MESSAGE FROM OUR EDITOR
were all an inch or so taller by the end of the second hole as the ice built up on our shoes. He was always patient with us (it is never the easiest thing to play with lesser mortals if you are a good golfer) and would offer advice in his efforts to raise our game. One sound piece of advice was to „imagine rolling a cigar on a Cuban maiden‟s thigh‟ as we were trying to make a put. Another more painful suggestion was to attach a fishing hook from our head to another more intimate part of the anatomy, to cure us of‟ „lifting the head‟ when swinging the club. Ah happy days!
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t is with a mixture of great sadness and excitement that I write this
message. The sadness comes from the loss of a special friend and fellow Rotarian John Anthony. There cannot be many members in our club who did not know Dr. John in more than one capacity (Rotarian,Golfer,Shooter,Bird Watcher,Doctor,Collector,Olympian,Co lleague,Friend the list goes on and on). To me he was a friend in Rotary that I could look up to and learn from. He led by example and was always on hand to give me encouragement and advice. He was also a golfing partner who met with Yakat and me as early as possible on Thursday mornings at Upminster Golf Club (we were usually the first ones out). We played in all weathers and I remember on one cold winter‟s morning, the frost was so thick that we
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he exciting part is that I begin my year as Junior Vice President
(a position that John encouraged me to take up) and I look forward to serving the club and its members to the best of my abilities. I extend my congratulations and Best Wishes to President Brian Taffs and SVP John Crowder and look forward to working with them during the coming year. Congratulations to Past President Raj for an interesting and successful year.
I
wish to express my gratitude to our fellow Rotarian who wrote the
Obituary on the following pages to John Anthony. It tells us about the man and his life and expresses our feelings in a way that very few of us could. Thank You.
George Larkey August 2009
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