NEXT MEETING

March 8, 2018

Meetings are the second Thursday of each month (except December, July &

August) at the Dennis Senior Center, 1045 Rt. 134, E. Dennis at 1:30 PM.

NEWSLETTER

March 2018

Email Mail Edition

P.O. Box 746 - South Dennis, MA 02660

www.retiredmensclub.com

President’s Message – March 2018

Many thanks to Charlie Jones for running the last meeting for me while I’m working on my golf game in Florida. By all I accounts, he did a great job and Jack Hudson’s jokes were even enjoyed by our speaker from the Y who I understand gave an informative talk.

On February 21st, we had a busload of hopeful ad-venturers embark to Mohegan Sun. From what I’m told, there were quite a few winners and everyone enjoyed the trip. Many thanks to Gary Merton for putting this together. Gary felt that there was something missing in March since we have not had a St. Pat-rick’s Day get together for some time so he is putting together an even-ing celebrating the Irish at the Loft Restaurant & Bar at the Cove Resort on Wednesday, March 14, 2018. Gary guarantees good food and a great evening. I hope that you will consider this opportunity to visit a local establishment that the Retired Men’s club has not used in the past and give it a try.

Jack Hudson is now beginning his third year as our Treasurer and he has done a wonderful job. Jack is expeditious at keeping the books up to par and has enhanced our reporting and systems along the way. In addi-tion he files our annual Form 990 with the IRS allowing us to maintain our non-profit status. Jack’s job is one of those that operates behind the scenes but is so important to our club. In addition Jack has centralized all of the monies coming into the club into our PO Box (we also have a new PO Box for golf) to better streamline the record keeping. Jack is also responsible for our website and for coordinating the production of the annual mem-bership booklet. Most of you know Jack as the one who tells the corny jokes every time he gets an opportunity but he certainly does a lot more than that and for that we are very grateful.

Last month in the newsletter, I indicated to you that Uke Piedra was stepping down as Chairman and the only member of our Sunshine Com-mittee and we were in need of a replacement. Uke has done a great job of writing get well and condolence notes on behalf of everyone in our club for the last six years. Unfortunately no one has stepped forward and it ap-pears that this position and the wonderful service it performs may go by the wayside unless someone or a group of individuals is willing to step up and take over these responsibilities. I’m still hoping that we might find someone to fill Uke’s shoes. Please consider helping the club out on this one. Thanks.

Each President has their own trademark as part of our monthly newslet-ter. Some of our past president’s have been history enthusiasts or ardent antique automobile followers. I don’t have a particular endeavor such as this so I thought it might be appropriate to end my monthly message with a meaningful thought (non-political and non-controversial) and hopefully leave you with something to think about for the next month. Not neces-sarily humorous and not too simple like Yogi Berra’s famous quote “It’s not over until it’s over.” There is no time limit to wise utterances that are reassuring during these troubled times. The following is the inscription on John Wayne’s Headstone: “Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It’s perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we’ve learnt something from yesterday.”

Dick Coughlin

Retired Men’s Club of Cape Cod presents

Policing in the 21st Century

Speaker: Peter Carnes

When: March 8, 2018

Peter has received a large number of prestigious awards and honors and currently

serves as Chief of Police & Director of Campus Safety at Stonehill College in Easton.

Retired Men’s Club General Membership Meeting – February 8, 2018

Meeting called to order at 1:35 p.m. by Vice-president Charlie Jones Pledge to the flag recited; God Bless America sung. Moment of silence for the passing of Ed Eckland, past president and 23 year

member. Motion to waive the reading of January minutes approved. Request made for a member to serve as chair of the Sunshine Committee. Treasurer’s report from Jack Hudson. Current balance: $11.388.71. Events Chair, Gary Merton reported on upcoming events. February 21st –

Mohegan Sun trip; March 14th- St. Patrick’s dinner at The Loft. Charlie Jones, Golf Committee Chair, reported on the golf outings scheduled for

the Spring & Fall. Courses include: Spring – Brookside, Ocean Edge, Blue Rock New Seabury, The Captains; Fall – Paul Harney, Cranberry Valley, Old Barnsta-ble, The Cape Club and Pocasset. A revised list of active golfers is being created.

The RMC bowling league has added a few new members. Substitutes welcome. Membership Chair, Ken Lyman announced that with six new members we now

have 340 in the club. A new 2018 roster book will soon be printed so notify him of any contact information updates.

Brian O’Toole introduced guest speaker, Stacie Peugh. She is the President and CEO of the Cape Cod YMCA. She shared the history, mission and programs of the nation’s largest non-profit charitable organization.

The 50/50 drawing netted the club $126 Meeting adjourned at 2:39 p.m.

Co-secretary, John Lynch

Visit our website: www.retiredmensclub.com

Membership Report- March, 2018

With 2 new members and 16 terminations this month, we now have 326 members in

the club.

New Members:

Bob Lynch Lori 781-724-0454

14 Country Club Dr.

S. Yarmouth, MA 02664 bobdad55@yahoo.com

Brian Gunzy Mary 203-767-4584

32 Mello Lane

Harwich, MA 02645 briangunzy@gmail.com

Terminations:

Deaths: Ed Eckland, former President of the club, passed away on February 2. Ed

was 89 and had been a member since 1995. Doug Ide passed away on February 11.

He was 87 and had been a member since 2009. Ed Guiliani passed away on February

15. Ed was 93 and had been a member since 2011. We will miss all of these fine men!

Resignations: Ray Ward- resigned due to other commitments; Stan Preuss- resigned

due to schedule conflicts;

Members terminated for unpaid dues– Jack Cahill, Granville Chalke, Joe DiNunzio,

Tom Gallagher, Don Ginnerty, Ed Habermann, Tom Joyce, Steve Keith,

Tom E. Murphy, Roger Shaloub, Robert Troxell

Ken Lyman

Membership Chairman

RMC Special Events for 2018

March Newsletter

Hi fellow members !!!!

The February 21st Mohegan Sun Bus Trip was a great success. Thanks for all of

you who attended. Win, Loose or Draw we had a great time.

Next event….. March 14, 2018

Dinner Social at the Loft Restaurant. A second flyer went out 2/26 as

some of you indicated that they may have deleted the previous one.

The deadline for receiving your check is March 1st. Hope you can

make it. The owners are excited and are ready to give you a enjoya-

ble evening.

I will have extra forms at the meeting just in case you would like to

join us. I will see you there.

Up Coming Events being planned MARK YOUR CALENDAR !!

May 3rd……Boston Duck Tour …… sign-up sheet to follow

June 13th….Spring Dinner Dance at the Sea View Restaurant

Sept 19 (tentative)…Third Annual Clam Bake at Swan River Restau-

rant

Dec 7th ….Boston Pops

Dec 13th tentative date ….Christmas Luncheon at the Marshside Res-

taurant

Gary Merton

March Golf News

Here’s the latest news about Retired Men’s Club Golf.

Our five event Spring schedule begins in April at two of the best courses on Cape

Cod. The first, at The Brookside Club, just off Route 28 in Bourne, is on Monday,

April 23th. Our second event, at The Ocean Edge Golf Club in Brewster is on Mon-

day, April 30th. Both tournaments will have full-handicap team competitions as well

as prizes for the best individual Net and Gross scores.

For members new to these courses, you are in for a treat. The Brookside Club fea-

tures incredible views across Buzzards Bay and first-class playing conditions. The

Ocean Edge course was recently redesigned and upgraded by the Nicklaus Group.

Its18 holes challenge players with tree-lined fairways, rolling hills and dramatic ele-

vation changes. Access to their great clubhouses is included. Watch your email to-

wards the end of March for a separate mailing about golf.

Signup sheets, directions to the courses, start times and other important details will

be provided.

There is no increase in cost over the 2017 Fall Season fee. The fee for all five 2018

Spring Season events will be $55, including carts. Entry fees for members of the

course being played will be adjusted. Carts only, no walking. All players will be re-

quired to ride. Sorry, no guests allowed.

At the Club’s January and February meetings, the issue of old golf prizes not being

picked up was addressed. We’ve made substantial progress since then and have

narrowed the list to just a half-dozen members who have money waiting and have

not made arrangement to have it picked up. They have all been contacted by email.

If you were one of those contacted, the March Meeting will be your last chance to

pick up your fortune. Awards not picked up by the conclusion of the March meeting

will be forfeited and returned to the RMC Golf treasury.

March Golf Tip

Are you hitting the right ball for your game? Probably not.

Would it make a difference if you changed balls? Probably not!

Learn something anyway ……. Follow the link below .

https://www.golfgalaxy.com/s/golf-ball-comparison-chart?

camp=EML:GG_PRM:02252018_02252018_GolfBallBuyingGuide_GS_C:Body_GolfBallBuyingG

uide&customerkey=102840180-105&mcid=204499679

(An observation: Did you notice that balls covered in mud or those found in the woods or water

were not analyzed. There might be a message in that!)

See you on the links

Retired Men’s Club of Cape Cod

Bowling Report, February, 2018

Two thirds of the 2017-2018 RMC bowling season is over. There is still time to join us (before no thirds are left!)

The February red pin hits (with reportable income!) were: Frank O’Brien, Amedeo (Mozart) Giordano, Jim Barba and Pete Adams. Banquet information will be available at the middle or end of April. Time to hit the golf course. See you next Tuesday………………………..Jack

The Retired Men’s Club of Cape Cod thanks the following

SPONSORS of our annual “Membership Roster & Bylaws” for

their continued support.