LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE LYNCHBURG SOUTH LODGE #1727 934 WATERLICK ROAD LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA 24501 NON-PROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID LYNCHBURG, VA PERMIT NO. 732 Lynchburg South Moose Family Center #1727 Chapter #1415 JANUARY 2018
Lynchburg South Moose Family Center #1727 Social Quarters: (434) 239-9427 Lodge Office: (434) 237-4360 Fax: (434) 237-4361 Office Hours: 9am 4:30pm GOVERNOR J. KEVIN WRIGHT JR. GOVERNOR ALLEN PUCKETT JR. PAST GOVERNOR VIC SCHENKO PRELATE DENNIS KRANTZ TREASURER JOHN BRIGHTWELL ADMINISTRATOR JEEP JONES 3 Yr. TRUSTEE JIM PUCKETT 2 Yr. TRUSTEE KEITH JACKSON JR 1 Yr. TRUSTEE CLAUDY MAUPIN SGT. AT ARMS C.E. HENSLEY INNER GUARD TOM PHILLIPS STANDING COMMITTEES Moose Charities Auditing Membership Application Review Heart of the Community Loss Prevention Communications Government Relations Family Activities Sports Activities Moose Legion Retention SPECIAL COMMITTEES Building & Grounds Campground Pilgrim Fellowship Bingo Fundraising Highway Cleanup Picnic Entertainment Moose Tracks Editors Historical Vacant Jerry Evans Jimmy Paulette Board of Directors Winfred Campbell Claudy Maupin Jeep Jones Jack Lancaster Tony Wooldridge Keith Jennings Claudy Maupin Carl Martin Jeep Jones, Ralph Beck Allen Puckett Calvin Greene Jeep Jones Stasia Kurasz/Earl Saunders Jeep & Sue Jones Gene Hensley Jeep & Sue Jones Jack Brooks Jack & Peggy Lancaster Jim Puckett http://lodge1727.moosepages.org/ WOMEN OF THE MOOSE Lynchburg South Moose Family Chapter 1415 PO Box 15082 Lynchburg, Va. 24502 SENIOR REGENT JR. REGENT JR. GRAD. REGENT SEC/TREASURER RECORDER Higher Degree Community Service Activities/Sports Mooseheart / Moosehaven Membership/Retention Guide Audit Committee Board of Officers VACANT SALLY AUGHEY Committee Chairmen SHARON PATTON CONNIE HENSLEY DARLENE JORDAN LYNN HAWKINS TANGIE HUDSON HOPE MEEKS MELINDA HARRUP AMANDA PANNELL DONNA PORTER JEAN SAUNDERS KIM MCFADEN DONNA PORTER Lynchburg South Moose Family Center Bulletin Dec. Monthly, Loyal Order of Moose DBA, Lynchburg South #1727 Moose Lodge, 934 Waterlick Road, Lynchburg, Virginia, 24501 Vol. 20, Issue 1
FROM THE ADMINISTRATOR: From The Administrator: HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE. We had a great turnout for the Christmas Eve Open House and New Year s Eve event. I hope everyone enjoyed it. Lots of things will be going on this year so please keep an eye on your book each month to stay posted. We will be hosting some big tournaments this year and weekly events starting with the first Wednesday of each month bringing back the BB SHOOT in the Lodge Hall. This starts January 3rd. We will also be having a BIG SUPER BOWL PARTY on Sunday, February 5TH so please mark your calendars now. It is going to be a GREAT party that will be full of surprises. Watch for flyers. Thanks again to you Jim Puckett for putting the lights BACK UP behind the bar. They look really good and I know it took you many hours to do it. I hope everyone has noticed the new temporary Smoking Area outside of the dining room. We are working to get this building completed as soon as possible with heat, lights, tables and chairs. It may even be finished by the time you read this. Also, for the member s convenience we have moved the ATM machine into the Social Quarters. And last but not least, my Shout Out this month goes to ALL of the Staff and Volunteers we have here at 1727 who make the day to day operations of this business run so smoothly. It would not happen without ALL of you and it sure makes my job easier. Fraternally, Jeep Jones Administrator FROM THE KITCHEN OF LYNCHBURG SOUTH MOOSE FAMILY CENTER Kitchen Manager - Sue Jones Kitchen Hours: Social Quarter Hours: Mon-Thurs 2pm 9pm Mon-Thurs 2pm 11pm Friday 2pm 10pm Friday 2pm 1am Saturday 12pm 9pm Saturday 12pm 12am Sunday 12pm 7pm Sunday 12pm - 10pm MONDAYS *******TACO NIGHT!! *************************************************************** SOCIAL QUARTERS Jeep Jones - Manager FAMILY STEAK NIGHT 1st WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH 4:30 to 8:30pm RIBEYE $14.75 BAKED POTATO, HOUSE SALAD & ROLL *************************************************************** HAPPY HOUR AT #1727 MONDAY THRU THURSDAY 5-7pm DRAFT BEER MILLER LITE, COORS LITE, BUD LITE $1.00 EACH...PITCHER OF DRAFT BEER $5.00 $.25 cents off on Bottle Beer & Can Beer GOOD TIMES FOR EVERYONE!! Notice: Per ABC regulations, all Liquor bottles must be stored in your locker or take it with you when you leave the Social Quarters!!. *************************************************************** Look for our daily food specials and Friday night Dinner Specials Come out and enjoy our daily specials and Fellowship!
Governor s Message Welcome to the New Year Brothers, it s going to be an exciting new year. It s time to get ready for the upcoming elections of Board of Officers! So throw in your hats let s get started with some new blood on the Board. We need motivated, self-starters, new ideas, hands on people that want our lodge to continue to grow and succeed. We have an excellent staff on board willing to go that extra mile to make the 1727 the Happiest place in town. Most importantly, where our members want to see our lodge in the future. So if you have any interest in becoming a board member please see a board member to discuss your intent. Monday Night- BINGO down stairs is in NEED of VOL- UNTEERS! We need people who can walk the floor selling tickets and paper BINGO cards! We really need you! Just a couple of hours on Monday Nights. Even if you only commit to once a month your assistance would help tremendously. Doors open at 5:30pm every Monday Night. Hours mostly needed are between 7:00pm to 9:00pm. Please come out an support your fraternity. Corn Hole Starts at 7:00pm on Monday nights. Tuesday Night- Bar BINGO has become a great success! 5:30pm to 8:30pm Every Tuesday Night Come out and have some fun! Wednesday Night- 1st Wednesday is Family Steak Night, 3rd Wednesday is Men s Steak Night, 2nd & 4th Wednesdays are Lodge Meetings Come out and support your Lodge. Thursday Night- Darts at 7:00pm and Pizza Night. Friday Night- Queen of Hearts and Live Bands! Saturday Night- Juke Box Night. Sunday- APA Pool It is my hope that we have another successful year with new events, projects and a new board of officers. Fraternally, J. Kevin Wright Governor From Your Jr. Grad Regent: Co-Workers, Hope you all had a Merry Christmas and an awesome New Years Eve. We had a busy Dec. with the Holiday Craft and Vendor Event on Dec. 2 a BIG shout out to all my helpers who never disappoint, together we raised and donated 1,600 to Moose Charities and our local Veterans, thank you to Connie Hensley, JoAnne McCrickard, Angela and Chelsea, Lynn Hawkins, my Friend Terri Biggs, and my Timmy Wood, Sue Jones and Lil Debbie for feeding the Vendors and Public and everyone else as well as the Men of the Legion for doing a great job on the Brunswick Stew. Thanks to all who came out and all who helped out. The Ladies Dirty Santa was fun as always, and the Lunch with Santa was a great success as well. As a Moose family we can do so many great things! God Bless Mooseheart and Mooshaven and God Bless our Moose Family!! Fraternally, Sharon Patton, Jr Grad Regent
We, at Lynchburg South Moose Family Center #1727 would like to extend our sincere thoughts and get well wishes to those amongst us who have lost loved ones, or are ill, or otherwise unable to be out and about. 1727 Moose Legion Get Well wishes are extended to the following members and / or family: Doc & Michelle Ellis Grandson, Kayden Harris-heart surgery Halina Beland heart attack Robby Johnson- radiation treatments Stan Bryant s granddaughter ( Kylie ) at St Judes Kenneth Wright in Lynchburg General Margaret Hall had a heart catheterization William Green- Brother broke his back, brother has cancer Jim Meadows- had surgery Dennis Porterfield ( wife- Lou ) hospitalized with diverticu litis Pinkney Greene- cancer surgery +infection+ fell & broke shoulder Jim Pritchett finished his chemo & doing well Ed Martin having surgery & wife Judy having test Our deepest sympathy and sincere condolences are extended to: Greg Kirby ( 715 ) friend- Rebecca Rumsmoke passed away Danny Ashwell- Aunt passed away James Bane- Brother passed away Keep all of these families listed above in your thoughts and prayers. If you know of any member who is feeling under the weather or facing medical problems, please do not hesitate to call Mary in the office (237-4360), and let her know. HAPPY NEW YEAR, Man can you believe it is 2018, I hope this year is a little slower than 2017 was. Hope everyone had and Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Well this month is going to be a busy one like the rest. First we are starting the Moose Legion BB shoot, This will take place on the First Wednesday of the Month. This month it is Jan 3, the time is going to be 7pm. Children will be $1.00 and Adults will be $2.00, there will be prizes for the best of both. Come on out and see what it is all about. Want to remind everyone of the Moose Legion Winter Celebration / Conferral Saturday January 13, 2018. Hope everyone will try to make this event. Also the 2018 VMA State Mid- Year Conference January 18-20 at the Sheraton Norfolk Virginia. Another thing we need to try to get some new members signed up for the legion, so ask a friend if they would like to join the Legion. I know that this is a short letter but this is all I can think about for now. In closing just want to remind everyone our next meeting is schedule for Tuesday January 9, 2018, at 7pm hope to see you there. Claudy Maupin 1727 Moose Legion Chairman It s great to be a Lynchburg South 1727 Moose Legionnaire! Fraternally, Dennis Krantz
LODGE MEETINGS This month, our first Lodge meeting will be held on the second Wednesday, January 10th, 2018-7:00pm. 1st drawing is for 100% of the pot, if no winner, a 2nd drawing will be for 50% of the pot, if no winner, a 3rd drawing will for 33% of the pot. December Friday Night 9:00 pm 1-5 Bennie Dodd 1-12 Elder Young 1-19 F anatticks 1-26 Dorrie Self The second Lodge meeting January 24th - 2018 7:00pm The monthly general membership Lodge meetings should be important to you as a member. It is here that you learn what is going on in the Lodge and it is here that you, the member, vote on the issues and recommendations of the Board of Officers. So please mark these important dates on your calendar, and, if possible, try to attend. Saturday Night 8:00 pm 1-6 Juke Box 1-13 Juke Box 1-20 Juke Box 1-27 Juke Box Jack Brooks Entertainment Chairman I would like to thank our members for your support of our entertainment on Friday nights, I would like to encourage you to also come out on Saturday nights, also. Great bands that also need our support!! Join the fun and help support your Lodge! Thanks, Jack Brooks
Let s all welcome new Moose members to Lynchburg South 1727 Moose Family Center!! Member Jacob Donald Michael Harvey Tony Mejia Shane Phillips Johnathan Raper Claude Rice Sponsor Ricky Donald Helen Puckett John Brightwell Bryan Knowles Robert Lee Keith Jackson TRANSFER IN Steven Thompson Altavista Lodge #1433
Lynchburg South Moose Family Center 1727 will have a Sock Drive Collection Box in the Foyer to collect NEW socks for the needy. These socks will be turned in at our Mid-year Conference in Norfolk. All donations will be appreciated and will show that Lynchburg South 1727 will rise to the occasion and help the needy!! As always...thanks for your support!!
Covers For Canines and Cats Collection Please bring in any old towels, sheets, t-shirts or Blankets. This will be donated to area Animal Shelters This Community Project will run from December 1st to March 1st. Contact Connie Hensley for your items to be dropped off at the collection box outside the lodge office at side entrance. Thank You For Your Support
Moose Legion Christmas Party Dec. 14th Dec. 16th-Lunch with Santa
Origins of the " Loyal Order Of Moose " Though the Moose fraternal organization was founded in the late 1800s with the modest goal of offering men an opportunity to gather socially, it was reinvented during the first decade of the 20th century into an organizational dynamo of men and women who set out to build a city that would brighten the futures of thousands of children in need all across North America. When Dr. John Henry Wilson, a Louisville, Ky., physician, organized a handful of men into the Loyal Order of Moose in the parlor of his home in the spring of 1888, he and his compatriots did so apparently for no other reason than to form a string of men's social clubs. Lodges were instituted in Cincinnati, St. Louis, and the smaller Indiana towns of Crawfordsville and Frankfort by the early 1890s, but Dr. Wilson himself became dissatisfied and left the infant order well before the turn of the century. It was just the two remaining Indiana Lodges that kept the Moose from disappearing altogether, until the fall of 1906, when an outgoing young government clerk from Elwood, Ind., was invited to enroll into the Crawfordsville Lodge. It was on James J. Davis' 33rd birthday, October 27, that he became just the 247th member of the Loyal Order of Moose. Davis, a native of Wales who had worked from boyhood as an "iron puddler" in the steel mills of Pennsylvania, had also been a labor organizer and immediately saw potential to build the tiny Moose fraternity into a force to provide protection and security for a largely working-class membership. At the time little or no government "safety net" existed to provide benefits to the wife and children of a breadwinner who died or became disabled. Davis proposed to "pitch" Moose membership as a way to provide such protection at a bargain price; annual dues of $5 to $10. Given a green light and the title of "Supreme Organizer," Davis and a few other colleagues set out to solicit members and organize Moose Lodges across the U.S. and southern Canada. (In 1926, the Moose fraternity's presence extended across the Atlantic, with the founding of the Grand Lodge of Great Britain.) January 13, 2018 Blue Ridge Moose Legion #82 Winter Conferral 2pm Brookneal Moose Lodge #1507 February 5th Super Bowl Party @1727 March 24th 2nd Chance Prom Dance Lodge Hall-w/Outlaw Revival
Davis' marketing instincts were on-target: By 1912, the order had grown from 247 members in two Lodges, to a colossus of nearly 500,000 in more than 1,000 Lodges. Davis, appointed the organization's first chief executive with the new title of Director General, realized it was time to make good on the promise. The Moose began a program of paying "sick benefits" to members too ill to work--and, more ambitiously, Davis and the organization's other officers made plans for a "Moose Institution," to be centrally located somewhere in the Midwest that would provide a home, schooling and vocational training to the children of deceased Moose members. Jim Puckett Historical Chairman
Queen of Hearts Drawing is every Friday Night at 8:30pm Fishing Ticket sales on Friday end at 8:00pm Please see Stewart to purchase tickets!
DINING ROOM DINNER SPECIAL DRAWING EACH FRIDAY NIGHT When you Dine in our Dining Room on Friday Night, please enter your name for a free Dinner. ONE NAME WILL BE DRAWN EACH FRIDAY FOR A FREE DINNER IN the DINING ROOM FOR THE FOLLOWING FRIDAY ONLY. WINNERS NAME WILL BE POSTED IN DINING ROOM ON THE FOLLOWING FRIDAY Be sure to ask your waitress for signup on a Free Dinner
January 2018 7 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat APA Pool 5pm 1 Lodge Closed Happy New Year 8 Bingo 5pm Cornhole 7pm Taco Night APA Pool 7pm 2 Bar Bingo 5:30 to 8:30 WOTM Chap. 7pm H/C Mtg. 6pm Men s Board 7pm BB Shoot 7pm NAPA 7pm 9 Bar Bingo 5:30 to 8:30 WOTM Board 6:30pm Moose Legion 7pm NAPA 7pm 3 Family Steak Night 4:30-8:30 NAPAA 7pm 10 Lodge Meeting 7pm NAPAA 7pm 4 Pizza Night Darts 7pm NAPA Singles 7pm 11 Pizza Night Darts 7pm NAPA Singles 7pm 5 Dinner Special Bennie Dodd 9-12pm Queen of Hearts Drawing @ 8:30 12 Dinner Special Elder Young 9-12pm Queen of Hearts Drawing @ 8:30 6 13 Juke Box 8-11pm Juke Box 8-11pm 14 APA Pool 5pm 21 APA Pool 5pm 28 APA Pool 5pm 15 Bingo 5pm Cornhole 7pm Taco Night APA Pool 7pm 22 Bingo 5pm Cornhole 7pm Taco Night APA Pool 7pm 29 Bingo 5pm Cornhole 7pm Taco Night APA Pool 7pm 16 17 Bar Bingo Men s Steak Night 5:30 to 8:30 7pm WOTM Bus. 7pm NAPAA 7pm NAPA 7pm 23 24 Bar Bingo Lodge Meeting 5:30 to 8:30 7pm H/C Mtg. 6pm Men s Board 7pm NAPAA 7pm NAPA 7pm 30 31 18 Pizza Night Darts 7pm NAPA Singles 7pm 25 Pizza Night Darts 7pm NAPA Singles 7pm 19 Dinner Special The F anatticks 9-12pm Queen of Hearts Drawing @ 8:30 26 Dinner Special Dorrie Self 9-12pm Queen of Hearts Drawing @ 8:30 20 27 Juke Box 8-11pm Juke Box 8-11pm