April, 2022

 The Board of Directors meeting of the Haddonfield 65 Club was held on Thursday April 7, 2022. The meeting was held in the 65 Club clubhouse.

President Roger Jacobs called the meeting to order at 10:00 AM.  Dave Tarditi led the directors in the Pledge of Allegiance and provided a prayer

Roll was called and fourteen (14) board members were present.  

Minutes – Fred Willis

• Reading of the March minutes was omitted. The Directors approved the minutes as previously distributed and posted.

President’s Report – Roger Jacob

• Roger presented several issues concerning Haddonfield Borough issues and activities the 65 club members would be interested in or are participating in.  He asked the directors which ones they though the club should send to the membership.
• After a brief discussion, the directors voted not to send notice of Haddonfield borough issues to the membership.  This was not the club’s responsibility and information all the issues are available through the local newspapers and on Haddonfield-Haddon Patch.
• John Cokos proposed the club notify the membership of a Wine and Cheese fund raiser for the Association for Constitutional Awareness, an organization which provides a $150 scholarship to high school students who provide evidence they have read the US Constitution and Bill of Rights.  After a short discussion the directors approved this notice to be emailed to the membership.
• Roger informed the directors that Camden County College was sponsoring six lectures on various aspects of American Revolution history which occurred in or around Haddonfield.  The lectures are held Wednesday evening at the Masonic Temple or Borough Hall. The directors approved sending the Lecture information to the membership.
• Roger thanked Dave Tarditi for the cocktail hour Dave held at his home for attendees prior to the Post 38 Last Man Standing dinner at Tavistock CC on Tuesday April 5.

 

Treasurers Report – Hank Zaleski

• The Club’s expenses for March exceeded income by about $400.  Income was approximately $1,300, mainly for the Spring Luncheon.  Expenses were about $1700 Which was mainly composed of $1000 for the annual high school scholarship and $300 for a donation to the Lions Club.
• Five (5) members have not yet paid their 2022 dues. They will be deleted from the 2022 Club directory which will be published shortly.
• The $100 Boy’s state contribution to the American Legion will not be made this year.
• The Treasurer’s Report was approved. 

 

Speakers – David Tarditi

Dave reported speakers have been arranged through May19., but he was still looking for more.

• April 14 – Business meeting
• April 21 – Robert “Rocky” Wilson –He is a poet, a performance artist, and a teacher who lives near the Delaware River in Camden He has studied creative writing at both Penn State and Rutgers, and has a Master’s degree in Dance Education from Temple Univ. He has been interpreting Whitman in schools and libraries and for historical groups at the Philly Fringe Festival. He may be accompanied by Bongo, his puppet monkey, referred to as “The Puppet Laureate of Camden.” Rocky, besides writing poems, has hosted “Pizza & Poetry at A Slice of New York in Camden”, which is one of the longest running poetry series in New Jersey. This past year, with the help of Bongo, he wrote a children’s book “The Lucky Monkey”. Additionally, he has been a substitute teacher in the city for over 40 years.
• April 28 – Jack Landis –A 65 Club recent addition, will speak on: “Near Death Experiences”
• May 5 Pan and Ron Pantano will speak on “Honor flight” a grogram they do wherein they take day trips (mostly by bus-at their own expense) for 100-150 Veterans to various historical / patriotic sites so to help the Veterans learn more about the country for which they fought.
• May 12 – Business Meeting
• May 19 –A trip to Iran. This goes back a few years and will be a slide presentation by two Americans who visited much of Iran, so to give us a” hands on” insight of this “different from our culture” troubling nation.
• May 26 & June>>>next January: To Be Determined! Recommendations are welcome.

 

Membership – Joe Galleria

• Joe informed the directors two applications, Jim Carson and Craig Evans, were waiting for approval.  The applications would be provided to the directors for approval today.
• The board approved two new members Jim Carson of Haddonfield and Craig Evans of Haddon Heights.
• The directors where informed Margaret Martin of Cherry hill donated an almost complete collection of Louis Lamour westerns to the club, these are hard back books in excellent condition which her husband read on business trips.
• Joe will send her a Thank you note.

 

Trips/ Events – Bill Brown

• The Spring Luncheon has 45 sign ups so far.  Attendance of 100 is desired. Bill passed out lists of members to call to ask them to attend.
• Bill is trying to set up a local trip on May 10. The trip will include visits to Barclay Farms, the Haddonfield historical society with a review of the tool collection and a pizza lunch at the 65 Club Clubhouse. Attendance will be limited to twenty (20) members 

 

Friendship Committee – Henry Leimkuhler

• No report

Bridge, Pinochle, and Bowling continue Weekly

Old Business

• None

New Business

• Tom Diemer inquired whether the club wanted to purchase a tower fan when the air-conditioner was not turned on but some cooling was required.  The directors voted to table the motion until a later time.
• The Haddonfield Fall Festival will be held this year on Saturday October 1.
• The club will request a table and will erect a tent this year.  Volunteers to assist in erecting the tent and manning the table are requested.
• The club is waiting to hear if the Lions club will have a Flea market this year.  The club has joined the Lions club Flea Market in the past. The absence of the flea market will significantly affect the clubs’ income
• Frank Lodge will supervise the Club 4^th of July parade entry. His lasted subject suggestion is Our Town/ Our neighborhood.  How each section of Haddonfield was named.
• Bernie requested the Newsletter have only even number of pages, even if one page is blank. An uneven number of pages does not print properly.

 

Joke master

Normally the Directors’ meeting is not ended with a Joke but Howard wanted to set a new precedent.  After listening to Howard’s joke, the directors decided the old procedure was far preferable.

 

 

The meeting adjourned at 11:00 AM.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Fred Willis, Secretary