AOH Division 61 Joseph Patrick Schickling
Monthly Newsletter
4131 Rhawn Street, Philadelphia, PA
Reach us via email at
aohdiv61@aol.com or by phone 215-624-3007Celebrating over 100 Years of Friendship, Unity and Christian Charity!
June 2003
Volume 10, Issue 6
Division Calendar
AOH Monthly Meeting
Fri., June 6th, 8 PM
LAOH Monthly Meeting
Wed., June 11th, 7:30 PM
Home Association Mtg.
Wed., June 18th, 7:30 PM
Annual KP Golf Tourney
Sun., June 29th, 9 AM
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Welcome to New Members:
Stephen Burgoon,
Brian Kelly, Jr,
Joseph McGuigan,
Bill Muldoon
and recent Transfers:
Evan Mahan,
John Kleaver.
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Visit our website:
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Annual Dues are now Overdue!
If you have not paid yet, please pay at the next monthly meeting or mail your dues to:
Joe Schickling
188 Hickory Hill Rd.
Phila., PA 19154
Breithlá Sona! (BREH-LAW SO-nuh)
Happy Birthday wishes to the following Hibernians:
Jim Duerstock,
Brian Sickel,
Francis Walsh,
Kevin Leonard,
John Kennedy,
John Prendergast,
Bill Weldon,
Joe Beggin,
Frank Dugan,
Bill Peglow,
Bob Cummings,
John Marlow,
Joe McGuigan,
Brian Kelly Jr.
Go maire tú an céad!
(guh MA-ruh too uhn KYAYD) May you live to be a hundred!***
Good and Welfare
Future Hibernian
Congrats to the Peglows on the birth of their daughter, Anna Marie.
Keep in your Prayers
The families of Mary Rife, Pres. Div. 1 Berks Co. and Brian Arnott (Div. 39), and Mike Glenn (Div. 17) Elizabeth Travis (mother of Terri) and Sybil McIhenny (mother of Barb Dugan who recently passed away.
Our troops and their families and loved ones – like
Pat Byrne (Div. 25) who can be reached via email at: patrick.byrne@bdab.aorcentaf.af.mil or by postal mail at:T/Sgt. Patrick Byrne
486 AEW SQUADRON / COMM / EI
APO AE 09319
Take a moment to visit
www.operationshoebox.comto see what you can do to help.
Call for Democracy
May 29th should have been the day for Assembly elections in the North of Ireland. Instead, it is a day of action to protest the cancelling of those elections by the British Government. There is a petition being circulated worldwide to demand the British Government set a date and hold these elections.
It is urgent that everyone who supports freedom and democracy sign on to the petition. Let Tony Blair, Bertie Ahern and George Bush know that world condemns the ongoing denial of democracy in the North of Ireland. This link will take you to the petition:
Statement of Senator Edward M. Kennedy on Northern Ireland
"I regret the decision to postpone the elections for the Northern IrelandAssembly. The good faith efforts of Sinn Fein and the Irish and British governments had brought the parties to the threshold of an imminent and historic breakthrough that could well have guaranteed the success of the peace process.
In the recent negotiations, the IRA had responded to every reasonable request to clarify its commitment to end its support for violence. The Unionists cannot forever have a veto on the peace process. The people of Northern Ireland deserve better."
Help Fund the Cure
As you may be aware, the US Postal Service recently released its new "Fund the Cure" stamp to help fund breast cancer research. Please help in the fight against a disease that has touched the lives of many of our loved ones and friends.
Instead of the normal 37 cents for a stamp, this one costs 40 cents. The additional 3 cents will go to breast cancer research. A "normal" book costs $7.40. A book of these stamps costs $8.00. It takes a few minutes in line at the Post Office and means so much.
If all stamps are sold, it will raise an additional $35,000,000 for this vital research. Please take the time and the few extra cents to purchase these stamps on your next trip to the post office.
Annual Kevin Pierce Memorial Golf Outing -
Middletown C.C. - Sunday, June 29th 9 AM
This event helps fund the Division's Good & Welfare fund and other charitable works please help support this event.
We are seeking sponsors!
See the enclosed flyer for more information.
Division News:
Tir na nOg News
Thanks to all who sold or purchased pizzas. Thanks especially to Rick Prendergast top seller, the Cummings family second and the Scanlon family third. If you have not picked up your kit by now, I ate it.
Our May meeting with the car wash was a great success. Knowing that the camping trip would be the same weekend, we saved money on the rinse cycle, thanks to the rain. Thanks to all members who were brave enough to bring their car through for a wash. All proceeds go to sponsor future meetings of the Tir Na Nog. We will be raffling off a bucket of car care products at the men's meeting on June 6. Tickets are one dollar. Special thanks go out to Becky Becker who through her employer Pep Boys provided all the cleaning supplies and the bucket of car care products we are raffling off. Thank you Becky, and thank you Manny, Moe, and Jack. (I think Moe went to North with Joe Schickling).
We will not meet in June, July or August. Our next scheduled meeting is the third Sunday in September. We are looking into a trip to Campbell Field and the Camden River Sharks again. Watch this space for further details. Have a safe and happy summer.
Joe Campbell
Recap of past events
Irish Memorial Run raises $13,000. Thanks from Chuck Payne to all who participated as runners, walkers and volunteers. Future runs will be used to raise money to help feed the hungry.
Major Degrees
Congratulations to the following members who recently completed their degrees:
Chuck Calter,
Shore Home for Rent
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5 MIN WALK TO MOORES INLET AND THE BEACH.
WEEKLY AND MONTHLY RENTALS, WEEKEND OFF SEASON ONLY. CALL MARGARET @ (610)-385-1333 OR E-MAIL
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A.O.H. DIVISION 51 ~ FISHTOWN
"WILDWOOD GET TOGETHER"Saturday, July 5th, 2003 -
3:00 PM 'til 7:00 PM
Join us at Donovan's Reef in West Wildwood. Cost is $25 Per Person Includes Beer, Food and Music. 50-50 Drawings! A True Fishtown Reunion! Bring the Family! Come and Join the Fun... ALL ARE WELCOME! ALL A.O.H./L.A.O.H. Divisions Are Invited.
Tickets available by phone: 215-370-2745 or 215-370-1958
Proceeds Benefit The Divison 51 Home Committee
Irish Roots
Flynn
(O) Flynn, Flyng. Ó Floinn (flann, ruddy). This numerous and widespread name orignated in a number of different places, including Kerry and Clare. Of the two in Co. Cork one was a branch of the Corca Laoidhe, the other, lords of Muskerylinn (Musiscre Ui Fhloinn); in north Connacht the O'Flynns were leading men under the royal O'Connors, and there was also an erenagh family there; while further west on the shores of Lough Conn another distinct erenagh family was located. For the name in Ulster as an indgeous sept see Lynn.
Flinn. A frequent variant of Flynn.
(O) Lynn. Ó Fhloinn, now usually made Ó Loinn. This is the northern form of Ó Floinn (Flynn) and is the name of a sept located near Lough Neagh. County Antrim.
Source: The Surnames of Ireland - Edward MacLysaght, 1985
The Things You Taught Me I Will Always Know
The things you taught me I will always know.
How could I not? The roots have sunk so deep:
All lessons of the heart that I will keep
No matter who I am or where I go.
Kids learn from what their parents are, and so
You are my book of life, the thoughts I reap;
Only in your arms I quiet sleep;
Under my words your voice sings soft and slow.
From you I learned the rules of right and wrong
Against which I at times had to rebel,
Though with regret I carry with me still.
How lucky I am to have been loved so well,
Even as I pushed against your will,
Relying on a father fair and strong.
AOH Officers
Bill Kuntz, President, Joe Campbell, Vice-President, Joe Schickling, Financial Secretary, John Joe Kelly, Treasurer, Art Hand, Recording Secretary, Jay Costello, Chmn. Stndg. Comm., Jack Gill, Marshall, Ed Rodriguez, Sentinel, John Hagan, Organizer, Joe Beggin, Historian Steve Newton, Steward, Frank Schickling, Past-President, Tim Cawley, Chris Mullen, Mike McCrane –Trustees, Rev. James A. Lyons, Chaplain
Division 61 Club Hours
Sundays Noon – 10PM
Mondays 7PM - Midnight
Tuesday 6PM – Midnight
Thursday 6PM – Midnight
Fridays 6PM - 2 AM
Saturdays Noon - 2 AM
Come out and enjoy some good times!
Hibernian Happenings
USA vs. Ireland Boxing Exhibition
Thursday, June 5 at 8 PM
This fully sanctioned, 11-bout match features the best in Philadelphia-area amateur boxing talent against the Sacred Heart Boxing Club from Newry, South Armagh, Northern Ireland and other Irish boxers including "All-Ireland" and regional champions. Proceeds benefit AOH charities and scholarships, Project Children, Vietnam Veterans, Saint Bridget's Parish and other worthy causes.
With questions, please reply to this email or call Kieran McGovern at 267-249-7632, Jack Connor at 215-289-6052, Ed "Obie" O'Brien at 215-300-6332, or Dennis Heron at 215-634-0392.
Jeanie Johnston Itineriary
Philadelphia
The Jeanie Johnston will be located Penn's Landing Corporation, 121 North Columbus Blvd. Philadelphia, PA 19106.
It will be open to the public from Friday, June 13 to Sunday, June 22.
Opening times are from 10.00AM to 6PM and this time may be extended to 7PM if there are evenings where there are no functions.
Admission: $7 Adults $5 Seniors, Students & Children $20 Family
Note Free tours to the public: 10 to 11 AM and 3 to 4 PM every day.
Events
June 15th: Cermony at Philadelphia Irish Memorial ( at Front and Chestnet Streets)
June 22nd: Turbo Turtle Race to benefit the Hibernian Hunger Project.
June 21-22: 6.30 - 9.00 pm Irish - American Festival.
Other planned activities include live music featuring the area's finest Irish Bands, Mummers and Irish string bands, Irish dancers, storytellers, bagpipe players and harp players. There also will be information on the Great Hunger and Irish History.
Further information:
The Philadelphia Committee of the Jeanie Johnston. Call toll free 1-877-IRL-SHIP
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Bristol
The Michael Dougherty Division 1 of Bucks County invites you to Bristol to tour the Jeanie Johnston, the only ship during " An Gorta Mor - The Great Hunger" that never lost a passenger. She will honor Bristol with her presence from June 26th through June 29th, 2003. Tours of her living history museum are available from 1:00 P.M. until 6:00 P.M. on June 26th and from 10:30 A.M. until 6:30 P.M. on June 27th to 29th. The Jeanie Johnston will be docked at Municipal Wharf in the Bristol Lion's Park at the foot of Mill Street. For more info please contact Jim Fitzpatrick at 215-949-0586 eire321@msn.com or Pat Stanley 215-785-5117 prljam4ever@juno.com.
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Daltaí na Gaeilge
will hold a one-day Irish Language Immersion Program (Satharn na nGael) on Saturday the 7th of June 2003, in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. On-line Rregistration is available. General Information, Directions and a Registration Form are available through the link below:http://www.daltai.com/events/conshohocken.htm
This Month in Irish History
June 1798
Rising in eastern Ulster: 4,000 insurgents under Henry Joy McCracken take Randalstown and Ballymena, Co. Antrim, but are defeated at Antrim town (7 June); McCracken is hanged. 7,000 insurgents under Henry Munro are defeated at Ballinahinch, Co. Down; Betsy Gray, an insurgent fighting beside her brother and her lover, is killed by yeomanry; Munro is hanged
Wexford rebellion: rebels massacre Kingsborough's militiamen and yeomanry at Oulart (27 May) and capture Enniscorthy and Wexford town (30 May). 200 Loyalists are massacred at Scullabogue, Co. Wexford (5 June). Rebel attacks on New Ross (5 June) and Arklow (9 June) fail; Luke Gardiner (Viscount Mountjoy, former MP for Co. Dublin) is killed at the head of his regiment at New Ross. The rebels are routed by Viscount Lake at Vinegar Hill, near Enniscorthy (21 June), and Wexford town is recaptured (22 June). Rebel leader John Murphy is hanged. Cornelius Grogan, former MP for Enniscorthy and 65 years old, is hanged as a rebel with Beauchamp Bagenal Harvey and John Henry Colclough on Wexford bridge (27 June); their heads are put on pikes and their bodies thrown in the river (Grogan's body is retrieved by a family servant and reunited with his head; he is buried in the family graveyard). Grogan had been abducted by the rebels and was a reluctant member of the committee of public safety to protect Wexford town. He had returned home after the rebels' defeat, but was arrested, and tried by court-martial on 26 June. (General Lake had written of Grogan, 'What there is against him I don't exactly know; I imagine sufficient to convict him.') Grogan's brother, Lieutenant Thomas Grogan, had been killed by rebels at Arklow (9 June); another brother was wounded at New Ross
Words to Ponder
"The first great gift we can bestow on others is a good example."-
Thomas Morell