REMEMBRANCE DAY ISSUE: LEST WE FORGET

Today’s Program: Remembrance Day Meeting 2010

Speaker: Rear-Admiral P.A. Maddison, OMM, MSM, CD,

Deputy Commander Maritime Forces/Assistant Chief of the

Maritime Staff

Location: The National Club, 303 Bay Street RAdm Maddison enrolled in 1975, graduated from Collège Militaire

Royal de St-Jean in 1980, and proceeded to sea. His extensive sea-time

has been equally divided between Canada's Atlantic and Pacific fleets. He

earned

his bridge watch-keeping certificate on the west coast in HMCS TERRA

NOVA (1982) and specialized in above-water warfare before broadening

his experience as Combat Officer onboard HMCS SKEENA in Halifax

(1988). Subsequent sea-going appointments included Staff Anti-

Submarine Warfare Officer to NATO's Commander Standing Naval

Forces Atlantic (1990), Staff Weapons Officer to Commander Canadian

Task Group 302.3 deployed to the Persian Gulf in 1991, Combat Officer

Sea Training Atlantic (1992), Executive Officer HMCS WINNIPEG

(1994), and Executive Officer Sea Training Pacific (1996). RAdm Maddison's sea-going commands

include the Pacific Fleet's HMCS CALGARY (1997-1999) and the Atlantic Fleet's HMCS IRO-

QUOIS (2002-2004). His time in IROQUOIS was marked by a deployment in 2003 as

flagship to Commander Task Force 151, charged with prosecuting the international cam-

paign against terrorism in the Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf. In 2006, he led the experi-

mental Standing Contingency Force to sea, and conducted a joint and integrated tactical

effects exercise aimed at exploring potential new littoral manoeuvre capabilities for the

Canadian Forces. RAdm Maddison's appointments ashore include Aide-de-camp to the

Governor General (1985), command of a joint and combined Space Control Center

crew in Colorado Springs USA (2000), Director General Maritime Force Development

(2005), and Assistant Chief Military Personnel (2007). RAdm Maddison was ap-

pointed Commander Joint Task Force Atlantic and Commander Maritime Forces At-

lantic in May 2008 and assumed his current appointment as Deputy Commander

Maritime Command/Assistant Chief of the Maritime Staff in August 2010.

ROTARY VOICE, January 15, 1918 “In the realization of the importance and influence wielded by a club publication,

the President asks the careful perusal of each issue, and also that each member

feel it incumbent upon himself to aid by contributions that will result in the up-

building of the club from every standpoint. Standing as we are on the threshold

of a new year, it behooves us to gird our loins for every good service; to deter-

mine that no day shall pass by without doing something that will result in the

uplift of our brother man, and to resolve that we will exercise all powers at our

disposal to advance the interests of our nation and our allies and to bring about

an early consummation of peace.”

-- President Brigden

November 5, 2010 Voice

In Flanders Fields

In Flanders fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row,

That mark our place; and in the sky

The larks, still bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are Dead. Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

Loved, and were loved, and now we lie

In Flanders Fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe;

To you from failing hands we throw

The torch; be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us who die

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow

In Flanders Fields.

-- John McRae

This poem, written during the First World War,

expressed the Canadian Lt-Col.’s grief over the many

soldiers who died on the Flanders battlefields, in an

area between western Belgium and northern France.

THE ROTARY CLUB OF TORONTO

CLUB 55 1912

The Fairmont Royal York (Health Club Level) 100 Front St. West Toronto, Ontario M5J 1E4 Tel: (416) 363-0604 Fax: (416) 363-0686 Email: office@rotarytoronto.on.ca Web site: www.rotarytoronto.com Meets Fridays - 12:15 p.m. Officers: President : Peter A. Love President Elect: Sandy Boucher Vice President: Neil Phillips Treasurer: Harold Fisher Directors Bill Bressmer Kimberly Curry Don Brooks Jane FitzGerald Rick Goldsmith Demetra Layzell David Libby Catherine Lloyd Lorraine Nelson Jayson Phelps Nancy Schaefer Ric Williams Immediate Past President: Albert (Bert) Steenburgh Executive Director: Carol Bieser Accounts: T.K. Belliappa District Governor: Edward (Ted) Morrison

Editor of the Week: Sylvia Geist

Upcoming Speakers & Events 2010 November 9 International Cuisine

Restaurant Night

11 R2R at The National Club

12 Gwyn Morgan

19 Royson James, Toronto Star

Reporter

26 Tim Jones, Executive

Director “Artscape”

December 3 Chris Westdal, Retired

Canadian Ambassador

4 Annual Children’s

Christmas Party

9 R2R at The National Club

10 Senior Citizens Christmas

Luncheon

PROPOSE A SPEAKER

CONTACT—Harold Hetherington, Chair

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE hrhetherington@rogers.com

CANADA’S MILITARY AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR Two minutes before the armistice went into effect, at 10:58 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918, Pte. George Lawrence Price was felled by a bullet. Price would become the final Commonwealth soldier -- and the last of more than 66,000 Canadians -- to be killed in the First World War. They died fighting at Vimy Ridge, Hill 70, Passchendaele and Ypres -- battles remembered for atrocious conditions and Canadian valour. In Ypres, Canadian soldiers were exposed to German gas attacks, yet continued to fight, showing amazing tenacity and courage in the face of danger. In many ways, the identity of our young country was forged on those bloody battlefields. About 650,000 Canadians and Newfoundlanders (the province then still a colony of Britain) had served during the war, beginning in 1914. The last Canadian veteran of the conflict -- John Babcock -- died in February 2010 at the age of 109. After Babcock's passing, the federal government announced that it would hold a national commemorative ceremony on April 9 to honour all Canadians and Newfoundlanders who served during the First World War. ( http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/11/07/f-remembrance-day.html )

“WAR ITSELF IS THE TRUE ENEMY” “The poets within the pages of the anthology, Witness, refuse the lie agreed upon. One great lesson of history is this: war itself is the true enemy of humankind. If as I believe, evil is that which makes the worst from the best, then perhaps war is the ultimate evil. It is interesting to note that the word “war” has the same root as the word “worse.” And we are always demonstrably worse for waging war. One need only acknowledge the count of the dead to realise there is no such a thing as a just war. When Churchill was asked by Roosevelt, “What shall we call this?” meaning what shall we call what has come to be known as World War II, the old warrior Churchill replied, “The unnecessary war.” And with forty million dead to measure the cost, we might seek a better way to wage the peace; a way to learn the lessons from our past mistakes.” -- John B. Lee (poet) in the Introduction to Witness: Anthology of Poetry, Stella Mazur Preda, Publisher (1951)

WHY THE POPPY? On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th

month, Canadians are asked to pause in

memory of the thousands of men and women

who sacrificed their lives in military

servvice. The association between the poppy

and war dates back to the Napoleonic wars,

when a writer saw a field of poppies growing

over the graves of fallen soldiers. During the

Battle of Ypres in 1915, Canadian Lt.-Col.

John McCrae was inspired to write the poem

In Flanders Fields on sighting the poppies growing beside a grave of a close friend who had

died in battle. The poem was a great inspiration in adopting the poppy as the Flower of

Remembrance in Canada, France, the U.S, Britain and Commonwealth countries. The first

poppies were distributed in Canada in 1921. Today the volunteer donations from the

distribution of millions of poppies is an important source of revenue for the Royal Canadian

Legion that goes toward helping ex-servicemen and women buy food and obtain shelter and

medical attention. At public gatherings in Ottawa and around the country, Canadians pay

tribute with two minutes of silence to the country's fallen soldiers from the First World War,

the Second World War, the Korean War, the Afghanistan conflict and peacekeeping

missions. Also known as Veterans Day in the U.S., Remembrance Day was first held

throughout the Commonwealth in 1919. It marks the armistice to end the First World War,

which came into effect at 11 a.m. on November 11, a year earlier. ( http://www.cbc.ca/

canada/story/2008/11/07/f-remembrance-day.html )

First World War -- Members of the Rotary Club of Toronto on Active Service

ROTARY VOICE,

November 12, 1918

Let every man who thinks he has

Done his full share and more –

Be he content, with gaze intent

Just scan these faces o’er.

And know that every member here

Gave home and love or life

To make this country safe for you

And free from Prussian strife.

And as you gaze, can you give praise

To the sacrifice you’ve pawned?

Do your full share, play the game fair,

Go buy another Bond!

-- Author unknown

Major A. D. Armour 1 Lt.-Col. John A. Shaw 6 Mayor E. A. Williams 11

Lt. F. G. Diver* 2 Lt. C. P. Stilwell 7 Major J. A. Campbell 12

Lt. C. F. Deck 3 Sgt. 1st Class B.A. Trestrail 8 Pte. W. B. Peace 13

Capt. F. W. How 4 Major A. H. Vanderburgh 9 Capt. W. W. Wright 14

Lt. H. L. Smith 5 Major G. F. Wilson 10 Lt. H. C. Blachford 15

*Killed in action on October 16th, 1916

What You Missed on Friday October 29, 2010 by Blair Spinney

For being out of our usual routine, the Club members made a great showing at the Sheraton Centre, with four visiting Rotarians, two Rotaractors, one Inner Wheel and 30 guests in attendance. The lack of piano accompaniment didn’t stop members from a rousing rendition of Oh Canada! Our speaker was Bonnie Brooks, President and CEO of the Hudson’s Bay Co. Bonnie is also a Rotarian and past president and member of the Rotary Club of Wanchai in Hong Kong. The Bay is Canada's oldest company, or as she noted, the Bay started Canada by gifting the Crown land originally granted to the Company by England. Ms. Brooks described the history of the company from its roots with King Charles II to the present where the company now has 19,000,000 square feet of retail space. She also reviewed where the company is headed today with its product line. Sylvia Milne reviewed the plans for the Club’s 100th anniversary taking place in 2012-2013. In addition to the $100,000 to be allocated to projects for each of the committees, there will be projects sourced by Rotaract groups as well as by the past presidents. As well there will be a monthly media event highlighting a notable speaker, a gala dinner, a major fundraising initiative and a committee to develop a DVD called “The Spirit of Rotary,” chaired by Sylvia Geist. Ross Amos and Paul Westlake presented a cheque for almost $16,000 to Parents for Better Beginnings from the proceeds of the 62nd annual golf tournament. Good Job! Jeffrey Johnson contributed a culinary moment befitting the fall season. Under the topic of the virtues of fresh vs. processed foods, Jeffrey not only discussed the destructive forces inside a can of soft drink, but also demonstrated the quantity of sugar in one of his favourite jars. The Ace of Clubs was won by Maureen Bird, but she left the $500 on the table and took the wine. Don’t miss the November 5th Remembrance Day meeting at the National Club.

Welcome New Member Tatiana Memos! Originally from Greece, Tatiana and her family came to Toronto when she was a little girl. She attended high school in Etobicoke at Richview Collegiate Institute and then attended the University of Toronto, St. Michael’s College, where she graduated with a degree in Sociology and Criminology. Tatiana has spent most of her career in front line social services. She spent eight years with the Ontario Ministry of Social Services; the first four administering Family Benefits and then the Ontario Disability Program. The latter four she spent working as a Business Analyst representing the province in their automation project. Tatiana subsequently spent five years with the Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee of the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General managing the affairs of people that had been deemed incapable. Tatiana is happily married to Rotary member, Mario Voltolina, and after their daughter Adriana was born, Tatiana decided to stay home and make parenting her primary concern; but she remained involved in the community, volunteering with organizations like the Hospital for Sick Children and Room to Read. As Adriana heads into grade one next year, Tatiana is looking forward to new adventures.

Looking ahead: Friday, November 12th, 2010 Speaker: Rahul Bhardwaj, Toronto Community Foundation Topic: Toronto's Vital Signs 2010 Location: The Imperial Room, The Fairmont Royal York

Rahul K. Bhardwaj, President and CEO of the Toronto Community Foundation, was formerly a corporate lawyer with a leading Canadian law firm, Vice President of the Toronto 2008 Olympic Bid, and then CEO of United Way of York Region. His long history of community service includes serving currently as a Board Member of the Stratford Festival of Canada, George Brown College, and Community Foundations of Canada, and previously, United Way Toronto and past Chair of the Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival, among others. In 2007, Rahul was named by the National Post as one of the "Next Generation of Toronto Civic Leaders." In 2008, Rahul was named as a member of Toronto Mayor David Miller's "Blue Ribbon" Fiscal Review Panel. Recently, the Province of Ontario appointed Rahul to the Board of Metrolinx. Rahul is a popular presenter and speaker, particularly on issues relating to the city, community and leadership as well as Toronto’s Vital Signs®. He has been featured in local Toronto media as well as international media including CBC Newsworld, CNN, and the national Daily News in China.

Don’t miss Rahul’s presentation of this year's Vital Signs Report on Toronto. Vital Signs provides an integrated snapshot of the trends in our city, highlighting progress we should be proud of and challenges that need to be addressed for Toronto's quality of life. The Report looks at eleven different, yet interconnected, issue areas: Learning, Arts & Culture, Work, Getting Around, Getting Started in Toronto, Health and Wellness, Environment, Housing, Safety, Gap Between Rich and Poor, Leadership, Civic Engagement and Belonging.