75 Years of Service
A History of The Rotary Club of Horsham Inc.
The Rotary Club of Horsham Inc. Rotary International Club No. 2985 Number 22 in Australia
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75 Years of Service A History of the Rotary Club of Horsham Inc.
The Rotary Club of Horsham Inc. PO Box 75 Horsham Vic 3402
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n April, 1925, the Rotary Club of publication. To the Bulletin editors over the Melbourne opened an appeal to raise past 40 odd years, the Directors who prepared £10,000 throughout Victoria to endow the Annual Reports, and the Secretaries who the Boy Scout Administration filed the Board Minutes and correspondence, IHeadquarters. This was taken up in Horsham, and to anyone else who has recorded or and in a spin-off, the local Australian Natives volunteered information, we are most Association and churches suggested that a appreciative. „Branch‟ of Rotary in Horsham would be beneficial to all. Early in the life of our Club, Inaugural President Les Brookes spoke to the District It was to be another three years before this Governor, Fred Birks on perceived difficulties became a fact. Our sponsoring Club, Ballarat, and shortcomings of Horsham Rotary Club. was itself only chartered in December 1925, He felt he had „a body of men willing and sponsored by Melbourne. eager to be up and doing, but found the greatest difficulty in knowing just what to do.‟ This is a condensed history of the Rotary Club of Horsham Inc. from its formative The DG‟s consoling advice was:- “The meeting in 1928 through to the end of the Clubs the thing - do your Rotarians look Rotary year 2002-2003, a span of 75 Years. forward to meeting each other each week? Is Space can not allow for all Club projects to be there a spirit of hearty co-operation, of good covered, and many individual‟s stories will fellowship between all members? Have they never be told, as much of the Club‟s early “got together? I am confident that in your first history, and even some recent records are lost. year you have done that. Your Club is functioning „jolly well‟, and Rotary We are deeply indebted to those who International looks forward to a long and contributed to this update, especially the late fruitful future from your Club.” Don Garth, a Past President, who prepared „The First 50 Years - 1928-1978‟, a publication In 1964, a plea was printed by Club which is, in many cases, the only record of Historian Jack Mole in the Club Bulletin for much of our early history. the return of any early records. None were forthcoming. Fortunately, Past President Don Unfortunately, there is little of our early had been able to interview Foundation, Senior history surviving - newspapers of the time Active and past Rotarians for his „50 Years of were methodically read with little added Rotary‟ publication. information but confirming many projects. Searches of the early Horsham Thanks are due to Rotarian Jack newspapers confirmed but did not add much to Gillespie for his “10 Years of Rotary 1978- Don‟s monumental work, a sign that Horsham 1988”, and to the committee under Tom Rotary Club preferred to work anonymously Harmsworth‟s mentoring for the 1988-1998 even then.
Bibliography
Don Garth: „The First 50 Years 1928-1978‟ Annual Reports 1946 - present, [few missing - from newspapers] Jack Gillespie: „10 Years of Rotary 1978-1988‟ Miscellaneous notes and papers, including Tom Harmsworth: Club History - „1988-1998‟ newspaper cuttings.
Club Records in the our archives, made up of :- Also Horsham Historical Society and the Wimmera Regional Library for access to old Bulletin Copies 1962 - present, plus some earlier newspapers and files individual copies
Board Minutes 1953 - present, patchy in some John H Glover years in the 1990‟s
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The Rotary International Charter
4 4 Historical Review
1905 First Rotary Club organised in Chicago USA 1908 Second Rotary Club organised in San Francisco USA 1921 Rotary Club‟s of Melbourne (April) and Sydney (May) formed 1925 Rotary Club of Ballarat formed - who in turn sponsored Rotary Club of Horsham 1928 Inaugural Dinner of Rotary Club of Horsham, RI Charter No 2985 signed 1929 Presentation of Charter to Rotary Club of Horsham: High School supported Boys Week celebrated - Large involvement in Boy Scouts in Horsham 1931 District Young Farmers Clubs formed by Rotary Club over several years Visit to Club Dinner by State Governor, Sir William Irvine and his wife 1932 Stewart Brown inducted into Horsham Rotary Club: Club commence Youth Week 1933 First Plantation at Pine Lake - Green,Taylors, and Dock Lakes soon followed. 1934 Sponsored the Charter of the Rotary Club of Warracknabeal: Horsham Hospital main effort for Club members. 1936 Job/Life talks implemented to let members know each others interests 1937 Horsham Base Hospital - paralysis patients taken on trips to Grampians- public meetings banned because of fear of Polio 1939 Club opens funds for Soldiers Relief and also Neglected Children 1941 Orange & lemon trees planted around hospital and Bolton Park. Free milk for Children Fund commenced 1945 AWL‟s at Dinner meetings were becoming a problem 1946 Many trees planted on site of present swimming pool for a „City Picnic Area‟. 1949 Free Kindergarten appeal sponsored by Club: Migrant assimilation scheme commenced Rotary obtained an area at Laharum as a permanent scout camp. 1950 Inter-City Rotary meeting- guest RI President Sir Angus Mitchell 1951 Herald „Learn to Swim‟ campaign commenced by members in old pool. Rotary launched Public Appeal for Memorial Swimming Pool on land donated by Rtn. Jack Bolton. Members prepared site with earthmoving and landscaping. 1954 Club „s huge response to NSW floods : Flat Rock parking and camping area constructed by Club members -signboards also paid for 1955 Horsham Housing Co-operative formed by members 1956/7 PP Stewart Brown District Governor of District 33: Members again responded to NSW floods with financial and material donations 1958 Jack Kramer‟s Professional Tennis Troupe brought to Horsham to raise money 1959 Youth Week ends after 30 years - schools want more vocational training, eg, mock interviews preferred. Ambulance Appeal successfully sponsored by Club for new Station in Horsham. 1961 New Youth Centre given all gymnasium equipment required 1963 First overseas Exchange Student arrived - Charlotte Roberts from Pennsylvania, USA 1964 Sponsored the Charter of the Rotary Club of Dimboola Official Visits from Moorabbin & Henley Beach Rotary Clubs Tucker‟s Christmas Tree Plantation established near Horsham 1965 First Exchange Student to leave Horsham - Carolyn Dawson - to New York State, USA Rotary calls Public meeting to establish Community Aid Abroad Committee 1966 Meals on Wheels started in Horsham by Rotary Club, in conjunction with hospital 1967 Two Malaysian nurses sponsored for training at Wimmera Base Hospital 1968 First annual social visit by Rotary Club of Camberwell : Club paid for the learners pool 1969 First Group Study Exchange Team to visit Horsham from New Jersey, USA 1970 River Beautification - Club filled in the Sawyer Brickworks for the Soundshell Forecourt
5 5 and developed area along river : Vocational awards given for workplace excellence. 1971 Sponsored the Charter of Rotary Club of Horsham East Moved Club Meetings to La Fontana Restaurant : First RYLA awardees 1973 Joined with WMT to sponsor „Junior Sportsman of the Year‟ 1972 First Elderly Citizens Christmas Dinner at La Fontana Co-sponsored the Charter of the Horsham Rotaract Club 1973 Official Visit by the Rotary Club of Melbourne 1974 Wimmera Base Hospital „Million Dollar Appeal‟, members heavily involved Stud Bull shipped to Philippines to improve their national herd 1975 Rotary House at 12 Carter Street built to aid of the Wimmera Base Hospital Clubs first Paul Harris Fellowship to PDG Stewart Brown 1976 Club sponsored team in „Sun Tour‟ Cycle Race. First Youth Hike through Grampians. Developed the Student Driver Training Track in racecourse together with schools. 1977 Installed Road Fatigue Road signs, CRB took over as a Statewide major program - which is now Australia-wide. 1978 Clubs 50th Anniversary Celebration of Charter in Horsham Town Hall 3H Program commenced - to alleviate problems of Health, Hunger and Humanity Gained from State Government grant to build State Emergency Service‟s HQ Building Sponsored Ruth McIntyre in Miss Victoria - who won Country Charity Queen section 1979 First year of Club catering at the Apex Fishing Competition 1980 Organised „Jaws of Life‟ Appeal - three sets provided instead of the promised one 1981 Helped establish the Wool Factory, with work in kind and donations 1982 Club‟s Shed in Selkirk Drive completed - all club property finally under one roof! Organised Public Appeal for $12000 for a cardiac care unit for the Ambulance Service River Flood Levels markers installed. Sponsored Ron Barassi to speak at a Public Meeting on „Motivation. Music Master Classes commenced 1983 Club members installed foundations and flooring at Wool Factory sheep shed Club sponsored it‟s first National Youth Science Forum student 1984 Sponsored Bob Ansett to speak at a public meeting on „Perception and Reality‟ 1985 Former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser spoke on „Very Important Persons‟ group. 1986 Camp Quality held its first Camp, our Club made a substantial donation 1987 Conducted District 9780 Conference at Town Hall and other venues with Horsham East Polio Plus Program - Club‟s donations exceeded expectations over the 3 years: RYPEN awards commenced 1990-1 Club‟s First Siemens ASIA Science Experience candidates. 1992-3 Catering Caravan purchased, renovated and put to good use 1993 Junior „Citizen of the Year‟ awards initiated at all primary schools 1995 Conducted District 9780 Conference at Secondary College with Horsham East & Dimboola : First year sponsoring Secondary College Debating 1996 Catered for the Ninth Australian Caravan Rally at Longerenong First Max Taylor Music Award : Sponsored first RAWCS team member 1997 Visit by Rotary Club of Moorabbin: Rtn. Keith Murdoch Club‟s first Sapphire Awardee Coffee Break provided on highway for Adelaide Crow & Port football fans on route Club nominated first Rotary „Shine On‟ recipient 1999 Named Pavers produced and placed in Roberts Avenue 2000 The Shed renamed the „Rotary Club of Horsham Clubrooms‟. Clubs 1st Foundation „Centurion‟ member PP G.Leak 2002 Schools „Hugh Jenkin‟ Photographic Competition commenced 2003 Horsham Rotary Club‟s 75th Anniversary of Inaugural Meeting and Charter Major Project - Public Appeal for a „Rotary House‟ at Wimmera Base Hospital 2005 Rotary International‟s Centenary of first meeting in Chicago
6 6 Our Special Projects
Rotary House # 1 marquees at the sound shell, peeling potatoes and onions, making hamburgers, Ned and the ladies making salad rolls at Lehmann's Shed, In 1974 the Club accepted the challenge iced coffee, the graveyard shift with skinny of building a house, the profit being directed to dippers, utes along the river, patrons who the Wimmera Base Hospitals „Million Dollar actually purchased our product. Words cannot Appeal‟. Over £13,400 was raised by the do justice to this fabulous Club effort over the building of the house in Carter Street, 25 odd-years. purchased by the Education Department. The project started with the donation of the land by This major effort raised over $50,000 Rtn. Col Jenkinson. and built the Rotary Shed/Clubrooms. To date
the shed and extensions have now cost The Club assumed responsibility for the $18,410. The scale of operations will be road, footpath, water and sewerage extensions recognised from the following statistics from and other site improvements. With the weather our second year:- Ned‟s ladies made 1500 against it, but with perseverance and patience salad rolls at Lehmanns Shed, using 23 kg and oceans of iced coffee, the house was corned beef and 15 kg cheese. The „boys‟ used finally completed on 5th October 1974. Club 4500 rolls; 159 kg mince; 1356 frozen members assisting tradesmen made this a hamburgers; 63 kg Saveloys; 9 bags of financial and fellowship success. potatoes; 2 bags onions; 7 boxes lettuces; 3
boxes tomatoes; 172 dozen soft drinks; 2040 Christmas Trees Big M; 1656 Choc Wedges; with 2000 chip cups; 4000 paper bags; 26 litres tomato sauce Horsham Rotary Club has been „green‟ and 4 drums cooking oil-all for a profit of long before it became socially correct. Our $2,528. first plantation was in 1933, with the establishing of the now magnificent pines at Later, commercial hamburgers, chips, the northern end of Green Lake, some etc, were eased in, but the friendships struck up unfortunately being removed to allow a car peeling potatoes and onions at 2.30 am in a park. Further planting's were at Dock and Pine huge marquee, with memories of PDG Stewart Lakes, Bolton Park, Haven and at the Base Brown and PP Malcolm Taylor, with „Tam- Hospital. o‟shanter‟ actually involved in this menial task, or our Exchange Students [and our own kids] However, commercialism approached, stealing „the‟ iced coffee can never be erased. and in 1963-64 Club members cleared and fenced land on Tuckers Farm near Horsham, Road Fatigue Zones and in 1965 planted 1000 pine trees to be sold @ $1.00, with further trees being planted at PP One of the least known, but one of the Jack Russell‟s property in 1978. Since then, most impacting projects of this Club was other plantations have been established on initiated in 1977 by the Youth Committee. For Reynold‟s, Eagle‟s and Hutchinson‟s several years prior, Past President Eddie properties. Our first sales were in Christmas Brownstein , horrified by the tragic loss of 1966, and over the past 40 years have raised lives, especially of young people on the $44,921. highway from Stawell through to Serviceton,
had compiled statistics and these were Fishing Competition submitted to the then Country Roads Board for their consideration. Despite hints of bankruptcy and even more dire threats, President Ned Carter felt the With typical bureaucratic speed, nothing Club needed a „Fellowship project‟. This was happened. This Rotary Club had its own road even after a fellow service club „lost their shirt‟ signs prepared with financial help from Mobil in 1978. After heated discussion the Club Oil, and applied to the CRB for permission to agreed to offer their services to cater to the install these signs along the Western Highway. fishermen. Who could forget the huge Surprisingly, this approval was soon granted,
7 7 and the signs erected by Rotarians from Fortifier‟....? All great vintages? Or were they Stawell to the border. They attracted much just memorable? Lots of good fellowship and public attention, and with this support „Fatigue a healthy [?] profit at each bottling. Zones‟ were recognised as a reality, and the The Club has been involved in many Government had the CRB place their own other projects, some large, some not so large: signs on all highways throughout the State. eg. Kannamaroo, raffles, scrap metal drives, Since then, other States have followed, using drought relief, Karkana; etc. Often the value of the figures which Eddie provided and had been these projects has been hidden in the annual added to by the Australian College of Balance Sheet by the “new creative accounting Surgeons. methods” used by Treasurers in some years, the Club being unable to gauge the actual Gate Keeping worth of a particular project.
In the past few years after the change in Members have co-ordinated public catering arrangements for the Fishing appeals such as the Memorial Swimming Pool; Competition, our members have become expert the State Emergency Service‟s headquarters „gate keepers, at the Annual Show and the building, the purchase of the Jaws of Life for Wimmera Field days, plus other minor days. three Wimmera SES Units, supplying a This now raises over $5,000 each year. Cardiac Arrest Unit for the Ambulance Service, or work in kind similar to the flooring Caravan Rally at the Wool Factory, valued at $3,000 in labour.
Rtn. Keith Murdoch at a weekly meeting Organisations such as the Wimmera announced „I have a project with no work Base Hospital, are helped with on-going involved which can make this Rotary Club a donations. Annually we help support Hospice, lot of dollars.‟ Always eager to „make a quid‟, Camp Quality, Portsea Camp, Prostate Cancer, the Club agreed, and we catered for the 1995- Christian Emergency Food Bank, Salvation 96 Australian Caravan Rally at the Field Days Army, along with many others on a semi- Site. Stories are still being told of the length of regular basis. the queues, [which get longer every telling] of the placid customers, several members melting Rotary House # 2 over the barbecues and being revived by huge liquid intakes. For our 75th Anniversary, together with
Horsham East Club, an appeal has been This „minor‟ catering effort involved a launched for $250,000 to build a block of units 100% Club effort. Members cooked and for temporary accomodation at the Wimmera served over 2300 meals, plus sweets, with over Base Hospital. Over $100,000 was raised 300 meals served to member helpers. This within 3 months, and Horsham tradesmen have worked out to over 7 meals cooked and served already promised much „work in kind‟. At per minute at dinner time each night. The ten time of printing, the fund had exceeded consecutive nights of „no work‟ raised the $250,000. Work has commenced on site. profit of $6,767.
Christmas Puddings Major beneficiaries This project started in 1978 and early returns were slow. However, from 1993 sales have Three major Rotary beneficiaries of Special boomed, and profit is now over $13,000. Club Efforts have been:-
Wine Bottling 3H Programme In 1978-79 the then Australian Rotary International President Clem Renouf These were quite frequent, and possibly even announced a commencement of a 2 year fund profitable, but due to evaporation, „necking' of raising of the 75th Anniversary Fund for the bottles, etc, profit on these events was never Development of the Rotary International‟s able to be firmly established. Do you Health, Hunger and Humanity Programme. remember.. „Ole Borer‟....„Pig Bin‟...‟Fathers Easier known as the 3H Programme, it was
8 8 initiated to improve health, alleviate hunger has funded research into Sudden Infant Death, and enhance human and social development as Environmental and Mental Health, and many a means of advancing international other research programmes in Australia. understanding, goodwill and peace. This Club POLIO PLUS became a Banner Club from its donations. A Rotary International Programme started in 1984-85 to immunise all the children in the ARHRF world. By 1992, Rotary, together with WHO Was started in 1981 by the Rotary Club of and UNICEF, had immunised an estimated Mornington to halt the „brain drain‟ of medical 80% of the world‟s children against 6 major researchers overseas, and is now the largest diseases, including polio. It is hoped to finalise independent research Foundation in Australia. this programme by Rotary International‟s The Australian Rotary Health Research Fund Centennial year, 2005. A spin-off from the 3H District Conferences held in Horsham 1987 1995: District Governor Barry Downs of District Governor Geoff Tually of Hamilton East Rotary Club approached the two Horsham East Rotary Club invited Horsham, Horsham Clubs and asked them to jointly Horsham East and Dimboola Clubs to jointly conduct his District Conference in 1987. The organise the 1995 District Conference. challenge was accepted, with PP Jim Amos of Horsham Club as Chairman, Geoff Leak as Under the Chairmanship of Geoff Leak, Secretary, Deputy Chairman PP Bill Ower of Deputy Chair Glen Savage, Secretary John Horsham East, and John Airey, Treasurer. Glover and Treasurer Trevor Bysouth, together with a combined team from the three Clubs, The Rotary International President‟s plus some Warracknabeal Rotarians, conducted Representative was Paulo V C da Costa, who what was voted the best ever „country in 1990-91 became Rotary International‟s fellowship‟ Conference. President himself. Keynote Speakers at our Second District Keynote Speakers for the Conference Conference were Mary Delahunty, TV were Paul Sheahan, Australian Test Cricketer Journalist & Politician, Les Twentyman, Social and Principal of Geelong College, Malcolm Worker, Roy Knudson, Australian Kidney Mackerras, Political Journalist, Len Beadell, Foundation, Frank Green, Victorian Police Explorer and Stephen Smith, Apex National (Traffic) and John Ackland, WGGTCo. President. The City welcomed 900 Rotarians, wives and exchange students. Again Horsham entertained over 960 visitors, only this time on the one campus at Various venues were used in Horsham. the Horsham Secondary College. The The Town Hall was the main auditorium, the Conference used the main Assembly Hall and Secondary School Hall was used for the men's several classrooms, and in one of the biggest luncheon and the skating rink was the venue marquees ever seen in Horsham, the main for the ladies‟ luncheon with a fashion parade. meals were served. Saturday night saw a bush band concert at the skating rink (Shades of Troopers Creek), a jazz Morning and afternoon teas were served concert at Jakades Restaurant (the Seaside in the school quadrangle. At the Conference, Stompers), and a piano recital by Mack Jost at Dimboola Club stalwart PP Roy Zanker was the Art Gallery. presented with a Paul Harris Fellowship.
Sunday‟s lunch was a pre-packed box- Entertainment was provided on Saturday lunch at the Sound Shell. All morning and night by the Secondary College Band, followed afternoon teas were partaken at Bethellford‟s by a group led by John Lidgerwood, which premises, while buses ferried people around included Judy Holah, Mal Meikle and Gordon the venues. Everything ran with military McKenzie. With prudent management, the precision. A Conference profit of $2,740 was District contribution of $14,000 was returned, struck after applying the District Conference and financial support given to local groups Allowance of $10,000. with the balance left.
9 9 Rotary Conventions in Australia Australian Rotary has hosted three R.I. Members of this Club have attended the three Conventions, the first by Sydney Club‟s in Conventions held in Australia. Others have 1971, Melbourne Club‟s in 1993, and been more fortunate, and attended Conventions Brisbane‟s turn in 2003. overseas.
Australia R.I. Presidents 1948-49 Angus S Mitchell, Melbourne Vic 1988-89 Royce Abbey, Essendon Vic 1978-79 Clem Renouf, Buderim Qld 1997-98 Glenn W Kinross, Brisbane Qld
10 10 Stewart Fiddes Brown
tewart F Brown was born in Albert Park, Melbourne on 5th January, Stewart was inducted into the Rotary 1906. He was educated at Fairfield Club of Horsham on 18th August, 1932, when S Primary School and later at it was in District 65, covering Western Melbourne High School. Australia, South Australia, Northern Territory, Tasmania and Victoria and into NSW to He matriculated and went to Melbourne Wagga. Horsham was the 22nd Club in University to study Law. He satisfactorily Australia being formed by the Ballarat Club. completed this study at age 20, too young to be admitted to the Bar, so he studied a further 2 Soon after, Horsham sponsored the 34th years in the Faculty of Commerce, and was Club in Australia, Warracknabeal. From his then admitted. induction, Stewart held almost every position in Club and District including Club President He was articled to Proudfoot and Horton (1939/40), Past District Governor (1956/57). from 1923 until 1929. On 1st April, 1929 Stewart arrived in Horsham after being He sailed to the USA where he attended admitted to law practice on 1st March that the District Governor‟s Assembly at Lake same year. Placid in May 1956, the Philadelphia Convention in June and then onto Rotary For five years he practiced law in International headquarters at Evanston, where partnership with Mr Norrie Muntz, later of he met the World President. Muntz and Maroney, Dimboola, after buying the Horsham practice of H. Balfour, Cathcart After a very successful year as District and Company. Governor of District 33, Stewart held his Conference in Warrnambool. The theme for On 26th October, 1929 he married that year was „Keep Rotary Simple‟, a theme Evelyn Rosetta Margaret Reaby at Canterbury, which Stewart followed for the rest of his life, and they settled in Horsham. They had one sharing his Rotary and it‟s philosophy with all son, Geoffrey, also a solicitor, now of whom he met, Rotarians, friends, clients and Melbourne, and a daughter, Margaret (Mrs acquaintances. Purviss, in Perth, W.A). During his year as District Governor he In 1934 Stewart bought out his Muntz & ordered the survey of Darwin for a future Maroney partner, and in 1938 moved from his Rotary Club - a fact two years later. office in Young Bros building to new brick premises at 74 Wilson Street. Stewart was a keen cricketer in his youth, and had an interest in football, tennis During the depression he represented and golf, and he worked hard to promote many Horsham and Wimmera people for little Longerenong Agricultural College as an or no remuneration, and was able to keep many academic centre of agricultural science. farmers on their land and ordinary people in their homes as a result. He was also interested in politics, commerce, economics and the Liberal Party. Alexander Proudfoot was employed in Together with Mr Ian Bennett he founded the his office from 1937 until 1940, and Wimmera Law Association, and he was the commenced in partnership with him in 1946 solicitor for the City of Horsham from 1929 after war service. until 1964.
Their association as Brown & Proudfoot He was an active member of the College continued until Mr Proudfoot‟s death in 1973, of District Governor‟s for many years even when Stewart retired from full-time practice to after his retirement. He was directly tend his roses at his home at 75 Natimuk Road instrumental in the forming of both the home after a coronary. He continued as a Warracknabeal and Dimboola Rotary Clubs. consultant with the firm until 1983.
11 11 California, past District Governors, and Club In all, Stewart devoted 62 years of his Presidents. life to Rotary, which both he and Evelyn loved. Stewart continued to give his advice and support to others, despite a long illness, with At the 1975 District Conference in Evelyn‟s help, until his death at his home in Geelong, Wilbur Pell, the Rotary International Horsham on the 22nd October, 1993. President‟s personal representative, presented Stewart with a Paul Harris Fellow recognition. He was buried at the Horsham Lawn Rotary‟s highest award was a fitting tribute to Cemetery 4 days later, the 64th anniversary of his magnificent contribution. At that stage, his marriage. Stewart had given over 40 years to his Rotary dream. Stewart‟s quiet dignity and oratory is sorely missed by all who knew him, not only In 1992, the Horsham Rotary Club by his fellow Rotarians. honoured Stewart with a special dinner to celebrate his 60th induction anniversary. He He will long be remembered. received presentations from RI President Clifford L. Dochterman, of Stockton,
12 12 Venues & Charges for Club Dinner Meetings
he first venue for Club meetings was accommodation at the hotels or cafes owing to Perrings Cafe in Firebrace Street, the numbers, was forced to go to the RSL Hall and T first meeting being held there on 5th the Buffs Hall. Meals were then supplied by a September, 1928. caterer, Mr Ted Omant.
For over 13 years, most meetings Shortly after this arrangement, the Club including Christmas and District Governors felt that the stewards were missing too much of Visits were held there. Rotarian George the meetings, and Mr Omant was approached Perring was a Foundation Member. to supply waitresses, which he did, and members paid an extra 1/- for their meal from In 1941 the cafe was taken over by Rtn 4th February 1959. The Club has continued to Ray Emanuel, and then by Rtn Mick Haranis. be served ever since. In 1947 the Club met for a time at the Central Cafe, returning to Perrings from 1948 until The cost of meals has increased over the 1951. years. At the start in 1928 a 3 course meal cost 1/6d. Prices had increased to 4/9d in 1952, Because membership was growing, new and by 1959 the cost was 7/-. premises were sought, and in 1951 the Club was meeting in the R.S.L Memorial Hall and In 1967 a meal cost $1.10, 1978: $4.00, from September 1959 the Buffs Hall. 1979: $4.50, 1980: $5.00, 1981: $6.00, rising progressively to $8.00 in September 1983, Larger or special meetings were held which included a 50c exchange student levy. either in the Masonic Hall or the Town Hall. The Club then moved to the Royal Hotel in In July 1984, the Club decided to keep 1961, to the Locarno Hotel in December 1962 costs down, and opted for a two-course meal at and finally the La Fontana Restaurant in 1971. $8.00. Wives and guests were charged only $7.00, the $1 difference being 50c for the Accommodation has always been exchange student, and 50c for the soft drink on difficult to obtain owing to our number of the table and the guest speakers meal. members, but this Club has remained at the same venue since 1971. La Fontana was later In July 1989 the cost had risen to $9.50 renamed Jakades Restaurant, and more recently to everyone. In 1992 it rose to $10.50 and in the Horsham Sports & Community Club. 1995 to $13.00.
Until the 4th February, 1959, the Club By 2002 the charge rose to $14.50, a appointed a roster of members to act as cost which included a 50c surcharge for stewards for serving meals at meetings. Their exchange student expenses and 50c for the duties were to wait on the tables, serve the Heads & Tails competition. There was no meal, then clear the tables afterwards. discount for guests. In March 2003 the cost increased to $16.00. In Perrings and the Central Cafe, the Rotarians met in an upstairs room and contact Fines were generally 2/-, but were with the kitchen was made via a dumb waiter discretionary, depending on the severity of the (lift). This was a box approx. 2‟6” x 3‟, sin, from 2d to £2. Birthday fines rose to 5/- attached to a rope and balanced by a weight on for a number of years, then abolished for a the other end. period, and reintroduced on 21st June 1961 at $1.00. This box was filled with a number of meals at the kitchen and would then be pulled This amount was increased to $2.00 in up to the dining room and distributed by the August 1978. The fine for general stewards. misdemeanours, originally 2/- (20c), was increased to 50c in July 1989, an amount that The only contact with the kitchen staff was still current in 2002. was to call down through the well. Although unusual, this method was very effective. At one stage a new car purchase incurred The Rotary Club, not being able to find a fine of $2.00, and all anniversaries were
13 13 $1.00. Club subscription originally in 1928 Our earliest record of affiliation to RI in the was £6/5/0 [$12.50. By 1978 these were set at USA, the 1st January 1933, shows the $36.00 per annum, 1989: $130.00, rising to exchange rate as A£1 buying US$4.866, or $165.00 in 1993, to $175.00 in 1997, to A$1= US$2.433. $180.00 in 1998, $185.00 in 1999 and by 2003 had risen to $230.00. This figure covers our In 1975, an Australian Dollar would buy Club costs for Administration, Bulletin, etc, only US$1.24. By March 2003 our A$1 was District costs including Administration, worth only US$0.58c, but has risen to US0.69 Conference, Club Insurance [Property, as at 16th October 2003. Personal and Liability] for members and family members, and the Club‟s affiliation with Rotary International.
14 14 The First Nine Months - Birth of a Rotary Club - 1928-1929
he Formation Meeting for invited Rotary Club of Horsham. It was also decided gentlemen was held in the Horsham that the Club would meet weekly at Perrings T Town Hall on Saturday, 25th August Cafe, at a cost of 1/6d, on every Wednesday 1928, and attended by 23 of Horsham‟s leading evening. business and professional men. Charter President: L e s l i e R This meeting was called by Ballarat Brookes Rotarians - President Mr C.P.A. Taylor, Past Vice President: Jack Bennett President W.J. Pullum, and Secretary Rotarian Secretary: William Lyons L Maddern, all members of the Rotary Club of Treasurer: Henry Goode Ballarat, which was our sponsoring Club for Sergeant at Arms: Jack Barnes membership to Rotary International. Board of Directors: H Smith, C McDonald, G Gardiner and J V S Horsham men who attended the interest Ward. meeting were :- The territory allotted to Horsham Club David Anderson, Auctioneer was within the Town of Horsham to a radius of James Barnes, Veterinary Surgeon 20 miles (32 km) of the Civic Centre. Annual fees were set at £1/-/-, with an Entrance and John Bennett, Solicitor First Membership Fee of £5/5/- to defray the Leslie R Brookes, Principal - High School costs of badges, books, etc.
Jack Crase, Men's Wear Retailer The Board of Directors approached Mr Sam G George Gardiner, Manager AMP Cahill, photographer and a group photograph Henry E Goode, Manager Union Bank of Charter members was taken at a cost of £7/08/9d. at his studio. Reg Grant, Dentist Alfred Langlands, Wine & Spirit Retailer The first meeting of the Board was on the 8th October 1928 also at Perring's Cafe, Frank Langlands, General Merchandise Retail and arrangements made for the Inaugural Percy Learmonth, Water supply Engineer Dinner Meeting on Wednesday, the 10th William Lyons, Postmaster October 1928.
Chas W McDonald, Building Contractor Catering was in the hands of Rotarian Frank Miller, Grazier & Financier George Perring, and it was not to cost more than 7/6d a head - members paying 7/6d and George Perring, Cafe Proprietor guests paying 2/6d a head, with the 5/- balance Rev Ernest (Ben) Petherick, Religion (Pres) made up by the Club. Dinner dress was William Pryor, Town Clerk obligatory, and the Press were guests of the Club. Charles Rennison, Jeweller Harold Smith, Hardware Retail & Sawmiller The Board of Directors met the Melbourne-Ballarat train and six of the Fred Tucker, Furniture Retailer Directors conveyed the visitors “in their Jack V.S Ward, Horsham Times Ppr. motors” to the Exchange Hotel, where they George White, Manager, Wilson Bolton‟s stayed overnight. They later walked as a group to Perring's Cafe at 8.00 pm. for the Dinner. Doctor J.G.Roy Felstead was at the meeting but due to business pressure did not join. The meeting was chaired by President C.P.A.Taylor of the Ballarat Club, who This group of local identities first met as presented the new Club with a „beautiful‟ a Club on Wednesday, 5th September 1928 at mace. Secretary L Maddern also of Ballarat Perrings Cafe, later the Niagara Cafe, and now gave a „wonderful‟ address on “Practical Brian Murray‟s Camera World and elected the Idealism”, and on this note the Inaugural following as the first Board of Directors of the Dinner Meeting closed.
15 15 19th December, 1928 saw the first Ladies of Rotary International, elected 2nd Vice Night, the Christmas Dinner, also held at President in 1932/33. Perring‟s with 21 members present and 28 guests. The special cost for the night was 4/6d. Only 27 weekly meetings were held in the first year, plus 6 Board Meetings. On Wednesday 6th February 1929 the Charter Presentation Dinner was held again at Youth was always the main topic of any Perring's Cafe. The actual presentation of the discussion, and Boys Week was celebrated on Charter was made by Ballarat President Wednesday, 1st May 1929, when Boy Scout C.P.A.Taylor, standing in for District Governor Patrol Leaders were guests of the Club. An Fred Birks, who was unable to be present due to address was given by Rotarian A. Chambers of illness. Melbourne Club. Rtn. Ern Petherick was an early scoutmaster. Guests included 1 from The Rotary Club of Melbourne (Ballarat‟s sponsoring club), 8 A High School Hostel was being looked from Ballarat Club and 6 representing the soon- at as a future project, while a detailed and to-be chartered Rotary Club of Mount Gambier. exhaustive survey of local Industrial and Rotarian John Bennett submitted the Toast to Commercial possibilities was envisaged which Rotary. could provide potential employment for local boys and girls. Other addresses were given by Rotarian Arthur Chambers, Rotary Club of Melbourne, During the 27weeks, other guest speakers on his recent trip to the 2nd Pacific Conference included William Heughen, famous Scottish in Japan, and Rotarian Len Maddern of Ballarat singer and actor, Dr Rudolph Kuraz, Australian RC. who spoke on his visit to Rotary Consul General for Czechoslovakia and International Headquarters at Evanston, Illinois, Rotarian E Peacock of Melbourne Rotary Club, USA. Throughout the evening guests were as well as a number of our own members. entertained with musical and vocal offerings. Fellowship was to be the Clubs‟ heart and Horsham‟s Charter, Number 2985, was soul, and the committee organised 2 Ladies signed and dated on 5th November, 1928, at Nights, 2 Men's Social nights, including a Club Rotary International Headquarters. The Rotary visit to the Rotary Club of Mount Gambier‟s Club of Melbourne was Australia‟s first Rotary Charter Dinner. Club, chartered on 1st April, 1921. During this first year, both the Vocational They in turn sponsored Ballarat, who and International Committees also looked to were chartered on 15 December 1925. Horsham local youth as their primary target. The first was the 22nd Club chartered in Australia, in the year was a period mainly of Rotary education. then District Number 65. [Ref: PDG Stewart F The Board could not have foreseen the future Brown - Bulletin 10/10/1986]. Depression Years in the Thirties.
At the 1929 District Conference in the And so the fledgling Rotary Club finished newly established National Capital, Canberra, the formal part of its first year, alive, but Secretary William Lyons represented the fighting for its existence - the bank balance Horsham Rotary Club, at a District Conference showed a debt to the Bank of £32/19/8d. for the first time.
Recovering from his illness, the District Governor, Fred Birks, of the Rotary Club of Sydney, made his official visit on Monday 29th April 1929. A special lunch time meeting was arranged in lieu of the usual evening meeting.
It is interesting to note his term as District Governor was for two years. District 65 then covered the entire Australian continent, and the extra year allowed him to visit every club in his District. Fred was the first Australian Director
16 16 Diary of Events & Activities
members. 1929-1930 There were 47 weekly meetings during the year, with 7 separate Board Meetings. Board of Directors President: John Bennett, Solicitor. The Fellowship Committee organised Vice President: H Smith; two Ladies Nights, one the annual Christmas Secretary: W H Lyons; Dinner with 25 Rotarians and 25 wives Treasurer: H E Goode; attending, and on 4th July 1929 the installation SAA: J Barnes; of the 1929/30 Board with 19 members and 26 Directors: guests present. L R Brookes, G H P Gardiner, C W McDonald, J Crase & F B Langlands In November, Fellowship arranged a visit by 9 Ararat Rotarians to our meeting. A District Governor C C Holtz visited in October great night of song and interesting addresses during „Back to Horsham Week‟. ensued. Club Membership increased to 26, and the finances of the Club improved Again, Youth was the main thrust of the dramatically, finishing with a credit balance of Club, with the Community Service, Vocational £14/13/4d. Service and International Committees all contributing to this Club effort. The Boy The District Assembly (for all Australia) Scouts and Girl Guides were the organisations was held at Scott‟s Hotel, Collins Street, receiving the most attention, although Melbourne and Vice-President Horrie Smith preliminary discussions were in train toward and William Lyons. Our Secretary attended on the formation of Young Farmer Clubs around behalf of the Club. the Horsham District. The 3rd Pacific Conference and The formation of a Horsham Boy Australian District Conference was held in Scouts Committee was discussed on 14th Sydney and President John Bennett represented August 1929, where Mr C W Game, State the Club at the joint Conferences. Organising Commissioner of the Boy Scout Association, spoke to the Club luncheon in It is interesting to note that committees connection with the Aims, Methods and Needs collaborated on the one goal, and in the early of Scouting. The Club devoted a lot of time years Youth had all the Club‟s attention. In a assisting Mr Game in the formation of a Troop few years time the Club would look to local Committee, which was formed on 21 August Community works for its main projects. 1929, at a public meeting in the Horsham Town Hall. 1930-1931 Many Rotarians were represented on the committee and did excellent work in the Board of Directors interests of scouting. On the 30th April, 1930, President: Harold Smith, Hardware the Rotary Club entertained 93 guests which Retail and Saw Miller included Girl Guides, Boy Scouts and Cubs Vice President: J Crase accompanied by their Commissioners and Secretary: W H Lyons Leaders. Later in the afternoon, Rotarians Treasurer: H E Goode attended the opening of the new Scout Club SAA: J Barnes Rooms. A levy of 7/1d was struck by the Directors: Board on members to pay for the 93 guests at R S Grant, C W McDonald, F Langlands, L R the luncheon. Brookes & J Bennett
Programs throughout the year included During the year the Committee in charge the District Governors Visit, Christmas Dinner, of Youth Organisations, with Reg Grant as a visit by Rotarian E R Peacock from Chairman, together with Jack Crase and Bob Melbourne Club, together with 14 visiting Newton, was very active, as were two other guest speakers, the balance our own Club Rotarians who were on the Executive
17 17 committee of the Horsham Boy Scouts. Due to replaced H E Goode, D Clark replaced J the interest taken by Rotary, scouting was Morrow. showing a distinct revival. On 29th April, The Red Letter day for the Club in 1931- 1931, the Club entertained Girl Guides, Boy 32 was the attendance of their excellencies, Sir Scouts and Cubs, and their leaders in the William Irvine, Lieutenant-Governor of Presbyterian Hall, the entertainment taking the Victoria, and Lady Irvine at the weekly form of a social night in which the guests were meeting in the Masonic Hall during Horsham treated to sleight of hand, moving pictures, Show week. Borough and Shire Councillors comic songs and ventriloquism, all of which together with their wives and friends were greatly appreciated by the audience. combined with the members and their wives to make this a very enjoyable function. Sir This was followed by supper, with William was an Honorary Member of the Rotarians acting as waiters. The guests did full Rotary Club of Melbourne. justice to the supper. Membership slipped to 21 while the This year the Club passed through what bank balance showed a credit of £23/2/7d. was to be the worst time ever experienced in the Wimmera - known since as „the Depression This was a year of consolidation, with Years”. some projects put on hold until the members and the community were able to support such President Harold Smith said that the efforts. weekly luncheons and mutual friendships formed had been well worth while, and the At a Directors‟ meeting held on 7th balance sheet proved this. In 1928-29 the Club October, 1931, the Directors discussed the was overdrawn at the bank £32/19/8d, 1929-30 possibility of establishing Young Farmers showed a credit balance of £14/13/4d, while Clubs throughout the Horsham District, and 1930-31 finished with the Club in credit to the finally in 1932, through the efforts of the amount of £22/16/1d. Rotary Club and a local executive committee, the Club was successful in establishing Meanwhile however, membership had branches of the Young Farmers Club at Haven, dropped to 22, a concern to the Board. Average Pimpinio and Horsham. attendance per month was 66.62%. This was due to business problems and even failure, unemployment and families leaving the 1932-1933 Wimmera. Board of Directors During this year three Ladies Nights President: Frank Langlands, were held, the first on 2nd July, 1930, the Department Stores installation of Officers, where 15 members and Vice President: G B Woodgate 29 guests attended. Although the Club Secretary: R S Newton members considered the year a poor one for Treasurer: R S Grant Rotary Service, the ladies, guests and members SAA: J Barnes declared all Ladies Nights a success. At one Directors: stage during the year membership dropped to J Crase, J Barnes, D Clark, & H Smith 15. Youth was again the main thrust of club committees. Another Boys and Girls Week 1931-1932 was arranged, and some 30 children from the Horsham High School and the Convent were Board of Directors taken on a number of outings by Rotarians, President: Jack Crase, Accountant who provided their cars and drove the students Vice President: H Smith to places of interest. Secretary: W H Lyons Treasurer: H E Goode/J Morrow The first trip was to Murra Warra, where SAA: J Barnes they were able to view the reservoir and Directors: channels being constructed by the State Rivers F Langlands, R S Grant, G B Woodgate, L R and Water Supply Commission, in connection Brookes replaced by N C Newton, J Morrow with the conservation and distribution of water
18 18 through the Wimmera-Mallee Irrigation Nights. Guest speakers were again from our System. Full particulars of the work in own ranks, supplemented with DG Sinclair progress was explained by Rotarian Don Clark, McGibbon, Professor Osborne, Melbourne RC; the Officer in Charge. and ten other invited speakers.
Another outing was arranged to Stewart Brown was inducted into this Longerenong Agricultural College at Dooen. Club on 18th August 1932, having purchased On arrival the party was welcomed by Rotarian the practice of Mr H Balfour Cathcart in George Woodgate, Principal of the College, Horsham in 1929. Later in that year Stewart who gave a brief outline of the College, its past married Evelyn Reaby, of Melbourne. During and present activities. They were then the depression, he helped many families in entertained at afternoon tea, after which they Horsham and the Wimmera, giving his advice were divided into two parties, one in the charge free, and often on their behalf obtaining of Rotarian George Woodgate, the other by valuable time to allow them to get back on Ivan Tulloh, the farm manager, and a tour of their feet. He suffered a coronary in 1970, the college farm taken and all workings retiring from active business life two years explained. Judging by the expressions of the later. He held most Club positions before students, a profitable and pleasurable time was becoming President in 1939-1940, and after spent in both outings. that many District positions. At the 1954-55 District Conference he was appointed District On 10th August 1932, the Board Governor 1956-57. directed President Frank Langlands to contact the State Rivers and Water Supply with a view During his term as President he had to obtaining pieces of land to establish formed a friendship with Sir Angus Mitchell, plantations and picnic grounds. In 1933 who was District Governor in that year. Sir Rotarian Don Clark (SR&WS) was given Angus visited Horsham often, as a Director of charge of the plantations, and arranged the Nuske Consolidated Industries, and always grading and fencing of the Green Lake area, made a visit to this Club. He had many friends and this was achieved with the help of the within our Club. Angus Mitchell, Rotary Club Country Roads Board. of Melbourne became President of Rotary International in 1948-1949. He died in 1961. A day was set aside for the planting of the pine trees and a number of Rotarians, Stewart Brown was this Clubs „Grand assisted by school children from State School Father‟, and always willing to pass on his No. 298 planted 400 pine trees on the north knowledge of Rotary and general knowledge to side of Green Lake, and the 150 trees left over all. He received his Paul Harris Fellowship were taken to Taylor's Lake, planted and Award at the District Conference in 1975. guards placed around them. Stewart passed away on 22nd October 1993, aged 87, having actively and tirelessly worked he Club then allotted each Rotarian a for Rotary for over 60 years. certain number of trees to look after. Water had to be carried from the Lake in buckets; Our bank manager was happier this year, weeding and digging around was also part of finishing with a final credit balance of each Rotarians work. Keen interest was taken £50/6/4d, and the Club felt confident enough to with this work, and the trees did beautify the make a donation of £2/0/0 towards Boys and area. Girls Week.
In 1941 signboards were commissioned, President Frank Langlands at his and erected at the Green Lake and Dock Lake induction, said that the Young Farmers Clubs Plantations. They read “THE ROTARY established within our territory were fast CLUB - HORSHAM PLANTATIONS”] becoming objects of pride to Rotarians who were practically responsible for their Membership in this year rose to 24, a functioning, and asked the members to loss of 4 but with 7 new inductions, attendance consider the possibility of more new clubs in also was rising, to 80.35% - the effects of the our area. So during the year three new clubs depression were starting to ease. were established at Jung, Dooen and Dooen North. The ladies were invited to two Ladies
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At a luncheon held in Horsham, the Tea was provided at Green Lake after a Young Farmers Club were guests of the Rotary very enjoyable day. Sunday‟s finale was a Club. During this dinner, Rotarian Past Pleasant Sunday Afternoon for the children of President Jim Sawyer was appointed „Father of the town, held in the Horsham Theatre. the Dooen North Young Farmers Club.‟ Speakers were the Mayor, Rotarian J Barnes, and Mr Hughes, assisted by the Horsham Choristers and Miss Joan Jones, followed by 1933-1934 community singing. Rotarian Don Clark stated in his report that this week was the best Board of Directors in the history of Horsham Rotary Club, and President: George Woodgate, asked that Youth Week be repeated again next School Principal year. Vice President: R S Grant Secretary: R Newton Meanwhile, Horsham continued its post Treasurer: J Crase Depression surge: membership increased to 30, SAA: P Oates and attendance averaged 88.17%. Eleven Directors invited speakers spoke to the Club, including H Smith, J Barnes, H Charlton, D Clark & F Messrs Middleton and Must of Apex Club of Langlands. Ballarat. By now our finances were good with a credit balance at the end of the year of Youth Week was proving so successful £82/5/4d. that the Club decided to extend this project, and in 1933-34 the whole week was given by President George Woodgate asked for at the Rotarians to the youth of Horsham and least one meeting with 100% attendance. He district. On Monday morning, students from got five during his year. This year the Club Horsham High and the Convent proceeded to actually held three Ladies Nights. The District Longerenong College for a tour as in previous Assembly was held at Craig's Hotel, Ballarat, years. and the annual Conference at Mount Gambier.
Tuesday night was the usual weekly On 7th May 1934, our Club paid its first dinner meeting, with each Rotarian being Official Visit to our own sponsored Club, asked to bring one or more children as his Warracknabeal, for its combined Inaugural and guests. Rotarian J Morrow arranged with his Charter Dinner. firm, Shell Oil Company, to show a film entitled „McRobertson‟s Tour Around 1933-34 saw the Community Service Australia‟. Intense enthusiasm was shown and Committee direct some of their activities, for the children pronounced the evening a years concentrated on Youth affairs, to raising wonderful success. money for the Horsham Base Hospital. The money raising scheme was taken up very On Wednesday Rotarians took thirty enthusiastically by members, with the objective students from the Horsham High School and of raising £50/0/0d by means of a Hoop-La the Convent to the Stawell Woollen Mills. Stall, assisted by wives and daughters who kindly donated gifts, and Mr Dahlenburg, M The management of the mill donated White and S Davey, who also helped on the four suit lengths, 2 for girls and 2 for boys who stall. This effort was successful in raising the wrote the best essay on the visit. Afternoon tea sum of £63/10/-d. was provided by the Club. Winners were Jean White and Beth Dougall, and Noel Glancy and At the 1933 Horsham Agricultural J. Farish. Show, a special section was made available for Young Farmers exhibits. It was well supported On Thursday, Rotarians Gordon Forsyth by district young farmers, and so much interest and Stewart Brown delivered addresses at the was shown by the public that Show officials Horsham Elementary and High Schools. and members of the Young Farmers Clubs started planning for the 1934 Show. On Saturday, trucks and cars were made available by the Club for a tour of the new Past President Frank Langlands stated Mount Zero water scheme by 100 students of that the Young Farmer Clubs were a great the Elementary and Catholic schools. achievement and there was no doubt that the 20 20 movement would sweep the State of Victoria. Melbourne in March, and was attended by Paul Through the co-operation of Rotarian Harris and his wife - 8 Horsham Rotarians Morrie Smith, the Club was able to obtain were in attendance. temporary Commonwealth Bank premises for the Young Farmers Club and further help was Community Services‟ big effort was again given by Rotarians at a field Ddy organised by helping with the Hospital Carnival. The Hoop- the Young Farmers themselves. la and Chocolate Wheel were operated by Rotarians and raised £84/0/0. In addition, a cot was placed in the hospital, made possible by 1934-1935 donations subscribed to by Club members.
Board of Directors President: Reg Grant, Dentist 1935-1936 Vice President: H Charlton Secretary: R Newton Board Of Directors: Treasurer: J Crase President: Jack Barnes, Veterinary SAA: P Oates Surgeon Directors: Vice President: H Radford F Langlands, J Barnes, D Clark, S F Brown & Secretary: H Charlton G Woodgate. Treasurer: H Barbour SAA: P Oates District Governor Angus Mitchell made Directors: his official visit to Horsham on 4th December, S F Brown, J Foster, R S Grant, F Langlands & 1934, and received a 100% attendance of G Woodgate. members. In addition to his official Club visit, Angus made a personal call on every available Youth was the main area to suffer due to Rotarian at his place of business. This kindly a membership drop and other projects already act was much appreciated. Membership was undertaken. The two Rotary members agreed 26, with attendance of 83.86%. to continue on their positions on the Boy Scouts Committee, and a donation of £5/0/0d Among several notable speakers during was made to strengthen the movement in the year, Dr Kagawa gave an interesting and Horsham. instructive address on the Economic and Rural conditions in Japan. The ladies again were Fellowship were able to hold three entertained on their usual two nights, while our Ladies Nights during the year, it is interesting treasurer announced a credit of £69/1/1d, to note ladies were not invited to the District interest received was 1/10d. Governor‟s official visit.
Boys and Girls Week would again take Many non-Rotarians were invited to up a week full of activities, with the main speak during the year, including Reverend B L attraction a hobbies exhibition. This was held Semmens on three occasions, James McRae, in the Methodist Church Hall. the Director of Education in Victoria, Mr T H Scholfield MLA; Mr Reid, Auditor of the Bank Other events were run on similar lines to of NSW; Mr Van de Veldt of Kodak, A J the two previous years, and concluded with a Vasey of Victorian Department of Agriculture Pleasant Sunday Afternoon at the Horsham and Mr Haynes, Installing Engineer at Western Theatre. Speakers were the Mayor, followed Regional Broadcasting Station, in addition to by Rotarian J Barnes. The main address was our own members. given by Reverend Britton of Melbourne on „The Challenge of Youth”. Vocal numbers Another 220 trees were planted at Dock were contributed by Miss Joan Jones and Mr J Lake, making 370 in all. Hoskin. Several Inter-club visits were arranged. The District Assembly was held at the The first one was to Ararat, later with Australia Hotel, Collins Street, Melbourne, Warracknabeal Club coming to Horsham shortly after Angus Mitchell‟s return from the following a challenge of a Tournament at USA. Horsham Bowling Club. The Club once again manned the booths at the Annual Hospital Fair. The Annual Conference was also held in
21 21 This year‟s District Assembly was held talks, which were a great success [and are still at Scot's Hotel, 440 Collins Street, Melbourne; in our 75th year]. while the Annual Conference organised in Adelaide. Chairman Bob Newton reported in the Finances allowed for larger cash Annual Report: donations to be made, and from a credit „I would like to emphasise early in my balance of £77/18/2d, donations were given to report that the value of my committee, the Boy Scouts £5/0/0d. The hospital received Vocational, cannot be accessed in spectacular £21/0/0d. Bank interest this year amounted to works as is the case of other committees. it is £1/2/6d. Starting this year, presentations were the opinion of members of the committee that given to guest speakers, etc, and these they are the „policemen‟ of Rotary, whereby all amounted to a Club cost of £10/16/0d. members are educated, and we hope, inspired to take into their professions and callings the teachings of Rotary. 1936-1937 The work of my committee is to see that Board of Directors: each member of the Rotary Club of Horsham is President: Henry Radford, headmaster seized with the fact that he is an ambassador 298 School from his profession to Rotary, and from Rotary Vice President: S F Brown to his profession. It is calling men in their Secretary: P Oates professions to a higher life of service for their Treasurer: H Barbour colleagues and the community as a whole.‟ SAA: J Foster, replaced by J Sawyer Like the Vocational Committee, the Directors: International Service Committee had J Barnes, J M Johns, R Newton, G Woodgate, committed all its efforts to Youth in Horsham & F Langlands. for its first eight years.
Aided by the induction of 7 new It now looked to its Internationality and members, the Youth Week program was again contact was sought through correspondence to successfully staged. The Clubs main project selected overseas Clubs, for inspiration in involved twelve members with their cars planning future projects. Reverend B L loaded with boys and girls making a trip Semmens was again invited to speak on through the Grampians to the Victoria Valley International subjects and it was suggested that where a picnic lunch was provided for all. “Nationals of other countries” living in Horsham be invited to join the Club The Students were then taken to the Wimmera-Mallee Water Scheme headwaters The Club finished with a credit of area, and the entire scheme explained to them. £94/6/11d in the bank, and donations were This was a full days outing. The balance of the given to the Arts & Crafts Room: £5/0/0; the week included a tour of Longerenong College, Joan Jones Testimonial: £3/3/0d; and an and finished with a Sunday Concert. amount towards new Horsham Band Uniforms £3/0/0d. An area of land on the Hamilton Road, near Haven was fenced off by the Wimmera A cairn was erected by the Club on the Shire Council and planted with pine trees by Western Highway between Green Lake and Rotarians over a weekend working bee. Dock Lake in honour of Major Mitchell, who Afternoon teas were supplied by Rotarians passed between the lakes on his journey of Clem Perrin and George Perring. Some exploration in July, 1836. The cost of the cairn evidence of this plantation is still evident. was £16/19/11d.
The Annual Hospital Carnival was Several members and their wives postponed because of inclement weather, but a enjoyed the hospitality of the Ararat Club‟s cash donation was made by the Club to keep Inter-Club rally, and several members and their the cash flow open. wives attended the Conference in Hobart.
In 1936 the Vocational Service Committee started implementing „My Job‟
22 22 on trips and doing what we could to help them 1937-1938 obtain positions.
Board of Directors: More trees were planted at Dock Lake, President: Don Clark, State Water and the Club has now the satisfaction of seeing Engineer what was recently a bare piece of ground Vice President: Dr G Forsyth transformed to a beautiful picnic ground, with Secretary: P Oates a full sized football ground and dressing sheds Treasurer: C H Sherman and all due to the efforts of this Club working SAA: J Sawyer with the Country Roads Board and State Rivers Directors: and Water Commission (whose local managers H Radford; R Newton; S F Brown: G Salmon. are members of Horsham Rotary).
Membership rose to 32 members, the Following a report by Rtn Reg Mumme, highest since the Club began. Programmes of Geelong Rotary, stating that Vocational during the year included 6 visiting speakers Service was not a „Cinderella‟ Committee, and and 6 „My Job‟ talks by new members. functioned better in small, country Clubs, our committee pushed for more Job and Vocational The District Conference was in Perth talks in the weekly programming. and 4 members attended on behalf of the Club. Addresses on International topics aimed Youth Week, renamed from Boys and at broadening members‟ outlooks and Girls Week, was again given highest priority developing a deeper interest in other lands by the Club, with Primary children joining were given. Subjects such as „How Rotary is Secondary students. Rotarians gave a number Governed, and its world-wide influence‟; the of addresses on citizenship to the High School Peninsula of Sinai and the British Governments and the Primary School. problems there; Impressions from a trip to Europe; Canada‟s place in the Commonwealth Parties of students were conducted over of Nations; The Jew; Customs of the people of Longerenong Agricultural College, Town Tonga; etc. Council‟s various undertakings, local industries such as Noske‟s Flour Mill, the Letters were again sent to overseas Butter Factory and Dooen Wireless Station as Rotary clubs and several replies received. A well as a number of other industries. cheque of £5/0/0d was sent to the Rotary Club of Shanghai in response to a plea for help. A picture night was also given for the children of the town. Another important outing At the end of our first decade, the Club this year, in conjunction with the Apex Club, had withstood the Depression period, and held was provided for some 20 inmates of the £84/7/3d at the bank. Interest received this year Infantile Paralysis Section of Wimmera Base was 4/4d. Hospital to the Grampians. A Ladies Evening and Mock Court, with Later, when it was found that these fines, raised £3/0/0d, and a further donation of children had recovered sufficiently to resume £3/0/0d given to the Cancer Appeal. £20/0/0d some small activity, the Club provided was incurred with Dock Lake plantation specially designed easels and blackboards for improvements, and an amount of £12/0/0d instruction purposes. Because of this outbreak handed to the High School for Scholarships to of Infantile Paralysis, all major public Janet Irving and John McAuley. gatherings were banned, causing the hospital‟s carnival cancellation. Members made a direct During the Years 1938-1946 Club contribution of £12/10/0d. records are almost non-existent. PP Don Garth used press cuttings and interviewed Rtn Gordon Forsyth reported to the Club members and widows over the period 1970-76 that numbers of crippled children were not in preparation for his „Fiftieth Year „ sufficient in the Wimmera to warrant the publication - unfortunately, these notes have formation of a branch of the Crippled been destroyed. Children‟s Society, but asked that as Rotarians we should assist these children by taking them To fill in any gaps, archival copies of the
23 23 „Horsham Times‟ were read to check dates and obtain extra information, without much success. Stewart Brown was in charge of the Rotary was fighting it‟s own war. Vocational Service Committee (spelt Vacational)and offered a continuation of „My 1938-1939 Job‟ and Vocational talks, regular visits to local businesses, support of other Rotary Clubs
projects, and produced a playlet on Vocation Board of Directors written by Geelong Rotarian Reg Mumme, a President: Robert Newton past member and regular visitor to our Club. Vice President: A Wood Secretary: P Oates With regard to membership, it was Treasurer: C H Sherman moved that any member would retain his SAA: D Wallis membership while on Active Service with the Directors: Second AIF or other branch of the Military. G Forsyth, G Salmon, S F Brown, W Gunn, J Sawyer, D Clark, & F Langlands. Rotarian Harry Radford stated that the Hamilton Road Reserve needed more trees. President Bob Newton returned from the This request was agreed to and a working bee Perth Conference convinced more than ever formed to finish the work. that we had a lot to learn about Fellowship, and asked Directors to plan the year ahead with From the Balance Sheet of the Year, fellowship in mind, and circulated a copy of his donations were made to:- Club Plans for the year. He hoped for regular Inter-club meetings between Horsham, Horsham Primary School No. 298 Warracknabeal, Ararat and Hamilton to give £18/5/0d members the opportunity of meeting one Ladies Benevolent Fund 5/5/0d another. Hospital Cheer Guy Fawkes Night 7/0d Christmas Cheer 10/0d Other plans were for regular cricket Bush Fire Relief 5/5/0d match‟s and bowls tournaments against local High School Scholarship 6/2/6d organisations, a monthly Heckle Hour, and a Youth Week Picture and Transport 7/2/8d special monthly feature could be incorporated into the club‟s programme. 1939-1940 International Committee planned regular talks by speakers on a variety of overseas Board of Directors themes, with a visit by at least Consul or Pro- President: Stewart F Brown, Solicitor Consul of another country visit and speak Vice President: N L Jamieson during the year. Secretary: P Oates Treasurer: C H Sherman The project of writing to Rotarians SAA: R Ludbrook overseas with a similar Classification was Directors: encouraged, and the preparation of a Club H Radford, F Langlands, G Forsyth, R Newton, Banner for exchange with other Clubs was G Salmon, W Gunn, J Sawyer, & A Colville. pursued. The reading of extracts of „The Rotarian‟ be a part of each meeting was also Records of Stewart Brown‟s year are few commenced. in the Clubs files, and mention only that a donation of £3/3/0d was given to provide milk Youth Week was still a priority, with for neglected children. regular transport and outings for the crippled Also, as a note, it was decided that, after children from the Wimmera Base Hospital, lengthy discussion, the prevailing war-time continue help with the Hospital Carnival, offer conditions might continue for some months, assistance to local benevolent institutions, and the usual Christmas Ladies Night would be including Red Cross, and Local Government to postponed, and should the Bowling Club be assist in recently established gardens. available in February, a “Ladies Night on the Green” could be in lieu. The Club‟s own plantations around the A picnic at Great Western Winery was district were to be restored and upgraded. evidently a great hit with members, and Youth
24 24 Week continued as usual. Infant Welfare: £3/3/-d; Children's Milk: £2/0/8d and the Ladies Benevolent Society President Stewart attended the District £5/5/0d. Conference in Melbourne and continued his friendship with DG Angus Mitchell, one that would last many years to this Clubs benefit. 1941-1942
Disbursements were made during the Board of Directors year to:- Infant Welfare: £12/0/0d; Relief President: James Sawyer, Real Longerenong College Domestic Staff : Estate £10/0/0d; Comforts Fund: £30/0/0d; Vice President: R Ludbrook Ambulance Fund: £20/0/0d; Soldiers Comfort Secretary: P Oates Fund: £2/0/0d; Ladies Benevolent Fund: Treasurer: C H Sherman £5/5/0d; High School Scholarship:£6/0/0d; SAA: W Lawrence Hospital Carnival: £2/2/0d; Conroy Milk Directors: Supply: £1/0/8d and the Hospital Christmas F Langlands, N Jamieson, A Colville, S F Cheer: £1/17/9d. Brown, W Gunn, D Wallis, & G Forsyth.
The account for the two signboards at 1940-1941 Green Lake and Dock Lake amounted to the sum of £6/0/0d, and were placed at the lakes Board of Directors early in summer for publicity purposes. President: Nelson Love Jamieson Vice President: J Sawyer The Club purchased 50 War Savings Secretary: P Oates Certificates on the motion of Frank Langlands Treasurer: C H Sherman and Gordon Forsyth. SAA: R Ludbrook Directors: President Jim Sawyer was given F Langlands, S F Brown, D Wallis, H Bartlett, permission to purchase a quantity orange and A Tapfield, A Colville, G Forsyth, & W lemon trees, six of each to be planted in the Gunn. hospital grounds, with the balance along Hamilton Street surrounding Bolton Park. During the year the Club donated £5/0/0d to the Prisoner of War Appeal and a In his Annual report President Jim further £5/0/0d to the Ladies Auxiliary of the Sawyer stated „Although attendance at our R.S.S.A.I.L.A. weekly luncheons at times might be better, when consideration is given to present The Pine Lake plantation was still being conditions, there is little ground for complaint, worked on, and the preparation was completed and I am pleased to state that the percentage is by Rtn Don Clark who had also watered the steadily increasing. trees during the summer months. It was my ambition on taking office, to It was decided to place signboards at increase membership, and this has been both Green Lake and Dock Lake, and Rtn H le accomplished by enrolling eight new members. Plastrier was asked to arrange for their What is of most importance is the excellent preparation and later erection. fellowship which prevails, and makes our club a very happy gathering. Youth Week continued as a major event visiting many local businesses and places. Our Secretary, Prid and I attended the Albury Conference, and the Annual Assembly, Further to the granting of Leave of again held in Melbourne, was attended by our Absence to members in the Armed Forces, on a incoming President and Secretary. I pray that motion by Gordon Forsyth and Stewart Brown, Gordon's year of office will see the end of this membership was changed to Honorary for hostilities and a victory for the Allies, that will the duration of the War. ensure a lasting peace and a better world‟.
Donations at the end of the year were given to Hospital Christmas Cheer: £1/4/4d; £5/0/0d donations were given to
25 25 Prisoners of War Appeal, Ladies Auxiliary, Sinclair; Mel Benevolent Society, HMAS Sydney Fund,: Russell. £3/0/0d given to Horsham Red Cross. Horsham International Service: F Langlands (C); D Base Hospital, Horsham Comforts Fund; with W a l l i s ; A High School Books Account: £4/3/5d; Tapfield; J W a r d ; J Horsham V.A.D: £2/2/0d, Parcels to Rotarians Sawyer; on Active service: £2/0/6d, Institute for the C Sherman. Blind: £1/1/0d, and Needy Evacuees and books Committee with R.S.S.I.L.A. G Forsyth; S F for their children: £3/0/0d. B r o w n ; W Gunn; J Sawyer. A search of the „Horsham Times‟ 1942-1943 revealed that Youth Week was held in the first week in June, and Club members spoke at the Board of Directors State and High Schools. Visits were made to President: Gordon Forsyth 20 places of interest. Our guest speaker on Vice President: P Oates 29th October was Hedley Jones, State Secretary: P Oates Organiser for Young Farmers Clubs who Treasurer: C Sherman/A Colville thanked members for starting clubs in and SAA: H McGregor around Horsham. Directors: I Tulloh, A Wood, S F Brown, D Wallis, F Absolom, R Grant, & J Sawyer 1943-1944
During the year an amount of £4/10/0d was paid for orange and lemon trees which Board of Directors were planted around the Base Hospital and President: Prideaux Oates Bolton Park, and £3/0/0d for patients Vice President: R Ludbrook Christmas Cheer. Secretary: J Sawyer/ F Langlands Treasurer: A Colville The State Schools Mothers Club was SAA: W R Allen given an amount of £5 /5/0d towards the Directors: Children's Cocoa Fund, with the Comfort Fund S F Brown, G Forsyth, R Grant, F Absolom, I and Red Cross receiving £3/0/0d, Junior Red Tulloh, H J Tritschler, D Wallis, A C Wood. Cross P.O.W Appeal £3/3/0d, Crippled Children £5/5/0d, R.S.S.I.L.A. £3/10/5d and Again, lack of records make this year a Benevolent Society £5/0/0. difficult one to report on. Membership and Committee lists and a Balance Sheet are all There are no other records of projects for that exist:- 1942-44, and only Membership/Committee lists are held by the Club. Attendance: H D McGregor Attendance Officers: R Emanuel (C) and R Club Service: Thomson. S F Brown (C); E Martin;H McKinnon; W Club Service: A Colville (C) W Shepherd; Canon Fettell; W Allen; R Emanuel; McFarlane; R W R McFarlane; I Tulloh Vocational Service: Emanuel; W H Tritschler (C) W Lawrence; A Wood; J Lawrence; W Wallis; H McGregor Gunn; Community Service: F Rodda; R Grant; R D Clark (C) F Langlands; R Ludbrook; A Ludbrook; A Wood. Tapfield; D Wallis; H le Plastrier; J Johns; R Vocational Service: I Tulloh (C) H Grant; A Colville; J Ward. Tritschler; J International: Johns; F Absolom; S F G Forsyth (C) F Rodda; F Absolom; T Green; Brown. R Thomson; W Sinclair;Mel Russell Community Service: H le Plastrier (C) J C Committee with R.S.S.I.L.A. W a l l i s ; C a n o n P Oates; S F Brown; D Clark; J Sawyer. Fettell; H McGregor; T Green; R Thomson; W From the Balance Sheet, a list of beneficiaries
26 26 from our project income can be obtained. member not advising of his non-attendance must pay the full price of his dinner. Horsham Hospital £5/5/0d Hospital Christmas Cheer £3/0/0d Unfortunately, for this year, there is not Comforts Fund £3/0/0d even a membership list in Club records. Red Cross £3/0/0d Benevolent Society £5/0/0d 1945-1946 Agricultural Education - Council £22/0/0d State School Mothers Club: Board of Directors various appeals £37/6/0d President: Arthur C Wood Vice President: H Tritschler From reading a year of „Horsham Secretary: P Oates Times‟: 30th June start of Youth Week, many Treasurer: A Colville visits were made around the District. W SAA: F Absolom Bleakley, of Young & Co spoke on „Wool‟ and Directors: on 18th July Ararat Rotary visited us. On the W R Allen, R Ludbrooke, H McGregor, E 13th October, guest speakers were Flying Martin, T Green, H le Plastrier, J Sawyer, I Officer Gardiner and Petty Officer Hall, both Tulloh, G Forsyth. (During year many well travelled members of the Armed Forces. changes.)
Only one Bulletin exists, but small notes 1944-1945 were found in the Public Notices in the „Horsham Times‟. Youth Week was a huge Board Of Directors success, despite one enthusiastic member who President: Reginald Ludbrook liaised with all the schools, one week Vice President: A C Wood prematurely. Secretary: P Oates Treasurer: A Colville The week commenced with visits to SAA: H M McKinnon Perring's Bakery, Horsham Base Hospital, the Directors: Pumping Station, and Prestige Factory. During G Forsyth; H McGregor; R Grant; H the week other visits included the Court of Tritschler; F Absolom; I Tulloh; S F Brown; D Petty Sessions, Noske‟s Flour Mill and Mt Wallis; J Sawyer. Zero Water Supply.
After lengthy discussion, it was moved On 5th October the guest speaker was at Board by Artie Wood and seconded by K.A. Skey, RN, from Cheltenham, Gloucester. Frank Absolom to recommend to Club At the Changeover on 11th October Arthur members that ‟the number of Board members Wood was presented with his Past Presidents be reduced from 8 to 6 next year and that 3 badge. Addresses were given at the High and retire each year and that the Board consist of 6 Primary Schools. Eight Students from the Directors, plus President; Vice President; three secondary schools gave talks on „Islands Secretary and Treasurer, the Vice President in the Pacific Basin. being a member for one year only‟. Members agreed, and this was to be implemented during the last year of the War. 1946-47
Dinners and AWL‟s were a problem Board of Directors even then. After another series of lengthy President: Harold Tritschler discussions in the Club, Harold Tritschler Vice President: I Tulloh finally moved a motion on payments seconded Secretary: P Oates by Ivan Tulloh: „ that members notify the Treasurer: A Beynon Secretary if unable to attend the Rotary Dinner SAA: W Lawrence before 2.00 pm on day of the Dinner, and the Directors: Secretary to give number to the caterer. J Ward, A Wood, W Allen, J Wallis, F Absolom, H le Plastrier, & N Fettell. Should the number of meals served exceed the the number given, the club pay the Thankfully, Annual Reports are again caterer for the number of meals served. Any held in Club Archives, and Full Reports of
27 27 Club activities can be substantiated. AWL‟s is that a man is innocent until found guilty. It is were still a problem, and the Sergeant At Arms the duty of defending counsel to fight for his was instructed to openly fine offending client, and to use all his persuasive powers, in members at the next meeting the price of the the interest of the defendant, regardless of any meal, 1/6d. knowledge he may have of his guilt, leaving the verdict to the jury and presiding judge. Guest speakers for the year included DG Horrie Holmes; Rtn Arnold Seitz, Director Rtn Les Gough of Melbourne RC. spoke Education, Victoria, and Rtn Les Gough, both on the „Relationship between Employers and of Melbourne RC., Mr Mullet, Director of Employees‟. Phonograph records of the Agriculture; Hon. R C Rankin and Dinkur speeches given at the 1946 Rotary Convention Kherdekir of India. Another 18 invited guest were played for all Rotarians. After a slow speakers entertained the Club, and our own start Vocational finally found its feet. members filled out the programmes. The International Committee also began Contacts with other Clubs were a programme of education, with 9 guest restricted, with visits to Hamilton RC and a speakers, on issues such as the United Nations return visit from Warracknabeal RC. A special Organisation; Agriculture Overseas; Life in the Meeting at Portland saw 6 Rotarians inspect Philippines; Esperanto - A World Language?; the new textile factory, and later heard an People of the Straits Settlements; Experiences address on Decentralisation, a current question over Germany by an RAF bomber pilot; being asked by many country towns. Broadcasting in London during the War; Experiences in the RAAF; and Dinkur With the war now over, Committees Kherdehir, who spoke on „British Rule in again became more active. Community India‟ which had just ended. Service started the year off sponsoring a swimming carnival, proceeds going towards Financially the Club again had a good improvement of the pool area. The plantation year, with the usual donations being made, but work at Green Lake was continued, and brush including a few new ones, Food for Britain, shelters were erected. and a donation of £10/10/0d made to the Paul Harris Foundation, the first of many. TheMilk Appeal, whereby school children are supplied with cocoa during the winter months, was continued. A Ball, 1947-1948 organised in conjunction with the Apex Club was a success and the profit of £27/0/0d was Board of Directors given to the Arts & Crafts Centre at the local President: Ivan M Tulloh State School. Members gave addresses to the Vice President: W R McFarlane Club on various community matters over the Secretary: P Oates year. Treasurer: A Beynon SAA: J S Bolton Rtns. Frank Langlands and Don Clark Directors: have completed a tree planting on vacant land H Tritschler, W Lawrence, J Ward, S F Brown, opposite Beaurepaire's in Hamilton Street. W Allen, R Newton, & J Bolton [Bolton Park - this plantation was destroyed in the clean up for the new swimming pool] Club membership now stood at 47, within sight of the goal of 50. The Vocational Service Committee undertook a Club Education responsibility for Fellowship Committee began its first the year and members were addressed by two year as a separate committee, and presented of the legal profession, Stewart Brown spoke each Rotarian with a buttonhole on his talk was realistic, penetrating and challenging: birthday, and accompanied this with a card. the need of raising the standard of life in all its There was a push to include more Ladies implications was implicit. Nights into the year - the traditional two annually hopefully was to change. The Rtn Ned Kelly of the Warracknabeal Fellowship committee operate only during the club spoke on „The Ethics of Court Advocacy‟ weekly meeting. - he pointed out that the maxim of English Law
28 28 The plantation projects were services in the various churches, and ended rejuvenated, and more trees planted at Green with a visit to Mt Zero Water Supply. During Lake. Also an area near the swimming pool the week, 19 visits to various public had been cleared and fenced. It was intended institutions and factories were arranged, to plant Golden Poplars down the centre of including Perring's Bakery, McKenzie Creek Stawell Road. Quarry, Base Hospital, Steam Laundry, Gas Works, Butter Factory, Town Council, Prestige The cocoa and hot milk programme Ltd, Horsham Times, Foundry, Electricity continued in the State School, and in line with Supply and Stawell Woollen Mills as our emphasis on youth, members teamed with examples. the Apex Club and assisted at a carnival to raise money for the Free Kindergarten. The highlight was the Rotary Dinner when prefects from Horsham High and Youth Week was again a great success, Longerenong College were guests. Prefects and with addresses given at both the High and State students from the Brigidine convent were Schools, and visits to various places of interest, unable to be present at any of the functions including the Stawell Woollen Mill. It was because of an outbreak of Scarlet Fever at their proposed that the Club plant trees on the South school. banks of the Wimmera River. The balance shows a turnover of Vocational stated their main object for £413/10/9d. Among the new beneficiaries of the year: help other Rotarians in their business, our annual disbursements was the Lord Mayors and ensure that their staff were aware of the Homes; The Base Hospital received ideals expected. Guest speakers again spoke £60/14/7d; the Milk Fund £17/5/6d; and on ethics, and subjects included „The 40 Hour Youth Week £10/10/0d. Week, Banking, My Life as a Doctor, Taxation, and Theatrical Reminiscences.‟ This year 3 Rotarians had 100% attendance.
The function of the United Nations and Rotarian Information was given by a its ancillary Councils was the topic of three member of Club Service, on some particular nights by Rtn Harold Tritschler. The Secretary aspect of Rotary at each meeting throughout of the Army, Mr F Sinclair, gave a very the year. informative and authoritative talk on „World Affairs from a Military Angle‟. During the year a complete reclassification of vocations was instituted, and Major Hanby spoke on India's problems, the results circularised throughout the Club. In while Mr Shiv Charan Dass, studying at another new move, Committee meetings were Longerenong College helped us understand its held in the private homes of Rotarians on economic and political difficulties. Rtn. Mick nights not Club Meeting nights. Haranis told us how prejudiced Australians can be to newly arrived migrants. In all, 16 addresses were delivered to the Club on 1948-1949 International themes. On a motion from the floor, it was agreed to provide £25/0/0d Board of Directors: devoted to food parcels to be sent to Horsham President: Wm R McFarlane in England. Vice President: R S Dowling Secretary: P Oates Youth, for the first time, had a separate Treasurer: A Beynon report, usually being reported with other SAA: I Anderson Committee projects. Fifty senior students made Directors: a trip to the Court of Petty Sessions, C Fittell, F Harvey, S F Brown, R Newton, J accompanied by Rotarians. After observing an Bolton, I Tulloh, H Tritschler, & F Henstridge interesting morning‟s procedures, Mr P Biggin. PM, delivered an inspiring and useful During the year all Committees were address on the history and functions of the asked to meet at private homes as suggested by Courts of Petty Sessions. Fellowship last year. The International Service Committee discussed educating the local Youth Week commenced with Youth community in the assimilation of new arrivals
29 29 in our country using the press and radio, as well as utilising short wave radio Fellowship in the Club continued to communication to overseas. Various speakers thrive, with four ladies social nights, the first at were organised with this assimilation in mind. the Masonic Hall, and the other two visits to Members were encouraged to correspond with Ararat Rotary Club, the first to inspect the overseas Rotarians via the District Governors Prestige Ltd factory with a dinner following, of other districts. and later to help Ararat celebrate its 21st Anniversary. Four members gave „My Job‟ talks, while a well researched debate between two Later in the year an Inter-City Rotary members, one taking the employer position and Meeting was arranged involving over 200 the other the employee demonstrated how easy Rotarians from all over the District at the it is for problems to arise in a business Horsham Town Hall. This meeting was situation. attended by Angus S Mitchell, Past President, Rotary International. Rotary International‟s Youth Week was once again organised 45th Anniversary was also celebrated by the by the Club, conceived at a slightly amended Club with a Ladies Night. time so as not to interfere with examinations, but this unfortunately clashed with the It was in this year that Rotary placed two differing school holidays of State Schools and large metal frames, one at each end of town on the Catholic Convent. Visits to places of work the major highway, with Rotary emblems and interest continued, with 414 children being advertising the time and place of meetings. transported by Rotarians. School prefects were again entertained. The project previously envisioned to plant Golden Poplar‟s along the centre of The Club‟s War Savings Certificates Stawell Road was amended to „native shrubs‟, were cashed during the year, and work at the and preliminary work commenced, but was various plantations continued with further abandoned as both the Council and the CRB planting's. questioned responsibility along a highway.
Youth Week again included visits by the 1949-1950 Town‟s youth to major industries and institutions in Horsham and district. Board of Directors Arrangements for improving Bolton Park were President: Walter R Allen held up by Council, who had other other Vice President: R S Dowling projects in mind, and was not pursued at this Secretary: C Wale/P Wilken stage. Two young boys from Warrnambool Treasurer: A Beynon were invited by Rotarians to Horsham‟s SAA: P Oates Centenary Week. Directors: W R McFarlane, F Mayne, I Robertson, D The International Committee‟s first Millen, M Haranis, & R Ward project was an offer via the Rotary Board to be of assistance to the „New Australians‟ at the During the year, Mick Haranis, Rotarian Wonwondah Camp, and for that purpose the and owner of Perring's Cafe, invited several Club visited the camp one evening and spoke members to his cafe to enjoy coffee after the of our intention. We helped in expediting the meeting, which were now held at the R.S..L appointment of a teacher from the Immigration Memorial Hall. This was much appreciated, Dept., with help from the Education and very soon Mike and his wife found Department, with a good result. themselves entertaining most of the Club after each meeting. In June a social was arranged for their benefit, and a very nice supper was served. This „extra-Rotary‟ gathering soon Now becoming a Rotary custom, the Club had became an institution, and in consequence, the several dozen pennants bearing greetings from „Rotary Annexe‟ was now a focal point for Horsham, made for presentation to other Fellowship in the Club which was envied by Rotary clubs. Several speeches on visitors from near and far Rotary Clubs. The International themes were arranged during the Club met at the cafe on occasions as well as the year, and members corresponded with R.S.L Hall.
30 30 Rotarians in 10 countries. A former member, Dr Bill Lawrence, United Nations Day was included on our and now Federal MP, showed films and spoke programme, with the flag of a country on his experiences, PP Harold Trischler displayed on the head table on its National day. attended with him. The King‟s Birthday was celebrated by Bulletins show that even then, members drinking the Royal Toast, and singing the were not happy being meeting stewards serving National Anthem. A letter to His Majesty was the meals. written, and a reply from his private secretary received. 1951-1952 The Four Way Test and the Second Object of Rotary were discussed during Club Board of Directors Meetings. Members „Job/Life Talks‟ were President: Basil Hutton-Jones again a feature of vocational meetings. Several Vice President: J Ward Vocational Talks by outside guests were Secretary: M Haranis delivered. Copies of the Four Way Test were Treasurer: N Waller/W Pascall to be delivered to all business houses in SAA: W Murphy Horsham. Directors: C Perrin, D Millen, G Forsyth, P Wilkin, F Major recipients of Club projects this Mayne, D Garth, J Anderson, & A Beynon year were the Wimmera Base Hospital and the Free Kindergarten. The weekly meetings settled into a regular format: the weekly song was enjoyed, short „Rotary Information‟ spots were given, 1950-1951 regular „Job/Life‟ talks were presented by members, and vocational talks every five Board of Directors weeks, were interspersed with guest speakers. President: R Serge Dowling Vice President: B Hutton-Jones Fellowship had, until this year, Secretary: P Wilken functioned only during the weekly meeting, but Treasurer: A Beynon this year a Bowls Night was organised by SAA: N G Waller them, plus the usual two Ladies Nights, with Directors: several Fireside Meetings. No visits to other M Haranis, F Mayne, C Perrin, W Alle,: D Clubs were carried out at Club level this year, Garth, J Bolton, & D Millen however several members „made up‟ at nearby Clubs keeping the friendly ties alive. Guests from all service clubs combined to hear Mr Eugene Gorman, MC,KC, Consul Vocational „Job/Life‟ talks were given for Greece, speaking on „I‟m Damned if I by Jack Ward, Wimmera Times Editor. Don Know‟. Other guest speakers were Brian Amos, Plastering and Perc Lowe, speaking on McNamara, a member of the Australian Motor the Postal Department. Several Rotary Cycle team in Europe, „Dick‟ Reid, a local publications were reviewed by members and Union leader on Employer/Employee Gordon Forsyth gave an address explaining Relations, and Rtn. Bill Murphy gave his Job/ Vocational Service from RI view. Life talk on the „The Good Oil‟. Several talks were based on the United Nations The committee also conducted a „Learn Organisation. to Swim Campaign‟, and 130 children received their „Herald‟ certificates. A public appeal was Rotary Library was installed at Mick organised and successfully raised enough Haranis‟ cafe in Firebrace Street and open money to equip the „Sun Youth Travel‟ boy, every day. An Old Folks Christmas Picnic was Donald McLean for his trip abroad. organised to take 50 persons to Natimuk Lake. International activities included the The Club started a public appeal to meeting of „New Australians‟ in our continue the Free Milk for Children, as the community. It is estimated that at present Government decided to cease their assistance. Horsham‟s population includes over 100 The Club arranged for the local Boy Scouts to Italians, 80 Dutch, 20 Greek and 20 German by obtain a permanent campsite at Hawkers Gully. birth. Arrangements were also made with
31 31 Women‟s organisations to entertain, instruct, round out the year, members and their wives assimilate and advise the womenfolk of the helped teach handicrafts to hospital patients, newcomers. and ran Traffic Safety classes.
Rtn. Bert Roe organised a Magic Show, 1952-1953 featuring Len Morgan, and raised £141/1/9d for the International Foundation Scholarship Board of Directors Fund. Several Asian students from Melbourne President: John Vivian Snaith Ward University were billeted with members, and the Vice President: D Millen Apex Club members were invited to a joint- Secretary: M Haranis service club dinner. Treasurer: N Waller/R Whitelock SAA: T Green On a weekly note, vignette talks on Directors: foreign countries were given by committee G Forsyth, I Tulloh, A Beynon, W Pascall, D members, with miniature flags of the United Anthony, D Amos, J McDonald, & H Kettle. Nations decorating the head table. For the first time in the club‟s history, The Club‟s main project for the year was Horsham could boast a membership of 50 the development of Bolton Park. Rotarian Jack members. Bolton had donated the land for an area of public use, Rotary instigated the preliminary Ladies enjoyed their usual two nights, as survey, and with the interest of Apex and the well as a pleasant outing to the Grampians. Progress Association, a provisional committee had been formed. Members this year hosted Warracknabeal Rotary Club, and enjoyed the A deputation was sent to meet with the challenge of a game of bowls after luncheon. City Council to stimulate the establishment of a swimming pool in Bolton Park, and as a Main beneficiaries of the year‟s result the Mayor circularised most City activities were the Wimmera Base Hospital Organisations, inviting each to send £200/0/0 for a Gastroscope, and £651/15/11 to representatives to a convocation in the Mayoral the British and European Food Appeal Fund. Chambers. This meeting was extremely well Other donations were to The Lord Mayor‟s attended and most enthusiasticly, and in Camp at Portsea and the State School Milk consequence, a public meeting was held in the Fund. Town Hall, attended by about 200 people from which the Bolton Park War Memorial Youth With the Bolton Park project on hold Centre Committee was formed. until the monies were raised, the Community Service Committee set about raising funds for Many Rotarians were on the committee, the hospital‟s Gastroscope. A working bee with Rtn. Jack Bolton elected Chairman. The helped keep Bolton Park mowed and tidy year saw the levelling of the eastern end of pending development. Bolton Park, the erection and painting of a park -type fence, tree planting and the launch of an Six vocational talks were given by public appeal for £20,000. A monster street members, from Road Building, Salesman carnival was being organised. Service and Courtesy, Dentistry and Employer/ Employee Relations. After talks with the Public Works Dept. a building of conveniences at the Green Lake Several speakers on International topics picnic area was completed. Wimmera Shire kept us from becoming parochial in our now assumed responsibility for the plantations outlook. The committee sponsored the local at the lakes, and were to be congratulated on its appeal for relief for those who suffered in the public spiritedness. English and Netherlands flood disaster, the money being halved and sent to Rotary Clubs On the Club‟s initiative, Wimmera Shire in each country. and the Forestry Commission now had bulldozers at work constructing access roads to Members continued on with Flat Rock, the quarries and Hawkers Gully. To corresponding with overseas Rotarians. Again,
32 32 Asian students studying under the Columbo Horsham in England, and the Rotary Club of Plan at Melbourne University were guests of Fremantle who also celebrated their Twenty- the Club during the Christmas and May fifth at that time. holidays. A beautiful notice board was received At one Club meeting a very moving from Horsham Club in England [now in use in address was given by Rtn. John Bosanko on the Clubrooms as an Honour Board] what he considered to be Rotary‟s primary function in International Service, namely, to Fellowship organised a bowls trip at use all its influence to mitigate famine and Warracknabeal RC, and a Question and starvation in backward countries. His Answer Night. Music was taking a prominent suggestions were endorsed by the Club and part at meetings with Ivan Tulloh in charge and sent on to District Governor Alan Drayton for Clem Perrin on piano, while Bill Murphy was consideration at a higher Rotary level. doing a great job as Chairman of Programmes.
Up until this year‟s Presidential Community Service were able to Changeover in July, it had been our Club‟s negotiate with the R.S.S.A. I.L.A for the practice to allow the incoming President from Memorial 1st July until the approximate date of our Hall to be made available to the Horsham State formation, October, to „learn‟ the position from School to use due to lack of classrooms. the previous President. This then fell into line with Rotary International‟s year. This tradition To raise money for the Bolton Park continues today. project, the committee organised the „Swallows Parade‟ and an amount of £105/0/0 was raised.
1953-1954 Twenty people from the Lutheran Old Folks Home were the club guests at a picnic at Board of Directors Natimuk Lake. Members cars were utilised, President: Don Millen and afternoon tea was served at the Lake. An Vice President: A Beynon „Emu Parade‟ was organised to clean up Secretary: S Tippett around Green lake, with a barbecue Tea. Treasurer: R Whitelock SAA: H Jenkin Miss Judith Lyall spoke at the Christmas Directors: Dinner. She was a worthy recipient of a J Ward, H Richard's, S F Brown, B Roe, G Rotary Foundation Scholarship and had spent McDonald, D Amos, A Wood, & T Green; her time in London.
Membership dropped to 49, after its high Another interesting night was given by a last year. To promote Fellowship, a scheme panel of speakers representing Melbourne was initiated whereby each member was given University International House Appeal. Later, a card; this card was brought each meeting to an International Revue was run in conjunction be signed by the member on his right at each with the Apex Club, and an amount of £200 dinner during the year, thus creating better raised for the Appeal. A copy of „The fellowship by endeavouring to have each Rotarian‟ was now placed in the High School member‟s name on one‟s card. library each month.
A well attended church parade was Vocational Committee sought to educate organised by Rtn. Canon David Anthony. Later the public about the correct use of the English in the year this was followed up with Rtn. language and the avoidance of slovenly speech Howard Kettle conducting another service. which was appearing more and more in public usage, often by listening to radio stations, and Our 25th Anniversary was held in the the Club approached educators in this regard. Masonic Hall, with guests from our parent Club, Ballarat, plus Rotarians from Arrangements had been made to give a surrounding towns. series of talks to senior girl students at the High School, acquainting them of the nobility Toasts honoured that night were : Rotary of the nursing profession which was suffering a International, Charter Members, Rotary Club serious shortage at that time. of Ballarat, Past Presidents, Rotary Club of
33 33 distributed to all three schools. A Safety Week in conjunction with Education Week was also being planned, and police co-operation sought. A speaker from the Good Neighbour 1954-1955 Club was invited to speak on International Contacts. United Nations Day was celebrated Board of Directors with four guest speakers of Dutch, German, President: Alexander Beynon Italian and Greek origin, and migrant citizens Vice President: H McGregor were invited as guests. Secretary: S Tippett Treasurer: R Whitelock A talk on the United Nations SAA: R Sim Organisation was given by Mr W Lamb, and a Directors: film shown at a later date on the work of E Dunstan, L Butler, D Millen, D Amos, H International House, London. Jenkin, H Richards, A Pulling, T Green, & C Perrin. It was a great honour to this Club for Stewart Brown to be elected District Governor Fellowship now included a reminder in Nominee for the 33rd District for the year 1956 the Bulletin of members‟ birthdays, wives‟ -57. birthdays and wedding anniversaries, and was greatly appreciated by all. Rotary‟s Golden
Anniversary was celebrated with a Black Tie 1955-1956 Dinner at the Horsham Town Hall, and attended by some 150 Rotarians and guests. Board of Directors PP Stewart Brown was at his best giving the President: Hugh McGregor main address on Rotary International. Vice President: D Garth Secretary: S Tippett During the year Community Service Treasurer: R Whitelock members organised working bees to clear and SAA: A Cross construct the parking and camping area at Flat Directors: Rock, the track to the caves, and make and E Dunstan, W Murphy, C Vaughan, C Perrin, erect 17 painted signs at appropriate points for B Roe, B Hutton-Jones, A Beynon, & F tourists information. Graham.
A prompt response to the N.S.W flood Talks were given by the „Brains Trust‟ Relief Appeal saw £344/0/0 despatched almost from Melbourne, and Eric Tomlinson from the immediately. A wheel -chair was presented Dept. of Labour and National Service, and to the hospital at a cost of £45/0/0. This members again impressed with „Job/Life‟ gesture so impressed a local businessman that Talks and travel subjects, with many invited he donated a further 9 chairs. guest speakers.
The „Swallows Parade‟ was again Hock Leon Tang, a Malayan, spoke on organised for the War Memorial Appeal, and his home country. Several musical nights were Rotarians levelled Bolton Park in preparation enjoyed, as was the weekly sing-along. of the pool‟s start. Youth Week was again one of the year‟s A proposal of tree planting at the three highlights, with many activities being enjoyed schools was taken up only by the High School, by the High and State school students. With and 43 trees planted in the front of the School. students moving through the system, it was relatively easy to plan full weeks‟ activities Vocational films were shown on two each year. occasions, and also a vocational play presented. Members were asked to bring along An appeal was being held to raise money a businessman guest as it was felt that this for the proposed Youth Centre to be built on would more directly influence a greater Bolton Park next to the proposed Memorial number of people. Pool.
Copies of the Four Way Test were Past President Gordon Forsyth received
34 34 the Club‟s support for the formation of a Governor Stewart. Historical Society in Horsham. It‟s inaugural meeting was held in May 1957 with JVS Ward In March, a further 7 acres was fenced as Foundation President and J Bolton and W and prepared at Green Lake Number 2 Smith on committee. plantation, and another 600 trees planted. A new sign was erected. More road signs were Assistance was been given with the placed in the Flat Rock area, which was now formation of a co-operative housing society in becoming a popular picnic area for locals. Horsham. A meeting was arranged for the people of Horsham to have the scheme Members surveyed, and then canvassed, explained. Community Service again worked Horsham and Melbourne businesses with on the Green Lake Plantation, with fencing off Horsham connections and an amount of of a new area. £1681/0/0 raised for the Base Hospital. Wives also participated in the sale of Children's The contract for the swimming pool was Hospital buttons, and over £80/0/0 raised. let out at a cost of £25,000. This Club started the project, and would also support the Youth Youth Week was held in May, and Centre and pay for a learners pool. students from the High School, Horsham Central [298] and West State Schools and International members were again Longerenong College were shown educational active in the naturalisation ceremonies held in films, and visited selected places of interest Horsham. An advisory panel to assist „New and institutions throughout Horsham and Australians‟ was also working hard. District.
President Hugh McGregor was laid up This was the last Rotary Youth Week, as over his last few months, and his report was many organisations decided to run their own submitted by Incoming President Don Garth. events over the week from 1958. Many businessmen and women became involved in vocational information to students. 1956-1957 International Committee held several Board of Directors nights where members were asked to invite a President: Don Garth „New Australian‟ guest; 27 guests were Vice President: S Tippett entertained. Secretary: S Tippett Treasurer: A Pulling At the Changeover Dinner of Horsham SAA: J Bolton RC in June 1957, the last official act of his Directors: year, DG Stewart Brown advised that he had L Richardson, B Maddison, K Ditterick, B travelled over 3500 miles to over 50 official Roe, F Graham, C Vaughan, D Amos, R functions, and had enjoyed every moment. He Whitelock, A Beynon, & E Dunstan then inducted Sam C Tippett as President.
During the disastrous Murray River floods, this Club answered the District 1957-1958 Governor‟s „Sand Bag Appeal‟, and sent over 8000 sandbags to Murray Bridge and Renmark. Board of Directors DG Stewart Brown thanked all district clubs so President: Sam C Tippett involved for their support. Vice President: D Amos Secretary: R Kitson The Conference in Warrnambool, DG Treasurer: A Pulling Stewart Brown‟s, was attended by six Horsham SAA: F Graham Rotarians and five wives to support Stewart Directors: and Evelyn. Attendance was over 500, a G Pavey, T Dawson, B Pascall, D Garth, A record at that stage. The Conference was Flack, L Richardson, E Dunstan, & R opened by Sir Wilfred S Kent Hughes; K.B.E.; Whitelock. M.V.O.; M.C.; M.P.; The Representative of the President of Rotary International, PDG Rotary assisted with the Anti-Cancer Frank Ayre was suitably welcomed by door knock appeal and „knocked' that part of
35 35 the city west of Bennett Road. The Club also ran a show „Pixie Town at Easter‟ in aid of the An aquatic carnival and musical festival Ambulance Appeal, which raised £20/6/8. A both with professional artists from Melbourne donation of £20/12/0 was given to the Girl made these Community Service projects Guides for their new hall. successful. An appeal from the „Committee In Charge Of Children From Horsham Attending Later the committee organised the Jack The Lord Mayor‟s Camp‟ at Portsea for Kramer Professional Tennis Troupe, and was assistance to finance one under-privileged able to donate £300 to the Youth Appeal. child was met by the Club. A bursary was created to assist students Consideration was given for the of the High and Technical Schools needing formation of a Charity Account, and to open financial aid to continue their studies. Another this fund a cake and produce stall was held by section was planted at Green Lake. Rotarians and wives, which raised the sum of £22. This Charity Account is now known as The Club formed an advisory panel to our Service Account. help prepare young people plan their future. Vocational also sponsored Apprentice Week. Ten Rotarians and five wives represented our Club at the Conference at Talks by International students and visits Glenelg. to Longerenong College were enjoyed during the year. The usual Christmas Ladies Night was held and again was a most happy gathering. The Club was considering the possibilities of commencing a „Meals on This year a concert was sponsored by the Wheels‟ programme for the old and infirm Club and performed by “New Australians‟ in people in the City. Plans were prepared for the their national costumes. This raised £110, formation of a committee to carry out this which was used to purchase a tape recorder for project. Horsham Central (298) State School. On a local note, donations were also It was the privilege of the club to made to Woodbine Centre in Warracknabeal, nominate a Life Governor for the Base the Lutheran Old Folks; Crippled Children's Hospital, and this honour was given to PP Don Appeal and one scholarship to the Technical Garth. School.
The Club was informed that the Lutheran Old Folks Home was in need of an 1959-1960 electric razor for use by the male patients, and this request was filled with a whip-around. Board of Directors President: William Pascall From the Balance Sheet, the Lord Vice President: T Dawson Mayor‟s Camp at Portsea and The Children's Secretary: N Stanway Village were other major recipients of the Treasurer: Malcolm Taylor Club‟s fundraising. SAA: W Murphy Directors: F Mayne, N Cunningham, A Flack, W 1958-1959 McDowell, J Hill, & D Amos
Board of Directors A copy of Bill Pascall‟s report was President: Don Amos obtained from the archives of the „Wimmera Vice President: W Pascall Mail Times‟. Community Service were able to Secretary: R Kitson support the opening of the Bennett Road Treasurer: E Dunstan Kindergarten with toys and equipment, assist SAA: N Stanway the Youth Centre by running a Publicans‟ Directors: Booth, making available contributions to the L Richardson, F Graham, T Dawson, G Pavey, Benevolent Fund and provide a bursary to the W Fairbairn, P Cook, D Garth, & S Tippett. Technical School. The plantation at Green
36 36 Lake received its usual working over.
The Careers Advisory Committee was still very active, with Rotarians visited the Technical School giving vocational advice. Practical help to a village in Pakistan was a 1960-1961 project being following up by the International
Committee. Board of Directors Many guest speakers spoke to the Club President: Thomas Henry Charles on a variety of subjects. Two nights proceeds Dawson from the new drive In theatre were donated to Vice President: F Graham the Base Hospital. Secretary: N Stanway Treasurer: Malcolm Taylor Several Rotarians anonymously helped SAA: J Mole needy families who because of illness or Directors: accident required assistance, providing W l, A Burgess, F Mayne, A Flack, N accommodation and giving under-privileged Cunningham, S Tippett, & R Drummond children time away from their normal environment. The Club‟s Archives hold the sum total of four copies of the Club Bulletin for Pres. Unfortunately, only a dozen Bulletins Thomas Dawson‟s year. However, thanks to exist for the years activities. However, it is the Historical Society, a brief resume was apparent Lorna Pascall was very involved, and found in the„Wimmera Mail Times‟ of his commenced ladies coffee mornings at her Annual Report, plus notes from the Club home. Ladies were invited to all Club Minutes. meetings where a feminine theme was apparent. Among the President‟s first actions was an increase in the joining fee from £3/3/0 The Club officially attended the opening to£4/4/0, and the purchase of a new P/A of the Drive In Theatre, with these proceeds system for £50/0/0. going to the Youth Fund. Speakers‟ subjects ranged from health, Libya and wine. A Both Ararat and Stawell Clubs were Foundation Fellow spoke on atomic energy and involved in our Inter-Club visiting programme. there was a talk from the Inspector of Schools. A cheque was presented to Miss The Club actively supported an Lorraine Hutchinson who had obtained an Ambulance Appeal for £30,000 to build a new American Field Service Scholarship. The station, opened by Chairman Rtn Jack Mole, amount would help her in her role as an and hosted The 3DB -3LK „Happy Gang‟ ambassador for Horsham and Australia. radio entertainment group in aid of the Hospital Appeal. The Club moved from the “icebox” of the Buff‟s Hall to the Royal Hotel, and now PP Don Amos brought along three large had a new fixed sound system, helping bags of lemons to „raise a bob‟ by auctioning members to hear the guest speakers. The first for the hospital - he did not even make the meeting at the Royal, on February 24th, 1961, front door. Promised to bring the tree next was also the Club‟s first meeting on a Friday time. night, after over 32 years of being regularly held on a Wednesday evening. In September, 1959, the Club moved its meeting place to the Buffs Hall, at a cost of 15/ Hugh Jenkin's „Photo Quiz‟ helped all - pw. members to know his fellow Rotarians. The Club sponsored Miss Lois Hanna in the RSL For the first time other service club Princess of Wool Competition. Members door presidents were invited to our Changeover -knocked for Food for Peace and The Spastic Night on 28th June 1960. The Induction was Children's Appeal. followed by a film and concert items. Guest speakers included Rtn. Ern
37 37 Gerlach with an illustrated talk on his trip to Youth Centre Activities Committee. Japan. Donations were given to the Youth Centre, Boy Scouts and Girl Guides. Again a bursary The Club administration was now run as was made available to support the further study a business club without detriment to members, of a Horsham student in Ballarat. giving the public a professional image. The The Lutheran Old Folks Home was Bulletin was now printed in a new format, and given a substantial donation, and several bulk postage utilised. residents, along with some from the hospital, were taken to the Horsham Theatre to see a In May, the only surviving Foundation programme. A tour of the city was organised Member, and existing member of this Club, for the old folk from the Geriatric Homes at the Jack Vivian Snaith Ward, passed away. He was hospital. accorded full recognition. Once again, working bees tended the The project of establishing a Day Centre Green Lake plantation, and later the same work for mentally handicapped children in Horsham was done at the Horsham Cemetery in a „clean was still stalled, but it was hoped that in the up your city‟ campaign. near future its approval would be most gratifying to parents who have the misfortune A Pleasant Sunday Evening was held at to have a child with a handicap. the Drive In Theatre, as a finale to the W.O.W week, the proceeds of £250/0/0 being applied A new Club banner designed by to the Club Charity Fund. Technical School Student Ken Hutchinson was received from the printers. A prize of £2/2/0 Rotary sponsored four children to the was awarded. Lord Mayor‟s Camp at Portsea.
Three nights were arranged for 1961-1962 community speakers, one by Town Clerk Arch Conn who spoke on various needs in Horsham, Board of Directors such as Meals on Wheels, a social worker, etc. President: Fred Graham Vice President: N Stanway A mannequin parade, sponsored by the Secretary: J Mole Rotary Club and Prestige Ltd was a huge Treasurer: Malcolm Taylor success, with £108/0/0 being raised for the SAA: J Osmotherley Royal Woman‟s Hospital and the Charity Directors: Fund. T Dawson, K Baird, R Drummond, H Schwarz, I Stevens, A Burgess, & G Forsyth. Twice during the year Rotarians billeted members of visiting choirs. Programmes as usual covered a wide range of topics: cancer; the Navy, fashions, The Vocational Committee arranged water planning, police work, gliding and a several speakers and a film emphasising host of other absorbing subjects interspersed vocation. with valuable and informative talks by our own members. During the year International raised over £50/0/0 for Rotary Foundation, provided four Foremost in the minds of the Committee programmes, and liaised with the Rotary Club was the establishment of a retarded children's of Horsham in Sussex. centre, but the Board decided that the matter should be held in abeyance until research Donations were made to Horsham proved a need for such a centre, when the Elderly Citizens Club, Boy Scouts and Girl project would then be pursued. Guides, Youth Club, Miss Teenager Quest, Lord Mayors Camp Portsea and Rotary The Youth Centre Committee was Scholarship. approached on how best Rotary could help. Gymnastic equipment was requested and was presented. Trophies were given for the most outstanding boy and girl, as decided by the
38 38 Community Chest was considered, but for it to work all organisations had to agree, and the idea, after many hours of work, lapsed.
New meeting signs were placed at the City's edges, and outside the Locarno Hotel. Once again, working bees were held at our plantations and the cemetery to tidy up. Rotarians featured in raising funds for Spastic 1962-1963 Children, Freedom from Hunger, Association for the Blind. Board of Directors President: Noel Stanway Members worked closely with the Youth Vice President: I Stevens Centre, assembling a public address system, Secretary: J Mole complete with turntable for the playing of Treasurer: Malcolm Taylor recorded music. SAA: R Grant/C Adams Directors: The Club‟s latest plantation idea saw N Cunningham, H Schwarz, A Burgess, J negotiations begin for 3 acres of land to be Marshall, A Pryor, M Smith, & F Graham. fenced at Frank Tucker‟s property at Lower Norton. Over 3000 Christmas trees would be The newly instituted Fellowship planted there over the next three to four years. Committee, as well as sending birthday, get well and anniversary cards to members and Four Vocational meetings were enjoyed their wives, invited the wives of members as during this year. The committee looked at a Club guests to the meeting nearest their Careers Night and Students‟ public speaking wedding anniversary. Guest speakers were promotions, these to be followed up the next given a copy of „The Rotarian‟, and visiting year as the groundwork had been done. Rotarians handed a Horsham Club banner. A visit by the Vice President and Committee members were asked to Secretary of Stawell Rotary Club, accompanied entertain with a weekly joke or two. A by an Exchange Student‟s father and the barbecue was enjoyed at Zumsteins after a Club‟s Filipino Exchange Student was very Sunday car trip to Lake Wartook. successful. Our Club embraced the idea and arrangements were made to host our first A combined Service Club Dinner joined student in 1963. Jaycees, R.S.L, Lions, Apex and Rotary together sociallyand hopefully, closer. This year both the High School and the Technical School availed themselves of the A new committee in Rotary was bursary for aiding students to continue their frowned upon at the time by District, as schooling. opening yet another avenue for Rotary. It was another first for Horsham. 1963-1964 Over the twelve months, many varied programmes were enjoyed. In that time we Board of Directors had the DG‟s Visit, four Club Assemblies, President: Ivan R Stevens eight Vocational, eleven International and four Vice President: Malcolm Taylor Vocational Service orientated programmes. Secretary: J Mole Job/Life talks by new members were always Treasurer: M Smith enjoyed. Other speakers were from Persia, SAA: C Adams India, Asian students, slides and films. Directors: H Schwarz, T Thompson, N Cunningham, J With Frank Lockwood as our Publicity Gaffney, B Hufer, S F Brown, & N Stanway. Officer, over 260 single column inches and four photos were given to Club activities. During 1963-64, two major Rotary events occurred: our first Exchange Student, As a Combined Service Club project, a Charlotte Roberts, arrived from Dallas,
39 39 Pennsylvania, U.S.A., and the Chartering of the Rotary Club of Dimboola took place. Fellowship for the year included a joint picnic at Zumstein's with our new sponsored Following up the Stawell RC visit, Rtn. Club, Dimboola. Harold Schwarz was appointed Charlotte‟s counsellor, and her charm soon had members enthusiastic about continuing with the programme to send a student overseas. 1964-1965
Rtn. Bill Murphy was appointed the Board of Directors DG‟s representative in the founding of a President: Malcolm Taylor Rotary Club in Dimboola, and after 18 months Vice President: H Schwarz in the planning, the Charter was presented in Secretary: J Weight April 1964. Treasurer: M Smith SAA: T Thompson The Vocational Committee arranged for Directors: representatives from the Defence Forces, the F Lockwood, D Grant, E Eldridge, W Crouch, Bank Education Service, the Commonwealth H Jenkin, B Miller, & I Stevens Employment service and other organisations to speak at the High School at a Careers Night. The Club continued with career Over 500 people attended this most successful guidance, and names of Rotarians and their night. The representatives from the various occupation placed on special notice boards at organisations were available during the day for the High and Technical Schools. Another students to seek advice on careers. Job/Life Careers Night was arranged at the High School and vocational talks were again scheduled. and over 250 students received expert counselling on many trades and professions. The Technical School hostel was the Regular Club programs were arranged by recipient of proceeds of Community projects. Vocational. There was a Rotarian Golf Day, W.O.W Week involvement, Drive-In night, LAC Choristers An evening with Asian students from Concert and an open day at Mel Russell's Melbourne University was again successful, property „Melrose‟. and a local „New Australian‟ migrant night was enjoyed by everyone. The Club entertained the Two rotary clothes hoists were installed Malaysian High Commissioner Tun Lim Yew at the Senior Citizens Flats, and the club gave Hock at an Inter-City Meeting, and as a direct help to a crippled housewife. result 16 District Rotarians went to the Kuala Lumpur Conference. During the year, at Tuckers Plantation, over 1000 pines were planted, and because of The Tucker and Green Lake plantations the drought conditions, working picnics were were again the scenes of well attended working organised to water the plants. bees. Another Rotary sign was erected at Green Lake. A parcel of Redwood pine seeds was received from USA, but unfortunately these Meals on Wheels was still on the did not germinate. A further supply was agenda, and with the hospital‟s support, obtained, and given to the Bellfield Dam Horsham Council was approached for their Project. imput as it is felt a Council employee would be best placed to administer the scheme. This Programmes organised by the followed up the Town Clerk‟s talk to the Club International Committee included Bob King, on town needs. It was anticipated that Meals MHR; „George‟ from Tanganyika and „Geoff‟ on Wheels would start the next year - a project from Nyasaland. worthy of Rotary participation.
We were delighted with our exchange Fellowship saw the weekend visits by student, and looked forward to a student from two Rotary Clubs, Henley Beach (party of 43) Kansas. Further great news was the acceptance and the Moorabbin Club. Both Clubs enjoyed of our own Carolyn Dawson by the Oxley Club great days at Green Lake, and „Melrose‟. in New York State.
40 40 A Public Meeting in November, under On the local front, visits from Stawell the sponsorship of Rotary, a Community Aid and Warracknabeal Clubs rounded out a great Abroad Group was established. The year. Committee provided a well and pump in Gudjaret with a second project of sending Tom Moxley, exchange student from seeds, manure and bullocks to Guniansol Counsel Grove, Kansas attended Longerenong Village Bihar in hand. Agricultural College. Tom‟s exchange was very successful, and Tom and his wife returned During the year 8 Asian students were to this Club in 1990. He then owned a 4,000 hosted for a weekend. Attempts to bring out acre cattle ranch in Kansas and managed Malaysian nurses to train was put on hold for another 12,000 acres under a consultancy the next year‟s committee. The Education service. Carolyn Dawson arrived in New York Department in Port Moresby replied to our State, and from reports appeared to have settled inquiries for sponsoring a student at Horsham in well. Carolyn and her father, PP Tom re- Technical College. This project was to visited the Oxford Club in 1985. possibly proceed, not through Rotary but through a church organisation.
1965-1966 Community Service commenced the Meals on Wheels project, and started Board of Directors delivering the first meals on 18th April, 1966, President: Harold Schwarz with 69 meals. By the end of its first week, Vice President: H Jenkin 196 meals were being delivered. The 8000th Secretary: D Paterson meal was delivered on 13th June, 1967. Rtn. Treasurer: R Bracher Clem Jepson was the main organiser of this SAA: P Cook major community service.
Directors: Once again, pine trees were a major E Eldridge, M Taylor, N Silvey, E Brownstein, worry: no rain - no trees, and working bees R Miatke, & J McKenzie. were needed to replace the 500 trees that did not survive the ravages of drought. It was During this year members at last hoped that that Christmas would see our first purchased name badges for their wives, sales. making it easier for the boys on the door. Visits to Charlton and Dimboola Clubs were The Lord Mayor‟s Portsea Camp, successful. Community Aid Abroad and the Crippled Children‟s Appeal were the main recipients at The Fellowship Committee had a large the end of year disbursements. task in organising the South East Asian Forum held at the Town Hall and attended by 280 1966-1967 Rotarians and wives from all over our new District, 280. The year finished with a Board of Directors barbecue at Jack Russell's farm. President: Hugh Jenkin Vice President: E Eldridge Programmes included many on overseas Secretary: D Paterson/E Dunstan subjects, with Community Aid Abroad, The Treasurer: R Bracher Wimmera Machinery Field Days and Meals on SAA: Hal Hobbs Wheels featuring prominently. Directors: N Silvey, H Schwarz, P Cook, E Brownstein, C At its first meeting for the year, Adams, A Schwartz, G le Plastrier, & L Kift. Vocational decided not to hold a Careers Night as it was felt that this service had been offered Speakers were again a varied group: Mr very thoroughly over the last two years. Fallow from the Wool Board, Mr E Nuske Instead, the major project was to involve young talking on China and a series of talks by our people in community work. The R.S.L and own members. Legacy benefited by the cutting of an enormous amount of wood. Once again, Vocational organised the Careers Guidance Clinic at the Masonic Hall.
41 41 Buses, financed by the local Rotary Clubs, Contest‟. brought students from Kaniva, Nhill, Dimboola, Rainbow, Warracknabeal, Donald The Ladies‟ report in the Annual Report and Horsham. High, Technical Schools and was a first for this Club, and Lorna Jenkin‟s Convents were represented. A team of over 20 report allowed members to know what the professional career advisers from Melbourne ladies really do besides accompany their did a splendid job. husbands to Changeovers and Christmas Geoffrey Kaut Som arrived from New Dinners. Guinea, courtesy Pastor Rtn. Keith Nagel. Geoffrey was to attend Horsham Technical The main effort was a Christmas fete in School for three years, and showed he was an the Town Hall supper room, which was very outstanding and conscientious scholar, settling successful and enjoyed by all, bringing the in well. ladies together in a social atmosphere.
Ten Asian students were hosted over a Two morning coffee parties were later long weekend by Club members. Support for enjoyed, at the homes of Evelyn Brown and the Community Aid Abroad Group continued Katie Sawyer. to grow. The Board of Directors made two Community work was carried out at the decisions impacting on members. First, all Green Lake Foreshore, and additions made to members had their subscriptions directed from the Youth Club building. Meals on Wheels „The Rotarian‟ to the fledgling „Rotary Down was still gathering momentum, and became Under‟ which needed support, the other was firmly established in Horsham with 6378 meals allowing members to wear shorts on hot nights. being served in the first year. For more sartorialy inclined members, suit coats could be dispensed with also on hot Two projects were worked on to be nights. ready by the next year: the learners pool project for which the money had already been Wimmera Shire asked us to support raised, while a survey for a clinic for mentally renovations and extentions to the Lord Mayors handicapped persons was being collated for the Childrens Camp at Portsea. The work would Club and Community to consider. be over five years, with an annual commitment of £40. This Club established a Trust Fund, holding $392.21 pending the result of this survey. 1967-1968 Other projects in review were a decentralisation committee and an eye bank Board of Directors project. President: Earle Eldridge Vice President: N Silvey Soon after the disastrous Tasmanian Secretary: N Stanway bushfires, a collection was taken up and an Treasurer: R Bracher amount of $539.75 sent to the Rotary Club of SAA: K Baird Glenorchy, Tasmania, to use as required. Rent Directors: on our Christmas tree plantation of one shilling E Brownstein, H Hobbs, R Bethell, P Coutts, was paid to Mr Tucker. M Lehmann, M Lehmann, & D Walter
March saw the arrival of the Club‟s first Vocational ethics were aired for the Group Study Team, consisting of six members members to consider, as was a special and team leader from Tennessee for 4 days of programme „Planning for Retirement‟. Six vocational visits. A local accountant, David Job/Life talks were given by members, and the Greenall, was our unsuccessful nomination for film „Three Views on Heart Surgery‟ was the return visit. shown to stimulate interest.
Children's art was exchanged with Programmes were wide ranging; from Japanese Rotary Clubs. Some items were Rock Climbing with Dr Rod Sutherland, a life exchanged and auctioned. The Club sponsored talk from a Rotarian who was with the Italian Miss Marie Nuske in the „Miss Wimmera Army in Stalingrad, later a German
42 42 concentration camp and finally came as a Brigid‟s Schools. migrant to Australia, to an address from the Chief Economist with the National Bank. Over a number of years the Club had been concerned with money held in trust for a Having obtained approval from the Board, retarded children‟s centre. A survey showed Fellowship ran two Cabarets in the Town Hall that because of insufficient numbers of Supper Room. During the year two car trials children in the area, a centre could not be were run with a barbecue after, and a well proceeded with. attended meeting was held at Jack Russell‟s, again with the committee catering. After calling a public meeting, it was resolved that the amount of $408.09 held in The annual Bowls Night against trust should be given to the Pleasant Creek Warracknabeal Club was held on Horsham Special School at Stawell, for additional Golf Club greens. education facilities not normally provided. This amount, coupled with a subsidy, would Eventually the Club‟s project of training provide a substantial amount of equipment. Asian nurses had a favourable result, with Soo and Sri, two Malaysian nurses training at the Base Hospital. Several other Malaysian 1968-1969 nurses at Naracoorte and Warrnambool hospitals were brought over by local Rotarians Board of Directors to an outing at Halls Gap, and all present President: Norm Silvey enjoyed the international barbecue. Vice President: E Brownstein Secretary: W Crouch New Guinean Geoffrey was now in his Treasurer: R Bracher second year and continued to impress all who SAA: D Amos met him. We obtained an Indonesian journalist Directors: as a guest speaker, and members were much H Hobbs, R Bethell, P Coutts, M Lehmann, H better informed on our near neighbour, the Jenkin, & D Walter. largest Muslim nation in the world. Fellowship continued with a most In conjunction with Horsham's „New interesting programme of social re-education Australian‟ citizens, a soccer match was of the Club. Again, wives were involved, with arranged. It was a success both socially and a mixed golf day, two coffee cabarets, with financially. The first Christmas tree cutting at wooden horse racing(!), car trial and picnic. Tucker‟s Plantation was reasonably successful. We involved the Scout Groups in this venture, At the car trial we welcomed for the first but more energy was spent clearing up the time members of the Camberwell Rotary Club, havoc caused than the actual cutting down of a friendship that lasted the test of time. The the trees. Christmas Dinner was a success, being in the format of a dinner-dance. The barbecue and working bee at Sunnyside Park too was a social and financial Meals on Wheels continued, but without success, and would be repeated. Meals on Rtn. Clem Jepson at the helm due to ill health, Wheels continued with Rtn. Clem Jepson still Horsham Council took over the organising. as it‟s able organiser. The Christmas tree cutting and sales was The committee sponsored the visit of the carried out by members only, the profit going Australian Boys Choir, and this was well to the Learners Pool Fund. After much red attended by members and the public. tape, a raffle was organised for a wrist watch. The pool was now finally finished and being The learners pool was in the process of enjoyed by the town‟s youngsters - fully being put out for tender by the Horsham funded by Rotary. Council. This Club was committed to the full cost then of £5,000, double the estimate. The Malaysian nurses both passed their First Year exams, while Geoffrey Kaut The Club again supported local schools continued to shine - then in his third year with with bursaries to the High, Technical and St us, and looked like finishing well. The hosting
43 43 of Asian students that year brought 11 Programmes ranged from working bees Malaysian's from Latrobe University. at Green Lake and Tucker‟s, Mr Aoki from the Japan Trade Centre, the Vice Chancellor of Vocational arranged a trip to the Monash University, Deputy Director of Bureau Wimmera Base Hospital and Longerenong of Agriculture, and a joint talk by other service College as part of their programmes. Job/Life clubs - Jaycees, Lions and Apex. talks and What‟s New in my Profession were often included in the evening‟s agenda. A second Club was suggested for Horsham, and the Director of Aboriginal The highlight of the year was a Affairs aroused many thoughts. A Group Study management seminar open to the public in Team arrived from New Jersey, USA, and which over half of the Club were involved, and spent eight days in the Wimmera, relaxing after which showed what Rotary can do. The a hectic first part of their tour. seminar was featured in „Rotary Down Under‟. Along with the visit of the Vice Programmes saw 4 meetings away from Chancellor of Monash University, Vocational the Locarno Hotel, with 33 guest speakers (not arranged also for a team of teaching staff and Rotarians) addressing the members. A new students to attend a public meeting to inform method of appointing officers for weekly local people on requirements, courses, meetings was instituted, and worked well. (the accommodation and scholarships available at same method is still working in 2003) Monash. Membership that year reached 79, an increase of 11 over the year. The introduction of an annual Service Award for outstanding employees in Horsham businesses was instigated, with a silver tray to 1969-1970 be donated and presented by PDG Stewart Brown. Board of Directors President: Eddie Brownstein The International Committee sought ties Vice President: R Bethell with the Lae Rotary Club because Geoffrey Secretary: N Carter had successfully completed his final year and Treasurer: R Bracher was returning there for tertiary study. A SAA: Max Taylor wheelchair was sent to the local hospital. Our Directors: two Malaysian trainee nurses both passed their D Schmidt, J van Duren, W Rentsch, I Stevens, finals at the Base Hospital, and were to return D Walter, & G le Plastrier. home soon. An unsuccessful attempt was made to replace them with two New Guinean Fellowship early on decided they could students. not top the last year - then did. Trips were made to Wyperfield Park, Victoria Valley and An idea of Rtn. Andy Wood to bring to Cherrypool. The Clubs sportsmen had their Horsham a leading Indonesian journalist was bowls and golf days. successful, and Satyagraha Hoerip duly arrived from Djakarta, staying in the Wimmera for In October the first of many trips to nine weeks. He returned home with a better Camberwell Club was made. understanding of Australians and our way of life, and we hoped he was an ambassador for A Premiere Night barbecue was held at Horsham as well on his return home. the Drive-In Theatre with public participation and $850 raised. Help was given to the River Beautification Committee and the south bank The Christmas Dinner format was of the river was planted with native trees. The changed, with table wine and entertainment Club moved over 2,000 yards of filling into introduced. This carried over to the the Rotary area, long known as Sawyers Changeover night, where a change of menu Brickworks, which is now the Soundshell included liqueurs and coffee. Fellowship took forecourt. over eleven nights during the year, a record. The fence from the bridge to the caravan park was erected by all the service clubs.
44 44 Community also helped at the Mardi-Gras with Russell‟s was enjoyed. entertainment and a barbecue, proceeds going to the River Committee. The Christmas trees Members and ladies were entertained by were again very successful, and another 1,300 „Oliver‟, and a trip to Seppelts Winery young pines planted. followed by a barbecue evidently sated most members appetites for a while. Christmas The Committee was liable for the cost of Dinner was a riotous affair, and early in the the learners‟ pool, which ran seriously over year the Club enjoyed another visit to the budget, but was able to discharge the debt with Russell‟s, together with the Horsham East the help of all members during the year. Rotarians and ladies - all enjoyed seeing Mavis‟s collection of rare china. Our plantations at the lakes were handed over to Wimmera Shire for ongoing care. The largest project for the year was the organisation of the Horsham East Charter night, with 370 attending the Black Tie dinner 1970-1971 at the Town Hall.
Board of Directors A challenge at cricket was issued by the President: Bob Bethell Lions Club - and some Rotarians found they Vice President: W Crouch weren't as young as they thought they were. Secretary: W Thirwell Treasurer: R Bracher During the year, the Fellowship Ladies SAA: N Carter invited members wives who had a birthday or Directors: anniversary in that month to a special evening J van Duren, D Schmidt, A Wood, G le meal. Plastrier, & G Bath. Programmes‟ aim that year was to teach An International Convention is a once-in members as much as could be gained about our -lifetime for most of us. A truly tremendous own City, and speakers included Arch Conn experience with outstanding events on (Town Clerk), Geoff Leivesley (Promotions particular days, mixed with fellowship of local Committee) and senior staff from the CES and and international Rotarians, and Horsham local police station. members who attended the Sydney Convention must be better Rotarians. Job/Life talks were still winners, while the international flavours were from Northern During the year, the Club moved Canada to Antarctica. to its new „home‟ at La Fontana, with everything pertaining to club services much Careers Week saw over 350 students better and more enjoyable, the air conditioning seek advice from fifteen counsellors on their certainly being relished by all on hot nights. future choosing of a career. A business clinic, while well run and organised, did not attract as Our third sponsored Club, The Rotary many local businessmen as had been expected. Club of Horsham East, was chartered on 16th April under the guidance of District Governors Our fourth exchange student, Yasuko Special Representatives PP Norm Silvey and Hashimoto, arrived from Koriyama West in PP Malcolm Taylor. It is this Club‟s continued Japan. She was a delightful ambassador for her responsibility to maintain whatever assistance country, and made an important contribution to they may require. this Club‟s acceptance of the Exchange Programme. Many varied functions were enjoyed during the year, commencing with a car trial to The Club put forward a student for Rocklands, followed by a barbecue. outgoing exchange but she was not successful. Contact with Geoffrey was maintained November saw Camberwell Club visit through Lae Rotary Club, and a parcel of us. The weekend started with a cabaret on school books sent to Kila Kila Primary school Friday. Saturday included a trip to Zumstein's, in Papua. followed by a barbecue and home hosting, and next morning either golf or a trip to the Once again, the Club hosted nine
45 45 Malaysian Students from Methodist that fellowship was alive and well in this Club. International House for a weekend. Other successes were the two golf days, theatre Newspapers received from Indonesia night, a car trial and a cricket match. show that Australia and District 278 were well publicised by Hoerip on his return. Inter Club visits were made by Dimboola and Stawell which also included the The combined Rotary Clubs worked ladies from all Clubs. towards the formation of a Rotaract Club in Horsham. Programmes included the popular Job/ Life talks, and members talks on their travels, That year Community was heavily interests and hobbies, along with many guests involved with the river improvement scheme, on many subjects. and working bees poured concrete for under tables and barbecue bases, painted picnic This Club sponsored Geoffrey Bath to tables, and designed and built the jetty near the gain the two years practical experience needed caravan park, as well as serving on the river before receiving teacher training for Technical committee. Schools. Although privately financed, Geoffrey would gain agricultural experience in Two young people were sent to six countries being hosted by Rotary Clubs in Hamilton to the RYLA seminar. Christmas New Zealand, USA, Canada, Norway, England tree sales were again successful, but it was and South Africa. If successful, the pilot recommended that next year the Club increase project would be put to Rotary International as the price from $1.00 to $1.20. A public raffle an educational scheme worthy of funding. for a swimming pool was organised and $400 raised. Forty-five prefects and student leaders from the Secondary schools in Horsham and An Outstanding Community Service Dimboola attended a seminar on leadership in Award was implemented, the first award going Horsham, later in the year a careers trip was to Mr L Rudolph for his contribution arranged to attend the Open Day at the spearheading the river improvement scheme. University of Melbourne.
Bursaries were again given to the three In conjunction with Camberwell Club, a Secondary schools, together with an amount to third year apprentice was hosted in Melbourne the City Oval improvements keeping up our for one week, receiving vocational instruction local outlook. in all aspects of the building trade. Two electrical apprentices were also sponsored and hosted by Belmont Club. 1971-1972 For the first time, members received a Board of Directors booklet recording personal and business details President: Bill Crouch of all Horsham Rotarians, named „Who‟s Who‟ Vice President: D Schmidt - hopefully, an annual production of the Secretary: D Greenall Vocational Committee. Treasurer: R Bracher SAA: K Nagel Everyone agreed that the exchange of Directors: Yasuko Hashimoto was an excellent one. J Weight, J Cranage, O Thomas, N Silvey, G Several members were soon going to Japan and Bath, & R Bethell. would call on Yasuko and her parents. We were fortunate that Yasuko was here when the Some of the social highlights included Group Study Team from Japan visited the visit by Camberwell Club, and the very Horsham. An International Dinner was held successful barn dance held on that weekend. with recipes from Japan, Netherlands, Italy, Later in the year some of our members South Seas and Australia on the menu, and journeyed down to Melbourne to enjoy their Yasuko helped with the preparation, and congenial hospitality. performed a Japanese dance.
Christmas night, and later the trip to The project to bring two Papuan nurses Rocklands for a weekend once again proved to Australia for further training finally came to
46 46 fruition, and Jill Unia and Bella Modulula stayed at the Horsham Base Hospital for eight With fellowship in mind, eight Ladies weeks. They both moved on to Bethesa Nights were held over the year, and several Hospital in Melbourne to obtain their planned with younger families in mind. Two midwifery certificates. major evenings celebrated were Stewart Brown‟s 40 years in Rotary, and the visiting After much planning, the Horsham GSE team from Maryland, USA. Speakers Rotaract Club‟s Charter meeting was held on from outside Australia spoke on seven 16th March, at the Horsham Town Hall. Here occasions. we had a mixed young group, who we hoped, would go from strength to strength. Two Vocational provided a bus to transport Rotaracters were selected as RYLA awardees. matriculation students from the secondary schools to the Open Day at Ballarat Institute Christmas time was successful with a for Advanced Studies. concert, sales of Christmas trees and cards. The planned careers meeting did not Working bees were busy on the river eventuate, and an award was made to our city bank, the Christmas tree plantation and the parking attendant Gerry Hawkins for his Rotary rest area in Firebrace Street. A wine personal concern for metered motorists. tasting was squeezed in somewhere, and members combined in a joint club effort with Apprentice exchange saw two Horsham Camberwell, to host a young widow and her mechanics go to Belmont and Camberwell, three children on a holiday away from and in return two of their mechanics were Melbourne for ten days. placed with Horsham Dealers. Geoffrey Bath‟s technical training continued into its 1972-73 second year, and the Club was kept well informed.
Board of Directors Contact was maintained with our President: Doug Schmidt Indonesian journalist Hoerip, and our two New Vice President: J Russell Guinean Nurses. The Club greeted Gabriel du Secretary: C Ballard Toit, from Port Elizabeth in South Africa. Ned Treasurer: R Bracher Carter was busy as student counsellor. Also in SAA: H Jenkin his charge was the outgoing student to Directors: California, Jennifer Payne. O Thomas, L Llewelyn, J Cranage, G Bath, A
Wood, D Miller, & W Crouch. The exhilarating project of providing an
efficient and safe water system to the Karamue The first fabulous Christmas Dinner was Hospital in New Guinea showed what Rotary organised for some of Horsham‟s elderly can do when challenged. citizens:the meal, atmosphere and entertainment at La Fontana would long be Billeting the National Boys Choir was a remembered, as would Pat and Rosaria Neri for big job, but Rotary did it. The event was a their hospitality. social and musical success. Draw a line with
chalk down the footpath, and $250 was raised Camberwell‟s visit was spoken of in in this way over a twelve hour period. glowing terms - due mainly to the generosity of Christmas tree sales were stepped up, with Rtn. John and Reta van Dyk, and the return home delivery offered. The Club was involved visit to Camberwell equalled in fellowship. with the Karkana Project committee, with Club
support to be ongoing. A line of coins in Firebrace Street was very well supported by the public. Other This was the first year a separate Youth functions organised by Fellowship included a Committee was in existence. Many ideas were wine tasting, the annual Lions v Rotary Cricket put forward, including Little Athletics and a match, the annual bowls match against driving school, but the local youth were well Warracknabeal RC, a Christmas barbecue at served in these areas. The first year‟s efforts the river, and a visit to Halls Gap with Stawell centred mainly on Rotaract, helping out with RC. their projects, and sending two young people to
47 47 Glenormiston College to the RYLA seminar. was the discussion „Apartheid‟ between exchange student Gabriel du Toit and PP Eddie Brownstein. Father Brosnan gave us an insight 1973-1974 into Pentridge Gaol, and a major address was on the Wimmera Base Hospital‟s „Million Board of Directors Dollar‟ Appeal. President: Jack Russell Vice President: D Walter The internationality of Rotary was Secretary: C Ballard evident when Monsignor Garcia spoke to the Treasurer: R Bracher club on the Philippines, and the poor standard SAA: S Olsen of their cattle herds. This resulted in a Directors: pedigreed bull being donated by Rtn. Reece D Schmidt, L Llewelyn, A Schwartz, F Bulle, and shipped to the Philippines. Rossbotham, G Bath, M Lehmann;, & A Wood. This year‟s International Dinner had representative food from India, British Isles, Thirty couples came from Melbourne Balkan States and China. A visit was received Rotary Club and enjoyed the International for several days by a GSE team from Ohio, Dinner, complete with the Mahatma, Gandhi USA, who enjoyed their break from serving the Indian food. Other countries commitments. To round out our year, a family represented also had their heroes. On Saturday night was organised at Austin Eagle‟s the visitors journeyed to Mt Arapiles, and that woolshed. evening there was home-hosting. Sunday‟s events included a trip over the Grampians and Work on our river area involved mowing a barbecue at Halls Gap. and building a retaining wall each side of the jetty to stop erosion to the banks. The barbecue An oil painting of Sir Angus Mitchell by needed extensive repairs due to vandalism, and Sir William Dargie was presented to the Club. a drinking fountain was erected next to the This was followed up one month later with barbecue. thirteen couples visiting from Camberwell RC. Christmas trees were again a winner, On Saturday, eighteen Horsham couples being sold from our rest area in Firebrace joined the group and all ventured away for a Street. Another main street project was weekend at Rocklands. Activities included another line of coins to aid the hospital appeal. fishing, golfing, sing-a-longs etc. The food and This raised $300. Once again the club helped a fellowship was never ending. widower and his four children in conjunction with Camberwell Rotary Club. As a prelude to our Christmas Dinner, a bus tour was arranged to give the elderly from This was Youth Activities second year, the hostels an outing at Zumstein's, with a and Rotaract was again the main focus. barbecue lunch and afternoon tea. Rotactors were painting the Karkana building, and building chicken coops for Noske‟s poultry Over one hundred elderly folk were research farm at Tooan. RYLA was supported transported to and from La Fontana for the again and two awardees chosen to go to annual Christmas Dinner. Bendigo.
Some members made the return visit to We combined with the Wimmera Mail Camberwell, the highlights being chauffeured Times in choosing a „Junior Sportsman of the to Flannagans Night Club, and the barbecue at Year Award‟ which would continue into the Bill May‟s home. next Rotary year.
Other Fellowship events included a Gabriel du Toit returned home after a yabby day, wine bus tour to Great Western and highly successful year. He was replaced by a wine and cheese night. Greg Pickering from Alberta, Canada. Jenny Payne was still in California. Horsham was Programmes again were varied, and now well established as the venue for the included the favourites, Job/Life talks and District nominated exchange students member‟s interests. Outstanding among them interviews.
48 48 in the building of the House. Membership this year reached 89. Camberwell‟s visit this year was spent at the Dooen Golf Club, where members of both 1974-1975 Club‟s washed bottles and filled them with wine, devouring a smorgasbord meal along the Board of Directors way. President: Dave Walter Vice President: A Schwartz A bus tour to Rocklands and the Secretary: B Thomson Christmas Dinner were organised for our Treasurer: R Bracher Senior Citizens. Eighty members and wives SAA: N Silvey attended „The Sound of Music‟, a challenge Directors: cricket match played was against Horsham J Russell, A Wood, B Miller, G Bath, L East, and the picnic with Warracknabeal RC Llewelyn, F Rossbotham, & N Carter. were enjoyable occasions.
This became known as the “Year of the Programmes included speakers on House”. A sub-committee was formed under education, football, travel, youth, women's Community Service guidance.The House electoral lobby, gambling, hypnosis, job talks Project leaders were Stan Francis, Master and alcoholism. Builder and Barry Rogers, Public Works Inspector, and under their guidance, the house Vocational concentrated on only three was built. projects because of the heavy load of the house project. The Careers Week was held, with This concept of building a house and students being bused from schools 80 miles giving the profit to the Wimmera Base away. Hospital‟s Appeal was raised in 1973-74 and passed onto the Club committee this year. Club members also arranged over 50 „mock interviews‟ to give students experience The Community Service Committee in real office situations, having to make the agreed early in their year that the most initial contact through to the interview. important project was to complete the Rotary House, and decided not to involve the Club in Early in the year, the report on Geoffrey too many other projects, as this was a large Bath‟s overseas study tour was published. A undertaking and part of the „Million Dollar copy was sent to the District Governor, but was Appeal‟. not forwarded on for RI recognition as a new Rotary Project. The work was done mainly by the members, assisted by tradesmen in special The International Dinner introduced us areas of the work. We were fortunate to have a to Canadian food, together with South Seas, Master Builder and a Public Works Inspector Malaysian and Australian favourites. Profit among our members, and while these two men from the night purchased chickens for bore the brunt of the organising and execution Bangladesh, and 3,000 finally made it to necessary, the sterling work of the rank and file Bangladesh. Greg Pickering from Canada and members was acknowledged. Jennifer Payne in California were representing their respective Clubs well. It was a long job and weather conditions were against it, but patience and perseverance Again, together with Camberwell Club, triumphed, and on 5th October, 1974, the a widow and her two young sons enjoyed a completed house was opened for inspection. week‟s holiday in Horsham. At the opening ceremony, the House Project leaders were made Life Governors of the Christmas trees were available again, cut hospital. Almost 1600 people inspected the and delivered. house while it was opened. The house, at 12 Carter Street, Horsham, sold for $30,762. The In conjunction with the Police Club‟s commitment to the Hospital Centenary Department, a bicycle testing machine was Building Appeal was an outstanding taken to all schools and over 1,500 given achievement. Over $13,000 profit was raised roadworthies.
49 49 employees and the students all saw the benefit It was planned to build a shelter over our of work experience in exploring a career, and barbecue at the river. Money from our Line of this became an ongoing project. The end of Coins would go to the River Beautification first term in 1976 saw 26 students thus Committee. employed.
Rotaract and RYLA were again Mock Interviews were again offered to supported. Alan Vickers, a member of senior students, and 63 were so interviewed. A Rotaract, was selected as Horsham East‟s review of their performance was given. The member of a GSE team to Louisiana. apprentice exchange continued with 2 motor mechanics being involved between Belmont At the District Conference in Geelong, and ourselves. the award of a Paul Harris Fellowship was made to PDG Stewart Brown, presented by the This year the International Dinner personal representative of R.I President Bill offered foods from China, New Zealand, USA Robbins, R.I Director Wilbur Pell in and Spain. The guest speaker was Mr Bob recognition of outstanding service to Rotary King M.H.R who spoke on his trip to China. over a period of forty years plus. The Club hosted a group of 50 New Zealanders travelling through Horsham to the 1975-1976 Melbourne Cup. Austin Eagle made his woolshed available and really showed the Board of Directors „kiwis‟ something. President: Arthur Schwartz Vice President: G Bath At the request of the Melbourne District Secretary: D Hermans 280, we entertained a GSE team from Japan. Treasurer: R Bracher They flew in and were taken to inspect SAA: V Burge Longerenong Agricultural College and the Directors: Wheat Research Institute. D Walter, A Wood, F Treacey, B Thomson, F Lockwood, B Miller, D Greenall, & B The Christmas tree plantation needed a Rogers. lot of cleaning up and replanting, and working bees accomplished this in no time. The shelter Fellowship was again very active, with at the river barbecue was almost finished. A the Camberwell visit early in the Rotary year. „Mannequin Parade‟ in conjunction with That year we visited the Great Western winery, Langlands, and Ball & Welch, raised $800 for then went on to Halls Gap for an overnight stay the Karkarna Appeal. Also for the same appeal at the Lutheran Holiday Camp. Later, several a scrap-metal drive was organised. Horsham members and their wives reciprocated with the return trip, and enjoyed a Membership at the end of the year stood great weekend. at 93.
The Elderly Folks Picnic and Christmas Youth committee looked at the report of Dinner were both very successful. Members the Council‟s Welfare Officer on the need for a enjoyed a wine bottling, and other outings hostel for young people in Horsham, but the included a yabby day at Russell‟s, a golf day cost was considered prohibitive and actual and the annual Lions Cricket Challenge. numbers low.
Programmes were aimed to be A questionnaire surveying youth needs interesting, informative or amusing, to an showed that they are critical of organisations in audience with a variety of interests, and topics town. Statistics showed that 78% would like a included alcoholism, China, Langi Kal Kal, regular dance, and 50% of replies indicated Army, Bangladesh, art, Russia, disaster, Tally that school leavers intended to leave Horsham Ho Boys Home, Foundation, gliding etc. permanently.
In the second term vacation, eighteen Nine boys from Tally Ho Boys Village Form 5 Commercial students were employed in were given a holiday in Horsham for a week - industry for one week under the provisions of this was so successful that it was recommended the Work Experience Act (1974). Employers,
50 50 that it be an annual event. Rotaract and Contact was established with Sister Jill RYLA were again supported. in New Guinea to ascertain whether this Club A new project was the Youth Hike, with could help with equipment for her hospital. 52 people taking part in the walk from Flat This project was designed to follow on from Rock, over Mt Stapleton and Mt Difficult to 1971 when Sister Jill received special training Lake Wartook. All received Certificates of at the Base Hospital. She requested an audio- Accomplishment. visual projector for the training of nursing aides. Colin Bethune was selected as our Exchange Student to go to California, and Plans to bring out an Indonesian Michael Cases was our new incoming student journalist were put on hold after a lot of work. from the Philippines. International‟s dinner saw foods of several different countries, including the Philippines, being attempted, and our exchange student 1976-1977 performed his national foot-crushing dance.
Board of Directors A new committee, Special Projects, was President: Graham Bath formed as a result of the success of the Rotary Vice President: A Wood House Project. A Dinner Auction raising Secretary: G Leak $1,650 was the first project undertaken, and Treasurer: R Bracher/J Kuhne $1,400 of this was given towards the Driver SAA: Malcolm Taylor Education Project. Directors: A Schwartz, A Cozens, N Carter, R Bulle, D Promotion of Horsham was the main Greenall, B Thomson, & B Rogers. purpose in three members joining the back-up crews in the „Sun Tour‟ bike race. A specially The carry-over of the Scrap Metal Drive painted „Horsham‟ car, was used. The project raised over $1,000 for the Karkana Appeal. was self supporting and did not incur any costs on the Club (also no profit). Who could forget Several working bees saw „The Welder‟ SAA Malcolm Taylor‟s little ditties! and his team finish what is now we hoped would be a vandal proof barbecue. Vocational continued the Mock Interviews and Work Experience Programmes, Christmas trees were again a good and became involved in the Thornlie Rotary source of income, but looking further to a more Club‟s productivity project. practical donation, a tremendous Club effort saw over 1000 bales of hay carted and stacked Youth Activities had a busy year, to be distributed to the victims of the starting with a list of „Students to help the Gippsland bushfires. Elderly.
Fellowship has all or nothing happening The Tally Ho hosting programme - then everything at once; the wind up of a proceeded with 6 Rotarian families wine bottling, Camberwell visit to Rocklands participating. with inclement weather but great fellowship. The Sun BikeTour saw us involved with a Rotaract had a Rotarian attending most barbecue for riders, crews and a very of their meetings, helping them in procedures, successful night was enjoyed, both socially and etc. financially. A RYLA awardee was sponsored to Thanks must go to the Neri‟s for the use Glenormiston College. of La Fontana as the venue for the Senior Citizens Dinner. The year‟s activities closed A seminar „Alcohol and the Teenager‟ with a river barbecue, a night at Eagles was conducted in conjunction with the Health woolshed and the Changeover. Education Centre, and involved 93 High School students. Feedback via a questionnaire Membership briefly touched 100. was encouraging.
Shauna Walter was our outgoing
51 51 exchange student to South Africa and the Exchange Students. Steven Phillips won a Youth Hike that year took place from Roses place on the GSE team to Brazil, and Kathie gap, via Briggs Bluff, Boroka Lookout to Maclean was selected as our Exchange Student Wonderland. next year. PP Eddie Brownstein worked on statistics which showed a definite fatigue zone Special Projects‟ efforts to stimulate from Stawell to the South Australian border, business resulted in the creation of two jobs. and Mobil Oil look looked like sponsoring this project. Representations to the Country Research on the „50th Anniversary of Roads Board received no favourable response. the Rotary Club of Horsham‟ was completed, the book being almost ready for printing.
1977-1978 A Dinner Auction for the ‟Build A Scout Hall‟ raised $2,022. Board of Directors President: Andrew Wood Vocational again promoted Mock Vice President: N Carter Interviews, and Work Experience Programmes. Secretary: D Hatherall The Apprentice Exchange saw another Treasurer: D Freckleton exchange between the Camberwell and SAA: B Hoffman Horsham members. Directors: G Bath, J Dare, F Treacey, D Greenall, B Personal Affairs Planners were made Thomson, G Leak, G le Plastrier, T Francis, & available for members, and articles in the Club J Glover. Bulletin discussed extracts from „Service is my Business‟ and the „Four Way Test‟. The The finalising of the scrap metal drive granting of a Courtesy/Vocational Award was saw another $500 towards Karkana. instigated. Four speakers were arranged for Club meetings. Our Christmas tree harvest again raised a good amount. Many trees were now past their A „Magic of Music‟ Dance Night prime, and PP Jack Russell generously offered featuring Melbourne group „Dove‟ was noisy a site of 2.5 acres which was cleaned and and terrific, but not very profitable. fenced. Rental for the Club was $1 per annum, or a pot of beer- partaken by PP Jack at Our road trauma campaign using PP Christmas. Eddie Brownstein‟s statistics was continued, and 26 road signs made with a grant from Fellowship had a busy time, from the Mobil Oil were placed along the highway film „Dr Zhivago‟ to a golf day at Natimuk. between Stawell and Kaniva. Very soon after, After a car trip members enjoyed a white wine the Country Roads Board accepted our claims, and „Pig on a Spit‟. declared the length of highway a fatigue zone, and erected their own road signs along the The Elderly Citizens Dinner took place highway. plus our own Christmas Dinner, Camberwell visit, two river barbecues, a social bowls night, Rotaract progressed with a membership a car trip followed with a red wine, roast beef of 20. During Youth Week Snr Sgt Ray Harris day, and finally the Changeover Dinner. spoke about the Blue Light Disco which he initiated. Our RYLA awardee was Paul Rev. Pecalli Ratawa, from Fiji, and the Ormrod, who later gave demonstrations of his Consul General of Canada both spoke at the karate skills. The Youth Hike was again International Dinner. Over 170 members and successful, with 44 young people completing guests sampled foods of Italy, Netherlands, Fiji it. and India. Our Club supported Miss Ruth McIntyre Jennifer Dickson was selected as our in the Miss Victoria Country Charity Queen. exchange student to Thailand. Liaison with Ruth won this title with a total amount raised Horsham East was established for the selection of $33,482, losing the main title to Miss Italian of both the Group Study candidates and Community Queen, Maria Velona.
52 52 A sheep sale organised by this Club visit to the Pioneer Museum at Jeparit, then to raised $3500 for Ruth. Eagles woolshed, where PP Jack Russell won a blade shearing competition. The fleeces were sold with spirited bidding. Next day, our visitors were taken to Bellfield via Zumstein's.
October came, and our expertise turned 1978-1979 to waiting on the tables at the Agricultural and Pastoral Society‟s Centenary Ball. Board of Directors President: Ned Carter The Christmas rush began with the Vice President: D Greenall Senior Citizens Dinner, our own Christmas Secretary: J Glover Dinner, and a river barbecue. A family Treasurer: D Freckleton activities night at the Wood‟s was a first, SAA: D Hermans followed by the Bowls Night. The second last Directors: event was held in the Horsham Theatre: a A Wood, C Heard, B Hoffman, G le Plastrier, chicken and champagne dinner followed by the G Leak, F Treacey, B Thomson, & D film „Who‟s Killing the Great Chefs of Hatherall. Europe‟.
The Club‟s 50th Anniversary of the The International Dinner was addressed signing of the Club Charter was 5th November. by the President of the Danish Club; no-one With this in mind, the Club was looking knew his thoughts on the „Little Maid of toward to an outstanding year. Copenhagen?‟
Rotary International initiated the 3H A group of Vietnamese were brought to Programme: Health, Hunger and Humanity, a Horsham by the Camberwell Club, and these 75th Anniversary Programme. This Club took were hosted by our members. A group of up the challenge and became a „Banner Club‟. International House students also spent time with us. The Indonesian journalist, Agnes Community Service‟s first project was Samsuri, arrived and worked with the cleaning and tidying Hazelmere Flats for the „Wimmera Mail Times‟ and associated papers. Aged prior to the laying of floor coverings. Sue John, daughter of Mike and Jan Christmas trees were at a premium but John, was selected as our exchange student to stocks were augmented with trees from South Africa in the next year. Our incoming Billywing. Our Toolondo plantation had many student was Sue Berndt from Oshkosh, trees due to mature the next year. The final cut Wisconsin. -out at Tucker‟s saw a total of over $2,500 taken from the original site. Due to one of our members activity, a branch of Amnesty International has been The State Emergency Services were in formed. Correspondence with a Japanese Club dire need of funds for its headquarters in saw our International committee send some Horsham. Rotary explored possibilities, and opals to them to be auctioned. The result was a our Secretary wrote a submission to the State return of US$296 to each Club. Premier. As a result, the SES received a grant of $20,000 to complete the entire project. Programmes were even more diverse this year, from Miles Bourke to Bob King, a Red Cross urgently needed a wheelchair, Brazilian GSE team, a POW who worked on and we were able to help immediately. the Burma Railway, and many of our own members. Who could forget the night the Changeover saw a backdrop of the Russian Embassy sent their team along in the 'Patche Kid‟, complete with rabbits and traps. long, black limo‟s from Canberra, together with the crates of vodka. The Camberwell visit gave the new Fellowship Committee its first taste of catering Special Projects organised the and entertaining. The International Dinner fed celebrations for our 50th Anniversary, and a the visitors. On Saturday there was a quick Gala Dinner in the Town Hall saw the launch
53 53 of PP Don Garth‟s Book, and a Vintage Port especially bottled.
A crop of peas was planted, the DG‟s Changeover Dinner entrusted to us, and the running of the Fishing Competition was ably handled by the S.P. boys with a profit of $2,250, not a bad result remembering that our 1979-1980 poor President had to plead with members to accept this new challenge. Board of Directors President: David Greenall New technology embraced the Club, and Vice President: B Thomson two job interviews were video taped for use by Secretary: J Glover schools. Dimboola High asked our Club to Treasurer: D Freckleton hold mock interviews with their students in SAA: L Deale addition to our local schools. Work Directors: Experience continued on offer to senior N Carter, V Jobe, R Smith, B Hoffman, D students. Job/Life talks were still being Maclean, D Hatherall, L Ormrod, & I Garth. organised for weekly meetings. The 75th Year of Rotary International This year 40 youth hikers tested was celebrated with a combined meeting with themselves over the trip from Briggs Bluff to the Rotary Club of Horsham East. The Wonderland. It was great to see so many meeting was a proud moment for PP Don children (?) enjoy the family games night. The Garth, who was given Paul Harris Fellow most popular games were the shooting gallery Recognition to mark his many years dedication and the mini-car. to Rotary, the Community, and his work researching and publishing this clubs „50 Year Again we worked closely with our History‟. Rotaract Club. A membership drive gained a few new members. This was the first year Rotary Foundation was a major beneficiary. We RYLA selection was again worked in forwarded US$1,175 taking us to a total of conjunction with Horsham East Club, and two US$6,324.40 since its inception in 1946. From awardees were sent to the Ballarat seminar. this date on, our Club was a regular supporter Lifeline gained $400 from a Line of Coins. of Foundation.
This year the Club sponsored two After much discussion, it was decided to seminars on alcohol involving our three put an amount of $1,970 aside, from catering Secondary schools. Local and Melbourne profits, into a „Rotary Shed‟ account. From the based speakers were involved. success of the first Fishing Competition Catering, it was evident that a main base for Kathy Maclean has settled into Penang. operations was needed, instead of several small scattered areas. It would be the first time all During the year two Club Service Club property was under one roof. committees were directly involved with the community in need, the Meals on Wheels and River working bees were a feature of our the Accident and Illness Care Committee‟s. summer activities, along with a door knock for Like all Club Service committees, their work the Heart Campaign. The Club acted as is often taken for granted and does not get the stewards for the Horsham Cycling Classic. richly deserved accolades that is warranted. Our Christmas trees were augmented with a cut from Billywing plantation, and a tidy profit And so ended our first Golden made. Anniversary, the Club in better stead than in its first year. A major request came from the State Emergency Service. As our Club had been successful in raising their Building Appeal finance, we were asked to help sponsor an
54 54 appeal for a set of „Jaws of Life‟ for the „Hospitals Don‟t Burn Down‟, both were Horsham Group. Fund-raising was so certainly thought provoking. successful that, with the help of the G.E.B., three sets were purchased, one each for Nhill The exchange student speakers were and Warracknabeal as well as the Horsham well received. group. Over $28,000 was raised. Probably not so enjoyable was being In conjunction with Camberwell Club, locked and „forgotten‟ in the cells at the we again co-hosted a mother and her son for a Horsham Police Station, which happened to 10 day holiday. some members.
A Road Courtesy Driving Award was Catering at the Fishing Competition, sponsored in co-operation with the police, and involved three days of sweat and toil and made 42 lucky drivers received a first-aid kit for their $2,650 profit. Special Projects costed our good driving skills. „shed‟, and made an application to Council.
A combined service club Children's Day Vocational again participated in the was so successful it was considered it should work experience exchange with Camberwell, be repeated. Community Service‟s year closed and eight Wimmera students and six city with a book sale to aid Kampuchea refugees. students exchanged jobs for a week
Camberwell Club enjoyed their trip here Talks were given on banks and travel with a wine and cheese night and a trip on and there were many and varied club member Saturday to Mt Arapiles to learn of Major talks. Mitchell's meanderings. The night saw an evening of food, music and items at Hamilton Rotaract was a major concern, with Lamb Hall, with a chicken lunch on the members of Rotaract being at the age of Wimmera River before leaving for home. moving in jobs, and it being a very transitory association. In March, Jack Russell led our group on the return visit, taking in League football or the Career guidance was again developed, Dandenong's. A gourmet barbecue followed, and taken to the schools. The Club sent a and a progressive breakfast enjoyed before the student to the RYLA Seminar in Bendigo. trip home. We joined with Melbourne Rotary Club Fellowship ran the Senior Citizens in a scheme where country students could be Dinner with 120 seniors transported on the day. mentored by their members. Only two Despite frequent total fire ban days, a number Horsham students availed themselves of this of barbecues were enjoyed during the year. offer.
International Night this year had a Thai This Club was once again chosen as host theme, the Royal Thai Consul General for the Exchange Student interviews. I‟m sure addressed us, and six beautiful Thai exchange its the meals provided. students danced and sang for us as we enjoyed our sticky rice, etc. The austerity meal was a The Club welcomed Suneethi Kamath rather sobering experience, realising that over from Bangalore, India, and Kathy Maclean, half the world went to bed hungry every night. daughter of Rtn. Don returned from Penang, Sue John flew off to Orange Free State in A GSE team from Canada-United States South Africa. visited the Wimmera and were guests of Rotarians. 1980-1981 Money was made by painting John Van Dyk‟s fences at Brimpaen, I‟ll bet Sir Anthony Board of Directors Van Dyck would have used less paint! President: Barry Thomson Vice President: F Treacey Two films, relevant to fire dangers were Secretary: L Potter shown, „Bleve‟ on L.P Gas explosions and
55 55 Treasurer: D Freckleton SAA: I McLachlan Our annual Dinner menu represented Directors: Scotland, South Sea Islands, India and D Greenall, L Schumann, D Hatherall, D Germany. About 60% of us became Life Maclean, K Sellars, G Leak, V Jobe, I Garth, & Members of F.A.I.M. During the year, monies J Glover. were sent to a Vietnamese resettlement scheme, a Bangladesh Hospital to support a Community Service began with working student nurse and purchase 2 bicycles, and to bees, and finished on the same note. Seats the District Project to set up a mobile medical were fitted inside the Rotary barbecue shelter, centre. together with new roof and decking. A concrete slab and plaque was laid for the Members were shocked to hear of the opening of this section of river. death of Sue Berndt, our ex-exchange student of 1978-79 in a motorcycle accident in her We again acted as stewards in the home-town of Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Horsham Cycle Classic. Programmes this year concentrated on a An „Operation Small Change‟ barrel was Rotary theme, covering all committees work. made by Rtn. Laurie Deale and installed in the We visited the Victorian Crops Research foyer of the hospital. Institute, Vulcan Foundry, and the Stick Shed at Murtoa. We had 10 Ladies Nights with Christmas trees were again a winner, programmes directed towards their interests. with extra trees coming from Rtn. Brian Vocational visits to local businesses Somers‟ Roses Gap property, raising our profit were always a feature. Work exchanges were this year to $900. continued with seven students going to Melbourne, and five visiting in exchange. This Kannamaroo catering was undertaken on Club supported the High Schools Careers request from the organisers. The Fishing Display and Information Centre. An award Competition was again a total club effort, with was made to Mrs Nancye Hovey for her work whole families being involved. covering literacy in the community.
Camberwell's visit saw the „Desert trip‟, The Youth Challenge Hike was described as „the Life Be In It‟ programme disappointing with the few numbers, but made gone mad. up for by enthusiasm.
A Jack Russell Yabby Day was voted The Rotaract is in poor shape with only best ever - but not for the yabbies. 8 members, and both Rotary Clubs were attending their meetings and offering help. Christmas saw our Elderly Citizens Dinner cater for 120, and our own Dinner this This year, our Club was host to the year at the Cycling Clubrooms. RYLA seminar, at Longerenong College. The „parents‟ of the seminar were Rtn Max The New Year barbecue was now firmly Galagher, and wife Kit looking after 50 „kids‟. entrenched as a club institution, as was chasing exchange students and members children away from the „iced coffee‟. The major project this Club attempted was with the Wool Factory, with over $12,000 The year tapered off with a bowls night, being either donated or in work in kind. Our and finally a film night with Peter Sellars in other major project this year, saw this Club „The Chief Detective‟. become a Banner Club of the 3H Programme - „Health, Hunger and Humanity‟. Two street seats were strategically placed for „oldie's to rest on in Darlot Street. 1981-1982 International farewelled Suneethi Kamath who was a great ambassador for her Board of Directors country, and Wendy Jackman had settled into President: Frank Treacey her South African exchange in the Transvaal. Vice President: G Leak
56 56 Secretary: J Glover Our exchange student Claire Sharry flew Treasurer: D Freckleton off to Bulsar in India, and we welcomed „Bill SAA: D Maclean from Brazil‟ - Abilio Cesar Almeio Aneto, Directors: who unfortunately arrived unannounced, and B Thomson, N Butler, M Semmler, J Kuhne, F was eventually rescued from Tullamarine Rossbotham, A Wyatt, W Reynolds, & L Airport. Steven Devlin was selected as our Potter. representative on a Group Study Exchange Programmes were certainly varied, from Team to Nuremberg and Frankfurt, Germany - the Ron Barassi night, to the ANZ Bank this Clubs first representative. In return, we economist, 7 Ladies‟ Nights in addition to the hosted a GSE Team from Iowa, USA, as part usual Christmas and Changeovers. of their four week tour.
Meals on Wheels was carried out at least International Night boasted foods from twice each year by members and wives, and Vietnam, Italy, South America and Australia. will forever be this club‟s project. Slumber kits were organised through Enough pine trees were planted at I.P.A.C. for needy children around the world. Toolondo hopefully for five years sales, but rabbits were disputing this claim. Special Projects had a reasonably quiet year. Its main project was the completion of A Theatre night was held after a chicken the Rotary Shed in Selkirk Drive - the club and champagne dinner, and two blood-glucose now had a headquarters to work from, and to meters handed to the Diabetic Group. store its equipment. The District Assembly and District Governors Changeover were the Repairs to our section of the river only other projects undertaken. included the jetty, the installation of new fireplaces, and to our barbecue shelter. Five awards were given to local employees in Vocational Week. Job/Life talks We catered for the Kannamaroo were as usual well received as well as talks by Festival, as well as the Fishing Competition, members. „Motivation‟ was the reason which and sold puddings along with the trees at saw the Club bring Ron Barassi to speak to 260 Christmas. All our efforts were both people at a dinner at La Fontana. Mock financially and socially successful. Money interviews were again being proposed with was donated towards a bus for the Wool local schools. Factory. The Youth Hike, this year from Roses Fellowship and the Camberwell visit go Gap to Mt Difficult and return, saw the group hand in hand, and 17 couples joined us for tackle some of the worst terrain yet, but all had dinner, going onto Rocklands for the weekend, a great feeling of achievement. enjoying such pastimes as boating, fishing, cow-pad tossing, etc. After a great weekend, Two candidates were sent to the RYLA the Camberwellian‟s were glad to go home for Seminar in Hamilton, one being a Rotaractor. a rest. Our Christmas Dinner included a disco style dance and was a great success. The Youth Club was provided with new exercise equipment from funds. The traditional events were held, the Elderly Citizens Dinner, river barbecue, bowls night and yabby day, almost finished the year, 1982-1983 but the return trip to Camberwell saw visits to the Naughty Nineties Club and a ferry trip Board of Directors down the Yarra and around the Bay. President: Geoff Leak Vice President: G Le Plastrier Taking advantage of the Russell‟s Secretary: J Amos hospitality, a car trial was organised, finishing Treasurer: B Robinson at Jack and Mavis‟s with a „Beef and Pork‟ SAA: M Semmler Dinner plus all the trimmings (roast vegies, Directors: plum pudding, Irish coffee, etc) J Kuhne, J English, R Crawford, K Murdoch, W Reynolds, N Butler, & A Wyatt.
57 57 Special Projects was in charge of the This Club was asked to spearhead an Shed, which was finally completed, as well as appeal for $12,000 to purchase a portable arranging the District Governors Changeover. Cardiac Care System for The Horsham Ambulance Station. The target was launched A Fly-In Dinner which catered for over and was successful. 400 in the Maydale Pavilion raised over Catering this year involved both $1,200. Kannamaroo and the Fishing Competition, and Flood level river markers were erected both were successful in every way. on the river bank near the paddle boat landing. The levels as recorded were most interesting. Christmas tree profits were again down due to having to purchase trees, but the Two vocational visits, to the Wimmera puddings sold well. From proceeds of Mail Times and the Base Hospital were greatly Community projects, an initial contribution of appreciated by members. Job/ Life and $1,000 was sent to the Australian Rotary „What's New in my Job‟ talks were popular as Health Research Fund. always. A speaker from Essendon Rotary Club impressed all present - Mr Royce Abbey later Camberwell's visit this year involved became Rotary Internationals President in 1988 home hosting. Saturday saw a Club member -1989. bus both groups through the Grampians to Boroka Winery. The night entertainment was Youth saw the continuation of our held at The Olde Horsham Restaurant with the involvement with Rotaract Club, RYLA and Pipe band escorting in the haggis. Sunday the Youth Challenge Hike. A new project is finished with chicken and champagne poolside the Rotary Master Classes with Mr Ronald at the Rentsch‟s. The return trip in the new Farren Price, a renowned concert pianist. year saw a tour of the new Civic Theatre, Art Museum and the Regent Hotel. Entertainment that night was at the Swagman Restaurant. 1983-1984
Besides the annual Christmas dinners, Board of Directors river barbecues, bowls night, March saw the President: Gil le Plastrier Grand Official Opening of our Rotary Shed, Vice President: J Amos with a spectacular four course Chinese meal Secretary: K Murdoch cooked and served by Leon Toy from a Treasurer: B Robinson makeshift kitchen inside the shed. The year SAA: M Semmler finished „On Golden Pond‟ after a chicken & Directors: champagne dinner. G Leak, R Amor, N Butler, W Rentsch, R Crawford, J English, D Peck, & L Schumann „Bill from Brazil‟, a very cheery ambassador for his country departed, along Community Service committee had its with our new exchange student Penny Wills to usual quiet year, There were working bees at Lakewood Club in Washington State. the plantations - unfortunately the fact that we had to buy many trees this year cut down our The International Dinner theme was the profit, so again the puddings helped. recently completed Commonwealth Games, Kannamaroo Festival catering and the Fishing with the pork cooked by Rotarian members for Competition raised over $4,000 a South Sea feeling. A Games Night at La Fontana was a A German GSE team sped through town success, the „paper roll‟ fights got a bit willing leaving most of the Club unaware of the visit. though.
A big year for our travellers, Steve Forty-one Camberwell people arrived, Devlin: GSE; Claire Sharry, Penny Wills and and on the Saturday were taken by bus to „Bill‟. These combined with our usual speakers Harrow. That night a bush dance was held in certainly made Fridays entertaining. A special Eagle‟s woolshed. A quiet Sunday was spent night honoured PDG Stewart Brown‟s 50 years visiting the Wool Factory and the Art Gallery. as a Rotarian. Lunch was at the English‟s. Again the return trip was well organised, with a tour of the City, Ambulance Station, D24; and a newspaper
58 58 office. Summer School. Only 200 students are selected from Australia wide. On Saturday night a dinner was held at the home of Don and Amy McRae, while on This year, again with Horsham East, Sunday a tour of the Trade Centre was taken three young people were selected for the with luncheon in the Botanical Gardens. RYLA Seminar.
A record 200 plus came to the Elderly The Master Classes were again held with Citizens Christmas Dinner. We got them all Mr Farren Price commenting. there, fed them and returned them home. A family picnic and church meeting was held at Golton Gorge, and Mike Semmler gave his 1984-1985 time to conduct the thanksgiving service. Board of Directors Being a member of the Fellowship President: Jim Amos Committee is never dull, and what about the Vice President: F Rossbotham „Can Can‟ Girls? A film „The day After‟ Secretary: C Ballard followed a chicken & champagne dinner and Treasurer: F Lockwood rounded out a good year. SAA: M Galagher/Max Taylor This years International Dinner was held Directors: in the Lutheran Peace Hall with F.A.I.M the D Matheson, J Rissmann, K Murdoch, R beneficiary. Lisbeth Christensen, our student Amor, J English, R Crawford, R Sutherland, & from Denmark, supervised the Danish dishes. J Glover She also sang, and some visiting New Guineans performed native dances and songs. The Community Service Committee was involved in the annual Kannamaroo Festival, Iain Williams left our shores to Taubate the Apex Fishing Competition, our Christmas in Brazil. trees and puddings, and working bees at our plantation and river area. Visits to 3WM, the Art Gallery and the Wool Factory were made, and speakers topics On Australia Day we combined with included intensive care units, Wimmera Mallee other service clubs to provide breakfast for the pipeline, genetic engineering, and social citizens of Horsham, while in May under the welfare plus the usual Fellowship night, guidance of the Horsham Parks and Gardens vocational speakers, etc, making up the year. staff, members planted 65 native trees in Sawyer Park. The final stage of the flooring and pens at the Wool Factory was completed. Some 250 Special Projects worked on the toilet posts were cut and welded, cemented into the extensions to our shed - plans, permits were yet ground and bearers affixed. Our members did to be finalised. Service club signs were being most of this work, resulting in a saving of over reworked. $3,000. Fifty Horsham Rotarians and family During this year a Probus Club for attended a barbecue lunch and inspection of retired men was formed. The first meeting was Seppelts Winery at Great Western organised by on 10th April, and over 50 prospective Stawell Club. members, plus 12 Rotarians attended. Malcolm Sanders was the Foundation 47 Camberwell folk visited this year, President. and were entertained by Pastor Mike Semmler. Saturday saw the visitors taken to Glenisla The Youth Committee organised a Homestead. The night entertainment concluded Motor Cycle Education programme and with the High School Concert Band. Sunday members were asked to bring a young person. was at John Brumley‟s home for a barbecue The Rotaract Club was well represented. lunch with 130 in attendance. The return visit included a dinner at the Baron of Beef at We were fortunate to have a girl selected Sherbrooke in the Dandenong's. Lunch was at to represent our club at the National Science the Zoological Gardens.
59 59 Bethell, W Rentsch, L Wright, & D Matheson. Over 200 guests were entertained at the Elderly Citizens Dinner. As well as catering for Kannamaroo and the Fishing Competition, the Community It was noted that three of our members Committee took on the Hospital Gala Day, have visited our Matched Club - Iserlohn Club with a reasonable result for the hospital. in Germany: Malcolm Taylor, Bob Crawford and Jack Gillespie. The Club now has 60% of Our Christmas sales, trees and puddings, members Life Members of F.AI.M. An gave us a profit of $1,500. We planted another incoming GSE team from New York State was 600 trees for future sale. shown Horsham industries. Fellowship had another quiet year with The International Dinner had a Thai twelve events, including Senior Citizens theme which The Royal Thai Consul attended. Dinner (230 catered for), our own Christmas Dinner, Changeover, river barbecue, bowls Paul Harris Fellow Recognition's were night and the Camberwell visit to us which was awarded to PP Hugh Jenkin, Bill Murphy and made by 15 couples. Who could forget Colonel PP Jack Russell. Bogies „Whistling Bellies‟. A Victoria Valley trip finished with a beef and pork dinner at Rotary International initiated the Polio Russell's. The return trip had 11 couples. Plus Programme to immunise the children of the world by its Centenary.. Extra events were a garage sale at the shed, a „Flower Power‟ night with Greg Block, A major event sponsored by Vocational Inter Club visit to Great Western with Stawell was the visit by Bob Ansett. A profit of $800 Club, a fishing competition with no fish caught was achieved. Bob, son of Reg, was at that and a jazz night by Max Taylor and friends - time chairman of Budget Rent a Car. School attended by 240 people. Who remembers the liaison in regard to careers and work Gilbert & Sullivan night at Ararat, the mulled experience was being maintained with school wine and the return trip, or forgets Chief staff. Sitting Bernard Lynch and the Village Idiots.
Again Horsham had a participant in the Programmes included five exchange National Science Summer School, and the student speakers, Mr Peter Fisher M.L.A, two Rotaract President, Mark Schumann was our great music nights with the „Seaside Stamper's, RYLA student. 36 hikers took part in the and „Shades of Troopers Creek‟ at the Youth Challenge Hike through the mountains. Australiana Night, Margaret Naylo, Camp Quality, and many others. The Master Classes with Mr Farren Price were well received, and a teachers Six District Rotary Clubs combined, workshop was now also held the next day. each contributing $400 towards essential equipment for the Helen Addie Hospital in the Student Exchange was well to the fore: Solomon Islands. Iain Williams, returned from Brazil and gave two talks, Sharon Barr was in Canada, and International Night saw guest speakers Misa Shimomura, from Gifu, Japan settled in Carolyn Johns - our first exchange student, and well, giggles and all. PP Bob Bethell speak between courses of English, Irish, Australian and Scots (not scotch) meals which of course included piping 1985-1986 in the haggis by Tom Dawson accompanied by Malcolm Taylor. Board of Directors President: Frank Rossbotham Several Foundation talks were given Vice President: R Crawford during the year. Secretary: J Glover Treasurer: F Lockwood A retirement and investment seminar SAA: B Lynch involving a team of speakers from Victorian Directors: Savings and Loan was conducted for members J Amos, K Murdoch, G Sudholz, J Wallace, G and the public.
60 60 Treasurer: G Leak A Community Service award was SAA: N Carter presented to Howard Wohlers for his work in Directors: the community and more specifically, work F Rossbotham, D Barber, R Queale, M with the Hamilton Lamb Hall Committee and Hutchinson, C Puls, G Bethell, 7 J Wallace. North Park. Special Projects were involved with the The two Rotary Clubs jointly ran what organising of Kannamaroo and the Fishing had to be regarded as a successful Conference. Competition catering, and the Australia Day About 930 Rotarians and family attended the Celebrations in May Park. various functions. What a programme! From an in-depth political talk by Malcolm The extensions to our shed were started, MacKerras to the side-splitting and but were now on hold as the Council was entertaining discourse from Len Beadell, considering relocating all the community sheds explorer, the Friday evening speaker, Paul from Selkirk Drive. Sheahan, School Principal and former Test Cricketer, and forceful Sunday morning Youth Activities supported Camp speaker Stephen Smith - Australian President Quality which had its first camp in September of Apex Clubs. at Lancefield - fortunately there was no child in the Wimmera at the time to attend the Camp, The ladies were entertained royally with so the proceeds of the garage sale were donated a fashion parade by Audene‟s Boutique. On directly to Camp Quality. Saturday there was a choice of three activities: a bush band concert/dance at the skating rink; Thirty young people took part in the the jazz concert at Jakades and the Mack Jost Youth Hike. The Master Classes were again Recital at the Art Gallery. conducted, this time under the constructive criticism of Mack Jost, a person well known to A Dinner Auction started the Horsham. Community Service programme, and $1,450 was given to the Sudden Infant Death The Rotaract Club was still causing Syndrome Research, with the balance of $630 problems with a lack of numbers. to the latest Rotary Appeal - Polio Plus, a scheme to eradicate Polio from the World by Our exchange students were on the 2005, considered to be an ambitious but move: Misa went home to Japan after a most achievable aim. enjoyable stay, and Martin Ford was still in Roseville, California, Sharon Barr returned The usual projects were run: from Salt Springs, Canada, and we were Kannamaroo Festival catering, we had to buy expecting Paige Isbutt from Folsom, California some Christmas trees from Edenhope, but in August. again a success with the puddings with PP Malcolm Taylor allowing us the use of his The greatest challenge ever given to the premises to store and sell the trees. Rotary Clubs of Horsham and Horsham East was accepted: to host the District 978 Australia Day celebrations this year saw Conference in March 1987. The anticipated a midday barbecue. A working bee was attendance was around 900. Plans were well formed to cook for the clean-up after the under way to make this the best Conference Brimpaen fire. our District had ever had. Camberwell's visit: on the Friday we The Heads and Tails Competition was saw the „Man from Patche‟, the Rossbotham instigated this year, and over $1,200 raised for „mammies, and Bill May and „Gerry and the community work. Attrics‟. Saturday was washed out, but Rentsch‟s home was the venue for a games afternoon. That night we graced The Olde 1986-1987 Horsham with our presence, while Sunday we farewelled our guests at Seppelts Great Board of Directors Western cellars in style. President: Bob Crawford Vice President: W Reynolds All the traditional Club Fellowship Secretary: J Airey events occurred, including the fishing contest 61 61 at Rocklands where some fish suspiciously weighed in heavy, until it was discovered one The committee again sponsored Camp Rotarian breaking every one of the Four Way Quality. Tests, i.e. stuffing the fingerlings with lead sinkers. Our Exchange Student programme ran smoothly thanks as always to the Club A highlight for the „oldies‟ at our Counsellors, interviewers and host families. Elderly Citizens Dinner was their beloved This year we had no outgoing student. Paige Bernard Lynch singing with his guitar as Isbett went home to the USA, and we hosted accompaniment. Even better than Santa! Hans Hoivik from Norway.
The club honoured two Rotarians with Our Club contributed $3,000 to the RI Paul Harris Fellow Recognition: PP Tom project of Polio Plus, something the Club could Dawson and PP Malcolm Taylor. be proud of, as none of our other projects were neglected. International Night had a Halloween theme, to honour the current exchange student It was this year that members Paige Isbett. By coincidence, Halloween was recommenced singing the National anthem on the same night, 31st October. Apple before each meeting, a custom that had bobbing, treasure hunts, snowball eating and disappeared years ago. Talking about singing, wrapping a table in toilet paper were some of the „Jerry and the Attrics, reformed for a the fun. „Melba-like' last appearance.
We hosted a GSE team from South Africa, who visited the Crops Research, 1987-1988 Longerenong College and ABC studios for an interview with Bernard Lynch. Board of Directors President: Wallace Reynolds Australian Rotary initiated the Vice President: M Hutchinson Australian Rotary Health Research Fund, Secretary: N Carter which our Club supports. Treasurer: K Murdoch SAA: J Amos Special Projects finally completed their Directors: major work, and celebrated with an inspection M Collins, G Gerlach, C Puls, A Wood, J of the sewerage works. It was then back to the Rissmann, B Thomson, & D Peck shed for dinner and the official opening of the Club loo‟s and office areas The Club became involved with the Tidy Towns and had a clean up around our shed Career Advise was again scheduled, and area. Two new projects tackled this year were a the schools and students appreciated the major fleece drive with over $500 raised for experience. The idea of mid-year committee the Cottage by the Sea, and assisting the meetings away from our usual meeting place Rotaract Club to run the successful District was very successful, some being held in Rotaract Conference. homes, others in hotels or restaurants. Christmas trees and puddings sales are The Rotaract Club was active, and the always Club efforts, and although some work Committee hoped to have combined meetings is involved, it is great for club fellowship. with Rotary Clubs. Kannamaroo was wet, but the Fishing Competition more than made up the shortfall. A RYLA student was again sent to Australia Day celebrations saw over 800 Glenormiston College. sausages and 700 hamburgers cooked and distributed to an appreciative crowd. Ms. Nehama Patkin was the critique for the Master Classes over the two days. Dr Checchio from Moysten entertained the Camberwell 43 visitors, then a trip was The National Science Summer School made to Wimpey‟s Little Desert Lodge for a was enjoyed by a jointly sponsored secondary tour of the Little Desert, Sunday saw more student. bush and a return to the Soundshell for a
62 62 smorgasbord lunch. The return trip of 22 Fellow Recognition. Rotarians and wives saw a dinner with the British Consul General, Saturday lunch at Hyatt on Collins, and „Cats‟ or the MCG. Sunday included a tour of the new Tennis Centre and luncheon.
Over 220 elderly citizens enjoyed themselves as our guests at Christmas. Our own Christmas Dinner had Mark Schumann 1988-1989 and the „Clayton Clearwater Revival‟ entertaining. Board of Directors President: Morris Hutchinson The International Night honoured Vice President: J Heard Mexico and Norway. National costumes were Secretary: R Queale worn by some, with the proceeds going to Treasurer: K Murdoch Polio Plus Appeal. Hans Hoivik, our SAA: I McLachlan Norwegian student and Bob Crawford Directors: entertained, and finally a Norwegian Bull Fight W Reynolds, J Airey, A Hutchinson, D Wade, ensued. T Harmsworth, G Gerlach, D Peck, & J Rissmann. The committee arranged visits of the Indian GSE team to local businesses. Community Service‟s year usually starts with plantations, and this year was no Programmes excelled itself with several exception - 600 seedlings at Russell‟s and special guests: Professor Shildback from Reynolds plantations. Germany, Bishop Hazelwood, Marshall Baillieu and former Prime Minister Malcolm A chicken and champagne dinner prior Fraser. However, the best speakers are to a film night sent a few into limbo, but coffee obviously drawn from our own members. later cleared the mind.
Special Projects put all its effort into our A garage sale at our shed was very Clubs commitment of raising $6,000 for Polio successful, as Ned pressured many puddings Plus, and got the ball rolling with a Dinner onto unsuspecting people. These complimented Entertainment Night with Horsham East in the the Christmas trees. Town Hall. Kannamaroo once again was a wash out, A fashion Parade followed after but the Australia Day barbecue was a success. Christmas, and by then our Club had achieved Christina Hindhaugh was our guest speaker the total sum of $9,227, almost two thirds of helping to raise money for Karkana. our target. Our final event was the Apex Fishing Classes were again organised, with Competition, also wet but successful. Alexander Semetsky, an acclaimed Russian born pianist, as leader. Thirteen couples (+2 kids) joined us from Camberwell, Saturday was a „fine-wool‟ The Youth Challenge was taken up by tour, and an afternoon was spent with the 20 young people who traversed the Grampians. Horsham Aero Club. Dinner was at Toy‟s and on Sunday an inspection of the Grampians and Our exchange student, Hans Hoivik, was olive farm took place, with lunch at Roses Gap. from Strommen, Norway, and made his mark on Horsham with his infectious character. Our 60th Anniversary was celebrated at Helen Goodwin, was selected as our next the Horsham Art Gallery, highlighted by PP outgoing student to the Transvaal in South Andy Wood on the Grande, amidst a great art Africa. exhibition.
Laurie Rudolph BEM, and Harold 230 Old Folks enjoyed an „Old Time Schwarz were honoured with Paul Harris
63 63 Music Hall‟ production at their Dinner. Club.
After our own Christmas Dinner, a Paul Harris Fellow recognition was Christmas cocktail party was partaken with lots given to PP Dave Walter, Frank Lockwood and of goodies. Yes, the New Year barbecue and Max Taylor. bowls nights followed, while the return trip to Camberwell saw a day at the Moonee Valley races, while the ladies spent what was left of the budget at the Victoria Market on Sunday. International supported an eye-clinic in India, and money was given to the Salvation 1989-1990 Army for typewriters and tool kits for the Boroka Vocational Centre in New Guinea. It Board of Directors was hoped to encourage tours from Horsham President: Jim Heard Rotary Clubs in England and the U.S.A, but to Vice President: J Dare no avail. Our International Dinner was Secretary: N Curran Irish...... Treasurer: W Grossenbacher SAA: R Sutherland A GSE Team from Missouri toured the Directors: Wimmera as guests of the two Clubs. M Hutchinson, A Wood, A Hutchinson, D Wade, L Rudolph, T Harmsworth, O Williams, The Lobethal Men's Choir was brought & C Heard. to Horsham, and later in the year many members attended the „Seaside Stomper's A highway clean up for Tidy Towns and Dixieland Cabaret. pine tree planting's: a normal Community start to the year. With Polio Plus the beneficiary, we enjoyed a meal at the shed, helped with the As usual, Kannamaroo was a wash-out, magnum of champagne. but a small profit returned.
Vocational Service‟s largest project for Combined with the VACC and the the year saw the formation of a Ladies Probus police, a Road Safety Awareness Week was Club. membership stood at 159. conducted. Motorists and cyclists were rewarded for safe driving, with free A Case study „Should Capital roadworthies on cars and bikes for winners. Punishment be re-introduced‟ led to some healthy debate. Puddings and trees sales saw a Christmas bonus for the Club of nearly $3,000. We farewelled Hans Hoivik home to Norway, and welcomed Bob Reid from The Fishing Competition was again a Winnipeg, Canada. Helen Goodwin was in resounding success with a profit of $3,370. Boxbury, South Africa. A combined project with Camberwell The club sponsored two RYPEN Rotary Club anticipated a watering system near students and one to RYLA., while 17 young the Horsham Gardens. people joined the Bush Walkers on the annual Youth Challenge Hike. Together with the Camberwell visitors, an enjoyable tour of the Wool Factory was This year‟s Master Class was conducted made, followed by a journey to Jim Heard‟s for with Marie Driscoll as critic. an exhibition of show jumping, and later dinner at Olde Horsham complete with Pipe Band. Rotaract numbers remained a problem. We saw what was left of them off from Halls Gap after a picnic lunch. At the Changeover Dinner, a special message was read from Royce Abbey, the Golf was enjoyed at Horsham, Ballarat, Australian President of Rotary International, Kingston Heath and Royal Melbourne by acknowledging the 50 years since Stewart certain members. Brown was inducted as President of our Rotary
64 64 240 Elderly citizens attended their Christmas dinner, more than attended our own 32 young hikers braved the Mt Rosea- dinner and cocktail hour. Calectasia Falls Youth Challenge Hike.
The river barbecue and bowls night led We again catered for the District Student to the return visit to Camberwell - the end of Exchange interviews, and supported Rotaract another year of outstanding fellowship. through their problems. Three members were honoured at the International achieved almost 100% Changeover: Paul Harris Fellow recognition to membership in FAIM [no longer Life]. The Frank Treacey, Frank Rossbotham, and annual dinner this year featured France and Nancye Hovey for her community work. Thailand - this year exchange students were invited from all around the District and certainly added colour to the night. Profit 1990-1991 helped to provide 15 desks for a school in Indonesia, and two Literacy projects in Board of Directors Thailand. A slide presentation for our President: Jack Dare outgoing students was prepared. Vice President: L Rudolph/ O Williams Secretary: G Savage A GSE team arrived from Sweden and Treasurer: D Hermans/A Fischer toured the District, hosted by Rotarians from SAA: D Kitchen both clubs. The Polio Plus programme was Directors: wound up with this Club donating $14517.16. J Heard. L Rudolph, C Ekin Smyth, D Peck, R Smith, N Strauss, R Pilgrim, & K Murdoch. Once again work was required on our barbecue shelter at the river, and to pay for it a Over 1000 radiata pines were planted at family evening was held at the Williams‟ farm Wash Tomorrow and Reynolds plantations. at Nurrabiel. The Camberwell/Horsham watering A large contingent of members attended system was switched on with much ceremony, the Geelong District Conference. and the Green Lake plantations got the much needed work to bring them back to scratch. A second Ladies Probus Club was being formed. This year, 240 elderly attended our Christmas Dinner, run by Community this year Vocational‟s year was started with talks after many years under the Fellowship from our three real estate members. Trade committee regime. publications were collected and handed to the High School Librarian. It was expected that The club successfully catered at they would prove invaluable. Kannamaroo and the Apex Fishing Competition, as well as the Australia Day An „Apprentice of the Year‟ sponsorship ceremony. turned to 4 Apprentices, with plaques and cheques being presented. Christmas trees again sold well, as did the puddings under the new committee. Again the Club was heavily involved in Student Exchange - we saw off Bob Reid, and „Dancing with Wolves‟ after chicken welcomed Napak Vannamanee (Bomb) from and champagne? We achieved this as Thailand. Kylie Riddell left for Finland and Fellowship got into gear. The Camberwell Helen Goodwin returned from South Africa. visitors - 19 this year, again enjoyed Horsham's Most members do not realise how many hospitality, visiting Mt Arapiles, followed by members are involved in an exchange - an Australian evening at Maydale Pavilion. counsellors, host families, holiday hosts, etc. There were the end of year functions, The club sponsored two awardees to the Christmas Dinner and the cocktail party RYLA Seminar at Glenormiston, missing on followed closely with the river barbecue. All the RYPEN seminar because of illness of our were successful, and Horsham City again candidate. hosted our bowls night.
65 65 result over $1,000 was raised for Camp An International Fun Night with a truly Quality. Australian flavour was held with pies, pavlovas and lamingtons, benefiting the Boroka This year four members were recognised Vocational Centre again, with tool kits and as Paul Harris Fellows: Jim Amos, Keith typewriters. Also provided for New Guinea Murdoch, Bert Robinson and Wally Rentsch. were 6 beds and mattresses to a school of nursing. During the year we lost two current members: our Secretary Dick Hermans, and PP Our big night, the Dinner, was again an Aussie Jack Russell. theme, with the Rusty Springs band playing. The President‟s Representative at A GSE team from Japan passed through Horsham‟s 1987 District Conference was our town. The return GSE Team, with women Paolo Viriato Correa Da Costa. This year he members, had as their Rotarian chaperone our was President - Rotary International. own member, PP Geoff Leak.
Special Projects, in conjunction with the 1991-1992 Gas and Fuel company, ran a successful cooking demonstration, and Rotary Medical Board of Directors Health Research Fund benefited. President: Oliver Williams Vice President: G Savage The Rotary shed was cleaned up, and the Secretary: G Savage office and toilets painted by 1st Year Treasurer: D Freckleton apprentices. An air vent was also fitted for SAA: D Wade better ventilation during cooking. Directors: J Dare, L Rudolph, F Lockwood, R Johns, J A bicycle marathon passed through Rissmann, N Bell, T Jenkinson, R Munro, & N Horsham, and we were asked to cater with a Strauss. barbecue at the Soundshell, with some success. The Club has standing Committees in A tour was arranged to the Drung South Club Service, all being vital cogs in the Club‟s mineral sands site, and later the National running. Some function weekly, and others as Director of Small Business Association invited and when required. This does not diminish to speak. Mock Interviews continued with their importance. local students, and Camberwell Rotary asked to restart the apprentice exchanges - however Meals on Wheels and the Accident and there were no applicants. Illness sub-committees are only activated on request. General Committees such as Many Life/Job talks brought the Fellowship, Community service, International programme up to date. and Special Projects have their regular annual activities, with new or oncers occurring as The Club as always was deeply involved required. Programmes is one Directorship that with exchange - „Bomb‟ returned to Thailand, must be praised, a good weekly agenda with and we welcomed Job Simons from the accessories [projectors/screens,etc] is expected Netherlands. Emma Koch left for Denmark throughout the year. after speaking to all local schools explaining the Exchange programme. This year, Gil le Plastrier was recognised as a Paul Harris Fellow, and „mine hosts‟ RYLA and RYPEN were both supported Richard and Jan Nicholls elected Honorary with two participants, but on a lower note Members, partly for their service weekly, but Rotaract now has only 5 members. especially for the running of the Elderly Citizens Dinner every year. Rotary now supports two science seminars, for different age groups, and we The Joint club‟s organised the DG‟s were fortunate to have participants in both. To Golf Day, with catering, and a profit was raise funds, a raffle was organised, the prize made. being a weekend for two at Swan Hill, and a
66 66 Camberwell Club‟s visit this year saw Denmark. Penny Stevens was in Belgium as a 14 visitors inspect the Black Range, dine at great ambassador for Australia. Horsham City Bowling clubrooms, play the Royal Remlaw Golf Course and later RYLA and RYPEN were again gormandise themselves at its exclusive bistro. supported, but unfortunately the Rotaract Club Five Horsham couples returned the visit with a in Horsham was ailing. trip to Waverley VFL ground somewhere in A Horsham student again represented us between the socialising. at the Science Seminar, a great achievement as only 200 are accepted in Australia. Community Service fed 240 senior citizens with Christmas Dinner, rested awhile As a finale, a junior disco was run at and then cut trees, cooked hamburgers, and Jakades and was a success. was able to give an amount for the building of a retaining wall on the river bank near our frontage which was a danger. 1992-1993
A GSE team from Kentucky stayed in Board of Directors Horsham for several days, and were shown the President: Glen Savage Wimmera. The outgoing GSE all-female team Vice President: D Wade including our representative Jacki Sudholz, Secretary: J Amos toured Canada. Treasurer: C Ekin Smyth SAA: G Leak The International Dinner had a Mexican/ Directors: Danish theme, with exchange students Mariela O Williams, B Thomson, R Munro, H and Emma assisting. O‟Loughlin, A Hutchinson, D Peck, R Johns, & B Bird. Rtn. Brian Murray presented every member with a colour photograph of the entire This was a year to remember. Stewart Club, the first photograph taken since our Brown celebrated 60 years of service in inaugural Club group photo taken in 1928. Rotary, and Hugh Jenkin 40 years. At our Changeover, PP Geoff Leak was honoured Programmes provided the expected with Paul Harris Fellow recognition. normal incredible range of speakers, but two which stood out were Amanda Wik and her Vale Rtn. John Rissmann - Gentleman. aerobics display, and Trevor Byard - the retired minister/poet from Camberwell Club. Five couples attended the Rotary International Convention in Melbourne. A caravan was finally purchased by Special Projects, to be fitted out as a mobile Eleven couples from Camberwell kitchen. A barbecue at the Sound Shell to feed inspected the Wartook Pottery, followed by a 90 real estate people raised the necessary pig-on-the-spit at the fishing clubrooms, with a funds. farewell at Best‟s Winery at Great Western.
Vocational Service committee made a For this year‟s Christmas Dinner it was Land Care award available, and vocational asked that instead of gifts, donations be given visits were made to VIDA and Creeks Exhaust to the Salvation Army. Centre. Fireside meetings re-commenced for The Apprentice of the Year Award new members‟ information and fellowship. programme was a continuing project in conjunction with Horsham East. Youth welcomed Miia Maaranen from Finland, while Kristina Mitchell was enjoying Support was given to establish the third the snow in Ontario, Canada. Probus Club - Horsham East Ladies, providing over 400 retired Horsham people with a club to The Secondary College Orchestra enjoy. entertained members as is usual at our annual visit - proceeds purchase instruments for the Mariela Valejo Paz from Minatitlan, various school bands. Mexico arrived as did Emma Koch back from 67 67 RYLA, RYPEN and the Summer Science Seminars were all supported with entrants, while the Rotaract Club was still in dire straits despite both Rotary Club‟s help.
This year‟s International Night brought together 12 exchange students from eight countries. The themes for the night were 1993-1994 Finland and Belgium. A Mexican costume donated by Mariela was auctioned. Board of Directors Entertainment was provided by the beautiful President: Dennis Wade Hoong Boosaring Sirijidkasama, Stawell‟s Vice President: C Ekin Smyth exchange student entertained, playing the Saw- Secretary: R Pilgrim duange. Treasurer: D Kitchin SAA: O Williams During the year, Barry Bardell helped Directors: entertain 16 members of the Rotary Club of G Savage, I Ryan, H O‟Loughlin, B Bird, B Nakatsugawa, Japan with a barbecue at his Bardell, D Wilson, R Queale farm. Jacki Sudholz hosted the visiting return Canadian GSE Team at a joint Rotary Club‟s The Rotary fraternity of District 9780 dinner meeting. was saddened by the passing of PDG Stewart Brown during the year. Our Club was Eyeglasses were collected, and sent to fortunate to have had the services of this Ararat Rotary for reuse in Asian countries. outstanding gentleman for more than 60 years.
The Senior Citizens Dinner saw 200 of This year, a re-arrangement of projects Horsham‟s finest enjoy Christmas, while was carried out, with Special Projects taking catering for Kannamaroo, the fishing over Kannamaroo, Christmas trees and competition and sales of the Christmas trees puddings, the fishing competition catering, raised $6,700. river beautification works, and a new idea, a raffle with a prize of a Gold Coast Trip. The Club received a Presidential Citation from RI President Clifford L A German GSE team toured the Dochterman for achieving a well balanced Wimmera, and our International dinner also programme in all four avenues of Rotary had a German flavour, with Christian Bohlke Service. from Westerstede helping. A team from Traveland entertained us with a European This year Vocational awarded an annual Tour. Junior Citizens Award to one student from each of Horsham‟s Primary Schools, an Rotary Foundation was featured with a ongoing programme. video presentation and a sausage sizzle provided funds. The Apprentice of the Year award was continued, while a trip to the Wimmera Mail An Irish Christmas in May was a first Times and a games night at the Golden Grain for this Club. Are there enough Irish among us sated members minds. to continue this cataclysm ?
PP Andy Wood was awarded Wimmera Youth Activities again ran a Junior Shires Citizen of the Year. Citizen Award for Primary Schools, and RYLA and the two Science Seminars for Year Our shiny new barbecue on wheels, 10 and Year 11 students were respectively painted blue and yellow, made its entrance at supported. Kannamaroo, and was an instant hit. Our Exchange Student to Canada, All in one, our catering dream come true, Kristina Mitchell, returned the worse for wear - because Special Projects had a vision. first she lost all her clothes except for what she Seriously though, it is fantastic to have. was wearing, then she had her tonsils removed
68 68 and then caught shingles. Rebecca Carter members: Past Presidents Andy Wood and Ned departed for a colder clime, Germany - flavour Carter. of the year. PP Glen & Sandra Savage chaperoned her and the whole Australian The two Horsham Clubs, together with European contingent to London. Dimboola and Warracknabeal Rotary Clubs, presented the 1995 District 978 Conference as Father Brosnan spoke at the School the „Fellowship - Be a Friend‟ Experience. Assembly Hall on Pentridge Gaol, and the Under the Chairmanship of PP Geoff Leak, in city‟s the largest marque ever erected in the Elderly folk enjoyed their Christmas dinner. Wimmera, we felt we did produce the best conference ever held in our District. A meeting on the subject of diabetes saw a donation of $686 made to their group. Vocational Service decided to make as many business visits as possible this year, and An inspection of the Wool Factory the Club toured the Wool Factory and Wades followed a catered-for meal. gas filling station. But the pick was the first “Cultural Trip‟ to the MCG, inspecting the Vocational visits were made to the sacred Tribunal Room, etc, where we were Wimmera Base Hospital, the Aero Club and guests of the AFL, and then viewed the the Art Gallery. Collingwood v North Melbourne game - hot pies and sauce included. Other events The schools were again invited to make followed, the Junior Citizens Awards, the use of Rotarians for mock interviews. RYLA and Science Seminar recipients.
Horsham East Rotary were challenged to Special Projects included a carp fishing both a golf and a cricket match. competition among its other successes, the Fishing Comp, Kannamaroo, and Christmas Fellowship organised a mini-theatre trees & puddings. night at the CWA Hall, and members enjoyed „Busy Bodies‟. Student Exchange saw Rebecca Carter return from Germany, Shelley Thomas depart A film night with dinner at St George for Finland, and Tai Yoshii who represented was run, but the highlight was a special night Gifu, Japan, arrived in April. During the organised for Rtn. Bill Murphy, PHF, as he Conference, a GSE team from Sweden/ Poland celebrated his 90th Birthday. was present. International Committee hosted the District Foundation Seminar, with 30 clubs Camberwell Club this year toured represented. Wyperfield National Park and Jeparit Museum, enjoyed Dinner at the Wool Factory and took Youth had been re-incorporated with in the Spring Garden Festival at the Botanical International this year, and the Club enjoyed Gardens. the Secondary College Band at their annual concert.
1994-1995 The International Night theme this year was France, and tables and foods were very Board of Directors delicately presented. Mrs Dra Munarsih- President: Chris Ekin-Smyth „Moon‟, an Indonesian journalist, stayed with Vice President: R Queale us for several weeks working with the WMT. Secretary: B McClure She also worked with other newspapers in Treasurer: A Fischer Victoria and South Australia. SAA: NCarter,HJenkin, T Jenkinson The Clubs involvement with Tidy Directors: Towns continued with our highway clean up, D Wade, K Murdoch, J Knight, B Bardell, I as well as the working bees at the river, our Ryan, B Thomson, &G Leak. pine plantations, the kindergarten, plus Meals on Wheels, the Senior Citizens dinner and a Recognition as Paul Harris Fellows was Kannamaroo Fun Run. bestowed on two of our most esteemed
69 69 Subjects ranging from a prostate cancer wife, and later her parents visited the Club video, a Magistrate‟s views and an open air during her year. campaigner, all features of a very varied range of weekly speakers and subjects. Another Irish Christmas was experienced, with gifts to the Salvation Army, Several golf days were enjoyed by those and the lovely Raelene Mitchell singing Irish so inclined, as well as „Les Miserables‟ songs. performed by the Arts Council. We won the cricket match against the A discussion forum was organised for Horsham East Club, and partook of a the District Youth Exchange Committee. Our „Claytons‟ port wine bottling at our shed. former Apprentice of the Year Scott Bond, joined a FAIM-RAWCS team and journeyed to Camberwell visitors enjoyed a trip to the island of Upolu, Western Samoa where he Banksia Hill, inspected Jane Duff‟s memorial, helped strengthen and cyclone-proof a school later enjoyed dinner at Glen Logan, and roof at Levi, a coastal village. returned home via the Grampians. Community started a new programme - Preserve Our Cultural Heritage (POCH), and 1995-1996 old school sites are marked around the District. This is an on-going project. Board of Directors President: Robert Queale Our delegated area of highway, from Vice President: B Bardell Burnt Creek to Green Lake was cleaned up, Secretary: R Sutherland Meals on Wheels were delivered, and the Treasurer: D Gill Senior Citizens entertained and given some SAA: I McLachlan led Christmas cheer. Members helped at the new team. „Awakenings‟ Festival. Directors: C Ekin-Smyth, G Heinrich, G Savage, J The Laharum olive and thrip plantations Knight, W Stewart/N Bell, J Konings, & D were inspected after a pleasant Sunday picnic. Kitchin. There was a visit to the Compak factory in Dimboola, as well as to the McKenzie Creek During the year, PP Tom Dawson, PHF, Annexe of the Secondary College. was presented with his 40 Year Certificate. Community again supported RYLA, Vale Max Taylor: a „Max Taylor with 2 students, and the Science Seminar. Memorial Music Award‟ was initiated to honour our former member whose life revolved Awards continued with the Primary around music. This award allows a Wimmera Schools Junior Citizens of the Year. music student to study further. The first award was in Year 1996-1997. The Club was asked to tender for the catering rights to sell hamburgers at the Apex This years programmes seemed to Fishing Competition. However, our tender concentrate on health. Subjects included was unsuccessful, and members were able to Interplast, mental health, multiple sclerosis, dangle a line this year, but with their other WBH visit, Meals on Wheels, „Grumpier Old annual projects, Special Projects were still a Men‟, Keep Kids off Drugs and men's winner, with the „lollie run‟ going well. health...... did we get the message ? Each week in the Bulletin, a „Presidents We entered the computer age with a new Corner‟ was presented for members interest. computer and photocopier installed and running in the recently completed office at the The second Annual Cultural Trip saw Rotary shed. Club members bused to the Crown Casino, where, after being gormandised in the Casino International entertained a GSE team Bistro, they were able to attend the MCG -AFL from Pennsylvania, USA, and Shelley Thomas game, or the Henri Matisse Exhibition at the left us for Finland. The International Dinner Art Gallery. Following on the cultural theme, theme was naturally Japan: Tai wore her club members were offered the Arts Council‟s kimono and played her drums. Her brother and „Mame‟, and the film „Grumpier Old Men‟. 70 70 Rosemount Restaurant (TAFE training) and the The Camberwell visit: golf, cricket and Secondary School for the annual band recital. bowls again got some time. Yabby‟s were hiding, so the Camberwell people were taken Our Apprentice of the Year, Scott Bond, to the Pimpinio Emu farm. was nominated through to State level, and later represented our Club on a Rotary RWACS The return visit to Camberwell was team to Western Samoa. different: our members were invited to the weekend shack of John Oppie on the U3A was supported, as well as mock Mornington Peninsula. Brunch next morning Interviews and career advice. was by John Stevens pool. We entertained a GSE team from This year‟s New Year‟s barbecue was Thailand, and dined on Pulses at the somewhat different, with members visiting the International Dinner held at VIDA. Ninth Australian Caravan Rally at Longerenong, and invited to help feed the A Foundation Night presentation caravaners. This was by far the greatest honoured those of our members who have been catering feat ever undertaken by this club - recognised with Paul Harris Fellow awards. feeding the visitors over ten days. Some helpers have still not recovered, but a profit of Our Third Cultural trip visited the MCG nearly $7,000 made up for any qualms. This for the Essendon V Carlton clash. was probably the best club fellowship project since the earlier years of the Fishing 21 Camberwell people visited, and this Competition. year‟s theme was wine, with a trip to Naracoorte Caves, lunch at Coonawarra and dinner at Chardonnay Lodge. The return trip 1996-1997 enjoyed hearing future State Governor John Landy as guest speaker, trips to the Rialto Board of Directors Building, Brunswick Street shopping, and President: Barry Bardell luncheon at Camberwell Grammar. Members Vice President: G Heinrich enjoyed „the Sound of Music‟ by the Arts Secretary: K Murdoch council and later the film „The Castle‟, while a Treasurer: H O‟Loughlin steak „florrie‟ barbecue at the Lawn Tennis SAA: I Ryan and team was partaken of. Directors: R Queale, B Valpied, T Harmsworth, G Scott, Don and Raelene Mitchell entertained at R Munro, J Evans, & J Brown. our Changeover - who didn‟t cry during „Danny Boy‟ ? During the year Rtn. Keith Murdoch was recognised with a Paul Harris Fellow Sapphire Work was eventually started on our Pin to add to his Fellowship Medal, given for shed‟s kitchen to bring it up to scratch for services not only to our Club but also to other catering - work had been held up pending a sectors of the Community. Council rezoning decision, and the possible resiting of our shed. Thanks also to Rtn. Brian Murray for the donation of a Club camera. Brian helps in The club tendered for the Horsham many ways, especially with exchange students‟ Agricultural Show gate manning - amazing photographs and Club needs. how the gate takings went up! We enjoyed a tonsorial evening with the Melbourne Barber Father behind the Rotarian talks were Shop Choir. commenced, and were as well received as Job/ Life talks. The „Jobs A New Approach‟ The Lollie Runs continued, soon being programme was embraced by the Club, finding only supervised, while our Christmas trees and a number of jobs for the young. Unfortunately, cakes are always profitable. Thanks to the Club due to many reasons, this programme later working bees during the year, our trees kept on closed. returning monies to us.
Vocational visits were made to Kannamaroo was again a success, a
71 71 prelude to the Fishing Competition, as we were B McClure, N Thomas, & R Holland. called on to cater at the event once again. Our tender for the Field Days was also accepted, Community Service commenced the and was profitable. Named Paver project which got off to a slow start, but grew to become one worthy of the Community Service enjoyed a busy effort. year, with Maurice Wade winning a “Shine On‟ award, and we served coffee to tired „Port The Adopt a Highway clean-up Adelaide‟ fans on the Highway. continued, as well as another 2 POCH sites marked. POCH programme saw another 3 school sites marked, while members cooked at the The Crows/Port Adelaide coffee stops Australia Day celebration. Our nomination for continued on a smaller scale, while the Meals „Citizen of the Year‟, Wendy Weight, was on Wheels and Elderly Folks Dinner selected. organisations rolled on ever so efficiently.
What self-respecting Senior Citizens We visited three Horsham businesses,: Dinner does not have bagpipes pipe in the the Australian Mower Company, the new fire food? brigade station and Harvest Grain. Club Job/ Talks and short vocational talks continued. Wimmera Hospice was given $3,500 for a much needed portable air ventilator - our Over $7,000 was gained for our efforts normal annual donation provides necessary including Christmas trees and puddings/cakes, medications and dressings for the less Kannamaroo Festival, Show gate manning, and privileged really struggling over a terminal the Lolly Runs. Catering was also carried out period. at the District Exchange Students seminar, and the Horsham Motorcycle enthusiasts‟ meeting. Exchange students Peta Rule left for Sweden to represent our Club, and Mette Repairs were again needed to our jetty, Bonderup farewelled us for her home in and carried out efficiently. The shed kitchen Denmark. project moved along slowly but steadily.
Students represented us at RYLA and PP Wallace Reynolds was honoured the Science Seminar, while we hosted the with recognition as a Paul Harris Fellow at the Secondary College Debating Final. Changeover Dinner.
On another night we enjoyed the school Our own Club‟s representative, Sue bands. The Max Taylor Memorial Music Holmes, departed for Canada as a member of Award was won by Jess Gardiner, and the the District GSE Team and spoke to us on her Primary School Junior Citizens Award again return. We hosted two incoming GSE teams, much appreciated by all the schools involved. from USA/Canada and France.
Two other outstanding programmes Our International Dinner this year saw during the year were Rtn. Phil Stuchbery‟s two invited Danish ladies as speakers as we „Stained Glass Windows in Horsham‟, and the were not hosting an exchange student at the St Johns First Aid Night. time.
PP Barry Bell, from Geelong Rotary 1997-1998 Club and a member of the District FAIM Committee, spoke on the FAIM and DIK Board of Directors programmes, and how our Club could President: Garry Heinrich participate. Vice President: J Brown Secretary: G Gerlach Delia Poon won this year‟s Max Taylor Treasurer: P Stuchbery Memorial Music Award, while we only had a SAA: R Edmonds (C) representative at RYPEN - we did not call for Directors: RYLA or Science Seminar candidates this B Bardell, R Edmonds, A Thompson, G Scott, year. Mette Bonderup had left for home, and
72 72 we did not have a student overseas for some guests. time. A number of our members attended a The Junior Citizen of the Year awards seminar regarding the new Health Regulations are always awaited by our Primary Schools. on the serving of food.
For the sports minded, Fellowship POCH saw another 2 old school sites provided golf, bowls and cricket during the marked. Adopt a Highway and Australia Day year. were two other days where Club support was We enjoyed the Arts Council‟s called for. production „Jesus Christ, Superstar‟ after This year‟s Fishing Competition was dinner at the Legacy rooms, and the usual changed to a Community based committee , Changeovers, Christmas and New Year events. with only our caravan utilised from the Soundshell, however, other members helped as stewards. Instead of Christmas presents for each other, a non-perishable item was requested for Vocational visits were made to Horsham the newly formed Combined Welfare Groups Aviation Services at Horsham Aerodrome, and Committee. Christmas Hampers were made Luv-a-Duck at Nhill, where we met local up and distributed to the less fortunate in our Rotarians. Job/Life talks were again community together with toys if they had successful. children. We hosted a GSE team, this year from This year we enjoyed the fellowship of France. Together with Horsham East, joint two visiting Rotary Clubs - Moorabbin and interviews for outgoing GSE Team members Camberwell. Moorabbin visited us on the were held. „Max Taylor Memorial Music‟ award night, and were later shown the Grampians. The The International Dinner gave us a return trip took us to President Laurie chance to invite the indigenous „Demar Cincotta's Sans Sousie Seafood Restaurant, and Dancers' from Brambuk. The Koori dancers the scallops are still spoken of in revered tones. and didgeridoo playing were a highlight. The Secondary School Band accompanied our Rotarians. Several of our members, Jack Knight and Alan Fischer, together with their wives, as Camberwell's trip to Horsham this year a FAIM- RAWCS team, constructed a heard „Barry from the Bush‟, toured Warrock Rototank in Western Samoa. As a result of this Station, enjoyed Harrows „Light and Sound‟ visit, school supplies were later forwarded to Show, and inspected J-Ward on their way Falealupo School via the Donation In Kind home. We did not make a return visit to programme. Camberwell in this Rotary year. Youth Exchange caught up this year, different school seminars overseas sometimes 1998-1999 upsetting planned exchanges. We welcomed Kristina Rust from Germany, and saw Susie Board of Directors Wyeth off for a year in Finland. President: John Brown Vice President: G Heinrich A thought provoking night is always Secretary: J Glover present at the Secondary Schools‟ Debating Treasurer: R Edmonds final. Awards to students continues, with the SAA: D Wade (C) Primary Schools Junior Citizens of the Year, Directors: RYPEN and Science Seminars. B Valpied (President Elect), G Heinrich, D Peck, A Fischer,J Knight, T Harmsworth, J Some Club members helped the Nexus Evans, & M Starick; committee organise a FREEZA concert at the Sound Shell. Ineke O‟Connor won this year‟s Community again called on all members Max Taylor Memorial Music award, and mock for support with Meals on Wheels and the interviews were conducted for interested Elderly Citizens Dinner with 220 invited College students.
73 73 and Ladies Probus. A special Port was labelled PP Glen Savage pursued the formation for the celebration. of an Interact Club at the College. Some members again helped at the Awakenings Members attended Warracknabeal's 65th Festival for persons with disabilities. Anniversary, and also enjoyed Dimboola Clubs International Dinner. The named pavers had a potential of $5 profit per brick, and sales were encouraged. Duringthe year, members were saddened by the loss of Bill Murphy PHF; PP Barry Christmas trees are a big part of Special Thomson and Bert Robinson PHF who gave a Projects activities, involving replanting, combined total of over 101 years of service inspections, plus the cutting and selling, a with the Rotary Club of Horsham. worthwhile project, together with the puddings Noteworthy weekly speakers were and cakes. Neville Thomas‟ “Over the Himalaya's on a Norton”, Judy Patching‟s “Olympics” and John Club members again manned the Robinson‟s address on the need for an Agricultural Show gates, and we catered for a ambulance helicopter service. special group of motorcyclists. Our nomination in the Rotary „Shine Kannamaroo continued to showcase our On‟ awards, Robyn Marsh, supported by catering skills. Wimmera Jobmatch, was successful, taking out one of the major awards. Fellowship‟s Elderly Citizens dinner has always been enjoyed by our seniors. Other The Changeover Dinner saw Paul Harris annual „hardies‟ were the golf day, everyone Fellow recognition awarded to Secretary John enjoyed our Christmas Dinner, and the lemon Glover for Community and Club Service. chicken at our New Year meeting at the Lawn Tennis Club. 1999-2000 The newly established Christian Emergency Food Bank was the recipient of our Board of Directors members Christmas generosity. President: Bruce Valpied Vice President: J Brown The Camberwell weekend in Melbourne, Secretary: C Burke was a „shop till you drop‟ day, followed with Treasurer: R Johns „Chicago‟, with dinner at a Greek Restaurant. SAA: N Carter(C) Following a meal at the Legacy Clubrooms, all Directors: enjoyed the film „Message in the Bottle‟. The N Curran (President Elect), J Brown, R Queale, Camberwell return visit meeting was held at P Stuchbery, M Starick, J Evans, N Lucas, R Glen Logan, with Liquorland presenting a wine Sutherland, & B Bird. tasting. Special Projects finalised the Named On Saturday there was a tour of Paver project and nearly $7,000 was the final Sylvania Mohair Farm, then on to the figure. Thank you everyone, now we can walk „Balcony‟ at Halls Gap for dinner, while all over you - forever! Sunday saw our guests, mainly ladies, spend what was left of their budget at Horsham‟s Trees, cakes and puddings helped Santa Antique Fair. to the tune of $3,100. Other major efforts were the manning of the Show gates ($1,681) and New legislation caused a review of our the Field Days gates ($2,553). Constitution, and we celebrated our 70 years with a 10 Years Book continuing our published The public were invited to welcome the history. Pat Farmer Run around Australia, and several members continued the Club‟s involvement Guests attending our Celebration Dinner with the Awakenings Festival since inception. included DG Ray Welsford and his wife, widows of past Rotarians, members of The Max Taylor Memorial Music award Horsham East and Camberwell Rotary Clubs this year went to Jane Phelan. We supported the Youth Parliament with 2 students. One,
74 74 Jane Whitford, was also our Representative at Service Club Presidents to again enjoy the Summer Science Forum. fellowship between Clubs - bi-monthly meetings are planned. We again supported RYPEN, Junior Citizens of the Year, the Secondary Schools We are battling for members [age does Debating Final, mock interviews, and helped weary them] to return the trip to Camberwell. the ANZ Bank distribute three computers to As a Club they are very happy to both host and district schools. visit Horsham, and this year‟s group toured around Horsham, again enjoying the Antique Youth Exchange is firmly back with us Fair. with Susie Wyeth returning from Finland, and This year instead of presents for Erin Connor flying off to Germany. We hosted ourselves, a non perishable article of food was Jodie Merrill from Canada for the past year asked for to be passed on to the Christian Emergency Food Bank. These goods are either Together with Horsham East, we co- used in the normal „family boxes‟, or placed in hosted the Argentinian GSE team when in Christmas hampers for needy families around Horsham, and helped with the outgoing team Horsham. interviews. Fellowship was always in the air with We entertained two groups of motor- bowls, twice, and two nights courtesy of cycling Rotarians during the year. Liquorland: the first a wine tasting at Glen Logan, and a beer tasting at the Tabaret - it With the Olympics being held later on pays to have friends in the right places. this year, our International night had this as its theme, with Olympian John Lees from Goroke Exceptional programme nights during as guest speaker. Our own “gold medallists” the year were our 71st Anniversary, with two were recognised. Past Presidents who banked on their „Fading Memories‟. We visited the Wool Factory where the activities of the factory were explained. Jack Knight, John Brown with their good ladies, and Roy Geyer, Chris Ekin Smyth, We sent one representative to the RYLA Gerald Jenson and apprentice Daniel Schilling seminar. all headed to the town of Ba, in Fiji, as members of a FAIM-RAWCS team. They We again supported the „Shine On‟ were able to construct a house from clay bricks awards together with Wimmera Job Match and they hand-made. our nominee received a „Certificate of Commendation‟. Rotarian Roy Geyer was presented with recognition as a Paul Harris Fellow at our We continued to support DIK, and Changeover. Roy‟s attendance at working several more cartons of books were sent. bees must be near 100%, and his special efforts have included the National Caravan Rally and In this, the Year of the Older Person, a the Named Pavers. Certificate was presented to PP Ned Carter [for his work in the community]. 2000-2001 Community Service actively, with Club help, supported Meals on Wheels, the Senior Board of Directors Citizens Dinner which seated 208, the President: Noel Curran Australia Day BBQ, Adopt a Highway, and Vice President: B Valpied POCH (12 sites have so far been noted). Secretary: P Stuchbery Treasurer: Don Carter One meeting was held at the Art Gallery SAA: G Gerlach (C) for the „Were You There?‟ exhibition of old Directors: Horsham Schools photo‟s from PP Hugh J Knight (President Elect), C Puls, F Turzi, W Jenkin‟s collection. Williams, G Rethus, K Smith, & N Thomas.
A breakfast meeting was called of all Our stretch of the highway between
75 75 Burnt Creek and Green Lake certainly did the Youth supported the two Science trick: Horsham was awarded Tidiest Town in Seminars, and one student from each of the Australia. All those working bees did have Primary Schools became that schools „Junior results: first impressions do count! Citizen of the Year‟.
Other matters which Community Service Mock Job interviews were availed of by handled so well were the Meals on Wheels 84 students from the senior Secondary forms. roster, the Senior Citizens Dinner, and the Australia Day barbecue. A new format for the Max Taylor POCH still received entries, and another Memorial Music Award was instituted, with a two sites were marked. concert style performance of all the entrants. This was well received by members and the The Combined Service Clubs public, and the depth of talent in Horsham Committee was active, and the two Rotary could now be seen and heard. Clubs, two Lions Clubs, two Apex and the Quota Clubs met quarterly for breakfast and We again willingly hosted the Secondary discussion of general matters and anticipated College Debating Final . projects. Eye-opening programmes ranged from A combined meeting at Dimboola Constable Linda McLennan on school policing, cemented the close ties between our two Clubs. Dr Robert Grenfell on rural medical services, and CFA training at Longerenong. Workplace visitations are popular, and trips organised were to Oscar Furniture, the Programmes must be the easiest job in Mt Zero Water Purification Plant and the CFA the Club: there is always someone, training ground. somewhere, with something to say, wanting to say it, and has an audience willing to listen to Apprenticeship awards were again what they want to say! awarded to the top apprentices at Longerenong College, Ballarat University (TAFE) Wimmera International hosted a GSE team from Campus and Workco. Zimbabwe, Malawi and Zambia - one of the most impressive teams received. Brydie McIntyre, also from Workco was our RYLA awardee. Our International Night‟s theme was the Netherlands, and local Dutch born residents The „Shine On‟ challenge was again were invited- special guests were our exchange taken up, and in conjunction with Horsham students family during their visit to Australia. East, three Horsham District people were Marieke Schurink came from Middenbreemster nominated. Dorothy Draaisma took a top near Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Our award, with Chantelle & Stephanie St. John outgoing student Erin Connor returned from receiving „Certificates of Commendation‟. Neuruppen near Berlin, and Nadia la Macchia With a lot of our members reaching „that age‟, was in Veracruz, Mexico. we invited U3A to give us advice on what is available. Another in the series of “Cultural Trips” saw select members attend Colonial Stadium to 2000 Olympics: the torch relay, and we witness Essendon crush Hawthorn. A local had our catering van in action. We again held cultural night enjoyed the Arts Council‟s „Les the gates at the Agricultural Show and Field Miserables‟. Days with good results. Being the master chefs in the club, Christmas trees, cakes and puddings all Fellowship catered for three away nights. The produced a good result despite a poor tree Clubrooms (note not the SHED now) were growing season. now fully functional, and ready to be utilised with more self-catered meetings. Our chefs fed the masses at Kannamaroo, Australia Day and the Fishing Handled with the delicacy of a new Competition. mother, other fellowship events were Christmas Dinner, the New Year barbecue at
76 76 the tennis club, and our Annual Changeover Dinner with the „Dixiebeats‟. We farewelled Daniel Fischer for a much colder clime - Hoor in Sweden during The start of the year was disrupted by 2002, while Erin Connor confirmed the worth the renovations at the Sports & Community of the exchange programme with a great Club, but we were able to enjoy a variety of presentation of her year in Germany. different venues. The Club hosted the Junior Secondary The Changeover itself was highlighted Debating Final, while Warracknabeal RC was with a Paul Harris Fellow recognition awarded anxious to re-activate the Rotaract Club in to Past President Glen Savage, who has worked Horsham. hard within this Club and District 9780 during his long time in Rotary. The Max Taylor Memorial Music award was won by Rohan Ellis at a concert of all A Club photograph was produced, the entrants at the Wesley Performing Arts Centre. third only in our history. Horsham this year had two GSE team members, Bernadette Hetherington joined the 2001-2002 District GSE team to the Philippines, „stamping‟ her way around, while Wendy Board of Directors James represented Horsham East Club on the President: Jack Knight team to Norway. We welcomed reciprocal Vice President: N Curran teams from both of these countries. Secretary: G Gulline Treasurer: Don Carter Special Projects planted over 1300 trees SAA: R Sutherland (C) to increase our pine plantations, and hopefully Directors: our income in future years- do we get C Puls (President Elect), A Hutchinson, D greenhouse credits for our efforts? Peck, A Wood, J Brown, J Konings, G Heinrich, & M Starick. Sales of Christmas trees and puddings netted over $4,400. The Club unfortunately lost one of its stalwarts during the year, PP Hugh Jenkin Planning commenced early to co- PHF, just prior to his fifty years of membership ordinate our 75th Anniversary in 2003, and with our Club. Hugh was President in 1966- many ideas were brought forward to mark this 67, and received a Paul Harris Fellow achievement. recognition in 1984. A major project at the hospital was Rtn Brian Murray was presented with a proposed. plaque recognising his services to the Club over the years, especially with exchange A commemorative book was at the proof students films. This was climaxed at the -reading stage. A feature will be Youth Changeover Dinner with a Paul Harris Fellow Exchanges over the forty years since 1963. recognition given to Brian for his service to the community over many years. This year saw vocational visits to Dick Wilson Ford, The Lentil Company, the new The 500th member was inducted into Wimmera Base Hospital „Arapiles‟ building, our Club this year, our first lady member. and Southpac-CMI Foundry.
Exchange Student Linda Schwab from A Combined Horsham‟s Service Club‟s Kajaani, Finland informed us of her country meeting prior to the Awakenings Festival, and family and certainly enjoyed her year in featured a New Zealand poet, Sandra OZ, especially the safari and the Sydney Montford, herself disabled, who increased our Harbour Bridge. awareness of the disabled.
Nadia la Macchia sent photographs from The Club attended „en masse‟ the Vera Cruz, Mexico, obviously enjoying her Horsham East Art Show. year in the land of the Mayan‟s and Inca‟s.
77 77 Fellowship enhanced its reputation of further. organising/catering prowess with 17 nights this year including the Christmas Dinner, Breakup, Many members roamed the globe, to New Year barbecue, Changeover, a film night, Ireland, Peru, Finland, the Philippines, China, Liquorland Beer Tasting Night, bowls, catering etc.: all have a story to tell. What vast for three vocational visit nights, 5 Clubroom knowledge and experience exists for this Club nights and the painting trip to the Rotary to tap into. Children's Camp at Portsea. Programmes always arrange excellent From undertakers and police cells to nights, and none better than Churchill Fellow futures markets and a belly-dancer, David Mathews from Rupanyup, who spoke on programmes were as varied as ever. the future of grains in the Wimmera. The good work continued throughout the year with many Suneethi, our Indian Exchange Student in 1980 diverse subjects, the outstanding ones -81, visited us, and showed sceptics first hand involving our own members- especially a the value of the program. disquisition on the eco-future by Rod Sutherland. Youth again exhibited their debating skills, proving that money is indeed the root of A visit of the US Vice-Consul proved all evil, while Horsham‟s Youth Parliament the high esteem in which Rotary is held. team strengthened our faith in our citizens of the future as we welcomed our Swiss A revamped Senior Citizens Christmas Exchange Student, Eva Bachmann, a great Dinner was enjoyed by all seniors who ambassador for her country. attended, including our members. This year‟s venue, the Town Hall Supper Room, was Our outgoing student, Eleanor Marshall much smaller, so numbers attending were reciprocated with a year in her country. The unfortunately limited. inaugural „Hugh Jenkin Memorial Photographic Awards‟ bought a new A large bequest to Rotary Foundation perspective on how our youth see the world. A from the Estate of Lila Lockwood showed her fortnight later, local music students performed appreciation of Frank‟s dedication to Rotary‟s at the „Max Taylor Music Awards‟ concert in ideals, and for the personal benefits they both Wesley Hall, this years winner being Tegan gained from Frank‟s membership. Rudolph.
Horsham Primary School‟s Junior 2002/2003 Citizens were again recognised with presentations. Board of Directors President: Colin Puls Sarah Miller, our Science Forum Vice President: J Knight delegate gave us inspiration for the future of Secretary: G.Gerlach Horsham youth. Treasurer: G. Scott SAA: J Brown, N Gororo The Club successfully ran the Exchange Directors: Student weekend at Halls Gap. Danny Fischer John Evans (President Elect), D Peck (PEN), N spoke glowingly, and eloquently, of his Curran, G Schmidt, T Jenkinson, S Swedish year. A future PM? Williams, & B Bird. International Night honoured our student and a Dr Rob Grenfell gave cause for Club member, featuring the countries of consternation among the „elders‟ of the Club, Switzerland and Zimbabwe. while Jean Hood spoke on the miracle of cochlear implants and our cricketing fans were Rotary International is aiming to again well catered for. complete the Polio Plus program of eradicating the disease by its Centennial year, 2005, and Our own members are still the most our International fund raising was towards that popular speakers, and now, with ladies as end. The Lockwood bequest was forwarded to members, our horizons have expanded even the Polio Eradication Fund, and with grants turned that amount into $100,000.
78 78 achieve Paul Harris recognition: PP Bob Our 75th Anniversary was fast Crawford, PP JIm Heard and Dr Rod approaching, November, 2003, and a special Sutherland. They were joined by Mrs Jan Van committee of both Horsham Rotary Club‟s led Veldhuisen, her recognition for her dedication a public appeal for a Rotary House complex to to Horsham City and country issues support be built on site at Wimmera Base Hospital, since her arrival in Australia. providing affordable accommodation for patients and families from outside Horsham. The launch saw an initial response of over $78,000. A barbecue evening saw many local 2003- 2004 trades people pledge their support. At the Changeover the amount raised was approx Board of Directors $200,000. President: John Evans: Vice President: C Puls The Show gate was again financially Secretary: J Brown successful, as were the Christmas trees Treasurer: G Scott pudding/cake sales and Field Days gate SAA: R Mackley keeping which saw a return of $3,218. Directors: Pres Elect D Peck, G Cox, Ms B Hetherington, The ABC helped in collecting toys for Ms S Williams, F Tursi, N Thomas, & G the under privileged, and Carols by Candlelight Smith. and Australia Day celebrations received our support. Several of our members attended the RI Conference in Brisbane including Colin & This year, under Graeme Schmidt, Loloma Puls and John & Janice Evans and members supported more rosters than ever brought back the message for this year: “Lend before. This is community service at its best. a Hand”.
150 Senior Citizens enjoyed a Christmas Programmes were varied, from motor- Dinner, while our own end-of-year celebrations cycling around Turkey to the latest in mobile definitely had an exotic eastern influence, the phones, diabetes, Aboriginal heritage and Food Bank again receiving our gifts. Tribal Youth.
The cost of not eating at a meeting has Rotary House has caught the public‟s risen to $2.00 after many years. A $1 levy imagination, with Trusts and many Wimmera was originally split between exchange student communities contributing. The slab was poured expenses, and Rotary Foundation, but later in late September and the frame put up in channelled into all areas of Club October. administration. Donations totalled over $250,000 at the time of printing. Renovations to the Sports & Community Club premises saw meetings held at different It was a sad beginning to our year with venues in January and February, including a the passing of Roy Geyer, PHF. We will miss trip to Dimboola Club and an olive farm, and his genial demeanour and high work effort. several delightful Chinese nights. However, this saw an increase of an attendance to $16. Again proving their metal, the senior Sixteen members are now qualified food students battled in the debating final. Their handlers, after many years of cooking for topic? „Old people have more fun‟. They don‟t others. really know, do they?
Fellowship was given a slight rest this RYLA awardee Matt Burns confirmed year, handling the basic social functions plus our thoughts that our future will be in good barbecues. and the usual Club nights. hands.
Members enjoyed a trip below ground to The photography and music awards the Stawell Gold Mines. continue to showcase Wimmera talent.
Changeover 2003 saw three members
79 79 Inter-Club relations are at a new high, the first event a now annual night with East‟s Art Show.
Fellowship always provides the goods at our Clubrooms when called upon, and several nights have been successful.
Our lady members are certainly proving their value in the club. The „Gown of the Year‟ night was a great success, raising over $5000: a new vitality flows through..
Jesper Christiansen from Denmark is making a great impression on all and is certainly a great ambassador for his family and country.
ARHRF came to the local attention with a mental health forum held in September.
Our 75th Anniversary Dinner was celebrated at the Club.
The story is still unfolding - a good reason for another book!
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