Third Decade of Service: 1967-1976

About Our Club

 
 
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Third Decade Of Service 1967-77
Club                                                         
Club membership increased from 61 to 74 before dropping back to 65 after losing 9 members with the chartering of the Rotary Club of  Mornington South-Mt Martha.                                                                                 
Dinner fees doubled from $1-50 to $3-00 while annual subscriptions increased from $22 to $40. Club Bylaws were revised.    
 
Keith Norman
General Manager Norman Brothers, Stationers; Wool Grower.
Rotary Club of  Melbourne                                              1948-61
Rotary Club of  Mornington                                            1961-84
President                                                                            1965-66
District Governor                                                              1969-70
Rotary International Citation for Meritorious Service      1974
International Director Zone 1 ANZAO Region             1974-75
Paul Harris Fellow                                                                 1979
George Allsop
Stationer
Rotary Club of  Mornington                                            1962-95
President                                                                            1968-69
District Governor                                                              1972-73
Paul Harris Fellow                                                            1981
 
Rotary Club of Mt Eliza sponsored and chartered       1971 
Rotary Club of Mt Martha sponsored and chartered  1974
District Conference held in Mornington                        1975
 
Year           President                     Secretary                                                                                                                 
1967-68    Claude Turner              Merv Beckworth
1968-69    George Allsop               Ken McArthur
1969-70    Ron Cakebread             Ken McArthur
1970-71    Don I Gordon                Ian Parsons
1971-72    Phil McCullough           Ian Parsons
1972-73    Ken McArthur              Nev Comb
1973-74    Bob Smith                      Ray Delarue
1974-75    Nev Comb                      Charles Ater
1975-76    Lou Gutheridge             Bob Forsyth
1976-77    Ray Delague                  Bryan Williams
 
Current 2014 member joined at this time: Bruce Davis (1963), Geoff Gilsenan (1973) and Ted Moore (1975) and served on many projects listed below:
 
 
SERVICE PROJECTS ($1= $8-60 in 2014)
Club
Business Dinner Speakers: W. Borthwick MLA
                                            : Phillip Lynch MHR
                                            : Rupert Hamer MLA
                                            : Dennis Warner (Journalist)
Father & Sons night:           Ron Barassi
 
Community
Annual Art Show 1974-2014 : Mornington Youth Club and Peninsula Art Society $1400  
                                                  Kankama Association for Intellectually Handicapped Children $2000;$2732 & $500 Aquisitive Painting
 
Kankama Centre designed and built on Shire land with $130,000 funds raised and Governnment Grants.
King George V Bush Nursing Hospital Maternity Ward endowed: $2000 plus Government Grants.
Emergency Rescue vehicle from Trade Fair (2): $2025
St Johns Ambulance vehicle donation $1347
Funds distributed $1036;
Nine School Libraries donated $50 each
Mannequin Parade with Rotaract & Interact: $431
Sutton Grange Childrens Home building alterations and furnishings$1238
Sutton Grange Childrens Home alterations $784
Mornington and District School Sports Rotary Shield presented
Country and Western Night
Multiple sclerosis Appeal Theatre night $113 
Olympic Games Appeal $100
Holiday donated for widow & child
Wishing Well robbed and removed
Rotary Train and Shed sold:$260
 
Vocational
Careers Night (4)   
 
International 
Rotary Foundation 200% 
Rotary Youth Exchange Japanese student hosted for 1 year
                                        Singapore student hosted for 1 year
International Progressive Dinner $272
“Sheep for India" project     
“Beef for Tonga” project
 
Youth
YMCA Manyung: camp beds donated $600
Interact Club Balcombe United  formed and operated 1974-76
Rotoract Club formed
Camp: 2 Primary students
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (4) nominations and camp held
State School Scholarships (2)
 
 
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