08/28/15 BITS & PIECES
Posted by Alan Nye
on Sep 01, 2015
President Bowen called the meeting to order, welcoming 53 members, 2 Honoraries and 5 visiting guests. Dave Small gave a unique invocation with the recitation of the "Football Lord’s Prayer." Rusty Atwood led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. President Bowen then introduced visiting guests – including his mother Georgeanne from Chicago.
Meredith Small led the singing with a song popular in 1892 – "A Bicycle Built for Two." The unique twist was that she put the words to the song on the tables, then explained how the song was in response to a man asking a lady to marry him and ride off on a bicycle – the song being a parody containing the response to the request. How charming!
Meredith Small led the singing with a song popular in 1892 – "A Bicycle Built for Two." The unique twist was that she put the words to the song on the tables, then explained how the song was in response to a man asking a lady to marry him and ride off on a bicycle – the song being a parody containing the response to the request. How charming!
Peter Goffin gave us this week's Rotary history focusing on the years 1927-28. He noted that during those years: Calvin Coolidge was president; the first Model A’s were built; Scotch tape and Velveeta cheese were invented; Penicillin was discovered; the first TV was made ($75) and Mickey Mouse was seen. Peter also noted that guests at meetings were often officers of war ships. Dues were raised from $36 to $40 and there were 154 members in the club.
The weekly raffle was conducted by Emily McEntee, with Meredith Small's name being drawn to try to find the Queen of Hearts - she came so close .. but not close enough.
The weekly raffle was conducted by Emily McEntee, with Meredith Small's name being drawn to try to find the Queen of Hearts - she came so close .. but not close enough.
President Bowen reminded everyone of the 100th Anniversary Gala featuring our own Senator Angus King as our Keynote speaker was right around the corner.....only two weeks to go...so get online and register. We want to see our club well represented. After all, it is OUR anniversary and we won't see this type of milestone again. He also thanked all the sponsors for their generosity.
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Dave Putnam thanked the members for helping out at the Long Creek Youth Development Center, including Jim Willey and his wife Barbara, Alex St. Halaire, and others. The volunteers had just as much fun as the youth at the center.
(Photo below: PDG AnnLee Hussey, Bruce Moore, Maxwell Chikuta, President Bowen Depke, David Lee, Katie Brown, 1st VP Laura Young, Megan Devlin, and Charlie Frair.)
Next came a wonderful introduction by Past District Governor AnnLee Hussey, who provided a detailed summary of Rotary, as a prelude to introducing 4 new members into our club.
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Bruce Moore, sponsored and introduced Maxwell Chikuta.
President Bowen Depke, sponsored and introduced David Lee.
1st VP Laura Young, sponsored and introduced Katie Brown.
Charlie Frair, sponsored and introduced Megan Devlin.
A hearty welcome to our newest Portland Rotarians!