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THE UNLEY ROTARIAN: Meeting 4406 - 1 October 2024   Website: https://portal.clubrunner.ca/2039/
 Rotary Club of Unley Inc.

 District 9510 - Chartered 17 April 1935

 President:  John Peacham 0431 618 359
 Secretary:  Greg McLeod 0417 811 838
 Address:  PO Box 18, Unley SA 5061
 Email:  secretary@unleyrotary.org.au
 Meetings:  Tuesdays at 6.00 for 6.30pm
 Venue:
 Castello's Cucina, 123 Fisher Street, Fullarton SA

 
President John Peacham 0431 618 359
 

 

Next week is about the Unley 27th Brigade in WW1

Last Meeting
 

Venue:                           Castello's Cucina
 
Guest Speaker:            Bronte Harrington
 
Guests:                         Graham Ey, Carmel Kain, Goffrey Larwood, Rob's assistants Eucumbeth & Firmee
 
Attendance:                  27 members  6 guests

Welcome

President John opened the meeting with a stirring invocation about our sunburnt country and the importance of teamwork.....but failed to mention the flies. He reported that Jerry had been in and out of hospital in Darwin.

Guest Speaker: Bronte Harrington - A brief history of Goodwood

Paul Duke introduced Bronte who attended Goodwood Primary and Unley High School. In 1959 he joined Kings Travel, followed by Thomas Cook and finally the Commonwealth Bank. His retirement activities, beside historical research, include public speaking with Rostrum, JPship and the buddies club.
 
Bronte served up a smorgsbourd of facts and figures about his beloved Goodwood and nearby suburbs. The SA colony was founded in 1836. But it was short of cash. 35,000 pounds was needed and in 1838 the South Australia Company sold off much of Goodwood at 2 shillings per acre. Thomas Hardy was the biggest purchaser with 28 acres. There was a rifle range in the adjoining parklands where soldiers practiced to ward off a potential Russian invasion. Much of the land ran cattle and sheep. West Adelaide had its inaugural footie oval there. Developments followed including the essential Goodwood Park pub in 1865, steam train lines to Belair, Hallett Cove and Glenelg from 1868 - 1930, the Goodwood Orphanage in 1886, and the subway was hand-dug in 1914. Amazingly the rail line was swung across the overhead bridge in 1 day. Gas lighting arrived in 1896.Horse drawn trams ran to Cross Rd. Goodwood school was built in 1876 (with many famous students like Sir Mark Oliphant), and the Goodwood oval in 1886. Ostrich races were run on the early Showgrounds on North Terrace, before it was relocated to Wayville in 1919.
 
Goodwood attracted a wide range of interesting activity like the Hollywood train in 1929, the famous Unley elephant, Harry Butler's plane arriving (somehow on Unley oval) in 1918, the Capri theatre in 1941 and the Star Theatre Curzon in 1955.  Flags flown on the Southern Cross during its epic trip to Australia were stored in St Georges chiurch.....there were 4 other churches in the area. Horse drawn rabbit, milk and bread carts plied their trade.The Bay tram appeared in 1930 on the old steam train track. Greenwood Inn supplied liquor and groceries.
 
Amazingly Bronte did a street scape, naming all the shops that existed just prior to WW2 (and earlier) along Goodwood Rd. What an amazing memory! And some of us can well remember the likely/lively lads from Goodwood.
 
Bronte was warmly thanked for his address.
 
 
President John's Announcements
 
  • Yesterday's Bunnings BBQ generated an impressive $1574 of sales
  • Rhonda is in Japan and will be presenting the Unley Primary School peace cranes for hanging at Hiroshima.
  • On Sunday the Group 8 Presidents, forming the community of clubs, met to discuss future priorities. Further detail will be provided on the 3 main areas of action to grow clubs and membership.
  • There will be a Board meeting on Thursday, a coffee chat on Friday at Impressa and Mitre 10 Saturday.......busy, busy, busy.
  • Our AGM will be in November......and we want heaps of nominations for 2025/26.....ladies take note!
Spots
 
Graham Beckett explained that his International Committee had been focusing on 3 village projects in Nepal but some sites have been washed away in the most recent devastating rains. Flood relief is now being discussed with Edwardstown and several interstate clubs.
 
Patsy Beckett pursued registrations for the fabulous car trial on October 27 with proceeds to RAM (Rotarians Against Malaria)....needs finalisation by next Tuesday. For those who are less excited by the competition but would like to join the Fangio crowd for lunch, a deal can be done!
 
Chris Davis reported that a pleasing 18 nominations have been received for the local Teachers Award and been assessed by his team. Each will receive a certificate. The gala presentation night will be our meeting on Tuesday 22 October. Mayor Michael Hewitson and David Pisoni MP will attend.
 
Christina Way asked members to take care with the stamps....leave a wide space around.....do not trim.
 
Bronwyn Kenny reported that ROMAC was hosting Charlie and his mother Rachel from Vanuatu. Charlie has a club foot which will require surgery and 4 months of special care. Bronwyn and Brendan have been looking after them for a number of days. Activities included a wild life park visit where kangaroos were a big hit and Bronwyn teaching/sharing a trumpet with Charlie at Ronald McDonald House. see the gallery below

Finale

Marie Rothe scored the filthy lucre and Paul Duke the chockies
 
The prez closed the meeting at a tidy hour after an awful joke from Garry....but we were warned!
 

Message from Christina Way

Hi all. Our club has been supportive of Food on the Table. We will be donating pudding treats for their Christmas hampers. On 24 October at Chief Street Brompton any member who would like to experience meal preparation as part of a team 'slicing and dicing' can do so. The workshop runs from 9am to noon on that day. Please contact Christina 0403 131 510 if this appeals. Beats the hell out of fast food.
 

Rogue's Gallery

Below is a photo of Stephen wishing bon voyage on Sunday to Asya Khojasteh on the One and All for the Rotary Youth Sailing Challenge. Asya is being sponsored by our club - she is seen here with her dad Sam..   

                          

        
Wild life tamer/whisperer Brendan with Charlie and Rachel
                         
          

Calperum Woolshed Bush Ball on 11 October.....                                             

Rotary International News

Suspended  for a week - awaiting more informative blogs

Coffee Chat at Impressa, Unley Shopping Centre

10.30 am on the first Friday of the month is good for a chat with Rotary friends and a caffeine fix - Next one is Friday 4 October 2024

Upcoming Meetings

Tuesday 8 October 2024 6 for 6.30pm Castello's Cucina
Guest Speaker: Steve Larkin The 27th Brigade from Unley in WW1
Welcoming team: Kate Porter & Marlene Small
 
Tuesday 15 October 2024 6 for 6.30pm Castello's Cucina
Guest Speaker: Karen Short The ears have it!
Welcoming team: Kate Porter & Marlene Small
 
Apologies and Meeting Enquiries to: Secretary Greg McLeod on 0417 811 838 or email to secretary@unleyrotary.org.au
Venue Set-up Enquiries to: Bulletin Editor Stephen Baker on 0403 687 015
 

Saturday Thrift Shop Roster

Early Shift: 10.00am to 1.00pm    Late Shift: 1.00pm to 4.00pm 
 
Week 1: 5 October 2024   
Early: Jerry Casburn? & Haydn Baillie |  Late: Robyn Carnachan & Leonie Kewen
 
Week 2: 12 October 2024  
Early: Greg Mcleod & Wendy Andrews |  Late: Virginia Cossid & Vera-Ann Stacy
 
Week 3: 19 October 2024
Early: David Middleton & Nathan White  |  Late: Vera Holt & Rhonda Hoare
 
Week 4: 26 October 2024  
Early: Stephen Baker & Judi Corcoran |  Late: Jason Booth & Vera-Ann Stacy
 
Week 5:
Early: Bob Mullins & Wendy Andrews |  Late: Virginia Cossid & Paul Duke
 
Rotarians, who are unable to attend as rostered, please arrange a swap or as a very last resort contact: Vivienne Wood 0408 819 630; e-mail: vwood@ozemail.com.au

Mitre 10 and Bunnings Barbeques 

The Mitre 10 BBQs are the first and third Saturdays of each month. Morning shift 8.30am - 12 noon; afternoon shift 12.00 - 3.30pm, then clean-up.....next due Saturday 5 October
 
ALL the Bunnings Mile End Barbeque shifts are from 8am to 5pm
Morning shift: 8.00am – 12.30pm | Afternoon shift: 12.30 – 5pm
We have been allocated the last Monday of each month, the next being Monday 28 October 
 

The Tale End.....

Another true story out of the US of A - a saga of perseverance
 
After I retired, my wife insisted that I accompany her on her trips to the local grocery store. Unfortunately, like most men; I found shopping boring and preferred to get in and get out. Equally unfortunate, my wife is like most women - she loves to browse. Yesterday my dear wife received the following letter, from the local store manager:
Dear Mrs. Harris:
Over the past six months, your husband has caused quite a commotion, in our store.
We cannot tolerate this behavior and have been forced to, ban both of you from the store.
Our complaints against your husband, Mr. Harris, are listed below and are documented by our video surveillance cameras:
1. June 15: He took 24 boxes of condoms and randomly put them in other people's carts when they weren't looking.
2. July 2: Set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5-minute intervals.
3. July 7: He made a trail of tomato juice on the floor leading to the women's restroom.
4. July 19: Walked up to an employee and told her in an official voice, 'Code 3 in Housewares. Get on it right away'. This caused the employee to leave her assigned station and receive a reprimand from her Supervisor that in turn resulted with a union grievance, causing management to lose time and costing the company money. We don't have a Code 3.
5. August 4: Went to the Service Desk and tried to put a bag of M&Ms on layaway.
6. August 14: Moved a, 'CAUTION - WET FLOOR' sign to a carpeted area.
7. August 15: Set up a tent in the camping department and told the children shoppers he'd invite them in if they would bring pillows and blankets from the bedding department to which twenty children obliged.
8. August 23: When a clerk asked if they could help him he began crying and screamed, 'Why can't you people just leave me alone?' EMTs were called.
9. September 4: Looked right into the security camera and used it as a mirror while he picked his nose.
10. September 10: While handling guns in the hunting department, he asked the clerk where the antidepressants were.
11. October 3: Darted around the store suspiciously while, loudly humming the, 'Mission Impossible' theme.
12. October 6: In the auto department, he practiced his, 'Madonna Look' using different sizes of funnels.
13. October 18: Hid in a clothing rack and when people browsed through, yelled 'PICK ME! PICK ME!'
14. October 22: When an announcement came over the loud speaker, he assumed a fetal position and screamed;
'OH NO! IT'S THOSE VOICES AGAIN!'
15. Took a box of condoms to the checkout clerk and asked where is the fitting room?
And last, but not least:
16. October 23: Went into a fitting room, shut the door, waited awhile; then yelled very loudly, 'Hey! There's no toilet paper in here.' One of the clerks passed out.
            
                                          
 
       

                                       
 
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