Annual Trip to the Races
Monday, September 13th
Grand River Raceway at Elora
$20 including bus and meal
Dinner buffet at 6:00 pm
Bus departs Canadian Tire Parking Lot
on Woodlawn at 5:40 pm
Bus leaves races immediately
after the eighth race
Tickets Are Still Available
Fall Golf Classic
Wednesday, September 15th
Guelph Country Club
$40 per golfer
($20 for GCC members)
Includes green fees,
Lunch, prizes, and trophies
Scramble format with 40 golfers required for Shotgun start at 9:30 am
Coffee and donuts at 8:30 am
No refunds
Drayton Festival Theatre
Wednesday, September 29 “Guys and Dolls”
$80 includes show, bus and dinner at Crossroads Restaurant
A Musical Fable of Broadway
Based on a story and characters of Damon Runyon
Rich in romance, humour, and exuberant dance sequences, along with bright,
brazen musical numbers, Guys and Dolls is rightly regarded as one of the
greatest Broadway musicals of all time.
Tickets Still Available
Also watch for
Anniversary Dinner
Friday, Oct 15
Passages The Board noted with regret the passing of Associate Member W. Frank
Robinson and former member Sam Sidlofsky
Membership Status Changes At their July meeting the Board:
Accepted the resignations of Active member George A. Thomas-Peter and Associate
member John P. Walker
Accepted the change in status from Active to Associate membership of Philip J.
Garlough
Annual Fees Members are reminded that their annual membership fee for 2010-2011 is
payable in September. Please hand deliver your payment at a weekly meeting to
the Treasurer’s table, or mail it to: GWMC, Suite 197, 3-304 Stone Road West,
Guelph, ON N1G 4W4
Active membership $90
Associate membership $20
Members in the News The Board heartily congratulates Associate member Alex Black on the
celebration of his 100th birthday. Director George Hughes personally delivered
the Board’s best wishes to Alex who resides in The Elliott Community
Spouses’ Passing The Board intends to recognize the passing of a member’s spouse. If you
know of such an occurrence, please advise President Bill Raffan, or Membership
Secretary Rob Lindsay
Sadly, we begin by noting with regret the death of Eva Steele
Health of Members for September
Contact David Ireland
at 519-836-2379 or
daveandjoanireland@hotmail.com
to report on the health of members
Items for October 2010 Bulletin
Contact David West at 519-829-2810
or david.west@sympatico.ca
by September 21
Membership Status Changes At their May meeting the Board agreed to move Ron Hayes from Associate
to Active status and Bill Smillie and Milt Sather from Active to Associate
status
Club Awards
The Awards Committee is accepting nominations for the Club’s Annual Award. The
purpose of this award is to encourage and reward individuals and/or groups who,
through volunteer effort, have made a unique, outstanding or significant
contribution towards enhancing the quality of life in our community. “Quality of
life” is meant in the broadest sense, e.g. through social action, environmental
enhancement, artistic endeavour, or in other ways. Deadline is July15th, 2010
Award nominations can be forwarded to Garry Clarke or any member of the Awards
Committee.
GWMC Website
If you wish to receive this bulletin, and other Club notices via email, then
please ensure your email address has been provided to the Webmaster.
To do this, go to the GWMC website at: http://www.guelphwellingtonmensclub.ca
and follow the links – Contact and E-Mail Registration
Membership Profile
The membership profile at June 1, 2010 was:
Active 340
Associate 49
Life 3
Waiting List 43
Pending 10
September 7 Speaker: Peter Smith
President, Birmingham Steel “Building World Class Projects”
September 14 Speakers: Hussein Abdullah
Director, School of Engineering, U of G, and
Tony Vannelli
Dean, College of Physical and Engineering Science, “The University of Guelph School of Engineering”
September 21 Speaker: John English
Professor, University of Toronto “Pierre Trudeau: Why He Haunts Us Still”
September 28 Speaker: David Woodcock
GM Canada, Sprint, and Clearwire, Communications Solutions at Dell “The Wireless World”
Aug.31
Greeters: Doug Hoffman, Bill Irving
Anthem: Gord Woodall
Invocation: Les Bibby
Sept.7
Greeters: Alvin Gillies, Gordon MacFarlane
Anthem:John Wilkie
Invocation: Doug Long
Sept.14
Greeters: Paul Pennock, John Burrows
Anthem: Roman Braun
Invocation: Harry Burt
Sept.21
Greeters: Jim Hohenadel, Murray Maxwell
Anthem: Ken Gregory
Invocation: Jack Cote
Sept.28
Greeters: Gerry Day, Joe Valeriote
Anthem: Russ Lott
Invocation: Danny Butler
