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The Beachcomber
JUNE 2018
Official Newsletter of The PROBUS Canada of Wasaga Beach,
P.O.B. 481, Wasaga Beach, Ontario,
Canada, L9Z 1A5
International Web Site:
www.probus.org
National Web Site:
www.probus.org/canada.htm
Newsletter Website:
http://mensprobuswasaga.org
President
George Howie
Vice President
Lee Huish
Secretary Brian Gurnhill
Past President
Russ Talbot
Social Chair
Lee Huish
Speakers Co-Chairs
Hamilton Gibson
Michael Jacobs
Membership Chair
Rick Badowski
Treasurer
Al Chambers
Newsletter/Web Site Editor
Jim Desormeaux
Phone and Visitation Chair
Ken Hayes
John Harder
To advise the Club of any illness or bereavement situation affecting a
member, please contact:
SOCIAL EVENTS
WHAT: Barrie Bay-Cats Baseball
WHERE : Coates Stadi-um in Midhurst
WHEN: Thursday July 19th 2018 @7:30pm
Diner at 5pm
COST: $8.00 baseball and BYO dinner
See Social Committee
JUNE JULY AUGUST
WHAT: Edenvale Aero-drome Airport
WHERE : 5195, Hwy 26 East, Stayner
WHEN: August 21 2018, 11:00am
COST: free BYO lunch
Arrive at 9:30 and maybe meet someone new and enjoy coffee with your friends
WHAT: Roy’s Rads
WHERE : Grey Road 4 at #407188 west of Maxwell on the South side of the road.
WHEN: June 19, 2018 @ 11:00 pm
COST: free BYO lunch
See Social Committee
Thursday June 14, 2018
10:00 a.m.
A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken. ~James Dent
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Gentlemen Some of my friends and members of this club drive by our home and ask what happened to your R.V. I have sold my RV. We have a had a 5th wheel trailer and spent at least three months a year away from home in it for the last nineteen years. During this time we have had three different trailers each one larger than the one before. We have had four different trucks to pull these vehicles. I am thinking of how our life is going to change. We have traveled from coast to coast in the US south and spent our winters enjoying the warmer weather. We have spent time exploring the Maritime Provinces. One of the highlights of these adventures was a trip that we took down the Baja Peninsula from San Diego California to Cabo San Lucas Mexico that took us on narrow mountainous roads for 1000 kilometers each way. We have met a lot of interesting people and have been to many unique places. I know we will miss this life style but all good things come to an end. On another note I would like to congratulate the members of our club that received volunteer awards May 12th at the Wasaga Beach Volunteer Recognition Ceremony. These Club Members have served the Probus in many different ways and must be thanked for their dedication and service. They are Peter Gifford, Jim Beckett, George Potopnyk, Jack Hunter and Russ White. Thanks to these five as well as all of the other volunteers that make this club a success. George Howie
The President’s Corner
LAST MONTH’S MEETING AND OTHER BUSINESS
1st prize: $50.00 John McCartney
2nd prize: $35.00 Paul England
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March 31, 2018
Bank Balance: $ 3,964.87
Social Committee: $ 1,018.42
Uncommitted Net Balance:
$ 2232.45
Social Fund Reserve: $500.00
(Refer also Page 3 for more current info)
Membership: 93
Attendance: 52
% of total membership: 56
Life Members: 2 Member
Guests: 3. Guests are Rick Dodd and Keith Sanschagrin and they were sponsored by Rick Badowski and Gene Stephenson sponsored by Bill Crawford.
JUNE
Al Chambers, Peter Grell, Brian Gurnhill, Michael Jacobs, Jim Kirkwood, John Kleimanis, Bob McColl, Gerry McComb, Norm Pollard
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On May 12, 2018 The Town of Wasaga Beach celebrated the 2018 Volunteerism Award. Recipients from left to right were George Howie-George Potopnyk-Jack Hunter-Jim Beckett- Russ White-
Peter Gifford-(mayor) Brian Smith
UPCOMING GUEST SPEAKERS and TOPICS
JUNE
Topic: Earth Treks-(Eco Tours in Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands)
Speaker: Alison Braun
JULY
Topic: CARP- A new vision for aging for Canada.
Speaker - Linda Flemington.
AUGUST
Topic: Happiness
Speaker: Peter Jennings
THE SOCIAL JUNCTION
JUNE 19, 2018 11:00 am ROY’S RADS
Our June event is a tour of “Roy’s Rads”. This is a col-lection of several Studebaker cars as well as other inter-esting vehicles. There is a large assortment and display of antique and related auto paraphernalia. The tour will begin at 11:00 am and there is no cost.
Roy’s Rads is located on Grey Road 4 at #407188 west of Maxwell on the South side of the road.
We will meet for lunch at Mylar and Loreta’s Restaurant in Singhampton on a pay for your own basis, arriving at approximately 1:00 pm.
For further information please contact Lee at 705 429 5541 or email [email protected].
July 19th 2018, 7:30 pm BARRIE BAYCATS
Our July event is a baseball game between the “Barrie Baycats” and “Brantford Red Sox” that will take place at Coates Stadium in Midhurst on Thursday July 19 th at 7:30 pm. The ball diamond is located at 2100 Nursery Road just off of Highway 26. This event is an evening game and should be an enjoyable way to spend a sum-mer night. The ticket price for seniors is $8.00 per per-son.
We will meet at “Cicco’s Ristorante” in Minesing for a pre-game supper at 5:00 pm. Cicco’s provides authen-tic Italian cuisine offering large portions at reasonable prices.
For further information please contact Lee at 705 429 5541 or email [email protected].
August 21 2018, 11:00am EDENVALE AERODROME
Our August event is a tour of the Edenvale Aerodrome Airport. This facility has a number of hangars and build-ings featuring an assortment of interesting aircraft and is located at 5195, Hwy 26 East, Stayner. The tour will start at 11:00 am on Tuesday August 21.
After the tour we will enjoy a lunch at “The Hangar Bar and Grill” located right at the Aerodrome.
For further information please contact Lee at 705-429-5541 or email [email protected].
For further information please contact Lee at 705-429-5541 or email [email protected]
PAYMENT FOR EVENTS: There is now a change in policy regard-ing the acceptance of cash for payment to the social events. Aside from cheques, cash will be accepted and a receipt will be issued however the exact amount in cash will be required since no change will be given back.
At the May meeting Dallas Stinson was pinned. Welcome Dallas to the club.
GEORGIAN PROBUS TRAVEL GROUP
There are 4 trips are being presented this year to enable members
to travel together and encourage inter club friendships.
1. Danube river cruise ,21 Sept, 15 days, Amsterdam to Budapest, contact Doug at 705 293-0930 2. Danube River cruise, 23 Oct , 15 days, Budapest to Amsterdam. Contact Doug 705-293-0930 3. Croatia, boat, bike, tour. 16 Sept.
Contact Doug at 705-293-0930 from Georgian Probus travel Group.
Volunteerism Award.
JUNE SOCIAL EVENT BARRIE GREENHOUSE TOUR
On May 15 we toured the Barrie Greenhouse. Even though it was a cool bleak day, a ray of sunshine shone inside the green house
A special thanks to Kyle Stasiuk who gave a educa-tional, passionate tour.
NEW MEMBER
WANTED
In September a new SOCIAL CHAIRMAN will be needed. If you wish to volunteer for the position, please submit your name as soon as possible so you can be eased into the job at [email protected]
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I decided that old age is when you still have something on the ball, but you are just too tired to bounce it. I thought about making a fitness movie for folks my age and calling it 'Pumping Rust.' When people see a cat's litter box they always say, “Oh, have you got a cat?” Just once I want to say, “No, it's for company!” Employment application blanks always ask who is to be called in case of an emergency. I think you should write, ‘An ambulance.' The older you get the tougher it is to lose weight because by then your body and your fat have gotten to be really good friends. The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement. Did you ever notice: The Roman Numerals for forty (40) are XL. The sole purpose of a child's middle name is so he can tell when he's really in trouble.
TREASURER’S REPORT
Please send your comments, ideas or articles of interest to newsletter editor at [email protected]
We now have our very own Wasaga Beach Men’s PROBUS web site. Please check it out for even more information on our club’s activities, more pictures and articles. The site is http://mensprobuswasaga.org
MAY GUEST SPEAKER British Home Children Advocacy and Re-
search Association. Lori Oschefski.
TID BITS
The Club Banner is available for loan to display at one of your events other than PROBUS. Please contact Al Cham-bers at
We encourage members to seek out opportunities to display the banner at various venues in the community, e.g., other Clubs, Garden Shows, Community events, etc.
ROMEO BREAKFAST” – will be held Friday June 15, 2018 at 9.00 a.m.at Yammas Restaurant. Please confirm attend-ance with Tom Parkes.
On our web site has further information on the topics below:
• There a lot of photos of our past social events which includes the Barrie Greenhouse tour and the The Town of Wasaga Beach celebrating the 2018 Volunteerism Award. Recipients
• And remember if you want to get in touch with your club just send an email to
The Treasurer’s Report is prepared by Al Chambers and will be posted on the bulletin board. There is a bank bal-ance of $ 3386.78 which $ 1018.42 was the balance in the Social Committee Account. $ 500.00 is also set a side as an Emergency Social Fund Reserve, with an uncom-mitted net balance of $ 1654.36 as of April 30, 2018. This report is subject to approval by Club membership at the June 12, 2018 General Meeting.
Lori gave a presentation about the child migrant scheme
that brought 118,000 children to Canada from the UK from
1869-1939. They were brought to Canada to work as inden-
tured farm workers and domestics. It is estimated that ten
percent of the current Canadian population is a descendant
of a British Home Child. She also talked about how to re-
search the British Home Children and what life was like for
the children in the UK and Canada. This part of Canadian
history is relatively unknown and it is a story that needs to
be told.
The British Home Children Advocacy & Research Associa-
tion (BHCARA) is an international group of like minded indi-
viduals with an interest in or descendants of British Home
Children. The BHCARA in its third year now, quickly moved
to the forefront of the British Home Child Awareness Move-
ment in Canada. It is the first organization of its kind to use
the social media to function, and to promote the story of the
BHC with unparalleled and unprecedented success.
The BHCARA has given over 120 presentations on the
BHC. Although an author herself, Lori Oschefski's primary
focus at our presentation is to educate the audience about
the British Home Children.
HTTP://MENSPROBUSWASAGA.ORG
LAUGHING TIME
Some people try to turn back their "odometers." Not me. I want peo-ple to know 'why' I look this way. I've traveled a long way and some of the roads weren't paved. You know you are getting old when everything either dries up or leaks. Ah! Being young is beautiful but being old is comfortable.
