womens' probus club of cambridge riverside

Women’s Probus Club of Cambridge Riverside Ontario
120 Blenheim Road, Cambridge, Ontario N1S 1G1
PROBUS NEWS
Vol. 10, Issue 4, December 2014
Meeting is 2nd Wednesday of each month – 09:30 am
Calvary Pentecostal Assembly, 127 Hespeler Rd., Cambridge (519) 621-6310
Next Meeting: December 10, 2014
The personal information in this newsletter is to be used only for communication in the operation of Probus clubs.
Special Events
Proposed By-Law Changes
The following have been accepted by your Management
Committee and will be voted upon at the next meeting:
 Probus Club President shall normally be for a term of 1
year but she may be elected for a 2nd year.
 Membership year changed from August 1-July 31 to
September 1-August 31.
 Club shall be managed by a Management Committee
consisting of the current members minus Historic/
Archivist and Cheer & Visiting. Their activities will come
under the responsibility of other Management members.
 The By-Law vote will occur at the December General
Meeting.
In Memoriam: Sue Beggs
A donation will be made in her honour.
New Activity: What’s My Line
A new Club feature is What’s My Line …a new way to
get to know your fellow members. The featured
Probian will wear a blue corsage. Patricia Van
Grunsven was our first featured Probian She is a nine
year member and retired school teacher.
Congratulations
Patricia for being
First!!
December Change of Venue
The December meeting will be held in the
Sussex Ballroom of the Cambridge Hotel,
700 Hespeler Road in Cambridge. Enter
by the front door and take the stairs or
elevator to the lower floor.
 Members only Christmas Holiday Buffet
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Turkey with trimmings, pasta, selection
of salads with rolls and relishes, coffee,
tea & desserts
Cash bar available. House wine $6.50 with tax
Special meals for those with a dietary restriction
Entertainment by Celebrity Productions
Paid ticket in name tag will be collected at each table
for one of our many draw prizes
Directions:
If you do not wish to turn left from Hespeler Rd into the
Cambridge Hotel parking lot, take Industrial Rd north of
Eagle St., turn right onto McGovern Dr, then right onto
Hespeler Rd and right into parking lot.
Christmas Card Parties
 Galt Country Club (11:30)
 Euchre: Dec.3
 Bridge : Dec.11
Attention Com Cats
See you in January! Contact June at
June.aryhart@rogers.com for details.
Flashback to our November meeting:
Reminder:
Greeters: Joan Moyer and Marg Hube
Please retain your Probus Roster for the year as the
various activity leaders and Management Team will
not be published every month.
Guest speaker: Grace Munroe from Amarok Society
Introduced by Aline Chan
Thanked by: Josephine Fraser
Grace Munroe, the daughter of
the Amarok founder Tanyss
Munro, spoke of the power of
educating poor mothers in Asia
with the intention of defeating
ignorance using the most
powerful force known to man—
Woman.
Education creates a powerful
weapon to defeat despair and
hopelessness.
We held a Remembrance Day
observance with Major Charlotte
Robinson, who served with the
troops during WWII.
The Major was introduced by
Julia and thanked by Marion who
also served with the Armed
forces.
Welcome New Probian:
Welcome, Carolyn Crum
November Mysetery Woman
Corrections to Membership List:
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Marion Logan: 1201-245 Lena Cres. (519-267-6032)
Ruth Bennet: 519-623-2310 mruthb31@gmail.com
Kathy Cron: kathycron@ymail.com
Pauline Isbester: ots_pauline@sympatico.ca
Nardia Jarvis: ndj@live.ca
Mava Holland: 220-600-1746
Did you know…
Norwegian scientists have
hypothesized that Rudolph’s red
nose is probably the result of a
parasitic infection of his
respiratory system.
The Germans made the first artificial Christmas
trees out of dyed goose feathers.
All the gifts in the Twelve Days of Christmas would
equal 364 gifts.
Most of Santa’s reindeer have male-sounding
names, such as Blitzen, Comet, and Cupid.
However, male reindeers shed their antlers around
Christmas, so the reindeer pulling Santa’s sleigh are
likely not male, but female.
According to the Guinness world records, the tallest
Christmas tree ever cut was a 221-foot Douglas fir
that was displayed in 1950 at the Northgate
Shopping Center in Seattle, Washington.
Congratulations Sandy Shantz!
Lunch Bunch Group
New and old members have an
opportunity to get to know each other.
Please consider participating and coming up with locations.
Next date: January 28th at noon. Location TBD.
R.S.V.P. Barb Camilleri 519 621 1731 or bcam@rogers.com
Our January meeting will be on January 14, 2015.
We welcome Nancy Getty
Topic is Asperger’s Syndrome
We wish you and your loved ones a very
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!