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E-Bulletin for December 31, 2018
"The average man who wins what we call success is not a genius. He is a man who has merely the ordinary qualities that he shares with his fellow, but who has developed those ordinary qualities to a more than ordinary degree" (Theodore Roosevelt)
Birthdays during the month of January 2019
……..January 18...……...Gary Nelson
……..January 24...……..Randy Cook
Jan 3...…..Lon Shell
Jan 10......Charles Walts
Jan 17......Chester Banks
Jan 24...….John Roppolo
Jan 31...….Rhonda White
Anniversaries celebrated in January 2019
……...Francis and Delia Mendez...….January 8
Pancake Day and Silent Auction
That's right, it's that time again and will be here before we know it. The Date is February 28th and will once again be at the San Marcos Activity Center. That's only a couple of months, but there is a lot to do to get ready for it. The tickets are being made up by Randle Grizzle as he has in the past, and will be ready to hand out to the club this coming Thursday. Randy will have the tickets ready for every member to sign up for. Thanks Randle for making these tickets up. It's very generous of you. Tickets are being handed out this early to give us plenty of time to distribute them. And don't forget, to start getting donations for the Silent Auction. There's a lot of work to do between now and February 28th.
"Terrible Titles" See if you can correct these books, plays, songs, magazines, TV shows etc.
Pharmacy Ranch Hand ….(Drugstore Cowboy)
Precipitation Guy(Rain Man)
Ripped Drape (Torn Curtain)
A Parting Word to Munitions (Farewell to Arms)
A Small Dried Fruit in the Central Body of the Solar System "(Raison in the Sun)
The Elderly Male and the Marine Environment (The Old Man and the Sea)
The Crimson Unit of the Alphabet(The Scarlet Letter)
The Highest Female Singing Voices(The Sopranos)
The Rustic Dwelling of My Father's Brother Thomas_(Uncle Tom's Cabin)
Gratitude for the Recollection (Thanks For the Memory)
"Round Table on Thursday, December 27, 2018
As you can see by the photo, we had a great Roundtable on the above date. It was the last RT before the New Year. In addition to our get together and chewing whatever came to mind, we celebrated a couple of birthdays, and had delicious cake baked by a couple of members to help Ted Breihan and Jeanne Balkman celebrate their birthday. What a wonderful gesture, and was that cake delicious. Those who were at this Roundtable was Chester Banks, Jeanne Balkman, Del Brown, Francis Breihan, Ted Breihan, Frederick Case, Lon Shell, Gary Nelson, Kelli Whigham, Doug Balkman, Glen Rydl, and also the Balkman's granddaughter. Ashley, our wonderful waitress, who graduated from Texas State this year took the photograph.
From December 28, 2018 - January 3, 2019
December 28, 1832 - - John C. Calhoun became the first American over to resign the office of vice president. He served under Presidents John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson and resigned after a series of political disagreements with President Jackson. He went on to become a U.S. Senator4 from South Carolina.
December 29, 1940 - - During the Blitz, German aircraft dropped thousands of incendiary bombs on the center of London, causing the worst fire damage since the great fire of 1666. St. Paul's Cathedral survived but eight other Wren churches along with the Guildhall and Old Bailey were badly damaged.
December 30, 1993 - - Israel and the Vatican signed an agreement on mu9tual recognition, seeking to end 2,000 years of unfriendly Christian-Jewish relations.
December 31, 1781 - - The first bank in the U.S., the Bank of North America, received its charter from the Confederate Congress. It opened on January 7, 1782, in Philadelphia.
January 1, 1942 - - Twenty six countries signed the Declaration of the United States, in Washington, D.C. reaffirming their opposition to the Axis powers and confirming that no single nation would make a separate peace.
January 2, 1960 - - In Washington, D.C., Senator John F. Kennedy announced his intention to seek the Democratic presidential nomination.
January 3, 1946 - - An Englishman known during World War II as "Lord Haw Haw" (William Joyce) was hanged for treason in London. Joyce had broadcast Nazi propaganda via radio from German to Britain during the war.
"Higher I rise, with help from the sun. From my glass cage, I can never run. What am I?_________________
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"A Whipping Boy"
"One upon whom is inflicted punishment for the faults or wrongs of another; a scapegoat. Under the belief that the body of a young royal prince was as sacred as that of the king, his father, and that, accordingly, no governess nor tutor should chastise him, a custom was introduced into England in the early seventeenth century to transfer any punishment merited by a princeling to the body of another. The first to benefit was the son of James I, the young prince, who later became Charles I. The lad William Murray was appointed to be his playmate and fellow pupil, and to receive all punishment deserved by either of the two lads to be the 'whipping boy' of the prince and be flogged for all the faults of either. The custom died out as the royal household became more democratic, but the allusion has remained."
"When her late husband's will was read, a widow learned he had left the bulk of his fortune to another woman. Enraged, she rushed to change the inscription on her spouse's tombstone. 'Sorry, lady,' said the stonecutter. 'I inscribed 'Rest in Peace' on your orders. I can't change it now.' 'Very well,' she said grimly. 'Just add 'Until We Meet Again.'"
"What About the California State Flag?
"The official state flag of California, called the Bear Flag, was first used on June 14, 1846, but was not officially adopted until 1911. It was designed by William Todd. On June 14, 1846, a small band of settlers marched on the Mexican garrison at Sonoma and took the commandant, Mariano Vallejo, prisoner. They issued a proclamation which declared California to be a Republic, independent of Mexico.
The uprising became known as the Bear Flag Revolt after they hastily designed flag depicting a grizzly bear, and a five pointed star over a red bar
and the words California Republic. The grizzly bear was a symbol of great strength while the lone star made reference to the lone Star of Texas.
The California flag only flew until July 9, 1846, when it was learned that Mexico and the United States were already at war. Soon after, the Bear Flag was replaced with the American flag. It was adopted as the State Flag by the State Legislature in 1911.
1...A stitch in time saves nine what?
2...Are female moths called myths?
3...Are part time band leaders semi-conductors?
4...Since there is a speed of light and a speed of sound, is there a speed of smell?
5...The Scarecrow got a brain, Tin Man got a heart, Lion got courage, Dorothy got home, what did Toto get?
6...What do batteries run on?
7...What are imitation rhinestones?
8...What do penguins wear for play clothes?
9...What do people ion China call their good plates?
10...What do they call coffee breaks at the Lipton Tea Company?
"A Parting Anecdote"
"The differences in human life depend, for the most part, not on what men do, but upon the meaning and purpose of their acts. All are born, all die, all lose their loved ones, nearly all marry and nearly all work, but the significance of these acts may vary enormously. The same physical act may be in one situation vulgar and in another holy. The same work may be elevating or degrading....Wisdom about life consists in taking the inevitable ventures which are the very stuff of common existence, and glorifying them." (Elton Trueblood)
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