Club Bulletin

SOUTH HILLS KIWANIS BULLETIN 6/4/09

MAC MC ALPIN led the singing of "GOD BLESS AMERICA". Then DICK BISHOP led the group in the pledge of allegiance. BILL MATTHEWS gave the invocation, and TEX WILLIAMS' Thought For The Day: "It is certainly more reasonable to have power to give than to receive." Winston Churchill.

Guest included: LLOYD EMMERT, DON GLEASON (guests of ELTON CHATFIELD), former member, HEBER MEEKS, who has returned from serving our country in Iraq, and JENNIFER and STEVE ALVAREZ, who delivered the new banner to be hung on the center field fence at Cortez Park, which gives the time and place for the meeting of SOUTH HILLS KIWANIS. JENNIFER is MAC'S number one granddaughter.

Coming events:
6/8/09 - 5:00 P. M. South Hills Kiwanis Board meeting - Covina Bowl
7/25/09 - 8/1/09 - 8/8/09 - Concert Under the Stars - See Joel Beezy
8/14/09 - Dinner at Red Devil Pizza and Covina Center of Performing Arts
See Cookie Ford

HARRY ANDERSON tried to get out of paying for his birthday by alleging that he had the NO FINE BADGE last month, but kicked in $20.00. Then ANITA WHITE donated $25.00 for her and Jay's forty fourth wedding anniversary. JOYCE CHAPMAN praised the food with an extra $5.00; Late comers included - guess who - MIKE TANAKA and JOEL BEEZY, who paid for their tardiness with an additional $5.00 each.

JACK FIELDING thanked HARRY ANDERSON for bringing in a bunch of Key-Clubbers to help with the pancake breakfast, and many kudos and thanks to ELTON and MARGARET CHATFIELD for the EXTRAORDINARY they put forth in making the Pancake Breakfast a success- ELTON'S son was cooking for most of the morning, and THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO PITCHED IN TO HELP.

Mike Tanaka won the pot and $10.00. TINA, our regular server just had a colon cancer operation, and the club voted to sent her a plant.

JACK FIELDING WAS OUR PROGRAM and spoke about D-DAY, JUNE 6, 1944, where 160,000 Allied troops landed on a 50 mile stretch of heavily fortified French coastline to fight the German troops. General Eisenhower called the campaign a crusade. There were more than 5000 ships and 13,000 aircraft that supported the D-DAY invasion, but the cost
was high. There were more than 9,000 troops killed or wounded, but more than 100,000 soldiers began a march across Europe to defeat Hitler. JACK showed some old newspapers, a Nazi banner, and showed some pictures of the German V-I bomb.
Thanks, Jack.
Oh! I forgot to mention that JACK was flying for the Army Air Corp flying out of England at that time. Thanks, again.