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E-Bulletin for October 14, 2019 (Item 2bing74)
"Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life; love empowers it. Bitterness sours life. love sweetens it. Bitterness sickens life; love heals it. Bitterness blinds life; love anoints it's eye."
(Harry Emerson Fosdick)
Attendance at our October 10th Noon Meeting
Doug Balkman, Chester Banks, Del Brown, Charles Johnson, Lon Shell, Charles Walts, Kelli
Whigham, Rhonda White, Ted Breihanm John Polk, Glen Rydl, Gary Strunk, Rhonda Young, Kelly Layne (14)
(Guests: Francis Breihan)
"Here is the list of Greeters for the month of October 2019
October 17.............Del Brown
October 24.............Doug Balkman
October 21..............Chester Banks
Anniversaries celebration in October
October 15........James & Kathy Collier
Our Program from Last Week
Del Brown brought a most interesting speaker to our club last week. Rev. Todd Salmi, an ordained United Methodist Minister came to tell us all about the experiences that he has had in working with the United Campus Ministry located in the old Episcopal Church near the University campus. Todd's experiences with the college students has been very rewarding and his ministry has been very productive.
Even though our attendance was slim last Thursday, Todd was very forthright in his fielding of any questions, and there were quite a few. One thing that Todd mentioned about his work with the students at Texas State is you can't take any of these students for granted, because they are going through a lot of searching for their own lives. Todd, through his one on one counseling, group meetings, Bible Studies, religious gatherings, he says the students are searching for answers in developing what they want to do, and where they want to go. Thanks Todd for a very candid presence with us last week.
Hear, Hear, Hear.....Our Annual October Dash Run.....this weekend!
Once again our annual October Dash is upon us. October 19, 2019, same place, same time, and your help is needed. Helpers should be at San Marcos Toyota at 7am, and the race will start at 9am. If you want to wear a costume, do it!
The Program for this coming Thursday, October 17, 2019
Charles Walts will be bringing the program for this coming Thursday. TRACY J. WILLI, Attorney at Law of the Willi Law Firm, P.C. in Austin will come and speak to our club. Her practice includes estate planning, elder law, probate and estate administration, probate and estate litigation and civil appeals.
FromOctober 11 to October 17
October 11, 1521 - - King Henry VIII of England was given the title 'Defender of the Faith' by Pope Leo X following the publication of the King's book against Martin Luther.
October 12, 1492 - - After a 33 day voyage, Christoper Columbus made his first landfall in the New World in the Bahamas. He named the first land sighted as El Salvador, claiming it in the name of the Spanish Crown. Columbus was seeking a western sea route from Europe to Asia and believed had found an island of the Indies. He thus called the first island natives he met, 'Indians'.
October 13, 54 A.D. - - Roman Emperor Claudius died after eating mushrooms poisoned by his wife, the Empress Agrippina.
October 14, 1066 - - The Norman Conquest began with the Battle of Hastings in which King Harold II of England, the last of the Saxon kings, was defeated and killed by William of Normandy's troops.
October 15, 1991 - - The U.S. senate confirmed Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court by a 52 - 48 vote following several days of tumultuous hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee concerning sexual harassment charges made by a former aide. Thomas became the seconed African American to sit on the Court, replacing retired Justice Thurgood Marshall, an African American.
October 16, 1916 - - The first birth control clinic in America was opened in Brooklyn, New York, by Margaret Sanger, a nurse who worked among the poor on the Lower East Side of New York City.
October 17, 1777 - - During the American Revolutionary War, British General John Burgoyne and his entire army of 5,700 men surrendered to American General Horatio Gates after the Battle of Saratoga, the first big American victory.
October 15, 1815 - - Napoleon Bonaparte arrived on the Island of St. Helena beginning a British imposed exile following his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo.
October 16, 1791 - - Yale University was founded in Killingworth, Connecticut (as the Collegiate School of Connecticut). The school moved to New Haven in 1716, Two years later, the name was changed to Yale College to honor Elihu Yale, a philanthropist. In 1886, it became Yale University.
October 17, 1777 - - During the American Revolutionary War, British General John Burgoyne and his entire army of 5,000 men surrened to American General Gates after the Battle of Saratoga, the first big American victory
Have You Ever Heard -"Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea"
"On the horns of a dilemma; between perilous dangers. In the days when ships hull's were made of wood, this term was applied to a seam between two planks which, because of its location or of its length, was especially accursed by sailors. In this instance, 'devil' probably referred to the seam on a ship's deck nearest the side; hence, the longest seam on the deck, extending on a curve from stem to stern, and, from its location, a most dangerous one to calk or fill with pitch. Anyone between the devil and the deep blue sea had a very narrow footing, a narrow margin for choice. 'Devil' was also applied to the seam that was at, or just above, the water line of a ship's hull. Here again space was narrow and the margin of safety was negligible"
'How Idaho Got It's Name"
"Idaho got its name from the Shoshoni Indian words Ee dah hoe, meaning 'Sun on the Mountain'"
Know Your Presidents . . James Buchanan, 15th President - 1857-1861
"James Buchanan was called the Bachelor President because he never married (becoming the only single U.S. President. His friends called him Old Buck, short for Buchanan."
"TELEPHONE, TEXAS"
"This small town in northeastern Texas was named during the late 1870's to honor Alexander Graham Bell's new invention, the telephone. It just happened to be perfect timing that the town was in search of a new name when the announcement of the miraculous new invention was made."
"Once when general Ulysses S. Grant was visiting Scotland, his host gave him a demonstration of a game, new to Grant, called golf. Carefully, the host placed the ball on the tee, and took a mighty swing, sending chunks of turf flying, but not touching the ball.
Grant watched the exhibition quietly, but after the sixth unsuccessful attempt to hit the ball, he turned to his perspiring, embarrassed host and commented dryly, 'There seems to be a fair amount of exercise in the game, but I fail to see the purpose of the ball.'"
"So Why Do We Say 'Scapegoat?"
"Originally this word represented just what it seems to mean; an 'escape goat.' On the day of Atonement, the ancients Jews would bring two goats to the altar. The high priest chose one to be sacrificed. Then he confessed the sins of the congregation over the head of the second. After that, the goat was taken to the edge of the village and allowed to escape into the wilderness, taking all the people's sins with it. That was was the first scapegoat. Now the word describes a person who, like that ancient goat, is blamed for other people's mistakes."
"Oh Well!!!!!
1...……Why does sour cream have an expiration date?
2.........Are female moths called myths?
3.........Are you telling the truth if you lie in bed?
4.........What do chickens think we taste like?
5.........Can you buy an entire chess set in a pawnshop?
6.........Do clowns wear really big socks?
7.........Do fish get thirsty?
8.........Do hummingbirds hum because they don't know the words?
9.........Do hungry crows have ravenous appetites?
10...........Do klpeople in Australia call the rest of the world 'up over'?
"Known as 'the birthplace of a nation,' Captain James Smith established the first permanent English settlement in North America at Jamestown in 1607. Virginia is the site of more Civil War battles than any other state and birthplace of eight presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, William Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor and Woodrow Wilson. Virginia joined the Union as the tenth state on June 25, 1788."
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"Oh Well!!!!!
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