Our Club House

The Old National Trail Shrine Club is located on the north side of Lake Vandalia. The club house is built upon approximately three acres of picturesque land with lakefront surrounding two sides and the other two being woodland. When you drive into the parking lot of the club, you would think you are visiting a lakeside resort. The wildlife is abundant with it not being uncommon to see deer, water foul and other wildlife roaming our huge yard. Near the club house we have a small camping area with electrical hookups for our members to bring in their campers and camp for a few days. There is a large pavilion near the lake where people can sit and enjoy the view of the lake. Many of our members and their families enjoy a day at the club fishing for catfish.

On the west side of the club house we have a huge covered outside deck with picnic tables and a large BBQ grill which can feed and accomodate 60 to 80 people comfortably with a band or disc jockey on one end. This deck along with the acres of yard, gives us the ability to hold huge events, one being the 2007 Spring Ceremonial which had approximately 150 people attending.

As you enter the club house from the parking lot on the left you will see our modern kitchen. Every month, on our stated meetings, we have members volunteer to cook us a meal before the meeting. Our members go all out and always cook us a fantastic meal.

On the right you will see our fully stocked bar. Here you can get a beverage and mingle with fellow members or watch a ball game on our two satellite connected TV's. We serve all the popular domestic beers and have a good selection of liqours.

If you walk straight back from the bar, you will find the Old National Trail Shrine Club meeting area and through a doorway on the right, the Original Tin Lizzies meeting room.

We do rent out our facility to groups for high school reunions, wedding receptions, etc... For more information about renting our facility, contact us.

Our Unit - The Original Tin Lizzie Patrol

The Original Tin Lizzie Patrol has the distinction of being called "Original" because they were the first Tin Lizzie Patrol created. Members own and maintain their cars but you do not have to own a car to be a member of the unit. There is always a need for members without cars to drive to give car owners a break from the many parades they attend each year. The Tin Lizzies also participate at the annual Shrine Circus selling popcorn and are at other events such as fairs directing traffic.

So remember when you see a shriner driving a little black car in a parade, he does more than just jump in a car and drive around. These guys have invested their own money in the cars and are some of the hardest working shriners we have taking time to particiapate in parades and other events. We commend our unit for all the hard work they do!

Members In Other Ainad Shriner Units

We also have members belonging to other Ainad Shriners Units. A great example of this is Old National Trail Noble Bill Beard as "Windy Willie" in the Ainad Krazy Klowns Unit. That's him on the bottom left with the yellow circle around him. He has been a Krazy Klown for many years bringing joy to the kids at parades, circuses and the Shriners Hospitals For Children in St. Louis.

We commend Bill for his very active participation in the Krazy Klowns!