Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Ocean Grove Inc.
Joint winner of the Lange trophy for best membership growth.
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Vol. 26 No. 38
April 1, 2008
Notice about duties at our last Market for this season, at Kingston Park on Sunday 6th April
Managers Judy Greer, Rod Greer Main Gate 8.30 Noel Emselle
Car Parking 7.30. Colin Brown. 8.30 Bill Walton. 10.00 Richard Grimmett & ONE VOLUNTEER!!
Site Preparation Leigh Holloway Signs Hans Franken & Norm Elliott
Raffle 8.30 to 10.30 Alison George & Dennis Sanders 9.30 to 11.30 Coral Barker. 10.30 to 12.30 Helen Trigg & Bruce Gilbert.
Cray Spins Tim Kemp, Paul Gleeson & Alex Magee.
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Notice for the meeting at the Banks Road Winery, Tuesday, 8th April, 6.00 for 6.30.
Subject A workplace visit, including meal and tasting. [corner Bellarine Highway & Banks Rd.]
Speaker The winemaker Chairman David Tyrrell
Assistant Cashier & Thanker Rod Bush Greeter & Assistant Sergeant Alex Magee
Birthdays & Anniversaries
8th Martin Geerings. [also King Philip IV of Spain 1605, Betty Ford 1918, and Julian Lennon 1963]
9th John Calnin & Vic Harnath. [also Jorn Utson 1918, Hugh Hefner 1926, and Dennis Quaid 1954]
10th Peter and Jo Hawthorne. [ On this day in 1912, the RMS Titanic, the largest passenger steamship in the world, left Southampton on her maiden voyage, headed for New York.]
11th Pam Turnbull. [also Septimus Severis, Roman Emperor 146, David Zeisberger, missionary 1721, and Edward Everett, the professor who admitted the first black student to Harvard University 1794]
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More on the obituary of ‘Common Sense’
Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies [don’t spend more than you earn] and reliable parenting strategies [adults, not children, are in charge].
His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of a six-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher sacked for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.
Common sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job they themselves failed to do in disciplining their unruly children. It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer Aspirin, sun lotion or a sticking plaster to a student, but could not inform the parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.
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One for the golfers Contributed by Canadian Keith Nixon
Ed & Harriet met while on a cruise and fell in love. On the last night, they went to dinner and had a serious talk about how they would continue their relationship.
“It’s only fair to warn you, I’m a golf nut. I eat, sleep & breath it. If that’s a problem, you’d better say so now.
Harriet responded, “If we’re being honest with each other, here goes….. I’m a hooker”.
Ed replied, “You know, it’s probably because you’re not keeping your wrists straight when you tee off.”
Notice for the meeting at the Ocean Grove Hotel, Tuesday 15th April, 6.00 for 6.30
Subject Vietnam revisited Speaker Phil Edwards
Chairman Trevor McArdle
Assistant Cashier & Thanker Coral Barker Greeter & Assistant Sergeant David Cooke
Birthdays & Anniversaries
15th John Dodgshun. [also Leonardo da Vinci 1452, Catherine 1 of Russia 1684, and Jeffrey Archer 1940]
18th Geoff & Hazel Ford. On this day in 1906, San Francisco was hit by an earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale. More than 3000 people died and almost 300,000 were left homeless due to the quake itself, and resulting fires.
18th Bob Smith. [also Ahmed 1, Emperor of the Ottoman empire, 1590, and Princess Sayako of Japan 1969]
21st Dennis & Elaine Sanders. On this day in 1918, Manfred von Richthofen, a.k.a. The Red Baron, was shot down over the Somme in France. He flew 80 victorious missions during his career in the German Imperial Air Service.
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Notice for the meeting at the Torquay Lions Village, [Kooringa Place, behind McDonalds], hosted by the Torquay Rotary Club, MONDAY 21st April, 6.00 for 6.30
Please note it’s a Monday meeting in place of our Tuesday meeting, costing $20 as usual, but you must still lodge apologies for non-attendance with our HANS, by noon Monday, and he will advise numbers to Secy Graham Gill on 5261 3435 by 1205 that day. Please also register attendance with Peter Hawthorne.
The guest speaker at this meeting will be inspirational double-lung transplant recipient, Martin Mileham.
Birthdays & Anniversaries
23rd John & Nan Calnin. On this day in 1533, the Archbishop of Canterbury annulled the marriage of Catherine of Aragon and King Henry V111. To do this, he had to first pass a law repudiating Jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Church over England.
25th Anne Tyrrell. [also Oliver Cromwell 1599, Jack Ruby 1911, and Ella Fitzgerald 1917]
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Notice for the meeting at the Ocean Grove Hotel, Tuesday 29th April, 6.00 for 6.30
Subject ‘Operation Open Heart Rwanda’ Speaker Josie Shepherd [Josie was a member of an open heart surgical team from Melbourne’s Epworth Hospital that visited Rwanda. Chairman President Alison
Assistant Cashier & Thanker Peter Cullen Greeter & Assistant Sergeant Charles Dawborn
Birthdays & Anniversaries
30th Richard & Heather Grimmett. On this day in 1945, Adolph Hitler and his new wife Eva Braun committed suicide in his Berlin bunker. They were married less than 24 hours.
3rd May Charles Dawborn. [also Bing Crosby 1904, ‘Sugar’ Ray Robinson 1920 and Engelbert Humperdinck 1936]
3rd Trevor & Moyra McArdle. On this day in 1937, Margaret Mitchell won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel, Gone with the Wind.
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This day tonight
We had 2 visiting Rotarians tonight, from Doncaster/Daybreak and Albury West..
The next working bee at the Barwon Heads Gardens will be 0930 on Monday 14/4.
There is a block booking for us at the Red Lion Motel in Ballarat for the 2009 district Conference 14/15 March. Phone Hans real quick as spaces are limited.
If you would like to volunteer for GSE team leader with the next out team, contact Geoff Brentnall.
!0 recalcitrants with unreturned RC calling collections are causing Peter Hawthorne distress.
Geoff Fickling, a visiting Rotarian, was also our excellent guest speaker. His club, with support from the Manningham City Council runs ‘Motovate’, a driver training school for students in year 11/12.. His club expects to raise up to $70,000 to subsidise this excellent project, captioned “Walk the Torque”.
