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Vol. 26 No. 47
June 24th, 2008
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 to John T Calnin. Master of Ceremonies Peter Hawthorne. Additionally, one of our members is to receive something for 50 years of longevity. Gentlemen! Jacket and tie are essential.
Assistant Cashier Gerry Spencer Sergeants at Arms James Turnbull and/or Hans Franken
Birthdays & Anniversaries
1st July Rod Greer 7th Bruce & Mary Lou Gilbert, Tony Haines
If you haven’t apologized for non-attendance, [including your partner] or registered guests, you could be in big trouble
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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
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Notice for the meeting at the Ocean Grove Hotel, Tuesday, 8th July, 6.00 for 6.30
Subject Community Service, a new concept. Speaker Phil Edwards
Chairman President John
Attendance Officer Trevor McArdle Ass’t Cashier Coral Barker Greeter and Ass’t Sg’t Rod Birrell
Birthdays & Anniversaries
8th July Peter Cullen 11th Lois Dawborn 12th Helen Cooke
Notable World Events in the week ahead, [that was]
On 11th July, 1975, the discovery, more than a year earlier, of the ‘terracotta army’ in Shaanxi Province, China, was announced to the world. Approximately 6000 life-sized warriors were revealed, guarding the nearby tomb of Emperor Qin Shihuang [c.210 B.C.], who unified China and ordered the first stage of the Great Wall to be built. The site covered more than two hectares, and was World Heritage listed in 1987.
On a box of a clockwork toy made in Hong Kong – ‘Guaranteed to work throughout its useful life.’
The weekly duty rosters
Our new duty roster starts on 8th July. Assistant Cashiers and Thankers, plus Greeters and Assistant Sergeants are rostered in approx. alphabetical order, and the Chairpeople are generally matched to the speakers or subject. If you are rostered and can’t attend or will be away on holidays etc., your bulletin editor would appreciate your early advice. Early warning to me accompanied by your arrangement of a ‘swap’ would be even more appreciated.
The following members are exempt from those duties;
Fred Andrews, Colin Brown, John Calnin, John Fox, Hans Franken, and Vic Harnath.
A completely new innovation will be the weekly appointment of an attendance officer. This is aimed at removing the onerous duty previously imposed on one member who had to miss out on regular fellowship in order to man the registration desk. Trevor McArdle will show the way on 8th July.
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To all grandpas and grandmas who have had trouble with their computers As I just did, today!
The computer swallowed grandpa, yes, honestly it’s true.
He pressed ‘control’ and ‘enter’, and disappeared from view.
It devoured him completely: the thought just makes me squirm:
He must have caught a virus or been eaten by a worm.
I’ve searched through the recycle bin and files of every kind:
I’ve even used the internet, but nothing did I find.
In desperation, I asked Rod Bush my searches to refine.
The reply from him was negative, not a thing was found online.
So, if inside your inbox, my grandpa you should see,
Please ‘Copy, Scan and Paste’ him and send him back to me. [Adapted from sumfing sent to me by Keith Nixon.]
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Worth Repeating
“If you try to give people what you want to give them, it has no value to the people. You have to give people what they want. And that most basic necessity has always been water. Provide them good, clean drinking water, and then you have won them over”.
Manoj Mehta, past president of the Rotary club of Bombay Metropolitan.
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A reminiscence
In place of a guest speaker, Foxy told us about the early days of the Rotary Club of Robinvale, which celebrates 50 years next Saturday night. The 1958 subscription, including ‘The Rotarian’, was $14.30, compared with our $185 today. Our mathematicians will tell us that’s less than the national inflation rate.
Foxy rambled on a bit, but the end was fairly close to the beginning, which was good.
John and Jan will meet tomorrow morning’s flight from Japan and will take Shigeyuki and Atsuko Furuno to Robinvale for the weekend celebrations. Yuki was their visiting exchange student 34 years ago, and is now a very successful businessman, employing 550 workers making automatic sliding doors, at an Aussie equivalent turnover of $100 million. If you will be at next weeks meeting, you may get to meet them. It has taken me several years to squeeze Yuki’s success story out of him. He is a member of the Rotary club of Sapporo – membership 125, and will become its secretary in a couple of years..
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This Day Tonight, But next Monday is really important
Our daughter and sponsored club, Queenscliffe is holding its change-over night at the Lonsdale Golf Club, next Monday, 6.30 for 7.00. $25 per head with drinks at bar prices. Please make a special effort to attend a very enjoyable and rewarding function for our closest relative. If you haven’t already registered, phone 52582932. immediately, or even sooner if possible. Other reports tonight can wait.
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