THE ROTARY CLUB OF DINGLEY VILLAGE BULLETIN From the President Last week our newest member Greg Wragg undertook his Member Behind the Badge talk. Chaired by Kevan Thomas and Acting Sergeant Gary Davies it was a really great night. Getting to know you is an important part of fellowship in Rotary. Greg s journey through Rotary and his life experiences were very informative he has certainly lived an interesting and challenging life to date. Thanks Greg for sharing with us. We are all hoping to get to know you and better as you continue on your journey at Dingley Village. The Shrine a very big thank you to Kevan for organising this day.whilst many memorials I have visited over the years have an almost morbid or foreboding atmosphere, the Shrine had a feeling of Respect, of education and a sense of history. It is quiet, peaceful and interactive. Each of us came away with very individual thoughts. The 2 things that had the greatest impact on me were the Gun Turret (the cramped conditions & the vulnerability) and the majesty of the lace work (with its war pattern). The Shrine is certainly a place of interest, education & reflection. Thought for the week: 15th April, 2015 John Lennon once said When I was 5 years old my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down happy. They told me I didn t understand the assignment and I told them they didn t understand the meaning of life. Let us join the conversation and Light up Rotary. Cheers Gail This week we have Sandra Etcell from SpecSavers paying us a visit. We will be able to hand over all the reading glasses Zeya has been collecting. This Week 15 th April Sandra Etcell (Spec Savers) Chairman: Sue Hilton Coming Week 22 nd April Maddy Winn(Youth Exchange) Partners Night Chairman: Heather Winch Diary Dates - 16th May (Sausage Sizzle Bunnings Keysborough) 17th May District Assembly (Sunday) 3rd June Melvyn s Farewell speech to the club (Partner s Night) 24th June 63rd Melbourne Gang Show (Fellowship) 27th June District Change Over 8 th June Our Change Over Page 1
Last week s meeting Apologies Bruce Whitaker, Zeya Poya, Norm Hurrey and Jan Kennedy Heads and Tails Winner Dudley Podbury Sue told us all about their P&O cruise up the west coast of Australia to Indonesia Kevan gave out instructions regarding the fellowship event at the Shrine of Remembrance Kevan also mentioned that at last count their would be 48 descendants of WWI veterans taking part at the wreath laying during the Dawn Service Roster for writing to Caroline Caroline Vitalis is a student at The School of St Jude in Tanzania who we have been co-sponsoring for several years. Caroline is now in her final year of High School and she hopes to be a doctor. She particularly enjoys receiving postcards so if you are travelling don t forget to pick up a postcard to send to her. Remember: If you send a letter to Caroline, the school has requested that you do not put your personal address on the letter. Details - Caroline Vitalis (student) The School of St Jude PO Box 11875 Arusha Tanzania East Africa April Sue Hilton May John Glenn Club Meeting Information Weekly: Every Wednesday at 6:30pm (Dinner meeting) Place: Dingley International Hotel Boundary Rd, Dingley Village (Melway Ref: 88 A5) Club Contact Details Website: www.rc-dingley-village.org.au Address: PO Box 100 Dingley Village, VIC 3172 Mobile: 0488 079 878 Bulletin Editor: Heather Winch Page 2
Coming Events Celebrations Birthdays 2nd April Joan Whitaker 9 th April Kate Belt 14 th April Steve Brough 22 nd April Steve Tearle 30 th April Bruce Whitaker Anniversaries - 7th April Gary and Pam Davies 28th April William and Kate Belt Page 3
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Brothers at Arms MAKING THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE In 1914, four sons of George and Lilla Curlewis of Cottesloe Beach, Western Australia, went to war. Corporal George Curlewis, Lance Corporal Selwyn Curlewis and Captain Gordon Curlewis and all joined the 16th Battalion in October of that year. The fourth brother, Corporal Arthur Curlewis, joined the 12th Battalion. All four brothers landed at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. Selwyn Curlewis was killed at Quinn s Post on the night of 2 May. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial. Captain Gordon Curlewis was killed, also at Quinn s Post, on 9 May and was buried at Beach Cemetery. In August, Arthur Curlewis was wounded at Lone Pine and evacuated to Egypt, where he died on 15 August 1915. He was buried in the Chatby Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt. George Curlewis returned to Australia in November 1915. The four brothers are commemorated on the honour board at the Brookton Lesser Hall, Brookton, Western Australia. Trees were also planted to the memory of the three brothers who died, in King s Park, Perth. Future Brighton Theatre Dates Thursday 4th June, CAUGHT IN THE NET A Comedy. The sequel to Run for Your Wife finds the bigamist taxi driver John Smith still keeping his two fam ilies in different parts of London, both happy and blissfully unaware of each other, for the time being anyway. Thursday 3 rd September TIME STANDS STILL a play about changing relationships. Thursday 12th November BAREFOOT IN THE PARK by Neil Simon, nominated in 1964 for the Tony award for the Best Play A newly wed saga. Ticket cost still $25 per seat. Please contact William Belt via email williambelt@bigpond,com or phone 9558-2933, if you wish to make bookings. Page 5
Youth Exchange Update Natasha Pizzi Hi Everyone, Everything has been going really well. I just got back from a 12 day Rotary trip to the south of Brasil and Iguacu falls with around 30 other exchange students. It was so amazing - one of the biggest highlights fo my exchange so far, will send you some photos on Facebook if that's okay. We started the trip in Belo Horizonte and drove for about 14 hours to Foz do Iguaçu. We stayed there for about 3 days and visited some incredible waterfalls which act as a sort of border between Brasil and Argentina. I really think that this was the most beautiful place I've been to in Brasil, we were able to get so close to where the water was flowing and when we came back the next day we took a boat out to the bottom of the waterfalls and drove under the falling stream, we were all completely saturated by the end of it. After Iguaçu we drove again until we reached a place called Curitiba. This part of Brasil was stunning, its located in the South of Brasil where it's a bit colder (which was so nice!) and in the past it had many migrants from Italy and Germany so the culture and infrastructure is very obviously and beautifully influenced by Europe. The European exchange students were complaining because it was just like being at home for them. While we were in this city we visited a chocolate factory, wax museum, stunning botanical gardens, an art gallery, Buddhist temple and each day ate delicious Brasilian/European meals. The trip was such a wonderful experience, I made some lifelong friends from all over the world and saw extraordinary things that I will never forget, it's still hard to believe that I was able to be apart of it with so many beautiful people. The day after I got back from my trip, there was a meeting for my whole Rotary district, where I met some more exchange students, two of which are the outbounds from brasil going to Australia, we also got to talk with some past exchange students and participate in a few orientation exercises. The past few weeks have been really busy but I'm now back home with my beautuful host family who I missed heaps so everything is going really well. I hope everyone back home is safe and had a happy Easter filled with heaps of chocolate, hopefully we can talk again soon, Many hugs, Natasha Pizzi. P.S who did the golf day fundraiser go? Page 6