The Twelve Days Of Christmas Choir led by Buddy Dixon

The Sacred Heart Men's Club Christmas Dinner & Party was held on Tuesday, December 10 in the Lower Hall of the Church.  The event was attended by approximately 125 members and their wives.  The dinner was prepared by Home Plate Cafe and they served a choice of Chateaubriand, roasted pork loin, and roasted turkey, with potatoes and green beans, and topped off by a great selection of desserts.

After dinner the guests were treated to a concert by "The Victorian Carolers".  This is a group from Jessieville High School led by Lydia deSambourd, the music director at the High School.  They did an excellent job of singing numerous well known Christmas Carols. Buddy Dixon explained that they do not charge to do their caroling but ask for donations whenever they perform to help fund their activities at school.  Lydia was somewhat overwhelmed when approximately $700 was collected. 

President Bob Heisler then held a short business meeting and outlined the Boards recommendation for distribution of donations for this year.  They are, $1200 to the Christmas Basket Fund, $1000 each to The Paul Bewey Boys & Girls Club, Meals On Wheels, Samaritan Ministries, Jackson House, St. John's School in Hot Springs, and Our Lady Of Fatima School in Benton, a total of $7200.

After the business meeting, Buddy Dixon, the Club's Program Director called twelves members to the front and led them as they sang "The Twelve Days Of Christmas".  These singers are not to be confused with the wonderful voices in the previous concert.  However they were hilarious, which is what Buddy was hoping. 

The 50-50 drawing ended the evening with the three winners donating their winnings, $115, to the Victorian Carolers.

Hwy 7 Crew - Wayne Kapple, Joe Lemmler, Wilhelm Brahm (Chairman), Oliver Field, Jim Timmerman, Bob Hill, Mike Kerwin & Bill Patterson (not pictured)

Eight members of the Men's Club met in the El Acapulco Restaurant parking lot at 8:00 AM on Saturday, November 16, 2013 and cleaned up approximately one mile of Highway 7 South of Hot Springs Village. The Club performs this work twice a year, usually in April and October. The Men's Club has been handling this clean up for over 15 years and has been led during the last few years by Ray Ambrozich. Ray asked to be replaced this year and Wilhelm Brahm stepped forward to lead the group. Be sure and sign up next April when we perform our next clean up.

Buddy Dixon & HSV Police Chief Gary Adams at 11-12-2013 Mens Club Meeting

Some 90 members of the Men's Club met at 5:00 PM on Thursday, November 12, 2013. Roger Bresnahan led a group in the Upper Hall in a group discussion on increasing your Bible IQ.  After a social period in the Lower Hall, dinner that was prepared by Home Plate was served by members of the Club.  The speaker for the meeting was Gary Adams, the newly hired Chief of Police for HSV.  Gary reviewed his 38 year background in law enforcement, starting out as a patrol officer in Texarkana, where he was born, and rising thru the ranks to become Chief of Police, a position he held for seven years.  In 2000, Gary was hired to be Chief of Police in the Dallas suburb of University Park. Gary resigned that position this year to take that position here in the Village.  Gary answered questions from the members, and covered subject from additional personnel needs to gate security and access, and other subjects from the members. 

After Gary's talk Bob Heisler conducted a short meeting.  Ed Keearns reminded members about the Thanksgiving Food Basket deliveries and Bob Heisler announced that Highway 7 Cleanup would be this Saturday at 8:00 AM, meeting at the El Acapulco parking lot.  The meeting was adjourned before 8:00 PM.

Buddy Dixon introduces speaker Jason Temple

Over 90 members of the Men's Club attended the October meeting on Thursday the 8th.  At 5:00 PM Roger Bresnahan led a number of those attending in a prayer discussion in the Upper Hall entitled "Raising Your Bible IQ".   The members then gathered in the Lower Hall for a social period followed by dinner (meat loaf, with or without jalapenos) at approximately 6:00 PM.  The speaker for the evening, Jason Temple, was introduced by Program Chairman, Buddy Dixon.

Jason is the recently hired Public Works Director for the HSVPOA.  Public Works includes Lake Management, Street Maintenance, Recycling, Water/Wastewater, Sanitation, Building/Vehicle Maintenance, and Construction.  Jason gave an overview of the opportunities, problems, and solutions in these areas under his supervision.  These areas are highly visible to the public and Jason answered numerous questions raised by the members attending.   After Jason's presentation a short business meeting was held.

Buddy Dixon & The Travelers Mascot

108  Sacred Heart Mens Club members, wives and friends participated in the second annual Take Me Out To The Ballgame trip.  The attendees gathered at the Sacred Heart Church parking lot on Monday, June 17, 2013 and boarded two buses from the Quachita Bus Line Co., leaving at 4:30 PM headed for North Little Rock.  Along the way the attendees received a package of "in the shell" roasted peanuts that go along with the song "Take Me Out To The Ballgame, Buy Me Some Peanuts, etc., etc.  Upon arriving at Dickey-Stevens Ballpark, home of the Arkansas Travelers baseball team, a dinner consisting of hamburgers and hot dogs and all the fixings was waiting for them.  After a prayer , led by Fr. Bill, the attendees ate their fill and were ready for the ballgame which started at 7:10 PM. The Travelers were playing their arch rivals, the Naturals from Northwest Arkansas, and unfortunately were beaten by a score of 5 to 2.  After the game the attendees again boarded the buses for the trip home, arriving at 11:30 PM.  A good time was had by all and the Mens Club thanks Buddy Dixon, and his wife Martha, for all the hard work they put in to plan and execute a great outing. 

2013-14 Mens Club Officers, Buddy Dixon, Program Director, Bob Heisler, President, Scott Krantz, Sergeant At Arms, Don Glinka, Secretary, Tom Townsend, 1st VP, Rick Goss, Treasurer, 2nd VP, George Byrnes

The Mens Club last meeting of the 2012-2103 year was held on Tuesday, May 14. Approximately 140 members and wives, and widows of previous members, attended and were served Ribeye steaks, grilled outside the Lower Hall of the Church, baked potato, green beans, salad, rye bread, and for dessert four different flavors of Fr. Bill's ice cream. Pictures from this years activities were shown on the dropdown screen during the social hour. All of these pictures are available under the pictures tab of this website.

After dinner the 2012-2013 officers were honored and given Mens Club baseball caps as an acknowledgement of their work during this past year. The officers for the coming year, headed by President Bob Heisler (pictured above), were acknowledged as well as the Committee chairmen for the past year. The pictures of the new officers and the committee chairs are included under the  pictures tab. 

Buddy Dixon called on four members to come forward to help him advertise the upcoming baseball trip on June 17. They sang "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" and Buddy then discussed the particulars of the trip. The cost is $33.00 per person and includes bus tickets, dinner at Dickey-Stephens ballpark, and tickets to the game. There is room for 110 people to attend and reservations are on a first come, first served basis. Checks should be sent to Buddy Dixon at 5 Sur De Curso Lane and made payable to the Mens Club.

Buddy and Martha Dixon were then honored for their work on the highly successful Crystal Bridges Trip in April. Buddy was given a box of Goo Goo candy bars which he had enjoyed in his youth in Tennessee and Buddy & Martha were presented with a Norman Rockwell print entitled "Going and Coming" . See pictures under pictures tab. 

The evening was closed with those attending forming a circle around the Hall and singing "Let There Be Peace On Earth". A great close to a very successful Mens Club year.