Memphis (Tennessee) Central Rotary Club
meets Friday 11:45 at Chickasaw Country Club
main dinning room, Galloway Ave
between Holmes and Highland Streets
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Memphis Central RotarianMemphis Central Rotarian
Vol. 35 No. 26 December 23, 2009 Editor: Jean Patterson
2009-10 Rotary International theme: The Future of Rotary Is in Your Hands.
We are Rotary club #3931.
Visit our web site: www.memphiscentralrotaryclub.org
NO MEETING THIS WEEK. WE WISH YOU A JOYOUS CHRISTMAS AND HOLIDAY SEASON.
Joy to the World, the Lord is come!
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare Him room,
And Heaven and nature sing,
And Heaven and nature sing,
And Heaven, and Heaven, and nature sing.Future meetings
01/01/10: Happy New Year!
01/08/10: 11:45 a.m. – LOCATION TO BE ANNOUNCED. Chickasaw Country Club will be closed today.
Program: Club assembly – Rotary Awareness Program coordinator: President Ray Darby
Note: All meeting information is provided to the newsletter editor by the Program Committee. We believe our meetings listings are current and as accurate as we have been made aware. Please contact Jean Patterson, newsletter editor, if you have update/corrections for the future meetings section.
Last week's meeting
President Ray Darby welcomed us to the 1623rd meeting of the club. Newest member, Josh Sudbury, gave the invocation and led us in saying the pledge of allegiance to the flag.
Randolph Reeves introduced three former Rotary Ambassadorial scholars --- Dr. Tom Bryant, Dr. Randall Rushing and Tammy Williamson. Other guests included District Governor Mike Moffatt, Charlotte Neal and the Neal's friend, Babbie Lovitt.
Sgt. at Arms John May always keeps us guessing as he goes about the work of raising more money for the Scholarship Fund. At this meeting he announced that R. E. Linkous had arranged a deal to pay for missed meetings. The same was true for Al Hollingsworth and Jack Robinson. These three gentlemen agreed to pay $5.00 for each of their missed meetings. Sgt. at Arms John asked if there were any others who should pay fines for missed meetings or other club infractions. He said those people would be let off the Wheel in honor of the holiday season!
Treasurer Bill Eddings raised a nice sum for the Floyd's Fund Scholarship account when he announced he had sold $117.00 worth of raffle tickets at the meeting. Half of that amount immediately went into the Scholarship Fund account and the other half was added to the Floyd's Fund Winner's Pot. The Winner's Pot had $457.00 waiting for the lucky winner of the raffle---IF---that person could draw the Queen of Hearts from the 39 cards remaining in the deck. The lucky raffle ticket was #682252 that was held by Jean Patterson. But, when Jean drew a card from the 39 remaining she managed to pick the four of spades. The first drawing for the Winner's Pot will be held at the next meeting on January 8. Going into that meeting there will be $457.00 in the Winner’s Pot plus half of the amount raised in that day's raffle. This is beginning to get interesting. Will you purchase the next lucky raffle ticket to get your chance to take home the contents of the Winner's Pot? You will have an opportunity to do just that IF you purchase tickets!
Bob Neal, program coordinator for the week introduced Dr. Tom Bryant and Dr. Randall Rushing both former Rotary Ambassadorial Scholars. For more details about the program, read the following news release that we sent to the Commercial Appeal on Dec. 22.
News release:
Three Rotary Ambassadorial Scholars attended the weekly meeting of the Rotary Club of Memphis Central at Chickasaw Country Club on Friday, Dec. 18 to talk about their experiences as Rotary ambassadorial scholars and to receive special awards from the Memphis Central club.
Dr. Tom Bryant, associate professor, department of music at Rhodes College, Dr. Randall Rushing, interim director of the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music at the University of Memphis and Ms. Tammy Williamson, Spanish language teacher at the Hutchinson School in Memphis were the recipients of alumni pins from the Rotary Foundation. Mike Moffatt, Governor of the Rotary district covering western Tennessee and northern Mississippi, made the presentation.
Both Dr Rushing and Dr. Bryant spoke to the Rotary club about their experiences as Ambassadorial Scholars. This Rotary program provides students with three- to six-month and one- or two-year scholarships to study abroad, serving as ambassadors of goodwill.
Dr. Rushing sang several arias accompanied by Dr Bryant, pianist. Selections included the immortal “Serenade” by Franz Schubert which Dr. Rushing sang in German and “Danny Boy” an English ballad by Frederick Weatherly.
Club meetings in the surrounding area
For the convenience of our members we've provided a list of nearby club meeting sites where we can make up our misses. Please save this list for future reference.
MONDAY
Rotary Club of Memphis Sunrise – 7:30 a.m., Crescent Club, 6075 Poplar
West Memphis, Noon, Southland Greyhound Park
TUESDAY
Collierville – Noon, Ridgeway Country Club
Memphis– Noon, University Club
Olive Branch – Noon, Olive Branch Country Club, Germantown Road
Oxford– Noon, Oxford University Club, 300 North Lamar
WEDNESDAY
Germantown-- Noon, Germantown Country Club, 1780 Kimbrough
Hernando – Noon, First Regional Library (NW side adjacent to the Square) – catered lunch
Holly Springs – Noon, Annie's Restaurant, 198 N. Memphis Street. Phone 662-658-2825.
Marion, Arkansas – Noon, The Cedars, 200 Washington Ave.
Memphis East – Noon, Racquet Club, 5111 Sanderlin Dr.
Robinsonville -- 8 am, Tunica National Golf & Tennis facility, Highway 61 & Casino Strip Blvd.
THURSDAY
Bartlett/Cordova – Noon, Colonial Country Club, 2736 Countrywood Pky, Cordova
Southaven – Noon, Boiling Point Restaurant, 55 Church Rd. (near Civic Center)
Tunica – Noon, Women's Club Building, corner of River and School Streets
FRIDAY : Senatobia – 12:15 p.m., Northwest Junior College campus, Haraway Center
Are you unable to make up in person at a nearby Rotary club location? Then you may wish to consider going on-line to make up your missed meeting(s) at Rotary’s e-club one. It’s very easy to do and the variety of program topics allows you to learn a lot about other Rotary club projects worldwide in addition to business subjects and critical needs.
Make-up meetings at your convenience, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Spending 30 minutes on the website constitutes an on-line Rotary meeting. It is mandatory that your visit MUST be 30 minutes or more. Visit www.rotaryeclubone.org today!
Our mailing address
Memphis Central Rotary Club
P.O. Box 772296
Memphis TN 38177
Your individual Rotary membership number is printed on your copy of the Rotarian magazine.
Or contact our club secretary to find out your number before corresponding with Rotary International.
Club roster
Daniel Augustine 832-3625
L.D. Beard 369-9642
Bert Canfield 634-2730
Larry Conn 682-1800
Jim Crone 634-1111 (cell #)
Leroy Dahler 362-9700
Ray Darby 366-7800
Fred Davis 761-9486
Jerry Daws 757-8578
Bill Eddings 386-3182
Al Hollingsworth 767-3600
Laura House 323-6216
Rick James 362-3492 X27
Jeff Jones 853-8109
Doyle Lemons 756-6536
R.E. Linkous 754-0700
David Luiken 382-3823
Harvey Marcom 761-2016
Bill Matthews 345-5650John May 761-3000
Tom Michael 759-2143
Bob Neal 685-7772
Jean Patterson 332-5586, Ext. 1295
Marty Petrusek 348-2832
Randolph Reeves 681-0507
Randy Ring 388-0592
Mike Robbins 363-5880
Jack Robinson 213-3993
Mabel Rutherford 755-3815
Karen Shea 683-9099
John Shepherd 850-1061
Carlton Smith 690-1203
Jack Springer 681-0025
Hugh Thomas 489-4392
Lee Whipple 755-8350
Dick Wieland 270-3778 (cell #)
Gordon Wilson 258-8781 (cell#)
Honorary members of the club*
John Bennett 853-3460 *
Henry Francis 754-3405 *
Floyd McDaniel 327-2013 *
Chester Perry 685-0972*
Tidwell Semmes 767-5752 *
Henry Springer 757-9005*
Jim Vandenburg 735-7003 *