The Bull December 2016
Sat, Dec 17th 2016 at 12:00 am - 12:00 am
The Bull December 2016
THE BULL
THE ROTARY CLUB OF HORNCHURCH AND UPMINSTER
Issue 1 December 2016
Message from our President
Dear Rotarians and Friends
What a Rotary life I had with 33 years as a member of a Rotary club. Am privileged to be associated with this international organisation which believes in Service above self and works for fellowship and world harmony and peace. We are the Biggest Non-Governmental and Non Political Organisation in the World. Mankind is our Business and that’s why we are involved in so many giant tasks like polio eradication from this earth and water aid programme for Africa, Jaipur Limb projects in India and so on. I am so proud to be the President of this club because I have dedicated and service minded Rotarians to help me and guide me, and I am grateful to them. We need to attract more members in our organisation so I want more members to be brought in. With this in mind I am looking forward for the success of our Satellite club which will be inaugurated in our evening meeting on 7th December 2016 at Mandarin Palace Restaurant in Hornchurch. Our charity collections are going well and the recent charity gala lunch in my house was a great success. With everybody’s help we collected £11,500 for 3 charities namely The Little Haven Hospice in Havering and Richard House in Beckton, and the Burma Medical mission Project by Havering Doctors and Pharmacists and Dentists. Let us not be complacent with our success but strive for more humanitarian work for a better world.
My Best Wishes to all
Yours in Rotary friendship
Dr Kochummen John
Congratulations President Kochummen John who received the regalia from Past President Geoff Furzland at the Handover Dinner held at the Upminster Golf Club June 2016
The Dream Team
President Kochummen John
Junior Vice President Senior Vice President
Mahbub RahmanLiaquat (Yakat) Govani
A message from you Senior Vice President
As your Senior Vice President I have enjoyed chairing the Club Service committee at my home and together with the Functions committee we have been busily engaged in organising the club events and social functions for the coming year.
A Note from your Editor.
We're back with just a little load of old Bull in this edition. Will there be more? This remains to be seen and could be a topic for discussion at a fellowship meeting early in the New Year. Had we continued with the old Bull it would have been a Bumper edition because we have done so much over the past year. We now have the annual fete to go with, the Hornchurch Town Show, the Sponsored Walk, the visit to Heidelberg with our wonderful German friends, the Quiz, the 2 Jazz nights, the Tea at the Queens for our elderly residents, the boules competition, indoor bowls, the school shoe box scheme, Father Christmas visiting Dycorts School, our Christmas collections ............ (Sorry if I have missed anything out). Then of course we had the two major events, the landmark 70th. Charter lunch and the fabulous President's Project. Despite our initial concerns during the planning stage we somehow managed to pull the event off and made an amazing £11,500!Rotary is not just about raising money though we should be having fun as well and I believe we have done this. Having to move to a new venue was no fun in the early days but we have settled down now to a mostly settled routine .We are still ironing out a few little problems but that's life. There have been a number of issues which have taxed us such as the falling membership due ,sadly to the passing of dear friends and the problems and illhealth of some our most loyal members which has restricted their attendance. Dear friends such as Ray, Sylvia, Dennis, Lew, Bob, Dick and Ron. Operations sickness and accidents have all played a part in affecting attendance. If I have failed to mention by name anyone who has been affected, please accept my sincere apologies now. In mentioning Ron it reminds me of how worried we were about replacing him as Speaker secretary. Then Colin G'day Davies stepped up to the plate and Boy Oh Boy (as he would say) is he doing a good job! Well done to all our members and 'Friends' for all that you do to make our club successful. As they say 'Every little Helps. You may not be able to do as much as you used to or would like to do but your contribution is still valued. I send greetings to all our potential new Rotarians who are starting the Satellite Club and I wish you great success and happiness as you begin your journey.
A Christmas Poem sent in from Colin
December 2016
There is a list of folks we know, all written in a book,
And every year at Christmas time, we go and take a look,
And that is when we realize, these names are a part,
Not in the book they’re written in, but of our very heart.
For each name stands for someone, who has touched our life some time,
And in that meeting they’ve become, The “Rhythm of the Rhyme”,
We really feel we are a part, of each remembered name,
And our lives are so much better than they were before you came.
For once that you’ve known someone, the years cannot erase,
The memory of a pleasant word or a friendly face,
So never think our Christmas cards are just a mere routine,
Of names upon a list forgotten in between,
For when we send a Christmas card that is addressed to you
It is because you’re on that list of friends both old and new.
And whether we have known you for many years or few,
In some way you have had a part, in sharing things we do,
So every year when Christmas comes, we just realize anew,
The nicest gift that God can give, is knowing folks like you.
Christmas Greetings
2016
Season’s Greetings and Best Wishes for the New Year Wishing you all a Happy Christmas And a
Blessed New Year
from Kuchummen John and Elsy from Eddy, Mini and family
Season’s Greetings
and a Happy New Year from Wishing all Rotarians a Very Merry Christmas Terry
and Itaand a Happy New Year
From
Shamim and Yakat
With all good wishes for Christmas and every Greetings for Christmas and Every Good wish
for
Happiness in the coming year a
Happy New Year from
Dick and Elaine Jan,
Brian, Alison & Keith
With every good wish for a Happy Christmas and With
All Good Wishes for Christmas and Every
A peaceful New Year Happiness in the Coming Year from
Natalie Gerry Lynne and Family
Christmas Greetings and Best Wishes for Good health, happiness and Best Wishes
a Happy and Prosperous New Year for
Christmas and the New Year
From Ann Evans and family from Ron Geggus and Katie
Best Wishes for Christmas and a Prosperous With
every good wish for a Happy Christmas
New Year from Lew and A
peaceful New Yearb From Laila and Mahbub Rahman
Season’s Greetings and Best Wishes Gerrie & Geoffrey Furzland
For Christmas and the New Year Wish
you a Happy Christmas
From Peter Fulham and a Peaceful New Year
Greetings for
Christmas and every good Wish for a Pratibha and Raj Naidu
Happy New Year from wish
you all a Joyous Christmas and a Happy New Year
John and Mary
David and Rita Fell wish all their
friends and Wishing you all a
very Happy Christmas
fellow Rotarians a Happy Christmas and a
healthy and happy New Year
and Best Wishes for the New Year. Ray
and Gill Hare
Season’s Greetings to you all Wishing
You Happiness this Christmas and throughout
From Lilian and David the
Coming Year from
vPhillippa and John Crowder
The Season’s
Greetings To
all our Rotary Friends Wishing you Happiness this
From Helen and David Bull Christmas and throughout The Coming Year Frombbgrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr vSeema, Subhash and Family
With all good
wishes for Christmas Season’s
Greetings and all Good Wishes
And every happiness in the coming
year For
the Coming Year From
From Sylvia and Ray Margareta and Ray Hamilton
With all good wishes for Christmas
and Best Wishes
for Christmas and a
Every Happiness In the Coming Year Prosperous
New Year
From Jim and Pat From Raymond Leach and Pauline
Christmas Greetings and Best Wishes With all Good Wishes for
Christmas
For a Happy and Prosperous New Year and every
happiness in the Coming Year from
From Mutel Norman
and Rene
Best Wishes for a Happy Christmas With all good wishes for
Christmas
And every happiness in The New Year
from And every
happiness in the Coming year from
Eddy and Maureen Percival Indu
and Shiraz
With Every good wish for a Happy
Christmas and a With all
good wishes for Christmas
Peaceful New Year And
every happiness in the Coming year from
from Julia and Keith Carol
& Colin
Wishing all the members of the Club A Merry Christmas and a
and their families Happy New Year to all the Rotarians
a very Happy Christmas from Jill Doe
and a healthy and peaceful
New Year
With love from Elke
With all good
wishes for Christmas Best
Wishes for a very happy Christmas and a
And every happiness in the Coming
year from Healthier
New year
George & Janet Christine
and Michael
Best Wishes for a very happy
Christmas Merry
Christmas and a Happy and Healthy
and for a Healthy and a Peaceful New
year New Year
to you all
From Bob and Pamfrom Anne and Terry
Joe and Minie Skaria wish all my new Rotarian
friends
Best Wishes for Christmas
and a
Happy New year
Dates for your Diary
2016
December
22ndStatic Collection
23rdStatic Collection
23rdEvening Collection
24thStatic Collection
2017
January
17thOfficial Visit to Romford Club (date being checked)
23rdOld Folks Event – Queen’s Theatre (Monday afternoon)
26th. Rotary/Satellite Evening Meeting
February
5thIndian Meal at Gants Hill 12.30/1.00pm (Sunday}
March
5th100 years of Foundation Tea at Orsett Hall
25thInternational Quiz – St Laurence Hall Upminster
April
15thBlood Pressure Day
22ndBig Band Night at the Windmill Hall Upminster
May
14thPresidents Lunch – Orsett Hall
June
23rdHandover Meal – Upminster Golf Club
July
1st Fete
October
14thJazz Night - Cranham
I would like to finish by saying this edition is only a very limited snapshot of what we have and are doing. Please have a look at our Web site because it is so up to date and it also tells what is going to happen in the days and weeks ahead. Another great job that CGD is doing. (Come on-Work it out) Collecting in Rainham. Brrrrr.
HAPPY NEW YEAR
GEORGE
By the time you read this some of these functions have will have already taken place and I am pleased to say that with everybody's support they have been very successful.
The Club Christmas Lunch (party) 18th December at the Masonic Hall in Deyncourt Gardens was well attended and a great success. Thanks to the hard work of Gerrie Furzland and Gill Hare the raffle made £400.
5th February 2017 Sunday Lunch at Kanchans 12.30 in Gants Hill. £25 per person.
The price will include soft drinks and there will also be a pay bar.
Again as we would like to make this an exciting event please bring along as many family members and friends as possible. Remember that as well as having a good time any profit that we make will be donated to Rotary's End Polio Now fund. Your support will be much appreciated.
Liaquat
Many thanks to our Editor Rtn George Larkey for producing above
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