The meeting was called to
order by our president, Al Schmidt, promptly at, 1:30 PM. There were 22 members
present.
The meeting began
with the Pledge of Allegiance and the singing of God Bless America followed by
an invocation by our Chaplin, David Tarditi.
The secretary read the
minutes from the last Business Meeting held on July 12, 2018. The minutes were
approved with one correction. He also read the minutes from the board of
director’s meeting held on August 6.
David Tarditi gave the treasurer’s
report and posted it on the bulletin board.
Jay Cokos reported that
next week’s speaker will be the Haddonfield librarian and the following week
will be a speaker on veteran’s affairs.
Al reminded members that
the next Jazz concert will be Aug 19th at Haddonfield United
Methodist Church at 2pm. He also reminded members that the flea market will be
Sept 15th so start gathering your unwanted treasures for donation to
the club for this fund raiser.
Al reported that Joe Murphy
has started a dance class for autistic children and that it very successful.
Al also provided another of
his 100 years ago stories. This time 100 years ago, NJ & PA began
discussions on the need for a new bridge the ferry traffic was slow and
overburdened. The new bridge opened in 1926 and has become known as the Ben
Franklin bridge. It was pointed out that our deceased member, Jack Nunneville,
was one of the first people to cross the new bridge. His grandfather’s funeral
procession was allowed to cross the bridge the day before it opened to the
public.
It was reported that Charles
Legge was doing poorly when last visited.
Bill Brown reported that he has 29
people signed up so far for the Phillies game on Tuesday evening, August 28th.
Tom Diemer announced that the Indian
King will hold its annual beer tasting fundraiser on September 22nd.
Since this is the largest fundraiser for the organization, Tom encouraged
members to come out and support the event.
The meeting adjourned to
refreshments at 1:55pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Bernie Schaming, Secretary
