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OCT 2014
Organized to promote the independence and dignity of retired men http://www.sirinc.org
THE GRAPEVINE
BRANCH 114, THE VILLAGES http://www.branch114.sirinc2.org
The Sweet Life!
NEXT LUNCHEON MEETING: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2014
10:00 a.m. Board Meeting - Open to all members 11:00 a.m. Fellowship 12:00 Noon Luncheon
BIG SIR MESSAGE From Jim Brady
SIRS members, we are
going into autumn and
enjoying our growing
membership. We wel-
come our 5 new members
and invited guests
(hopefully soon to be new
members). Last months’
speakers were very moti-
vational; with great tech-
niques geared towards tennis and golf to keep us mentally posi-
tive. Their techniques could be useable in our daily lives also.
(Remember 1,2,3,4,5 pause 5,4,3,2,1).
October looks to be a great month. Our invited speaker is from
the Moffett Field Historical Society, with a field trip to Moffett
Field later in the month. (Thank you, Little SIR, Lou Figone.)
We want to give Pat Misener a round of applause for all the great
work he has done, being this year’s Area Governor and to be next
years’ Regional Director. Pat also received the SIRS 114 Distin-
guished Member Award, congratulations.
Lastly, to Robert Lindberg (Bob), who has recently moved to Van-
couver, Washington, SIRS 114 is proud to bestow Senior Honor-
ary Life Member Emeritus status. Bob, enjoy Vancouver; you will
be missed.
GUEST SPEAKER - JOHN MASCALI
From Little SIR, Lou Figone
Sons in Retirement Branch 114 will, for October, be having one of our speaker/tour months. Our speaker will be John Mascali from the Moffett Field Historical Society followed up with a tour of the Moffett Field museum and aircraft on Thursday the 16th at 10AM.
John Mascali is a retired Naval Reserve Captain with over 41 years of flying experience, starting in 1959 after gradua-tion from the Naval Academy and ending in 2000 with his retirement as a commercial pilot having flown for both Pan Am and Delta. He credits his long career to the adage “There are bold pilots and there are old pilots but there are no old bold pilots”. His 35 year career in the Navy included tours at Moffett field Naval Air Station as Commanding Officer of VP 2920, Patrol Squadron 91 and VTU 8087.
John’s presentation will be “the History of Moffett Field”, tracing it’s 75 year history from it’s beginning in 1930, when Mrs. Laura Whipple of Niles led a campaign to pur-chase more than 1000 acres of farm land in Sunnyvale and Mountain View for $476,000 then sold it to the Navy for a $1. John will share pictures and stories of the building of Hanger One and the many different squadrons and aircraft that have flown out of Moffett Field over the years.
OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS
by Rick Yearman
John Stratakos
Charlie Bougopoulos
Kurato Shimada
Jim Stoner
Glenn Hamilton
Garry Ashby
Paul Lewis
Bob Marchant
Gary Holmquist
Jim Day
Dick Frey
Frank Locicero
Sy Gelman
David Babakan
Julian Rodriguez
MEMBERSHIP
-by Jeff Schlageter
Recruiting Captains, thank you for bringing in 4 In-ductees who are now members, and 4 guests for next month. I know you worked hard to do that. The four new members are Michael Diltz, Dick Nelson, Allen Lee, and Jim Staehs - We welcome you!
To all Branch Members, you have brought in 16 new members towards our goal of 20 this year, and with your continued determination we can meet or ex-ceed it. This recruiting will make our Branch more vibrant, interesting, and fun, and you will receive rewards for doing it. Thank you.
OCTOBER LUNCHEON MENU
from Ray Blinde
Rolls & butter
Small Caesar Salad
Baked Red Snapper
Rice Pilaf
Chef’s Choice of Vegetable
Coffee or Tea.
Alternate choices: Boneless Chicken Breast, Cobb Salad or
Vegetarian.
If you prefer one of the alternatives, please call Ray Blinde
(408 531-1776) no later than the Thursday before the luncheon.
Opening
Receipts
Disbursements
Closing
7/31/2014
$302
$369
9/2/2014
$2,031.53
$1,964.53
September 2, 2014
TREASURER’S REPORT
from Ray Blinde
HOUSE EVENT WINNERS: SEPTEMBER 2,
2014
from Joe Civello
Lou Figone
Dan Filice
Ed Flory
Burt Lancaster
Rick Casey
Larry Martinson
Don Norling
Jerry Neece
Milt Posnick
Vic Kairis
Tony Taylor
TRAVEL
from Jim Stoner
October 9-23, 2015
• Eastern Mediterranean Cruise •
Eleven-day round-trip Rome to Rome on the luxurious Ce-
lebrity Reflection. Two pre-cruise nights in Rome (Hotel
Ponte Sisto) with two guided tours -- ancient Rome and the
Vatican. We will visit legendary cities such as Istanbul, Ath-
ens, Ephesus, Naples, Mykonos and Santorini. Trip includes
air, transfers, all shipboard meals, entertainment, group
cocktail party, one bottle of wine per cabin, all port taxes
and government fees. Costs range from $5380 to $6100
pp/dbl occ, depending on stateroom category. Deposit of
$1000 includes trip insurance covering pre-existing medi-
cal conditions. Brochure available at the travel table.
There will be a special presentation with a Celebrity repre-
sentative on Thursday, October 9 at 2:30 p.m. at Mama
Mia's Restaurant, 200 East Hamilton Ave., Campbell. Re-
freshments served. RSVP to Jim Stoner 408-238-8458) or
Larry Martinson (408-238-0746).
SIR GOLF
By Joe Civello
October 27, 2014 at The
Ranch 8:00am shotgun,
$55.00 (includes golf,
cart and prize) Format:4
man scramble.
Sign up in posting room, check made out to SIRs, put in
grey box
SIR HAPPENINGS
SIR Happenings is a quarterly newsletter published by SIR Inc. and is available at: http://sirinc.org/sirhappenings/ In this issue President Rodland addresses the need to im-prove communications between Branches through the Area Governors and Regional Directors and the need for more emphasis on co-ed activities. Jerry Milano, Chairman of the Growth and Membership Committee, reviewed activities of the committee and its subcommittees to fulfill its mandate to grow the SIR organ-ization. You can also see on page 4 who your state officers will be in 2015. Check the Travel Page for some exciting trips. Lots of great pictures and Branch news.
Past 114 Big SIR and Area 20 Govenor Pat Misner is
presented the Distinguished Member Award by Big
SIR Jim Brady.
Little SIR Lou Figone presents a Certificate of Appreciation
to September speakers Fred Sperber and Tina Greenbaum.
DON’T BE A NO SHOW
CALL PHIL ANDERSON (408 223-7165)
BY THURSDAY BEFORE THE MEETING
2014 OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND COMMITTEES - BRANCH 114
OFFICERS:
BIG SIR............. JIM BRADY
LITTLE SIR........ LOU FIGONE
SECRETARY..... DAN AFFOURTIT
ASST. SEC....... BOB WILLIAMS
TREASURER.... RAY BLINDE
ASST. TREAS…. OPEN
DIRECTORS:
LYLE CHAMBERS
BURT LANCASTER
JEFF SCHLAGETER
PAT MISENER
LARRY MILLER
PHIL ANDERSON
HONORARY LIFETIME MEMBERS:
LYLE CHAMBERS
BILL ECKERT
SIR State President
Maynard 'Rod' Rodland
131 Touchstone Pl.
Sacramento, CA 95691
916-371-1978
Region 7 Director
Roland Rempel
879 Cascade Dr.
Sunnyvale, CA 94087
408-245-7212
Area 20 Governor
Pat Misener
5012 Cribari Vale
San Jose, CA 95135
408-274-0677
COMMITTEES:
ARRANGEMENTS
ATTENDANCE
AUDIT
AWARDS
BIRTHDAYS
BOCCE
COMPUTER RECs
E-MAIL ADDRESSES
GOLF
GRAPEVINE EDITOR
GRAPEVINE DISTR.
GREETERS
HAPPY DOLLARS
HOUSE EVENTS
INSPIRATION
LUNCHEON TICKETS
(Chair, Members)
Ray Blinde (408-531-1776)
Phil Anderson (408 223-7165)
Ron Gridley (408 238-3481)
Pat Misner (408 274-0677)
Larry Miller (408 238-1030)
OPEN
Rick Yearman, Peter DuFosse
Jim Mercer (592-7714)
Terry Griffin (408 532-6133)
Joe Civello, Dick Frey, Jim Brigham
Joe Civello, Bob Gregg
Dick Graham (408 270-1970)
Burt Lancaster (408 270-2470)
Larry Martinson (408 528-0746)
Dick Frey, Joe Civello
Tony Orlando (408 300-1230)
Ray Blinde
MEMBERSHIP
MEMBERSHIP RETENTION
MEMBER. RECRUIT.
MEMBER. ROSTER
MUSIC
NEED-A-RIDE
SHUTTLE BUS
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
SPECIAL EVENTS
SUNSHINE
TRAVEL
Jeff Schlageter (408 528-7493)
Call or email if you are bringing a guest .
Peter du Fosse (408 528-8901)
Jeff Schlageter
Pat Misener (408 274-0677)
Ed Flory, Larry Miller, Milt Posnick
OPEN
Jim Day (408-532-8685)
Elected Directors .
OPEN
Lou Figone (Aug)
Lou Figone (Dec)
Larry Martinson (408 528-0746)
Call if you know a member who is ill
Jim Stoner, Larry Martinson
If you do not attend three consecutive meetings without a suitable excuse, or of you fail to attend seven business meetings within the prior twelve months,
you may be dropped from membership. The latter rule applies even though you may have reported your absences to the Attendance Committee. All activi-
ties arranged for or sponsored by, Sons In Retirement and its Branches, are for the convenience and pleasure of the members and their guests who desire to
participate. Sons In Retirement, Incorporated, its Branches and members do not assume any responsibility for the well being or safety of the participants or
their property, in any matters pertaining to said activities.
