Rotary Club of Watton & District

PAUL HARRIS Founder of the ROTARY MOVEMENT	President Gary presents Rtn Peter Beech with a Paul Harris Fellowship in recognition of his many years of outstanding work with students of the Wayland Community High School in Design, Technology and the Excitement of Science Christmas Dinner 2007		Right: Charles in full cry selling mistletoe at the Watton Town Christmas Fayre 2nd December 2007
	Our guests on 22 Nov were 2 dogs (and their handlers) of the Prison Service. One was trained to find drugs, the other (see left) mobile phones!			1st November Bonfire Night at Ivan's was it really in his house?
		Remembrance Sunday 11/11/07
THE WESTEND WAITERS in the Good Old Days		OUR 53rd CHARTER NIGHT 12th Oct 2007 District Governor Duncan Howlett and his wife Jennie, with Joanny and Watton President Gary Palmer
at the WATTON FESTIVAL 2007

June 28th

An almost last duty for Martin before handing over was to announce PHF awards to Gerald Grix, (shown receiving it - left) and Charles Hewson (see above)

June 21st

We were pleased to formally welcome

a new member,

Peter Semlyen,

transferring to us from Mill Hill Rotary Club with effect from

1st July.

Rotary Bottle Stall Fundraiser on Canival Day
10th June.

The Annual Watton Rotary Vocational Service Award Cups were presented on Thursday 14th June 2007.

Top Left: The Individual Award went toJulian Horn for his work on archiving the history of Watton and making it available to the public in a number of formats.

Bottom Left: The Group Award - the Wayland Community High School EcoBugs Group, which is keeping the school clean, free from litter and promoting pollution awareness. l-r:
Fiona Southward, Karl Green, Shane Ison

Watton Rotary again sponsored the young designer initiative at Wayland Community High School. Sandra Pillay, head of the Design Technology Department, is here receiving the prizes & certificates on June 7.
Also on June 7, Brittany Krupica, a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar at Cambridge University visited and addressed the Club.
Brittany hails from West Virginia and Boston MA University,

26 Tractors, some with trailers and an entourage of families and friends, followed a course from Scarning to Necton. The early rain abated whilst everyone enjoyed a hamburger, sausage & onions barbecue prepared by Hilary Grix, Derek Smith and Andrew Barwood. Despite a few breakdowns and the return to Scarning in pouring rain, an enjoyable day was had by all. Charles Hewson, our organiser, was well pleased, and our charity funds received generous donations. Congratulations Charles.

Stroke Awareness Day (May 12th)

Rtn Dr Mike Harvey

on the Rotary stall at the Health Fair

during Healthy Wayland Week.

Inner Wheel Birthday Supper (May 11th)

President Martin conveyed the customary greetings to the Inner Wheel Club of Watton & District on the occasion of their 26th Birthday, and helped cut the cake!

Rotary Meeting of May 10th

John Parker, DebRA's area representative kindly addressed the Club on the horrible condition of Epidermolysis Bullosa.

Following this, Rtn Richard Crabtree arranged for Wayland High School's "Dress Down" Day to support DebRA

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Students of Wayland Community High School,
accompanied by the school's Community Officer,
Bev Page, gave a fascinating and encouraging dissertation
about the Ecobug activities run by a voluntary group of students
in the school, addressing the whole question of waste, litter,
recycling and allied environmental issues.

Caroline Morra

This picture of Caroline was received in response to our annual Christmas Gift and Card.

Caroline was 'adopted' by our Rotary Club
in 1984 when she was a few months old.
We have continued to support her as she has progressed through adult education and vocational training in Kenya.

CRACKING START TO THE NEW YEAR

We inducted 3 new members at our first meeting of 2007

Richard Akister (nearest) transferred from the Rotary Club of Canterbury

Andrew Barwood runs a successful plastic injection moulding company

and Francis Ulrych comes from a well known local farming family

President Martin Anscombe is reading the Induction Certificates

UP TO CHRISTMAS 2006	With Father Christmas busy again this year Watton Rotarians provided a back up delivery service on Christmas Day. With Martin Parker arranging things via the Post Office, Ivan Chubbock and Gerald Grix delivered 14 packages to delighted youngsters.	Holly, Mistletoe, Christmas Decorations and all sorts were sold at the Town Council's Christmas Market. Further sales were made on subsequent Market Days up to Christmas.
We collect waste paper for Charity	In early November a 'High Class' Bric-a-Brac' sale at the Queens Hall Coffee morning helped to swell our Charities Account.	OUR COLLECTED WASTE PAPER raises about £50 per month. Contact Rtn Charles Hewson on 07941 126977

Our November 2nd Meeting was transferred to Crowhill, Shipdham. IPP Ivan Chubbock and his wife, Jean, laid on a splendid evening for families and friends; it began with a fireworks display (photo unnecessary!) followed by fish & chips, choc ices and lots of wine.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR MOTHER CLUB

DEREHAM

on their 60th Birthday (30th October), celebrated in style at a Charter Dinner the next evening attended by 5 members of the Watton Club

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2006 WEB ARCHIVE

WCHS Entertains Rotary - January 2006

New Member - December 2005

New Member - September 2005

Young Designer Awards 2005

		T-shirts for President Gary and Treasurer Derek. [read the scripts - appropriate, huh?]	Whilst in the USA Martin A visited the Wayland Rotary Club upstate New York
				With President Bob	The Village Sign
Watton members & partners: Ivan & Jean, Helen, & Fran & Martin P	Rotary Friendship Exchange (RFE) D6040 Missouri September 2007 Martin A led the D1080 RFE team..	Rotary Friendship Exchange (RFE) D6000 Iowa September 2007 Martin A led the D1080 RFE team on this one too. With Helen, and Ivan & Jean Chubbock	Ivan C with AG Archie Poulter at High Amanas, Iowa	At the Mississippi Dam, Lock 16, with incoming 6-barge combo
			ROTARY	IN IOWA, USA