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E-Bulletin for October 7, 2019 (Item 273)
""Presidents learn - perhaps sooner than others - that our destiny is fashioned by what all of us do, by the deeds and desires of each citizen, as one tiny drop of water after another ultimately makes a big river." (Lyndon B. Johnson)
Attendance at our September 26, 2019 meeting.
Doug Balkman, Jeanne Balkman, Chester Banks, Del Brown, Frederick Case, Charles Johnson, Moe Johnson, Gary Nelson, John Roppolo, Lon Shell, Charles Walts, Rhonda White, Ted Breihan, Beverly Crumley, Andrew Gary, John Polk, Merwin Richards, Glen Rydl, Rhonda Young, Tim Tippets (20)Guests: (Phyllis Shell, Rob Martin)
"Here is the list of Greeters for the month of October 2019
October 10............Moe Johnson
October 17.............Del Brown
October 24.............Doug Balkman
October 21..............Chester Banks
Well! Pam Cook's name was drawn for Big Bucks, but she & Randy were on a trip. Sorry!
Oh By the Way, Frederick Case guessed's Del's riddle, so Del gave him a dollar.
Happy Birthday to these whose birthdays are in the month of October 2019
Frederick Case..............October 8
Anniversaries celebration in October
October 15........James & Kathy Collier
Hear, Hear, Hear.....October Dash Race is next week at the Toyota Parking Lot.
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!
Just think that in 4 years, our Club will be Celebrating 100 years!
From 1923 when Dr. L.L. Edwards was our first President to Rhonda White, our current President, we have been operating for 96 years. Thanks to Doug who emailed to our members our current list of presidents, we can keep up with things. 2023 will be on us before we know it, so let us all think of ways we can celebrate this historical moment. Some of our current members have been Presidents more than once....Andrew Gary (2); Moe Johnson (3- & will be 4 next year); Gary Nelson (2); Lon Shell (2).
Our Program from last week
Our new President, Rhonda White conducted her first meeting last Thursday, and she laid out some very substantial goals. Her basic thought about our club is that we are a club, and not just a group of individuals and each individual is like a piece of a jig saw puzzle. Unless every member takes upon the responsibility of contributing to the club, whether it is when we are putting on a function, or just by attending each of our noon meetings - - we should do our very best to make as many meetings as possible. We should all be talking up our club, asking visitors as often as possible to see for themselves what our club is all about. She set other goals which will be explained and acted upon as time goes on. Thank you Rhonda. Our club is behind you!
The Program coming up this coming Thursday, October 10.
Del Brown will be bringing the program for this week. He will be bringing Pastor Todd Salmi who is the pastor of United Campus Ministry at Texas State University.
His ministry is a partnership of United Methodist, Presbyterian, Disciples of Christ and United Church of Christ. His congregation is primary college students. He has discovered through his very successful ministry that students are different from other congregations. He has had much success and will talk a bit about behavior patterns of students.
From October 4 to October 10
October 4, 1993 - - Pope Paul VI became the first first Pope to visit the U.S. and the first to address the United Nations.
October 5, 1877 - - Following a 1,700 mile retreat, Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce Indians surrender to U.S. Calvary troops at Bear's Paw near Chinook, Montana. 'From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever,' he declared.
October 6, 1949 - - 'Tokyo Rose' (Iva Toguri d'Aquino) was sentenced in San Francisco to 10 years imprisonment and fined $10,000 for treason. She had broadcast music and Japanese propaganda to American troops in the Pacific, during World War II. She was pardoned by President Gerald Ford in 1977.
October 7, 1765 - - The Stamp Act Congress convened in New York City with representatives from nine colonies meeting in protest to the British Stamp Act which imposed the first direct tax by the British Crown upon the American colonies.
October 8, 1998 - - The U.S. House of Representatives voted 238 - 176 to approve a resolution launching an impeachment inquiry of President Bill Clibnton. It was only the thuird time in U.S. history the House launched a formal impeachment inquiry of a sitting president. (The other two, were Andrew Johnson and Richard Nixon.
October 9, 1970 - - Cambodia declared itself the Khmer Republic following the abolishment of the monarchy by the legislature.
October 10, 1954 - - Ho Chi Minh entered Hanoi, Vietnam after the withdrawal of French troops, in accordance with armistice terms ending the seven year struggle between Communist Vietnamese and the French.
Have You Ever Heard - "To Skate on Thin Ice"
"To approach or treat a delicate subject without causing offense; to risk imprudence or indelicacy in language. The illusion is to the sport indulged in by daredevil boys and venturesome young men, in winter, in skating rapidly over newly formed ice on lakes or streams, ice so thin that it would not bear his weight if the skater stopped or slowed down; hence the risk of being plunged into icy water. The expression also is used t6 mean to undertake a venturesome enterprise, especially one relying upon consummate skill or great luck.
The Nickname for the State of Georgia!
"Georgia was named in honor of George II, the king of England. King George granted a charter for the colony on June 9, 1732, to James Edward Oglethorpe and a board of 21 trustees, who established the colony in 1733."
Know Your Presidents . . Franklin Pierce.
"Franklin Pierce was often referred to as Handsome Frank because of his good looks.
"TWO EGGS, FLORIDA
"Two Eggs, Florida....Now that's a weird name! This town was originally called Allison until the early 1920's. Henry and Attaway Barnes would trek four miles to the nearest general store to get groceries for a neighbor. They would buy fourteen eggs - - 12 for the neighbor and two as their pay. The store owner referred to them as the 'two-egg boys.' and before long the settlement became known as Two Eggs,"
"A diner called the waiter over and asked, 'What's this at the bottom of my plate?' 'It's the design,' replied the waiter.
'In that case,' said the diner, 'it's an animated drawing-------it's moving!'"
"How did the days of the week get their names?
"For much of history there was no week - - calendars were simply arranged around lunar months. Our week derives from the fact that the Babylonians held market days every seventh day. The Jews copied this custom and added the Sabbasth, also observed every seventh day. The Jews first named the week using numbers, with Saturday, the Sabbasth, as day seven. The Romans adiopted the sevebn-day week and named it after the Egyptian system - - one day for the sun, one for the moon, and one for each of the five known planets. The names we use were derivwed from the Anglo-Saxons, who patterned their names on thosd of the Romans. Thus the day of the sun became Sunnandaeg (Sunday. The day of the moon was Monandaeg (Monday). Tuesday was Tiwesdaeg, after Tiw, their god of war. The next day had been named after Mercury, but the Anglo-Saxons named if for the god Woden (Wednesday). Jupiter, the thunderer, became Thor, the thunder god (Thursday), The next day honored Frigg or Freya, wife of Odin (Friday) The day of Saturn was Saeternsdaeg (Saturday). Incidentally, at one time a day was counted as the space between sunrise and sunset. It was the Romans who conceived of a day as running from midnight to midnight, the method now used."
"Oh Well!!!!!
1...……If you're in a vehicle going the speed of light, what happens when you turn on the headlights?
2.........A sneeze travels about 100 miles per hour.
3.........Earth has traveled more than 5,000 miles in the past 5 minutes.
4..........Banging your head against a wall burns 150 calories an hour.
6..........If you believe that you're truly one in a million, there are still approximately 7,184 more people out there just like you.
7...........One in every five adults believe that aliens are hiding in our planet disguised as humans.
8...........It would take a sloth one month to travel one mile.
9...........A mole can dig a tunnel that is 300 feet long in only one night.
10.........A hippo's wide open mouth is big enough to fit a 4-foot-tall child in.
"The largest pyramids in the world are not in Egypt. Although the Egyptian pyramids are tall, the pre-Columbian pyramids in Mexico rival and, in some cases, exceed in size and splendor those found in Egypt.
The pyramids of Mexico are of unknown antiquity, but were probably constructed for the Aztec and Toltec gods between the sixth and second centuries B.C.
The largest is Quetzalcoatl at Cholula de Rivadabia in Mexico. Although not as tall as the Great Pyramid of Cheops in Egypt, its base occupies 45 acres, and the pyramids contains 4.3 million cubic yards of material. Egypt's Great Pyramid sits on 13 acres and contains 3.4 million cubic yards of stone.
Another Mexican pyramid, 'Teothuacan, or the Pyramid of the Sun (photo) has a circumference at its base of 2,800 feet compared to the Great Pyramid's 735 foot circumference. Teothuacan is 210 feet tall, while Cheops is 480 feet in height.
Although actually larger in total size than those in Egypt, the pyramids of Mexico have generally not received the same attention as the ones in Egypt for several reasons. The pyramids in Mexico are not true geometric pyramids, but are usually stepped. or layered in shape. The Mexican pyramids were constructed with slightly less precision than those in Egypt, since they were built mainly from adobe, earth and rubble.
In contrast, with accurately and laboriously cut stone blocks, the pyramids of Egypt are just as famous as engineering and construction marvels as for their size.
Finally, the Mexican pyramids did not contain tombs as did the ones in Egypt. Because they were built simply as a base for temples and worship, they lacked the mystery, and popular appeal of the Egyptian pyramids." ('Myth Information " by J.Allen Varasdi')
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""Presidents learn - perhaps sooner than others - that our destiny is fashioned by what all of us do, by the deeds and desires of each citizen, as one tiny drop of water after another ultimately makes a big river." (Lyndon B. Johnson)
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Happy Birthday to these whose birthdays are in the month of October 2019
Franklin Pierce.
"Oh Well!!!!!
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