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Vol.26 No. 14
Notice for the Market duties at Kingston Park, Sunday, 5th October
Manager & Assistant Phil Edwards, Rod Bush. Main Gate 0900 John Fox 1100 Vic Harnath
Parking 0730 Col. Brown 0830 Geoff Chandler 1000 Alex Magee, David Cooke
Site Prep’n Bill Walton Signs etc Ken Fleay Raffles 830-1030 Margaret Campbell, Judy Greer
0930-1130 Gerry Spencer 1030-1230 John Dodgshun..
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.Notice for the meeting at the Ocean Grove Hotel, Tuesday 7th October, 6.00 for 6.30
Speaker Helen Trigg Subject The Kokoda Trail Chairman Dick Clay
Attendance Officer Margaret Campbell
Assistance Cashier & Thanker David Cooke Greeter & Assistant Sergeant Peter Cullen
Birthdays 11th Patsy Bush 13th Ingrid Cummins
Notable World Events in the week ahead [that was] The Andes flight disaster of 13/10/1972
Of the 40 passengers and 5 crew aboard Uruguayan Flight 471, only 16 survived the crash of a chartered aircraft of a rugby union team, their families and friends. The aircraft crashed while descending through mountains between Chile and Argentina. 12 people were killed outright, but in the following days, with no medical equipment or appropriate clothing, more died. On the seventeenth day, another eight died when an avalanche engulfed the plane’s fuselage, where survivors had taken refuge.
With rapidly dwindling supplies, the remaining passengers were forced to resort to cannibalism in order to survive.
After 62 days, two men, Fernando Perado and Robert Canessa, trekked for 10 days before finally finding help, and on December 22and 23, helicopters airlifted the other 14 survivors to Santiago. The dead were buried in the mountains.
Notice for the meeting at the Ocean Grove Hotel, Tuesday, 14th October, 6.00 for 6.30
This is to be a partners’ night, but you will have to register her/him with Hans no later than 1200 on Friday, 10th
Speaker Rotary District Governor Ted Gaffney Also, our 25th Birthday. Chairman President John Calnin
Attend.Officer Geoff Ford Ass. Cashier & Thanker Judy Greer Greeter & Ass. Sgt. Bill Walton
Birthdays 19th Rod Birrell David Cooke
Notable World Events in the week ahead [that was] The world’s tallest building? Oh Yeah!
My fairly recent book of notable events lists the Taipei 101 tower in Taiwan as the world’s tallest building, at a dizzying height of 509 metres, and a lift that reaches the top in 30seconds. That one took the record on 17th October 2003. Ancient stuff!
The latest, in Shanghai, is aiming for more than 800 metres, and is going to be higher than the two tallest buildings in Melbourne, plus the Eiffel Tower, all three perched on top of one another! It probably won’t hold the record for long.
Personally my choice for a world record is the long jump of Bob Beamon, set on 18th October 1968, at an incredible 8.9 metres [ 29.2 feet!] That record hasn’t survived, either!
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Why is it that doctors call what they do ’practice’?
A fascinating bird is the IBIS
Some of you may have read last week’s article about the large flocks of Ibis flying east to west in arrowhead formation at this time of the year. I have discovered whither they come, and now seek thither they return, and wheneth! Geoff Chandler reported that they nest on mud island, an advice since verified. Jo Hawthorne then produced some fascinating information from the Hawthorne’s days in Kerang, host centre to the largest Ibis rookery in the world!
For the information of visitors, The Kerang Tourist Promotion Committee, with the assistance of The Field and Game Committee, compiled the following facts about these unique birds, not only as a tourist attraction, but also as a valuable asset to farmers.
Mud Island can’t provide them with fresh water here, as it does up north, and that is probably the key to their daily exodus, but I seek your advice as to when they come back, as it appears to be daily. The Hawthornes tell me that flashes of red or blood under the wings indicate breeding and the need for running water.
The foregoing is the introduction to a very fascinating nature story, and the next five episodes will be reproduced verbatim from the Kerang article. Watch this space!
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Vale Shirley Osbourne
We mourn the sad loss of a staunch supporter of Rotary in general and our second longest serving Rotarian in particular, with the death last week of Shirley, wife of Bob. A funeral service for Shirley will be held at 11.30 this Friday at the OG Uniting Church, cnr. Eggleston St. & The Parade. Our sympathies are extended to Bob and his family.
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This day tonight
Two inductees tonight, but one of them, John Eyles, was a charter member of this club 25 rears ago before he got very busy with the affairs of Alcoa. Our other inductee, Barbara Finch, a very new Rotarian, is the local head of R.E. firm ResCom, and a resident of Barwon Heads.
I am not going to tell you any more about them just yet, as they will undoubtedly be required to tell all at a later date, just as Fleay ‘n Clay did tonight.
* Secy Vic has Xmas cards for sale in a Rotary fundraiser - $10 for a pack of 10.
* Nominees for our ‘Pride of Workmanship’ Award, are still being sought.
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Observed at the rowing medal ceremony of the Olympics “Ah, isn’t that nice, the wife of the I.O.C. president is hugging the cox of the British crew”!
This was their life
Ken Fleay was born in Colac, [one of eight children] and has spent most of his life in this corner of Australa, taking in Beaufot, Ballarat and a few other pretty spots in between.
Ken was educated in Ballarat and trained as a wool classer, but ventured into his first love, stud merino breeding, a speciality of which he made a great success from 1987 onwards.
Eventually, with his property surrounded by blue gum development, he and Laurie sold out, moved into Ballarat for five years before settling comfortably into retirement at O.G, golf and bowls.
Dick Clay traces his forebears back to 19th century Devon, and a continuous line of Dicks, mainly occupied with farming. His father was an orchardist at Doncaster and then Kyabram, where young Dick discovered football, or, more specifically, Football discovered him! He can boast 4 AFL/VFL premiership medallions, and many milestones and achievements in a career covering the golden years of the Richmond Football Club. His comments about the footballers’ dietary habits over the years was a revelation! Toy retailing, pubs and a tattslotto agency rounded off a very active life, and like Ken, he has fitted very easily into our club.
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