THE UPSTARTTHE UPSTART

LODGE OFFICERS

Exalted Ruler

Cindy Coville

Leading Knight

Dave Bassette

Loyal Knight

Greg Crucitti

Lecturing Knight

Michael Savage

Secretary

Dennis G. Claffey, PDD

Treasurer

Scott Tackus

Tiler

Vacant

Esquire

Tom Wieleba

Chaplain

Kenneth MacMurtry

Inner Guard

Jeannine Draghi

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Five Year

Gerald McDonald

Four Year

Don Coville

Three Year

Doug Beeghly, PER

Two Year

Tom Underwood

One Year

Michael Perleoni, PER

Exalted Ruler’s Message

W e had two dinners

in November:

Polish night and a

steak dinner. Thank you to all

the volunteers who made these

dinners a success. Our fall

clean-up was held on Novem-

ber 21st. Thank you to Dave

Bassette, Amy Bassette, Gor-

don Rice, Chris Ackerman,

Mark Curtin, Guy LaBella,

Jerry MaGrath, Jory Pagliughi

and Jeannine Draghi. Addition-

ally, this year the House Com-

mittee jumped on board and

scheduled an inside cleanup to

coincide with the outside clean-

up. Thank you to Tom Wiele-

ba, Caroline Connors, Carol

Surprenant, Jason Matthews

and Mark Curtain.

Although November was rela-

tively quiet, December will be

filled with many events, begin-

ning with a ham dinner on the

4th. The Annual Memorial

Service for our deceased mem-

bers. This year we will be eulo-

gizing our past Life Member,

Clarence A. Drumm on De-

cember 6th at 1:00PM. You are

invited to join me and the Of-

ficers at this service, followed

by decoration of the hall for the

holidays. The Veteran’s dinner

will be held on December 7th,

the Camp Sunrise Children’s

holiday party on December

13th, and the member’s holiday

party on December 19th, finally

we have the Annual Hoop

Shoot competition being held at

Smith Middle School on De-

cember 26th. Details on all of

these events can be found in the

following pages of the upstart.

I hope to see you at some of

these events. Happy holidays!

Volume No. 15, Issue No. 12 - December Edition

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Elk of the Month

Tom Wieleba

Not only does Tom serve as the

Lodge Esquire, he is also the

Chair of the House Committee.

You can find him volunteering at

just about every event. He dili-

gently works in the kitchen to

host dinners or support volun-

teers who are cooking. He has

also prepared meals to provide

members and Officers with food

prior to our regularly scheduled

meetings. Thank you Tom for

all your hard work and dedica-

tion!

Cindy Coville

Exalted Ruler

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Initiation December 2, 2015 Our next initiation will take place during our

regularly scheduled meeting. If you are a

sponsor of a candidate it is imperative you

make yourself available for the full meeting as

well.

Dennis G. Claffey, PDD

Secretary

V o l u n t e e r s a r e n o t w o r t h l e s s , t h e y ’ r e P R I C E L E S S !V o l u n t e e r s a r e n o t w o r t h l e s s , t h e y ’ r e P R I C E L E S S !V o l u n t e e r s a r e n o t w o r t h l e s s , t h e y ’ r e P R I C E L E S S !

House Committee

The following hours will be observed for the

Thanksgiving holiday, depending on patrons at

the bar:

Holiday hours

Christmas Eve - 12:00PM - 5:00PM

Christmas Day - Closed

December 26th - 12:00PM - 8:00PM

December 27th - 12:00PM - 6:00PM

New Year’s Eve - 3:00PM - 8:00PM

New Year’s Day - Open at noon

Drink Specials

Busch Light - $1.00

Twisted Tea Lemonade - $2.00

Drink of the Month $4.25

Dark & Stormy (Gosling rum and root beer)

December 7th Kamakazee shots - $2.00

Tom Wieleba

House Committee Chair Breakfast Committee Breakfast will be held on the following dates in November: November 29th

December 20th

I would like to point out we will be “skipping” the break-fast on December 13th to provide ample kitchen space for the Children’s Christmas party, but will resume again on the 20th! Thank you to the following volunteers: Sherry Perleoni, Doug and Louise Beeghly, Dave Poulin, Bob Scaglia and Mark Curtin! We are looking for further support for vol-unteers in the event, supporting the set-up, and clean-up of the event! Please consider volunteering your services!

Dennis G. Claffey, PDD

Breakfast Committee Chair

Veterans Christmas Dinner

On Monday December 7th

we will host a dinner for 60

Veterans from the Rocky

Hill Vets Home 5-9pm. Vol-

unteers are needed to help

with food preparation, clean-

up, etc.

Additionally, we are seeking donations of winter hats, base-

ball caps (they love UCONN), gloves (Lg. & XL) and $10

Walmart gift cards. If you would like to donate, please

leave your donation with the bartender no later than De-

cember 3rd. If you want to help with the event please con-

tact Caroline at 860-978-3119 or email

cconnors106@yahoo.com.

Caroline Connors

Veterans Dinner Chair

Hall Decorating Party!

On December 6th we will be

decorating the hall for the Veter-

ans Dinner, and Children’s

Christmas party!

As the old saying goes, “many

hands make light work,” hence I

would ask you to plan on meeting me at the Lodge at 2PM.

Jason Granatek

Children’s Christmas Committee Chair

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M a n c h e s t e r , C T

Call Bill Wolfe for rates

(860) 649-9340 L e a v e a m e s s a g e

Propositions For Membership The Secretary’s Office has received an application on the following individuals, read their names on the floor of our Lodge.

Any member knowing why any of these candidates should not be duly elected to membership, should notify a member of the

Investigation Committee or one of the Lodge Officers. Each will be balloted on during a regularly scheduled Lodge meeting.

Name Proposer Residence Occupation

Aaron Ademec Jory Pagliughi S. Windsor, CT Construction Owner

Roger L. Dock Thomas Wieleba Glastonbury, CT Realtor

Joey K. Cyr Aaron Lajoie Coventry, CT Town of Manchester

Anthony F. Delucia Peter Pellerin Glastonbury, CT CPA

Barbara Ward William Ward Ivoryton, CT Pharmacist

Mike Dondi Michael Dudzinski Bristol, CT Town of Glastonbury

Peter F. Gusta Reinstatement Glastonbury, CT

Dennis G. Claffey, PDD

Secretary

Elks Merchandise for Sale

Are you interested in either a zip up (with hood) or a crew

type sweatshirt? If so, contact the bartender to order yours.

Colors include: blue, black, gray and purple. Sizes from me-

dium to 3XL.

Dennis G. Claffey, PDD

Secretary

Children’s Christmas Party

The Annual Camp Sunrise Children’s

Christmas Party will be on December

13th from 4PM-6PM. Many volunteers

are needed for this event. There is a vol-

unteer sign-up at the bar, specific time

frames are available to spread out the

help! Over 100 expected! Volunteers are

needed for decorations, set up, cooking,

serving and clean-up. If you can help, please contact me at

860-729-1161

Jason Granatek

Children’s Christmas Committee Chair

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updates to events being held at your lodge, and much, much more. So visit us at facebook.com/glastonburyelks2202.

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December Birthday’s Name Date

Karen Clen 1 Cameron Burns 2 Gregory Crucitti 3 Paul DiSanto 3 Dennis Dowd 3 David Oberle 3 Gina Rushby 3 John Ailes 4 Bernard Herpst 6 Erik Roberts 6 Scott Van Sicklin 6 James Bernier 7 Donald Orend 8 Steven Nunes 9 Jose Pinon 9 David Warchol 9 Daniel Durrenberger 11 Craig Knight 11 Edward Monahan 11 Anthony Angelo 12 Terri Boland 12 Lawrence Prokop 12 Frank Mangiagli 13 Daniel Stetson 14 Dick Bernier 15 Jon Peyton 15 William Ward 16 George Souliotis 17 Albert Gordon 18 George Meadows 18 Edward Wilson 18 Wayne Wolfe 18 Michael Dondi 19 Anthony Ravosa 19 Richard Vernick 19 Michael McDonough 20 Joseph Rotundo 20 Gerald Satin 20 Mark Hudak 21 Glenn Rohde 21 Christine Lichtenstein 22 Carmen Zocco 22 Daniel DeBella 23 Matt Foster 23 Caren Kittredge 23 Dominic Secondo 23 Salvatore Cecere 25 Charles Cavanna 26 Jeannine Draghi 26 Thomas Prindle 26 Mark Tallo 26 Kerrine Catucci 27 Jeffrey Conklin 27 John Gagliardi 27 Scott Renouf 27 Allen Labbe 29 Larry Newquist 29 Robert Bell 30 Robert Dugger 30 John Fiano 30 Scott McDonald 30 Michael Patulak 30 Thomas Walsh 30 John Butler 31 Darren Cecchini 31

Sunday Trap Shooting

If you have your own shotgun, bring it! If you

don't have your own one will be available for you

to borrow. Eye and ear protection are recom-

mended, and can be purchased on site.

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Open to all levels

The range is closed on Sunday’s during Trap Shooting.

Bill Wolfe, PER

Trap Chair

Tip of the Antlers ...go out this month to…

Tom Wieleba and Dave Bassette for them running

Fall Clean-up...

… Dave Bassette for running Steak Night…

… Greg Crucitti for running Pasta Night…

… Sherry Perleoni and Louise Beeghly for cooking Sunday

lunches…

… and finally to all the supporting volunteers for each.

Cindy Coville

Exalted Ruler

Sick & Visiting If you know of any member who may not be

doing well, please contact the Lodge at (860)

633-2651 or by email:

Subject: Sick & Visiting

Jim Zocco Home

Dennis G. Claffey, PDD

Secretary

C h a r i t y C h a r i t y C h a r i t y ––– J u s t i c e J u s t i c e J u s t i c e ––– B r o t h e r l y L o v e B r o t h e r l y L o v e B r o t h e r l y L o v e ––– F i d e l i t yF i d e l i t yF i d e l i t y

December 2015 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

House

committee

meeting

2

Lodge Meeting

7PM

3

4

Ham Dinner

5

6

Trap shoot

Hall Decoration

7

Veteran’s

Christmas

Party

8

9

10

11

12

13

Children’s

Christmas

Party

Trap shoot

14 15

16

Lodge Meeting

7PM

17

18

19

Member’s

Christmas

Party

20

Trap shoot

Breakfast

21 22

23

24

25

Merry

Christmas

26

Annual Hoop

Shoot

27

Trap shoot

28 29

30

31

New Year’s Eve

"As Long As There Are Veterans, The Elks Will Never Forget Them"

Wreath of Cheer!

Raffle tickets for the annual “Wreath of Cheer” are now

available at the bar! Six tickets for $5, or $1 each. Drawing

will take place during the member’s Christmas party. Win-

ner need not be present to win!

Tom Wieleba

House Committee

Annual Hoop Shoot The Lodge will conduct the annual

Hoop Shoot Competition on Saturday

December 26th at 1PM at the Smith

Middle School in Glastonbury.

Volunteers will be needed to score, rebound, registration

and we really would love to have someone who can take

photos. Please reach out to Matt Hill via email at:

mhill@preferreddisplay.com

Matt Hill

Committee Chair

Member’s Christmas Party

Saturday, December 19th

5PM-8PM

The house committee would like to invite you to the annual

Member’s Christmas party! Dinner will be available at ap-

proximately 6PM, but we’d also like to ask if you plan on

attending please bring your favorite appetizer/dessert to

share with others.

Tom Wieleba

House Committee

For $125 a year, you can have advertise your business here!

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“In vain we call. They have passed into the light, which is beyond the shadow of death. The places that know them shall know them no more; but their virtues are written upon the tablets of love and memory.”

The Elk’s Ritual service is a privilege of all members. If you would like this Ritual service for your deceased Elk family member, please notify your Funeral Direc-tor or contact the Lodge to make arrangements.

The cost is only $10 per item until sold!

1. 77 Camaro, runs & drives, 44k original

miles, new suspension & tires, contact

Mark 860-428-9207

2. 350 Chevy motor, 4 bolt main, recently professionally re-

built, has only 10k on engine, contact Mark 860-428-9207

3. Two Steel Fold Up Ramps: Includes handles for easy trans-

portation and wire mesh for better traction. Heavy duty steel

with safety chain included. Capacity: 400 lb. 11 in. wide x 6

-1/6 ft. long. (Value $65 each) Asking $70 for pair Photos on

Request. Call 860-543-1895 for Tony.

4. 100 Quart Cooler: Outfitted for rough terrain or the

beach. Great for a holiday party and/or to pack up the fishing

catch and/or the big enough for the butchered venison

haul. Cleaned and sanitized. Immaculate Condition (Value

$135) Asking $70 Photos on Request. Call 860-543-1895 for

Tony.

5. New and never used Hitch Mounted Carrier & Swing Away

Kit. Sell Both as a package: Hitch mounted EZ carrier is

great for hauling mobility scooters and wheelchairs with its

hinged folding ramp. Steel construction supports up to 350

lbs, and side rails helps guide your mobility carrier onto the

platform. Will throw in two new hitch pins...one with a

KEYED LOCK! (Value over $450) asking $280 Photos on

Request. Call 860-543-1895 for Tony.

6. Snow mobile trailer - $700 or best offer. Contact Carl La-

voie – 860-918-2810.

Dennis G. Claffey, PDD

Secretary

Horse Stalls

for Rent Amston, CT

Call Don Hoerman for rates

(860) 558-5064

Friday Night Dinner

December 4th we will have a ham dinner with scalloped

potatoes, salad, rolls and dessert for $10. Dinner will be

served at 6PM!

House Committee

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January 1 - Happy New Year 3 - Sunday breakfast 3 - Trap shoot 5 - House Committee meeting 10 - Trap shoot 13 - Regularly scheduled meeting 17 - Trap shoot 17 - Sunday breakfast 24 - Trap shoot 27 - Regularly scheduled meeting 31 - Trap shoot

December 1 - House Committee meeting 2 - Regularly scheduled meeting - Initiation 4 - Friday night dinner 6 - Trap shoot 6 - Hall decorating party! 7 - Veterans Christmas party 13 - Children’s Christmas party 13 - Trap shoot 16 - Regularly Scheduled meeting 19 - Member’s Christmas party 20 - Trap shoot 20 - Breakfast 25 - Merry Christmas 26 - Annual Hoop Shoot 27 - Trap shoot 31 - New Year’s Eve