Weekly Bulletin January 3, 2013

                                                                 Bulletin of the Sackville Rotary Club

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   THIS WEEK
   Chairperson:  Ken
   Greeter:        Wynn
   Introducer:    Susan Fisher
   Thanker:       Wayne
   Speaker:      David McKellar

   Chairperson Ken brought the meeting to order with the singing of the National Anthem and a prayer of grace.                                                                   

         TODAY IN CANADIAN HISTORY
        OR
        USELESS INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW 

        January 3
            1922 - Governor General Julian Byng strikes the first nickel 5¢ coin of Canada, at the Royal Canadian Mint.
            1941 - Canada and the US acquire air bases at Gander and Goose Bay on a 99 year lease. 
            1992 - Miss Canada Pageant is scrapped after 45 years, due to changing tastes and politic

         VISITING ROTARIANS 
         None  
         GUESTS 
          None

        MAKE UPS
        Executive Wed. Jan 2/201

        BIRTHDAYS
        None

        ANNIVERSARIES
        None

        PIN PAL STORIES
        None


       50/50 DRAW
       Gayle  5 spades no win     Pam 10 diamonds no win       George Queen diamonds no                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     win

     HAPPY DOLLARS
      Wynn proud grandkids finished 3rd in under 21 class      Charlie  grandkids here from Kittery,  electric train set for Xmas
       

     Louise  7 more sleeps and she is off cruising with family                                         
                                                                                                                            Wayne  5 more sleeps and he and Sandy off south                                                               Pat B.  Rotary is putting in curling team for Cancer, one more person needed

                                                                                                    Barb J.  Happy to be back home and back to Rotary from Bahrain

                                                                                                         Pam B  happy granddaughter visited @ Xmas and learning more volcabulary each day

                                    Sandy  Skyped with granddaughters in Ontario all had matching hats

         Trish  Happy to be back in New Brunswick after trip to Picton, Ontario
                                                                                                                     Ken  28 more sleeps until retirement and he will not know what to do some mornings

     COMMITTEE REPORTS
      None

      UPCOMING MEETINGS

      Paul Harris meeting quickly after AM meeting
      Membership meeting after AM meeting.

      PRESIDENT’S TIME

       Gayle gave an update on Darrell’s condition.  Though improved he still has a long way to recover.  He has developed pneumonia in his lungs and they are trying to              wean him off the ventilator.  Brian Muir will fill in temporarily while Darrell is recouping.
       Trish welcomed 2 new members Becky Stewart and Edna Boland.  Winterfest is upcoming and the Rotoract students will be asked if they wish to do the chili cook off          this year. SENB is to take place in Dieppe with a gala and auction on Feb 2, 2013.



      GUEST SPEAKER

         Susan introduced David McKellar who has been retired five years and his passion is genealogy.   His topic today is the Botsford House in Westcock.  David told us the           complete fascinating history of 250 years in 20 minutes.  The Acadian arrived in Westcock in 1670.  The name is Mi’kmas and the name translates to “high ground             overlooking the marsh”.  The first people to live in the home on Botsford Lane was Valentine Estabrooks from 1725 – 1770.  Over the years another Botsford, who             became the first warden of Dorchester Pen., made his home there.  Eventually Jake and Marjorie Fisher bought the house in 1962.  The family name of Fisher still             remains as Zack Fisher is the new owner.  The house is of Georgian architecture and had both men and women’s servant quarters with separate stairways.
          Wayne thanked David and the meeting was concluded with the Four Way Test.

       UPCOMING WEEKS
       Thursday, Jan 17, 2013
       Chairperson :  Louise H
       Greeter:   George
       Introducer:  Darrell
       Thanker: Diane S.B.
       Speaker: