Dear Members of the South Berwick- Eliot Rotary,
We are thrilled to host a winter gathering at our home on January 16, 2020 from 5:30 to 7:30pm. There will be cocktails and hearty hors d’oeuvres for all to enjoy. The address is 31A Academy Street.
Parking is available in our circular driveway as well as in the parking lot adjacent to the house.
The driveway of 31A Academy Street is the first driveway on your left AFTER the Fogg Memorial & Athletic Fields entrance.
Proceed to the right as you drive in and park as space permits. If you find that the spaces are taken, there is an entrance to a parking lot ahead on the
right.
Handicap Accessibility: Please park in the upper driveway and enter through the garage.
We look forward to seeing you on the 16th. Should you have any questions please contact cmeader@berwickacademy.org or call 207-384-6398.
Sincerely,
Jim and Lucy Hamilton
It should be a wonderful time for all!
Other announcements: 1) the next speaker will be the new head of adult education for Marshwood, compliments of soon-to-be-retired Brenda Gagne, 2) we have a board meeting on Monday, January 20th at the offices of Civil Consultants, 3) there will be a blood drive sometime in February, 4) the Geography Quiz Night will be on April 3rd and we are currently accepting sponsorships and donations to the raffles, 5) there will be an electronics drive for scholarship fundraising in early May.
Program
We welcomed Jim Pope AKA "the Pope of Eliot" AKA "Curley". We learned where the nickname Curley came from. Just picture a long-haired young man with a long-lasting perm. Jim doesn't trouble himself with matters of the hair nowadays, for obvious reasons. He has led a colorful life and regaled us with stories of his experiences as a member of the U.S. Coast Guard, a lighthouse keeper at Whaleback Lighthouse (24 days on, 6 days off per month - what a life!) and described how lighthouses work, and the trials and tribulations of being in the Portsmouth area and running the tugboat E.F. Moran for years. As "Blondie" from our club observed, "What a pip he is!" You had to be there...