The
regular business meeting of the Haddonfield 65 Club was held April 14, 2016. President
Wise called the meeting to order at 1:30 PM. There were 26 members present.
The meeting
began with the Pledge to the flag, followed by the singing of God Bless
America. Chaplain Lou Dunkle provided the invocation.
The
secretary read the minutes from the last Business Meeting held on March 10,
2016. The minutes were approved as read. He also read the minutes from the
Board of Directors meetings held on April 7, 2016.
Walt
Baker gave the treasurer’s report and posted it on the bulletin board. Walt read
the names of those who are no longer members along with the reason for their
departure.
President
Wise read a letter from Mrs. Griffith in which she recalled the ordeal of Bill
getting lost after one of the club meetings. Many members present remembered
that day well.
Bill
Brown reported that the next trip will be June 28. It will include a tour of
the Linc, lunch at Chickie & Pete’s, and a tour of the Simeone car museum.
We will leave via school bus from the high school at 10am and the cost will be
approximately $33. He is also looking into a trip to Hunterdon Hills Playhouse
as well as possibly Spring Lake.
Bill
also announced that the Japan Exchange is taking a bus to a performance by a
group from Japan on Sunday, April 17. Members who are interested are welcome to
go on the bus. In addition, he reported
that 15% of you bill on Thursday April 21 at PJ Whelihans will be donated to
the Japan Exchange.
Al
Schmidt thanked the people who participated in the Feed My Starving Children
event which was a big success.
Mike
Underwood reported that we had 19 and 22 golfers the first two weeks of the
season even though it was chilly.
Bernie
Schaming presented the prize for the baseball contest to Lou Dunkle who only
had one wrong in the starting lineup for the Phillies on opening day. Bernie
also announced that the new directories had been printed and asked for help
assembling them after the meeting.
The meeting
was adjourned to refreshments at 2:15 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Bernie Schaming,
Secretary
