Bulletin 1978-01-31

District 993

R.I. President:
W. JACK DAVIS

District Governor:
LEIGHTON PATMORE.

“Serve to UNITE MANKIND”

Club
Weekly Meeting
Farmers’ Tearooms
Tuesday, 12.15 p.m.

SERVICE ABOVE SELF

1977-78

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL

WEEKLY NEWS

ROTARY CLUB
of
HASTINGS

The Fruit Bowl of New Zealand

“WE CARE”

President:
DON PATTERSON
705 Rainbow Avenue, Hastings.
Telephone 85 507.

Please address all communications to:
Secretary:
FRANK CRIST
P.O. Box 752
Hastings
Phone 83 241.

Editor:
MAX LUTTRELL
P.O. Box 66, Hastings
Phone 777 756.

Treasurer:
COLIN YOUNG.
P.O. Box 105 Hastings
Phone 85 143

If you are unable to be present to undertake the duty allotted to you please: advise Club Marshal Roy Batchelor, Phone 88 766.

YOU ARE ON DUTY

TUESDAY, 31st January, 1978:
PROGRAMME: A Takeover Bid by “Vocational” led by fellow Rotarian Stuart Anderson. A share in this meeting could Stimulate the interest rate and pay good dividends. Thanks:   Bill Langford.

DUTIES:
Mess: Phil May
Bill Pascoe
Des Peryer
Gary Pike
Coffee: Jim Redgrave
Nigel Ross
Sgt-at-Arms: Tony Cross
Cpls: Matt Parkhill
Keith Sands
Top Table: Graham Scott
Ian Snadden
Emergencies: Les Snookes
Pat Stainer
Haldane Scougal [Scougall]
Host: George Pacey.

VITAL STATISTICS, 24th January, 1978:
Present   68   Fines:   $5.37
Absent   28   Shrapnel:   $10.04
Attendance   87%   Total:   $15.41

R.I. CONVENTION TOUR EXTRAORDINARY – 38 Days – Grand Tour of East Asia – May, June, 1978. Depart Auckland Monday, May 8, 1978, and return to Auckland 14 June 1978. Convention dates are 14-18 May, 1978.

Tour No 1: 3 days, Phillipines [Philippines] – 11 days Tokyo Convention and Japan, including Nikko, Hakone and Mt Kyoto, Nara – 4 days – Hong Kong – 3 days Bangkok – 3 days Penang (beach location) – 3 days Coach Tour Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca, Singapore – 4 days Singapore – 4 days Bali (right on the fabulous beach) includes full day Kintamani Tour – 2 days in transit including most of a day in Sydney on way home. Cost of $2,590 per person (as at 1 Sept., 1977) includes all transport, superior hotels and extensive sightseeing.
Tour No. 2: This is the same as Tour No. 1 up to Hong Kong, then spends 11 days in China and returns to N.Z. direct from Hong Kong – 32 days with all meals included in China – cost is $2743 per person plus $124.60 travel tax based on fares and rates at 1 August, 1977. Approved tours arranged and operated by Thomas Cook, on behalf of District 992 Organising Committee. Japan Air Lines – Air New Zealand. There is a personal contact with Rotarians at various stop-overs. Most stopovers are 3 and 4 nights. Tour includes superior firstclass hotels with facilities and sightseeing, and all transport. Will list later – further tours.

PERSONALITIES OF WEEK:
Birthdays: Jan 31, Bob Price.
Feb. 5, John Cornelius.
Wedding Anniversaries:
Feb. 3, Pamela and Gary Pike
Feb. 5, Betty and Bob Fish.
Feb. 4, Marion and Alex Mitchell.
Happy celebrations to you both at Atawhai Hospital – Home, from Hastings Rotary.

PRESIDENT’S COLUMN: You will note we have called this President’s Column, because we consider our President received a pat on the back in respect of letter received from Eastern Hemisphere Department, R.I. , – extracts listed below: – “Your Club’s fellowship and fine activities were complimented by your District Governor recently …In addition to the work you are already doing in community service, you may want to give greater emphasis this year to projects in Vocational service. Community courtesy contests, career conferences for youth, seminars on business ethics and awards to private and governmental employees, are some ways in which the Rotary Club of Hastings might practise service through its members’ vocations. Best wishes for a most successful presidential year.”
Fellows, There is quite a lot happening in the next month. Would you please note the following in your diaries as IMPORTANT ROTARY DATES.
1.   14th February.   Subject to confirmation, which I shall give you on Tuesday, there will be no luncheon meeting on Tuesday, 14th February. The meeting will be held that evening at the D.B. Heretaunga and will be a combined one with Stortford Lodge and Hastings Rotaract. This will be a social meeting and we would like to see as many wives as possible attending.
2.   Saturday, February 17th. The Combined Services Clubs will be distributing a Householder to launch the CHEC programe. 30 odd fellows will be required to give 2/3 hours of their time to complete this project.
3.   And of course you will all be involved in the Monster Gala Day, Saturday, February 25th. Don.

H.O.P.E.   This is a group of Christchurch parents, gathered together to help other parents, whose children have malignant disease. The group is made up of seven couples who have lost a child and seven couples whose children are under treatment. Members give and receive childcare services to allow others to visit children in hospital, to have an evening out or get away for a weekend. They also plan to arrange weekends away from home several times a year for all the families together. The overall aim is to relieve the stress and tension imposed on a family by a sick child. The Canterbury/Westland Division will assist the group in any way possible. Maybe this could be a project for one of our committees to help others form a group in an area – where H.O.P.E. may be needed.

WHAT OTHER CLUBS DOING: The five Rotary Clubs in Hamilton have decided to combine in a project to raise $110,000 for the Waikato Centre for the Blind. All Waikato Clubs will be asked to support a telephone appeal on 18-19 April this year, for this important community need in the Waikato area.

CONFERENCE REPRESENTATIVE: R.I. President Jack Davis, advises the appointment of W.E. (Bill) Skelton, R.I. first Vice President, as his personal representative at our Conference. Vice President Bill is a member of the Blacksburg Club of Virginia, U.S.A., is administrator of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and University and has been a Rotarian since 1955. Make yourself known to him when you attend the Conference.

Registered at the Post Office Headquarters, Wellington, New Zealand as a Magazine.

MEETING TIMES OF LOCAL CLUBS

NAPIER: War Memorial Hall – Monday 12.15
NAPIER WEST: Fire Station Hall – Tuesday 6.00
TARADALE: Town Hall – Thursday 6.00
AHURIRI: Napier Sailing Club, Ahuriri – Monday 5.30
HAVELOCK NORTH: D.B. Te Mata Hotel – Monday 6.00
STORTFORD LODGE: D.B. Heretaunga Motor Hotel – Tuesday 6.00
GREENMEADOWS: Taradale Town Hall – Wednesday 5.30
HASTINGS-KARAMU: Travelodge – Thursday 5.30.

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