NEWSLETTER · 2015/2/15 · To Be Held on March 17, 2015 This year’s Senior Men’s Club of Grosse Pointe An-nual Sarasota Florida luncheon for the SMCs Snow Birds members and

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NEWSLETTERof the

Senior Men’s Club of Grosse PointeFESTIVITIES . . FUN . . FELLOWSHIP

VOLUME LIV, NO. 5 www.gpsmc.homestead.com February 2015

Program Chairman - J. Robert Hynes

President’s Message

Inside . . Dates To RememberProfile of the Month, Get Well, Memorials, AttendanceNew Members, Sub Club NewsGolf Sub Club NewsBridge InformationThe Readers,Membership ApplicationBirthdays, Raffle Calendar

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Alan L. Parks

Garrison Manager, USAG, Michigan Arsenal

February 24, 2015

Charles Rutherford

Carol Cain Detroit Free Press Columnist Host Michigan Matters

February 10, 2015

Continued on page 2

We owe much to Mr. Henry Ford, who contributed to our country and to our community by establishing the Ford Motor Company and Greenfield Village, to name two major contributions. He stated:“The only true test of values, either of men or of things, is that of their ability to make the world a bet-ter place in which to live.”

There are many other people who have contributed to our country, including James Smithson, a British scientist who in 1826 prepared his last will and testa-ment. Mr. Smithson left his estate to his nephew and to the nephew’s future children. The will also provided that if his nephew died without heirs, “legitimate or ille-gitimate,” as he would in 1835, his estate was to go to the United States “ … to found in Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establish-ment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.” Mr. Smithson died in 1829 at 64 years of age while living in Genoa, Italy. His will was printed in the Times of London, and caught the eye of an Ameri-

can editor who observed the exceptional potential windfall for the United States. The will was also reprinted in the New York American.

The United States Govern-ment was soon notified of this extraordinary bequest. President Andrew Jackson an-nounced the bequest to Con-gress, which accepted the leg-acy bequeathed to the nation. President Jackson pledged the faith of the United States to the charitable trust, July 1,1839. A few months later, the legacy, which amounted to more than 100,000 gold sovereigns, was delivered to the Philadelphia mint and re-coined in U.S. currency. The gift amounted to more than $500,000. For the next eight

years, Congress debated what to do with the estate.

Finally, President James K. Polk signed the legisla-tion on August 10,1846, that established the Smithsonian Institution as a trust to be administered by a Board of Regents and Secretary of the Smithsonian. Since its found-ing more than 165 years ago, the Smithsonian Institution

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Important Dates and Items to Remember

“The Grosse Pointe Senior Men's Club changed its By Laws at the meeting held

November 25, 2014 regarding both the Officers and Directors of the Club (for up-dated check signing authority) and also the number of members who can endorse the Candidacy of New Members. Now, One or More members can propose new men for membership. As part of that change, the Board had started a New Member Campaign whereby the first sponsor of a new member will be entitled to a complimentary lunch at the luncheon when the new member is introduced to the members present at the lun-cheon. This program is to run from December 1, 2014 to June 1, 2015.

Per the Membership Committee and the Board

2015 DIRECTORY -- IMPORTANT CHECK YOUR LISTING IN THE NEW DIRECTORY

It is important that you notify HENRY FISCHER of any errors of address, phone

number, cell number, or email address so the data in our files can be corrected immediately. We may publish updates in the Newsletter

Note the change in the Florida Snowbirds' Luncheon details on page 5

SENIOR MEN’S CLUB OF GROSSE POINTE EVENTS REGISTRATIONNAME OF EVENT _________________________________PERSON OR PERSONS ATTENDING_____________________________________________________AMOUNT SUBMITTED ____________________ CHECK # ____________________________MAKE CHECK PAYABLE TO SMCGP EVENTS.

MAIL TO: SMCGP EVENTS COMMITTEE GROSSE POINTE WAR MEMORIAL 32 LAKE SHORE DRIVE GROSSE POINTE FARMS, MI 48236

has become the world’s largest museum and research complex, with 19 museums and galleries, the National Zoo, nine research facilities, and the total number of artifacts, works of art, and specimens in the Smithson-ian’s collection is estimated to be 138 million.

In conclusion, Mr. James Smithson and Mr. Henry Ford have used their abilities “to make the world a better place in which to live.” Charlie Rutherford President

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Profile of the Month: Tom Roberts

2015 Entertainment Books

$35.00

In 1943, Tom was born in Columbus, Ohio, gradu-ating from Upper Arlington HS in 1961. Entering the Navy in 1962, he spent 6 years as a nuclear reactor operator on submarines and on the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, supporting bombing operations in North and South Vietnam.

Upon returning home from the Navy, Tom entered Ohio State University, relying on the GI Bill and various part-time jobs to pay for his education and subsequent bachelor’s degree in Computer Science. During his time at OSU, he met and married the love of his life, Connie Cooks, who was a member of the faculty at OSU.

The computer business was in its infancy, and jobs were plentiful for those with the proper train-ing and skills. After several rewarding jobs, one of which brought Tom and family to Michigan in 1979, he formed his own company - Pointe Systems In-ternational Corporation - to provide computer pro-gramming services to companies around the country. After several years, Tom was lured away from his own company to work for a computer manufacturer, specializing in fault tolerant computers (computers with redundant hardware to prevent crashes). After several years and several mergers, Tom retired from Lucent Technologies, where he had been a service manager for 5 Midwestern states and all of Canada.

Upon retirement, Tom purchased a bicycle and a tennis racquet to compliment his other hobby of SCUBA diving. He joined GPSMC in March of 2001. He served as a Director, Chairman of Memori-als 2010-2012. He is currently the Senior Men's Ten-nis Club Chairman and an avid tennis player. For 10 years he participated in the Michigander bicycle ride, which is a week-long ride across the state. He has also ridden the Erie Canal tow path from Buffalo to Albany, the Katy Trail across Missouri and the trail from Pittsburg to Washington D.C. Tom and Con-nie love to travel and have enjoyed visits to all of the continents, except Antarctica.

Tom and Connie have two sons. Toby, 39 lives in Santa Monica, California. He is an attorney for the California Court of Appeals in Ventura. Christopher, 37 lives in Port-land, Oregon. He works for Target Stores as a Distributor. Neither son is married so Tom and Connie are still waiting to spoil their grandchildren.

Written by Rodger Sulad

From your Newsletter Editor

Obviously the Tennis Sub Club has a good time off the courts, as noted above in the photos of a couple of their gatherings. On the right in the chef's hat (bottom photo) and centered (top photo) at the Christmas party for the Tennis Group is Tom Roberts prominently displayed. I couldn't find, easily, any of Tom on the courts, though they do exist.

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Salvatore (Sam) Ciaramitaro (313-882-9279)

Get Well The Senior Men's Club extends good wishes for the recovery of all members who are confined by

illness. We miss you! Please advise Sam Ciaramitaro, at (313) 882-9279 or Bill Kamm at (313) 884-5542 if you have additions or changes. Cards are sent to confined members as we become aware of their illnesses. Many request that their names not be published in this space.

Jack H. Williams 313-886-7813

AttendanceCall anyone on the following attendance committee:

Bob ChandlerJack LandinKen MaleitzkeEd WhiteJack H. Williams

(586) 779-3228(313) 886-9456(313) 343-6476(313) 647-9086

(313) 886-7813

All members and guests are welcome at our semi-monthly meetings. Please remember to

sign up in advance at our lunch meetings. Call in to make any additions or changes in your

reservation. Print your names clearly on the atten-dance record, and record your badge number, just why your editor has no idea!!

Your telephone calls are important. The Next MeetiNgs is February 10 aNd February 24. attendance forecasting means everyone eats on time. Call before 11:00 a.m. Monday, the day preceding the meeting that your new plans affect.

John Klobuchar 313-885-7091

Memorials

Name: Richard H. JohnsonDied: January 10, 2015 (98)Born: May 22. 1916Joined: JMay 24, 1977 (37)Memorals: Grosse Pointe Congregational

Chruch Music Program

Name: William F. LeslieDied: December 27, 2014 (93)Born: July 2, 1921 Joined: October 13, 1987 (27)Memorals: Michigan Humane Society or

Angela Hospice

Name: Dr. Thad H. JoosDied: December 29, 2014 (88)Born: Auguast 30, 1926Joined: June 26, 2001 (13)Memorials: The Capuchin Monastery

Name: Donald L. StehrDied: November 15 2014 (91)Born: December 31, 1922Joined: January 26, 1993 (21)

Name: Dr. Eugene L. MezgerDied: December 30, 2014 (86)Born: January 20, 1928Joined November 22, 1993 (21)Memorials: GP Memorial Church, Amer. Can

cer Society, Det. Inst. of Arts

Name: Dr. Gordon M. MurrayDied: January 17, 2015 (95)Born: May 21, 1919Joined: May 28, 1991 (23)Memorials Charity of one's choice

Name: Dr. Carl E. Reichert, Jr. Died: January 21, 2015 (83)Born: May 23, 1931Joined: May 16, 1993 (21)Memorials: Grosse Pte Memorial Church

Name: Robert A. Waters Died: January 26, 2015 (97)Born: September 23, 1917Joined: October 26, 1982 (32)

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Membership - Bob Hynes and Bob Murphy

New Members

Attention Bowlers:

Name/Address/email and phones/DOB Sponsor/Hobbies/Business

Pikielek, Ronald J. Ron 313-884-4201 David Morrow/Victor Attar458 Colonial Ct. Marcia AClassic cars, Bridge, ToastmastersGrosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236 Oct 10, 1932 Accountant [email protected] 313-884-8273 (C) Army '55-'57

Great drama in the Bowling League, as the first half of the Fall bowling season ended dramatically on December 18 when TomKneeshaw's third place team, behind first place by only two points, put on a charge and captured first place by one point of the rest of the field. Due to some hard luck, and gutter balls, the two leading teams dropped a few notches and a hard charg-ing fourth place team, led by Bill Kuzel and Neal Hampton took second place. They were ably assisted by anchorman Mike Hergenroeder's 675 series.

On a sadder note, we regret to report the loss of one of our long time members, Ray Dresden, who passed away December 13 at the age of 94, as reported in last month's Newsletter. He was a life member of the SMC and a past officer and chairman. He was awarded the Purple Heart for schrapnel wounds re-ceived by artillery fire in World War II. He had been hospitalized for three months and had a long term im-pairment. It is men such as Ray who prove that they were the Greatest Generation. May he rest in peace.

Sub Club News NOTICE TO ALL SMC FLORIDA SNOWBIRDS, Re: New Date for Lunch SMC Annual Florida Snowbird Luncheon To Be Held on March 17, 2015 This year’s Senior Men’s Club of Grosse Pointe An-nual Sarasota Florida luncheon for the SMCs Snow Birds members and friends will meet on March 17th, the 3rd Tuesday of March and at the same location as last year: The beautiful University Park Country Club at 7671 Park Boulevard, University Park, Florida, (suburb of Sara-sota.)

The menu choices in our planning for our luncheon will be the grilled Salmon or the boneless grilled Chicken as in the past. The cost will be $25, all inclusive. You can pay before or when you arrive at the luncheon. Please RSVP to your Host, George Arsenault, your choice of Salmon or Chicken at: [email protected] or by mail, 4002 Harbor Place, SCS, MI 48080 or call 586-773-2774 and leave a message of your choice of Salmon or Chicken.

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From The SMC Golf League Commit-tee: 2015 Golf Season Starts April 13th with Breakfast A Partial Repeat Story

With the holidays behind us and little to enjoy but the bleak of winter, we start to think spring and a new golf season. With this comes the SMC Golf League annual breakfast and kickoff, scheduled for Monday, April 13, 2015. As in the past, we’ll gather at Golden Hawk Golf Club at 8:00 am. (You can come a little earlier to have some coffee and juice, meet friends, arrange foursomes, or talk about the weather.) The buffet breakfast includes an unlimited supply of scram-bled eggs, bacon, sausage, potatoes, toast, juice and hot beverage. After introductions and a minimum of boring welcoming speeches during breakfast, at about 9 o’clock, we’ll break for a shotgun start of an 18 hole round of golf, weather permitting. Registration will begin as you arrive at the front entrance. We’ll have a table set up to accept cash payment for the affair. Breakfast is $10; golf (in-cluding cart-everyone must ride) is $22, same as last year. You can select both or either one for cash only. Should you wish to pay your $45 dues for 2015 membership in the League you can pay that to Nick at the top of the stairs (cash or check). Bring your clubs and hope for acceptable golf weather. The Golf Committee asks that you confirm your intention to attend the kickoff by telling one of the Committee members listed below (by phone or e-mail) or at a SMC luncheon meeting, before the kickoff. Important! You do not have to be a mem-ber of the League nor a member of the GP Senior Men’s Club to attend the breakfast, so talk it up with your friends and invite them to the breakfast. New faces will be warmly welcomed. The League has NO limitations on membership. a

The Golf Committee:

Bob Vogler, 313-882-9636; 1159 Yorkshire, GGP 48230. [email protected] Nick Kondak, 313-881-8750; 740 Hawthorne GPW 48236. [email protected] Steve Shrader, 313-885-8304; 1203 Yorkshire, GPP 48230, [email protected]

Senior Men’s Club Readers One of the smallest SMC sub-club is the Readers, a book club whose members meet monthly to discuss works of fiction, biography, history, science, politics or other subjects. Each month the member who suggested the book leads the discussion and each member has a chance to either praise or pan the selection. After each meeting our reporter writes up the discussion for the Club newsletter. See Page 8 for this month's report and for contact information.

Each year the members meet to vote on the books to be read in the coming year. No meeting is held in July, and for the December meeting, members bring to read some of their favorite poetry selections. The Readers has been in existence for nearly twenty years.

Members enjoy the meetings and frequently find that discussing a book with friends illuminates aspects of the work that they may have overlooked. Readers also find that belonging to the club exposes them to interesting works that they may not have selected on their own. In addition, the deadline of an upcoming meeting may provide some members with the incentive they need to finish a volume that they have put down.

Senior Men’s Club members are always welcome to attend a meeting whether or not they have read the book. Some of the members of The Readers are shown below

Give it a try and you may find a new activity!

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Dennis C. Rasch 313-885-7146 Dave Ruyle 586-321-3045

Friday Duplicate Bridge Jan 21st Perkin/Kolb 4th Pappas/Downing2nd Ruyle/Browning 5th Kordish/Brown3 rd Tarnow/Lee 6th Pannock/Martin 7th Guest/Neef Jan 9 1st Edwards/Devine 3rd Perkin/Downing 2nd Ruyle/Kordish 4ht Mayer/LaFave EW1st J. Cobau/A. Cobau 4th Pappas/Downing2nd Lee/Tarnow 5th Guest/Neef3rd Perkin/Kolb Jan 16 NS1st Neef/Pannock 4th Ruyle/Kordish 2nd J Cobau/A Cobau 5th Perkin/Kolb3rd Edwards/Devine EW1st Pappas/Downing 4th Mayer/LaFave

2nd Tarnow/Lee 5th Grierson/Downing3rd P. Higbie/J. Higbie Jan 231st Perkin/Kolb 4th Ruyle/Kordish2nd Edwards/Devine 5th Neef/Downing3rd Guest/Tarnow

Contract Bridge Monday at G.P Woods Community Center

12/29/2014 Gerry Christ Del HarkenriderTed Zemenick Frank Markey Rod Guest Jack Ryan

01/05/20154Rod Guest Dick ConnellTed Zemenick Frank MarkeyArt Linzell Darrah PorterDick Hall Paul Gracey

01/12/2015 Roy Eugenio Keith LeibbrandBill Grierson Jack RyanPaul Gracey Gerry Christ

01/19/2015Darrah Porter Roy Eugenio

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The Readers Frank Markey (313-886-8324) Jack Cobau (313-885-1650)

Reading List January, The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

The Goldfinch, the third novel from Donna Tartt, tells the story of Theo Decker, who at the age of 13 loses his beloved mother in a bombing at the Met-ropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The small painting she had taken Theo to see was The Goldfinch, painted by the Dutch master Carel Fabritius in 1654. Theo survives the blast and at the urging of a dying elderly man, leaves the museum with The Goldfinch in a shopping bag. This decision will haunt him for the next 14 years. After the father that abandoned him returns with eyes on his wife’s estate, Theo is dragged to Las Vegas and meets Boris, a troubled Ukrainian classmate who pulls Theo into a life of delinquency, including alcohol, drugs and shoplifting, yet becomes a friend for life.

Tartt populates her 784-page novel with a Dick-ensian cast of orphans, bad parents and other flawed but fascinating characters and moves the action from New York to Las Vegas and Amsterdam. On the NY Times bestseller list for months, the novel also received critical acclaim and was awarded the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Award for Fiction. Writing in the NY Times Sunday Book Review, Stephen King said “The Goldfinch is a rarity that comes along per-haps half a dozen times per decade, a smartly written literary novel that connects with the heart as well as the mind....Donna Tartt has delivered an extraordinary work of fiction.”

As with her other novels, it took Tartt at least a

decade to write The Goldfinch, and she has filled it with a myriad of subjects, including the art world, Dutch masters, antique restoration and fraud, gambling, drug use and New York society. Her characters struggle with grief, PTSD, unrequited love, loneliness, drug and alco-hol addiction, mental illness and despair but rarely give up hope or the appreciation of beauty. Her descriptions of her characters and the settings they inhabit as well as the paintings, music, films, books and other works of art they encounter are evocative and detailed. If there is an overarching theme to this lengthy novel it may be the importance of art and its appreciation in our lives.

All of the Readers felt that Tartt is a gifted and ac-complished writer and most agreed that The Goldfinch was well worth the effort. Several felt that it should have been edited to a more manageable length and others were disturbed by the numerous scenes of drug use. Some of the plot twists seemed contrived and too coincidental to certain Readers, although others were able to suspend their disbelief given Tartt’s love of Charles Dickens.

Our February selection is The Aviators: Eddie Rick-enbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the Epic Age of Flight by Winston Groom. Join us at the home of David Morrow, 244 McMillan Road (corner of Charlevoix) in Grosse Pointe Farms on February 17th from 5:00 to 6:30. RSVP to (313) 640-9756. For a copy of our 2015 booklist, call or email a request to [email protected]

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Membership ApplicationSenior Men’s Club of Grosse Pointe, Inc.

A Social, Educational and Recreational Club for Men Over 55 Years of Age.

PLEASE PRINT

Name: ________________________________________ Name on Badge___________________________

No. & St.: ______________________________________ City: __________________________________

5+4 ZIP: __ __ __ __ __ - __ __ __ __ Birth Date: ____/____/_____ Spouse________________

E-Mail: _______________________________ Sig. Other________________Working___Retired______

Home Phone: (______) ____________________ Cell Phone: (______) ____________________

Hobbies: __________________________________Military Service_______________________________

Current or Prev. Occupation & Affiliation: _________________________________________________

Signature: _____________________________________________________ Date: _____________

One or More Sponsors

Print Name: ________________________________ Signature: _________________________________

Print Name: ________________________________ Signature: _________________________________

Please return completed application with $60 fee ($25 one-time initiation fee + $35 dues) payable to SMC of Grosse Pointe, and add $10 if you want a SMC membership lapel pin. For reinstatement, update application and submit annual fee of $35.Mail application and check to SMC Membership Chairman, Grosse Pointe War Memorial, 32 Lake Shore Road, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236-3726

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SENIOR MEN’S CLUB OF GROSSE POINTE

CLUB MOTTO: FESTIVITIES ... FUN ... FELLOWSHIP

Purpose: To provide festivities, fun and fellowship for its members through social, educational and peer group association in its recreational and social activities. Sponsored sub-clubs: Other activities:BOWLING, GOLF, TENNIS, PROFESSIONAL BALL GAMESPOOL & BILLIARDS THEATER PERFORMANCESBRIDGE (CONTRACT AND DUPLICATE) DINNER CRUISESCHORAL GROUP FALL DINNER/DANCEFLORIDA SNOW BIRDSINVESTMENT SEMINARSTECHNOLOGY CLUBREADERS GROUP

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SMC BIRTHDAY LIST for February

Raffle Winners

December 9 Leon Trumbauer $47 Carl Metzker $47

December 23 No Raffle as we did not meet, so Willie Wyatt couldn't win

Henry Fischer 313-473-8625

Armant, David L. 18 - 95 Bamford, Elton B. 17 - 84 Berk, Barry 1 Bidigare, Thomas 18 Brown, Arthur S. 20 - 98 Bryant, Arthur W. 3 Carter, Ivor W. 7 - 89 Chapman, Benjamin G. 18 - Cleek, Andrew 9 Connor, Peter W. 19 Dailey, Walter 20 - 91 Darlington, Henry 25 Davenport, Bruce T. 4 - 85 De Ryck, Raymond C. 3 Dingeman, Harry J. 29 - 99 Dixon, Michael M. 27 Frederick, Robert B. 10 Grierson, William O. 9 Griffith, William H. 5 - 91 Gross, Richard K. 16 - 88 Hammes, Roman 22 Harkenrider, Delmar 6 Harwood, Charles 3 Jones, James L. 21 - 80 Kalso, Donald 19 - 87 Le Clerc, Roger 18 - 81 Leiter, Werner A. 5 - 88 Leone, Russell 12 85 Lie, Kim K. 23 -83 Marshall, C. Gregory 23 - 96 Mc Kee, Martin T. 11 - 91 Mc Millin, Stewart E. 10

Metzker, Carl W. 14 - 88 Mogk, John E. 10 Molitor, Arthur H. 11 - 85 Moran, John E. 12 - 93 Morrow, Dennis 7 Neumann, Fredrick O. 26 Niederoest, Robert J. 10 Noto, Anthony 21 - 82 Ramberger, Alan 26 Rauh, James L. 27 - 85 Rizzo, Paul 7 - 92 Roshak, Arthur J. 25 - 81 Ruemenapp, Harold A. 26 - 86 Rutherford, Charles R. 14 - 86 Salot, William N. 25 - 81 Schwikert, Paul J 22 Sprague, Henry 11 - 84 Steketee, Kenneth J. 14 - 91 Taylor, Victor H. 16 - 92 Urquhart, John P. 7 - 89 Vitolins, Robert 20 Vorhees, Randall F. 8 Walz, Erhard 19 - 83 Wrosch, Robert 20

A Total of 56 BIRTHDAYS in FEBRUARY with 33 Birthdays 80 & OVER�

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MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAYWEDNESDAY

SMC CALENDAR OF EVENTS

9:00am BILLIARDS Noon BOWLING AT HARBOR LANES

Ground Hog Day9:00am BILLIARDS Noon BOWLING AT HARBOR LANES

February 9 February 10 February 12 February 13

February 2 February 3 February 4 February 5 February 6

February 16 February 17 February 19 February 20

February 23 February 24 February 25 February 26 February 27

March 2

March 9 March 10 March 11 March 12 March 13

10:00am TENNIS 11:00am BILLIARDS 12:00am CARD PLAYERS (CONTRACT BRIDGE) GPW City Hall




10:00am TENNIS 11:00am BILLIARDS 12:00am CARD PLAYERS (CONTRACT BRIDGE GPW City Hall

10:00am TENNIS 11:00am BILLIARDS 12:00am CARD PLAYERS (CONTRACT BRIDGE GPW City Hall

10:00am TENNIS 12:30pm BRIDGE (DUPLICATE) GPW City Hall





10:00am TENNIS 12:30pm BRIDGE (DUPLICATE)




10:00am TENNIS

10:00am TENNIS

1:00pm GP PARK MOVIES Gigi

10:00am TENNIS 1:00pm GP PARK MOVIE Ordinary People

8:45am MAIL NEWSLETTER 9:30am CHORAL GROUP

February 2 to March 13, 2015

9:30am CHORAL GROUP 9:30am INVESTMENT SEMINAR 11:00am SMC MEETING

9:30am CHORAL GROUP 12:00pm SNOWBIRDS LUNCH IN SARASOTA 5:00pm THE READERS

10:00am TENNIS 1:00pm GP PARK MOVIE Gigi

10:00am TENNIS

10:00am TENNIS 1:00pm GP PARK MOVIE Educating Rita

8:45am MAIL NEWSLETTER 9:30am CHORAL GROUP


March 3 March 4 March 5 March 6

February 11 9:30am CHORAL GROUP 9:30am BOARD MEETING 9:30am INVESTMENT SEMINAR 11:00am SMC MEETING

9:30am BOARD MTG 9:30am CHORAL GROUP 9:30am INVESTMENT SEMINAR 11:00am SMC MEETING

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SENIOR MEN’S CLUB OF GROSSE POINTE, INC. 2014-2015

NEWSLETTER Editor: John Snyder (313-885-6388, [email protected]); Photographer: John H. Williams; Staff: Carl Berger, Andrew Cleek, Ched Fine, Henry Fischer, Peter Higbie, Al Thomas, Ed White Published monthly for $11.40 of the dues paid by each member. Periodical postage paid at Detroit, Michigan.

MAILING & ADDRESS CHANGES: (including email and phone) Henry A. Fischer, 313-473-8625 email: [email protected] H. George Arsenault, 586-773-2774, email: [email protected]

President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Immediate Past President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1st Vice President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2nd Vice President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Asst. Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Directors

February 2015

Charles R. RutherfordEdward P. Rowady

J. Robert HynesRobert E. Murphy J. Gerard TeaganDaniel OstrowskiCarl W. Metzker

Willie J. Wyatt

Term Ending September 30, 2015 Edward W. Benz James A. Odell Henry A. Fischer John S. Snyder

Term Ending September 30, 2016 John Klobuchar Martin D. McMillan Michel J.. Pilorget Mark K. Wilson

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Membership ApplicationSenior Men’s Club of Grosse Pointe, Inc.

A Social, Educational and Recreational Club for Men Over 55 Years of Age.

PLEASE PRINT

Name: ________________________________________ Name on Badge: _____________________________

No. & St.: ______________________________________ City: ______________________________________

5+4 ZIP: __ __ __ __ __ - __ __ __ __ Birth Date: ____/____/_____ Sig. other: ________________

E-Mail: ___________________________________________________ Fax: (_____) ____________________

Home Phone: (______) ____________________ Cell Phone: (______) ____________________

Hobbies: __________________________________________________________________________________

Current or Prev. Occupation & Affiliation: _____________________________________________________

Signature: _____________________________________________________ Date: _____________

Two Sponsors

Print Name: ________________________________ Signature: _____________________________________

Print Name: ________________________________ Signature: _____________________________________

Please return completed application with $60 fee ($25 one-time initiation fee + $35 dues) payable to SMC of Grosse Pointe, and add $10 if you want a SMC membership lapel pin. For reinstatement, update application and submit annual fee of $35.Mail application and check to SMC Membership Chairman, Grosse Pointe War Memorial, 32 Lake Shore Road, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236-3726

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NEWSLETTER · 2015/2/15 · To Be Held on March 17, 2015 This year’s Senior Men’s Club of Grosse Pointe An-nual Sarasota Florida luncheon for the SMCs Snow Birds members and