VOL 27 no. 22

Nov. 24, 2009

This Day Tonight

·      The DIK collection is next Monday, 30^th Nov. commencing 1.30. If you have goodies, contact Alison.

·      RI has expressed congratulations on our provision of shelterbox no. 7026 .

·      75 have accepted for next weeks Seniors Xmas dinner, and 24 of them will be transported to & fro.

·      Marion is still seeking hosts for the visiting Thai students 17-21 Jan.

·      Geoff  Brentnall has beaut Xmas cakes at $20,

·      GB also seeks hosts for the Brazilian GSE team.

·      Alison won the dinner at Greers for successfully estimating Rod’s run time. He’s in Geelong Hossie after running a real good time in the 12 km. mini-marathon, but broke his ankle during celebrations.

·      Ian Downing led the brief but conclusive debate on the viability of the Art Show scheduled for November 2011. The voting in favour was unanimous.

·      If any of our newer Rotarians needed an assurance that Group Study Exchange is one of the very best projects run by RI, they got it tonight. Tim McConnell was enthusiastic, eloquent and, as expected, a great ambassador for this top programme. Six weeks in a team from this district to Vancouver Island, Can, and Washington State U.S.A. A super presentation! 9 host clubs over six weeks.

Car Raffle Sales Duties

Fri  27/11     Leopold supermarket. Mick Cummins, Wal Kelly, Geoff Brentnall

Sun 29/11     APCO Barwon Heads    AM  Bill Walton, Geoff Ford  PM    Alison George

Sun 29/11     Portarlington Market   Wal Kelly & Charles Dawborn

Sat  5/12       Ocean Grove Park  John Eyles, John Calnin, Geoff Cummins, John Fox, John Paton, Marion Walton, Bill Walton, Geoff Ford.

Sat. 5/12       Torquay market   Wal. Kelly & John Eyles

Sun 6/12       Our market  Fred Andrews and Bill Walton.

Some more prominent past and present Rotarians

Sir Harry Lauder, Franz Lehar, General Douglas McArthur, Guglielmo Marconi, Dr. Charles H Mayo, Norman Vincent Peale, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Rainier 111 of Monaco, Sigmund Romberg, Franklin D Roosevelt, Albert Schweitzer, Jean Sibelius, Adlai Stevenson, Margaret Thatcher, Orville Wright.  [to name just a few]

Extracted from ‘A Century of Service, The story of Rotary International.’

Notice for the meeting at the Ocean Grove Hotel, Tuesday 1^st December, 6.00 for 6.30

Business      The Seniors Christmas dinner      Chairman         Marion Walton

Assistant Cashier      Ian Downing        Hospitality and Waiters    Every member of the club present.

Don’t forget to wear your ROTARY shirts!

Birthdays   Bill Steains [1^st], Heather Franken [3^rd], Annette Cullen [4^th], Judy Greer [6^th].

Market duties for Sunday 6^th December,.will be named next Tuesday.

An Irishman proposes to his girlfriend on St. Patrick’s day and gives her a ring with a synthetic diamond. On learning it isn’t real she protests vehemently about his cheapness. He explains that in honour of Saint Patrick’s Day, he picked her a sham rock.

Landmarks and turning points in Rotary’s history

1905     Rotary founded in Chicago, Illinois, USA, by Paul P Harris.

1907   First Service Project  -  A public toilet in Chicago.

    1908   Second Rotary club organised in San Francisco, California, USA

    1910   National Association of Rotary clubs formed at the first Rotary Convention

    1918   First Rotary club organised in South America [Montevideo, Uruguay

To be continued

Notice for the meeting at the Ocean Grove Hotel, Tuesday 8^th December, 6.00 for 6.30

Speaker     Mick Cummins       Subject   Policing in Iraq          Chairman    Geoff Chandler 

Assistant Cashier & Thanker   Noel Emselle    Greeter & Assistant Sergeant   Tony Haines

Birthdays & Anniversaries  James & Pam Turnbull [9^th],  Kerry Richini [11^th],  Jan Brown [12^th], Trevor McArdle [14^th].

Some amazing stories of Polio

·      On 12^th April 1955, at Ann Arbor,Michigan,USA, Scientists gathered to discuss trials by Thomas Francis & Jonas Salk of a new polio vaccine.

·      At that moment, it became possible to purge the planet of a disease that had plagued humanity.

·      Polio has been around for thousands of years. Roman emperor Claudius may have had it. Author Sir Walter Scott had it. Golfer Jack Nicklaus and filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola had it.

To be continued.

Interesting Facts

·      The lining of your stomach completely replaces itself every three days.

·      More than half of your bones are in your hands and feet.

·      Forensic scientists can identify a person’s age, gender, race & state of health from a single hair.

The Human Touch

T’is the human touch in this world that counts, the touch of your hand and mine,

Which means far more to the fainting heart  than shelter and bread and wine.

For shelter is gone when the night is o’er, and bread lasts only a day,

But the touch of the hand and the sound of the voice sing on in the soul alway.

                                  Rotarian Dr. Spencer M Free

       

Portrait of Jean Thomson Harris who married Paul Harris in 1910, when he was 42. Their marriage was childless, and came to an end after 37 years when Paul died in 1947. Jean died in her country of birth, Scotland, in 1963.

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 John Fox,   2110, 24/11/2009