President's Message: August 23, 2023
As I write this, we are having a summer thunderstorm and the rain is coming down.
We have had a lovely summer and these last few weeks of August and the first part of September can be the best part. I feel blessed to live here in Southwest Ontario; we have heard so much about the devastating forest fires in other parts of Canada and other countries. It has been a very difficult summer for so many people.
We recently had a Management Committee meeting to get ready for the upcoming year at London South Probus. There were several items from the meeting to share with you.
The first item relates to payment of membership fee renewals, due September 1st. For those paying by e-transfer, please make sure that your e-payment is addressed correctly to the following email address; please note there is no “r” at the end of “treasure” in the email address.
slptreasure@gmail.com
The second item relates to the election of our club’s 2023/24 Management Committee at the upcoming Annual General Meeting, which is part of our general meeting on Sept 20th. I am pleased to report that we have a full slate of new Management Committee members for your approval. This is a very positive sign regarding the continuing health of the club as new people step forward to keep the club operating.
The third item is our club’s plan to participate with the other three London Probus clubs in requesting the City of London to issue a proclamation declaring October as PROBUS Month, as proposed by Mike Hoshooley, President of the North London Probus Club.
I hope that you enjoy the rest of your summer, whatever you are doing and wherever you are; I look forward to seeing everyone in person at our September general meeting.
Birthdays:
September:
Amanda Clarke, Norm Eligh, Jim Gilmour, Bob Harris, Doris Kingdom, Karen Magowan, Catherine Morrison, Barbara Schaus.
Sign-up for our Social Events online: 
Click on one of the event links below, then hit the register button to sign up for that event and bring your cheque to the meeting! If you have any questions in the meantime, please contact Nancy.
Dine Out:
Dine out for September will be on Wednesday, September 6, 2023 at 11:45 p.m. at Luan's Seafood & Grill, 315 Wellington Road. Register by Monday, September 4th, call Diane Wells.
See the event on our calendar.
Coffee Mornings:
Men's Coffee:
2nd and 4th Monday of the month at 10:00 a.m. except 4th Monday in December. We meet in Westmount Mall across from Tim Horton's.
Women's Coffee:
2nd and 4th Monday of the month at 10:00 a.m., except 4th Monday in December. See the photos from our coffee meet ups, in the photo section at the end of the newsletter! Convenor: Shirley . We meet in Westmount Mall across from Tim Horton's.
Women's Coffee: Click here to see more coffee photos.
Men's Coffee: Click here to see more coffee photos.
Investment Club:
Contact Don. Meetings held at Riverbend, 2nd Wednesday of the month.
Euchre:
4th Thursday of the month (except December) at 1 pm in a member’s home. 8 players maximum plus spares. Usually over in about 3 hours. If interested in being a spare, call Convenor: Gail.
Support:
If you know someone who is feeling under the weather or needs cheering up, please contact Connnie.
Book Club:
Book Club meets the 4th Tuesday of the month at 2:00 p.m. except December, July & August in a member’s home. Our book club membership is now at capacity. If interested in joining, please call Susan or Liz, to be added to the waiting list. If the waiting list grows to 4-5 members, we will help prospective members form a second book club.
Speaker -
Speaker for September is:
ADELE ALFANO the Fund Development Manager for Autism Dog Services, a charitable organization pairing trained service dogs to children with autism. Adele works closely with the team to raise funds, build community partnerships, coordinating events and oversee fundraising volunteers. Contact Adele at adele@autismdogservices.ca
Due to many requests and interest, below is a list of books Hilda brought to the meeting in May.
Dutch Girl. Non-fiction. A story about Audrey Hepburn and WW2.
Author, Robert Matzen.
The Storyteller. Historical-fiction. WW2 and the Jewish people.
Author, Jodi Picoult.
The Evader. Non-fiction. An American Airman's Eight Months With the Dutch Underground. Set mostly in the province of Friesland.
Author, Harry A. Dolph.
To All Our Children. Non-fiction. The Story of the Postwar Dutch Immigration to Canada.
Author, Albert VanderMey.
Holland And The Canadians. A book put together by The Canada-Netherlands Committee as a gift from the Dutch Government to Canadian soldiers who contributed to the Liberation of the Netherlands.
Slice of Life Speaker-
Marg Dean will be our slice of life speaker at the September meeting.
As the convenors of an event or group please submit pictures to me to include in the newsletter, as well as a brief description of what has been discussed ie. book club - the book and author and how it was received; dine out - where it was, how many attended and brief description of the food; investment club - some snip of interest etc.
Thank you for your co-operation in this matter to ensure our newsletter is more interesting to our members.
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