Minutes of the GENERAL MEETING held on Monday, the 18th of June 2012 in the South West
Community Centre, 171 Sturt Street in Adelaide.
President Lynn Venning welcomed members and opened the meeting at 2:00 P.M.
APOLOGIES: John Newel, Cliff Olds and Elaine Sykes.
OVER 80'S BIRTHDAYS:
Fitch Ron 08 Jun 1910 Railways Commissioner Adelaide 102
Marzahn Pat 15 Jun 1928 Rail Car Driver STA Adelaide 84
Newel John 18 Jun 1929 Signal Maintenance Inspector Adelaide 83
Renshaw John 19 Jun 1921 Traffic Manager 91
Maschgan Albert 20 Jun 1930 Operations Supply Officer Islington 82
Perkins Ron 23 Jun 1925 Electrical Fitter Islington 87
Moller Jean 24 Jun 1920 Wife of Don (Deceased) 92
Two non-member deaths were reported.
William Arnold (Bill) Carey, Engineman/Checker Port Pirie,on the 5th of June aged 90 years
and Garth Hamley, Engineman Port Pirie/Mile End on the 15th of June aged 81.
GENERAL BUSINESS:
1. The Minutes of the meeting held on Monday the 28th of May were confirmed at the Executive
Meeting and copies were available from the table.
2. The next meeting will be held on Monday the 2nd of July, then the 16th of July.
3. The Christmas Luncheon will be held on Monday the 10th of December at the Pavilion on the Park.
The cost to members will be $25.00 per person including drinks. A deposit has been paid.
4. Our Patron, Mr. Ron Fitch was then invited to draw the first raffle ticket.
5. Members then enjoyed a shared afternoon tea to celebrate Mr. Fitch's 102nd birthday.
6. The Centre Manager along with the volunteers at the South West Community Centre were
thanked for their invaluable assistance during the afternoon.
Members were thanked for their attendance and asked to take a doggy bag home for their supper.
The Meeting was closed at 3:00 P.M.
There were 30 members present. Raffle proceeds after door prizes were $54.00.