No meeting this week.  

The next regularly scheduled meeting will be Friday, January 6, 2006 with lunch and a tour at the National Civil Rights Museum.  Directions to the meeting site will be published in the January 6th edition of the newsletter.

Best wishes to each of you for a Happy and Healthy New Year.

                                   Jean
 



Future programs

12/30/05:  NO MEETING

01/06/06:  12:00 Noon:  Lunch & tour the National Civil Rights Museum
                                           450 Mulberry Street
                                            Phone: (901) 521-9699

01/13/06:  11:45 a.m.Fireside Chats  
                 Tower Room American Grille
                 33rd Floor – Clark Tower
                 5100 Poplar Avenue
                 Memphis, TN  38137

01/20/06:  11:45 a.m. – Chickasaw Country Club
                 Speaker:  Keith McDonald, Mayor of Bartlett


We extend our sympathy

ToHenry Francis' wife, Dorthy, in the recent loss of her mother, Dorthy Mae Meeks. A memorial service was held in Memphis on the Christmas weekend.  Henry and Dorthy travelled to the family's homeplace in Arkansas earlier this week.   If you would like to send a card of condolence, this is the Francis' home address:

6875 Stornaway Drive
Memphis, TN  38119

Board of Directors meeting scheduled for Monday, January 9

The next Board meeting will be held in the conference room at R. E. Linkous office at 5:30 p.m., Monday, January 6.  All board members and officers are expected to attend the meeting.  Club members are invited to attend the meeting, too.  It's a great way to make up a missed meeting and to learn more about the administration of our club.  Ya'll come!

                     Membership & Foundation seminar will be held on Saturday, January 14 in Oxford, Miss.

From District Governor Vijay Surpuriya:

Hello Everybody - I need your help.  Could you please contact as many clubs as possible and remind them about the membership and foundation seminar we have scheduled for Jan 14, 2006?  Please encourage all the members to attend, especially currrent and incoming officers and membership and foundation chairs.  Please try to get the names so that we can plan.  I would like to have the names by Jan 6, 2006.  Thank you very much.  If you have any questions please call me or e-mail me.
 
Here are the details -
 
What - Membership and Foundation Seminar
 
Who is going to present - John Butler and Bo Porter from our Zone and Dean Wingo and Janice Trawick from our district.
 
Where - Yerby Center (Across from the Alumni Center) on the campus of Ole Miss., Oxford
 
Time - 9:00 am to Noon followed by lunch
 
Who should attend - All the members, especially all the current and incoming officers and membership and foundation chairs.  
 
If you can attend this important meeting, please notify President John May before Friday, January 6.



Club meetings in the surrounding area

For the convenience of our members we’re providing an updated list of nearby club meetings where we can make up our misses. Please save this list for future reference. 

MONDAY  
No meetings close to the Memphis area. 
TUESDAY  
Collierville – Noon, Ridgeway Country Club **note:  this is a new location
Memphis– Noon, Cook Convention Center  
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,  the Magnolia Restaurant, 131 Commerce  
Holly Springs – Noon, Christopher’s  Personal Care Home, 885 Highway 178E 
Memphis East – Noon, Racquet Club,  5111 Sanderlin Dr.  
Robinsonville -- 8 am, Hollywood Diner, Old Highway 61  
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    

Club roster  

Rod Ashley 363-6000                                 Mike Robbins  363-5880
L.D. Beard  369-9642                                   Randolph Reeves  681-0507
John Bennett 853-3460                                Jack Robinson  213-3993
Yves Calvert 767-8776                                  Gary Rutherford  753-7957
Bert Canfield 634-2730.                                 Mabel Rutherford  755-3815
Larry  Conn 682-1800                                     *Tidwell Semmes  767-5752
Jim Crone 754-0777                                      John Shepherd  850-1061

Leroy Dahler 362-9700                                 Carlton Smith  690-1203  
Fred Davis  761-9486                                    *Henry Springer  757-9005 
Jerry Daws 757-8578                                      Jack Springer  681-0025      
Bill Eddings 386-3182                           *Jim Vandenburg  735-7003

Pedro Fernandez  568-1575                     Lee Whipple  755-8350
*Henry Francis 754-3405                        Dick Wieland  322-8630
**Doc Harris 662-429-4551                    Gordon Wilson  678-4101
Al Hollingsworth 767-3600     
Laura House 323-6216         
Rick James  362-3492 X27      
Jeff Jones  853-8109                                * Honorary member        
                                                  **On leave of absence
Doyle Lemons 756-6536 
R.E. Linkous 754-0700 
David Luiken  382-3823  
Harvey Marcom 761-2016 
Bill Matthews  345-5650 
John May 259-3631 
Floyd McDaniel  327-2013  
Tom Michael  759-2143

Bob Neal  685-7772  
**Don Palmer 662-429-1542 
Jean  Patterson 332-5586, Ext. 1295 
*Chester Perry 685-0972 
Andy Peters 821-4145    
Marty Petrusek 755-5945 


Jean W. Patterson
Manager of Customer Services
American Contract Bridge League
2990 Airways Blvd.
Memphis, TN  38116-3847

901-332-5586, ext. 1295
901-398-7754  (Fax)
www.acbl.org

"Excellence in Customer Care for Bridge Players in North America"