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Vol.26 No.24
Notice for the meeting at the Ocean Grove Hotel, Tuesday, 16th December, 6.30 for 7.00.
OUR Club Xmas Party Chairman/MC JC Surely, no-one more appropriate
Guest Speaker Ross Cutler Subject Pigs in the Universe. Att. Off’s Bob Osbourne & Bob Smith
Greeter and Assistant Sergeant Coral Barker Thanker David Tyrrell
Birthdays & Anniversaries 17th Ian Bent. 20th Peter & Annette Cullen 21st David & Helen Cooke
This is a partners’ night and you are required to register by noon Friday if you are bringing a partner or guest, and to lodge an apology if you do not plan to attend. NOTE the LATER time OF starting
Notable World Events in the week ahead [that was] December 20th 1979
In the mid-1970’s, the Arab oil embargo. rising fuel prices, and falling sales both at home and abroad were taking a heavy toll. By 1979, Chrysler, the weakest of America’s big three car manufacturers, was losing 6-8 million dollars a day, and was teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. The Corporation appealed to the U.S. Government to organize a federal bail-out, as it had done earlier in the decade to save aviation company Lockheed. Initially, President Jimmy Carter was reticent, seeing such intervention as violating the principles of the free market. Conversely, allowing the American giant to crash would result in massive job losses at the Detroit car maker and hundreds of thousands more in related industries.
A package involving U.S.$1.5 billion was passed by a reluctant congress on 20th December 1979. 29 years later, they are doing it all again, but, for about three times the amount, and by all of the major car companies, the heads of which, on their first approach to the Government, mainly flew in by personal jet.
A poor little country hick like me can’t understand why these people are allowed to get away with this nonsense. Blind Freddy’s dog would know that there are simply too many makes and models of vehicles on the road. I reckon the car companies will continue to go broke, and the rest of us will continue to suffer the consequences. I wonder how many of the top execs. are Rotarians?
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He who dies with the most toys is nonetheless DEAD.
Notice for the meeting at the Ocean Grove Hotel, Tuesday, 23rd December, 6.00 for 6.30.
Speaker Tania Lewis [Barwon Health] Chairman Alison George
This address will be a fore-runner to the mental health forum our club has organized for Tues. 24/02/2009.
Attendance Officer Rod Bush Assistant Cashier & Thanker Ingrid Cummins
Greeter & Assistant Sergeant Noel Emselle
Birthdays & Anniversaries
24th Geoff Brentnall. 25th Jesus of Nazareth. 26th Jennifer Bent 28th Colin Brown
“Smile a While”
The following word arrangements were taken directly from announcements/bulletins made in churches.
* This afternoon there will be a meeting in the South and North ends of this church. Children will be baptised at both ends.
* Wednesday, the Ladies Literary Society will meet. Mrs Johnson will sing “Put me in my little bed”, accompanied by the pastor.
*The ladies of the church have cast off clothing of every kind, and they can be seen in the church basement on Friday afternoon.
A biographical note
JESUS CHRIST [c.6 bc-c.30 ad], the founder of Christianity, born ‘The Son of God’ in Bethlehem, Judaea. According to the accounts in St. Matthew’s and St. Luke’s gospels, he was the first-born child of the Virgin Mary of the tribe of Judah and descendant of David and wife of Joseph, a carpenter. The birth took place in a stable, because on their way to Joseph’s home town, Nazareth, in order to comply with the regulations for a Roman population census, they found there was no room for them at the inn.
Little is written of his early boyhood and manhood. He is believed to have followed Joseph’s trade of carpentry, but at the age of twelve we are told how his astonished mother saw him knowledgeably discoursing with the scribes, being assured by him that he was about ‘his father’s business’. But nearly 18 years passed in obscurity, until his baptism at the hands of his cousin, John the Baptist gave him the divine intimation of his mission. Extracted from Chambers Biographical Dictionary.
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A letter to the Editor, from the President of the Rotary club of Bourne & Cookham, UK
‘Dear John,
I was taken by your piece on page one about The Human Touch and will be reading it to my lot today at lunch, thanks.
The rule about meeting EVERY week is under heavy stress in the UK and we are to bring a suggestion to RI at the next conference, that we have the CHOICE to meet TWICE a month, only, in order to promote Membership of younger men & women who have to WORK and cannot make every week.
We as a club had, until ten years ago, always been a lunchtime club, but then alternate evenings and lunchtimes were introduced and this is our format today.. With the move to encourage more younger men and women to join us, we are I think, moving towards an all evening club, which I think will be sad, but who apart from us old farts can attend at lunchtime anyway.
It is something which will rumble on for a year or two, but in the end the Lunchtime Clubs will go and we will have Breakfast, Twilight or Evening Clubs only with meetings twice a month. Sorry to ramble on, but I feel we should all know how our fellow Rotarians feel at any time and how better than through our contact with each other ?’ Robin 02/12/08
Ed. Comment Robin’s letter is reprinted verbatim, and I have not even acknowledged it at this time. I would be interested to hear your views, and will print them if space permits. I reserve my judgment.
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Ever stop to think, and forget to start again?
Notice Board
For duty at Amy’s ride on Sunday 4th Jan, I have the Foxes, the Waltons, Heather Wallace, David Cooke, Peter Hawthorne, Charles Dawborn and Gerry Spencer. Others welcome.
For the 8 event trots night on Friday, 23rd January, we have sponsors for all races, including ‘All Home Loans’, who will offer the club commissions on genuine referrals. Tickets will cost you $35, but we have to outlay for 48 tickets, the 8 sponsors being committed to 32
Our proposed Wedderburn project should come to fruition in April, when several families will be hosted by us from 15th to 18th.April.
We are due to host the Canadian GSE team for one day on 15th February in partnership with RC Queenscliffe. Details nearer the event.
Last Sunday’s market boasted 87 sites, 744 cars, $329 in raffle proceeds and & $221 in gate donations.
The Board has voted the above donations to the Amy Gillett Foundation. The sponsored charity for the club’s January market will also be that Foundation.
We are invited to participate in a charity golf day at Lonsdale GC in February. Details in due course.
“Carols in the Park’ will be featured this Sunday. Contact Richard Grimmett if you can help.
18 members are recalcitrant with their return of car raffle books. Geoff Ford is desperate.
Barbara Finch is promoting a scheme to encourage young professionals into Rotary. She deserves our support. Rotary needs younger members.
Job talker no. 1 tonight was Ian Bent, c. 1954 who has enjoyed a career in land surveying in Australia.
Job talker no. 2 was Geoffrey Cummins c. 1944, [a Pom], who has experienced queues in Brazil, Africa, New York, New Zealand, Adelaide and Melbourne, but continues to pursue a career in retailing, having apparently reached the head of the queue in Oz.
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