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And so it begins, in its quiet little way. About a week ago I got my gown (virtually a uniform) for installation in May. Joan says it's ok to get it altered; I want to have the sleeves taken up so that they clear the crook of my elbow. Nominally they are short sleeves, but I'm so short-waisted they are elbow length on me. I'd like to have the body shortened too, but suspect there's too much beadwork for that to be feasible/affordable.

Sunday was the Association meeting, at Contentment Chapter. I went only to the general session to hear the candidates speak, and to be, well, evident, as an involved member. Didn't stay for the individual breakout sessions. Elections this year should be smooth and brief, as both Carol and Mike are running unopposed.

ETA: Over supper, PSI let me know that a volunteer, GMB, has been drafted to be Matron of my local chapter. Whew! I passed the word that I'm willing to take any other local office they need next year.

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[msmemory.livejournal.com]

We do sometimes see deceased members' pins and things on Ebay etc. That's a shame. I don't have a problem, personally, if the family has other Masonic ties and wants to hold onto ancestral regalia in hopes it might be used or cherished by a new generation. It is disappointing to see regalia sold, or melted down for precious metals, instead of returned to the local or state sponsoring chapter, though.

See the link I posted above in my response to rufinia for some info about requirements and the order.

[ladymacgregor.livejournal.com]

When I became Worthy Advisor of my local Rainbow Girls chapter, I got my grandfather's Masonic gavel - a solid thing of heavy dark wood (mahogany? Teak? Ebony?), instead of the sweet little clear lucite gavels with-a-rose-embedded-in-one-end that were standard Rainbow-Girls issue. It was cool. When I rapped with *that*, people noticed.