice and guidance (to The Samaritan 13
round out his own thoughts) never diminishes him in any way. In fact, it motivates others to join him; to help him with his efforts to help others. So few people truly possesses that rare quality that allows him to outwork everyone, yet deflect the compliments and praise he deserves to the others who worked on the project with him. The depths of his humility and kindness are as incalculable and as they are genuine. Tom’s willingness to sacrifice for others has earned him the admiration of his peers, the love and respect of his Brothers and Sisters in Odd Fellowship, the untold gratitude of all those who have enjoyed the benefits of his effort and leadership, and the abundant, heartfelt joy from his family. God bless Tom Calabrese! In Friendship, Love, & Truth, Mike O’Connor, PGM Speech reprinted with permission from November. 21, 2015
The Royal Bumper (Mechanical Goat) Odd Art continued from page 7
really wrote a beautiful forward. A: The book isn’t just work from your collection… BW: We tried to borrow images from a wide variety of collectors. There’s the Milwaukee Art Museum. We also borrowed from the Texas Grand Lodge Museum in Waco. The masonic grand lodge there has a really wonderful museum and library. Very few people know about it. We’re thrilled to have pieces. You can visit the Texas Grand Lodge Museum and Library. It’s downtown on Columbus Street. A: Most people aren’t going to be scouring flea markets in quite the way you have looking for these sorts of objects. But if you’re interested, what can you easily see? BW: A big part of the book is about road trips because so much of the material I’ve gathered is from going on road trips. There’s so much that people when they get in the car they could go out and see things around the country. Probably the easiest thing to see is your local cemetery. Also visit local fraternal buildings. Most big cities in America have a Scottish Rite. I’ve found if you knock on the door there’s usually somebody there that will give you a tour and let you look around. There’s a lot of art work in fraternal
fraternal symbolism is there are bits of poetry that are kind of connected with these objects. A: We have to talk about the goats. There are a series of contraptions, mechanical goats….? BW: The goats, many of them were made by lodge members themselves. As lodges started to form up across the country, companies like the DeMoulin Bros. & Company in Greenville, Illinois started to make these goats and marketed them to Woodman of the World and Modern Woodman of America lodges. Sometimes they would even have these electric apparatuses that would shock the candidate. So you had different aspects of the hazing that was done just in sheer fun. Not all lodges use them. Definitely the woodman did use them, they sold hundreds of them around the country. The catalogs that DeMoulin put out had really wonderful illustrations that are like cartoon illustrations. You can just imagine the lodge secretary and the other members sitting around the desk deciding which one they’re going to order. “Do we get the Fuzzy Bumper or do we want the Whirling Wonder where the goat spins the candidate around?” A: You are a member of a couple of fraternal orders. What role do they play today? How are they relevant today? BW: Probably the heyday for fraternal groups was from 1890, right up until WWII. After WWII the membership started declining. Today, we’re just a shadow of what we were back then. There’s a sense of history, a lot of people remember a grandfather, an uncle or some family member that was a member and maybe it’s a connection to something that they had gone through. Like, you wanted to do what your grandfather had done. It’s something that’s connected to the old world and so many of us doing our jobs we don’t get a chance to visit on the kind of level that you get to visit at a lodge meeting. Again, you can’t talk about religion or politics. It also puts you in contact with that WWII generation, some of the older men that I’ve met at lodge just shared so many great stories. Their lives have had a really big impact on me. For me, I like being around the older people that I’ve been around. I like that sense of connection to the old world and old America that seems to be disappearing so quickly. A: David Byrne, the musician, wrote the forward to your book. How did that happen? BW: I’ve been a friend of David’s for a while. We’ve met back when he was doing “True Stories” here in Dallas. I actually started thinking about it, he had Shriners in “True Stories.” He’s been interested in the wackier aspects of America too. He also embraced folk art, the Talking Heads had Howard Finster paint one their album covers. I know that David collects fraternal stuff himself an I think he
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buildings, whether it’s murals or the buildings themselves or the collections that they have. It’s my thought that this is probably their best advertisement if they’re trying to entice new members, let people see some of the cool artifacts. At least it would affect me that way. I love going on road trips. Around the country there’s a few folk artist environments that are fraternal. Up in Lucas, Kansas the Samuel P. Dinsmoor Garden of Eden is fraternal. He was a Civil War veteran who wound up getting two pension checks from the government. He took his second check and spent it on cement and supplies to build an incredible environment in the little town of Lucas. It’s called the Garden of Eden and it’s carved stone and cement. It has masonic figures and it has the history of the world. Mr Dinsmoor was a populist, so it has this incredible crucifixion – labor being crucified and being pulled at the edges by the banker, lawyer, preacher and the doctor. To me there are so many interesting aspects of folk art around the country that have fraternal basis to them. The original article can be found at: www.artandseek.org/2015/12/03/the-art-of-fraternal-ordersbruce-lee-webb/.
PHILANTHROPY
UNION LODGE NO. 213 ANNUAL BEEF AND BEER
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nion Lodge held their Annual Beef and Beer on November 7, 2015. This fundraiser features all you can eat home
cooked beef, home made side disshes, and deserts under the direction of Chef Jim Garthas and his lovely wife, Dawn. DJ Mark Madera had the
packed house crowd danincing from 7 to 11pm. All monies raised goes to the Union Lodge Educational Scholarship Fund.
The Grand Twins: Eric & Allison
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Feliz ! d a d i v a N Alvarez del Portal No. 285 , Amor y Verdad No. 118, y Sanchez Moya No. 282 La Navidad celebra en todo Diciembre 2015. Fotos (16-18) de Ed Pastor Molina y Roman.
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Alvarez del Portal No. 285, Amor y Verdad No. 118, and Sanchez Moya No. 282 celebrated Christmas throughout Dec. 2015. Photos (16-18) by Ed Molina and Pastor Roman.
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GOOD OF THE ORDER
SÁNCHEZ MOYA CELEBRA ACCIÓN DE GRACIAS
Photos by Ed Molina and Pastor Roman
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l día Disfrutamos e ias! y damos grac
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BROKEN LINKS
IN MEMORIAM
Peter Broeren, Past Grand Master March 24, 1916 ~ December 29, 2015
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eter Broeren, 99 years old of Vineland, New Jersey, (100+ years old by Chinese calculation) passed away on Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at Brookdale Assisted Living in Cape May Court House. Peter was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands to the late Denis C. and Johanna L.M. (Putters) Broeren and was a resident of Vineland most of his life. A veteran of the U.S. Army, Peter served during WWII as a Staff Sgt. in the U.S. Intelligence Unit
of the Army. Prior to his retirement, he worked as a purchasing agent for Ace Glass Co. of Vineland for over 25 years. Peter was a member of the First Baptist Church of Vineland for over 50 years and enjoyed singing solos in the church choir. He was also a 50 plus year member of the Vineland Singing Ambassadors, the Past Grand Master of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of New Jersey and the Past President of the WISE club of the Y.M.C.A. where
he enjoyed swimming. Peter enjoyed woodworking, stamp collecting, travelling and sharing time with his family. Peter was predeceased by his wife of 54 years, Adeline (Schenck) Broeren and his daughter Joni Lynne Wayt. Peter is survived by his loving daughter, Denise Coulter and husband Charlie of C.M.C.H., his son-in-law Rodney Wayt of Galloway, NJ and by three grandchildren; Crystal Bartleson and husband James of Rio Grande, Jessica Heikes and husband Colin of Gaithersburg, MD and Cody Wayt of Galloway. He is also survived by one great-grandson Jesse James “Mini-Opa” Bartleson, his niece Leola Rosati and husband Robert of Stanford, CT, their chil-
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dren Eugenee and Rolland Rosati at home, and beloved caregiver Daisy Tirado. Donations in Pete’s memory may be made to a Veteran Charity or animal charity of one’s choice.
In Friendship, Love, & Truth... His work among us is done, yet his influence will live to direct our actions for the good of our Order. We will miss him from our midst, but we will ever remember our association with him, and we will keep ever in mind the obligations that we owe to those who were near and dear to him.
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EVENTS
YOUR ATTENTION IS REQUESTED January to May 2016
3 January 20-May 8: Mystery and Benevolence: Masonic and Odd Fellows Folk Art, American Folk Art Museum, NYC, NY. Call 212-595-9533 or info@folkartmuseum.org.
February 2016
May 2016
3 May 8: Pilgrimmage to the Tomb of The Unknown Soldier, 3pm, Arlington National Cemetery, VA. Please GRAND LODGE OF NEW JERSEYcheck with your secretary for current rules and regulations for attendance. INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS
3 February 2: Groundhog Day Raffle Drawing at 7:30 pm prior to French Lodge No. 89 lodge meeting. Winner will be contacted. 3 February 26: Official Visit, Burlington Lodge No. 22
March 2016
3 March 5: French Lodge No. 89 Annual Spaghetti Dinner, 4pm- 7pm, Glassboro First United Methodist Church, Glassboro, NJ. For more information/tickets call Bob 856-881-8414. 3 March 15: Official Visit/Dinner 6pm, Meeting at 8pm, French Lodge No. 89, Rt. 322 and Lambs Rd. Richwood, NJ 3 March 17: Official Visit/Luncheon Medford Lodge No. 100, Med- ford Lakes Country Club, Oak Dr. Medford Lakes, NJ 3 March 24: Official Visit 8pm, Alverez del Portal No. 285, 1516 Kerr- igan Ave., Union City, NJ 3 March 30: Ridgely Canton Meeting, Gloucester Lodge, 7pm
April 2016
3 April 1-2: 59th Mid Atlantic States Conclave, “A Day on the Board- walk�, Ocean City, MD, Contact your secretary for information. 3 April 5: Night with the NJ Devils Fundraiser, 7pm, The Prudential Center, $30.pp, add $5. for a $10. food voucher, and FREE NJ Devils hat! Contact Tom Calabrese tomz59@aol.com or 732-423-6715. 3 April 15: Official Visit 8pm, Patria y Libertad Lodge No. 280, New Point Road, Elizabeth, NJ 3 April 15: New Jersey Grand Lodge Scholarship 2016-2017 applications are due. Instructions are on page 22 and application is on page 23. Application may also be found on the IOOFNJ.org website or from your local lodge secretary. 3 April 25: Official Visit 7:30pm, Amity Lodge No. 166, 456 Hudson St., Gloucester City, NJ 3 April 28: Official Visit 7pm, Union Lodge No. 213, Maple Ave. Egg Harbor, NJ 08234
SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS APPLICATIONS ARE DUE BACK BY APRIL 15, 2016 Completed applications must be mailed (or emailed) to: NJ Grand Lodge Scholarship Committee, Thomas Calabrese, 44 9th St, Hazlet, NJ 07734 ( ioofnjscholarship@gmail.com ) If you do not get a confirmation that your application was received. Please contact Scholarship Committee prior to April, 15, 2016. Application must be clearly printed. Scholarships are not granted for Post -Graduate Studies. Applicant must be the child, stepchild or grandchild of a member in good standing, or deceased member who at the time of his death was a member in good standing of an Odd Fellow or Rebekah Lodge. All questions must be answered to the best of your knowledge and belief. Failure to provide clear and complete information may result in rejection of the application. All applications should include the most recent available transcript from high school, college or university at the time of this application. Transcripts may be forwarded later under separate cover. Do not delay submitting the application because of the transcripts not being available. NOTE: For the 2016-17 school year a member or the child of a member will receive $ 750.00. Grandchildren will receive $ 500.00. Notification of the Scholarship Award will be made in July. Checks will be giving out at the GL Statewide Picnic. Checks not giving out at picnic will be mailed to address on application at a later date. All applicants must apply each year. Applying does not mean that you will receive a scholarship, but the application will be considered based on the information provided and the amount of funds that are available. Failure to maintain a passing grade or failure to remain enrolled full time in an accredited school, may result in the reduction or forfeiture of the remaining portion of the scholarship, at the discretion of the committee.
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Burlington Lodge No. 22 would like to thank all who supported our Annual Food Drive for the Catholic Charities of Burlington County. We especially want to thank Guido Mirando, Pastor Ramon, and Buxton Boxes/ Furniture Mill of Ewing, NJ for their generous donations. We were able to collect three (3) large boxes of food and a check for $100.00.
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GRAND LODGE OF NEW JERSEY INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION 2016 -2017 School Year MUST BE RETURNED BY April 15, 2016 PLEASE NOTE BEFORE FILLING OUT THIS APPLICATION, THAT ALL INFORMATION WILL BE HELD STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL AND WILL BE USED ONLY BY THE COMMITTEE, AND WILL BE USED ONLY TO ASSIST IN THE EVALUATION OF THIS APPLICATION.
Name: __________________________________ Date of Birth:_________________________ Address:_____________________________________________________________________ Home Phone: ______________Cell Phone_________________ Email____________________ Sponsor’s Information: Sponsor’s Name
Sponsor’s Degree/Rank
Name of Lodge Sponsor is a member in Good Standing.
______________________________________________________ Relationship to Sponsor (self, child, stepchild, grandchild)
Odd Fellow or Other Charity Events Attended by Applicant or Sponsor : _____________
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Applicants Scholastic Record: Name of College attending or plan to attend:_________________________________________________ 1- Attach A Copy of Your Transcript: (High School or College, whichever is most current) 2- Submit 2016-17 bills** (deposits, tuition, room, books, fees) in the amount of at least $ 500.00 **Can be submitted later (until 10/01/16). Check will be issued when received. CERTIFICATION I hereby certify that the answers to the attached application for the Grand Lodge of New Jersey I.O.O.F, Scholarship are, to the best of my knowledge and belief, true. I have read the rules governing the continuation of the Scholarship, and if I am awarded a Scholarship; I agree to the rules and acknowledge the Committee’s discretion in continuing the Scholarship from year to year. Date: ___________________ Signature of Applicant: ___________________________________ (If under 21)
Signature of Parent or Guardians: ___________________________________
Please see page 22 for scholarship instructions and contact information. Keep up on current events at www.facebook.com/IOOFNJ The Samaritan
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows Grand Lodge of New Jersey 4527 Route 130 South Burlington, NJ 08016 January/February 2016
What’s so ODD about helping others? It’s Scholarship Time!!!
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I AM AN ODD FELLOW! I believe in the Fatherhood of God, and the Brotherhood of man. I believe in Friendship, Love and Truth as basic guides to the ultimate destiny of all mankind. I believe my home, my church or temple, my lodge, a nd my community deserve my best work, my modest pride, my earnest faith, and m y deepest loyalty, as I perform my duty "to visit the sick, relieve the distressed, bury the dead and educate the orphan" and as I work with others to build a better world, because, in spirit and in truth, I am and must always be, grateful to my Creator, faithful to my country and fraternal to my fellow-man; I AM AN ODD FELLOW!
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Please see page 23 of this issue or contact your Lodge Secretary immediately about The NJ Grand Lodge Scholarship, and all IOOF scholarships available. Don’t miss these great opportunities for your student!
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