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Sasc Newsletter SASC NEWSLETTER Published by Southern Alps Ski Club inc Registered by Australia Post Publication No NBH 7060 Category B Volume 16 Number 4 Email: [email protected] October, 2016 Address for Club Mail: SASC, PO Box 841, Spit Junction 2088 Payment of subscriptions: PO Box 568, Gymea 2227 Please visit our web page at http://www.sasc-aus.com VALE SELMA KAHANE 7/1/1916 to 22/7/2016 Selma passed away peacefully at Montefiore Hunters Hill. Her funeral at Macquarie Park Cemetery was at- tended by many friends and a large number of SASC members. Selma was the widow of Arnold Kah- ane, foundation Chairman of SASC Lodge Co-op., long-term SASC mem- ber and activist. Selma’s daughters Marie Westgarth and Sylvia Gore have been stalwarts of SASC for over 50 On a personal note Selma was born years. Grand daughter Cathy Stanyer in Vienna, she lost her birth mother at has been involved with SASC Juniors age 2 and had a difficult relationship and Grandson Darren Gore a Vice with her step mother. In the late 1930s, Anchor House was the family residence President of SASC. after the Nazi occupation of Austria she until 16 years ago when Selma moved For over 20 years Selma’s home at 814 was able to escape to England where to Windsor Gardens Retirement Vil- Pacific Highway Chatswood was the after 6 months she was granted a lage. registered office of the SASC Lodge permit to enter Australia where Arnold Two years ago Selma moved to Mon- Cooperative and where Lodge meet- her fiancée had already settled in Ra- tefiore Jewish Home where she cel- ings were held. venshoe, North Queensland. He had ebrated her 100th Birthday in January Selma was a non-skier; she suffered an been sponsored by a distant relative this year. injury skiing in Austria as a teenager. who owned a sawmill. She leaves a family of 3 children, 11 In the 1960’s on Friday nights in the Selma lost all her family in the holo- grandchildren and 24 great-grand- ski season Arnold and Selma caught caust except for 2 sisters Martha and children. the ‘ Snowy Mountains Express’ alias Trudie who she managed to get to She had a most interesting and chal- the Cooma Mail from Central Station Australia through persistent contact lenging life. at 8pm on route to Charlottes Pass. with the Minister for Immigration-Arthur May she rest in peace Often they took some of their grand- Caldwell. children with them. Selma supervising Selma ran a boarding house in Ra- them to ski. venshoe for a few years then moved When Christiania Lodge was acquired to Tully where they had purchased the ************ by the Lodge Coop., Selma with her Astoria Café whose main business was • Club subscriptions are due on sisters and friends spent up to 2 weeks looking after cane cutters. 30 September. over Xmas and New Year bushwalking In the early 1950’s they moved to Wil- • and socialising. loughby where they started the family Guessing Competition ticket butts to be returned to Outside the dining area of Christiania business Anchor Metal Products. In the Marie Westgarth before 11 on the balcony is a bench seat which early 1960’s they bought Anchor House November 2016. honours Selma’s contribution to the at 814 Pacific Highway Chatswood an old building , redeveloped in 1967. Lodge. • SASC AGM – 8pm, Wednesday 16 November, North’s Leagues Club. (starting with Juniors Presentation and ticket draw) ************ Travelplan Ski is Australia’s leading operator of quality snow holidays to the world’s great ski resorts, and one of the most respected specialty travel wholesalers for over 40 years. Travelplan will donate $100 to the SASC Juniors, for every ski booking received from SASC members over the value of $3000! For a quote on your international ski holiday, please email [email protected] and mention this offer. Page1 SASC Vol 16 No 4 2016 CALENDAR SASC OFFICE BEARERS SOUTHERN ALPS SKI CLUB INC 2016 Contact appropriate Club office bearers OCTOBER for queries re Annual Fees (both Lodge SOCIAL SECRETARY: Sun 9 End Public School Holidays and Club members), Membership Num- Marie Wesgarth Tue 11 Junior Committee Meeting bers, Booking forms, Club Members [email protected] – Mosman Change of Address, etc Mon 17 Lodge Meeting – all EDITOR: welcome – Homebush PRESIDENT: Helen Pearson Sat 22 Walk – Blue Mountains Rod Peile 0448 670 586 [email protected] Andy Cairns [email protected] JUNIOR TRAINING: NOVEMBER VICE PRESIDENTS: Chairman 4-7 Camping Weekend (4WD) Lindy Ellis-Jack - Daniel Kavo – Abercrombie NP - Phil Friedlander Vice-Chairman Bob Sims Bill Sidwell - David Green Wed 16 SASC ANNUAL GENERAL Darren Gore Secretary - Lisa Manoy MEETING at North Sydney [email protected] Treasurer Leagues Club – 8pm - Michael Este ALSO Junior Presentation SECRETARY: Junior Bus Co-ordinator and RAFFLE DRAW Kim Easdale 0416 800 360 - Sue Pike 19-20 Lodge Meeting – [email protected] Junior Racing Co-ordinator Directors only - Thredbo ASSISTANT SECRETARY: - Kim Easdale ADVERTISING: NOTE CHANGED DATE! Stephanie Witts 0416 800 360 Rod Peile 0448 670 586 Sun 20 January 2017 Newsletter - TREASURER: deadline Peter Collett CROSS COUNTRY AND Sun 27 XC & BW group Christmas ASSISTANT TREASURER: BUSHWALKING COMMITTEE: Picnic Walk and David Collett Chairman - Bob Sims Peter Collett's Secretary - Sally Sims CLUB CAPTAIN: 90th birthday Arthur Owens 6457 8334 – Bob Sims LODGE DELEGATE: FAX 6457 8335 NOTE CHANGED DATE! Joe Di Falco [email protected] VICE CAPTAIN: AUDITOR: Robert Kavo ************ Ron Giles MEETING VENUES and TIMES Club meetings (and AGM) held at North Sydney Leagues Club at 8pm. Open Lodge meetings held at Sports House, Quad 1, Level 2 8 Parkview Drive, Sydney Olym- pic Park. Sports House entrance is locked after hours so please call Joe 0418 238 552 or Rod 0448 670 586 for access. Lodge AGM held at 8pm at North Sydney Leagues Club Cross Country and Bushwalk- ing meetings held at 6.30pm at West Pennant Hills Sports Club 103 New Line Rd, West Pennant Hills (June) or the Sims home (September) Junior Committee meetings to SASC members visit the Perisher Fire Station be held at different venues. Contact Daniel Kavo for details SASC Vol 16 No 4 Page2 Presidents report The Charlotte Pass and Perisher and Suites, Travelplan SKI, Snow Ski- management review is very important ers Warehouse, Alpsports, SX Snow for our Lodge future at Charlotte Pass. and the Club & Lodge Co-op. Dear Members, See page 8. Apart from the manage- The AGM will receive annual reports I was saddened when I heard Selma ment review NPWS are also working from the Sub Committees then we will Kahane had passed away. I pass our on KNP carrying capacity review and elect the committee for 2017. If you sympathy to all of Selma’s family and horse management plan that may affect would like to nominate for any of the friends – within Southern Alps there our visitor experience in the mountains; positions, please call or email me for are many. Selma’s made a significant links to latest information are on our information. I mentioned earlier this contribution to Southern Alps – please website. year I was looking to stand down and see page 1. give someone else the pleasure of tak- Lodges are open for summer bookings; ing on the President’s role but to date What a winter it has been, with huge don’t forget the L’ETAPE Australia bike no one has offered. If that remains the snow falls followed by warm weather race on 3/12/16. case at the AGM I will stand again for and precipitation. Some of us have another term. been lucky to be in the mountains at The SASC AGM will be proceeded by I have not had time to progress the the “right” time. I was on two occasions; a short Juniors Presentation and the Constitution review promised last the first big fall just in time for the Cross Juniors Guessing competition draw, year – this was the Clubs constitution Country bus trip in June – great expec- I hope you can join us at Norths on 16 (not the Lodge Cooperative) so if re- tations when we arrived in Thredbo November at 8pm. elected I would like to complete this in with 15cm on the ground and snow still Perhaps you will win the fantastic 1st 2017. The changes are mainly about falling. Then I caught another dump at prize – Ski Holiday at Sun Peaks for electronic media, privacy policy and Charlotte Pass during school holidays two! Please ensure your Guessing alignment with the way we do business. and enjoyed fresh snow on Gutheries Competition ticket butts are returned to Your comments and suggestions on with members Paul and Daniel. Marie Westgarth before 11 November any of the Club activities are welcome There was disappointment when the 2016. The tickets were enclosed with at the AGM. Supper will be served at Junior Thredbo Interclub and the the July newsletter – call me if you would the conclusion of the meeting. Paddy Pallin Junior Shield races like some more tickets. The guessing Hope to see you soon. were cancelled due to blizzards. Of competition sponsors deserve our Rod Peile course we all appreciated the snow that support; Sun Peaks - Canada’s Alpine 0448 670 586 fell. Congratulations to the 2016 Club Village, Nancy Greene’s Cahilty Hotel [email protected] Champions, and Senior Thredbo Interclub team that won by a clear margin - see the Club Captains report for details. Thanks to Club’s committee members for doing their best to get events under- way but sometimes the weather wins.
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