Norwich Rotary Club

Oct 28, 2015 We were pleased to induct Jay Ginsburg our newest Rotarian

PhotosJoel Etra
Presiding:  Pres. Marie
Invocation:  Barry Shead
Fellowship:  Bob Farwell who reported on November 27 when barbed wire was patented by a relative of his.
Birthdays:
Rodney Green, 10.30
Anniversaries:
None
Rotarians with Guests:
None
Visiting Rotarians:
None
Announcements:
  • Next week’s speaker will be Ryan Thompson who is the  new Norwich Public Works Director
  • Kyle reported that the Dictionaries were distributed this morning. He was also pleased to report that he was introduced as Mr. Meunzner, a very important man
  • Nancy- said that all the Trivial Pursuit -teams have been filled
New Member induction:
Jay Ginsburg, sponsored by Joel Etra was formally inducted as our newest Rotarian
Presentation:
A Paul Harris Fellowship was presented to Gary Young
Happy Dollars: Hosted by  Kathleen who started off with a HD for Gary and  her photo op with Pope John Paul
Other generous contributors included:
Barry for Andy Grant
Kevin
Bill Champagne for Walktober and Joan Gordon’s These Guys reviews
Mike Gordon for Bob Reed
Jim O’ needs trivia players
Lottie about changes in society
Mary reported on the Power of Purple Walk
Mike Matera for Gary and October birthdays in his family
Nancy for Kathleen and for Bob’s Fellowship
Andrew went to a nursing home to deliver doscionaries instead of to Veteran’s Memorial and will increase his HD donation every time his Pats win
Manny for his 21 year old cat and for Gary
Wendy with a Hector report
Mike Goldblatt made his $20 Deb Monahan Thanksgiving  challenge
Stan for new members
Mike Cooney
Auction:
Lottie sold some old art calendars to Jim Daly for $35
Lottery:
  • Jay Waitte
  • Mike Goldblatt
  • Kathy
drew cards but  no winner this week
Program:
Today we had a club assembly
Pres. Marie’s inspirational quote of the week:
Apologize when you should
and
let go of what you can’t change.

~unknown