Joint winner of the Lange trophy for best membership growth.
Sole solver of the mystery of the white glove.
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Vol. 26 No. 46
June 17th, 2008
Notice for the meeting at the Ocean Grove Hotel, Tuesday 24th June, 6.00 for 6.30
Subject The way it was Speaker John Fox Chairman David Cooke
Assistant Cashier & Thanker Bob Smith Greeter & Assistant Sergeant Marion Walton
Birthdays & Anniversaries Absolutely none
Notable World Events in the week ahead, [that was] World War 1 begins in Sarajevo
Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand was relatively unpopular in Bosnia Herzegovina. When he visited Sarajevo on 28th June 1914, a plan was hatched to assassinate him. When the seven cars of the Archduke’s motorcade passed by Nedeljko Cabrinovic, one of seven conspirators, he tossed an explosive device which missed the car carrying FF and his wife Sophie, and destroyed the car behind them, injuring several people.
The would-be assassin swallowed a cyanide pill and leapt into the river Miljacka. It really was not his day, as the pill didn’t work and the river contained only 10cm. of water. The local mayor welcomed FF and his mob at the town hall, but on their way to visit the wounded from the earlier debacle, another of the conspirators, Gavrilo Princip, spotted the car containing FF and S and fired a couple of shots at them. They were driven to the Governor’s residence but died of their wounds. It wasn’t their day, either, but that’s how WW1 started.
A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blownapart.
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Notice for the Meeting at the Barwon Heads Golf Club, Tuesday 1st July, 6.30 for 7.00.
Subject Annual change-over of Presidents. Alison A George will hand over the collar of office to John T Calnin. Master of Ceremonies Peter Hawthorne
Assistant Cashier Gerry Spencer Sergeants at Arms James Turnbull and Hans Franken
Birthdays & Anniversaries
1st July Rod Greer 7th Bruce & Mary Lou Gilbert, Tony Haines
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Notable World Events in the week ahead, [that was]
On July 1st 1916, the Battle of the Somme began in France. At 7.00AM, 100,000 British and Allied troops left their trenches and advanced towards the German lines. By the end of the battle in mid November, 1,265,000 men had been killed and the Allies gained 11 kms.
On 2nd July 1937, Amelia Earhart’s plane disappeared in the Pacific during an attempt to fly around the world.
On July 3,1886, German inventor Karl Benz demonstrated his automobile to the public in Mannheim. It reached 10 MPH.
On 4th July, 1776, The U.S. Declaration of Independence was signed by Tom Jefferson.
On July 5, 1945, our wartime Prime Minister John Curtin died in office, to be replaced by Ben Chifley.
On 6th July 1535, Sir Thomas More was beheaded in the Tower of London for treason, basically because he didn’t approve of Henry V111 marrying Anne Boleyn.
On July 7th 1990, Martina Navratilova won Wimbleton for the ninth time
At an airline ticket office in Copenhagen – ‘We take your bags and send them in all directions
Sounding the call to Rotary’s US$100 million challenge [part 2 of 2]
Although Rotary’s US$100 Million challenge began on 1st January, contributions started coming in earlier and have been credited since 1 December 2007. Several resources are being produced to help Rotarians meet the challenge, including a DVD, PowerPoint presentation, a brochure and sample press releases.
The Gates Foundation Grant and Rotary’s US$100 Million Challenge will go a long way to cover the cost of eradication.
The Rotary Foundation Trustee chairman Robert S Scott says that “The $200 million that will be generated will be a vital infusion of support for Polio Eradication. However, more will be needed to finish the job. I’m confident that Rotary will be the catalyst for national governments and other organizations to help fund the push to finish polio once and for all.”
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It could happen to you. And it probably did!
Customer: “I’ve been ringing 0700 2300 for two days and can’t get through to enquiries. Can you help?
Operator: “Where did you get that number from, Sir?”
Customer: “It was on the door to the travel centre.”
Operator: “Sir, they are our opening hours.”
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If you plan to bring guests [other than partner], to the change-over night, please write details in the book, or phone Hans.
The prostate problems information night that wasn’t
I admit to having badgered my fellow Rotarians into attending what I thought would be an informative evening for men who were aware of the likelihood of experiencing some problems of the prostate in the future. Fortunately, only one member apart from me attended what to me, was a great disappointment.
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Now hear this!
The cut-off time for apologies for non-attendance at the 1st July ‘do’ for you or your partner is Fri. 27/6.
Our club has bought Shelterbox [Australia] no. 3900.
We look like increasing the membership of our club by three within the next few weeks.
Yes, but is it good communication?
Rod Bush was our guest speaker tonight, and we are very fortunate to have such a skillful exponent of computer skills not only in our club, but also as a key player in the modern world of education.. His school is very fortunate to have such a dedicated teacher of skills which were not needed when most of us were at school, but which we all must concede is the key to modern learning and communications.
Computers as we know them, have been with us for about 30 years, and Dr. John Dodgshun, claims to be the Australian pioneer of computers in medical practices, so he was an ideal chairman. We were told that recent technology has given us computers with double the speed and half the cost in just eighteen months. A modern I-pod, which are inseparable from my grand-children of 13 and 10, costs $230, the latest PC 901 computer, $500. You could just about get both of them into my overcoat pocket!Kids in an age group of single figures can access just about anything on the www. But is that a good thing for we mere mortals? Are they being stimulated in the right direction, and for what end result. Will they be better informed, or simply on-line blobs? One kid claims to have 2497 internet friends. That’s bullshit! They can communicate online with great ability, but do they possess the ability to communicate face-to-face?
