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July / August 2012 Volume 61 Issue 4 OLEIKA SHRINE TEMPLE

POTENTATEGeorgeHall

EDITORDAVIDHADLANDPHOTOSDAVIDMOSLEY

OASIS OF LEXINGTON - DESERT OF KENTUCKY

IN THIS ISSUE

Oriental Band

Recorders Desk

Office Update

2012 Circus

Home Depot Kindness

Laurel County Shrine Club

Divan

Oleika Engineers

Potentates Ball

Laua

This Date in History

In Memoriam: Harold

Dorsey

William Buffalo Bill

Cody


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Nobles,

We have been busy these last few months.Much has been accomplished, but we havemore to do.I want to thank everyone that attended FunFest in Pigeon Forge. We had a great timeand really enjoyed the fellowship with ourown Temple as well as all of the others. Wehave a great Temple Family.The Luau was a blast and I feel verysuccessful. Everyone seemed to enjoythemselves

and the Decoration was fantastic. Thanksto the Ladies headed up by Macki Warren.You all did a fantastic job.I understand the Ladies Tea was a success.I would like to express my appreciation tothe all the Noblesthat helped to make this a very special timefor Lady Mary. I can honestly say thetables were magnificent and looked veryelegant, as for the Ladies, well you lookedveryGrand. I am proud of all of you.

Our Ball was very Good. The meal waswonderful and I hope everyone had enoughtoeat. My hand salutes these wonderfulpeople that were on our DecoratingCommittee.Thank you for making our night Special.Hospital Day was a Great Day. The sunwas shining beautiful and the Lordagain blessedus with a wonderful crew to cook for theCrowd. Thank you each and everyone thatparticipated in this.Our Onion Sales were Tops this year.Thanks to our Onion Chairman, SamSansom and

the workers. Please get you money in for

the onions ASAP, so that wecan pay the bill and look at our profit. Again,I salute my Nobles.We have many more things to be done asthe year goes on. Don't forget our TempleFish Fry, July 21st, and on that day we willbe having a Temple fund raiser. At seveno'clock we will be entertained by theComedain, Carl Hurley. Make sure youtickets in early. We need all your support tomake this an event to remember.

Our Temple will be Dark July and August,but that doesn't mean that we slow down.Emperial will be the first week in July.

August will bring us SESA in New Orleansandthe Temple Circus. Remember we needworkers at each Circus Show. Septemberbrings us SASA in Myrtle Beach. I almostforgot, July will also bring us Our DivanWeekend. I think this will be enough for usto think on until we ge through September.Don't forget Lady Mary's Quilt. She will be

raffling that until November. This will go forthe Children's Christmas Gifts. She alsohas in mind another Temple project that shewants to accomplish or at least get startedduring her year. She will let everyone knowonce she has her resources together. LadyMary is asking for all the Nobles and allthe Ladies support.Yours In Faith,

PotentateGeorge Hall


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Dear Brothers,

The Oleika Engineers have been very busy. Welaid track to West Liberty Kentucky, Fourteen

engineer members (Seven of whom are full

Highland Lodge members) went to Highland

Lodge 311 to rebuild the Lodge building that was

damaged by the tornado that occurred in March.

We successfully put it under the roof in 3 weeks. I

would like to thank all the brothers who donated

chairs, aprons, money, cranes, tool trucks, bucket

trucks, backhoes and various other donations.There is now enough money to buy carpet.

The residents of Eastern Kentucky now think we

are real engineers because we rebuilt the building

in just 3 weeks!

Brothers, please make sure that your home lodge

insurance policies are updated in case their is ever

a construction need for your lodge.

We are now back in Lexington at the Farmers

Market on Sundays between 10:00 a.m and 2:00p.m, unless we are doing a gig out of town. Come

join us at the farmers market tent for laughs and

tall tales and make sure you bring your boots cause

the bull gets mighty deep.

We also held and eight hour truck and trailer

session. Thirty-four people were in attendance. It

was a good turn out and Im proud of everyone.

Yours in the Faith,

Mike Holbrook

Senior Engineer


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DORSEY Harold Winston. The life of TheReverend Doctor Harold Winston Dorsey

concluded Tuesday afternoon, June 5, 2012

following a brief illness. He was in his 95th year.

Born in Shelby County, KY to Earle VanHorn and

Angie Hancock Dorsey, he attended the Sunnyside

School, Mt. Eden High School. In 1938 he received

a Bachelor of Arts degree from Kentucky Wesleyan

College, and his Master Divinity in 1941 from Emory

University's Candler School of Theology. Kentucky

Wesleyan honored him in 1959 with his Doctorate of

Divinity Degree. His forty-five years of service as a

minister in The United Methodist Church began with

a five-point circuit in Owen and Henry Counties and

included pastorates in Eminence, Irvine,

Nicholasville, Prestonsburg, Pikeville, Epworth/

Lexington and Ashland. He was District

Superintendent of The Danville District and The

Lexington District. His related involvement included

Chairman of the Board of Pensions, Board of

Directors of Pikeville Methodist Hospital, Lexington's

Good Samaritan Hospital, Board of Directors of

Kentucky Wesleyan College, Southeastern

Jurisdictional Conference, Hinton Rural Life Board,

World Methodist Council, Charter member Kentucky

United Methodist Foundation Board of Directors and

Director of the Good Samaritan Foundation. In

1957, he was a short term missionary to Japan and

twice on the Kentucky Council of Churches. His

additional community service included Chaplain of

both the Prestonsburg Fire Department and later

The Pike County Rescue Squad, Chairman of the

Disaster Committee of the Floyd County Red Cross

and later Chaired the Rehabilitation Committee

during the 1957 Flood, Spokesperson for the flood

control before the U.S. Congressional hearings

securing the Fishtrap Dam and flood control of The

Big Sandy River. Dr. Dorsey was a former Rotarian

and Kiwanian for 55 years, serving as a Director in

each club and President of the Lexington Kiwanis

Club 1985-86. He served on three different Boy

Scout Councils: Old Kentucky Home, Lonesome

Pine and Bluegrass. He was a 60+ year member of

the Masonic Order and until this past year served as

Chaplain of Oleika Shrine Temple. He was a

Kentucky Colonel, Man of the Mountains Floyd

County Hall of Fame, recipient of "Hero, Saints &

Legends" Award, outstanding Alumnus of Kentucky

Wesleyan College and received numerous awards

and recognitions throughout his lifetime of service.

He is preceded in death by his wife of 60 years,Irene Cochran Dorsey, in 2001. The tragic death of

their only child, Edwin Cochran Dorsey took place in

1971 on his 21st birthday while a student at

Kentucky Wesleyan College. Dr. Dorsey is also

preceded in death by an older brother, Edwin Dale

Dorsey, and his two younger twin brothers, Roy

Hancock Dorsey, Sr. and Ray Earle Dorsey. He is

survived by a niece, Mrs. Lee (Rebecca) Heaton of

Louisville; two nephews, Roy Hancock Dorsey, Jr.

and his wife Tish Dorsey of Fort Thomas and OwenEarle Dorsey and his wife Linda Greenwood Dorsey

of Atlanta, GA.; his sister-in-law, Mrs. Roy Hancock

(Marilyn Owen) Dorsey, Sr. of Fort Thomas, KY.; two

great-nephews; four great nieces; six great-great-

nephews; six great-great nieces; and his cousins,

Emma Jean Hancock Nash and Dorothy Hancock

Segretto of Shelbyville, KY. church.
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On this date in 1818,the Grand Lodge of

Mississippi wasformed

On this date in 1877,the Grand Lodge of

New Mexico was

formed

FamousShriner

Cody, William

"Buffalo Bill"

Entertainer, Joined

Platte Valley Lodge

No. 32, Feb. 26,

1870 at Fort

McPherson,

Nebraska.

A member AARS inRoyal Arch & Mecca

Shriner in New York

City.


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