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The Beachcomber
MAY 2019
Official Newsletter of The PROBUS Club of
Wasaga Beach,
P.O.B. 481, Wasaga Beach, Ontario,
Canada, L9Z 1A5
International Web Site:
http://www.probusworld.com/
National Web Site:
www.probus.org
Newsletter Website:
http://mensprobuswasaga.org
President
Lee Huish
Vice President
Allan Northan
Secretary Brian Gurnhill
Past President
George Howie
Social Chair
Dallas Stinson
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
TO BE
DETERMINED
Possibly
Black Heritage Museum
MAY
May...Be like a flower and turn your face to the sun.
Kahlil Gibran
Thursday, May 9, 2019 at 10:00 a.m.
at the Wasaga Stars Arena
Our Speaker and Topic:
Caron Czorny
Canadian Association of
Retired Persons
Arrive at 9:30 a.m. meet someone new and enjoy coffee with your friends
WHAT: Beattie Potato
Vodka Distillery Tour
WHERE : 6673 13th Line
Alliston
WHEN: May 14, 2019
COST: $10 + BYO Lunch
(Boston Pizza 27 Young
St Alliston)
See Social Committee
WHAT: McLean Engi-neering WHERE : 1000 Raglan Street, Collingwood-WHEN: June 18, 2019 @ 11 am COST: $10 charitable donation (matched) BYO Lunch (Georgian Family Restaurant 401 Hume St Collingwood)
See Social Committee
See Social Committee
JUNE JULY
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President’s Message May 2019
The Winter that started back on November 13 is finally over. Even though it dragged on, our PROBUS Club managed to keep
active. On March 19, ten brave members took part in a session of “Axe Throwing”. They threw hatchets with one hand. They threw
regular axes with long handles using both hands. Harrison, our coach gave us a demonstration of throwing “underhand” and throw-
ing two hatchets at the same time. There were no injuries and everyone had a good time.
John Tindale gave a wonderful presentation at the April general meeting, taking questions about hearing and hearing aids. John
is a “Hearing Instrument Specialist” and is well versed and a great presenter. All members were able to hear John as he spoke about
the disability of not being able to hear. This subject was of great interest as a lot of members struggle with this condition.
On April 16 we had 24 members visit the “Cook Dairy Farm” and enjoyed a tour of an amazing large high tech farming operation.
Bryan Cook, the owner, spent one and half hours taking us through and explaining the workings of the facility that included four
robots that automatically milked the cows 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Looking forward to the Spring and Summer months, our Club has several Social Events and Speakers lined up to keep our mem-
bers active. So please bring a friend. Maybe they would like to join the club and take part in the action.
Lee Huish
The President’s Corner
LAST MONTH’S MEETING AND OTHER BUSINESS
1st Prize
$53 Ray Swan
2nd Prize
$50 Jim Beckett
There was
3 errant member badgeless and $3.00 was coughed up to Finemas-ter Gord
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February 28, 2019
Bank Balance: $ 4,182.88
Social Committee: $ 665.42
Uncommitted Net Balance:
$ 2,803.46
Social Fund Reserve: $ 500.00
(Refer also Page 4 for more
current info)
MAY BIRTHDAYS
Bill Black · David Burland · Jim Desormeaux · Ernst Fisher · George
Howie · Lloyd Johnstone · John McCartney · Allan Northan · Roy
Norton · George Potopnyk · Eric Taylor · Stan Wells · Russ White
Membership: 95
Attendance: 58
% of total membership: 61
Life Members: 2
Guests:
Guest Sponsor
Ken Dean none - former member
Jim Pratt Michael Jacobs
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UPCOMING GUEST SPEAKERS
MAY
Topic: Caron will finish her presentation on C.A.R.P. that she was unable to complete in July, 2018.
Speaker: Caron Czorny of CARP
JUNE
Topic: 9/11 widow speaks of her ordeal.
Speaker: Maureen Basnicki
JULY
Topic: Ontario Wildlife Rescue Service
Speaker: Marry Barros
THE SOCIAL JUNCTION May 14, 2019 Beattie’s Distillers Tour and Sampling
Beattie’s have been making vodka on their family farm for a
few years now. Before bottling it, they cut 15% of the run to
remove the “head” and “tail”, so every bottle is all “heart”. This
leaves you with a smooth, buttery, creamery taste and feel that
could only come from a farm-crafted potato vodka. They’re
pretty happy with it. We will meet at 10:30 AM on Tuesday,
May 14 2019, at 6673 13th Line, Alliston. The cost for the tour
and sampling is $10 per person. (A designated driver is highly
recommended.) Lunch will be held afterwards at Boston Pizza,
27 Young Street, Alliston.
See Dallas Stinson for further information
June 18, 2019 McLean Engineering. We will meet 11:00 AM. Located at 1000 Raglan Street, Collingwood. Tour through the facilities.
July - to be determined
PROBUS TRAVEL
APRIL GUEST SPEAKER
John Tindale
John is a Hearing Instrument Specialist with his clinic Beach Hearing Ltd in Wasaga Beach. John began his presentation by asking everyone to list what they think are some of the reasons why people lose some of their hearing. Numerous reasons were presented, including the number one reason, aging. Some other important reasons were: working for a long time in a noisy envi-ronment, extremely loud noises [e.g. bomb explosion on a battlefield], disease or virus, radiation and injury.
The cost of the hearing exam is free. If you choose to purchase a hearing device, the provincial govern-ment will give $500.00 toward the cost. In all hearing clinics, there are several price ranges to choose from.
As in all health related matters, protect your hearing. When operating loud machinery [lawn mowers, snow blowers, etc.] wear your ear protection.
Have the travel bug? You can actually afford a trip?
Aug 18-30 2019 -—-- Bus trip to PEI, Magdalen Isles and Quebec (Call Pat at 1-800-563-1885 for info)
November 2019 ------ customized New Zealand trip cancelled due to insufficient numbers
May 2020 —— Islands & Highlands of Scotland (2 wks)
Call Gloria Thompson at 705-429-9455 for further details.
Gene shared with us his life story, from his birth in Nooten Zuil (a village that “time has forgotten”) British Guiana, now Guyana, the only “English official language” country in South America to his retirement at the beach. Gene was the 7th and last child born to Andresia and Herman. Following 3 of his siblings Gene and the rest of the family emigrated to Canada in 1956. Gene grew up and was educated in Scar-borough before receiving a B.Sc. in Applied Psychology in 1973 from the Univ. of Toronto where he met his 1st wife. Time passes...marriage, two children, stints at Canada Metal Co. and Ontario Hydro, homes in East York, Oshawa and Gene finds himself declared surplus in 1992. But Gene lands on his feet and ends up as a Senior Buyer at 800 Kipling Ave. There he meets his 2nd and current wife Vincy. More time passes… marriage, more children, more moves (including Brampton), promotions until retirement in 2006.
MEMBER’S PROFILE: Gene Stephenson
Gene and Vincy have lived in Wasaga Beach since 2008 and have a blended family of three children, two girls and a boy and have 7 grandchildren altogether, 4 girls and 3 boys. They are involved in a number of clubs including tennis, PROBUS (New Waves Probus, for Vincy) and Beachcombers mixed (for Gene). They love to travel and have been on a number of cruises including Alaska, Eastern Mediterranean (including Cairo), the Caribbean, Panama Canal, The Baltic that was highlighted by two days in St. Petersburg, Russia, and around South America. Gene also likes to DJ and has done so for
the tennis club and The Beachcombers PROBUS Club. He
has the equipment equipment and music to provide a variety of dance tunes.
Thank you Gene for sharing your story with us.
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Cletus is passing by Billy Bob 's hay barn one day when, through a gap in the door, he sees Billy Bob doing a slow and sensual striptease in front of an old John Deere tractor.
Buttocks clenched, he performs a slow pirouette, and gently slides off first the right strap of his overalls, followed by the left.
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
TID BITS
ROMEO BREAKFAST” – will be held Friday May 10, 2019 at 9.00 a.m. at Yammas Restaurant. Please confirm attendance with Tom Parkes.
The Club Banner is available for loan to display at one of your events other than PROBUS. Please contact Al Cham-
bers at [email protected]
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.
On our web site has further information on the topics below:
There a lot of photos of our past social events which includes our February meeting. And remember if you want to get in touch with your club just send an
email to:
The Treasurer’s Rpt is prepared by Al Chambers and will
be posted on the bulletin brd. There is a bank bal. of
$4091.12 of which $679.43 was the balance in the Social
Fund Acct. $500 is also set a side as an Emergency So-
cial Fund Reserve, with an available balance of $2697.69
as of March 31, 2019. This rpt is subject to approval by
Club membership at the May 9, 2019 GM.
HTTP://MENSPROBUSWASAGA.ORG
LAUGHING TIME
LAUGH TIME
THE TREASURER’S REPORT
Stay tuned for Jim Desormeaux’s return for more information as to the next computer training. If you have any questions
please send an email to
COOK’S DAIRY FARM TOUR
He then hunches his shoulders forward and in a classic striptease move, lets his overalls fall down to his hips, revealing a torn and frayed plaid shirt.
Then, grabbing both sides of his shirt, he rips it apart to re-veal his stained T-shirt underneath.
With a final flourish, he tears the T-shirt from his body, and hurls his baseball cap onto a pile of hay.
Having seen enough, Cletus rushes in and says, "What the world're ya doing, Billy Bob ?"
"Good grief, Cletus, ya scared the bejeebers out of me," says an obviously embarrassed Billy Bob .. "But me 'n the wife been havin trouble lately in the bedroom d'partment, and the therapist suggested I do something sexy to a tractor."
(Don't make me come splain this to you! Read the last line again, slowly.)
Thanks to John McCartney
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP