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THE REBUS CLUB OF PALMERSTON NORTH, NZ
Founded in 1984
President: Dean Halford, 10 Redwood Grove, PN 4410. Ph 354 5795.
Vice-President: Jenny Hunt, 172 Te Awe Awe St, PN 4410. Ph 357 2395. NEWSLETTER
Secretary: Sue Eckworth, 1 Liddell St, Foxton 4814. Ph 06 363 8629.
Treasurer: Adrian Turner, 82 Florence Ave, PN 4414. Ph 355 5203.
2021
Club E-mail Address: rebuspn@outlook.com No. 2 February
Mobiles: Dean 021 054 8611, Sue 021 947 667.
NEXT MEETING: TUESDAY 2 MARCH 2021 at 9.30 am, PN Community Leisure Centre, 569 Ferguson St.
This is the Annual General Meeting of the Club.
There is no Guest Speaker or Club Speaker at this meeting.
Door Greeting: John Thompson and Marie Good.
Kitchen Duty: Neil Andrews and Alan Parkes.
Morning Tea: Ladies to bring a plate of food, please: Helen Brown, Anne Halford, Desma Isles, Isabel
Karaitiana, Jeanette Street, Jenny Tilson. Phone Val 359 0274 at least one day before if you cannot
attend. Thank you.
Secretary’s Report ON THE 2 FEBRUARY 2021 MEETING OF THE CLUB
Welcome: President Dean was ill at home, so Vice-President Jenny welcomed us all to our first
meeting for 2021. Three visitors were introduced and made welcome.
Birthdays: In January, Bryan Cooke celebrated his 90 th birthday. Congratulations, Bryan, on joining
our group of six wonderful nonagenarians. This month, Sandra Pedersen and Bob Isles have
birthdays. Congratulations.
Almoners’ Report: Best wishes to those who are unwell.
President’s Report: Due to bad weather, the picnic at the Esplanade Rose Garden had to be cancelled. Instead, some
of us had lunch at the Esplanade Café. For those who enjoy picnics, there will be another opportunity on 10 March
when we visit the Lansdale Garden at Kairanga. The Committee will meet on 7 February. For the remainder of the
year, Committee meetings will be held at 1.30 p.m. on the same day as Club meetings.
Edwin Mandahl and his wife Gael assisted Eric Clarke at Eric’s Cinema. Edwin always gave us a cheery smile and
greeting when we arrived to see the show. Sadly, he died on 29 December last year. On behalf of the Club, Dean
expressed condolences to Gael and family.
Treasurer’s Report: Adrian Turner gave his financial report.
Secretary’s Report: Our next meeting is the AGM on 2 March. Proposed amendments to the rules, notice of motion,
nomination forms and 2020 AGM Minutes have been sent to all members by email or post. Please let me know asap
any change of address, telephone number or email—an up-to-date members’ list will be available at the AGM.
Rebus NZ Inc: Chronicles and Club News (January) received. Rebus NZ Inc will hold its AGM in Taupo this year on 8
May. Registration forms have been sent to members who may wish to participate. This will be an important
occasion, allowing input from all affiliates on the shape of your society for the future. Participants will be encouraged
to offer their views on a range of topics in a workshop preceding the formal AGM. A bus tour on Saturday morning, a
dinner on Saturday night and a cruise on Lake Taupo on Sunday morning are options.
Outings: Car Rally, Wednesday 17 February. Meet 10.30 a.m. at Waldegrave Street. $5 pp entry + $5 pp to driver.
Hawkes Bay Trip: 14-15 April. This is now full. All events are organised, and accommodation booked.
Dinner Group: Saturday 13 February 5 p.m. at the Navajo Steak House.
Eric’s Cinema: Thursday 25 February 1.30 p.m. ‘State Fair’. Lunch before at KR’s 12 noon.
Café Group: Tuesday 23 February. Café 116 Napier Road, from 11.30 a.m. REPORT CONTINUED ON PAGE 3.
NOTICE BOARD Arch’s Column
Happy Birthday Remembering American cartoonist Charles M Schulz
February Sandra Pedersen. Bob Isles.
DINNER GROUP: Saturday 13 February 5 p.m. at
the Navajo Steakhouse, 22 Fitzherbert Ave.
Please be seated by 5 p.m.
Saturday 6 March 5 p.m. at the Little Savanna
Restaurant, 45 Princess St. All members, spouses
& friends welcome. Please be seated by 5 p.m.
Enquiries to Adrian 355 5203. Numbers at the 2
March meeting, please.
(1922-2000), the
CAR RALLY Wednesday 17 February.
creator of the
Meet 10.30 a.m. at Waldegrave
influential comic
Street. $5 pp entry + $5 pp to driver.
strip Peanuts which
Great fun. Be in it!
featured the
characters Charlie
CAFÉ GROUP: Tuesday 23 February, 11.30 a.m., at Brown and Snoopy,
Café 116 (formerly Sosky’s) cnr Napier Road & among others.
Limbrick St. Enquiries to Lorrene 027 335 7217.
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ERIC’S CINEMA: Thursday 25 February, 1.30 p.m. I was talking to a mate the other night and asked him
50 North St, Feilding. $5 entry. State Fair (1945 USA what he was doing. He replied that he is working on
comedy, drama, musical. Jeanne Crain, Dana "Aqua-thermal treatment of ceramics, aluminium
Andrews, Dick Haymes.) Lunch at KR’s Café, and steel under a constrained environment." I was
Feilding, at 12 noon. most impressed. On further enquiring, I learned that
he was washing dishes with hot water under his
wife's supervision.
OUTING: Wednesday 10 March. Lansdale Garden,
126 Karere Rd, Kairanga. Meet there at 10.30 a.m.
Entry $10 pp. Picnic lunch in the garden. Bring NZ QUIZ
your own food, drink & chair.
LT GENERAL BERNARD CYRIL FREYBERG, 1st Baron
Freyberg, VC, GCMG, KCB, KBE, DSO & Three Bars, KStJ
was a British-born NZ soldier who
Quote: ‘O, Sunlight! The most precious gold to be found served as the 7th Governor-General
of New Zealand, the first with a NZ
on Earth.’ Roman Payne, American-born novelist and poet.
upbringing. Born 1889 in Richmond,
Surrey, Bernard ‘Tiny’ Freyberg
moved to NZ with his parents and
SLICED BREAD. Breadmaking is at least
attended Wellington College from
30,000 years old, but commercial bread
1897 to 1904. A strong swimmer, he
slicing dates back only 92 years. In July
won the NZ 100-yards championship in 1906 & 1910.
1928 in Chillicothe, Missouri, the first automatically
The youngest general in the British Army, Freyberg
sliced loaves were produced using a multi-bladed,
was one of the most highly decorated British Empire
power driven machine designed by Otto Rohwedder,
soldiers of World War I. During World War II, he
a jeweller of Davenport, Iowa. Initial scepticism from
commanded the 2nd NZEF in the Battle of Crete, the
some bakers soon gave way to housewife enthusiasm
North African Campaign and the Italian Campaign.
for the product and by 1930 it was sold all over the
Following his term as NZ Governor-General, Freyberg
USA, mainly by the Wonder Bread company. It was
returned to England. He died at Windsor in 1963.
advertised as “the greatest forward step in the baking
industry since bread was wrapped”, leading to the (1) When was Freyberg Governor-General of NZ?
popular idiom greatest thing since sliced bread. (2) Freyberg High School PN was opened when?
REPORT OF CLUB MEETING 2 FEBRUARY 2021, CONTD
CLUB SPEAKER Alison Steele was born 1951 in Feilding. GUEST SPEAKER Don Webster’s first trip to Antarctica
She has two sisters and one brother. was in 1960, mainly to study the
Alison’s father had a steep hill country atmosphere. Radio communications
farm on the Pahiatua Track, but there were used before satellites. Don was
was no house on the farm so the family one of five scientists from DSIR. They
did not live there. Alison’s memories of sailed from Wellington on the leaky
those early years are the dogs barking HMS Endeavour after loading
as Dad left in the truck for work, the munitions at Shelly Bay. There were
long corridor at home where she rode her trike on wet two lifeboats, one with grenades in it. Travelling at 7
days, and her grandmother’s kitchen at Aorangi with the knots, rolling 30 degrees with large swells, Don was
coal range. In 1954, her parents built a house on their seasick half the time. Five days out there were icebergs
farm in Lockwood Rd, Kairanga. It had to be built 6 ft off and a whale, then pancake ice in which they became
the ground as the land was prone to major flooding. stuck. Luckily, the US Atka came by and broke up the
Alison attended Kopane School, then boarded at Chilton ice, then they both followed the icebreaker USS Glacier
Saint James School in Lower Hutt. She was academically which opened a 10 ft channel in the sea ice. Upon off-
successful and loved playing team sports. loading, they were transported eight miles across the
After attending PN Teachers’ College, Alison completed sea ice to Scott Base by tractor and sled.
her degree in Education and Geography at Massey Scott Base comprised seven buildings all connected by
University. Her first three years of teaching were at covered ways. There was a two-bed hospital. They
Dannevirke South, College St Normal PN, where she met bunked in two bedrooms over summer, one during
John, and PN Intermediate Normal. Alison and John winter. No showers. One bath (you bathed once a
were married in 1974. Alison then taught at Monrad fortnight) and wash basins. Water was from melted
Intermediate where many couldn’t read or write. Alison snow. A power generator, run on kerosene, was used
took individual lessons with poor readers. This started a for cooking, heating and melting snow. Fuel lasted
lifelong passion for identifying and helping dyslexic seven days. Don worked on projects such as a vertical
students. In 1981 Alison left Monrad to be at-home sounding radar, part of a worldwide network, and
Mum of two boys. She became involved with Plunket mapping the ionosphere to predict weather.
and Playcentre. When their youngest son was 6, she Measurements were taken of earthquakes elsewhere in
returned to full-time teaching at Shannon School, living the world – none in Antarctica. Summer finished on 6
in Foxton where John was DP at Foxton Beach School. May with the last sunset. The sun returned on 19
Alison was subsequently appointed Asst Principal at August. In winter darkness, moonlight was enough to
Foxton Beach School and spent 13 years there, later drive. Huskies pulled the sledges for working parties but
becoming Deputy Principal. She resigned to help this was stopped and snowmobiles were used. In 1987
dyslexic children privately. Alison & John travelled to the last Husky left; non-indigenous animals were not
Europe & UK in 1977 and also to Gallipoli, Crete and allowed. Don’s last trip was in 1963 to install the
Egypt in 2003 with her father. Alison lives on her own Auroral Radar Aerials and a hut. Jenny thanked Don for
with dog Jack, as John has been in a care home since his very interesting talk and slideshow and presented
2016. She enjoys visiting her family in Taumarunui and him with a gift basket.
Hamilton and watching the grandchildren grow.
THINKING CAPS ON … (2) I’m not a dunce. What am I?
(1) Rachel, John, Jim and Cindy travelled to different My buddies and I were inseparable mates
places on different types of transport. They went by ‘til one by one were we split.
train, car, plane or ship. Jim hates flying, Cindy had My teacher, she gave me a smack on the pate
to hire her vehicle, and John gets seasick. How did And off in the corner I sit.
they each travel? Admittedly still I'm not hitting the books
Though now I'm hugging a tree.
[There are three realistic possibilities. Can you find
I guess in the end it's not as bad as it looks,
all of them?]
I went from a C to a B.
Laugh with Lorrene MORE SENIOR TRUISMS
• To me, "drink responsibly" means don't spill it.
• Don't bother walking a mile in my shoes. That would be boring. Spend 30 seconds in my head.
That'll freak you right out.
• Age 60 might be the new 40, but 9 p.m. is the new midnight.
Alan’s Antics
George Phillips, an elderly man, was going up to bed when his wife told him that he'd left the light on
in the garden shed, which she could see from the bedroom window. George opened the back door to
go and turn off the light but saw that there were people in the shed stealing things. He phoned the
police, who asked, ‘Is someone in your house?’
George said, ‘No, but some people are breaking into my garden shed and stealing from me.’
Then the police dispatcher said, ‘All patrols are busy, you should lock your doors and an officer will be along
when one is available.’
George said, ‘Okay.’ He hung up the phone and counted to 30. Then he phoned the police again. ‘Hello, I just
called you a few seconds ago because there were people stealing things from my shed. Well, you don't have to
worry about them now because I just shot and killed them both,’ and he hung up.
Within five minutes, six police cars, a SWAT Team, a helicopter, two fire trucks, a paramedic and an ambulance
showed up at the Phillips' residence and caught the burglars red-handed. One of the policemen said to George,
‘I thought you said that you'd shot them!’
George said, ‘I thought you said there was nobody available!’
Regent on Broadway
Book at EventTicketingCentre at the Regent or online https://premier.ticketek.co.nz/shows
The Howard Morrison Quartet Take Two. Wed 24 Feb 7.30 p.m. Tickets from $61.40.
Leaving Jackson. Country music. Thu 18 March 7.30 p.m. Senior $66.50.
Giselle. RNZ Ballet. Wed 19 May 7.30 p.m. Tickets $31.50—$46.50.
Centrepoint Theatre Performances Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat 6.30 p.m. Matinees Sat 2 p.m. & Sun 4 p.m.
Bookings 354 5740 or at Box Office 280 Church St, PN or email hello@centrepoint.co.nz
Potted Potter. Shows Sat 27 February to Sun 14 March. Senior $37 (show only).
Operatunity Life Church, 590 Featherston St. Bookings 0508 266 237 or bookings@operatunity.co.nz
20th Anniversary Royal Variety Show. Wed 3 March, 11 a.m. $34 pp incl lunch ($33 pp group 10+).
Globe Theatre Bookings 06 351 4409 or https://www.globetheatre.co.nz
MODULE - Infinity Forever (Jeremiah Ross & collaborators) . Fri 19 February 9 p.m. Senior $18.45.
PUZZLE ANSWERS:
COMBINED CLUBS WEB SITE www.sema4manawatu.com
(1) Assuming that Cindy didn’t hire a train, plane or ship, is run by Richard Scott (Fitzherbert Rebus Club) for the 14
the three possibilities are: clubs in our local area. There you can find newsletters,
(a) Cindy: car. Jim: train. John: plane. Rachel: ship. information and links to other relevant web sites.
(b) Cindy: car. Jim: ship. John: plane. Rachel: train.
(c) Cindy: car. Jim: ship. John: train. Rachel: plane.
(2) A staple. CLUB BANK ACCOUNT REBUS NZ INC. Web site
NUMBER rebus.nz for newsletters,
11-6900-0960629-11 club news, travel insur-
Andrea O’Donnell ance information, events,
Residential Sales Consultant official documents.
Palmerston North AGM 8 May 2021.
06 351 2825 , 027 483 4211
Property Brokers
240 Broadway Ave Palmerston North NZ QUIZ Answers:
www.propertybrokers.co.nz (1) Governor-General 1946-52.
(2) Freyberg HS opened in 1955.
Thanks to Property Brokers Real Estate for sponsoring our
newsletter. If you would like information about the
property market or some tips on selling and getting your That’s all this time. Enjoy the summer.
home ready for the market, Andrea would love to assist. Good health and best wishes,
Also, if you know of anyone looking at selling, Andrea will Dean Halford.
give a $200 referral fee back to the Rebus Club of
Palmerston North. Please give Andrea a call on 351 2825.
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