From the Pen of the President...
Dear fellow Rotarians and friends,
The month of April has begun and it is a very significant and Holy month for many people – we have Easter, Pesach and Ramadaan coinciding during the month.
We have the beginning of autumn in SA and the air is decidedly cooler – end of term, holidays and a change to winter sports!! A lovely time of the year.
I hope everyone is thinking of our latest project and planning some contribution.
I have spent some precious time with family in Cape Town and am pleased to say that we met up with Lorenzo who joined us for a family lunch on Sunday – we gave him a glimpse of how we roll!!
Wishing all members a break over the coming Holy Week – however you spend it and whatever your spiritual leanings are. We will have a break until 14th April and will meet again just before we do our big sewing day!!
Enjoy and God Bless you all,
Ann
Last Friday...
Thank you Brigid Booth who was the Editor-in-Chief's eyes and ears.
We met on a cold rainy day but we nonetheless had a lovely Rotary gathering, all 12 of us at one table. We had lots of laughter and witty chirps. Lyn demonstrated the many uses of the beanie we will be making on the 15th of April which resulted in more laughter.
The techno challenged opening the Rotary Club of Rosebank ClubRunner app were helped by Costa to get up and running. Passwords were the missing key to unlock the app and I was one of those but found mine written down in my diary. It is such a wonderful feeling to remember a password these days. A huge accomplishment!
It was a lovely cozy meeting albeit missing other members in person and on zoom. We finished off saying the 4 Way test and I passed with flying colours!
Look forward to the next meeting and the sewing day. It promises to be a lot of fun while we are busy working. Team work makes the Dream work!
Take care and Get Well soon to members struggling with health issues.
R.I.P. Centenarian Dulcie Floweday, who passed away on Sunday 26th March....
Patsy Dalziel (99), June Virtue, Dulcie (100), Penny Smith, Maud Londal (95) & Margaret Jackson (95). Picture taken at Dulcie's 100th birthday celebration in 2019 Dulcie May Floweday
(nee Roberts) was born on 18 September 1919 in Pietermaritzburg. As a girl she
lived also in Sea Point, Cape Town and then in Port Elizabeth where she
attended Girls Collegiate.
She married Ted
Floweday, a teacher, and they had two daughters, Frances and Penny. Later, Ted
gave up his job lecturing English at the Technical College to join the
Methodist ministry, being appointed to Newton Park Church in Port Elizabeth,
and subsequently, Musgrave Road Methodist Church in Durban. From that time,
Dulcie’s life work was that of a minister’s wife. She enjoyed all aspects of
service within the Church, particularly those of administration and
organisation, music and catering.
When Ted and Dulcie
were transferred to Pietermaritzburg’s Metropolitan Church in 1963, they were
invited to join Rotary, and greatly appreciated the fellowship and activities
of Rotary and the Rotary Anns, making many friends there. In 1970 they were
transferred to East London, and there they had many happy years with Rotary. On
Ted’s retirement in 1982, they moved to Johannesburg where their daughter,
Penny, was living, and joined the Rosebank Rotary Club. Dulcie will always be
grateful to the Rotarians, especially Gordon and Vivvy Craig, for the care and
support they showed her when Ted died unexpectedly in 1984.
Dulcie remained an
active member of the Anns, until forced to give up driving at age 92 but still
enjoyed reading the monthly minutes and attending occasional social
meetings. The Anns celebrated her 100th birthday with her, when she was
in top form and regaled us with stories of her early life.
We have two more Anns who are - hopefully - going to make it to 100! Maude Londal was 99 this month and Margaret Jackson will be 99 in June. If you want to live a long life, join the Rosebank Rotary Anns…
Emma excels in her exams....
It was not a very eventful week, except that the cold winter is slowly starting to get to Emma. Just as it was getting a little warmer, the temperatures dropped and it snowed again.
They are also writing tests and some of them went really well.
Emma's best friend from South Africa, Leah, is spending Easter in Germany, and they have plans to meet up in Leipzig. They will have a sleepover so that they can catch up.
Michelle dropped off some goodies for Emma with Leah for her to take along.
What is Sybille getting up to in Stanford?
The Rotary Club of Stanford meets up every second Tuesday and at the previous meeting the Sunset Market, which takes place on the village common every last Friday of the month, was on the agenda. The club always takes the opportunity to raise some much needed funds by selling raffle tickets for three hampers filled with local wines and goodies which the folks of Stanford donate. Sybille put up her hand and offered to get the chef at the lodge where she works to bake a chocolate cake as a prize.
The weather was sublime and the locals came out in their droves to enjoy a glass of wine, local fare and music. Raffle sales were brisk and at the end of the evening a respectable R3 400 had been raised for various club projects.
Next Friday....
..Is Good Friday, so there will be no meeting and the Ramble will also stand over till the week of the 17th April.
Wishing everyone a Blessed Easter and Pesach.
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