Tri Kappa

The Associate Chapter of Tri Kappa held a Christmas meeting and party Dec. 12 at the home of Pat Duff. Committee in charge was comprised of Duff, Mary Brown and Marjory Clifford. The chapter will continue the Carroll County Cancer Tree project in 2008. Duff created the memorial in honor of her sister and other cancer victims.

The Birthday Pig was fed by Doris Goslee, Faye Underhill, Mary Helen Abbott and Mary Ellen Campbell.

Donnabelle Sieber was honored for 65 years of active involvement in the associate chapter by the Active Chapter. She received a gift from Carolyn Wood of the active chapter. She was presented a Christmas centerpiece from the associate chapter and was also honored for her birthday with a surprise visit by her daughter, Sue Ann Cornell, from the active chapter.

Sharon O'Farrell shared Christmas memories and verse with the theme "Don't Forget to Laugh" following the luncheon.

The next meeting will be in March.

Mt. Zion Lodge

Fred Hartman of rural Deer Creek was elected to the post of Worshipful Master of Mt. Zion Lodge No. 211, Free and Accepted Masons. He and his fellow officers were installed at a public ceremony on Jan. 1 at the Camden Masonic Lodge Building.

Serving with Hartman during 2008 will be Don Hickman, Jr. in the chair of Senior Warden and Don Hickman III as Junior Warden. Bob McCain returns to the post of treasurer and Bill Veach continues as the Lodge's secretary. Senior and Junior Deacon chairs will be filled by Chad Alexander and Gus Fuller, respectively. The lodge's immediate Past Master, Chris Dyke, will serve as trustee of the fraternity.

"I am looking for an active year at Mt. Zion Lodge," said Hartman.

Internally Hartman plans to initiate a member newsletter. "I want to use both electronic and conventional means to reach those members who can't always attend."

By generating continuity between meetings Hartman hopes to keep interest high in the fraternity's work among all the members. Many of those men were previously members of the Delphi Lodge, which merged with the Camdenbased Mt. Zion Lodge in 2004.

"With our lodge now being over 150 years old we have quite a good record and are proud to serve the communities of Camden, Delphi, Flora, Deer Creek and Bringhurst," noted Hartman. As part of this community commitment, he plans to get the brick work on the 104-year-old Masonic Building on Camden's Main Street tuck pointed to keep it architecturally sound and for it to continue as a significant community asset.

Mt. Zion Lodge participates annually in Camden's Youth Day, serving a sausage gravy and biscuit breakfast and also conducts the area's CHIP (Child Identification Program), a free service of the Indiana Freemasons during the summer event.