BRANCH 37 OFFICERS

Big Sir Bill Gray 305-3126

Little Sir Dave Wheatley 368-2120

Treasurer Al Mattson 823 0576 Secretary Doug Perry 916-824-2225 1500 Wimbledon Drive Auburn, CA 95603-3028

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VOLUME 46 NUMBER 1 AUBURN CA 95603 * REGION 1 AREA 2 January 2018 SIR is a Nonprofit Public Benefit Organization for Retired Men Devoted to the Promotion of Independence and Dignity of Retirement

JANUARY CALENDAR WE MEET the 1st THURSDAY of EACH MONTH @ THE AUBURN ELKS LODGE

11:00 am Social Hour 12:00 pm Noon Lunch

SIR Branch 37 Bulletin

TIME DATED

FOUNDED JULY 1958 Org. March 6,1972

MAILED 12/22/2017

January 4 Luncheon Meeting January 10 Bulletin Material Due January 25 Executive Board Meeting 8:30 am @ Denny’s—All Sirs Welcome

LUNCHEON MENU

Roasted Chicken & Fried Cod GARDEN SALAD & DRESSING

FRESH VEGETABLES BREAD & BUTTER

DESSERT COFFEE & TEA

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RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED

If you will miss a luncheon email Wayne at

helley@sbcglobal.net or call him at 885-6469

BIG SIR’S CORNER

Our Christmas Luncheon was a great one. The food and ser-vice by the Auburn Elks was as always excellent. Our thanks to the Chef and his entire staff. I could say many good things about the luncheon but none could top the best attraction of having our lovely ladies there to really brighten up the event. Our birthday boys for December are: Gary Alenza, Ron An-drade, Terry Cooney, Frank Hampton, Tom Hart, Gene Hengge-ler, Charles Hultberg, Rich Johnson, Mel Lehr, Eric Moulton, Charles Onnias, Randal Peters, Dave Pratt, Rich Reese, William Rhyne, Dan Sokol and Robert Souza. A special Happy Birthday to them all, and many more. We raffled off many bottles of wine, and had some really great entertainment by our own stand-up comedian Doug Perry. I must admit that I had forgotten how really funny Bob Newhart was. It is always great to reminisce. Thanks Doug and did I hear SNL is looking for you? I want to express my sincere thanks to all the members of Branch 37 for the great support I received during the past year 2017. Our group in my opinion are TOPS. Also, it needs be not-ed that we are really loaded with talent and all work very hard to insure our successes. Letters of appreciation were presented to Al Anderson for his many efforts in our Bocce Ball Activity, and to our Activity Coordinator Kent Mac Donald. Again all of our staff leaders deserve great applause for a job well done. This is my last “BIG SIR Corner” and in closing let me say It was both an honor and a pleasure to have served as your 2017 “BIG SIR”. I will see you all at the BEC's and our monthly luncheons. Bye for now Love P.T. Your BIG SIR Paul “P,T,” McDaniel

“Celebrating Branch 37’s 46th year of serving Placer & El Dorado Coun-

ty Retired & Semi-retired Men”

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Happy Birthday To Sirs

Gary Alenza Steve Carty

Terry Cooney Tony George

Frank Hampton Tom Hart

Eugene Henggeler Charles Hultberg Richard Johnson

Melvin Lehr David Pratt

William Rhyne Dan Sokol

Robert Souza Gary Willett

Visit the SIR Branch 37 web site at http://www.

sirsbranch37.webs.com/ and

For SIR Happenings use the SIR State Website

http://sirinc.org/sirhappenings/

THE SPEAKER OF THE MONTH

The January speaker will be Stephanie Ulmer Environ-mental Resource Specialist for the Western Placer Waste Management Authority. She has15 years experience in this work and is responsible for the operations of the main facility at Roseville and the Auburn dump as well as several other waste disposal sites.

These facilities serve many purposes in addition to our garbage collection service. These include several types of hazardous waste as well as recycling programs. She has a degree in ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES. She is married and has 5 children all boys’ ages 8 months to 13 years. Jim Maneggie, Program Chairman

Treasurer’s Report

12/7/2017 Balance: $3083.95 At the

Luncheons the Table Tube and Drawing contributions are our main sources of

income so please continue to contribute. If you took the $4 left

from the $20 you used to buy lunch and divided it between the

tubes and the drawing you would help the branch plus get a chance to win back your

money.

ATTENTION: ALL MEMBERS

We are always trying to keep our Roster/Database up to date and we need your help.

Whenever you change your mailing address, phone number, or email ad-dress please contact Dave Bean or Al Mattson

via telephone or email. Thank you for helping us stay up to

SIR OF THE MONTH

Our SIR of the month of January is William Connor. He was born January 13, 1938 in Detroit, Michigan, and was number two of eleven children. He had five brothers and five sisters, and, as expected, money was tight. He attended Monrovia HS, be-fore joining the Air Force at age seventeen. He finished high school in Victorville, and a two year post-degree while in the service, stationed at George Air Force Base. The commanding of-ficer was Chuck Yeager. He also had an assign-ment in 1956 in Korea, and was discharged in 1959. At both, he was in intelligence, tracking military movements. He began civilian work with the air research division of the Garrett Corporation, where he worked for two years making equipment to fire missiles from submarines. In 1964, he joined the LA Sheriffs Dept. where he worked for 25 years, first as a dep-uty and after training in 1980 & 1982, as a handwriting expert in the crime lab. In 1986, he moved to Newcastle, to work with the Placer County for two years. He then worked for sixteen years with the Department of Justice in Sacramento, retiring in 2004. During his career as a handwriting expert, he testified in over 350 cases, including the 1992 murder case of Eric Houston, who mur-dered 7 teachers/students at Olivehurst HS, and was the young-est convicted and sentenced to death row. William’s testimony proved premeditation, and was key in the case. William joined SIRs in 2013. He met his Lady Linda at a drive-in restaurant in Inglewood and they were married in Las Vegas in 1960. After 52 years of marriage, 4 sons, 5 grandchildren, and 7 great grandchildren, he lost his wife. Four years ago, he met his Lady Joyce at Anytime Fitness, and they enjoy country-western music/dancing, train trips to Reno, and Monterrey. He is a regular at fitness, will be 80 this month, and is in great shape. His advice is to enjoy family (must have a lot of enjoyment with that large family) and life. It was a pleasure to present this profile of William. Dave Wheatley, Profiler

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Merry Christmas 2018 Branch 37 Ladies Luncheon

“NON-RESPONSIBILITY DECLARATION All activities arranged for or by, or sponsored by, Sons In Retirement Inc., and its Branches, are for the convenience and pleasure of the members and their guests who desire to participate. Sons in Retire-ment Incorporated, and its Branches do not assume any responsibility for the well being or safety of the participants or their property, in any matters pertaining to said activities”

ALL PHONE NUMBERS LISTED ARE IN AREA CODE 530 UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED

STATE OFFICERS President Jerry Strain Region 1 Director Mark Stuart Area 2 Governor Don Dill

BULLETIN EDITOR Mike Moore 367-5270 mikedonnamoore@yahoo.com

ASSISTANT EDITOR Bill Gray 305-3126 billgray01@gmail.com HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS Don MacGregor Dave McGuire Jim Maneggie Ton Bowen

BRANCH 37 OFFICERS

Big Sir Bill Gray

Little Sir Dave Wheatley

Secretary Doug Perry

Asst. Secty. Tom Bowen

Treasurer Al Mattson

Asst. Treas. Kim Douglas

DIRECTORS

3 Years: Paul McDaniel

Walt Reno

2 Years: Kent MacDonald

Rich Johnson

1 Year: Mike Moore

George Remaley

F Y I

SUNSHINE

ATTENDANCE

To withdraw, change address, or report a deceased member, call Jim Bean 878 2430

MEMBERSHIP

Know of an ill Sir or spouse we will send a card, call Tom Bowen 889 1710

SIR ATTENDANCE RULE:

Rule 100: Members missing three (3) consecutive regular luncheon meetings without notifying the Attendance Chairman, or attending less than six (6) meetings within the last twelve (12) months period will be called by the Attendance Chairman regard-ing their attendance and could result in membership termina-tion. Certified attendance at another Branch Meeting will be considered as a credit to the attendance record.

BRANCH 37 ACTIVITIES (contact chairmen for information)

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DECEMBER REPORT

Total Attendance 107 Guests Sirs Present Speaker Excused* *If you cannot attend, contact:

Wayne Helley 885-6469

E-mail: helley@sbcglobal.net

ACTIVITY CHAIRMAN PHONE DATES AND TIMES

Activities Coord. Kent MacDonald 745-0324 Meets during Luncheon social hour. Bocce Ball Al Andersen 916-652-5656 Monday; 10am @ Recreation Park Computers & Technologies Chuck Vrooman 885-1335 2nd Wednesday;10:30am @Elks Lodge Day Road Trips Kent MacDonald 745-0324 Various TBA Dining Out Kent MacDonald 745-0324 Various TBA Fishing Walt Reno 916-521-1762 2nd Thursday; 8:30am @ ? Golf (Area 33) Gene Vogel 889-2882 Tuesdays; 11am @ Black Oak Model Airplanes Don Walker 889-2717 Thursdays; 10am @ Railhead Park Poker Doug Perry 916-824-2225 Tuesday & Friday afternoons

SIR Branch 37 Officers for 2018

Big SIR Bill Gray pre-sents Paul McDaniel

For his excellent service as the 2017 Big SIR.

Congratulations Paul!

Big SIR Paul McDaniel Presents Kent MacDonald Activities Coordinator

and Al Anderson Bocce Ball Chairman with Certificates for their contributions.

Congratulations Kent & Al!