Press release
The Gun Barrel City Assembly #369 Masonic Youth Rainbow Girls participated in the installation of officers for the Gun Barrel City Eastern Star Chapter #1114 at the Cedar Creek Lake Masonic Lodge on Thursday evening, June 18. Tara Trimmins presented the incoming Worthy Matron, Mrs. Cheryl Nix (also her mother) with a personal size Rainbow Bible. Mrs. Donna Dean, member of the Gun Barrel City Assembly’s Advisory Board and Grand Deputy Chair for the Grand Assembly of Texas, as well as a Past Matron of Denton Eastern Star Chapter #259, served as Installing Organist. Mrs. Nix is a majority Rainbow Girl, a member of GBC Assembly’s Advisory Board, and is the proud mother of two Rainbow Girls, members of the Gun Barrel City Assembly. Michelle Sanderford, her older daughter, was installed as Conductress in the GBC Eastern Star Chapter Thursday night. Michelle will receive her Majority at Grand Assembly in Waco on June 28, as she has recently turn 20 years old and is finishing her term this month as Worthy Advisor of the GBC Rainbow Assembly. Steve Rankin was installed to serve as Worthy Patron for this coming year.
Those in attendance to witness the ceremonies were friends, family, Masons, Eastern Stars, Rainbow Girls, and a member of the Black Gold DeMolay Sweetheart Court, Nicci Ferguson. Nicci will be inducted into the Gun Barrel City Rainbow Assembly at Grand Assembly in Waco later in June.
Preceding the Installation Ceremony, everyone enjoyed a dinner of beef tips and rice, green salad, iced tea, and cake.
The International Order of the Rainbow for Girls is a service-oriented, leadership organization for girls between the ages of 11 and 20. Rainbow Girls participate in a wide array of activities, including leadership training, service projects, competitions, and annual retreats. Their younger group, the Pledges, have activities for girls ages 7 to 10. Please contact Mrs. Tonya Currey at 903-920-5608 or Mrs. Donna Dean at 903-879-4305 for more information about the Rainbow Girls or visit www.txiorg.org. The Gun Barrel City Assembly Rainbow Girls and Pledges are proudly sponsored by the Cedar Creek Lake Masonic Lodge and the Gun Barrel City Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star on Legendary Lane in Gun Barrel City.