Del Brown
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March 9, 1864....Ulysses S. Grant was commissioned as a Lt. General and became commander the Union Armies.
March 10, 1862.......The first issue of U.S. government paper money occurred as $5, $10, and $20 bills began circulation.
March 10, 1880.......The Salvation Army was founded in the United States. The social service organization was first founded in England by William Booth and operates today in 90 countries.
March 11, 1918........The Spanish influenza first reached Ame3rica as 107 soldiers became sick at Fort Riley, Kansas. One quarter of the U.S. population eventually became ill from the deadly virus, resulting in 500,000 deaths. The death toll worldwide approached 22 million by the end of 1920.
March 12, 1609.........The island of Bermuda was colonized by the British after a ship on its way to Virginia was wrecked on the reefs.
March 12, 1888.........The Great Blizzard of '88 struck the northeastern U.S. The storm lasted 36 hours with snowfall totaling over 40 inches in New York City where over 400 persons died from the surprise storm.
March 12, 1938..........Nazis invaded Austria, then absorbed the country into Hitler's Reich.
March 12, 1994..........The Church of England ordained 32 women as its first female priests. In protest, 700 male clergy members and thousands of church members left the church and joined the Roman Catholic Church which does not allow women priests.
March 12, 1999...........Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic became full-fledged members of NATO less than two years after exchanging communist rule for democracy and ending their Cold War military alliances with Soviet Union.
"THE UNTHANKFUL HEART.....DISCOVERS NO MERCIES; BUT LET THE THANKFUL HEART SWEEP THROUGH THE DAY AND, AS THE MAGNET FINDS THE IRON, SO IT WILL FIND, IN EVERY HOUR, SOME HEAVENLY BLESSINGS!" Henry Ward Beecher
We had 22 in attendance last Thursday, March 5th. They were: Doug Balkman, Garry White, Steve Whigham,Chester Banks, McBride Wilson,Del Brown,Ted Breihan, Frederick Case,Randy Cook, Pam Cook,
Andrew Gary,Charles Johnson, Tracy Herman, Rob Martin, Moe Johnson, Gary Nelson, Francis Mendez, John Polk, Lon Shell, Glen Rydl, Kelli Whigham, and Gary Strunk. Thanks for being there.
John Polk brought a guest to our meeting last Thursday. She was Marcie Burleson.She is a member of the
the First United methodist Church and sings in the choir as well
as being involved in other activities in the church. We bid you a warm welcome, Marcie. Come back anytime.
MEN IN HEAVEN
At the end of the age when all the believers were standing in line waiting to get into heaven, God appeared and said, "I want all the men to form two lines. One line will be for the men who were the true heads of their households. the other will be for the men who were dominated by their wives."
God continued, "I want all the women to report to St. Peter."
The women left and the men formed two lines. the line of men who were dominated by their wives was seemingly unending. The line of men who were the true heads of their household had one man in it.
God said to the first line. "You men ought to be ashamed of yourselves. I appointed you to be the heads of your households and you were disobedient and have not fulfilled your purpose. Of all of you, there is only one man who obeyed me. Learn from him."
Then God turned to the lone man and asked, "How did you come to be in this line?"
The man replied, "My wife told me to stand here."
GREETERS FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH, 2015
Greeters should arrive by 11:30am to greet people that come early.
March 12......Beverly Crumley
March 19......Steve Furney
March 26......Andrew Gary
Sorry! Your editor neglected to announce Doug & Jeanne Balkman's Anniversary. It was last Friday, March 7th. We apologize
for missing it. Wish them Happy Anniversary the next time you see them.
ANNIVERSARIES FOR MARCH
March 7......Doug & Jeanne Balkman
March 22.....David & Carol Chandler
SAUSAGES FOR SALE.
There were four boxes of sausages left over from the Pancake Day. They are at Grins in storage. If you are interested in purchasing some, come to the club meeting this coming Thursday and hope there are some left. Some have already spoken up, and we don't know how many are left.
Even though the amount of Big Bucks was only $4.00,last Thursday, the winner was Andrew Gary! Congratulations Andrew. He donated it back to the Eliminate Project. Remember the only way you can win is to be present.
We want to thank Charles Johnson and the Hays County EMS for bringing us a very informative and thought provoking program last Thursday, March 5th. Filling in for Chris Alexander, former chief of the EMS, was Jim Swisher who did an outstanding job and portraying the vast responsibilities which our County EMS has. At present, Jim is filling in as interim chief until a new chief is named. Jim is the third in command, the Battalion chief or supervisor for the ES. San Marcos EMS (SMHC EMS) is a dynamic, growth-oriental service with 57 full time and 20 PRN staff provide high quality patient care in Hays County.
The department currently operates eight ALS ambulances and one Battalion Chief 24/7 with additional BLS/ALS units possible in the near future. The call volume is near 11,000 per year with roughly 6500 transports. In addition to the full-time trucks, SMHC EMS has 4 reserve trucks that are ready to go into action at a moment's notice. There is also a reserve command truck, and a special operations truck with equipment to handle large events.
Our program this coming Thursday, March 12 will be brought by Dr. Steve Furney. He is going to bring Dr. Ron
Williams from the Department of Health and Human Performance who will speak on his research regarding
alcohol, drugs and dietary supplements.
He teaches at Texas State courses in Health and Wellness Promotion, Community Health, Worksite health Promotion and Community Health Planning and Evaluation. His research interests include substance use prevention, tobacco control and prevention and Health promotion in integrative health care. It sounds very down to earth concerns for all of us. Let's have a full house to welcome him to our club.
BOARD MEETING FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH WILL BE ON THURSDAY, MARCH 19TH, AT 5PM AT CTMC.(Large Conference Room)
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John Polk brought a guest to our meeting last Thursday. She was Marcie Burleson. She is a member of the
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BOARD MEETING FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH WILL BE ON THURSDAY, MARCH 19TH, AT 5PM AT CTMC.(Large Conference Room)
