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The Faculty and Librarian Retirees' Association, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada
Vol.VII , No.3 , June 1997
"WHAT'S IN A NAME?"
By Joan Hackett
PLANNED AN EXTENDED STUDY TOUR of historic theatres in Europe. Travel agent suggested Treasure Tours: round trip to Greece including a week at an Athenian hotel. After that on my own for 10 weeks. Sounded great! And what better place to start Athens, the birthplace of theatre and drama?
But, "All That Glitters. . . "
DAY 1
AT AIRPORT a squirming baby "uncorked" her bottle and drenched me with milk. On the
plane - wedged between two portly men. One snored, the other tossed and turned. No sleep.
DAY 2
GREECE - scorching hot. Hotel not in Athens close to airport. Room grubby. One bathroom
shared by fifteen people. Couldn't flush paper down filthy toilet. Had to throw it in overflowing
trash bucket. Stench nauseating. Planes screaming overhead. Heat stifling. No sleep. "Stay
here? Forget it !"
DAY 3
6:00 a.m. Street. Bus stop? Couldn't read signs. Man appeared. English. Got me on bus to
Athens. Gave me directions to Tourist Office. Thanked him. He sat at back of bus reading
newspaper. I rode along in a daze, "Get a hotel in Athens. Go back. Get luggage." Wallowed in
these happy thoughts until it hit me, "Where had I been? What town? What hotel?" Panic! I had
to ask the man. He wrote the name of the place: VOULA - pronounced it, "VOO-LAH". Made
me repeat it. Did same with hotel: LA PALMA - "LAH-PAH-MAH". Thanked him. Retreated
to my seat muttering the names.
ATHENS got lost immediately. Very hot. Thirsty. Kept stopping for cold drinks and
directions to Tourist Office. After many twists and turns stumbled on it. Got reservations.
Titania Hotel in center of town. Torturous 45 minute bus ride back to "LAH-PAH-MAH".
Collected luggage. Cab to Titania. CLEAN ROOM. AIR CONDITIONED. MY VERY OWN
BATHROOM. SHOWER. BED. SLEEP.
At Last A Speck of Gold ! ! !
The Association
The Faculty/Librarian Retirees' Association at Windsor was formed in 1990, to give a unified
voice to retirees; to provide a bridge for communication with the University; to encourage social
contact among the retirees; and to open a few doors through which retirees could continue to
contribute to the University of Windsor.
Thus the Association is meant to fill what could otherwise be a void in the lives of retirees
possible isolation from the University and from their former colleagues; and possible lack of
understanding of vital pension and health issues that affect them directly.
There are only two meetings of the full membership per year: in the spring and the fall. An
informal social committee arranges several other events per year dinners, plays, picnics, and so
on all of which are paid for by those who take part. The Association encourages smaller special
interest groups to form as occasion and their interests warrant. Because of extreme economy of
operation, dues have been kept at the level of $10 per year. This includes five issues of The
Retirees' Newsletter .
Officers of the Association are:
President: Edwin Habib
Secretary: (Temporarily vacant)
Treas'r & Membership: Bill Phillips
Elected Members of the Executive Committee:Bob Chandler; Idalia Rappé
Ex Officio Members of the Executive Committee: (Founding Pres.) Shklov; and (Newsletter
Editor) Phillips.
The Association's Address is:
Faculty/Librarian Retirees' Association,
University of Windsor Post Office,
Windsor, ON. N9B 3P4
Email: habib@server.uwindsor.ca
Home Page: http://www.uwindsor.ca/newstnd/uwflra/index.html
Newsletter online: http://www.uwindsor.ca/newsstnd/uwflra/news.htm
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