Fraternally,

Ralph Gschwind,ER

         Our meeting on March 14th was well attended by 20 members present. Thank you all for attending.
         This past year has gone by too fast. I want to thank all of the Officers: Sharon Harris, Roberta Huyck, Elaine Gransbury, Francine Feltman, Mary Lee Martin and Executive Board members: Margaret Jester, Jean Selleck, Robin Little and all Committee members for your time and dedication to the Auxiliary. We have had a very busy year. We appreciate all that you have done for the Auxiliary.

The OFFICERS for the new year are as follows:
President - Brenda Philpott                        Correspondece Secretary - Sylvia Roberts
Vice President - Robin Little                      Treasurer - Elaine Gransbury
Recording Secretary - Roberta Huyck       Chaplain - Francine Feltman
Executive Board - Nora Cole, Nancy Francisco, and Jean Selleck

Installation of officers is April 3, 2005. The photographer will be taking pictures after the installation.

CRAFT SHOW:
A BIG thank you to Robin Little for all of your work in organizing a very successful Craft Show again this year. We had the Elks Lodge filled to capacity with crafters and a constant flow of people looking at & buying items. The crafters were pleased with early coffee and donuts to get things started and most said they had a good day.

Craft Show Bake Sale - Thank you to Caroline Harrington and Dale Rigas, great job ladies, you had a busy day at those tables. We had a good selection of baked goods and we want to thank everyone who took the time to bake.

Craft Show Chinese Auction - Dale Rigas did a wonderful job coordinating this with the crafters and decorating the tables and items. She really made this a fun event for all. Thank you Dale!

Craft Show Kitchen - Wow, the kitchen was constantly busy. Thank you to Margaret Jester, Nora Cole, Doris Dean, Sylvia Dermondy, Fancine Feltman, Eleanor MacDonald, and Sheri Pell. Many people complimented the great food from the kitchen. Great Work Ladies.

Craft Show Friday nite volunteers: - Thank you to Robin Little, Mark Little, Sylvia Roberts, Jerry Roberts and Tom Danforth, for all your help to set up the tables and chairs.

CHILDREN'S EASTER EGG HUNT:
Thank you to all that made cupcakes for the Children's Easter Egg Hunt that the Elks Lodge, Fire Department and other community members organized this year. The children had a great time. Thank you Volunteer Bakers - Sandy Wallace, Robin Little, Margaret Jester, Pat Halaquest, Nancy Francisco, Nora Cole, Eleanor MacDonald, Sheri Pell, Dale Rigas, Barb Wakemen, Francine Feltman.

COMMITTEES:
Our Kitchen Committee members, Sharon Harris and Dale Rigas have had the kitchen cleaned professionally and they did a great job organizing this The kitchen looks really nice. Thank you ladies.
Our Scholarship Committee Chairperson, Margaret Jester, has received an application already and has mad - certain that the applications are available. She has the following members assisting her with the applications: Jean Selleck, Robin Little, Sylvia Roberts, Eleanor MacDonalc' Darlene Cyr, Dale Rigas. All Applications need to be returnee by: April 8, 2005.
Our Project Committee members wi'l be meeting this month and will have a report for our meeting.
Our Audit Committee, Chairperson - Dale Rigas, Sharon Harris, and Margaret Jester
will have a report for our next meeting.

BINGO:
APRIL KITCHEN VOLUNTEERS:
April 7th - Caroline Harrington & Brenda Philpott
April 14th - Eleanor MacDonald & ?
April 21st - Dale Rigas & Jean Dexheimer
April 28th - Sheri Pell & Louise Craig

BINGO KITCHEN:
We need help with volunteers for our Bingo Kitchen on Thursdays. Please call me if you can volunteer to work in April, May, or June. I know this is a lot of work, but we need volunteers to keep this going. Once again, I just want all members to realize that if enough people volunteer, even one or two Thursdays a year, this will work for all of us. Thank you all who h«ve volunteered to work and bake this year.

NEW MEMBERS:
We have two new members applications that we will be discussing at our next meeting.

PIE NIGHT WILL BE: APRIL 1st
Nora Cole, Marion Pickering, Margaret Jester and Sylvia Roberts volunteered to cut and bake pies. Thank you ladies.
We will have an Executive meeting at 6:00 P.M.
I hope to see everyone at our next meeting on April 11th at 6:30 P.M.