June 22, 2010

Presidents Message

     Dear Brothers, as we turn into summer, I would like to thank everyone for all their support.

     During this past quarter we have been blessed with some good events and saddened with our division first passing. One of our founding members Jack Crimmins lost his wife Jean Crimmins. In true Hibernianism, Gene Obrien headed our color guard along with a bag piper.

     On a happier note, we were able to provide support to some of our local charities. The Boy Scouts fixed the ramp for the V.F.W. hall as part of an Eagle Badge project. We provided them with some additional funds and access to the hall.

     Mrs. Sharon Essl of Project Children, another one of our charities, was given a donation of $400. This will be put towards the costs to bring a child from Ireland to New Jersey for six weeks. Sharon gave a beautiful speech, informing our division on the history and exactly what and how Project Children works. Sharon will be at our festival in the fall to help spread the word.

     We also provided initial funds for the new Food Pantry in Cape May Courthouse. As they move further towards their opening their doors, they are requesting volunteers to help rebuild their building.

     We will be taking the month of July off, to enjoy the summer. There will be NO meetings this month. Eric Ramsey, our divisions Recording Secretary graciously offered his house for our annual summer party. Please mark your calendars for Saturday July 24, starting at 1 P. M.  As ususal, our children are invited and a life guard will be provided, as the Ramsey’s have a pool. Albeit, not the Roman Spa’s of the Dunne’s.

     Our division now has two new June Brides. Debbie and Rich Kramer will have been Married on June 26.

May God be with you and bless you, May you see your children’s children,
May you be poor in misfortune, rich in blessings.
May you know nothing but happiness from this day forward.

In a small ceremony on June 15, Marianne decided to marry me, why is still am mystery to me.

August’s meeting will be held at Out Lady of Angles in Cape May Courthouse. The time of this meeting will be 7:30 P. M. To allow the northern members to arrive on time. We will give everyone enough time to adjust their schedule accordingly.

Thank you to all of you for everything that you do and for all of your support.

Respectfully, in Brotherhood, Unity and Christian Charity.

Patrick Jockel

President

A. O. H. Division 2

All Irish Martyrs

Dear Division Brothers;
 
    To use a good Irish quote “A good beginning is half the work.”
 
I would like to take this time to thank you all for your support this quarter.
 
We survived another marching season, albeit we went 1 for 2. To use yet again another quote.  “A meeting in sunlight is lucky, and a burying in the rain.”
We showed up in force for the Belmar parade, sixteen strong and able bodied men. Second in size to Monmouth 2. We were invited to join Monmouth 2 at their hall and were fed and entertained. Much thank to our gracious hosts.
 
We were rained out of all of the Southern parades. A special thank you to Rob Hudson and his minute by minute analysis of the weather and his constant contact with the pipe band. This helped us, not to make an unnecessary trip.
 
Thank you to all who helped with our St. Patrick’s Dinner. We had an amazing turn out of 42 people. There wasn’t much room for more people. Again, the Kramer brothers were our chefs. I thank them for that. Mike Hagen Jr. and Kenny Jockel helped clean the hall on Sunday. The ladies of the A.O.H. thank them. Eric Ramsey, graciously loaned us his kegerator, a thank you goes out to him. Smithwicks was flowing and the music was playing.
We overwhelmed someone to the point that they applied immediately and stated “I can feel the camaraderie and friendship and want to be a part of this organization”.
 
Another thank you to Jim Roche. Jim has set up and administered our division food assistance program. With Jim’s leadership, we have helped families in their time of need by providing food.
 
In the coming months, we have a few guest speakers coming to help inform us on Irish history and Issues. Mrs. Sharon Essl, from Project children will be at our May 17th division meeting. Mr. Mike Garvin, will inspire us in song at our June 21 meeting.

Please keep in your prayers any of our brothers or family members who are ill and unable to join us.
 
Yours in Friendship, Unity and Chrisitian Charity
 
 
Patrick Jockel
President Division 2
Cape May County

01/10/2010

To all my division brothers;

     This is the first presidents message for the year. I would like to thank Rob Kramer, for all of his hard work in the past two years. I would also like to thank all of our guests that came down for the installation of our new officers. It was a nice surprise to see our fellow and lady hibernians make the trip and share in our event.

     We had our first board meeting of the year and will be following through on all of the projects that were started in the past. We have filled most of the officer positions and will be asking the rest of the members to help in other areas. Our division can only grow and thrive if everyone helps and participates.

     I would like to see more of our brothers at our monthly meetings and events. As this strengthens the bonds of Unity, Brotherhood and Christian Charity.

Respectfully;

Patrick Jockel

President

A. O. H. Division 2

All Irish Martyrs

Subject: Christmas Cards for Wounded Soldiers
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:58:09 +0000

Brothers when you are doing your Christmas Cards Please write one extra card for
our wounded soldiers who have been out ther protecting us in places most of us
have never seen. These heroes deserve our attention and affection especially at
this time of year. All it takes is an extra card and .42 cents, that is the
least we can do.

There was some confusion about where to send Christmas cards to our wounded
soldiers. It was reported that Walter Reed was the place to send them. I just
got the information an hour ago from JJ Kelly that they are unable to accept
them and we must send them to the following address:

Red Cross
Holiday Mail For Heroes
PO Box 5456
Capital Heights MD 20791-5456
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In Our Motto Of Friendship, Unity and True Christian Charity,
Seamus Boyle

Silas Newcomb Parade

September 15, 2008

Dear Brothers,

After a long delay our website is showing signs of life. Thanks to our webmaster Michael Yearsley for all his work updating our site.

October promises to be an exciting month for our division.  Our festival in Smithville will be an excellent opportunity for us to expand our sphere of influence, generate new members, and be the start of an exciting Irish Festival in a unique setting.  All our brothers are needed to make this event a success.

We will be participating in the North Wildwood Irish Festival Parade on Sunday, Sept 21st.  We will meet at the parking lot at 5th and New Jersry 10:00. For those driving from the North, we will meet at the hall at 9:00 to car pool. Bring your family, all are invited to march.

State Board meeting is on October 18th.  Anyne wishing to attend can contact me for a ride.  All are welcome.

Nollaig Shona dhíbh

Robert Kramer

Brother’s Don’t Forget OUR MOTTO:  Friendship, Unity and Christian Charity.

Please remember Brothers Hudson and Kramer, and all those serving in the military.