Hudson Bay Company Bingo - 9 April 2010

This bingo on Friday April 9, 2010 will be in honour of an event that led to Canada's sovereignty, for it was on this day in 1869 when the Hudsons Bay Company ceded its vast territory known as Rupert's Land to the Dominion of Canada. If this had not happened it is quite possible that Canada could have been called the Bay or Zellers. The majority shareholder and President of this corporation is now owned by billionaires Anita Zucker who is the widow of Jerry Zucker who was one of the top 400 richest people in America. Thats right the vast drainage area of the Hudsons Bay could have been owned by an American from South Carolina and called Zellers.

In honor of this event please wear furs or other Hudsons Bay apparel. Watch out for PETA protesters.

On a side note Hudson Bay explorer, surveyor and cartographer David Thompson was never properly compensated by HBC for his fine work and maps. He died penniless in Montreal in 1857.

Nothing Runs Like a Deere Bingo

Hello Bingo Team

It was the mid to late 19th century when Canada and the United States expanded settlement and agriculture through the western plains.

Our Bingo honours the man who was born on February 7 in the year of 1804. A man who started his working life as a black smith who noticed that the cast iron plows did not do a very good job in the stiff clay soils. He came up with better plow blades made of polished steel which cut through the soil much more efficiently (the self-scouring plow). His implement was known as the "plow that broke the plains." John Deere was the founder of the largest farm and construction equipment manufacturer in the world.

This bingo honours the man who is responsible for spreading the green and yellow machines of steel throughout the world. Feel free to wear green and yellow accessories or clothing for the bingo. I am told that Carol Rock has a closet full of the stuff.

see you there

Jack

Duke of York Bingo - Oct 2

Friday, October 2 Bingo commemorates the Duke Of York. Work starts at 5:00 pm

1799 - Duke of York & Russians capture Alkmaar in Netherlands. He was searching for ancestors of Etienne Leushuis . The Duke had received reports that certain members of the Leushuis family were winning a lot of door prizes and martial law had to be imposed. All door prize draws and lotteries were suspended. The Leushuis Family was arrested.

The grand old Duke of York,
He had ten thousand men;
He marched them up to the top of the hill,
And he marched them down again.

And when they were up, they were up,
And when they were down, they were down,
And when they were only half-way up,
They were neither up nor down.

Posting by J. West.

Beach Blanket Bikini Bingo - 25 July 2009

Hello Rotarians,

It took a French Engineer to design the Bikini and on July 25, 1946, it was released to the world at a Paris Fashion Show. He named it after Bikini Atoll which was the site of a U.S. Nuclear Weapons test earlier in that month. He thought that it would have the same impact around the world. Our Saturday evening July 25 Bingo is dedicated to this famous French Engineer Louis Reard. The fun starts at 5:00 p.m.

And for all the ladies out there, I am sure that the development of the Bikini led to the development of the Speedo.

Please contact Jack at west@cyg.net if you can help out.

Regards,

Past President Jack

Niagara Suspension Bridge Bingo - March 8

Saturday, March 8, Bingo

On Saturday, March 8, our Bingo will celebrate the anniversary of the opening of the Niagara Suspension Bridge in 1855. On March 8 of that year the 23 ton locomotive "London" passed from one nation to another. The bridge deck deflected 3.5 inches in the middle with the weight of the engine which was acceptable.
The bridge is no longer there, it was replaced in 1897. So come on out on the 8th , and celebrate this double decker suspension bridge. Don’t keep the sergeant at arms in suspense, sign up right away for this honourable duty by emailing me at west@cyg.net.