Submitted Photo These are the Forestville OES #247 2019 officers. Left side: left to right standing: Beth Benchley, Lance Parker, Kathy Parker, Donna Johnson. Seated: Francis Petersen, Lori Petersen. Right side standing: Greg Heiden, John Olszewski, Elizabeth Fish, Peg Heiden, Courtney Bradigan, Martha Woolley. Seated: Dawn Hitcome.

On Nov. 20, the Forestville OES #247 held Installation of Officers, conducted by RW John Olszewski Jr.

Officers are: Worthy Matron-W. Lori Petersen; Worthy Patron RW Francis Petersen; Associate Matron- RW Beth Benchley; Associate Patron W. Lance Parker; Secretary-RW Peg Heiden; Treasurer- S Kathy Parker; Conductress-RW Ellen Pancerev, Associate Conductress-RW Linda Blodgett; Chaplain-RW John Olszewski, JR ; Marshal-RW Donna Johnson; Historian-RW Martha Woolley; Warder-RW Martha Woolley; Sentinel-RW Ruth Kuehn; Musician-MW Lynne Schmitt; Color Bearer-RW Greg Heiden; Adah RW Betty Schroeder; Ruth- S. Dawn Hitcome; Esther-S. Elizabeth Fish; Martha-RW Lois Bentzoni; Electa-S. Courtney Bradigan; Trustees: 3 years RW Greg Heiden; 2 years RW Martha Woolley; 1 year RW John Olszewski Jr.

Chautauqua district grand officers for the state of New York Order of the Eastern Star are: RW Linda Lewis, District Deputy Grand Matron; RW J. Frederick Velott, Jr. District Grand Lecturer; RW Ruth Ostrom, Grand Representative of Idaho; RW Beth Benchley, Grand Representative of New Hampshire; RW Ellen Pancerev, Grand Representative of New Brunswick.

New York State Grand Officers are: Grand Matron MW Susanne Peckham and Grand Patron MW Phillip Trautman. The special project is to support research in auto-immune disease at the Masonic Medical Research Institute, with an emphasis on Lupus. The motto is “shine as a light on the path, proclaiming abiding truth.”