Fillable Form 141-S - Petition For Plural Membership printable pdf download

ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR OF TEXAS

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PETITION FOR PLURAL MEMBERSHIP

To the Worthy Matron, Officers and Members of ________________________________________Chapter No.____________, of Texas, Order of the Eastern Star.

I, ____________________________________________________________________________________________________, solicit affiliation with your Chapter.

If the petition be granted, I pledge myself to a cheerful obedience to the laws of your Chapter. This petition is accompanied by my DUPLICATE RECEIPT FOR

DUES FROM MY PARENT CHAPTER (IF A MEMBER IN TEXAS)

CERTIFICATE OF GOOD STANDING (IF FROM OUT OF STATE)

(Circle the one applicable) from______________________________________________

Chapter No. ________________ under the Grand Jurisdiction of _________________________, of which I am a member in good standing.

I have visited this chapter within the preceding twelve months.

I have resided within the State of Texas three (3) months, or ANOTHER Jurisdiction of __________________________ for three (3) months.

Do you belong to any order or organization making membership in the Order of the Eastern Star a requisite for membership there?__________

If so, give the name of such organization ___________________________________________________________________________

I understand and agree that Annual Dues must be paid in both the Parent Chapter to which I belong as well as in the Chapter in which I now seek

Plural membership. A member holding Plural membership who is suspended for non-payment of Dues in the Parent Chapter will ALSO be

suspended in the Plural Chapter. If suspended from a Plural Chapter for non-payment of Dues, the suspension would not affect the Parent Chapter.

Signed ___________________________________________

_____________________________________________

(Residence)

Recommended by _____________________________________________

_____________________________________________

(Telephone)

_________________________________________________

___________________________________, 20_______

If the petitioner is a Brother, the following must be filled in:

I am a member in good standing of _________________________________________________________ Lodge No. ___________A.F. & A. M., located at

______________________________________________________.

Notice: the name and address of the Secretary of the member’s Chapter must be designated below at the time of filing Petition of Plural Membership.

REPORT OF INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE

________________________________________, 20_________

_____________________ members of this Committee have visited and conversed with the petitioner since said petition was referred.

She/he is __________eligible. The Committee reports _________________________________________________________________________________________

(Signed)____________________________________________

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NOTICE TO THE PARENT CHAPTER OF PLURAL MEMBERSHIP

___________________________20_________

_________________________________, Texas

To the Worthy Matron, Officers and Members of _____________________________________Chapter No. _________ O. E. S., State of _______________________:

______________________________________________Secretary

______________________________________________

______________________________________________,

Notice is hereby given you that _______________________________________________________________________, a member of your Chapter, has applied

to _________________________________________________Chapter No._________O. E. S. _____________________Texas.

for plural membership in said Chapter, and said application has been acted upon favorably by Said Chapter.

On ________________________________, 20_________, _____________________________________she/he became a plural member of this Chapter.

_________________________________________, Secretary