Photo by Jeffrey Saulton Raising the flag on the new pole for the U.S. flag were, front from left, Dave Lucas and Mike Thomas and in back, Bill Sands and Tim Righter. For more photos from this event go to cu.newsandsentinel.com

By JEFFREY SAULTON, jsaulton@newsandsentinel.com

PARKERSBURG – Members of the Nemesis Shrine Temple dedicated another part of their new home Friday.

Flags were hoisted on three new flag poles, donated by members, for the first time, said Bob Stout, Nemesis Shrine Temple potentate for 2010.

Stout said the new poles were the latest addition to the new temple on Watson Road. Soon the area around the poles will be paved with dedication bricks and larger memorial stones and dedication plaques at the base of each pole.

“Five years ago this month we bought this property, June 28, and the new building opened in November of 2009,” he said. “We got the parking lot paved two weeks ago.”

Stout said the new flags, the United States flag, a West Virginia flag and a new Nemesis flag, were donations just like the flag poles.

Stout said the pole for the U.S. flag was donated by Tim and Sharon Ross in memory of Edsil D. Ross, Tim’s father. Members of the Nemesis Legion Honor Unit, a unit made up of military veterans, donated the West Virginia flag pole and the pole for the Shrine flag was donated by Dave Hayes in memory of Robert L. Hayes.

Members of the honor guard raised the flags during the ceremony in front of the new building.

Dan Hamrick, assistant rabban, said the new building is three times larger than the former building at 811 Lodge Court near Market Street in downtown Parkersburg. Recently that building was sold to the Sanctuary of Hope Church.

“Here everything is on one floor and we have more grounds around us,” he said. “In the old building all we had was the building, an alley and a parking lot.”

At Watson Road, the group now has a garage to house its firetrucks used in local parades, a large ballroom and a picnic shelter complete with its own kitchen, both of which were used Friday after the flag raising ceremony. Hamrick said the shelter is set with 10 tables for eight people each. Friday’s picnic was prepared by members of the clown unit.

We will be having our Sportsman’s Bash this year on Saturday, October 2, 2010 at the Nemesis Shrine Property, 244 Watson Rd, Parkersburg, WV. Last years’ Bash was a success. We are again asking for your support in 2010 to make this Sportsman’s Bash bigger and better than ever. We would ask that when you sell or buy tickets that you turn your money in ASAP so we can have a better idea of how ticket sales are going. We need everyone’s help to make this years’ Bash a huge success. This fund raising money goes into the operating budget for the temple. All of the clubs and Units are urged to participate in a fun-filled day for the whole family with games, raffles, food and beverages. Gates open at 11AM – Drawing to start at 12:30PM.

Each member of Nemesis Shriners is being asked to sell or buy four tickets @ $20 each for a total of $80. For those of you that do not support this type of fund raising, we certainly respect your feelings regarding this matter. However, we would ask for your support of our Shrine Center by making a donation. We have found this to be a great alternative to raise money rather than having to raise our annual dues.

As a thank you for selling or buying four tickets, you will be given a “sellers” chance to win one of five $100 cash drawings. In addition, for every twenty tickets you sell, you will be given an extra chance to win one of the $100 drawings.

Please make checks payable to Nemesis Sportsman’s Bash and mail to:

Nemesis Shriners
PO Box 2192
Parkersburg, WV 26102

Please welcome these new Nobles:

John Anderson
Jeffrey Brown
David Fulton
Terry Gump
Thomas Hurt
John Jacobsen
Daniel Joachim
John Marshall
Larry Martin
David Nelson
Curtis Pancake Jr
Frederick Williams
Virgil Wilson

On Saturday May 8th, the Spring Ceremonial was held at the Nemesis Property in Parkersburg. There were approximately 100 or so in attendance, with 13 candidates receiving their degrees.

A picnic style lunch was provided by the Tyler County Shrine Club. The hamburgers and hot dogs were wonderful. It was very cold and windy, and most of the day was spent indoors.

In addition to the ceremonial, the ladies luncheon at the Blennerhassett had 47 in attendance. It was a great day to be, or become a shriner.

$500 Charlie McCoy
$250 Ed Hupp
$250 Richard Law
$500 Bruce Brunton
$250 Barb Hupp
$250 Betty Secrist
$500 Tim Vaughn
$250 Hupp/Stout/LB
$250 Rich Jones
$500 Deb Collins
$250 Jim Brown
$250 Rick Freed
$500 Dave Masten
$1000 Ron Warfield
$2000 Mark Wigal

Congratulations!