AL MENAH SHRINERS OASIS OF NASHVILLE DESERT OF TENNESSEEP.O. BOX 78545 • NASHVILLE, TN 37207 • 615.226.7766 • 1.877.505.7766

VOLUME 32 • NUMBER 5 • (PUBLISHED MONTHLY EXCEPT JUNE & JULY) • AUGUST 2013

Insidethisissue

Page 2Potentate’sMessage

Page 3Divan Messages

Calendar of EventsNotes

Page 4Ringmaster

Page 5Special Notices

Arkansas Statement

Page 6-7Unit News

Page 72014 New England

Cruise

Page 9Director's Staff

Golf Tournament

BACK COVERBlack CamelCasino Trip

Nobles, I hope each of you had a safe summer and 4th of July. Your divanhas been busy as usual.

My lady, Terry, and I want to thank each of you for your support and atten-dance as the ladies were honored at the luncheon this past June. We were hon-ored that officers’ ladies from the Grand Lodge were able to be with us. Wehad a good turn-out and Terry really enjoyed herself. Our thanks to Glen Cun-ningham, Madelyn and their committee for a great job.

The fishing tournament was a success with over 70 boats participating. HighPriest and Profit Jeff Head did his usual good job along with Kim’s help.

We referred five new children to the Lexington Hospital for further evalua-tion as a result of our Mini-Clinic this year. My thanks to Don Young and hishelpers.

I want to thank Henry Tittle and his committee for their hard work duringthe ceremonial. It was a success and capped off with the best Arch Degree wehave had in a very long time. The sound system was superb. If you haven’tseen this program you missed a golden opportunity. My thanks and apprecia-tion is extended to Kristopher Fisher and Bill Schwartz.

The first of July found us at the Imperial Session in Indianapolis, Indiana.My appreciation is conveyed to Billy Cullen for pulling the divan float and, toMike Alderdice (better known as Fuzzy) for pulling the fez. My thanks toHenry Tittle, our Director General, in Indianapolis while Randy Williams heldthe fort down here. I appreciate those of you who participated in local paradesas weather permitted.

I was so honored to witness the young men and women of Tennessee De-Molay as they held their conclave at Al Menah Temple. They are the future ofour country as well as the Shrine and deserve our full support. John Whitaker,Randy Williams and Craig Maddux are to be commended for their leadershipof these outstanding young people.

Play time is over and it is time to get back to work as we wind up 2013. Ihope to see outstanding representation from Al Menah at SESA in Huntsville,Alabama this month. Don’t forget stated meeting August 20th and CasinoNight at AMT August 24th.

If I have failed to mention anyone by name, know that my appreciation goesto everyone who has helped each of our events or just the everyday operationsbe a success. It takes effort from everyone.

Please remember those who are ill or experiencing other difficulties in yourprayers.

Yours in the faith,

David VaughnPotentate

Al Menah TempleOasis of NashvilleDesert of TennessEE

P.O.Box 78545 • Nashville, TN 37207

Phones 1.615.226.7766

1.877.505.7766

www.almenahShriners.org

*Charles Barham*V. K. Stevenson*W. F. Hunt*J. Pink Lawrence*Ed R. Burr*J. Harry Murphy*Charles N. Rolfe*Paul DeWitt*E. M. Kelly*Joseph Higgins*Ira E. Parker*Martin S. Roberts*R. C. Derivaux*Oren A. Oliver*Lee L. Gamble*R. R. Clark*William Raine*Hugh F. Smith, Jr.*W. A. Bryan*Charles L. Cornelius*W. Bush Herbert*Marshall Hotchkiss*Jess B. Templeton*T. A. Springfield*James G. Stahlman*J. Clark Akers*R. E. Baulch*Thomas E. DossKerbela Temple ‘28*Maurice Weinberger*S. N. Allen*W. B. Hager*O. Lynn Meek*Jack Norman*James J. Vaughn*C. H. Smith*Fred C. Laskey*Ivo A. Burton*T. W. Bray, Jr.*James R. Cox*Paul R. Jarratt*J. Sumpter Anderson*Hugh W. Robertson*M. T. Gossett*Joe C. Carr*James T. Hayes*E. Lee Bennett*Orris E. Davis*Raymond H. Leathers

*Hilry H. Shaffer*James N. Stansell*John E. Patton*John D. WhalleyJack Norman, Jr.*Albert Bennett*Clyde R. Watson*Marshall S. Whitley*James J. White*G. Cooper Holt*J. Coleman Hayes*Donald R. Dunning*J. P. Foster*Gale Robinson*C. V. Cramb*J. Nelson Bryan*Robert Battle*Jerry N. Tate*Fred H. Gay, Jr.James A. Campbell*Claude G. Southall*W. B. Lawson*Gale RobinsonJ. Dudley Phillips*M. Norris Jenkins*James F. Scalf, Jr.*William B. JonesJack C. Phelps*David P. Brumfield*Zack S. Parrish, Sr.*Robert E. NewmanGeorge Cook*R. Parker GrahamH. Parker Toler*R. T. McNaneyJames L. HamCharles H. WilliamsWilliam D. JonesJohn L. Weaver, IIIGale B. RobinsonJoe BellRonny L. GreerCharles E. CardwellJ. Franklin “Jay” Scalf, IIIConley DykesDavid SmithJim Cain*Mike MartinJohnny DudleyDavid WantlandMelvin MeadowsDennis Belford

* Deceased

PAST POTENTATES

The Publication Committee

The Divan/Board of DirectorsPotentate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David VaughnChief Rabban . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carl BarnesAssistant Rabban . . . . . . . . Mike VanSantHigh Priest & Prophet. . . . . . . . . Jeff HeadOriental Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . Frank HesterTreasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wes FryeRecorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Daniel

Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maurice Smith

Published monthly except June and July

www.almenahShriners.org

AUGUST 20132

Calendar of Events MAY – JUNE

Aug. 7-10th - SESA, Huntsville, AL

Aug. 24th - AMT Casino Party

Sept. 28th – Car Show @ AMT

Sept 19th - Directors Staff Golf Tourney

Sept 21st - CLOWNS Paper Sale Dinner & Auction

CHIEF RABBAN __________________________________AD SALES, AD SALES. AD SALES, AD

SALES. Gentlemen we need to renew ourold AD SALES and sell new ADS to

support our income from the CIRCUS.The money from our CIRCUS givesus the revenue to operate our ShrineTemple for 2014.The items for sale to support the

children's Circus on Saturday aremoving slow, so please consider pur-

chasing these items to support this proj-ect. For $200.00 men receive 2 gold

colored shirts with the ringmaster's LOGOand your name printed on each shirt plus you get

a Pen & Pencil set with wood container with Ringmaster Logoand your name printed on these items. For $150.00 the ladies re-ceive 2 blouses and 2 wraps (different colors) or one blouse andwrap and 1 gold shirt with ringmaster LOGO and name printedon shirt. Contact BOO HARRINGTON, LOYD PARNELL,CARL BARNES or the office for purchase of these items.

Chief RabbanCarl E. Barnes

HIGH PRIEST & PROPHET ________________________The year is flying by and your Divan has

been working hard to serve you. Just re-turning from Imperial Session and get-ting ready to leave for SoutheasternConference. As we meet and talk toour counterparts from across our as-sociation , we really get to knowhow lucky we are to belong to agreat Temple and have such a great

group of nobles and ladies to call ourextended family, Kim and I are so

blessed.There are many more things coming up

this year to get involved in and enjoy yourself and invite afriend. Our doors are always open for a noble and we welcomenew members.

In closing I’d like to thank Johnny and Dianna Dudley fortheir support of our fishing tournament. They helped again tomake it a great event. Remember your add sales and plaques.Thank you..

Yours in FaithHigh Priest and Prophet

Jeff Head

ASSISTANT RABBAN ______________________________I hope everyone is having a fun filled sum-

mer We will soon get back to our meet-ings and obligations of being membersof Al Menah.

The ad sale is in full swing, besure to renew your ads and hopefullysecure a new ad (or two). The pro-ceeds from the Circus and ad salehelp defray the costs of operating our

beautiful Temple, so let's do our partand get those ads in !Remember there is always something

going on when you're a Shriner so get in-volved have fun and help our kids!!

Assistant RabbanMike VanSant

ORIENTAL GUIDE ________________________________This summer is going by quickly. We have

had a lot of events and activities the pasttwo months. Thanks to everyone for

supporting our Temple. Nobles our membership has to be

our number one priority. I know youall have heard this before, but ifevery member would bring one newmember into our great Fraternity ourmembership concerns would be over.

Membership will increase our Unit &Club membership as well. Please No-

bles let’s make membership our #1 Goal. We have a lot of great events and activities

coming up and we need your participation to make them suc-cessful. SESA Annual Convention 8/7 thru 8/10, Casino Party8/24, Ladies Golf 9/11, Car Show 9/28, Shrine Circus 10/10thru 10/13.

Circus Ads are due no later than Sept 3rd. If you have notpurchased you Ring Master Club shirt please see Chief RabbanCarl Barnes. The Ring Master Club sales enable us to supportthe Saturday Morning Matinee for the Children.

Don’t forget to attend your Blue Lodge it is the corner stoneof the Shrine and it is where we will find new members for AlMenah.

Oriental Guide

Frank Hester

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From the desk of...

Important Notice From The Recorder...ATTENTION: There will be a vote on Al Menah Bylaws atthe August Stated Meeting changing the Stated Meeting timefrom 8pm to 7:30pm. (Article 3.3.1) The Recorder

A Note from Treasurer Wes Frye“As of July 15 our 2013 Paper Sale total in the bank is

$428,382.54. While most of you have held your Paper Saleit is NOT too late to sell Plaques. These sales could make abig difference in our final total."

AUGUST 20134

Arkansas Statement

Imperial representatives of Shriners International voted to make a change to its articles of

incorporation regarding membership at the 139th Imperial Session. The prerequisite requiring that

members of Shriners International are first members of Freemasonry (Masons) in good standing has

been amended to exclude the requirement for the state of Arkansas.

This legislation was brought forth by the two Shrine temples in Arkansas following the Arkansas

Grand Lodge edict last November that would no longer allow anyone to remain an Arkansas Mason

AND an Arkansas Shriner. Shriners International has always had a Masonic prerequisite and regrets

that the actions of the Arkansas Grand Lodge made the passage of this legislation necessary to

preserve the existence of the two Shrine temples in Arkansas.

Shriners International is committed to maintaining open lines of communication with the Grand

Lodge of Arkansas to encourage amicable relationships for current and future Masons and Shriners.

This change does not affect other Shriners across the country, and the organization remains a

fraternity based on fun, fellowship and the Masonic principles of brotherly love, relief and truth.

Shriners International's primary focus continues to be its philanthropic mission to support Shriners

Hospitals for Children, a world-renowned health care system with 22 facilities in the United States,

Canada and Mexico.

Yours in the Faith,

Alan "Al" W. Madsen

Imperial Potentate

Keep membership “number one” priority by promoting family fun, fellowship and brotherly love! NOTE: This message is meant to inform the nobility of our great Fraternity and for you to share with your

nobles. However, it is not intended to be posted to social media sites (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) or temple

websites. At this time, I would respectfully ask that you do not post it to any public sites.

Thank you for your cooperation and for understanding the importance of this.

AUGUST 2013 5

From Jim Cain, Imperial Oriental GuideWe are excited to share with our Al Menah family the news that Nashville has been cho-sen to host the 2019 Imperial Session of Shriners International and Shriners Hospitals forChildren. The Nashville Convention Bureau has put together an outstanding slate ofevents that will promote our great city and Temple. We are looking forward to hostingShriners from around the world! Please join with Patsy and I as we make plans for thishistoric event.

Our Stories full details in Shrine OfficeContains inspirational stories about Shriners, patients, former patients, employees andvolunteers. This 124 page book is available for a $15 minimum donation to Shriners Hospitals for Children and is available online at

http://support.shrinershospitals.org/OurStories

SPECIAL NOTICES

CLOWNS

This year is going by way too fast.The Clowns had a great trip to Lex-ington to visit the hospital. Fun was

had by all. Now, our focus is on theupcoming Shrine Convention just a

short drive to Huntsville. In case you didn’tknow, meetings start Thursday August 8th.Competition is Friday with awards thatevening. Saturday morning is the parade. Evenif you’re not competing, come on down toshow support for our units and fellowship. Re-minder also for our clown picnic that will beSaturday September 14th and the followingSaturday the 21st will be our annual ClownAuction to benefit the paper sale. Lastly, re-member the sick and those who cannot attendthe meetings and events. Give them a call. Re-member your blue lodge as well.

“Paint Bucket”

STAFF

(edited for space)The paper sale was a little slow,but the onion sale went great. Wesold 700 bags in 3 day's. Thanksgoes out to the ones who sold.

Our cook out in May wasgreat, thanks to Tim Mills and Sam Crockett.They did a great job! Billy Cullen sat right inthe middle of the dessert table, and you knowwhat happened next. My boy really loveschocolate! We had some unusual things go onat Fun Fest this year. Fuzzy was trying to putBarbara's pants on at 5am and they didn't fit!What a funny site. John Anderson was seenwalking around with Peggy's purse on hisshoulder. I don't know what this unit is comingto. There were cries for help coming fromroom 208. I got stuck on the commode and ittook Janie 45 min. to get me up. She wantedSharon to help her but I wouldn't let her!! Wehad a big card game and Joe Stroud won all themoney. Joe and Sharon did a great job on thehospitality room, we had plenty to eat anddrink. Everyone got along and we had a greattime. Hope to see a lot of you at SESA inHuntsville. It is a short drive for a fun time. OurAugust Meeting will be on the 27th . Don't for-get !!!! I don't know of any sick people at peo-ple at this time. If you know of any please letme or Joe Stroud know. Please pray for ourservice people and a their families. And also

pray for all our families and friends!! . Until Next Time

Don Young

GREETERS

If you have anything that you think is of inter-est to the rest of us, please e-mail it to me and Iwill include it in the Center News as space al-lows.The deadline for each issue is the 17th of themonth so try to get me information no laterthan the 15th.

I'm looking for Birthdays, Weddings, gettingout of jail or even going in jail, health etc.

Hope all is having a great summer... see youall in August

Lou Becker

LEGION OF HONOR

Well the 2 months being dark isover. Hope everyone enjoyed the2 months but now it’stime to get ready for the SESA inHuntsville, Al. We had the parade for July 4th at Greenbrier

canceled. Now we are getting ready to go toPleasant View for the Old Timer’s Parade onJuly 27th.

Hope everyone is working on their CircusAds for as time flies it’s only around the corner.Go that extra step and pick up a few new adsfor it helps both ways the Unit and Temple.Hope to see everyone at the August Stated

Meeting.Let’s keep all our veterans, men and women

who are in harms way in our prayers.Commander

Gary “Rooster” Drennon

After two months of being dark, we are nowready to get back down to business for the Falland Winter. I personally want to thank eachmember for their hard work and the great effortput forth for selling the Shrine News Paper andOnions. We exceeded all expectations, and theMountaineers rose to the occasion. Our cook-out in June was also a great success, and I wantto thank all the brethren and Divan for attend-ing. A big thank you is extended to RonnyBerry for the grilling, and to our Ladies for thefood preparation and help. As you may know,the Greenbrier Independence day parade wascanceled for inclimate weather. The Unit looksforward to going to the Pleasant View Paradeon 27 July 2013. There are no sick to mention,and we thank the LORD. We have been askedby the Potentate to solicit membership, so ifyou know anyone who is interested in becom-ing a Shiner please converse with them. Seeyou all at the August Unit meeting on 20 Au-gust 2013 at our new time 6:00pm. As a spe-cial note from your captain, remember to votefor Carl Barnes for Potentate 2014.

Keep your powder dry and may your jugoverflow,

Captain Leo Claytor II

MOTOR CORPS

We had a great time at ourJune Dinner at SpringfieldCatfish House. We had 40 at-tend. Make sure you watch for details aboutour next dinner in the Motor Corps newsletter. We would like to thank Tracey Sterry for open-ing his home for the July stated meeting andproviding dinner for the members and theirfamilies.The Southeastern Convention will be over bythe time you are reading this, and we wouldlike to congratulate our Captain Barry for rep-resenting us on the SASMC line. Remember the Circus Ads are due by Sept. 1.Please support the temple and long-time mem-ber of the Motor Corps Carl Barnes as we raisemoney for 2014. Also remember to sell thePaper Sale Plaques. They can be turned inthrough the end of the year.We would like to see everyone at the meetings.Please come out on the third Tuesday of everymonth and support your Motor Corps. Also re-member where we come from, and attend yourBlue Lodge.Shine up your vehicles as parade season is justaround the corner, kicking off with the Circusin October. We would like to see every mem-ber who can come out and support the unit, theShrine and the hospitals.

GH PC

PROVOST GUARD

Al Menah Provost Guard would liketo thank all of the members whohave involved in all of the eventsthat we have over the summermouths. The Captain would love

to see the meeting room full at ournext meeting as we prepare for the

upcoming CIRCUS. Please continue to re-member all of our sick members and their fam-ilies.

SHRINE CLUB NEWS

Cheatham County Shrine ClubOur next meeting will be Tuesday, August 6that the Riverview Restaurant at 6:00 PM. Hopeeveryone tries to attend.

Hope everyone is having a nice summer andis taking time to try and sale some plagues forour Hospitals.

We had a good Onion Sale and got all ofthem sold. Remember that the stated meetingsstart again this month and try to attend. Hope to see you at our meeting.

Charles Bamman,President

Dickson County Shrine ClubThe club has successfully plodded through

the summer preparing for second annual tax-free weekend sale of Shrine Paper Sale. The

center neWS

6 AUGUST 2013

sale will be held at our local Walmart Store Au-gust 2nd 3rd and 4th (Tax free weekend).

Noble Horace Perkins and club members aretraveling visiting Shrine clubs in the areapreparing the December elections.

Health and fitness have challenged some ofour membership. Longtime Noble and Clubtreasure Bobby Curtis has had some problemsand recently underwent back surgery. BootyReed club chaplain and longtime member ofthe old Keystone cops recently underwent hipsurgery, and then is in line for a knee replace-

ment. Club Treasurer Tom York has had sev-

eral hospital stays and scheduled for a heart

procedure shortly. Long time loyal member

Toby Talbert is having dialyses 3 times a week.

We have left a lot of happy tears in our area

with successful sale of the Vandalia Onions.

The Dickson County shrine club meets the

second Thursday of each month and all are

welcome to join us.

Jim Lietz, Sec.

615-476-7470

Fayetteville Shrine ClubNobles – Remember that our meeting is thesecond Tuesday of every month at 6:00 PM atShoney’s on Huntsville Hwy. Hope to seeeveryone there.

David Barnes

Robertson County Shrine ClubSorry to say but the Robterson County ShrineClub is no longer meeting

Tracy (SKIPPY) Sterry Vice Pres RCSC

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