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THE PROBUS CLUB OF HUNTSVILLE THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 2016

SUTHERLAND HALL,

Meeting 10:00 am - Ticket Sales 9:30 am

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Bob was born September 26, 1926 in Huntsville, Ontario, where his father was in the lumber business. Bob had a younger brother, Gerald Francis. Bob attended Ridley College from September 1941-1945. After Ridley, he spent five years at the University of Toronto, studying business, engi-neering, and forestry, and also took a course in mathematics and physics at Trinity College. From 1946 to 1950 he was also a cadet in the Royal Canadian Navy's University Naval Training Divi-sion. During this period, he caught poliomyelitis, which set him back a bit. During the two years it took him to recover, he says he slept a lot in class and at sports events.

He married Phyllis Jane Echlin in Toronto, on February 3, 1951. They have four children: Fran-

cis Drew (1952), Business Program Consultant at Business Enterprise Resource Network, with two children; Emily Ann (1955), married to Keith Harris, CFO and managing director of Westwind Part-ners, Inc. in Toronto with one child and two stepchildren; Robert Scott (1959), president and CEO of Aspen Properties, Ltd., Calgary, with two children. Edward McVicar Blake (1961), president and. CEO, Oxford Properties, Toronto, married to Susan Farrow, and they also have two children. There are nine grandchildren in all that Bob adores and spends as much time with as possible. In addition to raising four children, Jane, who died in 1998, directed 68 plays and musicals in Huntsville dur-ing the forty-six years she lived there. Her daughter, Ann, continued her love of theatre as actress and model, and his granddaughter Beatrice (Bea), is also just beginning her acting career.

William Robert

Hutcheson

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Bob started work as a salesman for Muskoka Wood Products, Ltd., a company started by his grandfather that became Canada's largest supplier of hardwood flooring. In 1956-57, he worked for a public company, US Plywood, in purchasing and sales. At the same time, he went into business for himself. Hutcheson Christmas Trees (1956-67) (at one time they had 3,000 acres planted with 3,000,000 trees), as well as Lake Vernon Oil Products, Ltd. (1957-64), a company that delivered gasoline and fuel oil. In 1959 he started Lake Vernon Realty, Ltd., a local real estate holding and operating company of which he is still president. Lake Vernon Realty built the Huntsville Courthouse and also owns the heritage house known as “The Pink House” which both lease units to government and professional businesses. In 1967 Bob started to sell the tree farm and started what would be another major business enterprise.

He bought a large tract of land on part of which he developed a sand and gravel business

that would specialize in aggregates - mixtures of various types of sand, rock, soil, and other min-erals for special purposes. By the 1980s, after extensive research,: the company developed a large variety of aggregates specifically for golf greens, bunkers, high speed highways, and spe-cialized beaches for volleyball and other athletic games. These products are sold not only all over Canada, but in Australia, Greece, China, and Dubai (quite a feat, selling sand to the Arabs). As Bob puts it, "I consider that we were experts on dirt”. In 2001, he sold the company. Hutcheson Sand & Gravel gained international recognition by providing beach volleyball sand and courts for the London 2012 Summer Olympics, the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and the 2004 Olympics in Ath-ens.

Bob’s main focus currently is his latest business Hutcheson Forest Industries Inc. After ac-quiring lake properties previously owned by his grandfather, Bob has since been developing roads and installing hydro to various properties he has listed for sale in the Huntsville area. It is his in-tent that many other properties he owns will remain as protected forest areas.

Bob has been active in the Huntsville community: town councilor, board of Thornloe Univer-sity, and of Osler Bluff Ski Club, Boy Scouts of Canada leader, President of the Huntsville Ski Club, and Director of the Canadian National Alpine Ski Association. In 2004 he was awarded the Natural Heritage Stewardship Award by the Muskoka Heritage Foundation with recognition of his environmental achievements. In August, 2012 Bob was awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition of his entrepreneurial skills, love of community and the natural environment. In May 2014 he was thrilled to be inducted into the Huntsville Sports Hall of Fame, alongside Huntsville’s Dara Howell, Olympic gold medalist at the 2014 winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Bob has been involved in both Winter and Sum-mer Games and volunteered at the starting gate for the downhill race at the 1988 Calgary Winter Games.

His hobbies are skiing, fishing, hunting, biking, waterskiing, hiking, travelling, and pho-tography. At the age of 89, Bob enjoys excellent health and is still able to take pleasure in all of these hobbies on a regular basis. He enjoys tell-ing stories and has many to tell.

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Huge Shout out to Barb Munro!! Barb’s batting one hundred with our guest speakers this year. In March we were once again treated to an excellent speaker who gave us an in depth pres-entation on Doctors Without Borders. Dr. Roy Kirkpatrick …..

Next Month

Can’t believe we’re talking May already...where has this year gone to!

Our guest for May will be:

Eva Olsson Holocaust Survivor

General Interest— DIANE BURLEY— 705-784-0730

diburley@yahoo.com Please remember that Diane would love to hear from you if you have any suggestions for a new general interest group.

Care Bear HELMY ABEN—705-789-1221 johnhelmyaben@gmail.com

Huge congrats to Jill Winter, who recently celebrated the birth of her first grandchild! Also on almost the same subject...Lynne & Pat Fletcher have six great grandchildren under 6. WOW!

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St. Patrick’s Day There was a real atmosphere of fun and friendship at our March Meeting. President Lynne pulled out all the stops with hilarious jib jabs (so delighted Ron Halmos’ grandchildren were there to witness his Irish dancing!) Lots of green, lots of boas, plenty of glitter and of course prizes awarded to the best costumes. The winners were Mary Jane McCarey and Lynne Fletcher. Congrats ladies!!

As March was National PROBUS month, it was wonderful to see six of our past presidents in attendance:

From left to right: Pat Flanagan

Lynn Todgham John McCaig

Nancy Halmos Tom Banks

Bob Mallette

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$48.00 pp

Includes bus transportation, visits to the 3 Muskoka Craft

Breweries, a tour, tastings, snacks and supper with beer flavour

accents in Baysville.

Your hosts: Betsy Rothwell, Barbara Burton, Jim Miller

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CONTACT: SUSAN MAGEE 416-816-4107 susanmagee@rogers.com Announcing our new general interest…..5 PIN BOWLING. Taking place at Huntsville Bowl on the second Monday of each month commencing on March 14, 2016. THE APRIL DATE IS MONDAY, APRIL 11. THE MAY DATE IS MONDAY, MAY 9. The time is 1:00 pm and the cost is $10.15 for 3 games (including shoes). Plan to be there a little earlier to get your team assignments and per-haps have lunch. For those of you who bowled in March, as you know you will receive an e mail. Please be sure to respond so that the con-vener has an idea of numbers. In order to generate numbers for this activity, we have partnered with Probus 3.

Let’s get out there and drop some pins!!!!

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Activities at a glance

DATE EVENT LOCATION TIME

APRIL 11 5 BIN BOWLING HUNTSVILLE BOWL 12:45 pm APRIL 13 ARMCHAIR TRAVELLERS CHARTWELL 7:00 pm APRIL 21 MONTHLY MEETING SUTHERLAND HALL 10:00 am APRIL 25 ANNUAL CLUB BOWLING HUNTSVILLE BOWL MAY 9 5 PIN BOWLING HUNTSVILLE BOWL 12:45 pm MAY 11 ARMCHAIR TRAVELLERS CHARTWELL 7:00 pm MAY 13 PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB KOELERS’S CONDO 2:00 pm MAY 18 MUSKOKA CRAFT BREWERY TOUR 11:45 am MAY 19 MONTHLY MEETING SUTHERLAND HALL 10:00 am JUNE 5 TRIVIA DWIGHT COMM. CENTRE 3:00 PM JUNE 16 MONTHLY MEETING SUTHERLAND HALL 10:00 AM JULY 21 PICNIC MOOSE CAFÉ 3:00 PM SEPT. 1 GOLF TOURNAMENT DEERHURST 12:00 PM OCTOBER 6 CAR RALLY TBA TBA

DATES TO REMEMBER DENOTES SPECIAL EVENT

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Wine Appreciation CONTACT: JEFF & ANN COX 705-685-9900 jeffcox88@gmail.com One of the wine groups reported that their March get-together was dedicated to Sparkling Wines! OOOh that sounds marvelous! And it wasn’t the “BRIGHTS PRESIDENT” at $9.95 that won…. It was the most expensive “TATTINGER BRUT RESERVE” cham-pagne at $59.95 that was chosen as the hit of the evening. Hen-kell Trocken $14.95 was next. Then Villa Sandi at $13.95 and then GIRLS NIGHT OUT at 14.95.

Membership Report - Betsy Rothwell

There are 192 members in the PROBUS Club of Huntsville, with a cap of 200. This is a good time to invite friends to join and enjoy all of the activities PROBUS has to offer! There were 71 members and 3 guests at the March 2016 meeting. Please remember to wear your name badge at PROBUS events, including our monthly meetings. This makes greeting other members easy. And be sure to pick up your 2016 Photo Directory of Club Members – put a face to that name, or a name to that smiling face! New PROBUS members have a red dot on their name badges. Please take a few moments to introduce yourself during the coffee break, welcome them to our club, and encourage them to join the Events and Interest Groups. Have you lost or misplaced your name badge? Let me know so I can order another at a small cost to you. If you have any changes to your address, phone or email information, please advise Betsy Rothwell at betsyrothwell@gmail.com.

CONTACT: CATHERINE HAWKINS 705-635-9834 BARB BURTON burtonbaj@sympatico.ca . May 9—Heather Hockin “Just Mercy” by Bryan Stevenson June 13—Marg Wood “The Nightingale” by Kristin Hanna

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Photography Club CONTACT: KEN KOEHLER 705-766-9936 kkoehler@vianet.ca The next get-together of the Probus Photo Group will be at 2:00 pm on Friday May 13. Ken and Barb will be hosting at their Huntsville Condo -- 35 Dairy Lane, Suite 101. Our theme will be "WATER!". As water covers over 70% of the earth's surface, we should have no difficulty finding interesting subject matter! So let's look for water in whatever form and in whatever shape and lighting con-dition we may find it. And be sure to have a look in your "photo archives" for favorite water scenes from the past! If you cannot appear in person, emailed images to kkoehler@vianet.ca are always welcome. And if you'd just like to see what the Photo Group is all about, please feel free to come along and join the fun as a spectator.

CONTACT: BERYL CLAYSON 705-789-5510 clayson@cogeco.ca Probus duplicate bridge meets at the Clayson’s on the 4th Monday of each month. 1:00 pm October to April 7:00 pm May to September PLEASE NOTE: THERE WILL NOT BE A GAME IN APRIL & IN MAY, IT WILL BE ON THE 5th MONDAY, MAY 30TH. In order for Beryl and Paul to prepare, please contact them at least a day before the date, if you wish to play.

ANYONE INTERESTED IN BEING A SPARE, OR LOOKING FOR A REGULAR PARTNER, PLEASE LET

BERYL OR PAUL KNOW.

THE BIG WINNERS AT THE MARCH GAME WERE

N/S HEATHER & DAVID HOCKIN E/W MARG WOOD & MARY RAY WARD

Duplicate

Bridge

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Armchair Travellers Contact: DOUG BELL 705-635-1137

dougdaniela@hotmail.com

Wednesday, MAY 11—7:00 PM—CHARTWELL Barbara Burton will be presenting….

Explore the unspoiled nature of the Galapagos Islands and the remark-able creatures on land and in the sea. Tour around the mountains and craters near Quito and experi-ence the magic of the equator.

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Bid Euchre CONTACT: JOHN & HELMY ABEN 705-789-1221

johnhelmyaben@gmail.com

Meets the second Tuesday of the month. Spares are still welcome!

Dining In CONTACT BARBARA BURTON 705-788-0059

burtonbaj@sympatico.ca Deliciously moving along. Groups meet once a month for the year, rotating hosts. The host provides the main dish and sets the theme if any. The rest select or are as-signed dishes to complete the meal. Participants bring their own beverage of choice. There is still some room on the spare list if you wish to be added.

Leslie, hostess Sonja, Mary Ray, Susan and Jean anticipating yet an-other awesome dinner with lots of laughs!!!

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Heather & David Hockin and Anne & Bill Rogers are your hosts for this very popular and well

attended event. THE DATE IS WEDNESDAY,

JUNE 5, 2016. 3:00 PM—DWIGHT COMMUNITY

CENTRE, DINNER FOLLOWING AT

MUSKOKA ON THE ROCKS. Tickets available at the April Meeting

$40.00 pp

Enjoy an afternoon of fun-filled Trivia as we rack our old brains to remember the song that Elvis sang on the Ed Sullivan Show or “who were Lucy’s neighbours?”. This Trivia team puts together the most thought provoking questions and as they reveal the answers you can hear the moans and groans throughout the room. After our winners have been announced we will meet for dinner at Muskoka On The Rocks to enjoy a sumptuous dinner. Your choice of beef, chicken or fish. A wonderful event!

THURSDAY JULY 21, 2016

THE MOOSE CAFÉ’S OUTDOOR FACILITIES 3:00 PM

$40.00 PP

YOUR HOSTS: LORNA & JIM POPOFSKI

Hot & Cold Hors D’oeuvres, Assorted Cheeses

“Famoose” homemade hamburgers Beerfest sausage on a bun

Maple BBQ ribs Selection of Salads, Crudite Platter

Butter tarts, fruit tarts, Maple sugar shortbread, Chocolate Raspberry Petit Fours, Watermelon fruit

bowl. Coffee, tea, cold beverage

Tickets will be available at the April Meeting

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“Awesome Hikers of Probus”

“A HOP”

In March an ad hoc committee began the planning process for this year’s hikes. Here is the general consensus:

Have one significant hike each month from May through October each year; Limit each hike to 20 km; Have a different person volunteer to do the hike planning and coordination each month; Try to plan 10km (or less) in morning, all meet for a trail lunch, and an optional additional (maximum)10km

in aft; The park is wet and buggy early in the season so that might be saved for July onwards; Road hikes would be ideal for May-June.

We have settled on the following Schedule: Month/Date** Rain Date** Organizer Hike Location May 10 May 13 J David Mason Trans Canada Trail Thru Huntsville June TBA July TBA Jim Miller August TBA J David Mason Algonquin Park – details to follow September Betsy Rothwell “ “ - “ “ “ October Barbara Burton “ “ -Centennial Ridges ** we will try to pick a regular schedule of hike dates that work best for all (e.g. the first Tuesday and Friday, respectively of each month. Please express your interest in the May hike asap. We have maps to distribute to all that sign up and further details to follow. Does anyone have detailed info on the Trans Canada Trail other than the map? Two of us will walk it well prior to the event to collect data on accessibility etc. Total distance will likely be well under 20km with a break for lunch. Anyone wanting a shorter hike can arrange transportation home from town in afternoon. We are open to any and all suggestions for this May and other hikes! Please email me to express interest, or call: dmason@genau.ca 705 635 2927

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PROBUS pp

MONDAY APRIL 25, 2016

HUNTSVILLE BOWL

ARRIVE AT 3:00 GAMES START AT 3:30 $36.00 PP

INCLUDES: 2 GAMES, SHOE RENTAL

FABULOUS TURKEY DINNER WITH ALL THE TRIMMINGS! ALL TAXES AND GRATUITIES

CASH BAR AVAILABLE

THIS IS FIVE PIN BOWLING AT IT’S FINEST! EVERYONE IS WELCOME! YOU CERTAINLY DON’T HAVE TO BE AN

ACCOMPLISHED BOWLER TO COME OUT AND SHARE A FUN FILLED AFTERNOON WITH YOUR PROBUS FRIENDS.

YOUR HOSTS FOR THIS EVENT ARE

AUDREY COUTTS & JIM MILLER

TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE APRIL MEETING.

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PO Box 5261, Huntsville, ON, P1H 2K6 www.probushuntsville.ca

Email: probushuntsville@gmail.com Meetings are held on the 3rd Thursday of each month

Thursday, September 1, 2016 Deerhurst Lakeside Golf Course

12:30 pm Shotgun Start—18 Hole Mixed Scramble The committee—Sonja Garlick, Sandy Raven, Jim Elliott and Bob Mallette have

started planning for this year’s exciting event. Prices, dinner arrangements and final details will be available closer to the date.

DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS?

Your management committee is working diligently to make your PROBUS ex-perience, not only informative, but also fun and entertaining. We want you to look forward to our monthly meetings and also to participate In the many and

varied events and activities that are being planned for you. Please feel free to contact: Lynne Newell President

lynnenewell@bell.net Sandy Raven Newsletter

sandykenraven@gmail.com Please let us know your thoughts and how we can improve our efforts.

We look forward to your replies.

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SAVE THE DATE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2016

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