 THE ORIGINAL RED SHIRT CREW - JAN 30, 2010 LF - RT: LARRY JUNG, TOM ASHLEY, EADS B. BLASER JR., BILL RODGERS, CORKY HUFFMAN, PHIL FENTON, CHIP WOLFE III ON MAY 6, 2008 BROTHER TOM ASHLEY PROPOSED THAT TO ENCOURAGE ATTENDANCE, THE LODGE PREPARE A MEAL EVERY TUESDAY. PRIOR TO THIS ONLY AT STATED MEETINGS AND SPECIAL CALLED MEETINGS, WERE MEALS PREPARED. PASSED THAT NIGHT, FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS VARIOUS BRETHREN VOLUNTEERED TO COOK BUT IT QUICKLY BECAME OBVIOUS THAT A MORE SUITABLE ARRANGEMENT WAS NEEDED. THIS BECAME THE IMPETUS FOR THE CREATION OF "THE RED SHIRT CREW." BEGINNING WITH THE STATED MEETING HELD ON OCTOBER 7, 2008, IN WHICH BAKED HALIBUT WAS SERVED, THE RED SHIRT CREW PREPARED ALL MEALS UNTIL OCTOBER 2014 WHEN FOUR COOKING TEAMS TOOK OVER. IN ADDITION TO COOKING FOR THE LODGE, THE RED SHIRT CREW ALSO PREPARED THE PALESTINE LION'S CLUB NOON MEAL FROM MARCH 5, 2009 UNTIL JULY 25, 2013 AND A STATED MEETING MEAL FOR TYRE LODGE NO. 198 A. F. & A. M. FROM APRIL 16, 2009 UNTIL JULY 12, 2014.  ON MARCH 5, 2015 THE RED SHIRT CREW WAS REACTIVATED AND RESUMED COOKING FOR THE LIONS CLUB WITH SIX NEW MEMBERS JOINING MANY OF THE ORIGINAL CREW. ON JULY 28, 2016 THE RED SHIRTS RETIRED A SECOND TIME FROM SERVING THE PALESTINE NOON LIONS CLUB. THE ORIGINAL CREW FOR LIONS MEALS 2009 - 2013 WILLIAM THOMAS "TOM" ASHLEY EADS B. BLASER JR. WILLIS "BO" BOEDEKER J. ALVIN COLEMAN PHILIP R. FENTON CORKY HUFFMAN LARRY B. JUNG JOHNNY MCVEY PHIL OWENS BILL RODGERS JIMMY SANSOM CHIP WOLFE III THE NEW CREW - 2015 WILLIAM THOMAS "TOM" ASHLEY ROGER L. BAKER EADS B. BLASER JR. WILLIS "BO" BOEDEKER DAVID BROOKS PHILIP R. FENTON HAROLD "CORKY" HUFFMAN LARRY B. JUNG WILLIAM "BILL" RODGERS JIMMY SANSOM CHARLES L. STEEN ERNEST "CHIP" WOLFE III  GRAND MASTER OF TEXAS MASONS ORVILLE LEE O'NEILL JANUARY 30, 2010 L-R: EADS B. BLASER JR., LARRY B. JUNG, TOM ASHLEY, GM O'NEILL, PHIL FENTON, ERNEST "CHIP" WOLFE III, HAROLD "CORKY" HUFFMAN, BILL RODGERS GRAND SECRETARY OF THE GRAND LODGE OF TEXAS TOM GUEST VISITING PALESTINE LODGE WITH THE GRAND MASTER JANUARY 30, 2010  Our Red Shirt Crew would have made a fine first cabinet in 1861 for The Confederate States of America |
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