Chuck Robbins to be Honored, James T. Ostrich of Warbirds West, Club Installation

Meeting on 5/11/11

FIRST V.P. RENFRO BROUGHT OUR MEETING TO ORDER, PROMPTLY CALLING ON LION MORTON TO LEAD US IN OUR EVER POPULAR "AMERICA."

SEVERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS ENSUED, PUNCTUATED BY SEVERAL "HAPPY DOLLAR" NOTES.

LION PDG HANNUM INFORMED US OF THE PAST DISTRICT CONVENTION'S VARIOUS ACTIVITIES, AND THAT LION BRAD WEEKS WILL BE OUR NEW GOVERNOR.

LION JIM KNOTT, SR. TOLD US OF HIS ENCOUNTERS WITH RATS & SQUIRRELS.  (YOU HAD TO BE THERE).

AND ON A MORE SERIOUS & INFORMATIVE NOTE. YOU PROBABLY KNOW (OR SHOULD) THAT LION CHUCK ROBBINS WAS A SIGNALMAN, HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE WWII SOUTH PACIFIC CAMPAIGN. BUT, DID YOU KNOW THAT HE WILL BE A GUEST OF HONOR AT A MEMORIAL SERVICE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.? AN ALL EXPENSES PAID TRIP.  THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE - LION ROBBINS.

WE WERE ENTERTAINED & INFORMED TODAY BY MR. JAMES T. OSTRICH. JIM IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF "WARBIRDS WEST", OPERATING FROM GILLESPIE FIELD. HIS VISUAL DISPLAY INCLUDED A WIDE VARIETY OF AIRCRAFT. THEY ARE INVOLVED IN MANY ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING WARBIRD RIDES, THE MISSING MAN FLY BYS, PLUS PARADES WITH A VARIETY OF MILITARY VEHICLES.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:  INSTALLATION OF OUR 2011 - 2012 CLUB OFFICERS WILL BE SATURDAY, JUNE, 25. MORE INFO TO FOLLOW.

AND FINALLY:  "I HAVE NOT FAILED.  I'VE  JUST FOUND 10,000 WAYS THAT WON'T WORK."   Thomas A. Edison