Newsletter 11-8-11

Posted by Rich Forte 
on Nov 08, 2011
 
 

Rotary Club of Needham

October 4, 2011

Newsletter

 

Bill led us in the pledge of allegiance, with Bob Cocks taking us through America the Beautiful and Darrell led us in prayer

 

Announcements:

·         The pancake breakfast was a success with receipts to date of $5,200, already exceeding gross receipts from last year.  Great job everyone.

·         Special thanks to Gary for organizing, coordinating and producing a great event and fund raiser.

·         Thank you to Chuck Buyer for his contribution to the production of the pancake breakfast placemats

·         Dan and George reported that the Needham 300 Gala was outstanding and estimates that there were 700 people present.

·         No Tuesday meeting November 22.  Instead there will be the annual Needham/Wellesley football dinner that evening at the WellesleySeniorCenter

·         The Thanksgiving dinner at the Masonic Hall is progressing nicely with all sponsors on board

·         Ron and Lois have graciously offered to host the Rotary Holiday Party again this year.  Date to be determined.  It was great fun last year!

·         Bill read to the group on of may "thank you" notes sent by the 3rd graders of the Needham elementary schools expressing their thanks for the dictionaries.  Great job Bill!

 

Birthdays:   There were four!

·         Rick Davis

·         Bill Paulson

·         Greg Cronin

·         Erica Bond

Note to Glen- payback is a *****.  Who knew that such a nice guy as Glen could select such "interesting" cards!

 

Guests: Mike Rosenburg, Needham Historical Society was our guest speaker. 

 

Happy $$$:   George was happy to celebrate Needham 300 gala and the pancake breakfast along with other kudos for the pancake breakfast from Charles, Kathy, Lois, Ryan, Tom, Glen, Bill P., Rachel, and Ken.  Darrell special thanks to Gary along with Lois.  Roz for the beautiful day.  Rich for the inspiring speech delivered by Rick Davis to the junior class at NeedhamHigh School.  Erica celebrating Jack officially becoming a teenager!  Ron for loving Lois (Lois is getting a lot of mention), and Chris loved the picture of Ron.

 

50:50: Pot stands at $824.  Roz drew the king of diamonds.  17 cards remaining!  It is going to be a happy holiday for someone!

 

 Guest Speaker: Mike Rosenberg, Needham Historical Society.

He talked about the "Industries of Newton", specifically the knitting industry dating back to 1840- 1890.  Members of the industrial revolution such as Carter, Thorpe and Wye provided financial resources to help the Town grow, prosper and unite as one from three separate enclaves.  He is coming out with a book, "Knitters of Needham", published by Arcadia Publishing (www.arcadiapublishing.com).