Volume 79 Bulletin No 37 May 21st 2015
Rotary Club of Cowra Inc Chartered 1938
District 9700 Club No 18097
WEEKLY BULLETIN May 21st 2015
President: Larry Walsh
RI President Gary C K Huang District Governor 9700 David Kennedy Apologies to Bryan Dawes on 6342 2942 (H) or 6342 2590 (W) or bryandawes@hotmail.com by midday Thursday. -1-
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ROTARY CLUB OF COWRA THIS WEEK’S MEETING
NEXT WEEK
THE FOLLOWING WEEK
DATE
21st May
28th May
4th June
PROGRAM
Major Kathryn Williamson:
Community Health
Members Night
Salvation Army
CHAIRMAN VOTE OF THANKS
(To be confirmed)
Kit Chambers Bryan Dawes Bryan Dawes
John Rankin
Ray Kelly
Bob Langhorne
David Lawrie
Wayne McKay
Keith Philpott
Allan Vorias
MEET AND GREET
Don McLean
Phil Scahil
Sil Walsh
SERGEANT AT ARMS
Harold Treasure
Kevin Wright
Harold Treasure
TREASURER ASSISTANT TREASURER
Birthdays and Anniversaries: 24th May – Ian Wright - birthday
Attendance 14th May:
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Apologies
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22nd and 23rd May: Wood raffle 4th July: 77th Cowra Rotary Club Changeover Dinner. 7pm at the Golf Club 31st August: Last wood raffle
Cowra Rotary Club Banking Details BSB: 802 394
A/C 100028078
This Week’s Meeting At this week’s meeting the club the guest speaker will be local Salvation Army Representative, Major Kathryn Williamson.
Next Meeting The guest speakers at the meeting on the 28th of May will be representatives of community health.
Last Week’s Meeting At last week’s meeting, Cowra Rotary club members were joined by members of Victoria Zone A of the Recreational Vehicle Fellowship of Rotarians (RVFR) who were holding their muster in Cowra.
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Guest Speaker Lawrance Ryan was the speaker for the evening. The title of his talk was “Two camps, one town, one future”. The main theme for his talk was how our military history changed Cowra forever. He spoke about how there were two camps which outlived their wartime purpose and become symbols of peace and reconciliation. Mention Cowra and World War Two and most people immediately think of the Cowra Breakout. However during the second world war Cowra had more than just military establishments, but also boasted: An annex of the Lithgow Small Arms Factory in the converted Showground Pavilion, A CSR Factory producing power alcohol from grain, an Edgells cannery producing canned vegetables for Allied troops operating in the South Pacific and a camp for resettled German Jews located on the Forbes Road. Lawrence then talked about Cowra’s most famous day being the he largest prisoner of war breakout in modern military history. Lawrance then talked about the Cowra Military Training Camp which was established almost a full year before the better known Cowra Prisoner of War Camp. After the war the training camp was converted into a migrant camp, specifically as a family camp. The Cowra Migrant Camp introduced many local residents to people from another culture. At the same time attitudes towards the Japanese began to change. Members of the local RSL Sub-branch took on the task of maintaining the graves of the Japanese POWs who died in the Breakout. The Japanese War Cemetery was in many ways -4-
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Cowra’s finest achievement and Australia’s greatest example of reconciliation with a former enemy. In the early-1970s the Cowra Tourist and Development Corporation wanted to promote the Cowra – Japan relationship without direct reference to World War Two and this resulted in the building a Japanese style strolling garden – the Cowra Japanese Gardens. Australia’s World Peace Bell was awarded to Cowra for the town’s commitment to peace and international understanding. The Cowra Peace Precinct was established as an ambitious plan by Cowra Shire Council to include the POW campsite as part of Cowra’s premier passive recreation area. On 1 May 1999, Cowra Shire Council dedicated Europa Park to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Migrant Camp. In 2003 Rotary after being approached by the Council agreed to support the development of Europa Park as a major local project to celebrate the centenary of Rotary International in 2004/05. This has been an ongoing project by Rotary. Europa Park is still growing in importance as former migrants and their decedents remember their strong link to Cowra and hence Europa Park is an important reminder of our town’s history and multicultural heritage.
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Lawrance (in the distance) telling the meeting about the Cowra Camps
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RVFR member Des Graham addressing the meeting
. Cowra Rotarian Harry Howard with RVFR members Loris Beggs, Graeme Beggs, Judy Van Der Vlugt, Mike Smith, Cat Van Der Vlugt -7-
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Richard Campbell proposes a vote of thanks to Lawrance
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A Successful Bowelscan Project . This year’s Bowelscan Project run by the Rotary Club of Cowra, which finished last Saturday morning was most successful and well supported by Cowra residents. About 280 Bowelscan kits were sold over the 6 days. If anyone missed out on purchasing a kit, Rotary have arranged for kits to be available at Ray White Real Estate (in Kendall St down from Martins Electrical) for the next two weeks at the same price ($15.00). Kits will no longer be available after Friday 29 May.
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Generosity At an auction in Manchester a wealthy American announced that he had lost his wallet containing £10,000 and would give a reward of £100 to the person who found it. From the back of the hall a Scottish voice shouted, "I'll give £150!"
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The Four-Way Test The Four-Way Test was conceived in 1932 by Herbert J. Taylor, a member of the Rotary Club of Chicago who served as the 1954-55 president of Rotary International. Having been assigned the task of saving a company from bankruptcy, Taylor developed the test as an ethical guide to follow in all business matters. The company’s survival was credited to this simple philosophy. Adopted by Rotary International in 1934, The FourWay Test remains an essential standard against which Rotarians measure ethical behavior. The test has been translated into dozens of languages and promoted by Rotarians worldwide.
The Four-Way Test Of the things we think, say or do: 1 2 3 4
Is it the TRUTH? Is it FAIR to all concerned? Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
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