Greetings Prophets:
Our summer is drawing to a close and we drift into fall. Five Prophets and their ladies from Al Sirat took a trip to Mansfield for the Ohio Grotto Association convention, hosted by Baku Grotto, August 1-4. The Friday morning meeting was held at Baku Grotto. The Ladies went to Kingwood Garden/Estate. Prophets and Ladies had lunch at the Grotto. At 1:30 we left for the Ohio State Reformatory - rows of cells stacked 6 floors high. It was an eye-opening experience. If you have not been there, put it on your bucket list, you will be amazed. Then we went to Baku for the social hour and their famous 2 inch pork chop dinner. We also enjoyed being in a Murder Mystery. We also had a 50/50 raffle and bid on baskets. On Saturday, the ladies left for Malabar Farms. Prophets went to the Grotto for our 9am meeting. At 11am we closed the doors for election for new officers for the OGA line. The new President of the OGA is PM Ronald Wyatt, who is our
District Deputy for 2024-2025. We are extremely excited for our PM Joe Huber who was elected to the OGA line as Sentinel. Congratulations Joe! The Prophets were on our own for lunch. We went to the Phoenix Brewing and then to Coney Island Hot Dog Diner for lunch. We got back at 5pm at Baku Grotto for the Memorial Service for Prophets who passed the last year. Then social hour and a formal dinner and Installation of New Officers. Past Presidents of OGA were recognised. I would like to say it was a good OGA convention and a lot of fun.
On August 10, PM Gary Mikoch and PM David Darling held our annual Al Sirat Grotto Charitable Golf Outing. It was a great success. See their message in the following pages.
August 20, we went to the Ice House for dinner, then to Brookside Masonic Temple for the Executive Board and Black Fez meetings.
We will be back for our first meeting, September 16.
We will have a Clam Bake on October 12, lead by by PM Joe Huber with a theme to celebrate the 100 years of the Black Fez.
Well, that's all for now. Hope to see you all in the realm in September. Enjoy the rest of your summer.
With good fellowship, Monarch.
Remember, Out of Site, Out of Mind.
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