"Thefirst general rule for friendship is to be a friend, to be open, natural, interested; the second rule is to take time for friendship. Friendship, after all, is what life is finally about. Everything material and professional exists in the end for persons." (Nels F.S. Ferre)
Attendance on August 15, 2019)
Chester Banks. Del Brown, Frederick Case, Moe Johnson, Gary Nelson, John Roppolo, Lon Shell, Charles Walts, Rhonda White, Ted Breihan, Beverly Crumley, Andrew Gary, John Polk, Glen Rydl, Gary Strunk, Ronda Young, Lana Lange (17)
"Here is the list of Greeters for the month of August, 2019
August 29, 2019.........Tim Tippitt
Anniversaries celebrated in August
…….Lon & Phylis Shell..........August 18
......McBride & Elsie Wilson.........August 31th
Happy Day to these whose birthdays are in the month of August
August 28................Pam Cook
Congratulations to Rhonda White....Her name was drawn last week for the Big Bucks!
Food given to the Food Bank
Last Thursday, our club brought a good number of canned food to the meeting, which was then given to the San Marcos Food Bank. Whitley Lewis from the food bank was there to receive not only the canned food, but also a check for $300 was presented from our club to the Food Bank.
Those who were present in the picture was LR, Del Brown, Ted Breihan, Chester Bank, Rhonda Young, Lana Lange, Lon Shell, Charles Walts, John Roppolo, John Polk (holding the check), Gary Nelson, Andrew Gary, Whitley Lewis, and Rhonda White.
Board of Directors Meeting...
Our Board met last Thursday evening , August 22, with the following in attendance: Kelli Whigham, Glen Rydl, Charles Walts, Lon Shell, Andrew Gary, Frederick Case and Del Brown.
Not much business was discussed, but the date for the Installation Banquet was set for September 19.
"FLAG DAYS COMING UP" (Second Notice)
ATTENTION FLAG PEOPLE! We have two important flag days coming up next month, One on LABOR DAY, September 2 and then a week later, on September 11, which is 9-11. As we have done each time we put up flags, meet at Ted's place by 7am to pick up your flags, then those who pick up the flags, pick up between 4:30 and 5:00pm and deliver them back to Ted's. Thanks to all you who do this important service. Everyone appreciates it.
The Program coming up this coming Thursday
The program for this coming Thursday will be brought by Rhonda White. Let's have a great attendance.
From August 23rd to August 29
August 23, 1927 - - - Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanetti were electrocuted inside a prison at Charlestown, Massachusetts. They had been convicted of a shoe factory payroll robbery during which the paymaster and a guard had been killed. Following their convictions, all appeals for a new trial had failed, despite the lack of hard evidence and a later admission by a known criminal that he had participated in the robbery with an organized criminal gang. The days and weeks leading up to their execution aroused worldwide protests amid accusations of unfair treatment because they had radical political views and were Italian.
August 24, A.D. - - - Vesuvius, an active volcano in southern Italy, erupted and destroyed the cities of Pompeii, Stabiae and Herculaneum.
August 25, 1985 - - - Samantha Smith died in an airplane crash in Maine. In 1982, the 11 year old American schoolgirl had written a letter to Soviet Russia's leader Yur Andropov asking, 'Why do you want to conquer the whole world, or at least our country?' To her surprise, Andropov replied personally to her and offered an all expense paid trip to the U.S.S.R. She toured Russia for two weeks amid worldwide publicity and came to symbolize American and Russian hopes for peaceful co-existence.
August 26, 1883 - - - One of the most catastrophic volcanic eruptions in recorded history occurred on the Indonesian island of Krakatoa. Explosions were heard 2,000 miles away. Tidal waves 120 ft. high killed 36,000 persons on nearby islands, while five cubic miles of earth were blasted into the air up to a height of 50 miles.
August 27, 1865 - - Charles Dawes was born in Marietta, Ohio. He served as U.S. Vice President from 1925 - 19, and is best remembered for his 'Dawes Plan' ffor German reparations following World War I. He received the 1925 Nobel Peace Prize.
August 28, 1963 - - - The March on Washington occurred as over 250,000 persons attended a Vivil Rights rally in Washinfgton, D.C., at whichi Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. made his now-famous I Have a Dream speech.
August 29, 1792 - - - In one of the worst maritime disasters, 900 men drowned on the British battleship Royal George. As the ship was being repaired, a gust of wind allowed water to flood into open gun ports. The ship sank within minutes.
Have You Ever Heard the Phrase, " Fly-By-Night"
"Quite properly, anyone who is a 'fly-by-night' is one who de-camps secretly or who departs hurriedly or clandestinely, usually at night, from a scene of recent activity, as from solicitous creditors over from anxious purchasers of worthless mining stocks or the like. In any case, he is a four-flusher, a swindler and his activities are fraudulent. But the term originally had a literal meaning, or at least a meaning that its users thought to be literal. Even so recently as a century and a half ago it meant a witch, one who, as popularly supposed, actually mounted her broom or besom at midnight and went off on her round of appointments, whatever they may have been, or to meet secretly the Old Boy himself."
Know Your Presidents....'Martin Van Buren'
"Martin Van Buren was often called the Fox and the Little Magician because he was such a clever and wily politician. He was also called King Martin the First because he was such a close friend of Andrew Jackson, who was known as King Andrew the First!"
PECULIAR, MISSOURI
"This town was named out of frustration after the townspeople had unsuccessfully tried to name it Lincoln, Jefferson, Washington, and several other names that were rejected by the post office because cities with those names already existed in the state. Exasperated, the town leaders wrote to the post office authorities and said: 'Call us any peculiar name you want, just send our mail!'"
"A gold miner died and went to heaven. At the gate, St. Peter asked, 'What have you done in your life?' When the man gave his occupation, St. Peter explained that there was already a surplus of miners om heaven. 'May I stay if I get rid of the others?' the fellow inquired.
St Peter agreed. Once in, the miner wandered around until he saw a couple of familiar faces. He whispered that there was a gold strike in hell. Soon the place was empty of miners.
But a while later, the miner asked St. Peter for permission to leave. 'Even if I did start the rumor.' he said, 'there just might be something to it!'"
History of the Maine State Flag
"Maine's official flag was adopted in 1909. The flag has a deep blue field with the state coat of arms in the center. The coat of arms pictures a farmer and a seaman (representing agricultural and maritime industries). A shield is between them, upon which is a pine tree, a moose (the state animal of Maine), green grass, a blue sky, and deep blue water. Above this is a yellow star (representing the North Star...Maine was the northernmost state when it entered the Union) and a red ribbon that reads, 'DIRIGO,' which means 'I direct' in Latin. Below, a large blue ribbon reads, 'MAINE.'"
(This is the last of the State Flag Series.....Watch next week for something new)
"Oh Well!!!!!
1...…….How much milk is there in the Milky Way?
2..........Why are violets blue and not violet?
3..........If a pig is sold to the pawn shop, is it a ham-hock?
4...........Why do people tell you when they are speechless?
5...........Why do they call it 'chili' if it's hot?
6...........If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure?
7........... If an orange is orange, why isn't a lime called a green, and a lemon called a yellow?
8...........If athletes get athlete's foot, do astronauts get mistletoe?
9...........If bees live in an apiary, do apes live in a beeiary?
10...........Why do they report power outages on TV?
Here's Some more 'Myth Information"
"We have all heard of the legendary railroad hero Casey Jones. Well this legendary railroad hero Casey Jones was, in fact, not just a legend as most people think. He was a real person whose death is fairly accurately presented in popular song and folklore.
John Luther Jones was born in 1863 near the Kentucky town of Cayce, hence the nickname 'Casey' Jones. He really was an engineer on the Illinois Central Cannonball Express who died with his hand on the brake lever trying to deliver on time the eight-hour-late mail. His train smashed into the rear of a freight train on a foggy April day in 1900."
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Fly-By-Night"
"Oh Well!!!!!