jects and performing military-civilian technol-ogy insertion tasks. He retired a second time in 2002. Since retiring he has published a memoir “A Small Skirmish in the Cold War”. His hobbies include building models of all kinds, R/C flying, woodworking and travel-ling. He has three chil-dren and 7 grandchil-dren. He moved to Cana-da 9 years ago and has recently become a citi-zen.

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Speakers

February 18th TBA

March 17th TBA

Cape Kennedy During the Sputnik Era A Personal Story

January 2016

T he next meeting of the Probus Club

of Burlington will be held on Thursday Jan-uary 21st at 10:00AM at the Art Gallery Of Burlington.

E xtending the hand

of welcome…

What better way to begin our morning than with a firm handshake and a friendly smile from our four greeters of the month, Frank Cook, Larry Hoy, Hugh Haney, Victor Nunn,

guarantee this and will set the tone for the morning in true Probuscian style.

Thanks Gentlemen.

Help Wanted

Gentlemen, as you know Our Annual General Meeting (AGM) is in March and at that time we ratify members for the incoming Manage-ment Committee. This year we still have two positions which require nominees.

The first position is Secre-tary. The commitment is around two hours per month and the duties main-ly consist of issuing the agenda and taking minutes for the monthly manage-ment team meeting which

occurs at 8:30 before each of our regular meetings. You would also receive any correspondence to our club and forward it to the President or appropriate Chair of the various com-mittees for action.

Phil was born in Pennsyl-vania but grew up in Flori-da. After graduat-

ing in engineering from University of Florida he worked in the Cape Kenne-dy area on the installation of radar systems located at the Cape and Eleuthera Island, Bahamas and the telemetry display system for the NASA Apollo pro-gram. Following his work at Cape Kennedy, he moved to the northeast worked on as-signments involving main-frame computers, phased array radar, sonar and mil-itary systems. After retir-ing from General Electric Co in 1992 he restored a three story post Victorian house near Philadelphia. He then 'unretired' and worked as a Program Co-ordinator for the American Competitiveness Institute, a Not-for-Profit attached to the Office of Naval Re-search, managing several military development pro-

Len was born and educated in the province of Alberta. He completed his electrical masters certificate at the

Northern institute of Technology Edmon-

ton. Len spent twenty years with a large industrial electrical company in Nisku, ten of which he was company president. Durling this perioid he consulted in a number of offshore countries. Len served as president of the Electrical Contractors of Alberta for one year and five years as Presi-dent of the Canadian Electrical Con-tractors. He also sat on the board of directors of the Canadian Standards Association as well as the board of governors of Westerra College.

In 1996 Len moved with his wife to Burlington where he joined a con-tracting company in Toronto as Vice President of operations which con-cluded with a large project in Beijing China. After the completion of the China Project in 2000 he went to work for Hydro One Inc., as manager of Contracts Administration where he retired in 2014. He is married to his wife, Sandra, and they have one living son and two grand-daughters in Edmonton.

Wayne Elgie was

raised in Thames-

ford Ontario. After

graduating from

London Teachers’

College in 1958, he

commenced his

career with the Hamilton Board of

Education. He has a B.A from

McMaster, and M.Ed from U. of T.

He was President of the Ontario

Counselling and Attendance Ser-

vices, and co-edited the Handbook

for the Caregiver on Suicide Preven-

tion, retiring from Special Services

in 1996.

Married to a lovely wife Jayne, with

a successful daughter Jennifer

(Matt), they truly enjoy grand-

daughter Emma Mae. They are

members of Nelson United Church.

A fourth generation Freemason, he

is a Past District Deputy Grand

Wayne Elgie

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Master, elected to the Executive

Committee of Grand Lodge 1983-

1998. Wayne is also a 33° Scottish

Rite Mason, a member of White Oak

Chapter in Oakville, and a member

of the Royal Order of Scotland.

The Elgies have lived in Burlington

for 30 years. He enjoys reading, the

internet, travel, sports, theatre and

looks forward to the programs and

camaraderie of Burlington Probus.

Michael was born on March 6, 1945 in the town of Greifswald which is located in the northeastern part of Germany. Since the war was ending and the Rus-sians were advancing

towards Germany, his mother, older brother and he had to flee and he grew up in the area between Hamburg and Bremen Upon graduating from school in 1964, he applied for a position at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal and started a relationship with Hilton which lasted 43 years. In 1968 he married Mary – which has also lasted due to her pa-tience, understanding and kindness. In 1972, he was transferred to the Island of Guam until 1975 when he was trans-ferred back to Montreal. In 1980 his daughter Tina arrived. In 1997 he was promoted to Regional Controller and Secretary/Treasurer of Hilton in Cana-da, and moved to Burlington. In 2004 he took semi-retirement and then decided to take full retirement in March, 2007. He now has time to pur-sue his golf game, spend more time at the country house in the Laurentians, reading, gardening, travel, repairs and maintenance on his homes, spend time with friends, and companionship with all Roseland members, young and old.

The second position is that of Treasurer. The existing Treasurer has been at the position for many years and would like to help tran-sition his replacement in to the position. This position consists of running the bank accounts for the Chapter, and spearheading the annual budget process. This can-didate should have a knowledge of accounting and be good with Mi-crosoft Excel.

This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to the club, meet with new friends and have a voice in the direction of the chapter. It would be especially gratifying to have some of our newer members get involved. If you have any in-terest at all please call me at home at (905) 827-4752 or email me at je.jones@cogeco.ca. I hope you will consider it. Thank You

Jim Jones

Chair of Nominating Committee.

Michael Binder

Len Rombough

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Special Events

Elliott Group Burlington Service Center Tour

The 32,000-square-foot Burlington facility is staffed by certified person-nel with broad experience in repair techniques and procedures that cover every aspect of customer support. The Burlington location is ISO 9001:2000 certified and can service virtually all makes, models, and types of rotating equipment regardless of the manufac-turer. For more detail see http://www.elliott-turbo.com/Burlington

Two Tours, at 12 members max. each tour.

Cost: $10 per attendee payable at January 21, 2016 meeting

When: 9:30 A.M. and 1:00 P.M. Tuesday February 9th, 2016

Where: Elliott Burlington Ser-vice Center 955 Maple Avenue

This is a U-Drive event. Arrive at Elliott Burlington Service Center 955 Maple Avenue at

9:15 A.M. for first tour or 12:45 P.M. for second tour. Park in the Elliott Group lot. There should be about a dozen spots available.

Tour time - about 1-1/2 hours.

Sign-Up for either tour by email to Warren Elliott wkel-liott@cogeco.ca or at Jan. 21, 2016 PROBUS meeting

Sign-up closes Jan 22, 2016 or when we reach 24 registered participants.

Coordinator Warren Elliott, email wkelliott@cogeco.ca or phone

905-315-7790

GRUMMETT

INTERCLUB BONSPIEL

Wednesday,

February 3th, 2016

11:00 am

This annual interclub match at the Burlington Curl-

ing Club (on New Street), for the George Grum-

mett Memorial Trophy, is in its 18th year. It is our

sincere objective this year to keep our trophy – it’s

rightful place!

The Entry fee is $40.00 per person. Register Online Now.

Further sign up will be held at our January 21st meeting. This is a real fun event with considerable rivalry --let’s con-

tinue our 'winning ways' again this year.

Also, spectators are welcome to join the curlers for lunch, cost $10.

Computer

Interest Group

Our next meeting will

be Thursday January 14th, 2016. at Appleby Place in the basement room.

Don’t forget to email Rob-ert Lalonde your questions for the next meeting at Robert.lalonde@my-pc-consultant.com.

Interest Group Activities

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President: Jim Jones, 905-827-4752 Editing & Distribution: Bob Lalonde, 905-332-1383.

Probus Bridge Club

Play Party Bridge every Monday at the Legion Hall from 1:00pm-3:00pm Entrance Fee $2 Lunch is available at Noon

More Info- Contact Jack Montgomery at 905 637 6838

John McCarthy at 905 632 6556

Hiking Group

See you in the

spring!

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