November 2006
The Alumni News -- November 2006
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Special Meeting Minutes—June 16, 2006
The Chairman of the Board, Roger Tremblay, opened the special meeting
with a prayer at 7:00 PM. The meeting was called to consider a single issue,
the proposed change to Article XII of the by-laws. The Membership committee
reported that 56 accredited members were present.
The Chairman reviewed the current language of Article XII, and the proposed
changes which all the members had a copy of. After discussion, Don Pinette
moved that the by-law changes to Article XII be adopted as presented. Dan
Roy seconded the motion. The motion was passed without descent.
The Chairman indicated the by-law change would be again reviewed under OLD
business during the regular General Meeting. Leo Pinard moved to adjourn the
Special Meeting. Dick Dion seconded. The motion passed without descent, and
the meeting was adjourned at 7:15 PM.
New Section I
I. This Association may be dissolved at a "Special Meeting".
The Secretary shall notify all members of record in writing of the date,
time and place of the meeting. A plurality vote shall be required of the
members present at the "Special Meeting" for dissolvement.
II. In the case of dissolution of the Association, all assets of the Association
(real estate, goods, and funds) shall be held in trust by the current duly
elected Board of Directors at the time of dissolution, and such assets
dissolved in the following manner:
1.The assets contained in the St. Louis Alumni Association and Brother
Richard Hebert Memorial Scholarship accounts shall remain in those
accounts.
2. All other assets (real estate and goods) shall be liquidated at fair market
value. These funds shall be used to pay all legitimate outstanding debts
of the Association.
3. All remaining funds shall be allocated in the following manner:
A. One half of the remaining funds shall be divided equally between
the St. Louis Alumni Association Scholarship Fund and Brother
Richard Hebert Memorial Scholarship Fund and deposited into
the respective accounts.
B. One half of the remaining funds shall be divided equally and
deposited into two trust accounts, one account for St. James
Catholic School and one for Notre Dame Catholic School.
The interest derived shall be used at the discretion of the
respective school's administration.
i. Should either school cease to operate or be consolidated,
that school's trust account will be combined with the
surviving school.
ii. Should both schools cease to operate, the funds within
the trust account(s) will be divided equally between the
scholarship accounts as cited in Section II, 1
III. The Board of Directors at the time of dissolution shall establish a three (3)
person committee to oversee:
1. The awarding of all annual scholarships
2. The invested scholarship accounts.
IV. All archival records of St. Louis High School and the St. Louis Alumni
Association will be donated to a museum or a library. However, all
financial records which shall remain with the Committee.
(See Paragraph III)
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Special Meeting
A special meeting will be held on November 24, at 6:00 PM for the discussion
regarding the pool table. As per our by-laws a special meeting has to be held
for any disposal of capital assets over $1000.
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13th Annual Golf Tournament
The 13th Annual Golf Tournament held Saturday, June 17th at the Dutch Elm Golf
Course, Arundel, Maine was another great success. Thanks to the members and
friends who participated in this great fund raiser.
1stt Flight: 56 -- Keith Lefebvre, Shawn Anton, Dennis Dery, Rick Cluff,
and Andy Lefebvre
2nd Flight: 61 --Don Deschambeault, Bill Sevigny, Red Gerry, Andy Marston,
and Scott Lavertu
3rd Flight: 65 -- David Leblond, Matt Potvin, Joel Potvin, Mark Boucher,
and Joe Leblond
Skins
#1: Fern Labranche, Ray Labranche, Roger Labranche, Rich Labranche,
and Dave Labranche
#6: Deschambeault, Sevigny, Gerry, Marston, Lavertu
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Upcoming Events
Thanksgiving Party -- Friday Nov. 24 - 6:00 (Seafood Chowder)
Christmas Party — Friday Dec. 15 (Pork Pies)
Beano — Monday nights at 6:30. We need volunteers. Contact Ray Vachon.
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WWW Location & Email Address
St. Louis Alumni Web site: stlouisalumni.org
Alumni Hall Email Address: stlouisalumi@gwi.net
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50-50
06 - 07 Series contact Dick Dion 282-2815
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Scholarship Donations
Memorial donations have been received for the St. Louis Scholarship fund in
memory of the following members: Al Potvin, Lucien Dutremble, Ray Soulard,
Henry Pinette, David Blais, Bob Ladderbush and Raynald Ruel.
To date we have received $ 6,855.
We would like to thank the families and friends of these departed brothers.
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Attention Alumni Members
Those of you who purchased the Quebecois series from Artenay Press
in the past: THE VIRGIN FOREST and THE RAPIDS, by author Doris
Provencher Faucher, will soon be able to order the third and latest book in the
series, IMPERIAL CONFLICT. You will be notified by mail as soon as it
becomes available. This is a special offer supported by your alumni as the
publisher donates $3.00 of the purchase price to our scholarship fund. For
further information, contact Norm Faucher (class of '51) at 207-282-2123 or
address inquiries to:
ARTENAY PRESS, PO Box 664, Biddeford Maine, 04005.
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Scholarships Awarded for 2006
Brother Richard Hebert Memorial Scholarship
Hayley C. Belanger — Biddeford High School
Joshua Morin — Biddeford High School
Timothy Loranger — Biddeford High School
St. Louis Alumni Scholarship
Joshua St. Pierre — Thornton Academy
Andrew Cheney — Amesbury High School
Marcel Faucher Memorial Scholarship
Brian Archambault — Biddeford High School
Sid Villandry Memorial Football Scholarship
Aaron Vigeault — Biddeford High School
Dennis Camire Memorial Football Scholarship
Brian Morrison — Thornton Academy
St. Louis Alumni Golf Scholarship/MERC Golf Scholarship
Timothy Loranger — Biddeford High School
Parimala Samuel — Biddeford High School