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Faculty and Librarian Retirees' Association, University of Windsor
Jan/Feb. 1995 Issue 11
NOTES TO READERS: FROM THE EDITOR
YOU'VE PROBABLY NOTICED that The Newsletter is now two-sided, saving both paper and postage. Two-sided will now be the rule... Did you like the Retirement Glimpses feature in this issue? I know it looks a bit like How I Spent my Vacation, but I feel sure all of us are interested in what old friends are doing. Thanks to the five that responded so well this time. I expect to invite a few each issue; and if you have a personal item you'd like to share, please send it along any time.
I MENTIONED EARLIER that, if you do send in something with a view to its being included in The Newsletter, it would help me enormously if you could put it on a diskette. But if you can't, that's OK too.
Do you read books for enjoyment? If you do, I'd be glad to pass on your (brief) impressions as a tip to other reader-members. Here's one for starters: I just finished James A. Michener's Recessional (Random House, 1994). It's about a group of (to me) overly-rich old folks in a retirement centre in Florida who engage in lengthy debates on health care and related issues in the U.S., some interesting but most of it polemic. I kept feeling I was reading a political pitch by Michener dressed up to look like a story - unlike some of his earlier stories, which I have enjoyed. Windsor Library has the book in LARGE PRINT, which I love..
I called Kathleen Leddy at the Central Park Lodge the other day, to enquire about Francis. She said he has come along well after a recent fall though he continues frail. He appreciates visits from his old friends, but Kathleen says don't be distressed if he doesn't fully remember you. You should call first; they have a direct line at Central Park Lodge on Riverside Drive East, and the number is 945-3953.
MANY OF YOU probably belong to The Canadian Association of Retired
Persons. Its bi-monthly publication, CARP News (a slightly unfortunate
name, methinks) carries articles that can be quite helpful to retirees. For
example, should you happen to have one of those fashionable "gold" credit
cards, you will be interested in an article in the Feb. issue comparing
various such cards from the point of view of the extent to which they re-imburse travel insurance premiums. It's worth checking out. If you wish to
join C.A.R.P., write their Membership Department, 27 Queen St.E., Suite 1304,
Toronto, Ont. M5C 2M6. Cost: $10 a year, which includes the publication.
Bill Phillips., Editor
UNSURE ABOUT WHETHER YOU'VE PAID YOUR $10. DUES? Our records show the
following have paid for this year (which runs fromFall 1994 to Fall 1995):
surnames only, to help you check. Auld, Basic, Benedict, Billinghurst, Birch,
Blair, Booth, Brown, Brownlie, Bunt, Callaghan, Chandler, Colborne,
Cowan, Doyle, Fallenbuchl, Galasso, Gertz, Goerzen, Gregor, Gupta, Habib,
Habowsky, Hackett, Hartt, Howell, Huschilt, Kennedy, Kovacs, Krause,
Kroon, LaGaipa, Laba, Lanz, Libby, Long, Magee, McGarvey, Meyer, Molloy,
Moore, Morrow, Mouratides, Murrah, Nease, Nelson, Nolan, O'Farrell,
O'Meara, Ogata, Pazik, Phillips, Powley, Purushotham, Quinn, Reif, Rosenbaum,
Sabina, Shklov, Smith, C., Sonnenfeld, Starr, Stollman, Suttor, Szamosi,
Taylor, N.F., Taylor, C.M., Vuckovich, Wearne, Whitehurst, Wilkinson, Zin. If
you're not there, please send a cheque when you can. If I've made a mistake,
let me know.
RECENT DECISIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
At a meeting of the Executive on Feb. 7th, Pat Galasso agreed to set up a
committee to determine the best way to outline our position on proposals
now under consideration in the University respecting possible levy of
charges on faculty members for use of athletic facilities of the U.
Mozart's
Don Giovanni
at the
Masonic Temple, Detroit
2 p.m. Sunday, April 30th, 1995
The Michigan Opera Company
John LaGaipa advises: Seniors at half price if there one hour early. Meet for rides at usual rendezvous: N&D lot on Grand Marais West at 12.15 p.m. After the show, plan to go to dinner at Stewart's. Afterward, we may go to someone's house for coffee. If so, be prepared to kick in $1 p.p. to defray costs. Any volunteers for the venue? Phone John at 966-2350 by April 15.