March 2017 State of the Union By Katie Weishaar It seems as though many people have very busy lives and being part of the Jaycees is becoming a back burner activity for most. For the last few months the board has been working relentlessly to recruit new members and find those who want to be part of something bigger than themselves. While we will always be looking for new members, we need to rely on you more than ever now. Our options and ideas are exhausted (as are we trying to find new "blood") and the future is looking quite bleak. However, we do promise to do our best, because we are Jaycees! So, on that note...who do you know? Are they Jaycee material? Send them our way! We will host a game night at the chapter house on March 31st at 7:30 PM. Come for a night of laughter, snacks and friendly competition! Please RSVP to Katie Weishaar (katieweko@yahoo.com) no later than Wednesday March 29th. It is BYOB, soda and tea will be provided! L I T T L E S T O W N J A Y C E E S The Horizon Coming Attractions Monday Mar 20th Membership Meeting @ 7:30pm Friday Mar 31st @ 7:30PM Game Night at Chapter House
Chapter Information LIT TLESTOWN JAYCEES PO Box 141 Littlestown, PA 17340 Katie Weishaar Jim Weishaar Luke Young Horizon Production Sarah Warner Service to Humanity, is the BEST WORK OF LIFE! Visit us on the Web! www.littlestownjaycees.com Like Us on Facebook! Dreaming of summer with all the warm weather that we have been blessed with? Well we certainly have been! It is again the time of year when the Jaycees, along with several other community organizations, meet to discuss the Good Ole Days parade and other festivities held in August. The Jaycees have again agreed to fund the Good Ole Days parade and participate in planning this event which will occur on August 17th at 6:30 PM. The parade format and route will be the same as 2016. Registration letters are scheduled to be sent out in April and due back to the planning committee in July. You will also have the ability to register for the parade online at the Jaycee website, http://littlestownjaycees.com/ parade/2017/default.htm. If you or anyone you know is interested in helping to plan/run the event or becoming a judge for participants, please contact me via email at lukeyoung@littlestownjaycees.com. Luke Young Good of the Chapter The Littlestown Community and Littlestown Jaycees lost 2 very important icons over the past month. Ralph Ruggles, Jr. passed away on February 12th and Dick Selby passed away on February 28th. Mr. Selby was a past Littlestown Jaycee president (1963) as well as a Ralph Ruggles Jr. award winner, and JCI Senator. Littlestown has only awarded the JCI Senatorship, the highest Jaycee award in the International organization, to 15 members in its 67 years of charter. For the past 10 years, you could hear Dick s voice at the Judges stand for the Good Ole Days Parade as well as all around town - a sound we will all miss. Mr. Ruggles was, of course, the Littlestown Jaycees first president. In 1950, a few friends got together and decided to bring the Junior Chamber and its assets to Littlestown. As many Jaycee chapters getting started in that time, a leader was elected to bring brotherhood, free enterprise, human personality and service to humanity into the lives of the community. Finally, the wave of opportunity for young people had come to Littlestown and Ralph was the man who rode the front of that wave. Ralph is one of two Littlestown JCI Ambassadors. If you haven t seen them yet, you can find the obituaries later in this newsletter. Rest in peace to both of our friends. We wish the families the best of comfort. The Littlestown Jaycees are sponsored in part by The Littlestown Veterinary Hospital 5010 Baltimore Pike Littlestown, PA 17340 717-359-7877 (PURR) www.littlestownvethospital.com
March, 2017 View our yearly calendar at littlestownjaycees.com Littlestown Jaycees Littlestown Community Littlestown Historical Society Hanover Jaycees Pennsylvania State Jaycees York Jaycees Other 1 2 3 4 Hanover Jaycees Membership Meeting 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 York Jaycees Somerset Jaycees Membership Meeting Spring Cash Night 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Littlestown Jaycees Board of Directors Meeting - 6:30pm General Membership Meeting - 7:30pm 26 27 28 29 30 31 Littlestown Borough Council Meeting 7:00pm Littlestown Jaycees Game Night 7:30pm Littlestown Chapter House
April, 2016 View our yearly calendar at littlestownjaycees.com Littlestown Jaycees Littlestown Community Littlestown Historical Society Hanover Jaycees Pennsylvania State Jaycees York Jaycees Other 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 York Jaycees Membership Meeting US Junior Chamber National Meeting Las Vegas US Junior Chamber National Meeting Las Vegas US Junior Chamber National Meeting Las Vegas 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 US Junior Chamber National Meeting Las Vegas 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Littlestown Jaycees Board of Directors Meeting - 6:00pm General Membership Meeting - 7:30pm 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Littlestown Borough Council Meeting 7:00pm
Richard Dick E. Selby Littlestown Richard E. Dick Selby, 82, died Tues, Feb 28, at his home. Born Oct 9, 1934, he was the son of the late Bernard M. & Mary M. (Clabaugh) Selby. Mass of Christian Burial is Friday, March 3, at 11 a.m. at St. Aloysius Catholic Church, Littlestown with The Rev. James M. Sterner Celebrant. There will be no viewing. Interment is in Mount Carmel Cemetery, Littlestown. A luncheon in Dick s memory will follow in the church social hall. A complete obituary will follow at a later date. Contributions in Dick s name may be sent to his church at 29 S. Queen St., Littlestown, PA 17340. Online condolences may be shared on littlesfh.com. For some more history about Dick and his family, the Littlestown Historical Society has part of an interview with his mother, Mary, posted on their website: http://www.littlestownpa.info/lahsociety/mary.htm Mr. Selby at the Littlestown Jaycees 60th Anniversary Banquet...among friends.
Ralph R. Ruggles, Jr. Hanover Ralph R. Ruggles, Jr., 96, passed away on February 12, 2017 at Cross Keys Village. Ralph was born March 4, 1920 in Littlestown, to Ralph R. and Mary C. Ruggles. On November 18, 1941, he reported for duty with the United States Army. In spring of 1943, anxious to serve in the infantry, then-corporal Ruggles requested transfer to a combat division. Before shipping out to the European theater, Ralph married Dorothy I. Doel on July 30, 1943 in Littlestown at Centenary Methodist Church. Known to his company as Railroad, Ralph and his company were instrumental in taking and holding Phillipsbourg, France, a key shipping port to the German army along the Rhine River. After being injured by a grenade in the line of duty defending Phillipsbourg, Ralph received a field promotion to 2nd Lieutenant. In February 1946 he finally arrived home to his new bride and was relieved from active duty July 13, 1946. As a veteran of World War II serving in the United States Army both stateside and in the European Theater in the 70th Infantry Division, Ralph was awarded the Purple Heart, Bronze Star, National Order of Battlefield Commissions Medal of Valor, Expert Infantryman Badge, Good Conduct, and European Theater of Operations medals. Returning to civilian life, Ralph worked for the United States Postal Service as a rural mail carrier for 33 years. Being avid travelers, Ralph and Dorothy worked for Bailey Travel Services leading a wide variety of tours worldwide. Back home when they weren t exploring the world, he was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Hanover, was involved in Covenant Brothers, and was named Methodist Man of the Year 1994. He founded the Jaycees chapter in Littlestown, resulting in an annual Ralph R. Ruggles award for outstanding Jaycee each year, was a Past Commander of the Ocker-Snyder Post #321 of the American Legion in Littlestown, was a member of the Hanover Elks BPOE #723, and was a member and Past Master of Patmos Lodge No. 348 F & AM in Hanover. Until his death, Ralph was the oldest living Past Master of Patmos Lodge. Ralph was preceded in death by his bride of 64 years, Dorothy I. Ruggles; brothers, Lowell Ruggles, Kenneth Ruggles, and Donald Ruggles; and sisters, Marian King, Pauline Keefer, and MaryEllen Feeser. Ralph is survived by two sons, Rev. Ronald W. Ruggles, Sr. and wife, Jane Cathryne (Strausbaugh) Ruggles of Paducah, Ky., and Douglas A. Ruggles of New York City, N.Y.; three grandchildren, Ronald W. Ruggles, Jr., wife, Marianne, of Debary, Florida, Tracey Leigh (Ruggles) Waldespuhl, husband Kris, of Covington, Kentucky, and Erin Aileen (Ruggles) Coney, husband Brian, of Lebanon, Ohio; and greatgranddaughters, Christina and Brooke, of Debary, Florida. A service to remember and celebrate his life will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church, 200 Frederick St., Hanover with The Rev. Joshua N. Rhone officiating. Burial will be in Mount Carmel Cemetery, Littlestown with military honors being rendered by the Hanover Allied Veterans Honor Guard. Pallbearers will be brethren from the Patmos Lodge. The family will receive friends at viewings to be held from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. on Friday at Panebaker Funeral Home & Cremation Care Center, Inc., 311 Broadway, Hanover. A Masonic Funeral Rite will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the First United Methodist Church, with the family receiving friends until 10:45 a.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the National World War II Museum http://www.nationalww2museum.org/give/ OR by calling 504-528-1944 x 290
Mr. Ruggles at the Littlestown Jaycees 60th Anniversary Banquet... talking about the 1950 s, when the Littlestown Jayces were founded.
2008 Past Littlestown Jaycee presidents Celebrating 58 years of Littlestown community service. Mr. Selby is standing, fifth from the left. Mr. Ruggles is sitting, fifth from the left. Thank you all who have gone before us. Without you, we would not have had the easy path of service to humanity