A Letter From the State Master Councilor

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100 Demolays

Of any 100 young men who join DeMolay, five of those 100 will become Master Councilor of their DeMolay chapters. And at least one of them will later say that he valued that experience above his college degree. Eighty or more of the 100 will go on to complete some form of post-high school education.

Many of the 100 will find their vocation through other DeMolay involvement, such as Merit Bar work. DeMolay has produced a good number of men, who after serving as chaplain of their local chapters, went on to become ministers or pastors. Along those same lines, several of the 100 DeMolays will first be introduced to some form of organized religion by attending some church or temple through a chapter function.

Of any 100 young men who become a DeMolay, thirty will drop out in their first year. Perhaps this may be regarded as a failure. But in later life, most of these will remember that they have been in DeMolay and speak well of the program and the lessons it teaches.

Of any 100 DeMolays, only rarely will one ever appear before a juvenile court judge or be in any trouble with the law. In fact, DeMolay produces a great many lawyers. And, although the percentages are not known, many of the 100 will join the military. Each of the 100 will learn something from DeMolay and most all will benefit from their association with the fraternity. Again, the percentages are not known, but a considerable number of the 100 will also go into the Masonic Lodge in later life. Of the 100 who join Masonry, many will serve as a head of one of the Masonic organizations.

A number of the 100 come from single parent families and look to their advisors (Masons) as positive role models. One out of the 100 will be awarded the rank and honor of Chevalier, the highest honor granted to an active DeMolay. Approximately sixteen of the 100 will value their time in DeMolay so much that they will "give back" to DeMolay by serving as an adult volunteer in later life.

Although only one out of every 1,000 young men in the United States, age 13 to 21, will join DeMolay, it is interesting to note that many of this nation's leaders in business, religion, and politics belonged to DeMolay in their teens. In fact, one out of every twelve State Governors is a Senior DeMolay and one out of every ten United States Senators is a Senior DeMolay.

One hundred DeMolays ... equals a high number of leaders.

Fundraising

Think back to the last overnight, game tournament, installation, or any other large social gathering your chapter has had recently. There is one key ingredient to all these events, soft drinks often in aluminum cans. The opportunity for profit is staring you in the face! Take these aluminum cans, and any other recyclable materials, to your local recycling center and turn that trash into treasure. It’ll take a lot of pop cans to make any real money but consider this: Denbrook Chapter makes over $300 a year just collecting pop cans and selling them to their local recycling center. Now that won’t pay for the insurance but it could help some of your chapter members attend Winterfest for a reduced rate, or maybe pay for some candidates to join your chapter. All profit aside, recycling is great for the environment and if you collect enough cans it makes for some great publicity for your chapter. A write up in the local paper with a picture of your chapter members with garbage bags full of recyclable instantly makes DeMolay, and your chapter in particular, look great.

From Your Executive Officer:

During the past month, the State Officers have been busy finalizing the plans for Winterfest and assisting with the Installation of a few DeMolay Chapters. Please make sure you let the State Scribe (and the Executive Officer) know when you are planning an Installation. Ohio DeMolay will promote the activity and maybe you might be able to get a slightly better crowd in attendance.
I also made a trip to Hamilton DeMolay where they were putting together gift baskets for the windows of a Lodge in the Hamilton Masonic Temple. This is was a nice touch which I was told was initiated by the DeMolay Chapter.
Last night, December 19th, I was able to attend a very special night for Masonry in Ohio and for Ohio DeMolay. Our State Master Councilor, Craig Loose, received his Master Mason Degree. And when asked for remarks (as any good DeMolay would do), Craig put in a plug for DeMolay.
It was really nice that Craig’s Dad Andy Loose, was also able to participate especially since he was ready to loose his voice!
Membership needs to be a key part of every Chapters plans for 2007.

In DeMolay Service,

Dad Shaw

Good Bye to Zach Yoakam

Brother Zach Yoakam Has left the state council this past month to join the air force. we ask everyone to send their prayers and thoughts to his safety and wellbeing. He will be traning to be in the special forces for a few months and then be off to active service.

Events Around the State

First District

Black Swamp Chapter


Bowling Green Chapter


Fallen Timbers Chapter


Ottawa Chapter


Upper Sandusky


Van Wert

2nd District

Se- Lyn-Ma


Lakewood


Den brook


Medina


Painesville


David J. Nye

3rd District

Marvin E Kniesly


Miamisburg


Ralph H McMillan

4th District

Linden
1/15-Inspection

Gr oveport
1/8-Stated meeting

5th District
Larwence County

6th District

Youngstown


Canton

7th District

Hamilton
1/06/07- Regular meeting
1/20/07- Regular meeting

Iv anhoe
1/11/07- Regular meeting
1/25/07- Regular meeting

Cincinnatus
1/14/07- Regular meeting
1/28/07- Regular meeting

DeMolay Trivia

The First DeMolay to send me the answer will be sent a fabulous prize! (please include your name in the Email)

Last Months Question:

In what year was Jacques DeMolay named Grand Master of the Knights Templar and on what year and date was he executed
The answer was Jacques was made grand master in 1292 and was burned at the stake on march 18 1314 Information found on wikipedia

State Officers

·  State Master Councilor Craig A. Loose craigalanloose@ohiodemolay.com

·  State Scribe Jacob E. Wrightsman ohiodemolaystatescribe@gmail.com

·  State Senior Councilor Eric W. Small ytownsmalls@gmail.com

Allegiance

This publication is the Official Publication of Ohio DeMolay operating under the authority of DeMolay International, Founded by Frank S. Land, whose see is in Kansas City, MO.