1953-54

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The information on this page is from the Club’s publication “A History of the Rotary Club of Brunswick” Golden Jubilee 2nd edition, 2003:

District Governor: Eric Stinton (Rotary Club of Essendon)
President: Denzil Don
Secretary: Bob Hatrick
Treasurer: Harry Harker

A Royal Visit to Melbourne by the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh in March 1954 gave rise to the thought that Rotary could in some way become involved.

A meeting was held at the “Chevron Hotel” on 14 January 1954. Present were two members of the Rotary Clubs of Melbourne, Williamstown, Hawthorn, Northcote, Footscray and Brunswick-Coburg (our representatives were Denzil Don and Harry Chuck). It was decided that two stands be built close to the Melbourne Town Hall with a seating accommodation for 625 people at a charge of one pound ten shillings per person. Melbourne South Rotary Club joined in later.

Our Club supplied transport and paid seating for 35 from St. Mary’s School for the Deaf, Dalgany Portsea, 25 patients from Mount Royal Hospital, mothers and children from the Helping Hand Association for sub-normal children (Coburg Branch), members of the Brunswick Auxiliary for the Blind and several members of the Brunswick Pioneers Social Club. Quite a number of our members bought tickets for themselves and friends.

The 22nd Annual District Conference of the 28th District was held at Sorrento-Portsea from Saturday 27 March to Wednesday 31 March 1954.

DONATIONS

  • Helping Hand Association (Coburg Branch) Sixty pounds
  • NSW Rotary Flood Appeal Twenty five pounds
  • New Gas Service and New Stove installation at the Brunswick-Coburg Boy’s Club Forty eight pounds
  • Pie warmer for the Coburg Boy Scouts Twenty pounds
  • Tools for the Boy’s Club Eleven pounds
  • Morning Star Home for Delinquent Boys at Mornington Ten pounds

INDUCTIONS

  • Fred Hopley 17 September 1953
  • Jack Nunan 24 September 1953
  • George Hemingway 1 October 1953
  • John Neeson 22 October 1953
  • Geoff Sutcliffe 29 October 1953
  • Bill Pettigrew 8 April 1954
  • Lyn Evans 20 May 1954
  • Lindsay White 3 June 1954

RESIGNATIONS

  • Alan Bell 29 October 1953
  • David Laidlaw 17 February 1954

PRESIDENT’S CHANGEOVER NIGHT
This was held at “Ascot House”, 50 Fenton Avenue, Ascot Vale on 23 June 1954.

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