Rotary Club of Baytown
District 5890
Meets weekly on Wednesday at noon
Goose Creek Country Club
P.O. Box 128; Baytown, TX 77522
713-875-5319
December 2011
Jim Ferris, Distributor
(281) 427-7345
5218 I-10 East, 281-421-9001
Seanne Conaway, Proprietor
Some Christmas facts you might find interesting:
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Most of us have made it a tradition to send Christmas cards to our friends.
Americans send 28 cards on average annually to their near and dear ones.
Listen to the song "Twelve Days of Christmas" and count the number of gifts in the
song. You will realize that gifts were exchanged 364 times. Thus the gifts are
exchanged every day of the year.
The English leader Oliver Cornwell stopped the celebration of Christmas during
1647- 1660. According to him it was immoral to celebrate the holiest day of the
year. It was a criminal offence.
Noel is the word which is used in place of Christmas in France. The word was
derived from the French phrase "les bonnes nouvelles" which means "the good
news" and it refers to the gospel.
At Christmas, it is traditional to exchange kisses beneath the mistletoe tree. In
ancient Scandinavia, mistletoe was associated with peace and friendship. That
may account for the custom of "kissing beneath the mistletoe".
The poinsettia is a traditional Christmas flower. In Mexico (its original birthplace),
the poinsettia is known as the "Flower of the Holy Night.”
Louis Prang, a Bavarian-born lithographer who came to the USA from Germany in
the 19th century, popularized the sending of printed Christmas cards. He invented
a way of reproducing color oil paintings, the "chromolithograph technique", and
created a card with the message "Merry Christmas" as a way of showing it off.
Father Christmas has two addresses, Edinburg and the North Pole. If someone
writes a letter and wants to send it to "Toyland" or "Snow land", then that particular
letter goes to Edinburg. But, if someone sends the letter to "The North Pole", then
it has to go to the North Pole because there is a place called North Pole.
The first state to recognize Christmas as an official holiday was Alabama in 1836.
Source: theholidayspot.com
C u r r e n t M e m b e r s h i p - 104
December Birthdays
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Corky Bloomfield
Seanne Conaway
Roger Elswick
Guy Hudman
Tom Kelchner
Cherie Laughlin
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Van Long
Frank McClosky
Brennan Marsh
Sharon Rogers
Rick Thomson
Seal-Pac Professional Services
Steve Daniele, President
www.sealpac.com
281-424-2574
SEALS - PACKING - GASKETS - HOSE - EXPANSION JOINTS
Weekly Programs
Dec. 7
Dec. 14
Dec. 21
Dec. 28
No meeting; Family of Rotary Event from 5- 7 p.m. at the
Baytown Historical Museum
Christmas Program
No meeting (due to Christmas holiday)
No meeting (due to Christmas holiday)
Upcoming Events
No Board of Directors Meeting this month
Buddy & Susan Milner
Newport Nursery &
Landscape, Inc.
713-875-5319
David Daspit
Regional Loan President
(281) 420-9660
Donna Gares, CEO
4401 Garth Rd, Baytown
(281) 428-4394
Botanical Design Florist
Sheri White
Gayle Guidry, Vice President
281-421-1942
610 Park Street
Baytown, TX 77520
281-427-7454
Ralph Oler
SHAY'S Jewelers
RC Marine
Sharon "Shay" Rogers
Jewelry Manufacturer & Appraiser
4515 B Garth Road, Baytown
281-422-5188
Honda & Yamaha Dealer
281-324-0862
TAYLOR A/C & Heating, LLC
Travis & Dana Taylor
Baytown, TX
Ph 281-428-1680 Fax 281-427-8724
Maegan Vaughan
Ronnie Anderson, Sr Vice President
281-422-3611 ext. 1005
4505 N. Main, Baytown
281-837-6200
Dr. Tim Planty, Owner
4750 East Freeway
(281) 421-2020
2011-2012 Board of Directors
President .............................................................................. Pam Warford
President Elect ..................................................................... Daren Guertin
President Nominee ............................................................... John Keeler
Secretary .............................................................................. Susan Milner
Asst. Secretary………………………………………………….Daryl Fontenot
Treasurer .............................................................................. Ralph Elledge
Sergeant-at-Arms ................................................................. Jim Ferris
Directors
TWO YEARS
ONE YEAR
Sandra Bell
Sandy Delmonico
Maegan Vaughan
Neely Nelson
Gilbert Santana
Toby York
Meeting Make-Up Information
Monday
Tuesday
Thursday
Friday
Space Center-11:45
Bay Oaks CC
14545 Bay Oaks Blvd
Galleria Area-Noon
Hess Club
5430 Westheimer
Highlands-Noon
United Methodist Church
107 W. Houston
La Porte-Noon
St. John’s Episcopal
815 S. Broadway@ Ave G
Northshore-Noon
Holiday Inn East Belt
15157 I-10 East
Seabrook-7 a.m.
Lakewood Yacht Club
2425 NASA Pkwy
Pasadena-Noon
First United Methodist
1062 Fairmont Parkway
n/a
Note: Visiting neighboring clubs allows you to credit your meal expense; using
computer make-ups means normal meeting meal expense will be assessed.
To complete online make-ups:
1. Log on to www.rotaryeclubone.org
2. Review one or more of the current programs
3. Click "Make-up Request Form" and use District # 5890 when completed
4. Select "Send In" to activate the completed form
5. Print the Make-up Request Form and forward to Club Secretary Susan Milner
for attendance credit
Return your receipt and online make-up verification to Club Secretary Susan Milner at
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[email protected] before the 5 of each month for attendance credit. You can
also fax receipts of attendance to Susan at 281-421-7874.
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