1978 - 1980, by Bill Harris
1977-78. The President was Len Jones with Vice-President Buster Vermeulen. No Secretary is listed but the Treasurer was Bev Cook with Directors Bill Cook, Ian MacLean, Ron Voiles and Bill Harris. The club initiated what they hoped would be an annual District 707 Softball Tournament. Oshawa defeated Willowdale in the final to win the series and a wind up party was held at the Halliday's. The fishing weekend at Don Plaxton s cottage was held on Sept. 30th.. I am not sure when this started but it was a regular annual event for many years, even after Don resigned from the club. Liz Casey, a Rotary Foundation Scholar from Perth, Western Australia was counselled by Bill and Shelagh Harris, and became a regular and popular visitor of club events, including the aforementioned Softball Tournament. A Cribbage Tournament held after the regular meeting once a month at a member's home was popular. The club continued to support the Schools Science Fair. Fund raising was again through the sale of Christmas Trees $1001, Travelogue ticket profits fell to $305 but it was decided to continue for another year as we felt it was good community project. Christmas Nuts brought in $350 and expenditures on new benches led to a deficit of $125.
1978-79. President Buster Vermeulen had First Vice-President Gordon McIntyre and Second Vice-President Harry Gerber to assist him in his year. Bill Cook was Secretary and Bev Cook was Treasurer again. The Directors were Bill Law, Jim Abraham, Dinker Joshi and Dave Hay. President Buster's strategy was to cut down on the number of projects undertaken by the club but to concentrate the effort on successful projects. It was decided that the club could no longer afford to support two Foster Parents plan children but the members decided they would support them with the fines levied by the Sergeant-at-Arms. So the support continued. The club also continued to support the Science Fair and the York Region winner, Vernon Stringer went on to win the International title in Europe. He later became a Rotary Foundation Scholar, sponsored by the club. One of Buster's projects was to encourage the Town to build a concert hall in the projected Civic Complex at the corner of Major Mac. and Yonge. To help promote the idea the club organized a concert at The Minkler Auditorium featuring many of the town's musical groups and sold $1,392 worth of tickets at $4 each, but the rental of the hall had to be subtracted. Travelogues raised around $700.
1979-80. President Gordon McIntyre, 1st. Vice President Harry Gerber, 2nd. Vice-President Jim Abraham, Secretary Bill Cook, Treasurer Peter Nye and Directors Dinker Joshi, Doug Davies, Bill Harris, Harry Elkins. This is the first year that we see mention of a TV Auction committee, the members being Jim Abraham, Buster Vermeulen, Doug Allen, Dave Hay, Doug Hinchcliffe and Dennis Stainer. Jim Abraham had seen the successful TV Auctions put on by some of the other clubs and suggested that the Richmond Hill Club try it on our local cable company, Classicomm. There was considerable debate as to whether a club of our size could handle such a big project. However by August it had been given the green light and here are some of the rules laid out in the August 21st., 1979 Bulletin. "The club is committed to provide a minimum of $6,000 worth of articles. This represents a minimum of 300 articles worth a minimum of $20 each for a ten hour programme. This means each member has to obtain a minimum of ten items of $20 or more". It was also noted that this project fulfils our obligation to do something special for Rotary's 75th. Anniversary Year and the recipient of the profits (the York Centre for Learning Disabilities) had been chosen specifically to commemorate the Year of the Child. I don t have a final figure for the TV Auction but the club continued to support the Travelogues and to sell Christmas Trees. The club was recognized by the Town at the Sixteenth Annual Awards and Volunteer Recognition Banquet. I have no financial details for the year so cannot comment on amounts raised or monies spent.
1978-79. President Buster Vermeulen had First Vice-President Gordon McIntyre and Second Vice-President Harry Gerber to assist him in his year. Bill Cook was Secretary and Bev Cook was Treasurer again. The Directors were Bill Law, Jim Abraham, Dinker Joshi and Dave Hay. President Buster's strategy was to cut down on the number of projects undertaken by the club but to concentrate the effort on successful projects. It was decided that the club could no longer afford to support two Foster Parents plan children but the members decided they would support them with the fines levied by the Sergeant-at-Arms. So the support continued. The club also continued to support the Science Fair and the York Region winner, Vernon Stringer went on to win the International title in Europe. He later became a Rotary Foundation Scholar, sponsored by the club. One of Buster's projects was to encourage the Town to build a concert hall in the projected Civic Complex at the corner of Major Mac. and Yonge. To help promote the idea the club organized a concert at The Minkler Auditorium featuring many of the town's musical groups and sold $1,392 worth of tickets at $4 each, but the rental of the hall had to be subtracted. Travelogues raised around $700.
1979-80. President Gordon McIntyre, 1st. Vice President Harry Gerber, 2nd. Vice-President Jim Abraham, Secretary Bill Cook, Treasurer Peter Nye and Directors Dinker Joshi, Doug Davies, Bill Harris, Harry Elkins. This is the first year that we see mention of a TV Auction committee, the members being Jim Abraham, Buster Vermeulen, Doug Allen, Dave Hay, Doug Hinchcliffe and Dennis Stainer. Jim Abraham had seen the successful TV Auctions put on by some of the other clubs and suggested that the Richmond Hill Club try it on our local cable company, Classicomm. There was considerable debate as to whether a club of our size could handle such a big project. However by August it had been given the green light and here are some of the rules laid out in the August 21st., 1979 Bulletin. "The club is committed to provide a minimum of $6,000 worth of articles. This represents a minimum of 300 articles worth a minimum of $20 each for a ten hour programme. This means each member has to obtain a minimum of ten items of $20 or more". It was also noted that this project fulfils our obligation to do something special for Rotary's 75th. Anniversary Year and the recipient of the profits (the York Centre for Learning Disabilities) had been chosen specifically to commemorate the Year of the Child. I don t have a final figure for the TV Auction but the club continued to support the Travelogues and to sell Christmas Trees. The club was recognized by the Town at the Sixteenth Annual Awards and Volunteer Recognition Banquet. I have no financial details for the year so cannot comment on amounts raised or monies spent.
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