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RSL ANGELES CITY SUB BRANCH PHILIPPINES Issue 85 RSL Angeles City Sub Branch Philippines NEWSLETTER # 85 April 2014 WEBSITE: WWW.RSLANGELESCITY.COM FACEBOOK: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/RSLACITY Embassy, Manila, Mr. included elsewhere in this David Dutton for newsletter, showing the location. President’s Report attending and giving As was the case last month, we by James Curtis-Smith – President the Keynote Address. need nurses or other medical My thanks also to the professionals to help as both PRESIDENT’S many members of the Sub Branch Colleges of Nursing at AUF and REPORT – who were instrumental and HAU are on their long summer necessary to set up, and in the vacation. The WAGS and April 2014 conduct of the day. Thank you yourselves as members are also Melvin from the Ponderosa Hotel, required for dispensing and The Sub Branch for providing the hotel jeepney to checking. If you are unable to get remembered th convey members and visitors from to the site yourself or with a mate the 99 the Ponderosa to the cemetery. who has transport, we will be anniversary of arranging for the Ponderosa ANZAC Day on Although figures are yet to be th jeepney to be available and also April 25 2014, finalized as I give this report, I do member’s cars who have empty and in excess of note that at the Swagman the seats. Transport from the 160 persons were in attendance consumption per head of local Ponderosa will be leaving at at the Clark Veterans Cemetery drinks put on by the Sub Branch 7.30am. for the Service of Remembrance appears to have exceeded 11, a and a similar number at the clear advance on our previous Finally,concerning memberships. gunfire breakfast and activities at record of 9.8. Record sale of raffle The cut off date before removing the Swagman Hotel following. tickets for the day, record take members from the current list was from the two-up and sales of on ANZAC Day. If you have These numbers are a record merchandise were also pleasing. missed this date you can rejoin at attendance for this Sub Branch any time by paying the and it was particularly pleasing to A reminder of the next Children’s membership fee of P800 for the see so many children in company Medical Mission to be held at year. Please be advised that with their parents attend. My Barangay San Nicolas on rd renewals do not get a new card special thanks to Deputy Head of Saturday morning 3 May 2014 each year and your card from the Mission at the Australian commencing at 8.00am. A map is RSL ANGELES CITY SUB BRANCH PHILIPPINES Issue 85 Victorian Branch is good from produced and is circulating in offering discounts have been year to year. If you are a new Angeles City. I do not know who is advised. member your card will be sent by selling them or at what cost, and a post to your address if you gave warning if you are renewing or JAMES E. CURTIS-SMITH your address as being in joining please ensure you get an Australia. If your address is in the official RSL receipt when you pay. President Philippines, your card will be sent Receipt books are held by from the Victorian Branch to the Secretary Ray Stenhouse, Sub Branch, and can be collected Treasurer Ron Parrott, and from the reception desk at the Committee men Lindsay Drury Ponderosa after about 6 weeks and Rudy Olree. The fake cards from the time you signed up. We offered for sale have different John Frederick Smith do not have the capacity to deliver background colours (more cards. yellowish) and do not have your (A/C) and name or membership number I am astounded that a fake RSL recorded. The local police are David McCarney (NSW membership card has been ADVERTISEMENT RSL EVENTS SCHEDULE MAY 2014 Phillies Sports & Grill Raffle every Saturday at 6.00 PM. Weekly CHARITY Raffle DRAW NOW EVERY Wednesday at Emotions Nite Club at 6.00 PM. MEDICAL MISSION 3RD MAY (mudmap on page Tuesday 6TH MAY * 2.00 PM... COMMITTEE Meeting * Social Tuesday 2.00pm PONDEROSA 4.00pm GARFIELDS * PSB * DRILL SHACK Tuesday 13TH MAY * 2.00 PM WELFARE COMMITTEE * 2.00pm Social Tuesday Ponderosa 4.00pm DET 5 * CANDY * NIGHT MOVES Tuesday 20TH MAY * 2.00PM MONTHLY GENERAL MEETING * 4.00pm EMOTIONS* TOC * GENTLEMANS MONDAY 26TH MAY 1100HRS MEMORIAL DAY CLARK VETERANS CEMETERY Tuesday 27TH MAY * 2.00pm Social Tuesday Ponderosa * 4.00pm DR.HOLMS * ERUPTIONS * WOBBLY BOOT RSL ANGELES CITY SUB BRANCH PHILIPPINES | Issue 85 SICK PARADE JOHN PEETERS, now recovering from broken leg in Singapore.(when travelling remember 2 take out travel insurance ) STEVE PRICE recovering from stroke scheduled 4 heart surgery in a few weeks in Adelaide GORDON WINZAR, scheduled for cranial surgery Gold Coast MAL GEDDIE, recovering from surgery in Adelaide to leg after the mess made in fixing his broken leg in PI’s. IAIN BOOTH scheduled surgery Sydney PHIL SALMON forging ahead in his painful fight to recover in Brisbane KEN GRAHAM, ONA Angeles ,very greatful for the financial support GRAHAM LEBHERZ, prostate surgery in Brisbane but back home in Angeles STAND AT- EASE In our February newsletter we advised members that WIRRIM FILMS were seeking funding to produce a documentary on the Vietnam Vets living in SE Asia and looking at their mental health and presenting a story of their lives. The first part of the filming was to be ANZAC Day commemorations in Angeles. They have, at this stage, not been successful at obtaining funding for the ANZAC Day portion of their documentary, but are still confident that funding will be in hand later on and probably into the first part of 2015. So ‘stand at- ease’ until we have more information from WIRRIM FILMS. UP-COMING MEDICAL MISSIONS Next Medical Missions (for planning purposes) 07 Jun 14 Magalang Barangay Covered Area- To be Confirmed 05 Jul 14 Sapang Biabas Elementary School – To be Confirmed We Need Your Blood! Help us to maintain our blood supplies by donating blood at the AUF Hospital Red Cross Blood Bank and credit to our RSL. Doesn’t take much time and it will be appreciated. RSL ANGELES CITY SUB BRANCH PHILIPPINES | Issue 85 A MESSAGE OF pages of data every month) and is them into eXcell Spreadsheet along highly valuable to the Treasurer and with current data that now lists some THANKS FROM EX Secretary. 1300 members and current 608 SECRETARY DALLAS financial members. That was a My first attempts at doing a sizable effort making life much easier DRAKE Newsletter working from Internet Cafe to data entry rejoining members. Lee did not go too well and along came still maintain that listing that shows (I was supposed to put it in last Larry Smith to the rescue. what years members have been month’s newsletter but I stuffed financial. up. Ed) Our Newsletter May 2007 was a humble beginning with only a few Thank you Lee. After 8 years in the position of copies printed and some emailed out Secretary I am happy to retire (again) to a very small email listing. In 2007 No I am not going to mention ALL and take this opportunity to thank all our data base of email addresses who have supported my efforts like, those who have supported me was less than twenty now it is around Dave Keegan, Ian Briggs, Gerald through that period. 900. Our Newsletter has grown in Williams, John Power, Shanno, We have experienced 7 years of solid size and Popularity and Larry is to be Steve Fletcher, Dennis Bradbury, growth that would not have been congratulated not only on the quality Pat Lynch, Dave Lindsay, Frank possible without help from many but in managing to Publish every Devlin, Charles Hoffman, Richard members. month since inception. Giles, Melvin Thurkettle, etc OK enough for now when I see you I will Working with Larry has been a personally thank you if you've been pleasure even now he lives in Hervey missed. Bay Queensland my work load remained the same in providing Items Thank you all for the ride it’s been to be included every month, such as great times like zero to 160MPA in 16 Schedule of Events, the Local seconds. Stories, Welcome new Members, Advertisers and Supporters Logos, Cheers to all. Pictures of Functions etc. Thank you Dallas Larry _____________________________ Gerald Slide appeared just in time to get our web site going and to load POSTAGE CONCESSION some hundreds of pages I had prepared over many months to cover For those living in Australia, the cost of a as many areas of Interest for basic postage stamp increased by 10 Members in this area and about the cents to 70 cents per stamp on Monday RSL. Our first web site took around 3 31 March 2014. However Aust Post has a months to become accepted in quality postage concession available to those and navigation. entitled to a concession card. Colin Whelan would be my greatest www.rslanglescity.com .Gerald did an supporter in regards to WORK load excellent job and also again when we An application can be obtained from a undertaken, both he and Bob Young redesigned the site as we have now post office or you can download an helped very much in the earlier years incorporating a Facebook function application on-line. when we went around many business http://www.facebook.com/rslacity establishments asking for support Thank you Gerald I understand that Aust Post will send you .Support came in the form of 5 concession stamps gratis and a card Discounts for RSL Members and Communications with members is very important keeping them advised where you can purchase stamps at the Support (Raffle prizes) for the old 60 cent rate.
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