The first Quarterly Officer's and Committee Chairman Meeting for 2002 will be held Wednesday, March 20 at 6:30 pm at Anderton's Restaurant located at 1901 Madison Avenue.   This will be our first chance to critique our progress for 2002, see what we have accomplished, what improvements we need to make, where we are lacking and address any unforeseen problems for the Lodge.

Our Dinner Menu for next month is Italian Night with an assortment of vegetables and delicious deserts.   The Ladies of our Lodge are doing an outstanding job and there are never any leftovers.   The food has been just fantastic.   Please attend and see for yourself.   If you would like to participate and bring something, please contact the Junior Warden Dennis Pope at 483-6111 or our First Lady Mary Cook at 681-0858.
 

Happy Birthday to the following members: Cleo McCarty Sr., James Pickens Jr., Colby Morgan Jr., James Nichols Sr., Gregory Howard, and Milton Armstrong.  
March belated Birthdays: John Johnson, Jimmy Willis, Raymond Clift Jr., and Charles Ewerling. Guys, Happy belated Birthday!

In February we lost Brother Donald Alfred Martz; Mrs Edith Carkeet, widow of Brother Stewart Carkeet; Mrs Norma Jackson, Mother-In-Law of Brother Harold Ricketts and the father of Brother Ralph Muench.   We just learned that Brother Frank Magoffin, 91 yoa, a member since 1962 passed away yesterday.   Our heart felt sympathy goes out to the families of these wonderful people.   If you know of a Brother who has died please call our Secretary Elbert Martz at 529-4025 or Chairman Byron Wilkinson at 386-9914, so we can update our records and pass the news on to our members.
 

The Spring Dinner Dance will be on Friday, March 22.   We will have a buffet style dinner and a Disk Jockey playing all the right songs for listening and dancing.   It has been a long time since we have had a function of this type at the Lodge.  Come relax and enjoy yourself at your Lodge.   If you have any questions please call Dennis Pope at 795-5008 or Greg Howard at 639-2678.

Most of our members know we have a website, but for those who didn't you can go to www.desotolodge.com or .org for Lodge information and highlights.   We are presently updating our database and we only have a few members email addresses.   If you have an email address please let us know so you can be added to our email list.   No we do not plan on bombarding you with emails or distributing your email address.
 

Are your Lodge Dues current? If not, please remit $20 today.   We are trying desperately to update our database with current member’s information.   If you receive a Dues Notice and a form please complete the form and return it with your check for your dues.   If you have an email address, please send us an email with your current information and preferred email address.   NO! we will not give out your personal information nor your email address!
 

Our Annual Valentine's Dinner was held on Saturday, February 9th and was a huge success.   We had a great turnout in which to honor our Outstanding Lady Wilma Clement.   Wilma has supported DeSoto Lodge and her husband Bob for over 50 years.   The Worshipful Master presented a plaque to our Outstanding Lady along with a large box of candy.

The photographs taken at the Valentine's Dinner are in and if you have not picked your photos up yet, just see the Secretary or Worshipful Master.