This month we enjoyed a very tasty meal at the Goulburn Soldiers Club where we held our March meeting. We had 20 members present, including 4 new members, Kathy King, Belinda Bent, Pam Hagan and Gloria Bell. We welcome them to our club and hope they enjoy our meetings and social days. We also welcomed a visitor, Barbara Todkill and look forward to seeing her at our future meetings.
The Welfare group had no visits to members and our thoughts are with members who are not well. It was nice to welcome back Pat Delaney and we hope she will be joining us again next month.
Birthdays for March were Jean Ryan, Gloria Bell, Judith Roper and Kerry Clear.
Programme Officers, Joan Scott and Marie de Britt, have provided a 2021 Goulburn Day View Programme including social days such as a visit to Rocky Hill War Memorial Museum on 15th April, with lunch afterwards at the Green Grocers, K & G’Z Lunch 20th May, Binalong Glass Blowing on 18th June, Soup and Casserole Day 15th July, Curry House 19th August, ‘Valerie’s’ Gehl Garden Centre 16th September, Animal Farm Taralga, Historical Society, Randal’s Hut 21st October.
It was decided that to raise more funds for Learning for Life, lunch will now cost $27 and raffle tickets will be $2 each or 3 for $5. Our Learning for Life student completed Year 12 last year and sent the Club a Thank You card, advising that she will now be attending a course at TAFE. It was decided that the Club will continue to sponsor her, and we wish her good luck with her career.
Raffles were won by Margaret Stewart and Judy Coe, lucky programme won by Delma Nelson and lucky door prizes were won by Brenda Writer and Gloria Bell.
Our guest speaker was Madeleine Achenza, who recently joined the team at the Southern Highlands Express and Goulburn Express newspapers. A 2020 graduate of the University of Technology Sydney with a bachelor’s degree in communication (Journalism). Last year, along with her team in the Orana region, she won the Best Investigative Journalism award as part of the JERAA Ossie Awards. Madeleine has previously written for the Australian Farmer and produced content for One Million Women, as well as published pieces for Dubbo’s Daily Liberal and Wellington Times. She specialises in stories about agriculture, environmental sciences, and human interest. Madeleine was very interesting and we’re sure she will be very successful in her career as a Journalist!
Our last social outing was at K&G’Z where 19 members attended, and our meals were delicious! Our next outing will be lunch at the Golden Star on 18th March 2021, at 12 o’clock, so please let Margaret Gooch know if you are attending by 7p.m. Monday 15th March 2021.
Our next meeting will be Thursday 1st April 2021 at 11.30am at the Goulburn Soldiers Club. Please contact Margaret Gooch (02) 4822 1859 or 0409 904 917 before 7p.m. the Monday before the luncheon if you wish to attend. You can also text or email your acceptance to mgooch65@gmail.com. Cost of lunch will be $27.00.
– By Carol Olsen
Dot McCabe & Pam Hagan
Madeleine & Joan Scott
Margaret Stewart & Barbara Todkill
Margaret Todkill & Judy Coe
